Arianna: McCain told me he didn’t vote for Bush in 2000
posted at 7:51 pm on May 5, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Neither did Glenn, neither did I. (I didn’t vote.) Granted, she’s a buffoon and a completely unreliable witness, but … do we maybe want to force ourselves to believe this one?
At a dinner party in Los Angeles not long after the 2000 election, I was talking to a man and his wife, both prominent Republicans. The conversation soon turned to the new president. “I didn’t vote for George Bush” the man confessed. “I didn’t either,” his wife added. Their names: John and Cindy McCain (Cindy told me she had cast a write-in vote for her husband).
The fact that this man was so angry at what George Bush had done to him, and at what Bush represented for their party, that he did not even vote for him in 2000 shows just how far he has fallen since then in his hunger for the presidency.
That our nominee is, shall we say, less than a fully devout Republican is something already well known to the base. A new tale of party betrayal will hurt him — but a tale of Bush betrayal, specifically? Dubya’s approval rating is 28%; according to the new Gallup, he’s a bigger liability for McCain than Wright is for Obama (although, surprisingly, only slightly). Conservatives who don’t want to believe the story can simply discard it based on the source and independents who do want to believe it can accept it as proof that McCain’s not the Bush clone the left wants him to be. Thanks, Arianna! Exit question: What did she hope to accomplish by mentioning this? Anything coherent? Bear in mind, this is a woman who convinced herself last summer that the conservative outcry against McCain had to do with his support for the war, not that little immigration matter you might have heard about. It fell to Glenn Greenwald, of all people, to set her straight.
Update (Ed): I’m as mystified as Allahpundit about this story. McCain and Bush had hard feelings following the primary in 2000, so McCain’s reluctance to vote for Bush doesn’t surprise me at all. Arizona wasn’t exactly a battleground state in 2000, so McCain’s abstention hardly put the election at risk. The only takeaway from this anecdote is that McCain and Bush have two different approaches to politics, which undermines the McSame argument the DNC wants to sell this year.
And the “how much he has fallen” spin doesn’t work, either. McCain and Bush worked together on some issues and in opposition on others. McCain isn’t exactly running around the country on the Bush bandwagon. And doesn’t their rapprochement also negate the “McCain holds grudges forever” meme that Democrats pushed along as part of their focus on anger management?
Allow me to thank Arianna, too.
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Who cares? Does she think she can make Republicans dislike John McCain more than we already do?
This would be really bad if I thought John McCain were a good Republican but I do not.
EJDolbow on May 5, 2008 at 7:54 PM
First of all, I don’t doubt it’s true at all.
Secondly: Who can believe her?
Thirdly: It probably helps him.
Fourth: WHO CARES.
stenwin77 on May 5, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Gotta love her logic. Somewhat conservative republican didn’t vote for somewhat conservative republican in 2000, and yet now agrees with him on a number of issues, and therefore must have turned 180 degrees. Brilliant.
BuzzCrutcher on May 5, 2008 at 7:58 PM
After S. Carolina, who could blame him?
SnarkVader on May 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Arianna serving up some of her own Operation: Chaos?
ThePrez on May 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Whatever LOOSER
Cinematicfilm on May 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM
I swear every time I hear her I think of Charlie Brown’s teacher. All I hear is “Mwa Mwa Muh Mwa Mwa”.
Why should we believe her? She’s got nothing to gain by telling the story. Why shouldn’t we believe her? She’s got nothing to lose by telling the story. Only on MSNBC would this count as news.
SouthernGent on May 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM
McCain goes to the La Raza conference to pay homage.
McCain tell secret service to #uck off.
McCain tells Madame Huffpo that he didn’t vote for the Republican nominee President in 2000.
Which are true?
1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Well, I don’t really care. I mean, I think of myself as a Conservative first, and there was some pretty nasty stuff that went on in that primary, I don’t really blame him. Yes, I think President Bush is a very good President, but I honestly don’t think that we want a country full of people who simply vote for their party. Personally, I believe they should for who they believe will best represent them and their beliefs.
However, if he voted for Gore, then he is in trouble.
But its Arianna, not exactly the prime source for Republican/Conservative news.
Canerican on May 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Isn’t her 15 minutes up yet?
Purple Fury on May 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
One of them hates conservatives outright and the other pretends he is one.
