Poor Little Rich Girl
By Steve Hynd Saturday Aug 30, 2008 1:00pm
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Cindy McCain says that Obama's attacks on her man for not knowing how many houses he owns have "offended" her.
ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Democrats' attacks on her family's wealth are unfair and offensive, Cindy McCain said today in an interview airing tomorrow on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
For nearly two weeks, Democrats have repeatedly hit Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for saying he is unaware of how many houses he owns, calling the presumptive Republican presidential nominee out of touch with everyday Americans. In his acceptance speech at the Democratic convention on Thursday, Democratic nominee Barack Obama turned up the heat on McCain, saying he "doesn't know" about the lives of middle-class Americans.
"I'm offended by Barack Obama saying that about my husband," said McCain's wife Cindy.
When asked if Obama went too far in his criticism of McCain, Cindy responded, "I do. I do. I really do."
Boo freaking Hoo! John McCain was born the son and grandson of Admirals but couldn't hack it as a military man. He finished almost the last in his class, crashed more than he was shot down and set fire to a carrier. Then he went into politics and dumped his crippled wife for a rich one to finance that move. As that rich woman's husband, he thinks that $5 million makes you "middle class and thinks poor folks are just "whiners". Criticisms of him as out of touch, elitist and uncaring are absolutely fair game for a politician of his background seeking to be president -especially when he's done the same and worse to a man who really did come up from humble roots. He's not just a celebrity who is entitled to personal space - he's seeking to be the people's top employee and his attitudes matter.
Oh, and Cindy? When you agreed to let John send you off on his own mini-foreign policy jaunt to Georgia (hey John, only one president at a time, remember?), you stepped over that line between rich celebrity and political servant of the people too. That means that when you defend your husband's third hand wealth - he got it from you, who got it from your father - then talking about the American Dream might not be the best idea. Unless, of course, your version of the American Dream involves illegal trafficking (bootlegging), corruption and the Mob.
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My reaction when listening to her: "But your father isn't running for President, your husband is."
Yeah, my heart is breaking for her. No wait a minute, it isn't.
Total bummer that she's offended, and such as.....
shut the yapper Candy i don't want to hear your b.s.
What a GREAT post Cernig!!
Come on, the super-rich suffer too! Everyone else should feel their pain and give them more tax cuts and tax shelters. Then the money will "trickle down" to those who shine McCain's $520 shoes, clean his houses and condos, and maintain his wife's private jet.
WOW!!! This Bud's for me.
They sure know how to dish it, but they can't take it.
The Republicans are experts at kicking people in the balls then running away.
Its funny what offends people. Her husband calls her a c*nt in front of reporters, and she is offended that Obama calls her husband out of touch. It is a rich, mysterious world, no?
NeoCons are always forgetting things.
How many houses they own. There they left those billions of dollars. Which countries they told weapons to. Which country actually has WWDs. What they did as attorney general, or any other political office. Warnings of potential terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. It's all so forgettable to them. To them, it's not worth remembering.
The fact is, it's just proof that there's something wrong with their brains. They NeoCon should be deems too mentally incompetent, and morally bankrupt to hold ANY office.
Oh, yeah. They're crooks too. But that's another subject.
Why aren't conservatives angry that McCain wasted government money by essentially throwing away his college education? If Obama had gone to a taxpayer-funded college and graduated near the bottom of his class, they'd accuse him of misusing taxpayers' money--oh wait, if Obama had done that, he'd be a nobody, since he didn't have influential family members to save his ass.
you had me till Carrier fire. I thought someone accidentally fired a missile in his direction.
Oh and don't forget to look at my cast, I'm hurting just like you.
It's not Obama's fault if her husband is so out of it or out of touch that he doesn't know how many homes he has. All Obama did was point out a fact. If she is so easily offended by facts, she better crawl under her bed and stay there.
I think your choice of words is somewhat insensitive. You might consider changing "crippled" to "physically handicapped".
I don't think handicapped people like to be called crippled.
Shut up, you trollop, you c*nt.
John McCain, putting the c*nt back in country.
Okay, what's with the "McCain set fire to an aircraft carrier" meme? A rocket from a Phantom II aircraft misfired into McCain's jet, setting the fuel tanks on fire, which started cooking off bombs on his and nearby aircraft. Is this the response to 2004's swiftboating - "They lied about our candidate's war experience so we'll lie about theirs" ?
McBush wants to change the subject from how many houses he doesn't know he owns to how many years he spent as a POW.
