FOXNews Sunday: John McCain's "Man in the Mirror" Moment
By Nicole Belle Saturday Oct 20, 2007 5:30pm
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On the stage of the upcoming Republican debate later tonight, McCain makes one last ditch effort to salvage his atrophying presidential bid, by going after Romney. Get this man a saucer of milk, meow!
Wallace: You have gone after Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney this week for their lack of conservative credentials. What's your problem with them?
McCain: Well, in the case of Gov. Romney, when he said that he represents "the Republican wing of the Republican party"-a parody on what Howard Dean said, as we know-I think there's lots of good Republicans in the race and we can all claim to be "Republicans" but when you took liberal positions on issues in Massachusetts, as perhaps he had to in order to get elected-all of the things that he did: said he didn't want to go back to the Reagan/Bush years, supported a Democrat for President of the United States-Paul Tsongas-contributed to a Democrat running for office in New Hampshire, basically has changed positions on every...on many issues, then I have to take exception to it. It's...look, you can't con the voters; if you want to win their respect, you got to give them your respect. And by giving them...you give them your respect by telling them exactly where you are, where you're going and what you stand for and you don't change with the political season. That's the way I've always been and that's the way to gain the voters' respect.
Would that McCain just look in the mirror for a moment on that one. First of all, does anyone remember Mr. Straight Talk Express talking about the dangers of pandering to the Religious Right during the 2000 campaign season only to turn around and kiss up to them this year in order to get the "Values Voter"? By the way, it didn't work, John. Less than 2%? Ouch.
Proving once again his complete tone-deafness to the pulse of the country, John McCain didn't waste any time deriding Romney for being bi-partisan in a pretty blue state. Uh, John, the voters don't want a repeat of the Bush/Cheney years, your Rovian "I'm more conservative than thou" talking points are clearly not winning you any respect either.
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Grandpa is grasping at straws
McCAIN NOW CAMPAIGNS ON THE ‘BAPTISM EXPRESS’
McCain cut the ground out from under himself when he signed up with Teddy and that weenie Lindsay Graham for "comprehensive immigration reform." That killed him with the Republithugs and would have murdered him with most Demos in the general election. Never get in the way of a man determined to commit suicide.
Why waste our time on "ROUNDHEEL JOHN", THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN KISSING THE "FRAT BRAT'S RING SINCE 2000!
He is as dead as Grandpa Fred and about as relevant as a box of used condoms....
Pandering to the right is extremely profitable. Look at the growth of GOD's not-for-profit-but-for-my-pocket-book TV and radio stations. These sites are more and more becoming mainstream like but with an always tiny bent of self-righteousness, and an almost surreal out-of-body soulful experience :)
Oh my...
Actually, I'm beginning to think it's impossible to run for president if you've been in a national office for very long. There's so many tons of video tape following you around. As tacit turned as my mind is, I think I'd practically be the biggest flip-flopper of all time.
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David B.
I lived in Massachusetts for the whole of (shudder) Mitt Romney's term as governor. I don't think anyone here would term his imperial and imperious tenure here as "bi-partisan." He tried to cram the death penalty down our throats, he turned on gays once he was elected, and he trash-talked this state every time he went out of town. It is true that we now have mandatory health insurance, but that's not exactly working out well for all concerned. He was a condescending, holier than thou, ungracious boor. Because of that, even the Republicans here ended up not liking him much. If, God forbid, he is elected president, he will become as unpopular as George Bush in very short order..
It is going to be so funny...watching the "winner" of the Republican nomination, who will get there by proving beyond a doubt to the loyal right wing that he is the most conservative of all (another "mirror" reference, BTW), whipping off a huge Uturn to try to convince the other 75% of the voting public that he's not one of "those" conservatives.
FOX is State Sponsored TV
Yet another reason to support Ron Paul. McPain has grown so pathetic it is embarassing to a vet like myself. Where is his pride? Say bye-bye John and stand aside.
Guess the diddling he did done in Falwells shorts didn't help cause Jerry up and died. and now poor Johnny has Altsheimers or something.
Oh ... and #9, FOX and Pravda ... same-same.
I've always wondered why so many senior senators just HAVE to run for president. Shit, I mean... you are a top senator in the United States of America. With your party in majority you (and your House counterpart) are heading a coequal branch of government! It REALLY isn't enough power? Really? Yet another reason to diminish the power of the executive.
Pathetic. There is a reason the people would rather elect a governor, but apparently the Dems are slow to catch on. If Obama had been a successful governor of Illinois instead of senator, he'd be nominated already.
McCain has lost his mind. He should retire gracefully.
Let's all understand as well, John McCain's closet support of Joe Lieberman every time he runs for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut and that they are both great pals who get campaign funds from the same people.
John McCain is the biggest phony-ass out there but there are many who tie him for first place in the Washington political elite. The list is too long to repeat here. McCain is surely at the top of the heap of political b.s. artists.
Bob in N. Thailand @ 11:
Why stop there? You think CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, the networks, papers, an magazines are any different? Everyone of em are trying to be FOX, at the bidding of their corporate masters.
wow
the pot is
attacking the kettle
heh...
POOR JOHN. I suspect that even republicans have finally figured out what a goose stepping nazi phony Mc Cain really is. He and Joe Liarman are two of the sleeziest politicans in Washington.
Anyone know if any sites are streaming this debate?
But - but - but - 9/11 chanted everything! It even changed McCain from a sycophantic, bootlicking, brown-nosing bushie to a -- oh, wait. Some things never change.
changed everything, not chanted. Jeez.
I guess I was thinking of rudy and his 9/11 tourette's.
Bitray-Us made a success out of the military "surge" in Iraq... and McCain helped him do it.
Now, that statement must be qualified by acknowledging that the only place in the KNOWN UNIVERSE that it's true is in the CHILD-LIKE MINDS OF REPUBLICANS WHO DRINK THE BUSHIE KOOL-AID.
OK. That being established, and for that very reason... both Betray-Us AND McCain should be banished for life from holding public office.
Speaking of "drinking political Kool-Aid..." has anyone noticed that BOTH O'Reily and Hannity are now regularly referring to Democrats as having drunk LIBERAL KOOL-AID.
Those guys will STEAL ANYTHING!
Old hypocrite. Just stepdown and end this farce of a campaign. I imagine even the repug base is sick of McLame by now.
McCain is irrelevant.
Dear Mccain,
It's over. Hang up the spikes. You can't throw the fastball anymore
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Poor Johny McPuffycheeks. Sold his soul to darth and chimpy on torture. Sold his values out to the wacko bible beaters(wife beaters, gay bashers, abortion bombing ultra-right-wing-Christo-fascists). Sold his integrity to defend his child-molesting whore-buying gay-bathroom-sex-having Repug party. And what did he get for it? A kick right in the nuts.
There, there Johny McPuffycheeks. I've got the answer. It's a nice warm bath tub. You just bring your own razor blades and you'll fell all better in 20 minutes.
What a fall from grace. Really, a complete waste of a man's life in about 8 years.
for one I liked mccain in the 2000 election he showed he had some ball to stand up to bush and and the religious wrong and the rove political machine but the day he went and played grab ass with bush on that stage and the day he went to liberty U and kissed fawells ring and licked his boots he went from being a maverik to a gelding
wow, mccain said all those words without letting his "straight talk" in one time. has anyone else noticed that mc cain has been like that saturday night live "subliminal message" guys lately. straight talk comes out of his mouth in the weirdest way. straight talk, mc cain is loosing it.
Mccain has done fantastic well in his life.
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