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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Intervention is what is needed but McCain has already demonstrated that he is set in his ways. He has the agenda for the White House that he has had on the Hill. That agenda is his agenda. He will only respond to our concerns with spin.
shick on June 16, 2008 at 10:48 PM
no it makes you a decent lady. ‘maverick’ now means liberal, thanks to capt. queeg…
right4life on June 16, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Gee JetBoy, you might try defending McCain instead of attacking conservatives.
But that’s much, much harder, huh?
MCCAIN ‘08: OH, COME ON, I’M CONSERVATIVE ON A COUPLE OF ISSUES!
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 10:50 PM
opposite of Reagan. GWB beat mccain like a drum. this is why
custer on June 16, 2008 at 10:50 PM
No, it makes you brilliant.
MB007 on June 16, 2008 at 10:50 PM
you forgot:
UNTIL I GET ELECTED….SUCKERS…HAHAHHAHAHAHA
right4life on June 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM
This sucks! Just when I think we (the USA) have a slight chance to avoid a catastrophe, McCain speaks, then I don’t think so. Damn, sometimes I think he could win this thing if he just didn’t say a damn thing and re-ran those Vietnam POW tapes again and again…but NO…he has to speak, and screw the pooch!
AUINSC on June 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM
what did he say after the 17 second mark on that audio?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Don’t believe it, cowgirl: We’re All Mavericks Now.
I’m still trying to understand why it’s great that Maverick is a maverick, but when folks on HotAir act like mavericks, they get attacked by Maverick supporters.
It’s all very confusing.
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Wow, that was an awesome strawman argument, misterpeasea .
Awesome!!!!
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM
The goal this year is to pick which loser will do the least damage to America. Nothing more can be expected of the voter. I still say it is a toss up since McCain with all his Democrat pals could easily be more dangerous than an administration floundering because of its inexperience.
McCain’s agenda includes greater terrorist rights, amnesty, Kyoto protocol, taxing profitable companies, and bigger government. Please explain to me how this is good for America!
highhopes on June 16, 2008 at 10:54 PM
The guys a moron, not even 1/2 bright, has been out maneuvered all his life by the dems but what are we to do about it vote for the Messiah — Not.
It sucks but we’ve got the GOP and Washington insiders to thank. There’s a reason the party is in serious trouble and we’re all going to pay for it and its’ not cause the party is too conservative.
dhunter on June 16, 2008 at 10:55 PM
And how many conservatives can with a straight face claim that it’s McCain?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 10:55 PM
People think I’m crazy to vote for Bullwinkle. But Bullwinkle has always stood by America.
snaggletoothie on June 16, 2008 at 10:56 PM
I hope he had enough sense to pin the flag right into his flesh to show to HA viewers that he’s sufficiently patriotic.
freevillage on June 16, 2008 at 10:56 PM
McCain: “You know, I’m not Obama yet…but with a little extra effort, I think I can pull it off”
AUINSC on June 16, 2008 at 10:56 PM
You don’t know what a strawman argument is, do you?
You are a prime example of a Maverick supporter attacking mavericks. Does that make you a strawman? Sing your song for me: If I only had a brain!
Have you thought any more about changing your name? You really should consider it.
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Wow. I didn’t know that McCain was one of the 4 supreme court justices!
That Bastard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I reflect on a converstation I had with one of my mother’s friends when she lamented about Obama saying that America is not perfect, America has done some bad things .. but she will still vote for McCain.
Texas Gal on June 16, 2008 at 10:57 PM
canopfor on June 16, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Equating and giving birth to a new liberal talking point.
Hope no one asks McCain if he feels that wearing a flag pin or holding ones hand over their heart during the National Anthem is unpatriotic.
christophercube on June 16, 2008 at 10:59 PM
He is running so hard to the left-center that RINO is really a misnomer.
He is a moderate democrat, and could care less what the conservative base thinks.
You can have Dick Morris too, who tonight on H&C thinks we need to let McCain go to the center for the ind and democrat vote. The premise is totally flawed, and assumes conservatism is unattractive.
McCain couldn’t articulate any position, with or without at teleprompter.
Starlink on June 16, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Err. Strawman? It was 5.
Now you’ve entered the realm of the truly moronic. I insist that you change your name.
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Then what is the proper definition or classification of this lie of yours:
Bullsh*t?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:02 PM
it also assumes that conservatives ‘have nowhere else to go’
wishful thinking.
right4life on June 16, 2008 at 11:03 PM
But,oooooooooooooooooooo know ,could a had,Fred or Mitt
who where savvy,and knew what to expect from the Lefty
MSM!
Before everyone heads to the edge,
here’s a comedy interlude!
