Don't Know Much 'Bout Geography...or Foreign Policy...or Heads Of State: McCain Slights Spanish PM
By Nicole Belle Wednesday Sep 17, 2008 8:30pm
How embarrassing...nothing like another President determined to make us the global laughingstock:
In comments that have caused a kerfuffle in Spain, McCain seemed to lump Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero in the same category as the anti-American leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba. McCain's remarks came during in an English-language interview with Radio Caracol WSUA 1260AM in Miami, part of the Spanish-language radio group Union Radio, conducted Tuesday.[..]
Zapatero is a center-left politician, but McCain has suggested that as president he would seek to repair relations that have been badly frayed in Europe during Bush's tenure. In an early-April interview with a reporter from Spanish newspaper El Pais, McCain said, "This is the moment to leave behind discrepancies with Spain."
He added: "I would like for [President Zapatero] to visit the United States. I am very interested not only in normalizing relations with Spain but in obtaining good and productive relations with the goal of addressing many issues and challenges that we have to confront together."
The reporter for the Miami radio station seemed surprised that McCain, after discussing anti-American antagonists in Latin South America, acted so coolly to the idea of meeting with Zapatero.
"I would be willing to meet with those leaders who are friends and want to work with us in a cooperative fashion," McCain said, throwing in words of praise for the Mexican government.
The reporter asked a second time: "Would that invitation be extended to the Zapatero government?"
McCain repeated his talking point: "I can assure you I will establish closer relations with our friends and I will stand up to those who want to do harm to the United States of America."
The reporter pressed again, and McCain replied: "I have a clear record of working with leaders in the hemisphere that are friends with us and standing up to those who are not."
At this point, the reporter sought to clarify that McCain was not mixing up South America with Europe.
"I'm talking about the president of Spain," she noted.
Given this fourth opportunity to extend an olive branch, McCain stuck to his guns: "I'm willing to meet with any leader who is dedicated to the same principles and philosophy that we are for human rights, democracy and freedom and I will stand up to those who are not."
TPM has been on top of this and ponders whether we should consider this "McCain Moment" confusion or something more purposefully belligerant as campaign advisor Randy Scheunemann suggests. Certainly, it's not the first time McCain has indulged in a little Euro-bashing.
However, given how completely out of left field his responses are (also not a unique experience when questioning McCain), I think it's completely appropriate to wonder if John McCain is in any condition to hold any office representing this country.
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Forget Palin, McCain is Not Even Eliza Doolittle
Heh....
McCain evidently wants another 1898...
Thank god there is a new topic. I was about ready to have a stroke on that Kudlow topic. Damn I hate that asshole!
General PRX knows the score: "Remember The Maine!".
McGoo has not a clue!
It's funny that this man continues to run ads about being "experienced" when he makes major gaffes like this in the press, here and abroad. I wonder what school of foreign relations McCain went to that makes him more knowledgeable than anyone else? The Palin School? The Bush School?
Or, dare I say, the Cheney School?
. . . and you thought Reagan and Bush were stupid, along comes McCain. The war hero with all the foreign policy experience proves to be just another idiot Republican with NOTHING to offer America in a climate that sees the economy as issue #1.
I saw this earlier. Olbermann has a segment on it.
McGrandpa has lost his mind. I would be surprised if he even knows his name. Watch him when Palin is talking. He is out in space someplace. During this phone call he didn't know what he hell was going on. HE HAD NO IDEA! Lieberman and Graham were not there to pick up the pieces either.
LongTooth @ 4:
Ironically, TR, who was one of the most liberal presidents ever came straight to the Vice Presidency after that war.
First of all, this reporter is a total idiot. Spain is a constitutionaly monarchy, not a Republic, so therefore there is no "President" of Spain. Zapatero is the Prime Minister. What's worse is that McCain's so-called "foreign policy expert" Randy Scheunemann refered to him as "President Zaperto" in the press release as well!! Does he not know there are many differing political systems out there?
Your real headline should be that McCain is being fed psychotropic drugs and that the de facto candidate is lying warmonger Randy Scheunemann.
As we saw with Bush reading a 3x5 card on the economy, the people we see, the Constitutional officers, are not in charge.
We will wake up tomorrow, as Jefferson forewarned us, "wake up homeless on the continent our fathers conquered".
Are all Republicans the Same?
This is reminiscent of what a Canadian comedy show (This Hour has 22 Minutes) did to George Bush is 2000, except then, it was supposed to be funny.
If he pisses off all of Europe, they will force him to invade Russia from Alaska.
mccain sounds drugged throughout the interview
i believe the man is bi-polar is is on heavy anti psychotics, which is why he will not release his entire med record
the best way to demolish the neocons might be to use something they're familiar with, but chose to ignore: "the powell doctrine".
hit 'em w/ overwhelming force. give 'em everything we've got, all at once.
keep hitting them until their heads shrivel up, melt or explode like the nazis at the end of "raiders of the lost ark".
remember, the goal isn't to beat the neocons. it's to annihilate them. it's to keep walloping each and everyone of those scumbag vampires until they're so small you can pluck a pissant like grover norquist and flush his @$$ down the toilet.
The question is whether Palin is capable of leading the country. McCain like Bush is not the sharpest tool in the shed and getting duller as the years pile on. This really is no country for old men and their bimbo headed women. Palin will lead a parallel government just as Cheney has.
mccain had a spanish commercial recently, no? was it not full of lies against Obama? how do you say lipstick in spanish?
I listened to the audio of the interview. Senility. Nothing else explains it. I really fear the idea of Palin being handed the Presidency if Obama has the election stolen from him by the GOP. That woman is whacked. Her church affiliations are whacked.
Well, to be fair, he probably hasn't been told what he thinks about Spain yet. There are an awful lot of countries to keep straight.
What he needs to do is encode information about every country in braille on a marble, and then he can keep them in his jowls. If he is asked about countries he doesn't have his notes for, we can just assume he's lost his marbles.
