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If there was any shred of credibility left to the McCain campaign, it's all gone now. On H&C Wednesday night, John McCain dived into Sean Hannity's bath tub and called for a full vetting of Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers. It's interesting how bad poll numbers turned the Media's Maverick into a bottom feeder now. He certainly has made Hannity, Karl Rove and Lee Atwater very proud tonight. I really thought it was going to be Sarah Palin who would answer these questions posed by the despicable Hannity as McCain sat and watched, (Hannity most recently used a known anti-Semite named Andy Martin to come on his show to smear Obama) but McCain answered them directly.

McCain: It's about Sen Obama being candid and straight forward with the American people about their relationship.

Hannity: Should the American people be concerned that he's capable in a post 9/11 world of fighting terrorism when he is friends with an unrepentant terrorist?

McCain: Well I think that's also part of the judgement the American people make. But first I think we ought to have a full and complete examination of the relationship and then the American people can make a judgment...

I hope it's vetted out, I think it needs to be vetted out.....including the ACORN organization

With the country suffering right now as much as it is, John McCain, who once said he would run a respectable campaign chose to become a clone of Sean Hannity. Sure, they'll grab a news cycle, but voters want answers to our problems not whacked out FOX News nonsense. Shame on you John McCain.

Obama has plenty of material to work with if McCain goes there in the last debate. Expect McCain's surrogates to go on the offensive too. And I find it laughable that Republicans are crying about voter fraud, but that's for another post.

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El_Cid's picture

...when John McCain said the word "ACORN" on Hannity's show?

Did he have to excuse himself to change his underwear?

John McSame's picture

HOw could sean ask any questions when the POW's junk was down his throat??

Why did Sean forget to ask McCoward why he failed to confront the "terrorist" during the 1.5 hours he was STANDING NEXT TO HIM?? what a COWARD !!! John just lets his homewrecker wife and the bimbo from alaska do all his dirty work while he cowers in the corner afraid of the scary balck man.

Truth B Told's picture

1. George Bush (W and Sr.)
2. McCains personal history of terrorism (under the color of a phony war in Vietnam.)
3. G.Gordon Liddy with his ties to death-bed confessor to JFK assassin E Howard Hunt
4. His ties to Oliver North, drug runner-weapons trader to Iran, coverup artist and document shredder?

not to mention his deep and loyal ties to the Military Industrial Complex and the rest of the US Economic Hitman team.

trank's picture

the invisible 2x4 of the talk radio monopoly determines what is pushed in the tradmedia, and what gets a media outlet bombarded by dittohead complaints. bipartisanship and the real democracy that would allow exposing your points is imposssible as long as the talk radio monopoly and its coordinated uncontested repetition continues to pollute the public airwaves. hannity's TV show, and fox TV, are completely dependent on the uncontested radio repetition needed earlier in the day to prechew the liesand distortions and enable the double standards for them.

John Clavis's picture

That's my prediction.

Lieberman is already lining himself up to be the Dick Cheney / David Addington of the McCain Administration. Perhaps they'll simply be honest about it this morning.

But why would they start being honest *now*?

trittydi's picture

He admitted yesterday that he's in trouble with his god. So - this goes beyond religion for this "observant" Jew.
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Lost_nacf_gop's picture

Can they steal it? Sure, the mechanisms are still in place, but not as many of the cronies who made it happen. Ohio no longer has a Bush Jebus-fascist running its election and the Bush re-election for the State (Blackwell) in charge of allocating voting machines and 'verifying" voter rosters. In his place is a Democrat, as is true for the Governor as well. This will make a difference there. More importantly, things on all fronts are undeniably a mess now, and anyone who's paid attention and shunned "The O'Hanitwit Channel" now realizes that Bush43 has - as many of us feared and Molly Ivins tried to warn all about - done to the country what he did to Texas. Oh, and not that it needs to be said, Hanitwit is a shameless waxy yellow bag of bile and bilge, of no real use to anyone who thinks.

MDave's picture

The absolute genius of Karl Rove is the way he's taught the Republican Party to manipulate public fear and stupidity. It's maddeningly surreal to see McCain and Palin sitting there saying these shallow things, and knowing that a significant percentage of the American people will not see through it.

Anonymous's picture

The reason he comes up with this crap, while we don't, is because of the quality of his character. I think his parents just read him Machiavelli's The Prince as a bedtime story, that's it. I knew a woman who was great at welfare fraud but was otherwise a mental midget. Same with Rove.

sophie's picture

Welcome to America's version of the Weimar Republic. This tactic smacks of old-school Jew-baiting. Unbelievable.

Do not let them win.

LegallyBlonde's picture

If this is such a major concern to the old man why didn't he raise the issue at the debate? C'mon he had an audience of 60+ million people -- he could have exposed Obama for the "lack of judgment" for all to see --unless the charge is completely BOGUS and he too afraid of Obama smacking it down to his face.

You know your campaign is down the crapper when you get your talking points from an anti-semite like Hannity.