Valiant on May 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
I’m gonna’ need another, I don’t know, 87 additional sources before I go with it.
Call me a cynic.
Dahling.
SteveMG on May 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
McCain tell secret service to #uck off.
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 8:01 PM
You know the Onion News Network isn’t real, right?
BuzzCrutcher on May 5, 2008 at 8:05 PM
McCain is a maverick, he doesn’t vote our way, he has his own way of voting.
One has to look at McCain in a different way. He’s not human, he’s a maverick, he’s a super-human.
McCain is the only person in the world who can vote for two candidates from two different parties on the same ballot at the same time.
Indy Conservative on May 5, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Well even if he hadn’t would it mean anything other than the fact that he was treated like crud by the Bush campaign and there was still bad blood?
libertytexan on May 5, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Why would anyone care what she has to say on any subject? She is such a moronic hypocrite, its not surprising she is a hero of the dopey limo liberals.
ctmom on May 5, 2008 at 8:08 PM
I doubt if the McCains were talking to Arianna in 2000. I don’t think they run in the same circles. And they both run in circles. I posted a note to McCains election site to the effect if McCain speaks at the La Raza convention, I will not be voting for him. He might as well speak at an al Qaeda convention.
Zelsdorf Ragshaft on May 5, 2008 at 8:08 PM
is she related to Zsa Zsa Gabor ?
redrock on May 5, 2008 at 8:09 PM
Gee neither did several tens of millions of other people.
Besides, straight talk from Ariannaofthepeople? Straight like Hwy 1.
Limerick on May 5, 2008 at 8:10 PM
She’s from Greece, I think, but her accent has always sounded Austrian to me.
If that ditz told me the sky was blue I’d have to go look. Even though I know McCain’s anger gets in the way of his judgment sometimes.
sloopy on May 5, 2008 at 8:12 PM
The Onion is a parody site.
amerpundit on May 5, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Arianna isn’t part of the DNC and probably has something to bitch about with them even if Howard Dean is running the show there. This is Arianna thinking she’s doing something clever and egging on the GOP base. At least in her mind she’s being productive or a least provocative to draw more page views.
seanhackbarth on May 5, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Note to all politicians: if you ever find yourself at a dinner party with spoiled Greek socialite Arianna Stassinopoulos-Huffington, never take her into your confidence.
Or
Note to all politicians: if ever you need to subtly leak something that will endear you to the left, why not give gossiping Greek “champagne socialist” Arianna Stassinopoulos-Huffington a call.
Arianna Stassinopoulos-Huffington. Not much of a journalist, but a f**king brilliant score at Scrabble.
uptight on May 5, 2008 at 8:15 PM
Heck… it will HELP in some quarters…
Dems are trying to paint him as Bush III…. this goes against that meme…
Romeo13 on May 5, 2008 at 8:16 PM
McCain couldn’t handle that, even by trying (unsuccessfully) to drag Bush through the mud and accuse him of slander (by slandering him), he still was nowhere near the nomination.
Did he vote for Bush? Probably not. That would mean he had to side with Republicans, which is something he obviously finds very difficult.
emailnuevo on May 5, 2008 at 8:18 PM
That’s what I thought when I saw the headline. How can anyone spin this as a bad thing?
I think everyone who has teh internets knows by now that the Onion is satire.
malan89 on May 5, 2008 at 8:18 PM
Yawn. I can’t stomach much of this mewling hag.
JammieWearingFool on May 5, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Well ladi da,I’m hearing from secured channels
and the latest intell reports are sketchy at best,
but their are unconfirmed reports from the “Vast
Right Wing Conspiracy Kabal that McCain might have
called Arianna the letter “C” word,wink,wink!
This is only scuttlebut,were waiting confirmation!
(I,m kidding,Haha!)
canopfor on May 5, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Seriously folks - I wonder if this is a favour for John McCain.
uptight on May 5, 2008 at 8:21 PM
If there had been a real conservative in the race in 2000, I would have voted for him (or her) instead of Bush. When Bush I ran against Dukakis, I couldn’t stand to vote for either. I voted for some of the wall third party candidate. I think his name was Ron Paul.
Buford Gooch on May 5, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Will Hillary vote for Obama or vice versa?
Bishop on May 5, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Will anyone ask? Will anyone care?
