McCain rally ranter cuts ties to campaign, will support Clinton A radio talk show host who took potshots at Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama before a Tuesday rally for Republican John McCain--words that were later disavowed by the GOP senator--says that he's severing ties with McCain's camp.
Appearing on CNN's 'Election Center' program, WLW host Bob Cunningham said he was asked by the McCain campaign to appear before the GOP candidate's supporters "to throw them some read meat to get them fired up, to get them active."
Cunningham, disappointed that the campaign he claims had invited him to speak has now distanced itself from him, also blasted McCain himself, saying, "I, for one, regret that John McCain is the nominee of the conservative party, because John McCain is not a conservative."
After saying that he'd met McCain twice, Cunningham insisted "I'm not gonna meet him again. I've had it up to here with John McCain, he's off the list. I'm joining Ann Coulter in supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton."
At the rally, Cunningham had continuously referred to the Illinois senator as "Barack Hussein Obama" and called him a "hack, Chicago-style Daley politician" among other remarks.
After McCain finished his own speech at the rally, the GOP candidate denounced what Cunningham had said earlier, telling reporters, "I apologize for it. I did not know about these remarks, but I take responsibility for them. I repudiate them."
 
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