McCain: “It’s tough in some respects” to be proud of America
posted at 9:32 pm on June 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Lame. Not what he said about being proud, which is perfectly apt and uncontroversial and not to be confused with Michelle Obama saying Barry’s candidacy was the first time she’d been proud of her country in her adult life. What’s lame is that he didn’t instantly recognize the question as a dig at her. Good lord, Maverick — you really are out of touch with the base.
The questioner noted that he had been educated at Princeton and Harvard and made more than $300,000 a year.
“How can I be proud of my country?” he asked.
Get it — he was mocking Michelle Obama and her statement earlier this year that her husband had for the first time in her life made her proud of her country.
Well, McCain either missed the joke or decided to ignore it and answer the question literally. I think it was the former because the individual asking the question had a thick accent that sounded to be either Indian or Pakistani, perhaps suggesting to McCain a recent immigrant grappling with America’s image abroad.
“I’ll admit to you that it’s tough, it’s tough in some respects,” McCain said, seeming to lend credence to Michelle Obama’s observation.
McCain said America needed to be “more humble, more inclusive.”
Coming soon to Fox News: Bob Beckel gets a hot tip from Larry Johnson that McCain’s been caught on tape saying he hates America, then duly attributes the rumor to conservative “honkies” when the rumor blows up in his face. Exit question: Is it momentarily “tough in some respects” to be proud of America when the nominee of the party of border enforcement is outdoing the Democrat in pandering to the most influential amnesty advocacy group in the country?
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Wow. I asked the question, “So McCain got more liberal in 8 years?” and that was an attack? Thanks for the explanation, Shay. Thanks ever so much!
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 9:24 AM
John McCain is a Nixon Republican. You have to be old enough to remember Richard Nixon to understand. Nixon went to China, he established the EPA and signed the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act. He didn’t mind bigger government as long as Republicans controlled it. He thought certain groups of voters could be converted to Republicans if Republicans threw enough government money at them. He also had the brass to stand up to the anti-war crowd and start bombing Hanoi, which eventually did end the war in Vietnam. Remember, Nixon was president when McCain came home from Vietnam and his political views were shaped to a large degree by the prevailing Republican philosophy of the mid-1970s.
McCain did not move right when the rest of the party did. He thinks he is still a real Republican and the rest of us are right wing nuts who have hijacked his party, which has led directly to the disaster the party now faces. A lot of old Republicans feel the same way. McCain sees modern conservatism as having gone haywire and leading to the hyper-partisanship that he deplores. He thinks it is tough to be proud of America now, because America cannot seem to come together to tackle our big problems anymore - all we do is try to score political points on the opposition by blaming them for the problems. He is still pissed at the right for blowing up his amnesty bill. This should not surprise anyone.
I’m not saying I agree with any of this, but I’ve been involved in Republican campaigns since 1971 and I know where McCain is coming from. It isn’t hard to figure out and shouldn’t be that vexing to people.
rockmom on June 17, 2008 at 9:25 AM
No chance. Dole looked more lifelike.
Angry Dumbo on June 17, 2008 at 9:30 AM
good Lord, this guy McCain is stupid
james23 on June 17, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Well said, and interesting. However, it suggests that McCain is out-of-touch with today’s voters. That can’t be helping him.
JiangxiDad on June 17, 2008 at 9:54 AM
What if McCain picks another “moderate” as his Veep?
Do we still get the “he’s better than Obambi”?
Of, if he picks anyone less than a real conservative will that be all she wrote?
So far, he isn’t giving me much hope for making a good choice on that mark…
catmman on June 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Sigh…..sometimes it is difficult to be proud of your candidate….
Kasper Hauser on June 17, 2008 at 10:50 AM
The most diverse nation in the history of the world needs to be “more inclusive”?
McCain is an idiot.
AZCoyote on June 17, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Why do Citizens of the United States ever need to feel humble? ( note to the atmosphere: notice I didn’t say Americans)
MNDavenotPC on June 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Thread over.
spmat on June 17, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Good post! The only thing that I would take exception to is where McCain’s hatred of the right comes from. It happened long before his amnesty scheme was shot down. Specifically it was the South Carolina primary of 2000 when he started losing the nomination to GWB on the basis of conservative voters. McCain brand liberalism played well in Iowa and New Hampshire but not so much in the deep red country. He’s been acting like a spoiled petulent child ever since and his clear snub of social conservatives and evangelicals is because of his bitterness that they didn’t deliver for him 8 years ago.
highhopes on June 17, 2008 at 12:59 PM
highhopes on June 17, 2008 at 7:40 AM
On that rape joke, it seems it nails McCain’s philosophy with conservatives…we conservatives are considered whiners and cry babies as he rapes us, we are told we need to just lay back and enjoy his rape.
Conservative Voice on June 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM
highhopes:
That is perfect! I needed a comment to hand back to the McCaniacs….. this couldn’t be better or more accurate.
MNDavenotPC on June 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM
John McCain, it’s tough to support the Republican Party with a RINO like him as the nominee.
Snake307 on June 17, 2008 at 2:19 PM
McCain hasn’t impressed me with any of his decisions.
Snake307 on June 17, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Man is this guy dumb or what.
Highhopes, do you have a link or anything to that news story. I have to see that to believe it.
Zetterson on June 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Haha, its probably too late but I found it:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/15/mccain_texas_fundraiser_back_o.html?hpid=topnews
awesome
Zetterson on June 17, 2008 at 2:28 PM
America’s toughest job has to be on Mav’s campaign staff.
oakpack on June 17, 2008 at 3:55 PM
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