What WILL happen on Sunday's This Week: Stephie: "What's your vision for America?" Stephie: "What is it like to be such a hero?" Stephie: "How patriotic are you?" Stephie: "How are things between you and the media?" Stephie: "How did you get to be such a maverick?" Stephie: "What great things about yourself and America did you learn on your Autobiography Tour?" Stephie: "How proud of your lovely family are you?" Stephie: "Thanks for being with us on This Week. It's an honor and a privilege to have such a Great American on the show."
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Excellent questions KarenMrsLloydRichards-Fri 1:45: And we do not have to identify the "smack-smack-smack" sound effects in the background. There is no doubt it is weasel Stephi's lips kissing Insane McCain's ass!
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Ah Cliff.
Once we get Hillary out of the way, you're going to be leading the charge.
I salute you.
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
We need to get Cliffs questions to George because we know he takes requests.
ggersten
· 1 year ago
More: As the US government paid for your college education, why are your opposed to extending GI Benefits to Iraq veterans? Aren't you failing to support the troops?
Given your low graduation rank, how do we know you have the intelligence to handle the job of President? Given how you got shot down by a backwards third world army, how do we know you have the ability to be commander in chief?
Given that you confessed to being a war criminal, when other prisoners did not, how do we know you have the fortitude to be president? If you can't stand up to Ho Chih Minh, how are you going to stand up to [fill in the blank]
Some say you were brainwashed while a POW and are a Manchurian Candidate. How do you respond?
Why should America trust a man who dumped a wife who stood by him while he was a POW so that he could marry an heiress? Why shouldn't Americans believe you would dump them for richer rewards from special interests, as you have in the past given your involvement with Charles Keating.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
OT:
But didn't want it to get lost in the last thread.
Sam Nunn and David Boren endorse Obama.
(The Dems' tough on defense crowd hasn't been fooled by Hillary's promises to start WW III. They want a real military policy, not more Bush craziness.)
How did dumping your first wife when she was injured and walking away from your children prepare you for your role as president?
grandma
· 1 year ago
Senator McCain....given that you graduated 5th from the bottom of your class at the Naval Academy......would you have studied more if you had it to do over?
BorninUSA
· 1 year ago
No tough questions. Ain't going to happen. Everyone is afraid of John McShame. He has a little temper trouble you know. Personally I think it would be great if McShame flew off and started throwing the "f" word while on TV. But the repugs would blame it on Obama.
dogeatdogi
· 1 year ago
Hi Cliff,
Just got your book and can't wait to start it!! I'm saving it for a long flight to England, but I might not be able to wait that long!!! :)
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Cliff, those are great questions. The local News Radio Channel ( the only one) here in DC has a web site too...and the comments mostly on news articles are from right wingers....well...when you bring up such questions that you have just posted...boy do they get all flustered and don't know how to handle it...you can tell they get their answers from the same all gobble de gook. When you present them with facts...they don't have any further comments. LOL
I love the wording of your questions Cliff. MAybe we all should try and remember some of them for dinner parties and in-laws etc... lol.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Sen McCain ....if your wife were to become First Lady would she relinquish her position as a Beer Executive?
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Grandama: "Sen McCain ....if your wife were to become First Lady would she relinquish her position as a Beer Executive?"
Answer: No, but she would become Beer Czarina, introducing a new brand, at taxpayer expense of course: PATRIOT BEER complete with a picture of W chugging from the bottle. And oh yes, each bottle would come with a container of pretzel nuggets.
I always love your comments Grandma!
jr
· 1 year ago
"must hate gooks and not mind being called a cunt"-John McCain's elobbyistharmony.com profile
ldlew
· 1 year ago
dreams- reality first questions....tax cuts second question....tax cuts third question....tax cuts fourth and so on...tax cuts
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Coming Undone wrote: "We need to get Cliffs questions to George because we know he takes requests."
Dare me to hand this article to George at my gym?
.
ldlew
· 1 year ago
Forgot... Is Jesus your savior?
Skycat
· 1 year ago
How were you able to opt out of public financing for your campaign?
kimbutgar
· 1 year ago
There is no way that media whore Stephanoulous will ask McCain any of these questions. He takes his marching order from Sean Hannity nowadays and there is no way he will ask the real questions.
Cpeterka
· 1 year ago
AWESOME !!
But you know he'll ignore it.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
Another good endorsement for Obama. This one will make the Clintons mad (like they did with Richardson).
Hillary's dirty Rove like politics are affecting her, like they should.