Left&Left's picture

SO TRUE.
McFraud had the perfect forum to warn America about the terrorist loving Obama....WHAT HAPPEN TO HIS FUCKING "STRAIGHT TALK"? GRANDPA'S A COWARD! And Hannity is the biggest pussy I've ever seen on television.

Yes, I so enjoyed watched Sean get his own shit shoved down his own throat by Gibbs after the debate.


"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy

nicethugbert's picture

McSecessionist

Ruthless People's picture

The Cold Dead Hands Club endorses McThatguy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081009/ap_on_el_...

Ace Armstrong's picture

The comments of Sarah Palin need to be applied to herself. As a fellow traveler of a political party that wants
Alaska to secede from the U.S., and whose leaders have said its okay to call yourself a Republican to get elected and further the aims of the party she needs to make her position clear.
It is so ludicrous that the MSM won't touch this issue or the heroic circumstances of her fifth child's birth.
Everything this woman says she stands for is contradicted by her actions.

woody's picture

we were both in the same 'field' in the professor bidness.

He's kinda the flip side of Bombin' Johnnie...a wealthy, privileged guy who was appalled by the Vietnam War and went into the streets to express his rage, instead of getting into an airplane and killing innocent asians.

Me?

I admire Bill a whole lot more than that lying, self-serving, corrupt, vicious, shit-eating piece of dreck, McC(umst)ain...

Ruthless People's picture

McThatguy "I don't care about an old terrorist and his wife"

Is McThatguy talking about Cheney?

FilthyHarry's picture

If this is the kind of thing the PALIN/mcccain campaign is going to engage in with their base but not in other venues, force their hand and drag it out into the light.

During the third debate Obama has to directly address McCain and ask him if he thinks that Obama is a terrorist. Then just keep his eyes on McCain and watch him squirm. If McCain leaves an opening, bring up Palin's association with a group that wants to secede from America and hates America and ask if that makes Sarah a terrorist as well.
Then if he's still squirming with a response, interrupt him asking if he's ashamed to be implying Obama is a terrorist or doesn't love America or that he's not like them. And just keep looking at McCain.

blue balls's picture

Make-Believe Maverick (print version).
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty.


If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.
- Adolf Hitler (R)

Bangkok Bob's picture

Obama has been decent about attacking. But now that McCaptured has opened up Pandora's Box it is fair game to start dragging out his part in the the Keating Five Scandal, when he and his four buddies were caught at the beginning of the Economic bungling.

Ruthless People's picture

Insanity soft balled Lady McCheney "Concerned in what way?" and lady McCheney almost stumbled as if she were being asked what newspapers does she read.

Honesty, if you're only willing to crawl out of your spider hole to do an interview with Insanity on the anti-American fascist network FOXaganda and you can even get off your talking points to expand on a soft ball leading follow up question from a lightweight Anti-American fascism sympathizer like Sean Insanty what does that say about your ability to lead the country out of the Republican shit hole your predecessors got us into?

trittydi's picture

Wow. One certainly does want to take a bath when considering anything InSHannity. That noxious slug leaves a slime trail you could see from the space shuttle. Vomit.

It'll be interesting to see how Obama deals with the Ayers issue since they're not leaving him any choice. He shouldn't have to of course. Let's hope they also hop up their own churning up of McToast's Keating Scandal and the criminality he certainly engaged in there.
www.keatingeconomics.com

And that's just a place to start.
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Ruthless People's picture

He should go after that low life snake in the grass with lipstick's associating with her radical preachers and the American hating organization First Dude was a part off. Tnis isn't 2004 so my sense is the Obama campaign will.

Bangkok Bob's picture

McPOW hasn't blown his top yet on camera, but I can see it coming.
(in an aside, I just sent away for a bunch of the ThatOne Pins and some stickers that we can put up in as many ExPat haunts as we can.)

Ruthless People's picture

Old "Mavericks" never die. The just sell out their principles.

Eric's picture

That weasel mcCain didn't have the courage to look Obama in the eye and repeat the lies he's been telling behind his back now he's got the gall to get that other weasel to do his smearing for him.

Eric Hussein in Ottawa's picture

Where do these sleazy bastards get off saying Obama was "friends" with this guy?

I don't claim to be friends with people I happen to sit on the bus with on the way to work. Yes, we happen to share the same physical space for a limited period of time. I may even smile and say hello. That does not mean we're close, know anything about each other, or are friends.

They must be called out as liars for spreading this tripe.

Joementum's picture

Too bad for McCain that he's overused the word "friends" to the point that it no longer means anything. By his standards, McCain is palling around with every neonazi wackjob who's ever attended one of his rallies.

Faux News know Obama isnt "palling around" with Ayers. I mean they've been covering this "story" for months and havent come up with anything.

Of course that doesnt matter. The important thing is to keep insinuating Obama has these secrets which he tries to cover up, that hes this unknown risky sinister character with evil radical associations.