Ma and Pa kettle Math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iekTU94-BgI&feature=related.
Abbott and Costello Math
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WMi5TUJDso&feature=related.
canopfor on June 16, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Oh, so McCain somehow supports “greater terrorist rights,” huh misterpeasea? is that right?
Wow. Another lie. Why don’t you call yourseld misterlieshiskeisteroff?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I vehemently disagree with McCain’s statement, but agree or disagree, this is just plain dumb politics, lousy leadership and dreadful rhetoric. Michelle O is the wife and not the candidate and when she cuts the country down it’s bad, but not quite as bad as if her husband had said what she did.
McCain has lived in the bubble of the US Senate for so long he really is out of touch.
INC on June 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Ma and Pa seemed to have a glitch!
canopfor on June 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
You know what I like to do to strawman arguments? Unceremoniously burn them down to the ground where they belong. It’s really gratifying even though it’s so easy.
Go ahead, give it a try. Explain why MisterPeaSee’s argument is a strawman and burn it down.
And good luck with that, you’ll need it.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Uh. Strawman? A lie is not necessarily a strawman argument, and vice versa.
And I’m pretty sure that everyone on this blog will attest to the fact that Maverick supporters attack mavericks. And you, strawman, are a prime example.
Change your name. Change it here. Change it now. Make a fool of yourself less.
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
This is too easy, strawman. I never said that Mav supports greater terrorists rights. What I said was that 5, not 4, Supreme Court Justices support greater terrorists rights.
You’re very entertaining, strawman.
misterpeasea on June 16, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I don’t defend McCain on points that I disagree with him on (Amnesty, the fence, corporate windfall profits). Then again I’m not willing to scrap what is left of our National Defense just so I have chest thumping rights after Nov 4th.
Missile defense, Navy modernization, nuclear weapons modernization, space based weapons systems, confronting Iran. Obama has declared that he will not support any of those things. He has declared he will SLOW our future combat research. Why? Only one reason, to allow everyone else to catch up to us so they won’t feel ‘paranoid’.
I’ll take what I can get with McCain. The argument that Obama is no worse then McCain is madness. All you want is to allow the Dems to destroy this country so you MIGHT get the chance to make a new one. Screw that. I’ll keep fighting for this one.
Limerick on June 16, 2008 at 11:08 PM
You can have Dick Morris too, who tonight on H&C thinks we need to let McCain go to the center for the ind and democrat vote.
Starlink on June 16, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Cue the violins…
“Pleeease release me…let me go. Cause I don’t love you anymoooooore.”
Saltysam on June 16, 2008 at 11:08 PM
…No matter who wins this November…
WE LOSE!!!!
PERIOD!!!!
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on June 16, 2008 at 11:09 PM
WastelandMan on June 16, 2008 at 11:09 PM
agreed.
unseen on June 16, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Simple. “Maverick supporters” are sometimes not even “maverick supporters,” because their number one goal is to make sure that Obama isn’t the next president. And if you don’t vote, then all the people voting for Obama vs all the people who trash McCain and don’t vote, hope to gather up as many other conservatives to do as they do an not vote for McCain, resulting in an Obama win. Some conservatives actually want Obama to win, because they actually believe that some kind of electoral magic will produce a conservative nominee next year when this year most republicans voted for McCain over real conservatives such as Fred Thompson who now supports McCain. Which they can’t explain.
Also,
their insane diseased brain now sees any comment that attempts to mention to them the truth of their comments as being “attacked” by “McCain supporters.”
See? That was simple.
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:14 PM
One thing I am looking forward to. On November 5 I’m wondering, after Johnny loses, how many of our regular Mc-Nos will disappear from HA?
Paulites? Birchers? This-Is-Mine-Libertarians? I dunno, but I damn sure take the bet that the McNo population will disappear like the Cheshire Cat.
Limerick on June 16, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Psst!
Not all of them are real conservatives. But liberal democrats who came here to sew the seeds of their own ‘operation chaos’ against us. As for the ‘real conservatives’ who want to see Obama elected and claim McCain would be worse, ask them if they ever supported Ross Perot or Ron Paul.
That explains a lot.
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:17 PM
So which one are you? A liberal posing as a conservative, or a conservative who wants McCain to loose at all costs, and therefore Obama to win?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
I swear to god, this is looking more and more like that nightmare election year of 1976…somebody should have slapped Gerald Ford upside the head and said “..YOU CAN’T BEAT JIMMEH BY TRYING TO BE MORE LIKE JIMMEH!”..well, he didn’t listen and we got 4 years of Jimmeh…now we are looking right down the barrel of 8 years of Obama…damn!