Bishop on May 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Is McCain going to the La Raza meeting to pay homage real? Is McCain not voting for the Republican nominee for President in 2000 real? Is anything real anymore?
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Oh, I know how McCain must have felt, because I won’t be voting for the Republican nominee in 2008.
paul006 on May 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I kind of got that, however an actual parody is suppose to have a substantial amount of real to it.
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM
But I thought McCain being a maverick, and not voting the republican party line was a good thing?
rockhauler on May 5, 2008 at 8:30 PM
The real is that McCain has refused Secret Service protection during his campaign.
apollyonbob on May 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Perhaps she hopes mainstream media will pick this up to the point at which McCain is asked the question of whether or not this is true. Any answer could damage him, including refusing to answer. If he says “yes,” that’ll be the reminder than McCain is, per the DNC’s narrative, merely Bush all over again. If he says “no,” conservatives stay home. If he doesn’t answer, everyone’s suspicious. This isn’t the unadulterated good it might seem to be at first glance, assuming Arianna still has enough influence for rumors she puts out there not to be ignored.
calbear on May 5, 2008 at 8:32 PM
McCain was screwed by the GOP in 2000. Dubya was basically the presumptive nominee almost 2 years prior. And when McCain was strong early on, the GOP pushed McCain aside to make room for Bush.
I wouldn’t blame McCain for having hard feelings then.
JetBoy on May 5, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Totally believable but it’s got to make you wonder. The Dem mime is that he’s just another Bush. Huffa Puff is selling that he isn’t. Wierd but what do you expect in the Season of the Witch.
thatcher on May 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
You’re both right on this. It’s hard to make a case that this “news” will hurt McCain; however, it does give a decent excuse to McCain haters here.
I mean if even McCain himself couldn’t hold his nose and vote in the best interest of the country and party, why should I?
Then again, it won’t be McCain who convinces me to vote for him anyway. It’ll be Hillary or Obama who convinces me. So that’s not such a great argument either.
Esthier on May 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
I voted for him, and I’m still glad I did.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on May 5, 2008 at 8:36 PM
Who cares… I voted Perot in 92′. When the facts or situation changes, I change my opinion. This “vote party lines” is juvenile. Can anyone imagine how we would live if the most brilliant of scientists actually ignored provable facts, results or unpopular variables when analyzing a situation?
Liberals may be rely on orthodoxy keep their flock from facts however I do not fear change because I am a conservative and my principals are sound.
Claypigeon on May 5, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Actually, they do. (‘you can google it’)
{/rosie}
Generally I wouldn’t beleieve anything that AH says…
But knowing McCain and how he holds grudges and will only hide them temporarily, for political expediency, I don’t find it requires any stretch of imagination that he would vote for his Senate Fraternity Buddy and current climate guru Al Gore over George W. Bush.
LegendHasIt on May 5, 2008 at 8:40 PM
The woman was married to a closeted gay and didn’t know it for decades. Was a solid conservative and now is a moonbat leftist. I give her insightful views and/or truthfulness a solid zero.
jukin on May 5, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Contradiction.
stenwin77 on May 5, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Here’s the NAACP claim of racism for McCain. He is hoping to win based on racism between blacks and hispanics. His only reason for pandering to hispanics is that it is his only hope of winning.
His hispanic stump speech is, ‘hey I’m promising you everything so vote for me instead of the African American who you resent. You never could understand why they complained so much when you see how great they had it here. When you crossed the river, you couldn’t imagine such a paradise as America. As president, I’ll make Hispanics the REAL majority minority so all the benefits that used to go to the African Americans go to you!’
The NAACP will get wind of this and brand McCain a racist for preying on the racist nature of Hispanics toward Blacks. And yes, McCain is the biggest racist on the planet in the history of the world. I agree with the NAACP.
ThackerAgency on May 5, 2008 at 8:47 PM
Beat me to it.
malan89 on May 5, 2008 at 8:48 PM
Go check out “Stormfront”. That MAY change your outlook on “the biggest racist”.
malan89 on May 5, 2008 at 8:49 PM
The only people who buy anything that comes out of your mouth are your fellow moonbats, Arianna.
Nahanni on May 5, 2008 at 8:50 PM
Arianna is telling us something that’s neither new or newsworthy.