Rudy G had a noun, a verb and 9/11 in every sentence and McBush and others will do the same with P.O.W. during the wingnut convention. Someone should keep count.
Poor Cindy, if can't the heat in your 8 kitchens, then get out. Boy, such a whiner. Calling Dr. Phil Gramm, need to check up on Cindy.
Wait, this is the same party that claims its opposition
- hates america
- isn't an american
- is a muslim
- went to an extremist islamic school
- hates US soldiers
But there goes GOP whore George Stephanopoulos, patting her on the shoulder and commisserating with her. Aww, poor baby! Must be real hard keeping track of all that money!
What he shoulda been asking was, "so how many houses do you own?"
Ditto to what everyone above me has said.
My original comment is this: A real woman would have said "Offend me? Heck no. This is what the politics of going after the highest elected position in the land is about. Like water off a duck's back, George."
I'd love to see a "First Lady" debate. Michele (a real woman) would have Candy crying before the first commercial break.
What happened to Cindy McCain's arm? It seems in most news coverage they are trying to frame the shots so you can't see the cast and the news reporters haven't mentioned it at all. Until this clip I only saw it distantly in wide shots and when she doesn't have to clap she keeps it behind her. I didn't see the whole interview... did she ever explain what happened to her arm? Did John go postal on her or what?
I was offended by the dress she was wearing. Wonder if she feels my pain?
So in other words what she is saying is:
LEAVE JOHN MCCAIN ALONE!!!!!!!1111
ala Brittney Spears Fan
:)
Kim @ 21:
Shaking too many bikers hands
Beelzebud @ 23:
Yeah, pretty much
Hard hitting journalism by one of our truly great newspeople.
Why talk about corporate tax breaks, loopholes for the rich, the selling off of American companies, off-shore tax evasion, union-busting, etc..., when you can ask the daughter of a beer baron if she was offended by her husband being called out-of-touch when he is on record of supporting policies that make the elite...elitist.
Keep it up George. You are on track for a spot on ET any day now.
And Doris Duke-McCain wonders why her approval ratings are lower than Michelle Obama's...
What an empty, drug addled, shell of a woman Doris is...
Linus Bern @ 8:
When did this happen? Link?
Where is Michelle Obama responding to Mr. Alphabet about the race baiting of her man?
Oh that right, its the media doing the race baiting in the first place. So lets get back to those 7 houses. How insensitive is it Cindy to know your war hero husband has to hear this while serving the American people on the campaign trail?
F**K Cindy McCain. Her and her husband have exploited anything they can. How many dead in Georgia and this piece of garbage goes there claiming a humanitarian mission when in truth she was exploited the dead to look like a First Lady. How long did she stay in Georgia? An Hour? 5 minutes to shake a hand or two and 55 to get pictures taken. She must have got a lot done. Now they are going to exploit NOLA. Those two make the perfect couple, neither has any shame.
You think she's jealous of Johnny's newest exploitation. This woman was a runner-up in a beauty contest. Although I don't see it.
did george say " yeah but he was an admirals son, isn't that elite"
NOOOOO......because he is useless. he is just there is AID the status quo.
the people make me sick.
I finally figured out what to call this whole Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain stuff..
It's Called...
PUTTING LIPSTICK ON A PIG!
Hey!
Did you know that John McCain was a POW???
So his wife shelters him, buys his cloths, pays for his little political career, and defends him from those mean old critics.
What a wimp.
Putting lipstick on a pig or lavishing sprinkles on a turd--it's all the same for the GOP--the party with NOTHING for America.
This site used to be a place to have a good read and enjoy the arguments. Fuck this is some petty shit. You bash women at the democratic party's peril......Women have always made the difference in electing democrats into office. So continue the circle-jerk bashiing the beaty queen and the rich bitch... but I bet we all live to regret such shit.
Vibius @ 11:
WBirdie @ 16:
Here is a little bacground on the aircraft carrier incident.
More offensive than being called a whiner?
Hmmmm.m....nice ass...
This is unbelievable!
Cindy McCain is a Republican boys wet dream: Dumb, blond, rich and her daddy owns a brewery. Anything she says about anything has as much relevance as Paris Hilton.
Why is it I can so clearly picture this woman screaming at her house staff:
"Why isn't there lemon in my f*cking tea!!"
Captain Bitter Whiner (about having one house) Hussein Kangaroo @ 37:
He's still workin' on his landing skills, though..
Umm...cindy, you're own husband publically called you a c**t and a trollop, and this house business is what offends you?
aaaawww, Cindy Lou's feelings are hurt? Who gives a rat's ass?
