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Cheeky.
Dr. Manhattan on April 4, 2008 at 10:14 PM
Did he say Flogger?
dmann on April 4, 2008 at 10:17 PM
Backhanded compliment. Maverick!
SouthernGent on April 4, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I could see Maverick fitting in at a place like Wonkette. Vulgar and mocking. Yeah, he’d fit in nice over there.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Cute clip. However, his real blog would have guest posts by Juan Hernandez.
Spirit of 1776 on April 4, 2008 at 10:26 PM
I love it when his sense of humor shows.
Sure wish Cindy would update her own blog, though. Looks like the link has been removed from the McCain website, but she did have one going for a while – and I’d love to hear her take on events.
Rosmerta on April 4, 2008 at 10:29 PM
He has us pegged.
baldilocks on April 4, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Maverick,Blogger extrodinarre! Ya I can dig it!
canopfor on April 4, 2008 at 10:42 PM
That was amusing.
Blarg the Destroyer on April 4, 2008 at 10:43 PM
Doubtful. His current website doesn’t even have an rss feed worth subscribing to. I have to screen scrap his main blog. Whoever is in charge of the tech side of Team McCain fails.
ninjapirate on April 4, 2008 at 10:45 PM
ninja you sound like you know what you are talking about.
Have you sent them an email with suggestions?
Would be worth it I would think!
ArmyAunt on April 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Well that’s rich. McCain is notable for nothing if not moral certitude.
I swear, I can’t stand that man. And every time he speaks, I think anew about voting for Obama, just so I don’t have to hear four years of McCain’s condescending pie hole.
It’s lamentable that he didn’t join the Democrats when he had the chance. Had he done so, we might have had a Republican to vote for in November.
paul006 on April 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Hey Paul I will buy you some earplugs!
Voting for Obama is voting for…..nothing! lol
ArmyAunt on April 4, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Ah, the legendary McCain wit that New Hampshirites know so well.
Yoosaion on April 4, 2008 at 11:11 PM
If the same question had been posed to The Obama:
“I uggghhhh….. have always believed strongly in the ugghhhh…. power of the internet. And its ability to spread ideas…. to encourage dialouge. This is why I plan to ugghh….. make it mandatory for all citizens to maintain blogs. And to register their ideas with the government.”
But when further pressed on the issue of personal liberty, he will add:
“Of course, I have always believed people should be allowed privacy. Any law pertaining to blogs will have to ugghhh…. be predicated upon conditions when I enter office.”
AbaddonsReign on April 4, 2008 at 11:12 PM
And your posts are like a broken record.
Chakra Hammer on April 4, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I don’t mind people arguing that we have to vote for McCain b/c we’re in a time of war–and I agree with you–but don’t go pushing McCain’s shamnesty buddies on me too.
malan89 on April 4, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Lol. If you say so, princess.
Spirit of 1776 on April 4, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Obama’s not much better in terms of annoyances. He’s an empty suit who give never ending platitudes which his worshippers willingly eat up.
amerpundit on April 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Oh, I’m just venting. I wouldn’t actually vote for Obama. (But I ain’t voting for McCain, either.) But I’ll tell you this: You’ll have to buy earplugs for the whole country, cause that mouth is going to be his undoing. In one of the fall debates, McCain will talk down to Obama just like he talks down to us, and that’ll be the end of it.
paul006 on April 4, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Pander? Slander? A teaspoon-sized dollop of self-deprecation? Any way you slice it, it’s bittersweet.
Funny, funny stuff!
RushBaby on April 4, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Paul serious question.
Do you have the same reaction when you just read what he says?
I am curious, because I have read that during the Nixon/Kennedy debates, those who saw it on TV thought the tanned better looking Kennedy won.
But those who just heard it on the radio thought Nixon did better.
ArmyAunt on April 4, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I absolutely do not want to read George W. Bush’s blog.
Imagine how many linguistic mistakes you have to suffer reading or figure out what he’s talking about.
The word ‘nucular’ would be nothing compared to other words and sentences like this one:
“Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country.”
And,
“There’s an old…saying in Tennessee…I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once…(3 second pause)… Shame on…(4 second pause)… Shame on you….(6 second pause)…Fool me…Can’t get fooled again.”
Indy Conservative on April 4, 2008 at 11:38 PM
That’s an attempt at humor isn’t it? You would prefer the lies of Clinton or Obama than hearing something you concieve as “condesending”?