"Who is the real Obama?" McCain is asking while saying "Everybody knows who I am". McCain isnt talking about Obamas policies. Its a way of scaring people of the "unknown".

Jroyale's picture

Yeah, I'm this story has been up in the spin cycle for a long long time, so what exactly is this vetting that McCain is calling for? I mean it's hard to believe that Faux News reporters and McCain's legion of attack dog lawyers haven't picked over the bones of this carcass 100 times. So is this vetting something he wants Obama to do? The government? Blackwater? A psychic?

Then again, I'm not stupid, there's nothing here, and all McCain is hoping is that if he repeats the name Ayers enough, he win the election. Sorry Johnny boy, Obama is no Kerry and you're no president.

Ruthless People's picture

McThatguy's campaign slogan "Anything to Win"

McCain and Palin just added to their ick factor.

Gibbs from the Obama campaign handed Hannity his ass about this Ayers subject. Basically what he said was that Hannity has all sort of people on his show and interacts with them, but because of professional association that doesn't necessarily mean that Hannity agrees with everything his guests have done.

Game, set, match for Gibbs.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Bangkok Bob's picture

Hi POP, glans ta see ya. I couldn't watch this clip but I will try later, some kind of hang-up.

By the way, the Good People at Site-Monitoring finally got the Glitch fixed so i could be registered, and they did it post-haste.

Thank You Site Monitors!!

Look at it this way, if you don't view the video you won't feel the need to shower and scrub your skin off.

And a very merry good morning to you and all who gather here to get shit off their chest, like I do.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Bangkok Bob's picture

I will be walking in the rain soon so the dirt i accumulate just talking about them will rinse off.

Slaw's picture

Sen. McCain, could you explain your long term relationship with a drug addicted,pill stealing adulterer?

ysbaddaden's picture

So doesn't mcgramps have to start saying "My friends...except Roger Ayers..." (?)

)O(

Bangkok Bob's picture

Just kidding, I know you are speaking of our Great Leader with the pipe.

If the devil were waiting in the hall with a deal for McCain, I honestly believe McCain would sell his soul and anything else to the devil for just one more vote.

Wait! Maybe he already did.

Now Cindy McCain wants Obama to trade shoes with her. Go figure.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

McNasty would rather loose his dignity than loose an election.

For good measure McNasty also tried to vilify ACORN.

taller ghost walt's picture

Shame, shame, shame on you John McCain.

I've now thrown out my autographed copy of your book the way you threw out what little decency you had left. Wesley Clark is my hero now.

I admired you a lot as you were my one last hope for this life-long Republican, back 2000. It has become all too clear to me that I'm not rich enough nor heterosexual enough to ever be a Republican. What the fuck was I thinking.

Brian from Cambridge's picture

Obama was 8 years old when the Weather Underground existed. He served on a non-profit board with Ayers years later.

It is time for Obama to ask McCain in the next debate if he thinks he is a terrorist. Then he should bring up The Keating 5 and how McCain is a terrorist by cheating Americans out of money.

Gibbon's picture

So McCain is suggesting that whatever relationship that exists between Obama and Ayers, be fully vetted. Didn't the New York Times article that spark this recent attack do precisely that?

Yes, they did it in last Saturday's edition.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Anonymous's picture

In a way, it's a good strategy for the McCain campaign to appear on Hannity's show to smear Obama (and that was the purpose of the appearance). It will cheese us off but what can he don't that won't. More importantly, it won't really enlighten the Republican base but will rally them and maybe, just maybe, some of those Republicans that were considering voting for a Democrat for the first time in their political lives will decide to go ahead and vote Republican again.

Frankly, I'm more worried about the MSM embracing this new made-up "McCain Plan" to buy up mortgages. Randi Rhodes says the plan is provided for in the bailout and McCain, lacking any plan of his own to help homeowners, threw it out in the course of the "debate" and the MSM picked up as "the McCain Plan". The MSM is really the problem here. After all, McCain said a couple times in the debate that he knew how to get bin Laden and would do it, the he knew how to fix Social Security and he would do it and that he knew lots of things a long time ago. The MSM isn't asking how he knows any of it, how he will do any of it or why he didn't lead the charge to get it done already.

Anyway, just my 2 cents, whatever they're worth these days.

ysbaddaden's picture

Any chance the Obama campaign will release a That One commercial that goofs on the opening credits of That Girl?

shaggles's picture

That would be funny.

diamondmc's picture

What will McSlime talk about in the next and last debate? Seeing it is on the economy and McSlime doesn't know anything about the economy. The first question I want to see asked of him is, Did you even read the bail out bill that you just voted yes on? Second, do you understand anything about the bill? That should be a good start for the debate.


diamondmc

Shame on you John McShame. Shame shame shame!!!

JoeSixpack's picture

I've been very proud of Obama for hitting back every time McCain's campaign takes the low road. Now it's time for the knockout punch. I say, let that woman from Alaska have it. Her smug little smile as she lies about Obama is sickening. This is racism, folks. Pure and simple. Palin wants to remind us that Obama isn't like us. That's code for black. Sickening.

