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Sun Apr-25-10 11:23 AM
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John McCain should be ashamed of himself, partly because he is |
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such a fake maverick and right wing tool in general, but more particularly because he knows the bill the Arizona Legislature drafted and passed and which Gov. Brewer signed is polarizing, pointlessly controversial, vulnerable to court challenge, vicious in temperament, likely to be misused and abused, has bigotry at its heart, and will generate chaos and economic strain for many citizens in his state.
If I did not have much respect for McCain in the first place I have a whole lot less for him now. Where is his voice?
Shame on John McCain.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:32 AM
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1. john mcshame. Sad. He's shrunk into an angry, resentful, bitter little man. |
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:43 AM
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5. He does seem to be shrinking. "Honey, I shrunk my integrity!" |
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Sun Apr-25-10 01:41 PM
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Like a shade of his former self.
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Sun Apr-25-10 01:49 PM
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23. Yes, because he'll never achieve his real ambition. |
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...a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.
So he wants to outdo Daddy & Grandpa. Who else does that sound like? And how did that turn out?
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Sun Apr-25-10 02:37 PM
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27. You know something? I saw that back when that book came out, and I've never been able |
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to get that out of my mind. And his quotes, too, about how he felt he SHOULD be president, but never gave a strong reason why - as in: I thought I had some of the best ideas or the simplest solutions or I'd figured out a way to do something with less taxpayers' money or I felt I could communicate with other warring factions in ways we hadn't seen - because of my background or I spoke the language or I'd lived there for awhile or I brought a perspective that hadn't been represented before or SOMETHING. ANYTHING.
Anything OTHER than - well, my dad and grandpa were both star students and rose to the rank of admiral and well, I needed to go one better than they did to prove my own worth and earn a competitive place in the family hierarchy. Or - I felt I could BE president.
It was like with george bush senior - when he was asked what he planned to do or if there was an urgent priority he wanted to tackle in particular if voters granted him a second term and his answer was - "oh, whatever comes up." OKAY - I'd like my ship to be steered with a little more vision and deliberate, direct intention than that, y'know? More than just a shrug and a casual - "oh, whatever comes up." WHATEVER COMES UP??????????
It's all their birthright complex. They think they own the place because, well, just - because. Because of who they are and the fact that they suck air off our planet, 'cause they're supposed to. World's Biggest Entitlement Program. The attitude of republi-CONS everywhere that they simply own the White House and the right to rule and the first place at the head table and all the say-so. Just because. Because it's their due, and their birthright. They're simply just ENTITLED to it.
And I say NO THEY'RE FUCKING NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For john mcsame, it was always all about entitlement, not necessarily capability - ESPECIALLY for someone who bragged about being so low-ranking in his class and such a poor student and basic pampered indulged rich-boy flake.
INDEED, Dulcinea - Who else does that sound like? And how did that turn out? Some pretty good questions you ask there.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:39 AM
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There is an article in Rolling Stone called "Make Believe Maverick" by Tim Dickerson that tells you all you need to know about why he does what he does. Sadly I cannot find a good link. RS has archived it and I cannot find it.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:41 AM
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3. Hi, Caliman73. I'll try to find it. |
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He is such a very ordinary, plodding guy made out by the Sunday talk shows to be kind of a champion or something, and I've just never bought it.
How he somehow managed to survive long enough to win the Pukes' nom in 08 is beyond me, and it sure doesn't say much for Huck and Willard.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:57 AM
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11. Thanks. Sarge43 found it. |
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He is actually way less than ordinary. He is a below average performer who was constantly bailed out by his admiral daddy and grandpa. He divorced his wife after she had an accident which left her a bit disfigured. He married money and got his start in politics with the help of a political machine. He has sucked at the government teat all his life and claims not to like government.
He is not a maverick. He is a hypocrite loser.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:46 AM
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6. Is this the one, Caliman73? |
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:53 AM
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That is the one. Excellent character study.
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:01 PM
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I'll give that one a look.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:43 AM
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4. John McCain is the flag man. Whichever direction the polictical wind blows |
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that is the direction Johnny-boy will be waving. Today he fervently believes this or that. tomorrow, fuck it, he now believes that or this.
