Debate Flashback: McCain blasts Mayors and Governors as unprepared for President
By SilentPatriot Thursday Sep 11, 2008 9:00pm
My, what a difference a desperate and politically cynical choice for VP makes.
"I have had a strong and a long relationship on national security, I've been involved in every national crisis that this nation has faced since Beirut, I understand the issues, I understand and appreciate the enormity of the challenge we face from radical Islamic extremism. "I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn't a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn't a governor for a short period of time."
Extra amazing considering McCain said this just last night at the Presidential Forum on Service: (h/t Kos)
"Listen, mayors have the toughest job, I think, in America. It's easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."
Wow. Not only does McCain completely reverse himself on the experience gleaned from serving as mayor, he admits that it's easy for him to be "divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have."
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first!
Big man, pig man, ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying "Keep on digging."
Pig stain on your fat chin.
What do you hope to find.
When you're down in the pig mine.
You're nearly a laugh,
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.
He relies on the short-term memory of the American people and hope it works... true desperation!
john mccain is one poorly-crafted marionette.
i understand why the stubby little arms are stiff, but why does the big fat lying mouth move so unconvincingly?
*and hopes it works...
Palin to Charlie Gibson: I’m Not a Risk, Since I’ve Played ‘Risk’
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=3118
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/09/weekend_edition.html
Don Davis @ 6:
"And I never blinked."
I wonder if McCain has noticed how much he's having to tear himself down in order to build Palin up.
Somewhere I read that given McCain's age and the history of VP's becoming Presdient, chances for Palin to become President were about 1 in 6. Isn't that the same odds in Russian Roulette?
POW
Right in the kisser.
from the horses mouth
HOLY FLIP-FLOPS!
I REPEAT: "WHERE ARE THE ATTACK ADS?"
The Obama campaign DOES read this blog, don't they??
I would love to see this quote used in an Obama ad, it would be absolutely brilliant.
I don't mean to be rude but that is one flip-fuckin-flop.
I can't bring myself to watch this "interview" - she makes me sick
cant any one see that the odds are stacked against us???
wccain will lie and lie and distort and confuse,then obama has to spend the next couple of days refuting...
by then wccain has moved on to his next attack,with the goddamned "liberal" media all too willing to help that old fuck and hockeypuck lipstick...
we are doomed
WALTERS @2,
Poetry??? What are you, some kind of elitist?
Ha!
Why isn't there a 527 out there, doing ads on McCain's 180 degree flipflops? There are so many to choose from, they could do one every few days until the election.
It wouldn't be swiftboating, it would be the truth.
This douchebag missed his natural calling in life. He should have been a used car salesman.
I just got back from working out a little while ago. While I was at the gym, one of the televisions had an electoral college map on the screen, and the whole freakin' country was red. All the toss-up states were now red, and many of the blue states were toss-ups!
I thought WOW, this can't be good. Then, KKKarl Roves dispicable bloated mug showed up on the screen, and then I noticed the Faux News logo. Then Billo's ugly ass face popped-up, and naturally, he was lookin' pretty pleased with himself.
And now Rove the pathological liar, is putting out commercials calling Obama a liar, (for things he never said), just to muddy the debate, and pull the democrats into the sewer with the repukes.
I don't think I have ever hated anyone more than these sub-human incarnates of evil that run the republican party today. And I am almost feeling the same way toward all the clueless stupid-ass dupes in this country, especially the idiots down south and out west, who are more than happy to support the party of Bush/Cheney and Rove after what they have done the last eight years.
On a side note, everytime I see KKKarl Roves dispicable face on t.v., I become enraged with Nancy Pelosi. If that stupid b***h had done her job, and defended the constituion and shone the light of day on this criminal administration, the idiots in this country would not be supporting McStupid the way they are now.
Can't we start a new democratic party with some real leadership?
John, seriously, it is time to move on.
http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/124879/detail/
Go to http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/world/environments/tristram.xml and let the Diablo III music pay in the background as you watch that video (or any Republican propoganda for that mater). It's quite appropriate.
Grandpa is spinning so much, I get vertigo just trying to keep up.
Ahead in the polls? How?!?!?
Hurricane Ike is God's way of sending a message to dumb Republican Texans.