AUINSC on June 16, 2008 at 11:21 PM
…and furthermore…
With the supreme court legislating from the bench even with the moderates that were added. (Not to mention the other crazy judiciary out there!)
We no longer have a Justice system.
We have a Legal system, but definitely NOT a Justice system.
-Wasteland Man.
WastelandMan on June 16, 2008 at 11:21 PM
At some point, not too far in the future, the great epiphany will strike which will render our arms useless.
Saltysam on June 16, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Fair and reasonable question, if obvious.
Idiotic and juvenile response that partly explains where Obama finds so many stupid people to vote for him.
Jaibones on June 16, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Not that simple. MisterPeaSee was clearly talking about enthusiastic McCain supporters not lesser-of-two-evils supporters.
What you’ve actually done is created a second straw man and burned that one down instead.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Lest ye be confused, O wisened one, as ye are surely bound to be, McCain is an idiot, and seems likely to do much damage.
My point is that to suggest that Obambi will be less destructive is to fail to understand anything about either McCain or Obambi.
Jaibones on June 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Jaibones on June 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM
au contraire mon frair. Obama will be as less destructive as Carter.
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:29 PM
I’m not the most vocal or vehement McCain critic here but I supported McCain in ‘99 – ‘00 and donated $200.00 to his campaign.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM
And you think that “Maverick” will be worse?
SO which one are you? A real conservative, or one of the fake ones posing as conservatives?
Or does it matter, since you don’t want McCain at any cost?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM
So McCain got more liberal in 8 years?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
This is a pretty good picture of Col. Tigh, right after the Cylons attacked.
john1schn on June 16, 2008 at 11:37 PM
To:
All GoP convention delegates and the party “leadership”.
It is not too late to pull the plug..
in a ‘moderate’ manner, of course..
and save us all the embarassment to come.
normsrevenge on June 16, 2008 at 11:40 PM
That and I was unimpressed with Bush at the time, but 9/11 is what really did it for me. How anybody can spearhead the effort to leave our borders unsecured after 9/11 is beyond me, and how the same man can appose drilling after 9/11, especially with prices as they are clearly demonstrating the threat, is not only irresponsible but dangerous to our nations security.
Borders and energy are both critically important factors in the war on terrorism. In spite of the often heard mantra that McCain is strong on national security, it simply isn’t true. He’s terrible.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:42 PM
So is Obama is going to be better to help secure America from terrorists?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:45 PM
Totally agree
atxcowgirl on June 16, 2008 at 11:46 PM
They’re both threats to our future.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Both equal threats?
Obama and McCain.
Toss the coin. Not one more of a threat than the other? Just like that?
wise_man on June 16, 2008 at 11:51 PM
hey wise_man,
its not that mccain will be “worse” but its that a republican president advocating and trying to implement liberal policies (windfall tax, no drilling in ANWR, amnesty,etc)will be a disaster. republicans in congress will have a much harder time stopping him since it would take his own party to filibuster his proposed legislation!! do you know how chaotic that looks to the average voter? i dont expect a politician to fall in lock step on every issue but there are some core areas where he is diametrical opposed to traditional republican policy planks.
oh yeah, the ny times endorsed him, the ny friggin times!! that alone is enough to make him unacceptable to the republican party.
chasdal on June 16, 2008 at 11:55 PM
So, what to do..? Those of us that underwrite this endeavor do have a voice, leverage, a gun in a knife fight, as simplistic as it sounds we can effect change. I and most of you pay thousands of dollars in taxes, we the people are gettin the R-Kelly golden opportunity of Hope-Change-Alzheimers and can shower whoever wins this most pathetic media driven election with thousands if not millions of requests for new W2 forms. That alone should make the bourgeois careerists in D.C. bang their ALR/AN threat receivers in a wide-eyed “rut roh”
dmann on June 16, 2008 at 11:56 PM
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:42 PM
like I said at the start, Bob Barr 2008. At least I can vote for Bob Barr, can’t say the same for the Mav.
Conservative Voice on June 16, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Neither one is adequate to ensure our continued survival and prosperity.
FloatingRock on June 16, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Exactly, lets stop bitchin and end this travesty!
dmann on June 17, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Well Juan it will be un poco difícil if you become el Presidente so why don’t you just drop out of the race and let the Republican party nominate someone else.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Oh I see. Well, let’s look at a case study insofar as Obama vs McCain’s views on national security, continued survival and prosperity. (courtesy of the HotAir headlines)
You see, Obama actually wants the terrorists to attack us, so we can do the police work after the fact and get the two-bit thugs into jail,
where McCain doesn’t want to take us back to the failed policies of the past.