Well, given that conservatives themselves attacked John McCain in 2000, accusing him of being a traitor, questioning his military citations, etc., and ABC News has made it clear that it develops story lines exclusively on the basis of right-wing talking points, Steph most certainly ask McCain if he believes he is patriotic even though he collaborated in propaganda with the North Vietnamese during his time as a prisoner of war.
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
Nice list...
BTW, just got the book in the mail yesterday Cliff... haven't started it yet.
I'm a little afraid to actually... being constantly pissed really tends to piss me off, ya know?
I know the book would piss me off.
:-)
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
kimbutgar
There is no way that media whore Stephanoulous will ask McCain any of these questions. He takes his marching order from Sean Hannity nowadays and there is no way he will ask the real questions. ---
that's the odd thing... how can he be hannity's butt-boy when we all know hannity is a power bottom??
.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
Today was a good day for Obama. He got endorsements of Senators Nunn and Boren, and also from Robert Reich. I guess Carville might start calling him names too.
The Gallup Poll for today is not that great. Pinnochio has closed the large gap Obama had, and that does not look great right now.
plainbrown1
· 1 year ago
I didn't like it when they did it to Clintons in the 90s - and I defended them then. I didn't like it when they did it to Gore or Kerry - and I defended them then. I didn't like it when they did it to Obama - and I defend him now! And I still don't like it!
If you engage in this kind of hack attack, how can you turn around and complain when it's your turn?
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
I bet a lot of the interview with McCain will be about Obama and not about McCain.
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Chris: It's an absolutely wonderful list and I would love to watch Insane McCain's face turn beet red as he is asked each one in turn. The best outcome would be for the experience to do him in. But the questions are way too good to be wasted on such a despicable ass-kissing little weasel like Stephanopoulos or indeed on any other of the useless drones of ABC In case the management there saw the light and fired Steffi and Charlie or better yet dropped them both off the top of the building. Maybe they could animate the corpses and use them at Disney parks until they are all shut down.
I think a few more questions about Insane's past life would also be well in order: 1. John, did you really crash five navy planes including the one in North Viet Nam? 2. John, is it really true that your errors of omission or commission in ther Forrestal incident were responsible for killing 134 of your crewmates? 3. DId you every properly thank your admiral daddy for getting you off the Forrestal before the flames were out and seeing to it that you ended up with 28 decorations for a record of 20 hours combat time? 4. John, once and for all tell us how did this myth about you being a "war-hero" really get started? 5. John how is it you have managed to suckle on the public teat for your entire life? Haven't you ever been curious what its like to hold an honest job and earn your own way in life? Oh yes, theres the beer fortune and influence, Cindy brought into the relationship. Now I'm sure that wouldn't have had any influence on you to decide she was really meant as your life-partner...or would it??? Hint: Answering all of these questions would be a great time for some of that "straight talk" you are always claiming you offer. We even start the questioning first thing in the morning when you'd be most alert!
LanceThruster
· 1 year ago
#13 - Sen. McCain, considering your admission of not being that well versed on economic issues, and your role in the Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal as one of the Keating Five, why should we having any trust in your ability to help navigate America out of the many financial problems we are in the midst of or that are looming on the horizon?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Georgie Porgie won't be dissin' no McShame. Afterall, this is lump who just sat there last week while W's National Security Advisor continuously confused Nepal with Tibet. Didn't correct him even once.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
on the next debate, the one between Obama and McCane, I'd like to see Cliff Schecter and maybe John Aravosis as the moderators.
These guys are recognized political analysts, they blog, they do guest spots all over cable and network news, they have brains...
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Mr. McCain, According to a new Reuters/University of Michigan survey, 41 percent of homeowners report “that their home had lost value during the past year, compared with 36 percent the prior month, the highest level since the late 1980s when the question was first asked.
Who was President during the 1980's? .
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Well, I just got banned at Huff post for sending information about Cindy Hensley McCains business ties to Kemper Marley and the Phoenix/Las Vegas mafia. This is an interesting story in that mafia money financed McCains run for office in Arizona and that gave Hensley cover for other shady deals. A reporter was killed in a car bomb for investigating Marley, a close friend and business associate of Cindys father.
Hensley went to prison for Marley and was rewarded with the beer distributorship. They tried to buy Ruidoso Race Track one of the few outlets for legal gambling at the time. The Jockey Club has stringent standards for any who wants to get a license, mush less be involved in ownership, so how did Hensley pass with his prison record?
ho-hum. First time banned anywhere!
