The Cafferty File: McCain Is The Candidate Most Would <I>Not</i> Want To See In The White House
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Well, to be fair, it's only because the Republicans polled split between Clinton and Obama. Jack Cafferty on The Situation Room Thursday brought up a Gallup poll that asked people who they least wanted in the White House. Grandpa McSame topped the list, for most of the reasons we bring up constantly: his position on Iraq, his emulating Bush and moreover, because he's a Republican. Republicans, by a near 2 to 1 margin, preferred Obama to Clinton, their critiques of her much more personal in nature (40% either don't trust or like her).
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MALVEAUX: Now time for "The Cafferty File." Jack Cafferty joining us in New York. Jack, it is great to see you today.
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: Great to be seen, Suzanne. Thank you.
Here's a twist on the polls that we see every day. A new Gallup survey asks people which of the three remaining candidates they least want to see elected president in November.
Forty percent of those surveyed said they don't want John McCain, 36 percent said they don't want Hillary Clinton, 20 percent said they don't want Barack Obama. One reason McCain tops the list, he's the only Republican left. So most Democrats choose him. The Republicans, on the other hand, are split between the two other candidates.
Here are some of the reasons people don't want a particular candidate to be president.
When it comes to John McCain, 27 percent say it's position on the Iraq war, 25 percent say he's too much like President Bush, 23 percent it's because he's a Republican.
As for Hillary Clinton, 24 percent say it's because they don't trust her, 18 percent say they don't want Bill Clinton back in the white House, and 16 percent say they just don't like her.
And with Barack Obama, 39 percent say he's inexperienced, 15 percent say they don't trust him, 12 percent say it's because he's a Muslim, which he's not.
Interesting that criticisms of the Democrats are all more personal in nature. The top issues with McCain all related to policy.
So here's the question. Which of the three remaining candidates, John McCain, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, would you least want to see elected president and why?
Go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. You can post a comment on my blog -- Suzanne.
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Jack, what are you looking at, at this hour?
CAFFERTY: The question this hour is, which of the three remaining candidates, John McCain, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama, would you least want to see elected president, and why?
Bill writes: "Hillary/Billary are my least likely choices. What I am reminded of is watching Hubert Humphrey betraying all his lifelong values to be president in 1968, sucking up to Lyndon Johnson because he wanted the presidency so much, he was willing to grovel for it. Same with Billary. Only difference is, there are no lifelong values to compromise."
Emily in New York writes: "I have no faith in John McCain whatsoever. The president's primary function, crafting and leading our foreign policy. I don't want it decided by a guy who needs someone whispering in his ear, telling him who the enemy is."
Matt writes: "Obama. He's just not ready. It's as simple as that."
Frank says: "I would rather answer one of those 'Have you stopped beating your wife?' questions. With the options being the codger, the dodger, and the kid, I guess it has to be the kid. If the voters truly want change, Obama is the only choice. How can you want real change and consider either McCain or Clinton, both longtime insiders who owe and are owed favors?"
Celia in Michigan writes: "Jack, I am a multiracial, multicultural female Democrat, and my least favorite candidate is Hillary Rodham Clinton. I am highly allergic to her."
Judy in Kansas City: "Barack Obama. He's inexperienced, not qualified to be commander in chief, and has a record of just voting present on a number of issues. He does not know how to work across the aisle, and he's too overconfident, in that he seems to think he's already been elected."
Portland writes: "Jack Cafferty. He is my least favorite living thing on the planet. I would pick a troglodyte for a president any day before I would pick Jack Cafferty. Jack, is time on your side? When are you going to kick the bucket and spare us all your pathetic commentary?"
Not soon, I hope.
Jim in Kansas writes: "That would be an easy choice: Grampa McCain. He is always showing pictures of himself which were taken when he was Barack Obama's age."
If you didn't see your e-mail here, you can go to my blog at CNN.com/caffertyfile, and look for yours, along with hundreds of others there.
12% of those who said they would least like to see Obama in the White House based their answer on their understanding that he is a Muslim. Well . . . Saddam Hussein was responsible for 9/11, wasn't he. Yikes. Here we go again.
