Silky tells fundraisers: McCain’s crazy
posted at 9:45 am on January 24, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Not crazy in a “I can’t believe he wants to win in Iraq” way, either. Crazy crazy. This is an old, old smear, of course, spun off of his famous temper and crude assumptions about what his treatment by the VC must have done to him psychologically. Silky needs money, though, and nothing raises dough like the prospect of a lunatic Republican. Call it … fear-mongering.
A reader who attended the event—held in the Fifth Avenue home of Edwards contributor Joseph Bondi—emailed me last night with this report of Edwards’ remarks:
He did mention that he thought McCain was the likely Republican nominee and that McCain was “crazy”—unfit to have his “finger on the button.”
He said that Hillary and Obama have true dislike for each other and that after the most recent debate Hillary mentioned to John in passing that there’s more about Obama and that “slum landlord” [Rezko] that has yet to be disclosed to the public.
Follow the link to see how pathetically Team Silky is trying to spin his McCain remarks. It’s all just hearsay at the moment since the Observer can’t get a second source to go on record, but note well the Rezko detail. Hillary and Edwards did meet privately after the debate. The question is, given how a rumor about her digging up dirt on Obama hurts them both and helps Edwards, how much can you trust his account of it?
Also attending the “McCain’s crazy” fundraiser: Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, and the very ubiquitous Mr. Kevin Bacon. Exit question via the boss: Are there any other minority white men in America or is Silky pretty much it?
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It might be the most truthful thing to come out of his mouth in a decade.
bj1126 on January 24, 2008 at 9:47 AM
did he actually not mention that his daddy worked in the mines?
Is Tyra one of those oppressed black women I keep hearing about?
ctmom on January 24, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Just like with Ron Paul, a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Crazy? That’s pushing it. Vindictive? Petty? Absolutely. Just look at how he treated Bush for years after he got the nomination. Just made his job harder, and I’m sure the continual speculation that he’d jump ship wasn’t helping.
Above all, I think McCain would sign the Fairness Doctrine, and I think he’d be one of the few Republicans who would. Rush gave Bush his support back in 2000 over McCain, and if his history is any indicator, he’d use his position as POTUS to settle that old score. Remember, he justifies the use of CFR to this day to shut down 527s, so you can’t tell me he has any real qualms about applying the same logic to the FD.
MadisonConservative on January 24, 2008 at 9:50 AM
C’mon, we all know these war vets are unstable. I read a great article in the NYT last week that said there’s an epidemic of murders being committed by vets of the Iraq/Afghanistan war. Edwards must have read the same thing.
Enrique on January 24, 2008 at 9:51 AM
They’re going to remake this ad.
Any day now.
Slublog on January 24, 2008 at 9:51 AM
If there’s anyone that’s “crazy”, it’s this wormy little puke. The jackass is a true danger to the Republic.
rplat on January 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Heaven help us! Silky for once manages to stumble across the truth and utter it?
Even a blind hog, and all that.
Misha I on January 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Aw, come on Allah, that’s like so unfair of you to make such mean-spirited assumptions about the Breck Girl.
Buy Danish on January 24, 2008 at 9:58 AM
Depends on how you define it, MadisonConservative.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Megalomania would both seem to qualify, just to name two.
Misha I on January 24, 2008 at 9:59 AM
I thought those were minimum requirements for being a politician, though…
MadisonConservative on January 24, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Yes, that’s true. They’re saying that vets are coming back almost as dangerous as the general public.
Esthier on January 24, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Tru dat! Wasn’t Silky the one who was “channeling” a little girl during one of his junk science malpractice trials?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on January 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM
His energy and passion that is obvious to those who look is so obvious that he has to tell me about it. He really is kind of sad.
snaggletoothie on January 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Very good point. Duly taken and taken note of :-)
Misha I on January 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM
Madisonconservative:
Along those lines, has everyone noticed how the Ron Paul noise has gone away lately? Oh wait, the second semester started didn’t it? Silly me.
Tim Zank on January 24, 2008 at 10:09 AM
pot, meet kettle.
this guys claims to have channeled and spoken to a dead child, in a courtroom no less, and he calls mccain crazy? oh puleaze!
mccain isn’t crazy. mean spirited, vengeful, god awful stubborn, arrogant maybe, but not crazy. that said, at this point i still don’t support him for POTUS.
