John McCain didn't vote for George Bush in 2000: Has adopted his platform for 2008
By John Amato Sunday May 04, 2008 8:00pm
Talk about party loyalty. Hillary and Obama both have said they would support the nominee of the Democratic Party to their fullest extent. Apparently---that does ring true for John McCain.
The fact that this man was so angry at what George Bush had done to him, and at what Bush represented for their party, that he did not even vote for him in 2000 shows just how far he has fallen since then in his hunger for the presidency. By abandoning his core principles and embracing Bush -- both literally and metaphorically -- he has morphed into an older and crankier version of the man he couldn't stomach voting for in 2000.
That's the critical observation in Arianna's piece. McCain has become an extension of BushCo's policies which include extending the tax cuts and continuing this economy, 100 years in Iraq, war with Iran, torture, pandering to the extreme religious right, no improvements in health care and on and on. How could Independents vote for a man who would not vote for Bush because he got smeared to the high hills in 2000 and then---that same man---adopts Bush's entire platform? Arianna asks McCain's Media What will it take for the Swift Boat Media to realize that John McCain jumped the shark a long, long time ago?
Maybe we can do a doughnut drive. Send boxes of them to the network centers in honor of their great surrender. What say you? How can we get the media to cover him fairly?
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John McCain wants one thing and one thing only: to be the President of the United States. If the requirement to be President was that you had to be raped by a buffalo to get into office he would get down on all fours.
One word: hypocrite
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 1:
I heard the buffalo had the opportunity but turned it down.
John McCain is Attila the Hun's younger brother!
Whether you are correct or wrong in all your postings about him, this site has turned into a McCain bashing spot. We all know what McCAin is, I'm sick of him so get off him and give us news from the country and the net.
We can't. The best thing is to convince as many people as possible to stop watching cable news and drive every station's ratings down so far that they go bankrupt, and throw all these millionaire news anchors/useless fuckoffs into the streets with no healthcare and no social safety net and let them eat the same dog food the rest of us have been eating (and by dog food, I mean middle to lower-class American lifestyle).
And then start over with a completely new bunch, and with the Fairness Doctrine reinstated.
Marge @ 5:
Why?
I mean don't you think it is a nice change from Reverend Wright and flag lapel pins?
They are still talking about that on the Corporate Media stations, you can always tune in there.
Marge @ 5:
McCain is a crook and a liar. If you're coming to this site to talk about something else you've maybe got a mistaken impression.
Well, I don't know if he's Attila the Hun like a comment above said. And I don't think he wants to have sex with big animals. In fact, I think he's a positive guy who I will enjoy sitting next to in next year's Seder, if given the chance.
However, he's proving again and again he's a politician with the eye on the prize. In his case, the prize will pull the country even lower than it is today. So we need to do whatever we can to make sure he loses.
But really, I don't think he wants to have sex with a buffalo.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 7:
AAAAAAHHHH! Marge is taking charge of C&L.
How the hell are we going to track all the versions of Flop McFlip? He needs a damn gant chart .
Marge @ 5:
Does your browser only point to one site?
OM @ 9:
No he wants to win the White House by any means necessary. If that means cozying up to Hagie or Nuclear Annialation he is all for it. Buffalo rape is morally superior by far.
The chicken has come home to roost!
A vote for McPain is a vote for four years of Chicken Sh**
And guess who gets stuck cleaning it up?
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 1:
Or a date with Rush Limpballs. same shit...except flaccid with the smell of swap ass.
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xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 1:
Mooooooooooo?
Well, it just keeps getting better doesn't it people? Not only has Mccain flipped on everything. Made a statement about the war being about oil. He just commited a huge heresy. He (gasp!) voted for Gore. Or did he vote at all? I always thought Reagan by-law states NEver vote DEmoncrat!
Marge @ 5:
Funny that, we're not in the habit of being told what we may or may not cover. Or appreciating it very much.