No surprise here.
"Iraq" will lead to a SLAUGHTER of the GOP at every level of gooberment in November.
The GOP will be disemboweled, castrated and mutilated by the electorate on Election Day. And they can all loyally thank George W. Bush for decades to come.
McCain Is The Candidate Most Would Not Want To See In The White House, or a 2 piece, crotch-hugging, bathing suit...
Samson- @ 3:
You mean, crotch-hugging FLIGHT suit.
Mission Accomplished !
So Obama "is a Muslim" or "has a record of voting present"....I guess we can see that rightwing lies and "misinformation" do indeed have some traction among those who get all their news from Fox and Rush. It's just so sad, or it would be if it weren't so infuriating.
Samson- @ 3:
Gross thanks for the disturbing imagery.
"Transcripts below the fold"
This is a newspaper phrase. It doesn't apply to a blog being read on a computer screen. There is no 'fold'...
The results just reinforce the fact that repug/neocons are the most prejudice and hate filled citizens in the country. Their reasons are all "personal" rather than substantive.
These are the same idiots that claim the libruls are full of hate. Go look in the mirror, idiots!
These are the same butt holes that would rather re-elect a repug/neocon/fascist that will bring the country into the last swirls in the toilet before they turn it over to a Democrat that plans to change course. Again...idiots.
Canuknotusa @ 7:
Those new plasma screens sure SEEM like they fold.
So according to Republicans Obama is an Islamic-Fundamentalist socialist except when we want to expose him as a christian with an America-hating preacher.
Yeah.. its this kinda stupidity which made me go independent.
Samson- @ 3:
... or in a frilly white dress http://www.freakingnews.com/Transvestite-Pictures-33510.asp
Sounds like we could use Instant Runoff Voting
www.fairvote.org
Another poll, Wow! Some will be happy, others will be sad. Its April, who cares, what a 100 different polls say now?
It will boil down to the economy. Experience is ridiculous. Surround yourself with smart people and it will be just fine.
Expect a few well-placed Orange or Red terrorist alerts before the election.
Let's hope there's some truth to that poll. John McCain is a tempermental, uninformed, deranged former POW. The Media views that as strength. The DNC needs to get a little Rovian and play up this supposed "strength" as someone who resents a real danger.
doh!!!
cmon barak!!
independentmeans @ 13:
Yes, like GW did.
Didn't McCain surrender to the Viet Cong?
You know that old saying...surrender me once, shame on me...surrender... you can't surrender...you won't get surrendered again.
McCain: decades of experience, and he still doesn't know shit.
baracks not a muslim?!?!
where the f*ck do people ge their info from??? sad, sad, sad, shame, shame, shame...
if obama isn't the next president then it will be time for revolution.
i am crappin you negative.
Excuse me? WHY are we bothering to be fair? Does anyone put it past Fox News to run the headline "McCain Likeable: Two-Thirds of People Sharing a Small Square Table with McCain Would Rather Sit NEXT to Him than ACROSS FROM*."
Could we please STOP being fair, and start kickin' butt and takin' names?
* If this is incomprehensible, please review your notes from Statistics 101.;
theWalrus @ 14:
Spoken like a true liberal. Do you guys go to school or something to learn how to name call with that kind of authority? Of course, I am rather enjoying seeing that name calling attribute being turned on each other.
As repulsive as it feels, I have to side with the repugs on the lack of trust for Billary.
12% didn't want Obama because he is a Muslim.
Did they have to read the questions out loud to the Republi-tards? And phrase them in single syllables?
Bo @ 21:
I thought that "former POW" is he likes to be known?
I say Jeff Foxworthy on a "Blue Collar Tour" DVD say, to a Southern crowd, "If you can't say something good about someone, you must be talking about HIllary."
Those who identify and get their info from Faux News have been told "just look at her and know that you hate her", "She tried to kill all the doctors in '93" and "she stood by her man and he's a Democrat who had sex outside marriage, not a Republican who had sex outside marriage, then dumped his wife who waited for him for years in Pensacola and, then, married his younger, richer 'Monica'."