OT in a way
is she prepared for this ?
remember this from just 4 years ago?
http://gopnot4me.blogspot.com/2008/08/cautionary-cover-it-could-happen-a...
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Senator McFlip-Flop
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I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope that the Obama campaign will spend the next three or four weeks PUTING ALL OF MCCAINS FLIP-FLOPS on tv in a series of ads that show up this huckster for what he really is... A GUY WHO WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT TO SATISFY HIS OWN EGO.
Get on the offensive... TELL THE TRUTH... let mcCain's OWN CONTRADICTING WORDS HANG HIMSELF WITH HIS OWN ROPE.
This would NOT be negative advertising... it would be educating the electorate.
the being disconnected is fine with me...i doubt it was genuine, but whatever...the hypocrisy about mayors, etc...play that all day long...
Are The Netroots Being Played By Rove?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/are-the-net...
The Obama campaign DOES read this blog, don’t they??
I bloody well hope so.
Well, the hits keep coming. Palin is a disgrace. Her interview showed how unprepared she is. McCain's appearance on 'The View' was a flop. Will millions of American women vote for an old man and a religious nut-job with no concept of reality for President? My women friends won't. But then again, some people just don't give a shit or are too ignorant to know better.
This video needs to be shown over and over, along with all of his other gaffes. Wonder how it feels for McCain his running mate is more popular than he is. It's gotta hurt. Yea, he really gave that one a lot of thought. Yes, little celebrity Sarah. She's so darn pretty. Some dumb ass McCain supporter told me tonight she's harmless, she's innocent. And I'm thinking "isn't that the point you moron, she's clueless, and you want her filling in if Grumpy McSame kicks the bucket".
I'd make an ad with the clip of saskatchewan sarah going so just what does the vp do anyway over and over.
This video needs to be shown over and over, along with all of his other gaffes and flip-flops. Wonder how it feels for McCain his running mate is more popular than he is. It's gotta hurt. Yea, he really gave that one a lot of thought. Yes, little celebrity Sarah. She's so darn pretty. Some dumb ass McCain supporter told me tonight she's harmless, she's innocent. And I'm thinking "isn't that the point you moron, she's clueless, and you want her filling in if Grumpy McSame kicks the bucket".
This day has brought us an embarrassment of riches. Let's go spend some.
#31...great point. Liberal blogs should take heed.
Marc @ 3:
And his heiress/wife supplies the cheap liquid used to embalm many of them, at a profit.
GOPnot4me @ 24:
Elemental my dear, the power is not on those who cast their votes... but on those who count them.
Is there any sort of oversight/certification process for polling organizations?
It’s easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have.”
How is this quote NOT making it into ads for Obama? Mc Cain flat out admitted he is divorced from the day to day challenges of peoples lives. The Obama campaign is useless; they spend cash on ads telling people McCain is a computer illiterate when they SHOULD be using his own quotes just like this one to make the case. Democrats just dont know what they're doing.
Orangutan. @ 31:
Spicegal @ 38:
I suppose just to be sure there should be more Obama stuff on the blogs. It seems to be the only place to get Obama into the news. but we need to know what McClone is up too as well.
McCain distorts the findings of Factcheck.org !
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-palin_distorts_our_findin...
He distorts a debunking, fer gawdsakes.
Orangutan. @ 31:
Oh god, not Andrew Sullivan. The last person who should be dishing advice about "getting it" should be this homosexual British petard who took a few decades to "get" the fact that American conservatives hated his kind.
"...It’s easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have.”
I've stopped watching anything to do with the Presidential race --- it's just too painful to see the Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory --- but I did catch this little bit of McCain's interview last night, and thought to myself "if the rest of this interview is this revealing about McCain's true feelings, he just handed the Democrats enough ammunition for the next two news cycles --- maybe three.
What I don't understand is why the Obama campaign is not picking up on all this. The constant gaffes, lies and distortions that McCain employed (especially in the Middle East) provides a wealth of information. While the McCain/Palin camp is employing a "throw everything at the wall until something sticks" policy when airing "attack' ads, the Obama campaign has to use its time wisely and send a plethora of folks on a variety of shows, interviews and other venues to counteract this evil that the RNC implemented.