That is the reality of Obama and McCain that you claim that neither one is adequate.
You are seriously mistaken.
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Exactly, lets stop bitchin and get about doing whats in our best interest.
dmann on June 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM
I’m not at all sure that he is out of touch with the base. If by “the base” you mean conservatives anyway. I think that he knows what they want and he just hates them.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM
I was just thinking the same thing. McCain isn’t even pretending to run as a Republican. The honorable thing for him to do would be to drop out of the party and run as an independent and let Republicans pick a Republican nominee.
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:09 AM
It’s tough, in some respects, to be proud to be a registered Republican when a majority of my fellow partisans have nominated McCain to lead our party into the future.
aquaviva on June 17, 2008 at 12:11 AM
I’m not saying one isn’t worse than the other, I’m saying that neither one is remotely qualified to save our country and ensure it’s prosperity.
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Maybe there should be an amendment to the constitution that no one who has been in the senate for more than 12 years is eligible to run for president.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:13 AM
No, I’m not mistaken. Just because one is worse than the other doesn’t mean that the better of the two is adequate to the task. Sean Penn is probably worse on national security than Brad Pitt but Neither one is adequate.
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Yes, 12 years in the senate or 24 years in the booby-hatch would make someone ineligible to be President. I like it.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Point taken, although actually McCain didn’t get the majority of Republican votes, he only won because the field was split as it was.
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Pan…pan, Pan…pan! Three comments have failed to take root, viv la revolution!
dmann on June 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Translation: “When I’m elected, my liberal buddies and I are going to take the amnesty bill and shove it right down your throat, and you conservatives who got in my way the first time can go to hell.”
labrat on June 17, 2008 at 12:20 AM
oh wow! wise_man you are really clueless about mccain.
mccain issued a pretty harsh statement about the SCOTUS decision. but now i’m having trouble finding it on his website. used to be there, but now its gone. why would he remove something like that?
maybe because of his gitmo policy. i suspect someone pointed out to him that being against a SCOTUS decision that implements the same result as yoru policy would is kind of a hard sale to the public, looks kinda flipperish dont ya think?
chasdal on June 17, 2008 at 12:21 AM
What’s a booby-hatch?
FloatingRock on June 17, 2008 at 12:22 AM
And this isn’t an attack? Thank you for proving my (not argument, but) assertion, strawman.
Good gosh. YES, YOU IDIOT! Check, for example, the National Journal ratings.
Don’t bother. I’ve tried, several times, to explain to this idiot that there’s a bit more involved than McCain=R=good, Obama=D=bad, but he’s impervious.
misterpeasea on June 17, 2008 at 12:24 AM
The U.S. is the most inclusive country on the planet. Ever. McCain, you idiot.
jaime on June 17, 2008 at 12:25 AM
McCain has been on an amazing roll lately, and we don’t yet have the sound bites from his upcoming LaRaza speech. I can hardly wait.
DFCtomm on June 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Yah, at least when Bill was messin’ around with Monica and that cigar he didn’t rub it in Hillary’s face anyway. Juan doesn’t even have that modicum of class.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:36 AM
That sounds good. Add to it that the Senator must also have been out of the Senate for at least 12 years before running and perhaps the taint is removed.
INC on June 17, 2008 at 12:42 AM
It’s like a loony-bin except more so.
MB4 on June 17, 2008 at 12:49 AM
I’m reduced to only one hope – that there are actually 10 “town hall” type meetings between McCain and Obama. After hours of Obama’s “uhhh…uuhhh…change..uhh” mixed with McCain’s lifeless assortment of wordfarts, then EVERYBODY will stay home on election night.
Kinda like the opposite of those 100% votes that Saddam used to get.
innominatus on June 17, 2008 at 12:56 AM
McCain has been on an amazing roll lately, and we don’t yet have the sound bites from his upcoming LaRaza speech. I can hardly wait.
DFCtomm on June 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM
That senile piece of worthless crap is going to browbeat professionals in my profession (oil and gas) today in Houston, of all places, to invest in useless greenie-weenie junk technology like solar panels. No ANWR, though – that would make too much sense for that decaying putz.
I hope they boo him off the stage.
TexasJew on June 17, 2008 at 1:13 AM
John could stand (as all of America could) some Teddy Roosevelt or even some Ronald Reagan in the form of some loud, proud, audacity.
Speakup on June 17, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Yes, homesick Texan here hoping the same.