If she could come up with a strategy to reverse this unreasoning hatred instead of trying to make others unreasonably hate her fellow Democratic competitor for the nomination and praising the Repug candidate, I would make her my first choice for President. Unfortunately she only seems to be creating more hatred for both Dems.
After 8 years with Bush,
We people on the outside, living in other countries, can't imagine that the American people would be that stupid and elect McCain.
Get ready for McCain.
1.) "War" with Iran.
2.) Complicit media.
3.) Brain dead, greedy, fat American public.
For quite some time now Jack Cafferty has had his lips planted so firmly on Obama's ass I'm surprised he can still breathe. Why anyone would take the time to respond to his ridiculous and over the top questions is beyond me. Cafferty is so crass and uncouth that only on cable would he be considered legitimate.
McCain was subjected to 5 ½ years of Soviet driven "brain perversion techniques." Is this a guy we want with his hand on the button?
Curious because in discussing McCain's possible VP selection with Wolf, Colin Powell's name came up and Jack said, "that would be great. I would follow that man anywhere!". The same Powell who enabled Bush to ram the war down our throats and was probably the one voice that could have stopped it. Yep, Jack Cafferty, another blowhard who has no idea what he is talking about. How we shift from day to day.
Looks like Grandpa McMutiny has lost his ball bearings.
Yhey're all against me I tells ya...
That is so cool that people don't think the LyingRugs
deserve another shot. When Grandpa picks Romney as
his running mate people have even more to look forward to.
The fact that it would be President Romney very shortly makes
my hair stand up(better to get signals from Planet Kolob).
All of which means that the ticket needs help from Cheney
in the form of capturing Ben Laden or...something else.
I leave it to you, dear reader, to fill in the_______.
These are the same idiots that claim the libruls are full of hate. Go look in the mirror, idiots!
These are the same butt holes that would rather re-elect a repug/neocon/fascist that will bring the country into the last swirls in the toilet before they turn it over to a Democrat that plans to change course. Again…idiots.
Sigh! You seem to be saying do as I say, not as I do. Loads of hatred in the above. Yeah, I'm guilty of hating the Republicans myself, but won't claim I'm superior to them in that. Maybe we are all human and subject to human weaknesses/ sins if you wish. Hope that otherwise, right is on our side, that we are still morally superior ... less hateful than the conservatives, Republicans, neocons, right wing, etc. Before Bush was even elected in 2000, I cringed at the thought that, if elected, that man would represent us before the leaders of the world. Sigh! I am amazed at the diplomatic skills of Merkel, Putin, and others not to simply burst out laughing at Bush. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, etc. are no better representations, maybe not as stupid, but so close minded and one sided that they regard diplomacy as meeting with foreign leaders, blustering and threatening and waving the Bomb at them. Now Rice says that the Palestinian problem will be resolved before the end of the year. Sigh! Hard not to hate this administration. I am unfortunate enough to be another member of this failable human race.
I guess my point is terms like "butt holes" don't belong in a discussion of how flawed the other side is. If we are going to claim to be better than they are, we will have to demonstrate that. Of course, Otherwise I reserve the right to be at the front of the line in calling them butt-holes and suggesting we flush them down the toilet.
Bo @ 21:
To be accurate, libruls go to school. Reich-wingers are too dumb and too afraid to attend institutions of higher learning.
nirak @ 26:
We often defy our own imaginations. And our laws.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 33:
Thanks for proving my point. I appreciate the validation.
Bo @ 35:
No problem. Thanks for proving *my* point.
"Curious because in discussing McCain’s possible VP selection with Wolf, Colin Powell’s name came up"
That would be nice. Just run the video of his testimony at the U.N over and over again. His persuasion was one of the reasons many Dem's voted for the war. What a ticket - the Prisoner of War with the War Criminal. Beautiful.
Vicki @ 32:
Well said.
Bo @ 35:
Was that even technically name-calling? Seems to me that Walrus was asserting an opinion based on the available evidence and fleshed out with descriptive adjectives. Now calling McCain things like McSame, McGrampy, McHeyyoukidsgetoffmylawn...well, THAT'S name-calling!