And if I were Obama, I would focus on tightening up my message. He's a sincere and engaging man, and he has to use that charm and sophistication in order to get points across to the country that McCain/Palin offer the country nothing but heart-ache and turmoil. He also has to appeal to the conscience of the country. Retire the message of hope. Instead, try to reappropriate the message of change and turn the tables on McCain saying that if he were a "maverick", he wouldn't have to steal from an opponent's campaign to get message across. He'd have his own original ideas.
Furthermore, I would put all of Sarah Palin's academic record out there to contest the "experience" meme. If people really think that this woman is experienced after her poor academic record, then they get what they deserve. I'd do the same for McCain too.
I'd also ask what McCain is hiding in his military service record. There should be a public demand for him to release his full record, unscrubbed to the public. It would be explained that since McCain put his service in the military out there, it should be scrutinized to the nth degree.
some googlenews headlines:
She’s Not Ready New York Times
ABC Edits Out Palin Objection to ‘Holy War’ Question FOXNews
But that woud be truth and that is contrary to his very being.
Lets not forget this little gem from the debates :)
This video may be old (july) but 451,487 people on Youtube have viewed this.
Republicans and military men on John McCain
The consensus for McCain is, vote for him and unleash WW3.
As Scott Ritter (UN WMD inspector) says (in this video), 'if we use nuclear weapons on an Islamic country, then pick the American city you want nuked in retaliation by some related group.'
WcBush and WcPalin both are blinkered ideologues wannbe riders of the horses of the Apocalypse.
One almost dead and desparate to make a name for himself before he gets packed off to the drooling ranch,
the other an idiot from small townsville, too dumb to see beyond moose hunting, PTAs and petty envelopes of kick back cash.
Vote for me, vote for me says wannabe VP Palin.
So roll on up the women of America, vote for the female politician that changed the rules in Wasilla,
and forced rape victims to pay for their own rape kits (used by police to check for evidence)
you know it make Xtian sense, short skirts, loose morals and the fundie Xtian belief that rape victims bring the crime down upon themselves.
I hate these youtube embeds that don't include the url.
I expect mcsame would wear a tutu and bark like a dog if someone told him it would get him five more votes.
Pathetic.
sooth Hussein sayer @ 52:
Click on the youtube logo twice and it will take you there.
Some interesting stuff from Pravda...
GREAT STUFF--Russian opinion of Palin: The Devil in Disguise (Thanks to Mike Malloy for reading it on air):
http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/12-09-2008/106354-palindevil-0
Putin Shoots a Siberian Tiger:
http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/tiger-3781/1/
(And no, it's NOT like Palin's hunting...)
fastfeat @ 55:
From the opinion piece:
And have you not forgotten, you pith-headed little bimbo from the back of beyond, that small detail about the slaughter of Russian citizens by Georgians, which started the whole debacle? So next time suppose you keep your mouth shut and while you’re at it, make sure the members of your family keep their legs shut too. Your country has enough failed mothers as it is.
Thanks Mr. Bancroft-Hinchey. Many of us feel the same way.
I think his divorce from " the day to day challenges that people have" occurred sometime before he went to Washington. I believe it was coincidental to his first divorce and subsequent marriage to his Sugar Mama.
i don't know where heard that i'm very versed in pandering to mayors and short term governors(20months).....oh shxt busted again fricken
YouTube.
McCain's problem seems to be that he was born before recording devices were invented. He could also use a little advice from Mark Twain: "Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said."
It just doesn't matter what he said yesterday. It doesn't matte what any of the assholes said yesterday. What matters is how they can twist reality today.
I saw a McCain ad today on TLC that was lies, lies, lies, lies and then concluded by saying of Obama and the democrats "That's not change, it's more of the same..."- I'm John McCain and I approved this message.
WHAT?!
I thought for moment "Nobody's going to buy THAT..." and then realized with horror how many in fact would buy it. I know nobody ever lost money betting against the intelligence of the average American but damn!
Dementia has set in. The bottom line in this election is whether the middle class wants four more years of republican/evangelical rule. You will lose your job. You will lose your home. You will lose your health care and health. The wealthy will stuff their pockets with taxpayer funded buyouts, war profiteering plus get tax breaks. If you want that vote republican.
Grandpa's sitting in the pie again.
R. Waters @ 2:
RIGHT ON!!