Weebork on May 5, 2008 at 8:51 PM
If so then he is an idiot or doesn’t care much about anyone who might also be in the line of fire or exploding, like maybe his wife or daughter even, with no secret service to intercept them and an assine likely being more likely to make an attempt without secret service protection around to shot back at them.
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 8:52 PM
It’s always nice to have a discussion about Arianna. She’s a wonderful lady. Too bad she’s an idiot.
Travis1 on May 5, 2008 at 8:57 PM
One of them hates conservatives outright and the other pretends he is one.
Valiant on May 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
and my name is “Valiant” trust me :)
The icey cold rum and coke in my hand is real, I’m sure
your most brilliant post evah
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 8:58 PM
That’s a trick question, right? This is Arianna we’re talking about, after all.
irishspy on May 5, 2008 at 8:59 PM
If I’d been McCain I wouldn’t have voted for Dubya either. I like Bush, but to claim they didn’t treat MCcain like trash in 2000 would be a straight out lie by any conservative.
eski502 on May 5, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Remember when she was running for CA governor, and she knocked the microphone stands over when Arnold was preparing to speak to the press?
That’s the kind of accomplishment she has under her belt.
MayBee on May 5, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Big deal. Bush is a RINO, and McCain was the closest thing to Bush running. We seem to be in a “vote for RINOs” mode just now. Maybe McCain doesn’t understand that he is just Bush Light.
Someone tell him.
Jaibones on May 5, 2008 at 9:15 PM
T
ding….thread winner
somebody post this on HuffnPuff
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 9:20 PM
yeah, and Fred, the Hollywood actor has combat experience
oops, that was just a movie
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Good job Arianna! Keep that up at the top of your website you jackass!
WisCon on May 5, 2008 at 9:22 PM
Not surprised. Bush was too conservative for McCain. So was Gore most likely…
Grayson on May 5, 2008 at 9:24 PM
Jaibones on May 5, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Bud Lite’s not too bad.
Travis1 on May 5, 2008 at 9:26 PM
I wouldn’t believe Arianna Huffington if she told me she saw Michael Moore sit down and eat a whole pizza by himself. I’d need a second and third source. Not because it’s unlikely to have happened, but just on principle, considering who said it.
RBMN on May 5, 2008 at 9:30 PM
.
He did during much of it (i.e., refuses SS protection) but has now accepted it (I believe about two weeks ago or so).
Recall the “Baptist Minister” (only he isn’t) who asked whether McCain had called his wife the “c” word? He was (according to the story) escorted out of the hall by the Secret Service and questioned.
SteveMG on May 5, 2008 at 9:30 PM
McCain is a democrat! Why can’t people accept that. He is not a conservative and he is a bitter man. He harbors ill feelings and I am not surprize at all. The only reason he is in the Republic party is because he got the nomination - a Manchurian candidate?
mariloubaker on May 5, 2008 at 9:42 PM
new language for you?
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 9:45 PM
I would not believe anything this woman said, but then again who cares?
Think of all the pissed off conservatives who decided to screw their party and voted for Perot in 92…and Bill Clinton is still thanking them to this day. Where would Bill be without them?
I think McCain was pretty pissed, but I take anything from Arianna with a grain of salt.
BTW, Bush got 44% of the Hispanic vote in 2004 when he won reelection, I doubt if McCain or any other Republican will get half of that. Ever again. The fact that he actually talks to Latinos will probably not change that.
The Republican ID is about 32% now thanks to the purity brigade.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 9:54 PM
mariloubaker:
McCain got the most votes in the primaries from other Republicans. He did not steal the nomination, he won it fair and square, why can’t conservatives accept that instead of doing everything they can to try and sabotage the man?
Unless of course they are the ones who are really Democrats.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Arianna lost her relevance when she switched parties.
I’m taking almost everything with a grain of salt these days…
McCain was in Louisiana the other day and made disparaging remarks suggesting comtempt toward the President..now I hear he’s attending a LaRaza thing. He wants the votes of Katrina victims and Mexican Americans.
Obama tries to change the subject regarding Wright/Ayers,etal & Rezko and when backed in a corner says it’s all about race.
Hillary goes on O’Reilly and says she won’t do anything about Santuary Cities and wants the gas tax waived.
Warren Buffet (Hillary supporter) made a telling statement today on Fox Business. Both he and Bill Gates are against the gas tax proposal but when asked why Hillary would want it he said something along the likes of “I’m not campaigning in N.C./Indiana right now.” Although I disagree with his political choice, I said, BINGO! Straight shooter.