;)
Not to mention "spoken like a true liberal" hovers on the edge of name-calling as well, since you seem to be trying to pigeonhole "liberals" based on one poster's comments on one thread on one blog. Just saying.
And Jack Cafferty is the jerk I most dislike seeing on the tube.
Bonkers Hussein @ 39:
Valid point. I certainly fell into the "labeling" trap. My apologies to those who may classify themselves as liberals and still intellengtly speak to the issues without the name calling.
I do think "deranged former POW' is name calling and not based in fact.
Bo @ 41:
While it may be a matter of opinion without close clinical observation, it's clearly a valid discussion point.
Because whoever has truth on their side will win. And, whoever thinks the means justify the ends will become the means. You lie to get what you want then you are nothing but a lie.
Albatross @ 20:
Bo @ 41:
we can all fall into the name-calling trap.
that said, one could make a good argument that mccain actually is a 'deranged former POW'.
i would say staying in iraq for 100 years is deranged.
i would say continuing bush's foreign policy trainwreck is deranged.
and i would argue that continuing the neoliberal economic policies is deranged.
deranged, as in 'that is fucking crazee!'
examples abound.
fnordboy @ 1:
...and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is the top imam in the United Church of Christ, of course.
V Hussein B in CT
Blue Lensman @ 42:
Without any evidence to substantiate that he is insane, it becomes just name calling and not a point of discussion. The far right is claiming that Obama being a muslim is a discussion point. It is not. There is no evidence to substantiate the claim. To me, they are both simply name calling and do a disservice to the public actually trying to learn about the candidates.
Bo @ 41:
Kudzu @ 40:
"deranged POW" as namecalling:
Yes, that's a fair point.
Looka that! Compromise!
Also, while we are on the subject (which is pretty OT, btw) it is, in my opinion, a good thing to remember that a lot of people, myself included often enough, come to blogs to blow off steam; get a little cathartic venting of angst a-flowin'. We could pick on each other all day for name-calling (if I were, say, to go to a heavily conservative blog I bet I could find all sorts of name-calling) or we could try discussing stuff. That's not to say we can't call each other on our bullshit, but maybe coupling it with some counter arguments would be productive.
Blah blah blah...ok, I am done being OT!
@40
Sorry, Bo! Didn't mean to make my reply confusing by including Kudzu. I must have clicked on the wrong post to which I wanted to reply. (syntax?)
Bonkers Hussein @ 47:
Bravo! I coulnd't agree more.
jack the obama hack is a disgrace.
Again with the retarded "He's a muslim" meme. Oy! Will the stupidity ever end
Welcome to idiot america!
Doesn't surprise me at all the amount of completely illiterate Reslugs that still believe that Barack is Muslim. Afterall they get all their news from lard-ass Blimpaugh, Fattity and the rest of the habitual liars on Faux Noise.
Gary @ 10:
No, this kind of stupidity makes me want to relocate to Europe and just tell everyone I'm Canadian.
The Cafferty File: McCain Is The Candidate Most Would Not Want To See In The White House
This guy?
http://foreignerinformosa.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/05/30/ho...
Gretchen @ 54:
How about the fools that claim they will vote for McCain if Hillary/Obama isn't the Dem nominee? Criminy, that sort of crap makes me want to put my head through a wall.
Makes me want to tell these people that "I'm gonna take my ball and go home!!!" tantrums are simply unbelievable at this level. Picking a prez, that is. If you want to vote for McCain, fine: you have to live with yourself; I don't. But HAVE A REASON beyond showing the other side how displeased your are that your favorite candidate didn't get his or her way. How can a person justify voting for a candidate they don't support just to make some stupid point? Geez!
Brian @ 51:
Only when lead and mercury are completely eliminated from the country's red state water supplies.
Chico Hussein @ 2:
I really, really, really, truly hope you are right!
Honstly, I'm sure I'll kick up a sheet storm, but my "pick" is Hillary. Despite their public stances, I believe we have a better chance of ending the war and restoring the constitution under a McCain administration that we would under Hillary - and I take no great pleasure in saying so.