Take a look at the name of the site, Marge. Why would you suppose we're doing posts about McCain?
And for what it's worth, we've never been a news site. We're a political opinion blog. And there are more than 10,000 posts on this site (I'm personally responsible for almost 5,000 of them). If you're tired of McCain posts, feel free to avail yourself of the other 9,200 posts. But we're focused right now on getting out the information about McCain, because the more information out there, the less likely (we hope) that McCain will be in the White House next January.
I think that it is pretty symbolic that the brought donuts for McCain -- and he jokes that that is his new health care plan... too bad the reporter didn't segue into what his real health care plan is... which isn't any different than we have now... just more of the same.
The real questions that need to be asked are as missing as the holes in those donuts.
Mock them and not just on the internet, but in your towns and on the streets.
Make it such a hot viral issue that they are forced to talk about there own total worthlessness and bias.
And then when they go to interview people about it they just ask why they don’t report all these terrible resume points that Mcbush is bring to the table
Eventually it could morph into the media playing the blame game on themselves and eating and regurgitating the fecal waste that they call “News”.
That would be great
Im going to home depot and putting up a huge sign on my lawn that says Hey News Media What about MCSAME
Put up sings on over passes (is that legal?) that say MCBUSH or MCSAME or whatever the you bloggers are calling him now a days and tell the DNC to bring that shizz up whenever they get a chance.
Perhaps McSenile forgot it was election day and that is why he failed to vote Repukelican?!
The media luvs him, cuz he's Repub. No surprise. And guess what? Unless something very drastic happens, voters prefer him over Screecher Clinton, or Obama and his overzealous reverend. You can't expect anything more from a nation that made McD's the world superpower. Fries with that McCain?
Nicole Belle @ 19:
See?
I knew i liked you Nicole. :)
ConcernedCanuck @ 22:
I could tell you that you are wrong, but you either already know that or would never believe it.
Either way you are wrong.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 24:
I'm hoping I'm wrong, but Bush was selected twice, Raygun was selected and so was Nixon and Papa Bush. I'd say that proved me right.
ConcernedCanuck @ 25:
Oh and I didn't even mention that 30% STILL think Bush is great.........what kind of drug does a person have to take, to think this way?
Amazing coincidence, I didn't vote for Bush either. As a matter of fact I have never voted for a Bush.
I did vote for McCain in 2000, but that will never happen again, and it will be a cold day in hell before I vote for another Repug.
ConcernedCanuck @ 25:
You are mixing apples and oranges (makes a nice fruit salad, by the way but never leads to logical conclusions).
Are you saying the voter want him to be President or that he will be President because of a rigged election?
I guess we will never know...
On Sunday, South Carolina Senator and John McCain water carrier Lindsey Graham issued a challenge. Claiming on CNN that McCain "is his own guy," Graham then threw down the gauntlet, "Good luck making him George Bush."
So take the challenge and help show Americans why a John McCain victory in November means a third term for George W. Bush:
"Take Lindsey Graham's John McCain Challenge."
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This could only help McCain. It separates him from Bush in the voter's minds.
Arianna is an idiot if she thinks otherwise.
Only thing is, she lived with a closeted gay man for years unbeknownst to her. So something she supposedly overheard at a party is not going to carry much weight anyway even if people did think she was a credible witness.
This story has a one night news cycle and the one night is pert near over. Relish it while you can.
McCain didn't vote for Boosh eh?
Well, this just proves he knew what was going to happen to the country, and did nothing to stop it.
He could have spoken out and tried to stop all this BS.
But he didn't, just so he could get a shot at being elected.
Nice set of morals there.
And to think, some people will still vote for this guy.(shaking my head)
dennis @ 32:
May i ask? Don't you sometimes really wish you knew what you were talking about?
McCain in 2000 was a different person. He would have been a far better President than Bush.
McCain in 2008 is a desperate man who will do anything to get what he failed at in 2000.
YourMom @ 35:
ANYTHING!