And who the fuck says we're bashing her because she's a woman? Nice try on the concern trolling.
We're bashing her because she's Cindy McCain, Johnny Boy's handler.
Obama/Biden 08
I wonder if Cindy McCain was offended when George Bush/Karl Rove set up phony poll campaign to ask South Carolina voters the following question: "Would you be more or less likely to vote for John McCain...if you knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child?" considering the fact that the McCains had recently adopted a young girl from Bangladesh?
If she was offended, is she still offended? That poll question would seem to me to be something I would have a hard time forgiving. But, in fact, John McCain has hired Charlie Condon, the former South Carolina attorney general who helped spread that rumor in 2000.....and has hired him as Chair of the South Carolina campaign.
Where are Cindy's values and priorities, criticism of their own personal wealth, or some serious lies about their own family?
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080128/banks
I don't know about you, but she reminds me of Barbara Bush in that photo/comment.
"Boo freaking Hoo!"
This is a Malkinism. So I personally wish people wouldn't use it. Otherwise, eat the rich. If Mrs. McCain is offended now, then she'd best get ready. It's spoiling to be a rough fall for everyone involved in these campaigns. I'm already contemplating a self-imposed media blackout in the interest of preserving some shred of patience. The fact that this person appears on a widely-viewed "issues" program simply reinforces how stupid and insipid our mainstream media has become.
that really made me tear up
seriously...i weep for her
douglas in oklahoma @ 36:
Thank you, Peggy Noonan, your concern has been duly noted and flushed down the shitter.
I'm offended that she lied saying that her family sold all their possessions for $10,000.
They mortgaged their house.
She needs to ask homeless vets the difference between selling all your possessions vs mortgaging your house.
I wonder what her teo half step-sisters have to say in the matter?
the Monk @ 18:
Well, to her defense, she doesn't ever actually have to GO into any of the kitchens unless it's to bawl out Lupe, Estrellita, Maria, et al, for not putting enough Vicodin's in her martinis.
Vibius @ 11:
McCain DID NOT start the fire on the carrier Forrestal. It was started by a misfire from an aircraft about to launch that went backwards into McCain's A4. It created a huge lake of fire under his aircraft and he was lucky to escape with his life. That fire killed 140+ sailors and was one of the worst Naval disasters in US history. He may not have been the best pilot, but that misses the point. Since Naval Aviators are the best pilots in the world to start with (not just my opinion) saying he was even "the worst of the best" isn't much of a criticism. Getting the story wrong just adds insult to injury.
Keep up the heat on this - Obama nailed it that McCain just doesn't get it. And Cindy McCain still needs to disclose her tax returns!
When they start to complain about "fair criticism," you're finally jabbing the point for which they don't have a reasonable defense.
BTW, did Cindy clean up Saakashvili's mess over in Georgia for her hubby?
Kanan @ 50:
yeah it may be petty.......it seems 80% of elections are
petty.....so we're having some quick fun we left the
important topics of the day to intellects like you.
douglas in oklahoma @ 36:
Damn... There goes my idea for a bumpersticker
Dick/Bush '08
Hey Cindy, steal any pills lately?
Great Cindy your dad (with the help of the mob) built up a financial empire by getting people drunk and fat. What have you ever done to get that $$? Suck up to daddy so that your sisters could get cut out of the family fortune.
In the words of John McCain and Phil Grahmn
Quit whinning you little c&nt
WBirdie @ 16:
Don't back yourself in a hole. Have you ever heard of wet starting a jet engine. McCain being a hot dog, sent a long flame toward the aircraft that reportedly misfired. He was the cause in fact that set a series of factors into play, according to some eye witness reports. The bottom line is that the deaths were lower enlisted men. Do you know how officers treat the enlisted me in general?
JimboSlice @ 60:
Palin: She sounds like she's whining.......
Your breaking my heart.. your tearing me apart... so screw you.
Too bad Cindy.. just the sight of your sugga daddy offends most people. Fair is fair afterall.
a Freudian slip. I know first hand how officers in the Navy treat the enlisted personnel in general.
Why is this empty-headed home-wrecker even asked her opinion on anything , much less what is said about her husband by the opposition ; how are her feelings relevant to anything ? (And that's assuming she even have feelings left , after being a pill popping moron for years)
cindy is from a f#cking criminal mop family
she is a spoiled c#nt and a bitch.
sorry to be so easy on her.
