The title is his answer..the mojo went where Paris Hilton’s mojo went, where Britney Spears’ mojo went, where everyones mojo, who is inundated with news coverage, bad and good, goes….

WhaaaaaaaAAAAA?!

*head explodes*

A minor point but McCain is not a career military man. He served honorably in the Navy for a number of years but he didn’t make it his career (as his father had).

highhopes on July 31, 2008 at 8:25 PM

If you mean that it wasn’t his career because it wasn’t the only thing he did in his life, I see your point. But AFAIK (military members, please correct me if I’m wrong!) serving until you retire (20 years or more) is definitionally “career military”. Mr. McCain was on active duty in the Navy from 1958 to 1981, not counting his years at the Naval Academy. That’s 23 years of active duty. My late father served 20 years in the Army and thus was “career military”, even though after that, he was a medical doctor in private practice for 40 years! (My mother, on the other hand, served in the Marines (enlisted) and the Army (officer) for only 16 years, therefore she wasn’t “career military”. :-) )

But I do take your point. We only differ on semantics, I think.

BTW, I really wish you wouldn’t tag all McCain supporters as “hate-filled bigots.” It’s not true. McCain was not my guy in the primaries. My mom, however, supported him precisely because he was the candidate with the most military experience. She respects him, as a fellow war veteran (different wars, though — she served in WWII and the Korean War). She believed that of all the Republican field, he would do the best job prosecuting the war, and that was her biggest issue. So don’t call my mom a hate-filled bigot, thankyouverymuch!!!

Are you saying that McCain is not supposed to respect people he disagrees with? Once I saw a picture of George Bush helping Robert Byrd to his seat. The older man was having difficulties. I think he did that out of respect, but that does not mean they are politically aligned in anyway.

Terrye,

Most of us critics would be happy if McCain showed his own party and party members the kind of respect and support he shows democrats. It’s not about being uncivil but respecting the people that put you in power. McCain has gone out of his way to disenfranchise and alienate social conservatives and evangelicals.

And for the hundreth time, McCain was considering bolting from the GOP in 2004. I’m not sure why you are so defensive on the subject because he didn’t and it doesn’t matter one way or the other this time around. McCain managed to slither to the top of the pile by a fixed primary process designed to keep the social conservatives at each others throats until Rudy or cranky old bastard won the nomination. The nation in effect gets two Democrats this time around thanks to hate-filled bigots like you.

Not lies but inconvenient truths that idiot loyalists like you keep glossing over in an attempt to make McCain less detestable than he is.
highhopes on July 31, 2008 at 8:16 PM

I wouldn’t be so overreaching as to think that I could ever convince any good hotair commenter here that McCain was less than completely detestable.

After all, it’s just this nation’s fate for the next 4 years with Barack Obama at the helm with the democrats in control of the legislative, thats all.

Not a big deal. NOthing to concern yourselves with.

Mary in LA on July 31, 2008 at 8:11 PM

A minor point but McCain is not a career military man. He served honorably in the Navy for a number of years but he didn’t make it his career (as his father had).

Terrye on July 31, 2008 at 5:44 PM

I’m not hateful, I’m a critic. There is a huge difference that must be lost on people like you. I’m angry that McCain got the nomination and I’m voicing the values of the part of the party that McCain has vowed to reform out of existence- you know us social conservatives and evangelicals. Do you hate social conservatives too? Do you detest those of us who openly express our faith?

Here’s a tip for you. If you want to support McCain spend some time attacking Obama instead of attacking critics like me. People like you are not going to get me to shut up when I see areas where McCain should be taken to task and I’m sick of you morons demanding I do so- as if I don’t have the right to my opinion. You are perfectly welcome to continue being a fool but I demand you knock off telling me that I’m not entitled to voice concerns about a vile human being who rarely reflects my views.

Got it? You have no right to tell me not to voice my opinions! Shame on you!!! McCain deserves to surround himself with useless uncritical creatures like you!

wise_man on July 31, 2008 at 5:06 PM

That a “Republican” was chummy enough with McCain that the issue was even broached is all that matters. That McCain didn’t immediately reject it is all that matters to prove he was thinking of bolting the party. Not lies but inconvenient truths that idiot loyalists like you keep glossing over in an attempt to make McCain less detestable than he is.

OTOH, I work at a defense installation. Back when Slick Willie was in orifice, a directive went out from the command directing all personnel to cease making “derogatory remarks about the Commander in Chief” (i.e. telling/e-mailing Clinton jokes). I’m certain that if he had visited, everyone would have given him an outward show of respect — but that’s all it would have been. :-)

I find that very suspicious.