Let's put her on the trash heap of history come November, right where she belongs.

muck's picture

Why dont you go ahead and release your medical records while youre at it? Since we should have full disclosure and all....I mean, youre only going to be the oldest POTUS ever if you were to get elected...

Oh yeah, thats right, you cant, because it would reveal you have one foot in the grave and you would lose even bigger....my bad. *smirk*

no longer a proud american's picture

I keep repeating, this race is over. get used to a black man in the oval office, get used to the sound of President Obama. Ever since the fluthering old man on the other side made the mistakes he has made in his campaign including his choice of a bimbo for a running mate, he became a non-entity that even his own party is running from.

unfortunately the race for the white house is not the key issue, the economy is. Once barrack reaches that level, he's still going to have to find a way to repair, albeit slowly, the damage of the last crooked admin. That's the challenge, not who can beat a senile old man into the ground.

McCain has asked the audience, phoned a friend and now he is desperately out of lifelines.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

CravinM's picture

Let him go on Hannity all he wants and say anything. Only people who watch Hannity is the extreme right. We know who they're voting for already, Sarah Palin. What a sad pathetic man McCain has become in a matter of months.

Your Fellow Prisoner's picture

"...where they want to lead this c^nt--."

Also, I love this from Grampy: "I don't care much about an old terrorist and his wife. BTW, she was worse!"

fastfeat's picture

Who knew they were so conservation-minded?

Better call a hazmat team to safely dispose of that shit though...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Anonymous's picture

Not only did this Sheriff break the law; this Sheriff, under the guise of a law enforcement uniform, incited the crowd to violence in Lee County Florida on Monday.

His typical reichstag salutes were the tipoff, folks. This man needs to be stripped of that uniform.

He's already cost Lee County, Florida $300,000 in funding.

I'd say that Lee County cannot afford this illegal behavior for their chief law enforcement official. And this doesn't even touch upon what it will do to the tourism of Lee County, Florida.

Trust me, it SUCKS, at least mod S-11 does...
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He's already cost Lee County, Florida $300,000 in funding.

How so? Any links?


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

IgnoranceIsNotBliss's picture

The old one or the new one that's just about finished that they aren't ready to take ownership of yet?


I really wish they would insult my intelligence at a time of my own choosing.

fastfeat's picture

Just spent a week in that dump (S-11) for a BS charge.

Watched rats run across the floor daily.

Had a cellmate who had a puncture would in his foot that was badly infected and couldn't get treated by the nurse until he had enough money on his books.

One guy complained about his food, and coincidentally, the A/C was shut off for 36 hours in the last week of August.

I've been in a few jails across the country, and that Lee County one was the worst I've ever been in.


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

IgnoranceIsNotBliss's picture

Well, if they weren't giving the contractor the punch list from hell, it would be ready for occupation. These guys are finding as much as they possibly can find that is wrong (please, chalk marks on concrete flooring - can't have that)so they can delay taking ownership.


I really wish they would insult my intelligence at a time of my own choosing.

I think Palin sees McCain as nothing more than a political meal ticket for herself. She may actually think she is qualified to be veep and one day president. Now there's a pre-Halloween scary thought. What's even scarier, is that some people agree with her.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Joe's picture

The creepy hypocrisy of Lame McShame and Caribou Barbie is nothing less than vomit enducing. What a wretched pair of snivelling cowards they have shown themselves to be.

Anonymous's picture

John McCain's true nature is finally being outed. Getting down in the mud with the likes of Sean Hannity clinches it.

John McCain and Sarah Palin have incited to violence at their rallies which are no longer "safe" to attend.

John McCain and Sarah Palin have made the decision to do their best to incite domestic terrorism in our faces.

What happened to John McCain, the strong one on NATIONAL SECURITY?

That's the same John McCain who called us all "my fellor prisoners" yesterday?

That's the same John McCain who thinks nothing of jeopardizing the thousands of rally attendees by inciting the crowd to violence and death threats.

Yes, THAT ONE! THAT ONE WHO REVELS AS HE BREEDS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS AT HIS OWN RALLIES!!!

McCain and his little Moose Muffin, know the only thing they can do now is try to fire up their base enough to get them to actually turn out and vote.


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

It's not only that the Ayers-Obama connection is a bunch of hooey, the public needs to pay attention to the manner in which the accusation is being levelled - not face-to-face, but in snide remarks during campaign appearances, and in spoon-feeding sessions with 'journalists' like Sean Hannity.

Robt's picture

I am so glad to hear Sen McCain and Gov Palin express vetting approval of caandidates. Clear windows to their past.

Can they start by displaying a bit of leadership in this clearing the air. By open vetting of themselves first to show Obama's campaign how its done?