I hear Waters has been dusting off that song in concerts (it had fallen by the wayside over the years, as had most of the Animals album, although he did bust out "Dogs" at the solo show I saw
him at.
But yeah. I see your Roger Waters quote and raise you:
"And it's too late/To lose the weight/You used to need/To throw around/So have a good drown/As your dragged down/Dragged down/By the stone."
I'm not a member of this site... I'm not American... but I religiously check out this site daily as I do not trust the pro establishment media that spreads lies about what's happening in the world. I pray to God that Obama wins and McCain is dumped into the dustbin of history. With Palin... I want that more than ever to happen.
I came across this youtube video..."the most spine chilling McCain video you'll ever see" and I wanted to share it with CL viewers. But I don't know how to post it... could you please post this video and urge CL viewers to spread it around... McCain CANNOT BE ELECTED.... WE MUST NOT LET THIS HAPPEN....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tihd3W-YaSc&feature=iv
Saying anything to get what you want is the very foundation of dishonesty. The english language has more words for lying than Eskimos do for snow: prevarication, disingenuous, obfuscate, mendacity, etc etc etc. McCain is acting like he's working on a doctorate in the field.
Mccain is a man without honor, who will say what ever he thinks will get him elected and bring him more power.
This bastard is crazy and worse yet if by some weird chance he manages to pull this election off, he will most likely be dead by the end of his first term and leave that stupid ass bitch in charge of this country.
Need we worry about whom will be guiding her ignorant ass?
Favorite part? The "Fox" logo in the corner.
"I hate the bloggers"
Well, Of course! Back then no small-town mayor or hick-state governor had the skills necessary to be vice president, much less PRESIDENT. At least, not until Flip-Flop John says they do. Go ahead.. let's ask him.. just go ahead.. He'll deny it!
FLIP-FLOP JOHN
Now that SARAH PALIN and the world has been educated - will the infamous Bush Doctrine cause more U.S. casualties?
Hmm.. What a DICK!!!
A suggestion for the C&L guys: You should create a tag for DNC talking points and include videos like this. This might be really helpful in order to quickly obtain the sound bites we need to argue a point in other discussion forums.
Tyler Durden @ 44:
I would suggest that his comment is playing itself, the meme that to discus WcCain and his danger is bad etc.
Among a very wide field, with dozens of highly qualified candidates, the #1 McCaptain Flip-Flop of the Year Award Winner has emerged !!
What a total flip-floppin hypocrite!
Here's an article and video about McCain making the case for was against Iraq very VERY soon after 9/11/2001 http://www.prisonplanet.com/on-morning-of-911-attacks-mccain-immediately...
Heh, the h&C video also listed in that lineup was pretty good too :)
unfortunately, some people do have short term memory and choose to forget because they are republicans. I just heard it yesterday from a school teacher that she won't vote for McCain but she won't vote for Obama either. So I said, not voting for Obama is like voting for McCain. So she doesn't like Obama, so she's going to risk her party the chance to take back the White House. Idiot.
What I find most refreshing about McCain is how he never reverses himself.
Never EVER.
**Sadly, this comment is in direct opposition to one I'd made months ago in which I stated that McCain constantly reverses himself.**
I Keep waiting for a reposter to ask Palin thatif she is charged with ethics violations in Alaska, will she remove herself from the Repub ticket.... fat chance
Maybe even a reporter *s*
http://theprogressivepost.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccains-short-term-memory...
McCain: White haired man speaks with forked tongue.
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Another reason to be terrified by a McCain win.
He is at an age where dementia is a strong possibility and during its onset, the symptons are not always immediately recognized. Since he can be obscure at best, and in a total fog at worst, we may find out that the early stages are already here.
Now imagine if this were true, we would then have to deal with mis Piggy Lipstick and her bellicosity. Would WW III be next?
Oh snap!
Yeah, this should definitely make it to an Obama ad. I'd also like to see McCain compared to Nixon, as both chose inexperienced vps, and remember how that worked out (more of the same). From Wikipedia...Agnew - serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland. He is noted for his quick rise in politics - going in six years from County Executive to Vice President of the United States.
During his fifth year as Vice President, in the late summer of 1973, Agnew was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000, while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States. On October 10, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President.
Agnew is to date the only Vice President in U.S. history to resign because of criminal charges. Ten years after leaving office, in January 1983, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations.
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