McCain DEFENDS Obama. It's official. We have slipped into

[Blue_Roses]

another realm.:crazy: This is this craziest primary I've EVER seen.


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Driving conservatives crazy?

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MCCAIN: I think that when people support you, it doesn't mean that you support everything they say. Obviously, those words and those statements are statements that none of us would associate ourselves with, and I don't believe that Sen. Obama would support any of those, as well.

HANNITY: He's been — but he's been going to the church for 20 years. His pastor — the church gave a lifetime achievement award to one of the biggest racists and anti-Semites in the country, Louis Farrakhan. Would you go to a church that — where your pastor supported Louis Farrakhan?

MCCAIN: Obviously, that would not be my choice. But I do know Sen. Obama. He does not share those views.

And we get sometimes — I don't — a lot of those statements I've just heard for the first time that you mentioned. But I know that, for example, I've had endorsements of some people that I didn't share their views...

more...

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0308/Driving_conservatives_crazy.html

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McCain---don't make me hug you :banghead:

[phrigndumass]

1. "Don't make me hug you"

:rofl:

Would this be considered an endorsement of Senator Obama by McCain? (kidding)

[Blue_Roses]

3. I mean...

if they weren't on opposite sides, I would swear McCain was hinting for a VP slot...:D




:sarcasm:

[tblue]

10. Has Arizona voted yet? McCain may just vote for Obama!

[Arugula Latte]

27. ...

[Mooney]

2. Wow.

Just... wow.

[Joe the Revelator]

4. Strangest damn cycle I've ever seen....however

McCain has a reason to want this to go away. He knows very well that Hagge could be next.

[LisaL]

5. Well, here is the explanation:

"And we get sometimes — I don't — a lot of those statements I've just heard for the first time that you mentioned. But I know that, for example, I've had endorsements of some people that I didn't share their views..."
McCain figured out that people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

[ingac70]

6. Oh goody...

got something else to run in the right wingers' faces... :evilgrin:

[wiggs]

7. He's correct, of course. It's also a smart move. nt

[woolldog]

8. It's sad wthat McCain is a more honorable person than Clinton.

[earthlover]

36. What has Hillary said about Wright? I can't recall

[Tesha]

38. Mostly what she's whispered in the superdelegates' ears... (NT)

[earthlover]

45. I meant publically.

It sure would have been a nice gesture on her part...in the spirit of friendly competition....not to mention party unity....to have a few nice words to say about Obama's speech. Even McCain has been supportive publically! Proving that you can be a political opponent and respectful at the same time. Besides, it would really help Hillary to do so. I would think just about any politician in her position would do so. Oh well, nothing surprises me with Hillary anymore....

[sudopod]

9. I view McCain kind of like I do Huckabee

A great guy to have in your band or watching your back, horrible choice for president.

[JBoy]

13. If McCain and Huckabee were my neighbors

I'd ask Huckabee to pick up my mail while I was on vacation, and I'd borrow McCain's lawnmower. I bet he'd keep the blade good and sharp.

[sudopod]

24. I lol'd! XD nt

[DangerousRhythm]

34. You got it.

I've been pleasantly surprised by the way McCain has conducted his campaign thus far. We'll see how it goes in a few months, but the guy has been fairly honorable as far as not sliming the competition. Good on him.

[DJ13]

11. He's afraid the attention will shift to those religious leaders he begged...

...to support him.

[merh]

12. Well that does sorta weaken the stance of those that say

this will haunt Obama in the GE

MCCAIN: Obviously, that would not be my choice. But I do know Sen. Obama. He does not share those views.

McCain is a kinder person and more reasonable than many of Hillary's supporters here. Who'dathunk? :shrug:

:freak:

[MADem]

35. NO. McCain has crazy pastors in HIS closet, too. It was a NEUTRALIZING remark.

Hey, don't come after me for mine, because I didn't come after you for YOURS.

It's POLITICS 101, that.

It WILL haunt Obama, though. Swiftboaters will play that GOD DAMN AMERICA US of KKKA tape over and over again, and McCain will 'tsk tsk' and decry the ads--after they've run in HEAVY rotation.

[merh]

43. No, it means that if any of those fringe support groups try

to bring this up in the GE, if they try to swiftboat him, you will find these words of McCain used in the prompt response.

Obama isn't going to go the route of attacking the pastors - he may attack their positions or back McCain into denouncing the positions in debates, but McCain just neutralized all the Wrighthatemania from those who haven't a clue what they are talking about - from those who use sound bites to form opinions.