As usual, George is asking all the wrong questions ... Cindy should be more offended by this.
I would have like to hear George Steph ask Cindy if she thought her Husband has been fair in his campaigning against Obama?
He could have asked Cindy what she has done with her inherited fortune? Besides just keeping it going as a income cow. What is her accomplishment of the American dream that is not reflected of her inheritance. Or, how she has furthured her own American dream with the wealth she was born into?
It is not that I hold any disdain against wealth and those who inherit. Does Cindy have an outlook on oligarchy? Does she think corporations in the courts should have the rights as a person?
Linus Bern @ 8:
My thoughts exactly. She wasn't offended when he said she could compete in the topless beer drinking biker woman contest but she's offended because somebody has pointed out that her husband is OUT OF TOUCH!
I swear if US citizens are stupid enough to elect another republican they fucking deserve what they get. The problem is those of us who actually use our brains will all be sucked down with them. Bush's "legacy" will live on. My husband and I realized this morning that after 30 years of slaving away and saving our money we are likely going to work our asses off for years to come and die broke. So much for the golden years and the fucking American dream.
Michelle Obama, however, will not be afforded the opportunity to vent her spleen in a similar fashion.
Nor would she accept the offer.
Dat Cindy. Klass with a Kay.
She worked hard to inherit her father's fortune and McCain worked harder to marry her for it.
1) Did Cindy go to Georgia? If she did, it was a flop (probably intended to divert attention from the Dem convention) 'cause I didn't catch any coverage.
2) Who paid for that trip?
Chuck @ 28:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html
He worked hard for my money.
Are absolutely on with this one.
For those about to complain on Cindy's outraged behalf, I salute you..
67 Noah Says: As usual, George is asking all the wrong questions … Cindy should be more offended by this.
rollotomasi @ 54:
YES!
Brendan @ 53:
Here is a little background on McShame's piloting abilities.
I don't remember hearing her complain about all the personal
attacks lobbed at her (drug abuse: black babies) and her moron
husband from Bush/Rove during the 2000 election. Shit, now
she and McGramps lick Bush's ass crack every chance they get.
These are some very sick ass people.
Actually I think Cindy McCain is more offended by what she sees as Obama's attempt to bring her and McCain closer to the middle class. People like her are not offended by much but if you try to associate a person like her with "mere peasants", to her those are fighting words.
How dare the Democrats make truthful jokes about how many houses they have, that's low and hitting below the belt. That's low!
Now when Rove and the GOP smeared her husband in South Carolina costing McCain the presidency with false accusations of fathering a mixed race baby and being crazy as a loon because of his days in a POW camp....not so low.
I was waiting for her to start shouting:
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
FIVE AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
She's got Barbara Bush's pearls on, they're magical. Whoever wears them turns bitchy and out of touch. Soon she'll be saying the Gustav victims are better off in a sweltering sports arena.
Cool move Cindy Lou to, in effect, challenge bloggers et al to check out how your hard working dad "earned" his fortune!!!
Maybe you don't know or care but the facts are out there, and so is organized crime. It just takes a few clicks on Goggle and there it is.
Can't wait for your "family speech" unless a shortened CON-vention allows you to escape.
bibimimi @ 76:
that's a good point..........didn't they(RNC) badger the
teresa heinz-kerry endlessly about providing tax returns. maybe that's a conflict with the HYPOCRITE theme.
i have a very bad feeling about the outcome of this election. palin as vp pick was just the turning point that the repubs needed. mccain is going on pure political needs which is disgusting because you see him with big signs as his back drop "country first" (pure b.s.) for as much as i want to tell myself that americans are smarter and above the b.s. they really arent as we have already seen the last two elections and now i believe this one is no different. people are fucking ignorant
go Obama/Biden 08
It's a shame that Obama is so in touch with Americans and John McCain is not. After all, John McCain was willing to give his life for this country, but Obama never served. The only thing he's ever done right for this country is run for office, and yet to see how that will turn out. Obama is also a millionaire. He was also born to more money than I'll see in my lifetime. The man he sat under (as Christian's say) for 20 years taught him to hate me and blame me because I am a white person. McCain doesn't want to redistribute my money, but it's okay if Obama does, because he knows that he can spend it better than I can. After all, Oprah backs him, he must be the one. To say John McCain did not serve his country is one thing that I can not abide. Did you? He served 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton. Were you there? Whether he was punished for loving his country for 2 or 5 years is not relevant to me. As far as being wealthy, he is. So was Clinton, so is Obama. It proves these people are successful. As for his ex-wife, you know nothing that happens behind closed doors. Don't ever judge someone for that if you haven't walked in their shoes. It shows a lack of compassion and a certain amount of ignorance. I think John McCain will make a great president. But, WHOEVER wins, let's all remember the Bible says to pray for those in these positions of authority, as it is God who places them there. God bless you.