MCain could open up his closet- He can start with explaining to newer voters his full experience in Vietnam (making movies for the enemy vs other POW's that did not). He can revist the Keating scandal and explain his participation. He can talk about his FCC dubious involvement. His association with radical groups of his own. And those radicals/criminals he has involved himself with over the years as
Duke Cunningham, Pastor Hagee, Larry Craig, Oliver North, the Italian ciminal boss he recently visited on his birthday with Rick Davis.
Which brings to mind openly listing all his lobbyist/on leave lobbyists that are working his campaign.

Gov palin- Explain why she has McCain's campaign funding lawyers in Alaksa to shut down an investigation Palin first tried to say she would cooperate with but now refuses to cooperate like the Bush Adm does.

If you have nothing to hide, why spend so much of McCain's campaign funds to hide nothing?
Explain her husbands succession group and why she supports it and tell us how that is not supporting America for which her son serves in the military.
Palin could explain to Cindy why she and her husband doesn't really care that much for the country their son serves in the military for?

Palin could explain her accused abusive actions of her poosition as Gov of Alaska?

Palin could explain her association with G. Gordon Libby?

Palin could open up to concerns over her withc doctor/pastor?

She might even explain that she really isn't responsible for initiating the oil pipeline or the natural gas pipeline in Alaska. That she simply inherited that and is kicking it down the completion road.

She can open herself up to the full press instead of the inherantly biased FOX.

McCain and Palin could really begin by explaining why they only wish to govern for certain Americans and force the rest.

If they won't answer now how can we expect them to answer later?

Anonymous's picture

Palin, who? She's gone out with summer weather! She's become an irrelevant and disgraceful cipher to the american people and a total "tool" of the McCain campaign.

As for McCain, his selection of her makes him 'totally disqualified' to be president of this country.

McCain brings the concept of lack of judgment to a new precedent with his selection of the most unqualified candidate EVER in the history of this country.

McCain's erratic judgment will cost him this election.

Shadowgm's picture

Hardly. Even if they lose the election, Palin and McCain are like the rest of the neoconservative cancer infecting this once healthy republic.

It's not like FOX News and Slime Hannity are going to go away on January 21, 2009.

MrBigDog2U's picture

Let's hear her discuss her husband's relationship with Joe Vogler and her support WHILE GOVERNOR of the Alaskan Independence Party.

Anonymous's picture

I smell a new Obama ad on the horizon:

**Showing "that one" John McCain as a domestic terrorist sympathizer in the shooting of abortion doctors and the bombing of abortion clinics

**Showing Sarah Palin's video address as a domestic terrorist sympathizer, not when she was 8 years old, but this year - her approval of and support to "keep up the good work" of Alaska's own "Anti-American" domestic terrorist group, the AIP.

This campaign is being sunk by it's own sleaze right now. McCain's in a corner - damned because he's acting like an angry, old man whose better role would be on a Viagra commercial - and damned if he doesn't and is swallowed alive by his own filth.

KEATING FIVE/ GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY /THE REAL POW/MIA STORY/ HIS REAL HEALTH RECORDS / CINDY'S TAX RETURNS??

Anonymous's picture

Sean Hannity is a dickhead. There's all there is to it.

Anonymous's picture

Where is the old Sean Hannity in that haggard, edemic face? He makes water retention and hypertension look like a day in the park. He's getting so fat we may actually see him explode on national television.

This no-talent individual continues to make a flapping jackass of himself every day and his career is flagging into the dark ages.

I vote for Sean Hannity as "MANATEE OF THE YEAR"!!

fastfeat's picture

were as big as Sean's head. Well, maybe not quite that big...


"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."

---Southwest Airlines

Who loves the taste of Rightard shit...

Which explains why he always has his head so far up the asses of his Puke guests, tonguing their prostates so enthusiastically.

Interesting that a McC(umst)ain victory in Nov would worse for his bidness than an Obama win...

VegasRage's picture

I'll be sure to watch insHannity and and Angry O'Rant the day Obama wins. I'm betting they will have the a "Scanner's" head exploding scene. It should be good fun.

VegasRage's picture

Say goodnight John

Anonymous's picture

yep - say good night and be a good little doobie and raid Cindy's medicine cabinet.

Maybe tomorrow you won't be calling us all "prisoners", hhehh?

Anonymous's picture

Well, now Obama will get a "double bump" - one for winning the debate on Tuesday and another for making a jackass of himself on Hannity. Double your trouble/double your fun.

Appearing on anything remotely affiliated with Hannity, the Mann-ity (the human manatee) is political suicide.

McCain's toast.

Rob Jensen's picture

"It's interesting how bad poll numbers turned the Media's Maverick into a bottom feeder now. He certainly has made Hannity, Karl Rove and Lee Atwater very proud tonight."

Preface: I've posted here a few times and am a flaming liberal. (Universal Health Care Yay!), so in that context . . .

Just wanted to point out that in the waning days of his life, Lee Atwater denounced smear tactics and apologized for his own use of them. So McCain actually isn't doing Atwater proud.

-- Rob

Jeffrey Davis's picture

No other Republican opponent of Obama ever thought to make something of Ayers because there's nothing there.