DS @ 10:
Where was Palin to straighten this all out?
....wonder if he is in any condition to hold any office representing this country.
Wonder?
Seems pretty obvious to me he's a few bricks short of a full load.
I wouldn't have him for dogcatcher.
Where's King Juan Carlos when we need him? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Kzbo7tNLg
Who knew that Palin was the geography expert of the pair?
The Church Lady Does Washington @ 16:
Cheney Lord or Darkness won't leave that bunker unless Sarah the Impaler can jam his pace maker with a retrofitted garage door opener.
Well the Zapatero gov did pull the Spanish troops out of Iraq whereas Aznar was the one that took them there in the first place. So in shrub world they would be enemies of murka.
I've been saying this for months. This behavior is symptomatic of early onset Alzheimer's Disease. Its going to get worse. Let's start talking about his condition openly and honestly.
Jo @ 21:
Yeah, the old man should be in a rocking chair on the porch of one of his 13 homes.
And this is a great story, we need to keep the pressure on - keep piling it on, its never been easier in any election. We need to focus and beat them at their own game. Look, McCain made doodee in his diaper and is acting like it doesn't stink up the country. There simply aren't enough diapers nor pharmaceuticals in the world to sustain a McCain presidency. Its like a brain damaged version of the Donny and Marie show. Except not as entertaining.
Are we ready for another four years of Presidential spokes people coming on the air to tell us "what the President really meant" every time this idiot opens his mouth? If he can't talk he should just go away. I lived in Minnesota when dumb-bell Jesse Ventura was Governor and he has a spokesman who came on every morning and explained "what the Governor meant" after he spoke the previous evening.
To # 16 Churchlady:
Palin will run NOTHING!
She is an idiotic pawn-figure head.
Why do you invest these people with attributes they do not possess?
Should God curse us with McCain-Palin They will allow drugged-up McCain to obey Them... UNTIL HE DOESN'T then They bring in Palin who will obey without any questions.
Someone needs to hold up a sign at a McCain speech saying "flush the pills down the toilet John!" "you were a hero once, be one again! don't let them drug you" or "the 'doctor' is not your friend! don't swallow!"
great snark should be buried, never read, and the writer banished from the innerwebs
http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/foreign-policy-101-for-john-mccain.html
Jo @ 21:
"Quit shitting on my lawn!!"
mccain/palin a perfect duo to be told&lead around by
special interest/lobbyist. both of them are smart enough but neither are intellects. they both will be ideal candidates to trust others and not challenge with questions. they both are similar to BUSH:secrecy,poor knowledge, poor communication skills,abusive with their power abrasive if you don't agree with them and not truthful.
mccain's father and bush himself are alcoholics. there
are behavorial traits related to this disease.
fastfeat @ 23:
dude, she can see alaska from one of her mansions, her glasses are made in japan, and she drinks coffee imported all the way up from columbia.
"I think it’s completely appropriate to wonder if John McCain is in any condition to hold any office representing this country."
I've been wondering about his sanity ever since he decided to sell his soul and run for office. The man's lost it. He's not in the process; he's done! Honestly, have you ever heard anything so effin' out of touch as the things he's been saying over the past... oh several months?! I haven't either!!
And that biotch he's running with... Palin! That woman didn't make a Freudian slip when she said the Palin-McCain Administration... she was right on the money. It's what she wants and those who want another puppet in power so they can manipulate what goes on... those neocon ba$tards, smirky, smiley, sleezy fuckers every one of them!
McCain getting his diploma back in the day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZpBmX5yB98
The Church Lady Does Washington @ 16:
Palin will lead THE SAME parallel government Cheney has.
King of Kings @ 30:
but you have to admit it's a good idea any time the doctors convince maverick to let them drain the pus from his jowels, no..?
and as for palin, no, i wouldn't trust her to run an honest crafts table at a flea market, much less the federal gov't.
Looks like Lieberman needs to include the old man in his tutoring lessons.
The palin/mccain , dumb and dumber.
Everyone's made up their minds their voting for Obama or their voting for McCain.
It's like both parties are trying to convince their own voters to vote for them at this point.
Tossing bread.
The Church Lady Does Washington @ 16:
GENDER aside......i believe palin is NOT knowledgable
she doesn't have the base knowledge and/or intellect.
running alaska with these current oil prices is NOT difficult.oil taxation/royalties provides 85% of state budget........when other states are struggling due to
less property tax because of foreclosure(s).
To #30:
You have reminded me of how old I am - dam you! Here you go:
http://religiousfreaks.com/2006/01/17/church-lady-and-jimmy-swaggart/
Gotta new name for the GOP ticket. Senile/Slut
Look at 'im...he looks like a shell of a man...
...the idea was: shark comes to the nearest man, that man he starts poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark go away... but sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'.
Quint
Jaws, 1975
Him? As president? We'd be pining away for the Salad Days of The Chimp within 6 months.
Brrrr....
Captain Bitter Angry Kangaroo @ 27:
Well, he should be in a "home", that's for sure.
StirFry @ 39:
Here's a taste of what's to come in the debates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkFyArd8zdw - Palin's incoherent answer to a simple question
McCain was better off finding a VP candidate at the Miss Buffalo Chip.
DS @ 10:
Actually this is wrong, he is both the Prime Minister and the President of the government. In Spain they refer to him as ZP meaning Zapatero Presidente.
Don't you love the polls? Every week they ask LIKELY voters. What about the millions of new voters? The young voters? I believe this is the election that will bring MSM down. Even if McSame wins, the Democrats will add more officials in the House and Senate. Let's hope Obama wins, if not, we will all be livingi boxes and standing in soup lines.
constituent @ 41:
Was was receiving over $200 for every person in in Alaska from you and me. Meanwhile she was handing out "bonus" checks of $1200 to everybody. That was after they got their $2000 check a few months earlier. What the hell is wrong with this picture?