[MADem]

46. McCain will tut-tut and disavow, but that won't matter a whit.

You don't think McCain learned NOTHING from South Carolina vs. GWB? He learned what a hatchet job was, and how to do one without getting any fingerprints on the hatchet.

[Tesha]

39. I've met McCain. He sold most of his soul to the devil but still has a few...

I've met McCain. He sold most of his soul to the devil but
still has a few tattered scraps of decency left. I think
he still wants to believe in himself as a decent man,
whereas Georgie boy was perfectly happy shoving firecrackers
up frogs' asses and hasn't advanced one jot from that stage
of "moral development".

Tesha

[GoldieAZ49]

14. He is a decent guy, has been the senator here for a long time

pissed us off on the immigration/border situation but a decent guy

and yes, we voted in AZ on Super Tuesday

[Blue_Roses]

15. he does seem like a decent man...

I honestly don't think he wants to piss ANYBODY off.

[GoldieAZ49]

21. yeah when Hannity kept pressing him on McCain Kennedy (immigration deal)

he kept saying there isn't a bill, finally he said look it is dead you helped kill it, we have to secure the border first

then they laughed

Also on the war, he has 2 sons serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, so he has a lot at risk personally

[dkf]

16. John McCain knows that if he runs against Hillary he has a good chance of getting

Obama supporters.

And he is a decent guy...more honorable than someone we know.

[Blue_Roses]

19. sad but true...

nt

[The Traveler]

17. McCain is an honorable man

Had he won the Republican nomination in 2000, he probably would have been President ... and we would be in a lot better shape today. 9/11 might still have happened ... maybe. But I suspect a McCain administration would have thwarted it.

Still, he is just totally wrong for this moment in our history. I admire him for his candor, and I think his defense of Obama illustrates the positive qualities of his character. But if he now wins the Presidency, I am certain it would spell disaster for America.

Me, I'm glad the Wright thing happened. Obama's speech on the matter of race has dissolved my lingering doubts about the man. He is the right person for this moment in our history. America needs Obama to be President.

** On Edit ... when will I ever learn? Always run spell check FIRST!!! **

[Blue_Roses]

20. "He's too old"...

words from my 88 year-old mother. She's right.

[The Traveler]

25. Yes, she is

Given the burdens of the job, I doubt McCain would survive his first term.

Even if he did, he presents the solutions of the past ... Obama is peering into the future.

[Blue_Roses]

26. well said..

and I agree:D

[ecstatic]

18. repugs would never let McCain be swiftboated this way

Even the ones who pretend to hate him took up arms against the NYT.

[GoldieAZ49]

22. that article did more to unite his party behind him than any one person

could do

[merh]

23. Kick & Recommend

:kick:

[boppers]

28. What, no "as far as I know"?

Great. Even McCain supports Obama more than Hillary.

:eyes:

[Tiggeroshii]

29. I have a sneaking suspicion hinting at the possibility of a clean general election campaign...

Possibly cleaner than our primary?

:shrug:

[anonymous171]

32. It's going to be so boring.

Two nice guys fighting it out over issues like "healthcare" and the war. Where's the sex? Where's the inflammatory comments?

[anonymous171]

30. WTF? Is this a "don't attack me, I won't attack you" plea from McCain?

Only Obama can run against this man. It will be Hope vs Fear, Change vs The Status Quo, Young vs Old, and the Future vs the Past.

[PaDem]

40. surrogates will do the attacking, as usual..........

the Bush campaign was good at that. Bush could play the innocent guy you'd like to have a beer with while his surrogates were skewering Kerry and Gore.

[grantcart]

31. earlier I got the shit kicked out of me for simply saying McCain is not a racist

This GE maybe the most civil election in history

[Guava Jelly]

33. When his Opponent is a better friend to him then many Democrats here

Something is truly fucked up

[npincus]

37. it's his seility; he forgot who the Republican is

[susankh4]

41. There is absolutely nothing surprising about this

they are all senators. They work together. They do have respect for one another... even tho they are competing for the same job at this moment.

I fail to see what the big deal is.

[barack the house]

42. Video of the clip is here. Makes sense he has a black adopted kid...

http://media.myfoxmilwaukee.com/live/index.html

[SwampG8r]

44. 1 constant thought hroughout this

i have seen it expressed in almost every post on this thread
and its this...
hes a better PERSON than she is
i find it unbelievable that hillary has forced us into a situation
where we can look at the republican and feel he is more DECENT than she