You know Cindy being offended is a horrible thing and we all need to sit up and take notice.
Will Rush Limpaw discuss Cindy playing the VICTIM ?
Why wasn't Cindy offended when her Johnny offered her up at Sturgis to perform enticing dancing acts with a banana and partially unclothed in hopes of drawing some votes?
Me and Reverend Rick want to know?
Republicans went after John Kerry for the SAME THING!
So BACK-ATCHA
Republicans are SUCH HypoCRITES!
Don't cha just want to grab them and pop'em like ZITS?
Then watch all the puss flow out from them.............
Carol @ 24:
maybe it was stroking too many biker's (-----)
you fill in the right noun.
chicano2nd @ 61:
That's a load of crap. McCain's tail was pointed off the edge of the carrier. Even if the wet start story is true it had nothing to do with the fire. Let's stick to the many documented facts instead of making ourselves look like the loony left-wingers that BillO wants to characterize all of us as.
Bless her heart, no wonder she was in no mood to flash the "high beams" at Sturgis.
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The line that "we wish every American could get to this point" is laughable.
No she doesn't.
That's most disingenuous.
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Ok she and her family's criminal history are unquestionable fair game now. She wants to play political envoy, she wants to introduce her family as some sterling version of the American dream. Line up the ads!
The kicker, which I don't have (can some one post it) is when Cindy again makes the Steve Doocy argument: Palin has international experience because Alaska is so close to Russia.
I also have the same amount of experience because I used to live in New York, which is next to a foreign country... Canada.
I also have the same experience because I once spent 5 days in Paris, which is across the Mediterranean Sea from Libya. And as McCain will say Libya is right next to Syria (We'll skip Egypt and Israel because they don't fit the narrative) and therefore I should be VP. Though I am not a woman, I am the product of a mixed marriage.
Donna W @ 86:
Do you even know the most elementary things about Sen. Obama's life? If you did you would know his mother was on food stamps as she raised him and the four million he has now is primarily from the royalties from the sale of his two books.
Bobby J @ 94:
We were doing the same sort of jokes here today. My husband said he once lived just a few blocks from a bank so he is qualified to be a bank president. Now we live three blocks from a school so I guess I am qualified to be a teacher.
Where is the media standard of finding the conflict in what Cindy says.
What about the country's offensiveness over Cindy's Johnny having memory problems, signs of dementia.
Offended that Cindy would support that dangerous flaw in a potential leader for the free world. (whats left of the free world, anyways).
The republicans ripped Teresa heinz kerry apart in 2004 for being rich. Called Kerry a Gigilo and all. Now they say its not fair. :)
pissed off patricia @ 95:
Well that's the difference between you and me. My military service and law enforcement built up my belief that the Constitution is my bible. So are you a patriot of the Bible or the shitter of the Constitution.
I was hit by a drunk driver in my police cruiser and permanently injured, so I guess that gives me an excuse to go out drinking in driving in your opposite world.
She's WHINING.
An obvious ploy to deflect the legitimate criticism of how out of touch with ordinary Americans McSame is.
So they make it WORSE by having poor little Cindy go on national television to WHINE about how hurt her privileged feelings are.
These people really DON'T have a clue.
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I guess I'll have to watch and see Cindy's presentation and how she enlightens us over drug addiction and how she parents that to her children.?
Sorry Patricia that wasn't directed at you. I failed to go get the original poster's remark.
something is definitely not passing the smell test with regard to palin's husband.
yesterday i was looking around at the official page for the alaska governor's office and there were, among other things, links to the governor's bio and the first gentleman's bio -- the former worked, the latter came up "page not found."
today the link to "first gentleman's bio" itself has been scrubbed.
what could the bio have said on wednesday that on sunday someone does not want anyone to know about?
No one is criticizing your dead father Cindy, their questioning your husband's willingness to live off your father's wealth.
Donna W @ 86:
mccain is scum; he should have been thrown in jail for the keating 5 scandal.
he took an oath before god to his first wife, and broke it....he'd betray his country in a heartbeat, considering he betrayed god....not once, but twice....the selection of ms pta for VP is pretty good evidence of this....
anyone that votes for somebody as corrupt and dishonorable as mccain is close to treasonous....