You have to give McCain a break. Remember that he spent 5 years in a POW camp without any presidents or prime ministers to talk to.
#35, I thought Palin's big Freudian slip was in her convention speech, where she made favorable mention of Harry Truman's humble small-town origins and ultimate statesmanlike success. All true, but I am surprised that she risked listeners remembering how Truman assumed the Presidency.
"How embarrassing…nothing like another President determined to make us the global laughingstock"
Not to mention hated and feared.........well, maybe not so much feared anymore since the Republicans have depleted our military and wrecked our economy.
Miatch @ 47:
How do you know this? did you ask Palin?
Bonkers @ 44:
Robert Shaw was a teriffic actor.
And, you have described McCain to a tee....a shell of a man.
A Spanish-language McCain radio ad gets nearly all its facts wrong.
what happens when white rich Yale Harvard types attempt to lie to the ethnic groups, a comedy of errors and lies.
Which candidate can get us out of our financial crisis?
www.cnn.com/larry
Don't know much about Geography...
Don't know much about Foreign Policy...
Don't know much about the PC...
Don't know much about the economy...
But I do know that I'm a Maverick...
and Sara Palin is my VP chick...
Oh what a wonderful regime it would be.....
Friday Night Surprise
Sources say Foley won't face charges.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said the results of a state investigation would be announced Friday.
Captain Bitter Angry Kangaroo @ 49:
sounds like Iraq and the CPA, all aboard the gravy train, whoo whoo.
Godiva @ 18:
Oh, great. Just what we need...a belligerent, old, senile president. McItchytriggerfinger?
And why would you need to extend an olive branch to countries you're already on good terms with?
If Americans want to continue to be the laughing stock of the world
Vote for John McCain
Don't you dam long-hairs know that He's Good On Foreign Policy? The liberal media keeps telling me so!
btw --- anyone notice that McCain said we need to have a "9/11 commission" in order to figure out what went wrong (re: the economic situation today and how the regulatory system needs to be fixed).
WTF does 9/11 have to do with the economy???
L.A. Confidential @ 56:
Pelosi protected Foley and obstructed law enforcement when they wanted to go seize investigate Foley's Congressional computers.
Not surprising that the case became dead in the water.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 14:
Ambien hangover??
Wuzup Hussein Dawk @ 61:
Classic WcCain, long after the horses have left the stable, he wants to scotchtape up the broken door.
dementia
Maybe this has to do with Zapatero's Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and their pulling of troops out of Iraq.
Abbybwood @ 63:
go pills and stop pills, the scourge of DC, and partly explains the last eight years have been so surreal.
Europeans must be stunned to think this senile old fuck-tard might actually have a good shot at winning.
I am so embarrassed for my country. I feel like one of those people who has a crazy relative that constantly embarrasses the entire family; and after a while, all you can say is - it is what it is.
Miatch @ 47:
Well, Spain does not have a "prime minister" what is referred to as "prime minister" in the UK is "president" in the Spanish system.
The UK is not the end all be all of "democratic" monarchies :-)
France is where they have a President AND a prime minister, since they don't have a king.
Ruthless People @ 51:
You're telling me? Today I had a business lunch with some Germans and Italians, and they let me have it. And I paid for the lunch!
They cannot believe the polls are so close and "how stupid and ridiculous the Republican candidates are." They are afraid.
This is McCain's M T S (meant to say) campaign. God he must be a par golfer because he gets a mulligan on every shot!
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great...causes international incidents, BEFORE he hits the first debate en route to the white house.
he must have had hugo chavez and Bolivia on the brain.
about the 'dementia' thing...i think there's a 'THERE' there.
The Church Lady Does Washington @ 16:
Olbermann had the clip on tonight of Palin slipping and saying, "In a Palin/McCain administration..."
Let's remember, she and her "church" believe she is on a "mission" for the "end times" and she will save all the born again Christians and bring them to Alaska or some hoo-hah. She and her fellow congregants are damn scary, especially the preacher from Kenya who "touched" her and blessed her to go forward and be Governor. This is also the same preacher who spent lots of time exorcizing Kenyan witches and the like:
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.htm
I REALLY hope Gwen Ifil will ask Palin what the separation of church and state means to her during the VP debate. This is a critical question that needs to be asked, IMHO.
Given this fourth opportunity to extend an olive branch, McCain stuck to his guns:
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
someone translate this for limpballs.
:<[)
Yeh, we need all the enemies we can get.
NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 68:
Well, we truly must have been an empire... because we have gone to be ruled by greatness down to be under the rule of complete inbred imbeciles. Just like every other empire has gone, except we have done it in a relative flash in the pan of time.
We have gone from being the system that had Washington, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, even Eisenhower... down to the senile Reagan, the incontinent Clinton, and the inbred Bush... so I guess McCain will be the end of our run.
Hum... Maybe the Mayans were on to something when they established the end of their calendar to be 2012.
Captain Bitter Angry Kangaroo @ 8:
Agreed! The man has lost it completely. He can still follow a script fairly well but when he's ad-libbing, he just doesn't make any sense. Did you catch him on Olbermann's "McCain in the Membrane" segment? McCain starts off talking about off-shore drilling and suddenly veers into giggling and talking excitedly about fish. Disturbingly weird.
TRANSCRIPTION (& TRANSLATION)
Yoly Cuello: Hello.
Gone InSane: I've just been given a sedative. I think. Hello?
Cuello: Hello, Senator, good morning.
InSane: Good morning. How are you?
Cuello: I'm fine, thank you. Thank you for talking to us here on Caracol radio. Ok, we're going to start the interview. We're talking to Senator John McCain, candidate for the White House of the Republican Party.
Senator, let's talk about the economy. This is the main topic that you've been talking today. What do you think we should do to fix the economy, the problems that we're facing right now in the United States?
InSane: First of all, Americans are hurting through a result of greed and corruption on Wall Street, and it's hurting American families all over the country, and I'd like to say to them, "Your Welcome." As for fixing things, uh, well, basically, people have been behaving badly. They should stop. These are very, very difficult times, and a crisis for America.