Brass Pair on January 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Yeah, they’re busy being the loud, obnoxious ones in their poli sci classes. Just like the Naderites back in 2000.
MadisonConservative on January 24, 2008 at 10:15 AM
I don’t know that Silky is crazy; he’s just a fraud of a trial lawyer who knows how to pull the wool over the eyes of jurors and make suckers of well-heeled Democrats with checkbooks.
Buy Danish on January 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Little Johnny Edwards is the comic relief!
kcd on January 24, 2008 at 10:37 AM
Well damn, John ‘class warfare’ Edwards finally said something that I agree with.
SimplyKimberly on January 24, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Actually there’s a boatload of his ilk on the Democrat side of the aisle. Kennedy and Kerry immediately come to mind. They all belong to a fraternity of white males who happen to be rolling in dough, and the guilt they have for the way they came into all their money drives them to a life of pretending to be a saint for the poor, pretending to look out for those less fortunate then them.
Of course they look out for the downtrodden not by spending a nickel of their own mass fortunes, but by legislating entitlement programs funded by the rest of us hard-working stiffs.
Slimeballs like that are a minority in this country.
fogw on January 24, 2008 at 11:10 AM
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Lets hope so…
kcd on January 24, 2008 at 11:14 AM
McCain response: “Edwards, you’re a little jerk”!
froghat on January 24, 2008 at 11:36 AM
McCain response: “Edwards, you’re a little jerk”!
Is that line from McLame getting old or what?!
kcd on January 24, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Anyone who seriously runs for president has to be crazy…as opposed to just plain nuts like Edwards.
right2bright on January 24, 2008 at 12:08 PM
THis from the guy who speaks to fetuses…eventhough he’s all for killing said fetus.
SouthernGent on January 24, 2008 at 12:22 PM
The Breck Girl is perfectly sane that’s why he can call McPain a nut. For once I agree with shorter, $1,400 haircut.
BTW…has anyone noticed the strange wrinkles that form on his face when he’s answering those nuanced questions? Scary.
Christine on January 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Obama = 1st black president, Hillary = 1st woman president and Edwards = 1st eunuch president.
volsense on January 24, 2008 at 1:42 PM
America is slipping into the dangerous world of second rate leaders. None of the candidates, Democrat or Republican, inspire me.
My initial choice was and still is Mitt Romney.
McCain will not get my vote. I will not vote for Shamnesty.
Fred was refreshing. Contrary to those who’s livelihood depends on what passes for “news-worthy”, I appreciated Fred’s low-key demeanor and straightforward opinions. I wanted him to stay in longer to keep the debates focused and real.
Huckabee is a joke. A demagogue of the Right. He son puts the creep in creepy. Something ain’t right in the Huckabee household. Something Stephen Kingish lurks in their closet.
Ron Paul belongs in chat rooms with fellow basement dwelling conspiracy theorists.
Guiliani? I forget…is he running for President?
On the Dems side, Hillary is the scariest. If ever there was a wicked witch, she is it.
Obama–I agree what others have stated: He is an empty suit with a smooth delivery. By the end of this primary season I fully expect to have purchased a Kirby Vaccum and a set of Cutco Knives from him.
John “Two Americas” Edwards? How is this money grubbing lawyer even relevant to the leadership of America?
Montana on January 24, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Exit question:
When John Edwards speaks, does anyone give a rat’s ass anymore?
SuperCool on January 24, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Exit question:
When John Edwards speaks, does anyone give a rat’s ass anymore?
As soon as he starts to talk I hear the teachers voice on charlie brown…waaah wahaa wahhaa…
kcd on January 24, 2008 at 2:48 PM
Sure, and John Edwards sounds like a perfectly rational and responsible person: Run from the terrorists in Irag, bring down corporate America and their job creating ways, socialized (and rationed) medical for everyone!
Should we hope for this ticket: Clinton/Edwards `08? (or Fragile Glacier/Spastic Moron `08)
ThePrez on January 24, 2008 at 3:20 PM
We can only hope..
kcd on January 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Unfortunately, the parasitic, two-legged growths upon the intestine of humanity that keep voting for them in order to get more handouts seem to be a majority.
Misha I on January 24, 2008 at 7:50 PM
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