As Bill Clinton has taught, when someone punches, punch back harder. Obama's style has been re-bar wrapped in velvet, so we'll see. McCain is now completely on board with this so it's going to get interesting.

I can see what McCain's thinking. He's like Slim Pickens riding the H-Bomb down in Dr. Strangelove. He's thinking, "You can only sell your soul once so I better get something for the exchange." Someone should show him Bedazzled and wise him up.

I just heard on tv that cindy mccain has stated that Obama has run the dirtiest campaign in history.

Yesterday we heard her feign her indignation about Obama voting against a bill to aid the troops. A bill that had no timeline in it. Of course she didn't mention that her husband had also voted against a bill to aid the troops when the bill contained a timeline.

Cindy needs to perhaps STFU


Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.

Whats next? McCain campaign claiming Obamas use of "out of touch" is code for scary white person?

rtbwa's picture

Keep in mind this whole thing about Bill Ayers comes out of Hannity's little, small picture, tribal, racist, anti-semite, insecure, fear-mongering brain.

And when the MSN picks up - they'll wear it. Already we had George Stepanicantspellhislonglastnamepolis had Ayers whispered in his ear from Hannity before that debacle of a primary debate from ABC. Now Palen, and McHeehhh are doing this. Seriously, all these people are just fucking stupid...

I think the new Fairness Doctorin should be called the Hannity bill...

doorman's picture

This is truly the bottom of the barrel. McCain is looking more and more like a desperate avaricious old fool.

...and Hannity is about as bad as it gets. Remember Joe Pine? He would appear to be a man of integrity by comparison.

Liberal AND Proud's picture

Bottom? Let's leave Hannity's sex life outta dis.


Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.

Sean Hannity = Blue Eye Devil

ruthless people's picture

Conservative terrorism: From Eric Rudolph to Tim McVeigh at home to the Iraq war abroad.

liberalbiasboy's picture

The more the McCain camp smears, the lower they drop
http://news.yahoo.com/election/2008/dashboard...
Keep up the ood work ass-monkeys!

Sandra's picture

I hate to say this......... but I think this could become a problem for Obama. I feel an ugly swiftboating campaign can take hold of this election. This election is still a little to close for comfort in my book.

Rusty Shackleford's picture

I remember when one of our resident trolls started babbling about Bill Ayres months ago (after hearing about it on Hannity, natch). I deeply hoped the McCain "campaign" would pick up this line of attack because it would make them look so foolish. Christmas has come early!

JHR1956's picture

'John McCain dived into Sean Hannity's bath tub...........'

The thought of this made me ill this morning. Please C&L, no more obscene references like this please. I can't take it!

Honestly, I've lost any respect I may have had for McSame. He's a mean, vindictive, nasty old coot!

The obscene repugnant image of McCain sitting and screaming with Hannity in his dirty bathtub, while Obama is in the bathroom doing grown up stuff like preparing to go to work, is entirely appropriate

DevilDog21's picture

Since you are SO concerned with full disclosure from Senator Obama, why don't you go ahead and release your medical records for public scrutiny McCain?

You have become nothing more than a foul, doddering old fool.

Don't go away mad, just go the hell away.

DC's picture

McCain and Palin believe in spending their time passing local gossip. They are the meddling town gossipers in this election. McCain and Palin have nothing important to talk about so they gossip and make up stories about other people. McCain spends so much time in the gutter with gossip that he cannot come up with a good economic plan.

upchuck's picture

This is wonderful news. Obama now has a green light to bring up that little Keating 5 incident on national tv.

The good thing about McCains dirty Keating association is its not lies and irrelevant smearing like Ayers.

Its a strong connection, McCain was reprimanded and its highly relevant today both in regards to McCains poor judgment and his push for deregulation which is largely responsible for the current financial meltdown

Gorilla Slip Disc's picture

Jesus Christ, the radical right is little better than a sewing circle....Gee, since they are claiming Obama is cozy with a terrorist- why isn't FOX attacking their hero Oliver North, who helped see weapons to terrorists in the 1980s?

The Republicans are losing, and baseless smears is all they have left.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

That advocates for the poor and disenfranchised through community organizing and political activism. How dare they care enough about the poor?

This is what these radicals believe in:

On the last day, Jesus will say to those on His right hand, "Come, enter the Kingdom. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was sick and you visited me." Then Jesus will turn to those on His left hand and say, "Depart from me because I was hungry and you did not feed me, I was thirsty and you did not give me to drink, I was sick and you did not visit me." These will ask Him, "When did we see You hungry, or thirsty or sick and did not come to Your help?" And Jesus will answer them, "Whatever you neglected to do unto one of these least of these, you neglected to do unto Me!"

As we have gathered here to pray together, I think it will be beautiful if we begin with a prayer that expresses very well what Jesus wants us to do for the least. St. Francis of Assisi understood very well these words of Jesus and His life is very well expressed by a prayer. And this prayer, which we say every day after Holy Communion, always surprises me very much, because it is very fitting for each one of us. And I always wonder whether 800 years ago when St. Francis lived, they had the same difficulties that we have today. I think that some of you already have this prayer of peace - so we will pray it together.