Cuello: Do you think that should be done through legislation or through something different?
InSane: Whatever. We need legislation to say, "No more bad stuff." We also need a 9/11 Commission. [falls asleep]
Cuello: What are you saying to people that are listening to you in the campaign regarding the economy.
InSane: That I know what's best for them. I'm old, and I give speeches about stuff like this. And I believe that the American worker is the strongest part of our fundamentalness. So, to you workers: You're strong enough! Get back to work!
Cuello: Senator, there is another issue that worries the Hispanic community. It is immigration. If you're elected president, what are you going to do differently than what you have done in the Congress before to fix the problem?
InSane: Have compassion and make empathetic faces when I send immigrants away. Obama is bad. He works with unions. I want things done in a bipartisan fashion like I always do.
Cuello: You said you're going to have bipartisan to do that?
InSane: Oh, sure. We had it before. I even worked with the evil Kennedy family to get stuff done. Obama is bad. He works with unions to kill the temporary worker program. Imagine, someone more evil than Ted Kennedy. Eek.
Cuello: Senator, let's talk about, now, Latin America. There are a lot of countries having trouble right now. I'm going to mention the countries, and I want you to tell me what you think about what the United States should do if you are elected president. What do you do regarding those countries? Let's start with Venezuela.
InSane: Snores.
Cuello: What do you think you should do with Venezuela if you're elected president?
InSane: I think Veneh-zeh-way-la is a compelling argument for energy independence. I would not sit down with President Hugo Chavez, as Senator Obama said that he would do without precondition, and I would do everything in my power to wipe those terrorists off the face of the Earth.
Cuello: Do you think that the United States should ignore the comments that Hugo Chavez made every time he talked about the United States?
InSane: I think we should not dignify Hugo Chavez in any way. We should invade his country, kill him, and convert the citizens.
Cuello: What do you think about Bolivia? The situation that is going on right now there?
InSane: Snores. Huh? Uh, same thing. What I said before. Moralez Chavez. To-may-to To-mah-to. They all look alike anyway. Freedom, free trade, Colombian drugs, rah rah rah. Obama is bad.
Cuello: Many people have the feeling, Senator, that Latin America is ignored in Washington. If you're elected president, what do you do not forget Latin America?
InSane: To not forget, you should remember.
Cuello: Since we are here in Miami, let's talk about Cuba. What do you think should happen in Cuba for the United States to handle the situation in Cuba?
InSane: Cuban government bad. We have to continue to say so to get them to be good.
Cuello: Senator, finally, let's talk about Spain. If you're elected president, would you be willing to invite President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House to meet with you?
InSane: I'll meet with all of America's friends. Like Mexico. Mexico is our friend. They're trying to stop the drug cartels. So, we're working on a plan with them. So, I want to invite as many of them as I can to the White House. Mexicans. And friends. Ross, Chandler, Rachel. Any of our friends who are cooperative.
Cuello: Would that invitation be extended to the Zapatero government? To the president himself?
InSane: Friends good. Enemies bad.
Cuello: So, you have to wait and see if he's willing to meet with you or if you'd be able to do it? In the White House?
InSane: Um . . . what? Who? Where am I? I think you have my pills. And there are wolves after me.
Cuello: Ok, but, we're talking about the president of Spain.
InSane: I want pudding.
Cuello: Are you willing to meet with him if you're elected president?
InSane: Freedom pudding! I want my freedom pudding!
Cuello: Finally, Senator, can you say . . . uh . . . um . . . [thinks to herself, "Holy shit, this guy could be president?] I forgot the word . . . say hello to the listeners of Caracol radio?
InSane: I think I need my diaper changed.
Cuello: Thank you, Senator, bye.
Abbybwood @ 73:
I agree. Maybe the most important question. That Dominionist religion scares the bejeebers out of me. I wonder why other denominations haven't spoken out against her "rush to Armageddon".
Pete&Pete @ 66:
mcCain is to lazy to have thought of that and is campaign is too lazy to keep him up to date. remember the walter reed middle school behind mckeating5 during the convention? those lazy fuck are relying on the media to keep doing their laundry as they continue to soil themselves.
With dubya as prez we're used to that.
jaja @ 73:
mccain is by most accounts a very petty, superstitious little man.
he can't use a computer; he basically lives in a bubble.
he's kind of like old yeller, except we can't put him down, because even though his brain has stopped functioning, he's still technically a human being.
I know what was going through McCain's mind when he was answering those questions. He was asking himself, "Who the Hell is Zapatero?"
JonAtWork @ 65:
it got reagan elected twice.
I have a globe and on that globe I can see Russia. I have foriegn policy experience thanks to that globe. The gas station I go to gave me my energy policy experience.
Not only that but I'm the commander and chief of my plastic army national guard. And i play call of duty on xbox. So I'm well versed in military experience. I'm ready.
Yep,Yep,Yep.
How dare you! John McCain is a war hero.
When he was held captive he didn't have a table nor a chair!!
enough @ 76:
"I don't want to disppoint you my friends, but there's going to be other wars."
The ironic part, is that McCain was at the center of a relative diplomatic riff between Spain and the USA in the 60s.
During a training exercise in Spain, McCain did his usual hotdogging and managed to cut off a few power lines and created a mini blackout in Southern Spain.
How they allowed this guy to fly jets in the navy is beyond me. The guy has always been a fucking liability, he has a service record in which either he crashed a plane or was involved on a major fuckup (the Forestall fire anyone?) on a yearly basis.
At this point, I am starting to believe that the Vietnamese were actually doing us a favor by grounding this jackass for "five and a half long years."
tr @ 85:
the media got raygun elected twice. when they skipped over the testimony of oliver north, I knew we were doomed.
StirFry @ 46, I agree. The debates promise to be very interesting and, dare I say, quite entertaining with these two repub nutcases.