Lincoln on July 31, 2008 at 5:55 PM

that is interesting isn’t it… could it be they (polsters) change the questions when it started to get close…just asking.

What’s going on? Are the negative truth ads more effective than anyone realizes? Did the skipped troop visit at Landstuhl resonate more widely than thought?

Both of the above!

but I can’t think of any democrat politicians I know that I respect. I don’t respect any of my family members who are democrats
JiangxiDad on July 31, 2008 at 6:05 PM

Do you respect Zell Miller?

Ronald Reagan was a democrat. Would you have respected him before he became a republican?

I certainly don’t respect the sub-humans at MoveOn PAC, or the huffington Post, or Kos. Or the majority of the bottom feeding liberals in the media such as the New York Times. They are the enemy. In my opinion. When I graduated, I meet a democrat senator from my state. I took the diploma, smiled and said “thank you senator.” I respected the office. I didn’t take that opportunity to disagree with them about their vote that month.

All I want you to do is consider the possibility that McCain said this to be civil. I don’t think that he’s going over to the Pelosi house to watch a blockbuster movie. He can say nice things about them, and then do what he can to oppose them. It’s the people like Pelosi. miss nine percent approval rating who can call the president of the united states a loser and get away with it. Because she is a democrat. And slime. But If i meet her, I might respect her office, while I despise the person.

I think 1,000 disparaging posts about one man is sufficient to say the word “obsessed”.

right2bright on July 31, 2008 at 3:33 PM

Just curious, would 1,000 complimentary posts abount one man be sufficient to use the word “obsessed” as well?

wise_man on July 31, 2008 at 5:59 PM

I am civil to everyone. I respect a few people. It’s a weak argument to make that because he works with them he has to respect them.

Regular people know what respect means, and the difference between that and being civil and polite with people at work.

Are you saying that McCain is not supposed to respect people he disagrees with?

Terrye: I think somebody ought to have knocked Byrd’s walker out from under him. I don’t respect Kerry or Pelosi–I hate them. I respect some people here I disagree with, but I can’t think of any democrat politicians I know that I respect. I don’t respect any of my family members who are democrats– which is every single one. And if they’re conservative democrats, then I don’t respect them for allying themselves with radical left loons, and a party that wants to refashion America into some image that leaves me chilled.

Terrye on July 31, 2008 at 5:47 PM

Yes, indeed.

Wise-man, Where is the second quote from? Why does McCain respect Kerry (and Pelosi and Hillary and so many other liberal Democrats). Why do you think Kerry approached McCain with some request/offer?

McCain respects people who most Republican voters despise. That is a problem and calls his judgment into question.
JiangxiDad on July 31, 2008 at 5:43 PM

The quote is from USA Today. 6/12/2004 3:05 AM

McCain probably respects his colleagues in the senate. If i was in the senate, I would probably despise them and not get anything done, not be able to do anything but vote, and never get asked to join a committee as long as the democrats were in power.

In my opinion, it does not call his judgment in question. For reference, please read this and this as the reasoning and possible explanation as to McCain’s decision to say these things.

I find that very suspicious.

Are you saying that McCain is not supposed to respect people he disagrees with? Once I saw a picture of George Bush helping Robert Byrd to his seat. The older man was having difficulties. I think he did that out of respect, but that does not mean they are politically aligned in anyway.

And I remember at the time that McCain shot down that whole turning Democrat rumor, but some people have their own reasons for keeping it alive.

BTW, Ronald Reagan actually was a Democrat at one time, and he always treated the opposition with respect. He was too much of a gentleman to do otherwise.

I have never heard McCain say anything as hateful about the GOP base as you say about him. The fact that he does not say how high when you say jump does not mean he hates anyone.

And no, he did not nearly bolt the GOP. Democrats made that claim and people such as yourself who supposedly detest the left just ate it up. You would believe anything anyone said if it could be a negative about McCain.

It is weird.

Where is the second quote from? Why does McCain respect Kerry (and Pelosi and Hillary and so many other liberal Democrats). Why do you think Kerry approached McCain with some request/offer?

McCain respects people who most Republican voters despise. That is a problem and calls his judgment into question.

Hope and change: Obama loses eight points in four days

FauxBama is a slow, target rich opponent, and it would a shame if the McCain campaign didn’t take advantage of the Messiah’s arrogance!