Donna W @ 86:
I'm sorry that you feel that way about Obama. As a veteran myself, John McCain's service is no different to me than that of anyone else. In fact, John McCain's use of his past POW status as an excuse to get out of answering tough questions just cheapens the service of those other POWs who fought for the United States. McCain makes it seem that he is some how superior to all of them which obviously isn't the case. McCain's service was honorable and part of his life. Fine, leave it at that. However, don't expect a veteran like me to bend over and kiss his ass for it either. That is just not going to happen.
As to judging Cindy McCain. I have no problem with that because people like her sit in judgment of the rest America all of the time. If you continue to put these people on pedestals like your doing and treat them like Gods that are beyond reach you will soon be dominated by them.
Captain Bitter Whiner (about having one house) Hussein Kangaroo @ 77:
Don't let's start Swiftboating the guy, OK. A missile was accidentally fired from another plane and hit either McCain's plane or the one next to it, igniting the fuel tank. Look it up.
As for Cindy's complaints -- when does she get accused of being a whiner or playing the victim card, like Obama was when he came to his wife's defense? Oh right, never.
If it's fair game to criticize Obama for exercising his constitutionally protected right to freedom of expression ( not wearing a flag pin, not putting his hand over his heart during the NON MANDATORY Pledge of Allegiance ) and to attack his wife for being an uppity black woman...
Then it's fair game to attack McSame for being out of touch with average Americans. I don't know how many pairs of shoes I own. But I do know how many houses I own.
Suck it up, bitch. Your side set the rules to this game now you gotta live with them.
Oh and by the way I'd keep an eye on John if I were you. Palin's pretty cute and she was a beauty pageant winner after all.
I'm just sayin'.
Cindy, we know "what makes you tick": Percocet and Vicodin! No wonder Rush Limbaugh loves you so much.
Donna W @ 86:
we know john mccain cheated on his first wife. obama just recently made money from his book(s). i personally don't care that mccain has/made money. he didn't want to answer the question about his homes because he feels it's nobody's business.....that's politics...i didn't ask the question. obama is half white...i don't believe he hates and/or blames white people. obama is going to change the taxation cycle for the middle class after the wealthy had their turn with tax advantages for 6-8yrs.
i encourage you to google the ubs tax cheat story regarding the super rich.i have no problem respecting mccain's military service/POW status but it's not executive experience and deserving of a free ticket to the presidency. to me he already has shown poor judgement with this ridiculous v.p. pick of gov.palin
she is a risk to the country and you know it.
no disrespect i don't think you what your talking about.
this sounds fresh off the sermon production line. my guess you voted for bush.....who mccain couldn't beat in 2000. mccain is a puppet for lobbyist and special interests. he is bought. he has been the government social system his entire life....it's time for a change....he collects social security payments of $1,930.00 per month he will be alright. it's time for someone with a higher I.Q. and a person that will lead us into the future not back into the past. you've had your 8 yrs. of born again conservative(R) leadership look where it got us.
Captain Bitter Whiner (about having one house) Hussein Kangaroo @ 77:
Ok, so he "lost" five planes. I would say more like two since the first, the Forrestal accident, and getting shot down were not really pilot error. Anyway, McCain isn't selling his story by claiming to be a great pilot. He's always sold his story as a POW-hero, not a pilot-hero.
Vibius @ 11:
You're right. A missle was released from another plane which caused the fire.
If you got a chance to watch CNNs biography on John McCain recently you will realize that his life story is compelling and just the sort of thing that the American people will eat up. Prior to viewing the biography I didn't think McCain had a chance. Now I'm certain (channeling Harriet Christian) McCain will be the next President and quite possibly we could end up with Sarah Palin as our commander in chief. The Right Wing Christians will have finally gotten America back to being a "Christian" nation and everyone will live under the Christian Theocracy and better like it.
douglas in oklahoma @ 36:
you are a moron if you think the outrage about palin has jack-shit to do with her gender. she's not being attacked because of her naughty bits, she's being attacked because she is a complete tool and her selection by john mccain is one of the more outrageous examples of political hackery for which the republican party has become famous.
the truth is we will all live to regret this election -- at least those of us who survive long enough -- when we're scrambling around in the gutter trying to find a crust of bread and a shelter because "president" john mccain pushes the world off the nuclear cliff.
think i exaggerate the potential future? think back on the past eight years and tell me with a straight face that you would have believed what we've been through was a possibility in 1998 or 1999.