I’ve heard McCain say at least 3 times during this campaign say “I was wrong”. Clinton say’s “I mispoke”. Obama say’s “you don’t understand” or “no that’s not what I meant” and the MSM falls asleep for 2 of the 3. Guess who is odd man left out?
McCain is the anti politician. He does what he thinks is right. He say’s what he means. And if he is proven wrong or isn’t following the will of the people who elected him he will admit the mistake.
When’s the last time you hear Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama admit they made a mistake?
Hog Wild on April 4, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Well, that’s hard to say, because AP usually gives us the audio/visual of that mouth. So I don’t know that I’ve read a lot of transcripts. But I’m reasonably sure that I’d have the same reaction if I read the remarks he made in this video. He’s obviously being condescending, and I think that would come through even in writing.
The man’s a piece of work. He thinks everybody but him is a hair hole.
By the way, did you know that his wife — she’s a multi-millionaire — did you know that she had him sign a pre-nup? Umm, hmm. Even she knows he can’t be trusted. And if a man’s wife thinks he can’t be trusted, I say go with that.
paul006 on April 4, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Love your spirit ArmyAunt. You stay strong until November. You’re needed here.
Dear Spirit, you’re the most interesting “broken record” I ever heard. Great guy also for shrugging off nonsense elegantly.
Entelechy on April 4, 2008 at 11:55 PM
We Texans have no problem in understanding GW. It must be a regional dialect thang.
;)
Texas Gal on April 4, 2008 at 11:56 PM
paul006, at least we know he married her for love, and not for her millions.
Entelechy on April 4, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Oh dear. Hmmmmm.
My daughter will be getting married with a pre-nup.
That is what happens if you have a lot of family money and property.
We are adamant that our money and property go to our two daughters only and not their husbands.
It’s not that we don’t trust them.
It’s just that we don’t want our family money to go to an in-law in case something would happen to our daughter or if he were to divorce her and demand half.
ArmyAunt on April 5, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Paul I think you are behind the curve.
Texas Gal on April 5, 2008 at 12:02 AM
ima pushin that boulder up hill…..yes I can! lol
http://armyaunt.johnmccain.com/
ArmyAunt on April 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Just an fyi Paul, I seriously think he is funny.
Of course, in our family, the dry wit is dosed with a heavy dollop of wicked!
ArmyAunt on April 5, 2008 at 12:04 AM
You call that rebuttal elegant?
name calling and personal attacks?
Walks like a duck, Quacks like a duck, Spirit debates and or rebuts like a liberal.
Chakra Hammer on April 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM
McCain has his flaws but he comes across as more real than the empty suit and empty pantsuit on the other side.
HawaiiLwyr on April 5, 2008 at 12:43 AM
There’s a comment festooned with beclownment.
RushBaby on April 5, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Paul, pre-nups are common for folks with family business assets, for good reasons–mainly in case she dies and he remarries, to keep the new wife and kids from being heirs to the business. No offense, but I think you’re just looking for things to dislike now. He’s not being condescending; he’s joking around. Sorry to be insulting, but don’t be such a prig.
ArmyAunt, in our family too, a dry sense of humor and the ability to give and take some humorous insults are required, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
juliesa on April 5, 2008 at 12:54 AM
I, for one, would love him, and every other elected official to dive into the pool.
The water is jussssssssst fine.
Maybe then they will “pop” the beltway bubble they live in and hear the voice of working Americans and not just the power brokers……
Let’s start with illegal immigration, OK??????????
Can you just imagine, a thread of 10,000 comments that he has to respond to before shutting it down?
Seven Percent Solution on April 5, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Burn!
frankj on April 5, 2008 at 1:08 AM
Actually, my experience with Spirit has been quite the opposite. You’ve got it precisely backwards. In fact you are the one who debates like a liberal, as evidenced by your first post in this thread in which you accused Spirit of sounding like broken record and otherwise offered no reasoned discourse whatsoever… a typical liberal tactic that you seem to employ frequently.
FloatingRock on April 5, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Who what that interviewing McCain?
Allahpundit?
Kini on April 5, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Juliesa,
If you say “sorry” while you’re doing something, you’re only insincerely sorry; otherwise, you wouldn’t do it. But it doesn’t offend me. You’re not running for president. John McCain is, and he can be held to a different standard. And he ain’t sorry either. He means to be offensive. He’s been offending some of us for years.