In the end, whether or not McCain would do the right thing would depend on whether or not his desire to do so would outweigh his ambition for a second term. Clinton's ambitions know no boundaries, and no expense of principle is too great to satisfy them. Her record on the war and on Telecom Immunity are enough to illustrate that point.
theWalrus @ 29:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoy3_obKPTo
diamondmc @ 12:
You got it. In October, when people are actually following the debates, I can't wait to see Grandpa McSame get up there and talk about more trickle-down tax-cuts for billionaires. I wonder what his response will be at the looks on the peoples faces? The look as though he farted on an elevator.
Especially with double digit inflation on food, $4.50 a gallon for gas and milk, foreclosures gallore, a U.S. $ worth 30 cents Canadian, and an economy that only exports good paying U.S. middle class jobs. Tie all this together with the Wall Street "Free Market" corruption, a 2nd repuke depression in full bloom, and I don't think these morons have a clue what's headed their way.
"All we need are more tax-cuts for the rich." I want to see McInsane try to sell that "flaming turd" this year!
Bo @ 21:
Of course, your above that sort of stereotyping aren't you?
McCain has Cancer. Will he die within the first year?
If McCain had any more dead albatrosses around his neck he'd be violating health codes.
CoIntelPro - against Divisive Democrats @ 52:
Or as it's also known, the GOP hard core base. The ones who still like Cheney.
Cafferty:
Wait a minute! Forty percent said they least want McCain? And he topped the list because Republicans split among Clinton and Obama? That's not most people least wanting McCain; it's a frighteningly small plurality of people least wanting McCain! And it means 56% least wanted a Democrat in the White House according to the poll.
This is not good news! Why is it being reported as such?
Barack Obama "inexperienced"? He has more government experience than the Republic Party icons Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush had when they took office.
Albatross @ 20:
Actually, I think C&L's headline is misleading. According to this poll, McCain was not the one most people least want in the White House.
And if FUX News ran the headline, "When Asked to Pick Least Favored, 56% Choose a Democrat," it would be spun, but accurate.
DHSmd @ 59:
Could you at least think of saving the Supreme Court? If McCain is appointing the judges, we're in danger of losing all of our rights. Clinton's picks would at least preserve the liberties that have been recognized by the judiciary in the past half century or so.
Karen @ 69:
The SCOTUS nominations ARE the biggest brass ring of this election. We can kiss many rights goodbye should another republican take office. Anybody even entertaining the notion that McCain is "a good man, his own man, and does the right thing" is kidding themselves. Once in office he will fold and cringe to whatever the party demands of him, including putting more psychos on the Supreme Court.
gemHusseinpei @ 64:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_u7VGiMO0U
ysbaddaden @ 71:
Lol. I can't believe albatrosses are that big. I almost feel sorry for McCain.
Almost.
Blue Lensman @ 23:
Me too. I have a feeling she might be the next Joe Lieberman.
So, all Obama needs is for Fox News to announce that he has officially converted to Christianity.
That should take care of 12 percent!
jimbo92107 @ 75:
Uh, these 12% are among the same group who are angry at Obama for being influenced by his Christian pastor.
They are capable of holding two opposite beliefs at the same time.
YOU MEAN PEOPLE ARE FINALLY REALIZING THAT HIS REAL NAME IS---->
JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN....
and that he would govern and torture and lie in the spirit created by....bush cheney rummy condi snow fliesher
JOHN "THE REPUBLICAN" MCCAIN....
does anyone else think he looks like a PEANUTS character?
a really old PEANUTS character?
a really old REPUBLICAN peanuts character?
Samson- @ 3:
I'm gonna have bad dreams tonight.
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McCrazy McCain is a very, very dangerous man.
Judy in Kansas City is a fucking idiot.
Problem with the Dems is they're TOO willing to work "across the aisle."
If this is the case, why does he poll so well; almost even with the two Dems. It could be cause the Lefties in the media have highlighted the mess between Obama and Clinton. We know the Righties will do it, but AirAmerica and Olbermann have been relentless in their condemnation of Hilary, along with the gaffes she's made.