A donut drive is a good idea. Except I don't think we have enough donuts.
AngryOne @ 30:
Was this the same Lindsey Graham who told the Dems that if they filibustered one of Booshes nominations the the Repugs would "clean their clocks", just before the '06 elections.
The Senator has credibility issues.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 34:
Wow! Looks like somebody's in love with Grandpa.
*sigh* screwed up my last post. My apologies----my little one was distracting me as I put it together. That's what I get for not paying attention....
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 34:
I'm just one dude with an opinion, XO. In that we are the same. But if you’re tired of my posts, feel free to avail yourself of the many other posts here.
I think it would suit you better for to home in on the ones you agree with.
SpankyTheMonkey @ 39:
Ok, but how does the reference to a closeted gay man come into the picture? The FBI lived with a closeted KGB informer for almost three decades. The wierd unrelated smears really irritate me and enlighten noone.
Donuts, heck we got to have us a good old fashioned Bar-B-Q!! Think the press can be bought off so cheaply? It's gonna take some ribs and chicken wings to get them to start being fair and balanced.
But "seriously", I fear the only way this is going to turn around is for us all to kick in and buy out one of the networks. It's looking more and more like the fix really is in (and Dog, do I hate even typing that). I mean ffs, seeing (at least on C&L, thank Dog I don't have the cable or the networks atm) that they're still pounding the Wright "story" is really telling...and unbelievably depressing.
StirFry @ 11:
If he says something Monday, figure he'll contradict it on Tuesday.
Different Anonymous @ 44:
I'll donate my tax "stimulus" package to start our own news network!
Leslie [Hussein] @ 46:
Now there is a good idea!
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 1:
That's the truest thing I've heard yet.
ciloisin @ 48:
We aim to please. :)
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution
I wonder if McInsane is trying to outdo his father's and grandfather's record. John left the Navy for politicis when he realized that he would never make admiral. But Commander-in-Chief certainly outdoes 2 admirals, which makes him better than GWB who could only equal GHWB's presidency, at least in John's own demented mind.
YourMom @ 35:
I agree... too bad for him that his time has passed...
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 43:
And before that, the FBI had a closeted leader that liked to dress up in women's dresses.
Saint Augustine @ 50:
I have no idea. Being President is motivation enough. The next worst President in the History of the US will have to shoot the Supreme Court Justice during the swearing in cerimony to out do Bush. McCain is already and has always been a better man than George Bush.
Having said that i must add that he is not fit to be President.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 1:
Didn't you just say something about weird, unrelated smears that really irritate you and enlighten noone, XO?
Arianna has an update...
"Update: Through a spokesperson with the colorful name Tucker Bounds, McCain has denied telling me he didn't vote for Bush in 2000. "It's not true," Bounds told the Washington Post, "and I ask you to consider the source.""
Flippity floppity, eh McLame?
A little sugar, cream and coffee goes a long way with Grandpa - He'll tell you all the stories you want to hear.
dennis @ 54:
What's weird, unrelated, smear-like and unenlightening about xoites comment?
:P
bitter kep306 @ 56:
Like how things were in the olden days?
Until he loses his place and needs to start all over again.
dennis @ 54:
Ok, it may have been weird, but it wasn ot unrelated nor unelightening. It irritated you. I am having a hard time feeling bad about that.
The fact of the matter is, your statement on the other thread was not enlightening, the reference to a gay closeted man had nothing to do with your "point."
Everything i said was directed at my point. I am sorry you can't make these connections when it comes to making comments, but i did not raise you. It is not my fault.
Oh! Who didn't know this?
mccain is a fake-out artist, a chimpy liar and he intertwines fact with sci-fi.
mcchimpy <3 chimpy
dennis @ 32:
Actually, according to her, at least something I read attributed to her, she DID know. And he was bi. From whence does your "unbeknownst" source spring?