He is a hollow shell of what he may have been as a man years ago.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:48 AM
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7. I get the same feeling, and it's eerie to see. The McCain of the New Hampshire |
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primary in 2000 is not the "flag man" (perfect description, rustydog) of his primary right now against someone even kookier.
These are scary times, and having hacks like McCain flip-flopping all over the place doesn't help.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:51 AM
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8. McCain appears to be senile or in the early stages of senility/dementia. There is no consistency. |
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:54 AM
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10. Maybe there should be a new affliction added to the DSM -- Political |
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Dementia, which is impossible to treat because the physicians would never be able to tell which behaviors and statements are the result of brain atrophy and which are sheer cowardice and lack of principle.
Long-term custodial care is likely the only treatment option.
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Sun Apr-25-10 11:58 AM
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12. Much as I loathe McCain...I'll take him over Hayworth. |
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:02 PM
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14. It's a grizzly choice, isn't it? I can't even imagine being a Republican |
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:10 PM
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16. Yeah...wish they'd just leave. |
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:12 PM
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18. I don't blame you one bit. |
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:05 PM
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15. Agree. Better to have a tool who follows the RW herd |
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than one who could lead it in even worse directions.
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:11 PM
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But yeah...even crazier than McCain.
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:13 PM
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19. Arizona would be better served |
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if they demanded sanity tests for public officials instead of birth certificates for presidential candidates and identity papers for brown-skinned folks.
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:19 PM
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20. You left out the fact that he is corrupt. |
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McCain is so crooked it takes three aides to screw his pants on in the morning.
See the Wiki entry: "Keating Five"
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Sun Apr-25-10 12:20 PM
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21. Yes. The Keating Five. |
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A very low point in a very erratic and unimpressive career overall.
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Sun Apr-25-10 01:54 PM
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24. A low point no one brings up any more. |
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McCain is just awful....his vote on Native Am issues are horrible.
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Sun Apr-25-10 01:56 PM
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25. Yep. He disappoints me, even after I don't think he's capable of |
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much to begin with.
His opponent sounds totally wacked out to me, so he may yet prevail in the primary. But god, what a pathetic excuse for a public servant McCain has been.
Agree with you completely on his voting record on Native American issues -- yet one more vivid disgrace in McCain's file.
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Sun Apr-25-10 02:09 PM
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26. he's a straight-talkin' maverick, you betcha! |
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Sun Apr-25-10 04:09 PM
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28. John McCain has some sort of dementia and it's time for him to retire. |
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His babbling is reminding me more and more of how Reagan was acting in his last few years.
I think he's more pathetic than anything else and needs to give it up.
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Sun Apr-25-10 04:10 PM
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29. I almost feel sorry for McCain, but I dont... |
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I almost feel sorry for him. He doesn't even to be aware of what he is doing. He's erratic and has changed dramatically since he was infected with Palinism, a right wing version of botulism. From the moment he selected her (or others selected for him) McCain began going downhill. He used to have some moments where he displayed real courage and original thought. But now he is bending to every mutant right wing breeze that comes his way. It would be interesting to see a debate between the McCain of today and the McCain of a few years ago, or even a pre-Palin McCain. Since that Alaskan bimbo entered his life McCain has been steadily gone downhill. And if he was somehow elected, I don't know if our country could have survived.
I almost feel sorry for him, until I realize if he had won in 2008 this country would be toast. I could not imagine a more destructive and dangerous duo than McCain and Palin. It seems laughable they were even considered for the republican presidential and vice presidential nominees. Has there ever been a more pathetic set of candidates in American history? I don't think so. Conservatives seem eager to vote for anyone regardless of their competency. Hell, they all lapped up every one of Bush's words.
The religious right freaks regularly say natural calamities like earthquakes and hurricanes are God's retaliation against the behavior of people. It looks like that same 'God' spared us from the worst political calamity in the history of the United States, McCain & Palin...
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Sun Apr-25-10 06:04 PM
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30. AAV, I'm with you on many points, not least that McCain/Palin would |
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have been "destructive and dangerous." That loud 'Amen' you're hearing is coming from my house.
It would have been a real long and real bad stretch of highway, no question about it.
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