I recall some republicans touting that it is a virtue to go off to war, return with little and marry an heiress (as cindy).
Cindy is offended ?! Cindy is proud of what her father did in making his fortune.
* Is Cindy proud how her Johnny made his fortune? I must of missed that part.
Is she proud of how her Johnny has earned his entire lifes income from Government which he sponge off Gov't through taxpayers?
Would her Johnny be able to have been everything he could be if it wasn't for that Gov't and taxpayers that made him possible. The same Gov't Johnny wishs to privatize, and be rid of?
Is Cindy proud of Johnny's $58 grand per year income off the very V.A. that her little Johnny hasn't supported as he should when he calls himself a troop supporter?
Daingel @ 102:
No problem! I understood your message wasn't aimed at me. :)
money can buy you almost anything
too bad it does not
buy the repugs
and cindy any BRAINS.
what an empty-headed bitch
from a mob criminal family
Brendan @ 111:
In that sense, I can see why McCain is focused on his past POW status instead of his flying abilities. It just wouldn't look good to see a photo shopped picture of John McCain sitting in a fighter plane giving the thumbs up with five American flags pictured under his name on the side of the aircraft to indicate the American planes that he "lost". Then there would be a caption below it: John "Maverick" McCain is an Ace fighter pilot. He brought down more American aircraft than the North Vietnamese.
Hey Cindy Sarah's hotter and younger than you are and did you catch John's eyeing something while playing with his Ring.
106 Joe O. Says:
hey joe o. i just wanted to say very well put in response to donna w. comments. this is an example of people that self centered and hypocritical. i'll bet she wouldn't make those comments to senator obama's face.
donna says:...blah...blah..negative..negative comments..making personal judgements and ends it with GOD bless.....unbelievable.
dave @ 119:
He cheats almost as good as he crashes planes.
Noah @ 67:
So McCain did vet Ms. Palin.
She has excellent credentials , it seems.
Boy . If these two win , fasten your seat belts.
Cindy McCain's father lived the "American Dream"???
Sure, if the American Dream is to be a mob-connected federal felon involved in illegal liquor sales and questionable horsetrack dealings.
Come on, George, don't let her get away with this garbage.
kerplunk @ 113:
I don't fucking care about his background. I don't care that he was in the military. I don't care that he sucked at it. I don't care that he was a POW. I don't care that he was tortured. None of that shit makes you qualified to lead the most powerful nation of the world out of the downward spiral it's been in for the last eight years.
I care that he's a flip-flopping right wing idiot who doesn't know his Iraq from his Pakistan and won't fix any of the things his party broke in this country. I care that he voted 90% of time with the failed policies of the current administration. I care that he wants to keep our son and daughters in a country that DOESN'T WANT US THERE for the next hundred plus years. I care that he himself admits that drilling offshore and in ANWR won't do shit, but he wants to do it anyway. I care that he's anti-choice. I care that he wants to 'define' marriage when that's not something the government should be getting involved in in the first place. I care that he thinks that Americans are whiners because 70% of our income is going right into the gas tank. I care that he still holds the delusion of economics that if you give rich people more tax breaks they will somehow decide to start sharing the wealth they have with other people.
If you don't care about that and all you give a damn about is whether or not one party of idiots wins over another party of idiots then you really don't belong here in this discussion let alone in this country. This is the very future of our nation we're deciding here. Where and how our sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters will live and what they will eat and whether or not they'll have real freedom or the pre-packed sanitized version of Freedom{tm} that the Republican party will allow you to have. Whether or not the government is going to be there to live up to it's responsibilities when disasters strike and whether incompetence and lawbreaking gets punished only for 'poor people' or when anyone breaks the law.
This is our future here pal and it's a choice between the hope that good things could happen if we work for it and the knowledge that nothing good will happen no matter how hard we work.
douglas in oklahoma @ 36:
Sure hope you are not right.
constituent @ 120:
Thanks! Its just common sense really in my opinion if history is any guide. History as you know, is full of ultra wealthy leaders that eventually thought of themselves as Godlike and later dominated their people because their people did just as Donna suggested.
I don't have any problem with the criticism of McCain or his wife, but to say he set fire to the Forrestal is irresponsible and baseless. I would expect the wingnuts to spew this kind of rhetoric, but when it comes from one of the better left-leaning blogs, it's shameful. Cernig, if you are going to denigrate someone, do it with irrefutable evidence instead of coming off like a nutjob.