Fungible? Flag the molecules? Spain is in South America? This spectacle should be fun to watch. Popcorn, please.
calgarylady @ 91:
My buddies and I will be watching the debates while playing an alcoholic game involving a shot each time McCain uses the "my dear friends" line, and a chug whenever he brings up his POW experience. I don't think if my liver will be able to take.
I assume you can play the same with Palin, by taking a shot each time she utters a complete lie, and chugging every time she talks about the sanctity of life.
Sometimes I get to thinking........dangerous, I know, but wouldn't it be hilarious if Cindy just suddenly snapped onstage, tired of the nodding agreement routine and the smiles, and just fragged the old coot and walked off the stage?
Has she no shame? Look at him. Would you do him? (I'm talking to the women here, buster).
Jo @ 93:
Cindy McCain is really an animatronic experiment gone wrong at Disneyworld, and as such void of the normal human emotions and values that we all hold to be comprehensive of being a human.
Look at her fucking eyes, soulless do not even begin to describe the coldness of her look.
ferrofluid (can you spare $180B for a cup of char, guv ) @ 64:
He still has lots of Duct tape over from 9/11
Tyler Durden @ 94:
If she makes it to the White House it will be the culmination of all her desires. Naw, she won't frag him.........unless he loses. She knows where all the bodies are and I think she would make John's life hell on earth. Cold eyes. Yes. Like a snake.
GOP candidates seem to have become a much hardier vegetable these days.
A single letter misspelled on a tuberous crop vegetable sent Dan Quayle into perpetual gomerhood.
McLame has slighted leaders, pooched answers about entire countries, and demonstrated that the economy is a complete mystery to him, and still no one has questioned whether he is competent to maintain even Bush's low standards in office.
Wee Mousie @ 97:
LOL!!!
true story: John Mccain was advised by a computer specialist that he needed a larger ram to improve the performance of his computer and make emailing easier. After some quick research, John ordered a Black Welsh Mountain ram to be delivered to his office. When aides objected to this course of action it was rebuffed by the senator, saying, "I know rams, I know how to choose a ram," and "this is one of the biggest rams you're going to find on short notice," and, later, "I feel very good about my choice of rams." After several days however, the ram had pissed and crapped all over the office, eaten his clothing, and butted several of the lower ranking aides, seemingly without improving the performance of John's computer in any way. Being the type, however, to make lemons into lemonade, John quickly put in an order for some fresh lipstick to be delivered to his office. When the aide arrived at John's office and asked what should he do with the lipstick, McCain said "Well, could you put it on the new Secretary of Agriculture for me? I'm really no good with computers at all."
Terry Moran (Of all people! Who pissed HIM off I wonder?) and ABC by association just threw McCain under the bus!
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5833277&page=1
StirFry @ 70:
45% of the merikuhn' people's is batshit crazy, and cluelessly stupid. They would (and will) repeatedy vote for their own economic estruction. If American's had any brains at all, McStupid would be at 15% in the polls!
Where in the world is Spain?
Sept. 18: Appearing on a Spanish language radio station that conducted its interview in English, John McCain seemed not to recognize the name of the Spanish prime minister or even know where Spain is. The WashingtonNote.com's Steve Clemons discusses. [Audio]
Tyler Durden @ 94:
One scary b***h indeed.
King of Kings @ 11:
Perhaps it is our karmic fate...
DS @ 10:
Zapatero's title is PRESIDENT of the government.
Just saying.
In the Latino community as well as Spanish community (as in Spain); the sentiment is that and apology is due. I know I'll be hearing the clamor of the GOP asking McCain for an apology and/or an explanation.
This can't be an example of Neocon allowed foreign policy going on here. Bush needs to make a visual gesture beyond a statement. This McCain campaign is reckless and irresponsible. Their Bushonian, never admit a mistake stance is unacceptable.
Perhaps Palin didn't make a slip today; Palin/McCain ticket, that is their goal; get her in to get her to the top. How, probable impeachment over the Georgia affair, who knows.
NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 104:
I'm glad the Cindy McCain problem is finally being openly discussed. She has the same weird masculine features like Palin but the real question is what will they both do when John McCain is too old to change his own diaper.
It is sort of weird to see this sorority of bubble heads - Bush, Cheney, McCain, Amy Grant - the sisterhood of the traveling bimbos.
http://www.olemiss.edu/orgs/kat/famous.htm
Speaking of spouses Michelle Obama and Jill Biden seem like real humans. Jill is low key but amazingly smart, warm - she is radiant with a natural smile and rare beauty. Joe and Barrack married for true love. McCain married a trophy wife and her plastic surgeon. No wonder McCain called his wife the "C" word. I bet he didn't get his allowance that week. She didn't enter the wet tee shirt at the biker convention. McCain's wife just isn't a team player.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html
Wow, what moron. Question, talking point, follow-up, talking point, etc etc etc.
I thought Americans were kinda fucking stupid for having elected President Potatohead to 2 terms. But to potentially have another cabbage like McCain take office...sorry but any reservations I may have had would be officially put to rest.
A McCain victory is pretty conclusive evidence Americans are too stupid for democracy.
Pete&Pete @ 66:
This is what I thought too, or else no one has bothered to tell the Senator that the Spanish Civil War is over.
Nicole Belle ends her post with: "I think it’s completely appropriate to wonder if John McCain is in any condition to hold any office representing this country." I couldn't agree more...
I read a post a few days ago asking a similar question, specifically relating to McCain's secret psychological records and what they might say about McCain. A psychologist friend of mine is convinced McCain is suffering from PTSD.
The article is called "Is John McCain Mentally Stable" and can be found at http://abcparty.org
To be fair, when McCain was growing up the region was called "New Spain". It was a Czechoslovakia moment.
The old boy is tired. So very tired. Kinda feel bad for the guy...if he wasn't such a dangerous f**ker.