And that really is nothing to do with the story. Why do you need to bring up an ad hominem thing? Ms Huffington's old life has nothing to do with what Senator McCain's disclosure to her.
Hi miss kitty, howzit goin?
I see I haven't missed much.
Miss Kitty, everbody at my keyboard thanks you. :)
mudshark @ 62:
Que tal amigo?
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 63:
You all are welcome!
Marge @ 5:
STFU Marge
miss_kitty @ 65:
As you can see the entire budget went to the writers, there was no money left for proof readers.
miss_kitty @ 64:
mucho tiempo para los carretera.
about 2000 miles in 2.5 days.
ouch.
lo siento. Time for a rest, eh?
mudshark @ 68:
When i drove from Baltimore to Albuquerque last August i did it in 30 hours, with a nap and my better half driving for about three hours. Man that was nuts!
miss_kitty @ 69:
yeah, but not for long. Some money's missing from one of our accounts. Sooooo, it's off to the bank tomorrow to find out what happened. Then it's back to work for me.
But we had a great time, and the surf pumped. I got to ride my new surfboard my wife bought for me for my birthday(50th). It works soooooooooo gooooooood! hehehehehe. gotta make some more money so we can go back.
the water was awful, 77 degrees,crystal blue. Air temp was in the high 80's, some days got in the mid 90's.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 70:
Hey x, howzit goin?
Highway 1 down the Baja Peninsula is always an adventure. I call it the white knuckler. When your done for the day, you can't move your fingers. Their locked tight. That's where the margies come in(at the end of the day).
ok, thanks you guys. But we need to get back on topic, and my muscle relaxers are kicking in now. see ya tomorrow.gn all.
miss_kitty @ 61:
Miss kitty, every thread that has ever been posted here has had many, many ad hominems. It comes with the territory. Why do you choose my reference to raise an objection? Her former marriage is well known and my mention of it speaks to her credibility; that SHE would say anything for the attention, and right now it's her word against John McCain's.
If she for some reason became disgusted with the Democratic party and switched sides once again, you'd be 10 times more spiteful toward her than I am right now.
If this is in the news this time next week, we can talk, but right now it looks like a dud. And she looks silly bringing it up.
Curious though, how Zsa Zsa's marriage to a gay man, (whether she knew it or not) is an ad hominem by me according to you, but XO saying McCain would bend over to a buffalo to be President, you question as to how that could be described as any kind of a weird smear.
no shit he didnt support bush...
bush smeared him into a fine dustlike powder
ps: hilary = obama
im still probably going to vote for the blue cfr member over the red cfr member in the general election but who really thinks any of these candidates wouldnt sell out the country to multinational corp interests in a heartbeat?
meh
mudshark @ 68:
Wow, caffeine city. Did ya wear astronaut diapers? :)
also, i think mccain probably just trying to get in where he fits into this race.
anyone think any NONbush supporters would vote for ANY repub candidate?
he's goin for the 35%ers :P
Yes, sadly, the Viet Minh never broke John McCain. But Karl Rove and Dick Cheney sure as hell did.
The "Maverick" has been gelded.
dennis @ 75:
"...Her former marriage is well known and my mention of it speaks to her credibility..."
nothing about her marriage-it was what you alleged about it. Her knoeledge of her husband. Were you there? Or are you relying on bullshitty right wing sites for that nugget you came up with?
Oh and why are you calling her Zsa Zsa? She's Greek, not Hungarian. Do you think all women with accents are the same? Interchangeable? From the same foreign country? Not very humanistic of you.
"...If she for some reason became disgusted with the Democratic party and switched sides once again, you'd be 10 times more spiteful toward her than I am right now..."
You really don't know me; you are making shit up about me. What gives you that right? I don't make up rude shit about you.
"...and right now it's her word against John McCain's..."
Here's the Update I posted before, with what follows. If you care at all, click the Arianna link in the post and all the points she makes have links
Actually Dennis, I'll take Ms Huffington's advice and consider the source.