General Jack D. Ripper @ 46:
Not only that but have you noticed that the adopted daughter is not in ANY family pics? Not even the People spread this week. And Meghan is claiming Palin's daughters 'are like sisters to her'. I guess McCain doesn't want to upset all those racist Repugs out there where someone in his family is even darker than Obama.
SCHRODINGER'S CAT @ 122:
I didn't realize possessing a vagina for over 40 years was a credential.
forget all this crap cnn says five bucks a gallon for gas , five bucks , oh never mind you got it to spend !
Let's see your tax returns lady. If not - shut your pie hole!
E in MD @ 129:
It's more than that. She has tits and an assault rifle, too. And she is a creationist. And anti-women's rights. It is the fundamentalist's dream ticket.
AS I recall, the McCain camp started this "elitist" debate. Maybe people who live in seven glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCAso76mbdI
I really give a rat's ass that she's offended. I'M OFFENDED that she would even be offended. Dumb woman!
That cast on her arms makes you wonder, doesn't it?
My wife doesn't like other people to criticize me either.
#1. That doesn't make THEM wrong: and,
#2. Figures that is her job.
Come one laugh with me now its a joke.
Robt @ 68:
I would have liked Stephanopolis to point out that being an admiral's son is not exactly roughing it, they get the best of the best quarters, rations, etc. McCain rode his daddy's coattails and those of the father-in-law that he dumped his hospitalized first wife for.
Many have tried to tie McCain to the Forestalls Fire, doesn't appear true, please stop saying he was the instigator of a horrific fire costing many lives, with out factual proof.
McCain has many, many votes in the Senate that cost lives in the War and right here in America, from health to Disasters
rich woman offended that middle class see's her and her dispotic brain-dead hubby as elitists?
get over it neocons, move on.
chicano2nd @ 61:
Yes as a matter of fact I do know how officers treat enlisted men. And if you're claiming to have the same firsthand knowledge then you should think back to the Forrestal video that they show everyone in boot camp. There is no evidence that he was responsible for the fire but only a reverse-swiftboating.
Malamute @ 98:
Amen, Amen!!
I don't think she really wants anyone to pay attention to her fathers' story. It's not all that pretty.
She is going to introduce her family. I bet she doesn't introduce her half sisters.
Gee, Steve Doocey was right I guess. Little did I know that because I live in Texas I am a foreign policy expert. Texas is next to Mexico. Wonder how far those credentials will get ME.
I think they are betting more than half the people are as stupid as they think we are. Maybe they are right.
It is so funny how they attacked the democrats, but when they are attacked for the same thing they cry foul. Kinda reminds me of a bully. Bullies can dish it out but when the tables are turned then go home crying to mommy. They need to suck it up and quite whinning as Phil Gramm said. Republicans are the biggest whinners I ever heard.
God, her face is stretched tighter than a conga drum. (Sorry about the Afirican insinuation there toots, how about a snare drum?)
Donna W @ 86:
It's BLASPHEMOUS to use the Bible in order to spread the blatant lies (Obama was NOT born any millionaire, the family was under POVERTY line on food stamps, etc grandparents raised him, GF went to college on GI bill after serving in WW2). Claiming ignorance might not help you at the Pearly Gates - nor the flame retardant outfit.
Plse give us an EXACT quote from the Bible : where does it say we should pray for McInsane. Unless DIEBOLD is your GOD, where exactly does the Bible say that God (NOT the VOTERS !! ) places the US presidents to serve the US citizens ?
US is based on SEPARATION of church and state. A churchgoing person I am far from being a wingnut, and have to alert you that FAKE RELIGIOSITY (Bush alike) is just a CULT of PERSONALITY, as it was for Hitler and Stalin:
These examples below are NOT from the Bible, but BLASPHEMOUS polit PROPAGANDA hacks. It's up to sheeples' minds what to do about it.
Pray for George W. Bush http://www.pray4bush.com
Pray For President Bush - pray for Chertoff, Condi, even Gonzo included !!
http://www.prayforgeorgewbush.com/actionitems.html
All those people citing their knowledge of the Forrestal from the Wiki page might want to look at the discussion for it. It's been cleaned extensively recently. Why was McCain the only person transferred off the Forrestal immediately after the fire?
Regards, C
Chuck @ 28:
Just Google "john mcCain, cindy, c*nt" you'll be swamped.
Where's Ms. Buffalo Chip's flag pin?
(_(_) @ 131:
Republicans want to know all your business but keep there's under lock and key.
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