Radically Moderate @ 110:
Here are the facts - John McCain fought in the Spanish American war. He was held prisoner in a secret prison in Spain where they played tango music at deafening levels which is why he his hard of hearing in his left ear. Like his hero Don Quixote, McCain soldiers on in a pathetic quest that wins sympathy votes from loyal republicans. Palin plays Sancho Panza, although she is a lot dumber.
Because of his ill temper, no one has the courage to tell our brave Quixote that the war is over lest they be lanced.
Of course John McCain doesn't know his geography. He graduated number 894 out of 899 students in his class. This guy is a joke and the media needs to stop coddling him. The Keating Five story is on the way FULL BLOWN:
Keating Five Scandal (1988)
In order to deal with problems faced by savings and loan associations (also called thrifts), the banking industry was significantly deregulated in the early 1980s. Among other things, this allowed the savings and loan associations to invest in commercial, as well as residential, real estate. Over the course of the 1980s, many of these thrifts made commercial real estate loans involving substantial risk. As the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, which regulated the thrift industry, uncovered these problems in the early and mid 1980s, it tried to impose stricter regulations to prevent a worsening of the position of the S&Ls. Some of this re-regulation required the passage of new legislation by Congress. As the Chair of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Edwin J. Gray, explained it, the Board ran into two significant problems in trying to handle the problems faced by the savings and loan industry.
On the one hand, the White House during the Reagan Administration was pursuing a policy of deregulation, and under this policy refused to support requests for the personnel and funds required to carry out increased examinations of individual thrifts. On the other hand, Congress--and especially the House and Senate Banking Committees--refused to pass the legislation that was necessary in some cases to more strictly regulate the S&Ls, and prevent a further deterioration of a worsening situation.
In 1989, the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association in California collapsed. It was estimated that a government bail-out of Lincoln would cost over two billion dollars. Charles Keating, the Chairman of Lincoln's parent company, was implicated by the press by Common Cause for being personally responsible for this, the nation's largest thrift failure.
When the House Banking Committee heard testimony on the Lincoln collapse, Keating suggested that the problem was the fault of the regulators whom he suggested had a vendetta against him and were out to sabotage his business. Edwin J. Gray, the former head of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, on the other hand, testified that his agency's auditing was anything but activist. Further, Gray said he had been approached by a number of influential senators to discontinue investigations of the Lincoln S&L. Later, it was revealed that these senators had received substantial campaign contributions--both directly and indirectly--from Keating, totaling over 1.3 million dollars.
A number of investigations began as to whether these senators had acted improperly and whether Keating had been able to buy influence through his campaign contributions. These included investigations by the State of California, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the Senate Ethics Committee. While the California and the Justice Department investigations concentrated on Keating's action, the Senate Ethics Committee investigation concentrated on the actions of the five senators implicated: Alan Cranston (D, CA), Dennis DeConcini (D, AZ), John Glenn (D, OH), John McCain (R, AZ), and Donald Riegle (D, MI). These men were dubbed the Keating Five.
Although the special counsel to the Ethics Committee advised the Senate that Senators Glenn and McCain were not substantially involved, months of testimony revealed that all five senators had acted improperly in varying degrees. All of these senators, however, continued to proclaim that they were not involved in any wrongdoing, and were just following normal campaign funding practices.
In the end, the Senate Ethics Committee concluded that Senators Cranston, DeConcini, and Riegle had substantially interfered with the federal regulators' enforcement processes at the request of Charles Keating. In August 1991, the Ethics Committee recommended to the full Senate the censuring of Cranston for reprehensible conduct. The other four senators were noted for questionable conduct. Cranston had already decided not to seek re-election, citing medical problems.
101 Congress: H.R. 5400 and S. 370 (1990)
As a result of the Keating Five scandal, during the 101st Congress (1989-90) a number of bills on campaign finance reform were introduced. The major bills were H.R. 5400, introduced by Representative Swift (D, WA) in July 1990, and S. 137 introduced by Senator Boren (D, OK) in January 1989. These bills--like those introduced in subsequent Congresses--were only sponsored by Democratic representatives and senators.
Both bills called for spending limits and for public financing for Senate elections. They also subjected senators and Senate officers and employees to the same limitations on outside income that was generally in force for government employees according to the provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. This included a ban on honoraria.
In September 1990, the Senate bill was incorporated into the House bill and both versions were sent to conference committee. However, the Senate and House bills were never reconciled in Conference and the measures died.
102 Congress: S.3 and H.R. 3750 (1992)
During the 102nd Congress (1991-92), two major pieces of campaign reform legislation were introduced. One was S. 3, introduced by Senator Boren (D, OK); and the other was H.R. 3750, introduced by Representative Gejdenson (D, CT). The original Senate bill would have banned contributions from PACs (political action committees) altogether, while the House version which prevailed limited PAC contributions to a total of $200,000. The House proposal also placed a voluntary spending limit on House campaigns officially amounting to $600,000, but actually allowing a million dollars to be spent on congressional campaigns. Some argued that such a high amount was, in fact, no limit at all. According to these bills, limits on Senate election spending would vary from 950,000 to 5.5 million dollars, according to the population of the individual state.
The House bill was incorporated into the Senate bill and the conference report was passed by both chambers. However, President Bush vetoed this bill in May 1992, and the Senate failed to override his veto.
103 Congress: S. 3 and H.R. 3 (1993)
During the 103rd Congress (1993-94), Senator Boren (D, OK) introduced campaign finance reform measure, S. 3, while Representative Gejdenson (D, CT) introduced a similar bill in the House, H.R. 3. Both of these bills were very similar to the bill vetoed by President Bush in 1992. President Clinton made a major statement in support of these bills in May 1993, along with major Democratic senatorial and congressional leaders. The original bills would have set limits on campaign spending, restricted the roll of PACs and lobbyists, opened the airwaves to both incumbents and challengers, made lobbyists pay for federally funded campaigns, and banned the use of soft money in federal elections. The spending limits were substantially the same as those incorporated in the 1992 legislation: 1.2 million to 5.5 million for general senatorial elections and $600,000 for congressional elections, indexed for inflation. The measures as originally introduced were supported by many reformers.