This was said by yet another Radical.

xoites defends Constitution's picture

By the way, Mother Teresa of Calcutta refused to have dinner with the Reagans at the White House because, "I never eat with those who have never been hungry."

CFAmick's picture

Conservatives do enjoy to talk about subversive liberal orginizations with seemingly unlimited power... this time it's ACORN.

The GOP are all NAZI's picture

Again folks... Hannity? COMMON! Hannity has lost credibility with almost everyone except FuX news and their dwindling toothless minions... Hannity is a ZERO.

Ali's picture

These 3 people are some of the most dispicable people on the planet. I cannot even believe the hypocrisy of McCain and Palin. Sitting on a board does NOT constitute friendship. This is just making my blood boil.

Boy are the republicans desperate. Slinging mud to take the heat off the fucking mess they made. I have a son-in-law who is "afraid" to vote for Obama because he's afraid he will "turn our country to poverty." Guess what dumbass, the republicans already have.

And is that hypocrite Palin concerned about her association with Vogel??? I shouldn't have watched this clip. Now my blood pressure is up.

The GOP are all NAZI's picture

... just curious... I mean, Hannity spews dangerous accusations. Accusations that may cause any number of mentally unstable right-wing GOD-n-GUNS nutcase to "go off" and snipe Mr. Obama. He is in a sense inciting a dangerous situation upon our next president.

Neo-classical secular humanist's picture

Three adolescent imbelices in a political, back-stabbing circle jerk facilitated by a citizen-approved public broadcasting license with its inherent expectation of fairness and balance. Talk about abuse of a privilege!!

bilhelm-X (hairlessness still-)'s picture

An indepth interview with 3 neoconservite, actual talking pieces of shit, fully animated and self absorbed. You've never seen anything like this!

waterboarding for jesus's picture

In the distant past I had a wee bit of respect for McCain, him being a POW and all. My respect for him is now completely gone.

He has demonstrated his corruptness and sleaze with his behavior in the S & L scandal in the Reagan years. His lust for the Presidency has pretty much has caused him to sell soul. He has acted "mavericky" , pretending to oppose Bush on the torture issue, then letting them have their way.

His "putting the country first" rhetoric has been demonstrated to be nothing but hogwash. He has been grandstanding on the economic crisis (and failing miserably at it, looking lie a turd in the process).

His picking Sarah of Sarah Palin as his running mate is putting the country last; God help us all if the hockey mom from Alaska gets anywhere near the White House.

Now we have his campaign descending into abject sleaze. He appears to be a nasty old geek in attack mode.

I want the Obama campaign takes the gloves off. I do not want to see them rolling around in the manure with Gramps and Moose Girl. Instead, I want to see a masterful series of well delivered attacks that exposes McCain for what he is, a desperate, power hungry old hack.

Anonymous's picture

Great!!! Now I have the image of McOld lowering himself into bathwater. Kill me.

Neo-classical secular humanist's picture

Just close your eyes!!

Loonie (C&L mail reg failed now I can't use my name)'s picture

McCain is a pathetic non-man. Anything that could be regarded as mavericky or decent is long gone. He is a person who has hollowed himself out entirely, and allowed himself to be filled by his party.

MCLAME's picture

i know you would like to discuss, purely to make it clear to the voters the relationship between you and your ex-wife who you dumped because she limped and gained weight ?

could you also explain, just for the record, your judgment in having an affair with Cindy (see subject:****) for years before you divorced your first wife?

we know you were a POW, but could you explain, just for public knowledge why you are hiding your MEDICAL HISTORY and CURRENT MEDICAL information?

just for the record, not that you are an old white bigot, could you explain the use of the term "that one" which you used on the only black man within reach of you?

if you could, for the good of public knowledge, explain your entire envolvement with the KEATING 5, and, if there were trading cards would you be number 4?

THANK YOU john THE BUSH REPUBLICAN mccain, we "just wanted to clear the air on a few issues

more of the same, from mclame's picture

We know that you were a prisoner of war for 5 years, can you help us understand how we can be certain you are not a Mancherian Candidate who is still responding to lessons taught by the man who smacked your pee-pee hole?

Since you and your running mate have both had affairs while married, but you are both honorable people, can you explain just for our knowledge how you will avoid boinking the lovely ms. palin on airforce 1?

Your running mate looks smart in those glasses, but obviously has no grasp on anything, could you for the public record and clarification please explain how that will help the country move forward?

Wasn't there also an issue about an investigation into his time in Vietnam that he blocked?

"But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about — his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for.

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ronhohn's picture

That was not an interview. In legal courtroom environments that would have been described as 'leading the witness'.

He didn't ask her about what she knew about Ayres, he told her what his interpretation is, then asked if she agreed with that. He always does that, every day, every segment, every guest.

Notice how all of the repug guests who have been through that process will henceforth always refer to Ayers as the 'non-repentant terrorist'.