Domino on May 5, 2008 at 9:57 PM
If Bush had done to me what he did to McCain in South Carolina, I wouldn’t have voted for him either.
John the Libertarian on May 5, 2008 at 9:59 PM
I thought Green Acres was off the air…Ariana is a liar, a proven liar. So why believe her at any time, for any reason. Unless she pulls out a tape recording, I mark this down as___DESPERATION___
right2bright on May 5, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Huffiana Air-in-head.
Somebody please shut off that ‘Green Acres’ music.
whitetop on May 5, 2008 at 10:05 PM
The Onion is an equal opportunity lambasting humor site. Equal to the old Nat’l Lampoon in it’s wickedness and occasionally referenced by this site.
I have their book “Atlas Of Our Dumb World” and if you don’t find it funny then you don’t understand why Michael Huffington turned to men.
crashman on May 5, 2008 at 10:07 PM
right on John the L…your only problem is that some posters here think they are John the Baptist and their opinions are inviolate
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 10:07 PM
McCain was at George Soros’ shadow convention with Huffington back then. They were very close pals around this time.
McCain is a dishonorable rat. The delegates still can save us from this nightmare if we start pressuring them.
Buddahpundit on May 5, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Domino:
I heard what McCain said in Louisiana and I did not hear contempt, it was not that strong and it was not directed at Bush personally. It was more along the lines of lots of people screwed up and it was disgraceful that the whole thing went to hell. Or words to that effect. The reporters were doing the best to make him go after the president and he was doing his best to be critical without being critical.
As for the LaRaza thing, I think people are over reacting. Besides when Republicans have to sweat carrying states like Texas people need to keep these things in perspective. I bet McCain ends going to a meeting or two with the NAACP too, inspite of the fact that they have gone left over the years.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Buddahpundit:
And who is WE?
You know McCain spent a lot of years in a POW camp and suffered a lot. I am not saying that people need to vote for him or kiss his ass, but when I read some remark about him being a dishonorable rat or something like that…there is a part of me that thinks that is a really despicable thing to say about a veteran who went through so much. Nasty and mean spirited.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Huff is such a ditz, I could care less what she says or thinks. I’ll leave my sharing of the caring to her followers at HuffPo.
petefrt on May 5, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Huffy is Hot. Too bad she turns men gay.
ninjapirate on May 5, 2008 at 10:20 PM
McCain called the Swift Boat Vets for Truth “dishonorable and dishonest”. That alone makes him dishonorable in my book.
I realize that Mr. McCain had his mind warped by many years of communist indoctrination in the prison camp, but he is what he is.
Many evil people were made that way by upbringing, but they are what they are.
Buddahpundit on May 5, 2008 at 10:21 PM
McCain called the Swift Boat Vets for Truth “dishonorable and dishonest”. That alone makes him dishonorable in my book.
do tell us about your service Buddaboy
starbucks?
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Buddahpundit:
Oh please. McCain was a vet himself, and there have been nutcases over the years who have gone so far as to accuse McCain of actually spending those 5+ years in a hotel being serviced by prostitutes provided him by the communists, and all kinds of crazy crap. Maybe McCain just does not want to go down that road because of all that. Whatever the case, I would say that he has earned a right to his opinion and if his years of torture and incarceration can not him that much tolerance from you…what right have you to judge him?
And besides, if any high ranking Republican, McCain or Bush had come out and supported the Swift Boat vets their whole effort would have lost credibility. I bought their book and I voted for Bush, but I am not going to judge McCain on this issue. And to call him evil is ridiculous. I mean do you think that everyone disagrees with you is evil?
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 10:31 PM
palate cleanser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJFEb7d4OLQ
buddahboys idea of a hero
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 10:33 PM
please, allow me
you’re obviously a nice girl and a patriot
dealing with filth like this is a pleasure for me
windansea on May 5, 2008 at 10:37 PM
By all means, have at it.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 10:39 PM
That was directed at windandsea.
Terrye on May 5, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Terrye:
Thanks for making that clarification for me.
Although my post was long, I should have also added the media to my list as to things I take with a grain of salt these days.
Cheers!