I'm a flaming lefty and I don't give a flying fuck which of the three candidates gets into office. They all suck. McCain in some ways may be the most appropriate choice.
interesting, Jack says McCain is the only Republican running.
You obviously don't know, Jack.
Ron Paul isn't just still in the race, (recognized by even FOX) he's converting alot of delegates, (not reported)
He's even got many Constitutionalist congressman running on his platform (ie, the orginal republican platform)
Not a peep about Paul, but the Revolution rolls on. He's up 6 mil. How's McCain doing?
The more McCain talks the more people hate him. Have you heard his recent speeches, Ack! The more people hear Paul's message, the more followers he gets. Via la Resistance!
Jasper von Holywater @ 83:
In some ways you might be right. With the arrival next Republican great depression and the inevitable end of US empire, the next president is likely to be blamed for the ensuing chaos. But, IMO with each candidate, here's what we'll get
-1 McCain: War with Iran, resulting in the first major US military defeat in History. And I'm not talking about a Vietnam style defeat. I'm talking about supplies being cut to 100,000 plus troops in Iraq and US soldiers having to resort to cannibalism.
-2 Hillary: No war with Iran :) Continued expansion of executive power. Continued Neo Con style of economics. Creation of mini fake credit based economic bubbles. Eventual collapse of the US economy, people in the US have to resort to cannibalism. But his won't happen because she'lll lose the general election if she eeks her way to the nomination.
-3 Obama: No War with Iran. He cant expand executive power. He has no support of traditional right wing because he's black. He has no support of US media. This creates a a power vacuum in the executive branch. Congress takes up its traditional roll. His only chance is to sell his soul to the corporatists, which will do nothing for him because he's black. So his other option is to be a populist.
Whether you so called "progessives" explain a MILLION times to people that Barrack is NOT a muslim, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE in MIDDLE AMERICA who ARE GOING to BELIEVE he IS just because HIS MIDDLE NAME is Hussein. It may sound absurd but that is JUST the way a lot of people THINK.
All these immaginary "polls" they PUT out is just a way to see if they CAN CREATE A CERTAIN PERCEPTION IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE ABOUT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE THEY MAY EITHER PREFER OR DISLIKE. They said their BELOVED CANDIDATE (at least for NOW..lol) was going to win New Hampshire, Texas, and Ohio.. what happened there? Their SPIN didn't WORK then and IT WON"T WORK NOW.
They always SAY TOO MUCH OF THING IS GOOD FOR NOTHING. That's what's happened IN this election cycle.
You've been found out. Keep on on SPINNING till people finally turn OFF your Networks PERMANENTLY.
Whether you so called “progessives” explain a MILLION times to people that Barrack is NOT a muslim, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE in MIDDLE AMERICA who ARE GOING to BELIEVE he IS just because HIS MIDDLE NAME is Hussein. It may sound absurd but that is JUST the way a lot of people THINK. Perception is reality which is unfortunate but TRUE.
All these immaginary “polls” they PUT out is just a way to see if they CAN CREATE A CERTAIN PERCEPTION IN THE MINDS OF PEOPLE ABOUT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE THEY MAY EITHER PREFER OR DISLIKE. They said their BELOVED CANDIDATE (at least for NOW..lol) was going to win New Hampshire, Texas, and Ohio.. what happened there? Their SPIN didn’t WORK then and IT WON”T WORK NOW.
They always SAY TOO MUCH OF ONE THING IS GOOD FOR NOTHING. That’s what’s happened IN this election cycle.
You’ve been found out. Keep on on SPINNING till people finally turn OFF your Networks PERMANENTLY.
You're referring to push-polling, generally done by unrecognizable groups, and rarely successful except in annoying people.
This is the Pure Evangelical base, the ones who think he is a Muslim (12 percenter's). We now see the truly loony folks:) Although I know OBAMA is CFR therefore will do what Clinton or McCain will do, its commonly thought that he would actually change things therefore its crazy not to vote for him. So people should be voting Ron Paul but I would expect the uniformed to at least vote for Obama.
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