In fact, I think either McCain or Obama should lead by example and ditch the Suburbans and limos for a Prius, and have solar panels installed on the White House and the Capital. Then, on cloudy days, they can all be as physically in the dark as they are mentally.
labrat on June 17, 2008 at 1:36 AM
Don’t bet on the 10 townhalls, cause, unbelievably, even the McCain camp is “having second thoughts” on that.
aquaviva on June 17, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Apparently, Queeg’s strategy is to try and win with absolutely zero support from conservatives.
Good luck with that, Johnny.
Time to start looking for a viable alternative, not only to Queeg, but if neccessary, The GOP itself.
SuperCool on June 17, 2008 at 2:12 AM
I was proud of the Americans until they started electing Senators by popular vote. It’s been downhill ever since. :-)
Kralizec on June 17, 2008 at 2:42 AM
to keep supporting a nincompoop like McCain.
It really is.
hillbillyjim on June 17, 2008 at 5:22 AM
It’s official now. HotAir has jumped the shark.
(As an aside – this is the conservative base? No wonder McCain wants to distance himself from it, and you. You conservatives have certainly earned, and well deserve, your marginalization. I am glad to see you shunted off to the inconsequential fringe. About time.)
Gilda on June 17, 2008 at 5:57 AM
McCain is going to lose because Obama will switch on immigration and become a hawk. If he also says one word suggesting he was wrong on Iraq and things are going well, he will take out the middle ground and some of the Republicans.
McCain will have nowhere to go. If Ian see this why doesn’t McCain.
davod on June 17, 2008 at 7:24 AM
The questioner noted that he had been educated at Princeton and Harvard and made more than $300,000 a year.
“How can I be
orlandocajun on June 17, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Hey Kids:
Something to brighten the morning. Guess what the local John McCain story was? His cancelled fundraiser with the guy who, when running for TX governor, made the comment about rape that if you couldn’t stop it you might as well lean back and enjoy it. Yep. That guy. McCain defends the fundraiser by saying it was 18 years ago…….
Wonder if all the pissed off feminists McCain is courting feels the same way. Wonder why there isn’t one person on McCain’s staff with the internet skills to google this stuff up so that it doesn’t come to bite the candidate on the rump?
highhopes on June 17, 2008 at 7:40 AM
Seven Percent Solution on June 16, 2008 at 10:14 PM
No worries about me “staying home” come election day. Americans have fought and died defending my right to vote. I will always exercise my right to vote. I will vote for McCain simply because he is the best chance we have to minimize the damage caused to country. Obama would be a disaster of all ages, of this I have no doubt.
Our country is in for some dark times ahead. Damn…
Keemo on June 17, 2008 at 8:31 AM
Isn’t it incredible? Hard to believe they’re conservatives, ’cause they’re acting like the liberals do…whine and pout.
And it’s not John McCain who has distanced himself from conservatives, it’s more that these so-called conservatives have done the “distancing”.
JetBoy on June 17, 2008 at 8:56 AM
McCain is too old and soft on too many issues to pull this off- not that it would be a great victory.
Plus when you have a loser like Carly Fiorino out front, you have no clue about whats coming at you.
Adjust stock portfolios accordingly.
jjshaka on June 17, 2008 at 9:09 AM
HotAir has not jumped the shark, but it is rampant with idiot so called conservatives who are acting like disgruntled hillary supporters. In addition to them, there are others who have signed up here with the seemingly single purpose to advocate the cause of not voting for McCain. I would like to see how many of them drop off the radar after the election, their job done, and go back to comment full time at their favorite liberal blogs. I really don’t care if these two groups are a 50 – 50 mix, or maybe 90 – 10 percent, or whatever, I think we should treat them the same, because what they are advocating is the same.
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 9:12 AM
Yes, you are mistaken. Perhaps you didn’t read the comment at 12:08 AM. I suggest that you do. You might learn something. I’ll summarize it again.
Obama actually wants the terrorists to attack us, so we can do the police work after the fact and get the two-bit thugs into jail,
McCain doesn’t want to take us back to the failed policies of the past, and does not want to treat attempted mass murder directed against our civilian population by a international terrorist organization to be allowed to occur in the first place, and then acted on in Obama’s example of the first world trade center attack.
Do you understand now?
wise_man on June 17, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Actually, he did it over a span of about 26 years. You made the same mistake we made in AZ. You assumed someone from the military, especially a war hero, was going to be conservative. And he did sort of start that way. But about half the upper echelon of the state RP – including Barry Goldwater – had reservations we should have listened to. The description of “maverick” was already heard back then, along with “loose cannon.”
If you are going to spend your entire days on your computer, attacking people in forums who don’t agree with you, you should take the trouble to know what the hell you’re talking about. But since throwing mud is easier, you probably won’t.
Shay on June 17, 2008 at 9:21 AM
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