Domino on May 5, 2008 at 10:41 PM
As far as I am concerned that pretty much “blew” any further McCain use of the “veteran card”, especially as he was doing it on behalf of his senate buddy John F’ing Kerry, who was very clearly demonstrated by the Swift Boaters and others to be very dishonest.
MB4 on May 5, 2008 at 10:46 PM
She working for the NY Times now?
Hog Wild on May 5, 2008 at 10:47 PM
That’s great advice.
Buy Danish on May 5, 2008 at 10:59 PM
McCain’s buddy Kerry is more than dishonest, he’s a clear cut traitor if there ever was one.
It’s funny reading some of these defenders though. It’s like 2004 all over again where you have to keep pointing out that being a vet doesn’t in itself make you honorable.
If that were the case, Sgt. Akbar, Benedict Arnold and John Kerry would be “honorable”. Somehow though, the swiftboat vets don’t qualify as honorable in the estimation of these same McCain and Kerry defenders.
Buddahpundit on May 5, 2008 at 11:17 PM
1 and 3. Numbered and answered.
Political whores of the Arianna Huffington caliber have no moral authority, or any authority to talk/write about “how far has anyone fallen”.
This socialist/communist, born in Greece, educated at Cambridge, married a filthy rich conservative (no money had nothing to do with it), pretended to be conservative, campaigned and fought hard for her husband’s senatorial run in Calif. He lost, declared his love for a guy, they divorced and voila, she’s a flaming liberal, living off the billions of former husband. User and opportunist! And she talks about “how far anyone has fallen”?
On McCain. I wouldn’t have voted for Bush either, given what all happened in 2000.
However, 9/11/01 happened, and on the war on terror, and especially on helping Bush 43 get reelected, there was no better friend or support system this president could have had. McCain bit his everything and diligently campaigned for Bush, against his buddy Kerry, against his buddies in the media, etc. for the good of the country.
I don’t like his shamnesty take, but no one can say that he wasn’t loyal to the party, or to Bush after 9/11/01, and especially during the reelection in 2004. Many conservatives have ‘conveniently’ forgotten. Bush is not nirvana, but by golly, he’s not that haughty and wimpy John Forbes Kerry. For that I shall always be thankful. 2004, Nov. was a wonderful time and John McCain had much to do with it. Do.not.forget!!!
Entelechy on May 5, 2008 at 11:26 PM
(cue the Vic Mizzey music)
“New York is vhere I’d rather stay,
I Get ALLERGIC smelling hay,
I just ADORE a penthouse view,
Dahlink, I love you but gif me Park Avenue”
(Pardon my Hawaiian)
Del Dolemonte on May 5, 2008 at 11:30 PM
This is the just latest example of a meme that Arianna and the other lefties have been pushing for weeks. This is how it goes: They all kind of liked McCain back in 2000, but then McCain changed! He endorsed Bush for the 2004 election, and he’s one of the most stalwart Senate supporters of our troops’ efforts overseas. So to them he’s now a flipflopper and a warmonger, and he loves waterboarding.
juliesa on May 5, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Frau Blucher launches another high-class attack.
Django on May 5, 2008 at 11:34 PM
… but that’s not all - true blue conservatives won’t vote for “traitor somewhat conservative McCain(TM)” - enabling a democrat victory for Obama - all the while pissed off at realist conservatives who don’t want a democrat Obama presidency and will settle for a somewhat conservative McCain over a liberal Obama and are labeled as a traitor to the conservative cause by the true blue conservatives and act the true blue conservatives act like trolls at the conservative realists who point out to the extra chromosome true blue conservatives that their not supporting the traitor McCain will ensure a democrat victory in the form of a President Obama.
*whew!*
wise_man on May 5, 2008 at 11:39 PM
**LOUD HORSE NINNY in response to Arianna’s true name**
wise_man on May 5, 2008 at 11:42 PM
NO CHANCE this is true. This is beyond obvious.
1) McCain supported Bush (”I support Bush; I support Bush; I support Bush”) and if he hadn’t Bush would have lost. Bush owes his presidency to McCain.
2) McCain isn’t the kind of IDIOT that would tell someone that he voted against his own party (no matter how he voted).
3) Saying anything of substance to Arianna is absurd. It’s like discussing quantum physics with a dog.
4) Arianna wouldn’t wait 7 minutes before telling someone about this, much less 7 years.
No flipping way. None.
Pythagoras on May 5, 2008 at 11:42 PM
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