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Anonymous's picture

Given how Palin/McCain's speeches are inciting violence, is their new strategy to have something happen to Obama before the election?

Anonymous's picture

...to watch John McCain's slide. I might have actually voted for him in 2000 based on his message of getting big money out of politics. But now he's the worst caricature of a man willing to say and do anything to get elected. His legacy will now be this slimy campaign rather than his service to the country. Very, very sad.

Long Suffering Progressive's picture

McCain/Palin are two horrible, horrible human beings.

Anonymous's picture

There is an extra "w" in the url for the windows media file download of this video.

ugh hannity and mccain... gag me!

Ed's picture

Hannity and Colmes is the perfect example of what we are talking about. For me personally I don't see how Alan can set next to Sean's stupid ass everyday, but I know Alan does not hold the same views and hates. Should I think less of Alan for being associated with Hannity? No! Do you right wingers think less,dislike or think Hannity is radical terrorist because of his association of Alan? Use your brains people!

Sparafucilli's picture

You can be sure that John McCain has probably spent a small fortune "vetting" the Ayers "relationship" (if we say there is a relationship, and often, then there must be one) and has come up with nothing other than they sat around a table. If he had more then he would use it but he hasn't so all he is left with is innuendo. And the more the media focuses on his innuendo then the less time they have to focus on his record and the destruction he has left in his wake. For instance: How much has the MSM given to the story of "How John McCain Doomed Mount Graham"?

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Jean's picture

Of course McShame and Pfailin don't think Obama has been vetted. They're Republicans, why would they pay attention to anything other than the wrong wing and it's slurs. Coverage of Obama and his tenuous "relationship" with Ayers has been around for over a year. If they bothered to look outside of their VERY small box they would know this, but then they couldn't rile up the angry mob of ignorant folks just like them. Shame on all of them. I think that the media needs to play up the VERY large relationship that Todd Pfailin has with the AIP, and it's domestic terrorists.

ZappaFrank's picture

McCain grows more disgusting by the day. It is interesting to see the fall of Fox News, as well as Hannity's passage into irrelevancy (as if he ever was relevant). Liars to the end...

c3m's picture

What happened to the truthful,
say it like it is, McCain?

An Anonymous Terrorist's picture

McCain says "We know it was much more than that... let's reveal all of the details of that relationship..."

If you KNOW it was much more than that, why don't you just tell us what you KNOW. Otherwise, sounds like you're just trying to IMPLY there's some big connection there. I mean, really? You KNOW it was much more than that, but you don't want to share it with the rest of us?

Also, nice blatant sleaze on the "I don't care much about an old terrorist..." followed by lots of snark that seems to show that you DO care... at least that we make a solid connection between Obama and terrorists.

The Old Man and the C need to come with some facts, but I guess that's the benefit of being interviewed by Hannity. He only asks for evidence if you have a D after your name. Try talking like that to the pro-Obama islamofascist liberal east coast media or whatever Hannity is calling it these days.

DarrenLet's picture

I dont know how that woman can accuse Obama of having bad judjement in terms of who he associates with just look at the preacher of her churh the self proclaimed witch hunter. i have never misliked or fearedd someone as much as I do this woman and what she is capable of

kate's picture

I cannot believe they are trying to make hay with ACORN, which is a very good grassroots organization I am familiar with. They are one of the few very truly involved, down in the "trenches" organizations that work hard to press on issues like housing reform, welfare un-deform, healthcare and employment for people who are normally completely marginalized by this socio-economic system.

Of course its no surprise that the Rethuglicans are scared shitless of organizations like ACORN as they are effective at fighting against the rampant greed and injustice of the wealthy and the selfish.

But still, this is the old typical playing card of the Republicans; playing on the socio-economic divisions in this country and the resulting prejudice and ignorance it feeds. I hope someone does an in-depth on the work that ACORN does and shows how in fact, by their actions, they demonstrate democracy at work in the truest form.

Mr. Squirrel's picture

He keeps saying that same thing over and over. "It needs to be talked about. We need a full and complete examination. It needs to be vetted out. Blah Blah Blah."

So shut up McCain and DO IT ALREADY. If you've got some sinister thing to tell us about ACORN or Ayers that we don't already know, TELL US.

YOU GOT NOTHING, or you would have dropped your bomb at the debate, when the subject came up, instead of whimpering like a beaten puppy yet again about how "it needs to be talked about".

Got some new info? Uncovered some fresh evidence? Got even anything concrete to show that further investigation is needed? Better tell us, because if you have evidence that Mr. Obama, a sitting U. S. Senator, is a sleeper terrorist or a traitor, you really should let us know. Got anything like that?

No, I thought not. Kind of like your secret genius plan for apprehending Bin Laden. If you had anything, you'd be obligated by your own sense of patriotic duty, to share it with the proper authorities RIGHT NOW. Therefore, we can safely conclude... YOU HAVE NOTHING but baseless insinuations and unfounded innuendo.

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