However, during the course of debate and amendment in the Senate, the bill was substantially weakened. In the end, the Senate version sets voluntary spending limits and subjects candidates who spend more than these limits to a gross receipts tax on their campaign funds. Candidates who do comply receive discounted television time and mailing rates. The Senate bill bans PAC contributions from both House and Senate races. In the event that this PAC provision were to be found unconstitutional, PAC contributions would be limited to $1,000, rather than the current $5,000 limit. In addition, Senate candidates can receive no more than 20 percent of their funds from PACs. The bill also eliminates soft money from federal elections and bans lobbyists from contributing to, or raising money for, any member of Congress whom they have lobbied in the past year. This revised bill was passed by the Senate in June 1993.
The bill as passed by the House, which was incorporated into S. 3, was substantially different. The House measure, which only deals with the House side of the issue, was passed in November 1993 and incorporated into the Senate bill. A conference committee has been called for to reconcile the differences between the House and Senate versions.
It is likely that a campaign finance reform bill will be passed by both chambers and signed by President Clinton during 1994. However, this bill will most likely be substantially weaker than the bill which had been passed by Congress, but vetoed by President Bush in 1992. Furthermore, many of the provisions of the bill are constitutionally questionable and are certain to be challenged in the federal courts should the bill become law.
Although many reform groups supported the original versions of these bills, a number find the current provisions ineffective; and some feel them to be even worse than the current situation. Thus, in the end, many expect that campaign finance reform legislation will be enacted in 1994, but that it will be essentially ineffective.
(Much of the action on the 1992 and 1993 bills are discussed in detail in connection with the Policy Flow Chart in this program and, presented on Side 1 of the videodisc.)
With what is already known about McCain-Palin, the abysmal record of the last 8 years, one can only observe in complete amazement that the polls show McCain equal to Obama.
We should seriously wonder what is wrong with us, the People.
Who are those who STILL wants republicans in power? Cause there seems to be enough of them, no?
What motivates them, in spite of a mountain of behavioral evidence showing that Repubs are truly unfit for duty right now?
what do you expect from the most under-educated ticket (Palin-McCain) in US Presidential Election history?
NoGWBpolicyleftinplace @ 68:
Can't speak for every European, but most of us are.......
Issues Baby, Issues!
It's all about the McCain "Economy" now.
SIDE EFFECTS OF THE MCCAIN ECONOMY (THE "HEAD ON" AD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqs26mpg8o
Tyler Durden @ 69:
Germany also have a President AND a Prime Minister.
But you have to realize while many European countries have a king or queen in place - Great Britain, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden - none of them have any political power what-so-ever. By using the term constitutional monarchy, you make it sound like none of these countries have democracy. You can question why they keep their kings & queens in place, but for many people it gives them a national identity and culture.
To DS at 10: José Luis Zapatero is the President of the government of Spain--see Wikipedia.
John McCain seems hopelessly lost when questioned about Latin American vice Spain. The fact is that, while South American is in turmoil, Spain is a proven democracy and has offered to assist, and has, in all counter terroism efforts. For McCain to lump Zapatero or Spain in the same basket as the unstable and US hating countries of South America is both false and naive. Still, it is typical of the failed and ridiculous type of Republican leadership which has made my country the current laughing stock of nearly everyone in Europe. As a long time Republican myself, I can take no more--am voting a straight Democratic ticket to get the idiots out of office. Sign me FED UP.
McCain is an MFI...m^%#her...f*#(%king Idiot.
Sorry DS, but you're almost as informed as McCain:
DS @ 10:
Spain has a "President of the government" not a Prime Minister, we have a Constitutional Monarchy although we should have had a "Republic" but that was too left wing for our transition.
On McCain's error, he is obviously an ignoramus of the same ilk as dear Bush, Regan and Clinton (Blowjob's in the oval office make him lose a bit of stature in my mind). I hope that Obama is better but frankly from over this side of the pond anybody is better than the McPain duo (God help America if they are elected).
Zapatero should just tell McCain that we're leaving Afghanistan with our 1500 troops. (Don't really know what the mission is meant to be there anyway). Instead it should be looking for a dude with a beard who everybody has forgotten and you don't need an army to kill one man.
Uncle Joe Mccarthy @ 14:
I thought he sounded a little fucked-up too. I mean, chemically.
Is there honestly any doubt left in anyone's mind that the man is in the early (or perhaps not so early) stages of Alzheimer's?
John@121
Appreciate your comment. I live in Sevilla--you?
Ruthless People @ 51:
Has anyone on McCain's staff informed him that Francisco Franco is still dead?
More at eleven.
Wonderful. McCain sable-rattling against one of our few remaining allies. Is he going after Canada next?
But Zapatero did do Iraqus-Interruptus proving that he's not a loyal Bush puppy/lap dog...
That's unforgivable to the man that wants to keep America there for 100 years or more and to McCain too...
The Trumpster puts his rich foot in his mouth during Blitzer interview yesterday.
As I mentioned in a previous post, in a previous thread.. SOMETHING IS VERY DIFFERENT ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN! He's barely coherent when going into these interview situations or just goes along with some wacked out way of thinking at one of his "dog & pony shows". There have been a string of events when McCain's brain fog was so cloudy, you'd think he's being medicated or Alzheimer's is creeping in. If either is the case, the American public deserves to know the status of McCain's health before November. Can we be certain this man is of stable mind or body?! It would be evil and corrupt to allow his handlers, advisors, and spin doctors to perpetrate a fraud of this magnitude.
Don’t Know Much ‘Bout Geography…or Foreign Policy…or Heads Of State: McCain Slights Spanish PM
Maybe mcgramps isn't an evening person.
John McIIIrd slept throught the 7:30AM Geography 101 class at the Navel Academy.