A majority of Hot Air readers will vote for him, I guess, and that’s fine. I’m not trying to proselyte. I’m just saying I have a certain read on the man, and I ain’t voting for him. And a few others here won’t vote for him, either. But who knows? He may not even need our votes. He might get enough Democrats to crossover and cancel us out. And you know what? Democrats should vote for him, cause they’re really going to enjoy his policies. He almost became a Democrat himself, and I sure wish he had. In that case, all the good people here wouldn’t have to pretend that they like him. I know some of you are just trying to put on your game face and look good, and I feel bad for you, cause I know inside you’re ashamed.
Truth is, I’m just sad there’s nobody for conservatives to vote for this time around. Now if Bob Barr gets up on that Libertarian ticket like they say he will, I guess I’ll go with him. He doesn’t have any kind of chance, of course, but at least he can show McCain what all got siphoned off. And if Bob Barr gets five points, and McCain loses by three or four, I’m going to get drunk and play happy tunes on my guitar.
You’re probably right about the pre-nup stuff. I don’t actually care if he has a pre-nup anyway. It’s really none of my business. I was just being cheeky.
paul006 on April 5, 2008 at 2:26 AM
With regards to the pre-nup, let’s remember that McCain cheated on his first wife with his current one. At the very least, Mrs. McCain no.2 is not a complete moron. Any guy who commits adultery is not trustworthy. End of story.
Grayson on April 5, 2008 at 2:27 AM
lol i just read a lefty blogger refer to McCain as “McSame”.
those crazy lefties and their cutesy nicknames.
treyevans on April 5, 2008 at 2:58 AM
I really love it when one of you comment queens huffs that you will not be voting this November. I don’t like McCain either, but I will not sit home in a pique on Nov. 4.
leftnomore on April 5, 2008 at 3:09 AM
Lots of huffing on the pro-McCain side too in case you didn’t notice. But honestly, I really love it how every time someone says they won’t vote for him, one of you guys has to reply by saying you will. Either one is kind of tiresome if you let such things bother you.
Grayson on April 5, 2008 at 3:18 AM
Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez, Juan Hernandez
=
Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb, Bush Dumb
When you have nothing else to say or add to the discussion go with the old meme that has already been tested to work..
Chakra Hammer on April 5, 2008 at 3:26 AM
Is it Pro-McCain?
or anti-Clinton and anti-Abominantion
(And the abomination is the MOST liberal senator trying to be President at a time of war)
Chakra Hammer on April 5, 2008 at 3:30 AM
And the name of McCain’s blog?
Democrat Undercover
Valiant on April 5, 2008 at 3:32 AM
I always make it a point to read Spirit’s comments—can’t say the same about yours, to put it mildly. You two are in an entirely different league.
FloatingRock on April 5, 2008 at 3:55 AM
I read that as “I’m an arrogant know-it-all jerk, so sure I’d have made a great blogger.”
I think I’m offended, but I can’t be positive.
S. Weasel on April 5, 2008 at 7:38 AM
S. Weasel
He was kidding. He said he was always right, come on that was a joke.
ArmyAunt on April 5, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Well that’s rich. McCain is notable for nothing if not moral certitude.
“I swear, I can’t stand that man. And every time he speaks, I think anew about voting for Obama, just so I don’t have to hear four years of McCain’s condescending pie hole.
It’s lamentable that he didn’t join the Democrats when he had the chance. Had he done so, we might have had a Republican to vote for in November.
paul006 on April 4, 2008 at 11:03 PM”
Don’y let the door hit your ass on the way out, whiner
LtE126 on April 5, 2008 at 10:47 AM
I’m touched by the response, Clarence Thomas was right! :)
A remarkable complement, I am flattered.
Spirit of 1776 on April 5, 2008 at 10:52 AM
Damn, it’s good!!!!!
G*d bless John McCain, our next President!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HotAirJosef on April 5, 2008 at 11:53 AM
What good is merely admitting you made a mistake when you still secretly harbor the intention to go ahead and actually do that mistake once you get the chance?
McCain NEVER changes his mind once he has decided on something. He merely tries to hide his intent when he is ‘under duress’…. Then goes ahead and does exactly what he intended to do in the first place.
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And as to the McCain pre-nup:
Cindy didn’t demand it. As a good little Stepford Wife, she would be glad to give him everything. It was her father, who neither liked or trusted McCain that demanded the pre-nup.
Jim Hensley greed to dump cash into McCain’s political aspirations, but he insisted that McCain would never get a cent or any control over the family fortune and business other than as a (comparatively) small gift now and then.
LegendHasIt on April 5, 2008 at 2:51 PM
DOH! That is supposed to say agreed. Simple typo, not a freudian slip.
LegendHasIt on April 5, 2008 at 4:21 PM