UM, I WANT A PRESIDENT THAT TALKS TO EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY ARE "BAD" OR GOOD. I WANT A PRESIDENT THAT EXTENDS THE OLIVE BRANCH TO EVERYONE. I WANT THE PRESIDENT TO REALIZE THAT SOME COUNTRIES WANT TO LIVE DIFFERENTLY THAN WE DO AND THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXIST THAT WAY AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT CAUSING HARM TO PEOPLE. I DON'T WANT A PRESIDENT THAT SAYS "YOU ARE LIKE US SO WE ARE FRIENDS BUT YOU ARE NOT LIKE US SO NO FRIENDS". THAT SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ULTIMATUM PRESIDENT.
"I am very interested not only in normalizing relations with Spain but in obtaining good and productive relations with the goal of addressing many issues and challenges that we have to confront together.”
Huh? I had no idea we had broken off diplomatic relations with Spain!
"I am very interested not only in normalizing relations with Spain but in obtaining good and productive relations with the goal of addressing many issues and challenges that we have to confront together.”
Huh? I had no idea we had broken off diplomatic realtions with Spain!
Oops - sticky fingers. My bad for the duplicate post.
Oh right, this was all over the MSM, they are all talking about it....wait, I forget, this is McCain we're talking about. He was a POW so it doesn't count. Imagine if this had happened with Barack. He would be toast. I'm beginning to wonder if the McCain administration knows something we don't. Putting my tin hat on, McCain has some issue that won't allow him to serve his entire first term. He steps down, or is otherwise unable to serve, and Palin, a daughter of the far right, takes over power. Intentional? Let's hope not. Tin hat off now.
131 MarcoZandrini Says: John McIIIrd slept throught the 7:30AM Geography 101 class at the Navel Academy.
Maybe he was naval gazing.
Mr. John McCain is not fit to be the President of the United States of America.
Mrs. Sarah Palin is not fit to be in any office of federal government in the United States of America.
Republicans are anti-American
Republicans are anti-Constitution of the United States of America
Republicans are anti-Freedom of Choice of anything
Republicans are anti-Peace
Republicans are anti-Education
Republicans are anti-Habeas Corpus
Republicans are anti-Free Speech
Republicans are anti-History
Republicans are anti-Science and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and
DS @ 10:
Actually, before you get belligerent please note, as explained very well here
"although José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is often called "prime minister" by foreign media, within his own country he is known as the President of Spain or Presidente of Government."
I live in Spain and often see and hear him referred to as el Presidente del Gobierno, and since the interviewer is a native Spanish speaker and most probably reads and talks about Zapatero in Spanish and not in English, it's entirely normal for her to refer to his as the President, and doesnt mean she or anyone else is an idiot.
Who's ignorant now?
BIg mistake for McCain. It all depends if the press wants to cover it though. Theyve given McCain a pass on his "moments" before.
I think the campaigning has killed McCain's mind, I really do. Fatigue is setting in and disrupting his thinking process. He's an old man who even without a rigorous schedule suffers daily pain. The running all day, constant pressure to perform and up all night schedule of his campaigning has got to be getting the best of him.
I also wouldn't be surprised if his behavior is compounded by a passive-aggressive effort to stall the progress of this whole thing. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if he's pissed like all get-out that the RNC has turned his campaign into a cartoon show with their pick of Palin.
McCain has been known to have little regard for women and I'm sure that he feels slighted and used by this pick. I have a feeling he's just completely lost interest in this campaign and has no real desire to win or to compete. The campaign schedule has run him to the ground and the RNC turned him into an old man sideshow.
Having watched McCain in action for years, I know that he always considered himself a "top" senator (regardless of his always glaringly obvious limited acumen) and considers any less treatment to be a total insult.
Another ten or fifteen years from now Cindy, as an old widow will reflect on these days, if we still have freedom of press, she'll write about it in her memoirs. It'll be her last grab for the limelight. McCain will bottle up his anger and disappointment and take it with him to his grave.
rcm @ 129:
I agree...as vehemently as I am against McBains politics, I think it's cruel, sad and just plain wrong, to keep him in the race if he's in such a state.
He is a human being after all. Kinda feel sorry for the old guy...after I heard him being interviewed over the phone by that reporter. I really felt for the man...reminds me of my grandfather.
It's a damn shame how the RNC is treating this man. Absolutely disgusting.
LibertyWatch @ 138:
You forgot, anti-environmental. ;)
This also demonstrates that Senator McCain has no concept of parliamentary government. Spain does not have a president, it has a King. Juan Carlos is the head of state. The Prime Minister (Zapatero) is the head of government.
This is the same mistake that Woodward made in one of his Bush at war books, making at least seven references to "President" Felipe Gonzales of Spain.
From the outside looking in, we really have to wonder about someone who cannot even get the right titles of foreign government leaders.
Paul Calarco
Toronto, Canada
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=jOapLfNgkoI
I am the same age as McCain. Is it just possible that McCain has a hearing loss? This would help explain some of his confusion. At least it would be the lesser of many other possible problems.
So now Bolivia is ranked with Venezuela and Cuba as "anti-American", and all people are concerned about it Spain.
We're making so many new enemies we can't keep up. Equating Morlaes to Chavez is an unfair comparison, not that anyone cares.
Moral Compass @ 7:
Mr. McGoo is so dumn that even Reagan and Dumbya Bush are beginning to appear to have a rat's worth of grey matter between their ears in comparison. He's a complete embarassment to our country. People in other countries are asking "Can't Republicans do any better than this for their candidates?
liberalNmoderation @ 142:
I really believe that he's at the earlier stages of alzheimers, which strikes people at different ages. Some people can get it at early ages whereas many never get it. I know people in their nineties who are intellectually sharp and clear-minded.
What happens if he completely loses it and Palin steps in? Freightening, isn't it?
Why has this story gotten zero play? Digg it, make it known!
http://digg.com/politics/McCain_Thinks_Spanish_PM_Is_U_S_Enemy
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