Reason0Politics1
· 1 year ago
wow shanobama..good infoz..i'll have to do some research myself on that info.
Cliff, awesome post, Sir.
/sigh
even if it is only a dream that mcsame would ever be challenged in any meaningful way
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
WTF?!? Johnny Mac pays his first, broken, betrayed wife $325 a week alimony?!
TampaZeke
· 1 year ago
13) Senator McCain, which do you think is a greater threat to the American family: adultery, domestic violence and divorce or gay marriage/civil unions? Would you support a state or federal Constitutional Amendment to ban which ever you think is the greatest threat? Should a person who has actively participated in any of these threats to the American family be eligible to be President of the United States? Should a person that has committed adultery, divorced a spouse and/or possibly committed domestic violence against a spouse be in any position to pontificate on whether or not gay marriage is a threat to the American family?
CheesyPoofs
· 1 year ago
Great list of questions, Cliff!
If I may add one more question....
Senator McCain, why are you not supporting the new GI bill currently in the works? Before the VFW in Kansas City, you said (with regards to our troops) that "we owe them compassion, knowledge and hands-on care in their transition to civilian life. We owe them training, rehabilitation and education. We owe their families, parents and caregivers our concern and support. They should never be deprived of quality medical care and mental health care coverage for illness or injury incurred as a result of their service to our country.”
So why then are you playing a part in denying them this new updated bill which they deserve? It would appear you are pandering to the vets with words yet not backing it up in actions.
And, btw, Senator McCain, why weren't you wearing your flag lapel pin while giving this speech to the VFW?
There's always shortwave radio. If the right controls the MSM, cable, AM and FM; then it's time for the left to take over shortwave. Of course it will have to be shared with the "Arayan Nation" which is already there...
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Shows that his decisions won't be based on sentimentality? I give up; what's the answeer?
All Comments
Stephie: "What's your vision for America?"
Stephie: "What is it like to be such a hero?"
Stephie: "How patriotic are you?"
Stephie: "How are things between you and the media?"
Stephie: "How did you get to be such a maverick?"
Stephie: "What great things about yourself and America did you learn on your Autobiography Tour?"
Stephie: "How proud of your lovely family are you?"
Stephie: "Thanks for being with us on This Week. It's an honor and a privilege to have such a Great American on the show."
And we do not have to identify the "smack-smack-smack" sound effects in the background. There is no doubt it is weasel Stephi's lips kissing Insane McCain's ass!
Once we get Hillary out of the way, you're going to be leading the charge.
I salute you.
As the US government paid for your college education, why are your opposed to extending GI Benefits to Iraq veterans? Aren't you failing to support the troops?
Given your low graduation rank, how do we know you have the intelligence to handle the job of President?
Given how you got shot down by a backwards third world army, how do we know you have the ability to be commander in chief?
Given that you confessed to being a war criminal, when other prisoners did not, how do we know you have the fortitude to be president? If you can't stand up to Ho Chih Minh, how are you going to stand up to [fill in the blank]
Some say you were brainwashed while a POW and are a Manchurian Candidate. How do you respond?
Why should America trust a man who dumped a wife who stood by him while he was a POW so that he could marry an heiress? Why shouldn't Americans believe you would dump them for richer rewards from special interests, as you have in the past given your involvement with Charles Keating.
But didn't want it to get lost in the last thread.
Sam Nunn and David Boren endorse Obama.
(The Dems' tough on defense crowd hasn't been fooled by Hillary's promises to start WW III. They want a real military policy, not more Bush craziness.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/18/sam-nu...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/18/mccain...
Just got your book and can't wait to start it!! I'm saving it for a long flight to England, but I might not be able to wait that long!!! :)
The local News Radio Channel ( the only one) here in DC has a web site too...and the comments mostly on news articles are from right wingers....well...when you bring up such questions that you have just posted...boy do they get all flustered and don't know how to handle it...you can tell they get their answers from the same all gobble de gook. When you present them with facts...they don't have any further comments. LOL
I love the wording of your questions Cliff.
MAybe we all should try and remember some of them for dinner parties and in-laws etc... lol.
"Sen McCain ....if your wife were to become First Lady would she relinquish her position as a Beer Executive?"
Answer: No, but she would become Beer Czarina, introducing a new brand, at taxpayer expense of course: PATRIOT BEER complete with a picture of W
chugging from the bottle. And oh yes, each bottle would come with a container of pretzel nuggets.
I always love your comments Grandma!
first questions....tax cuts
second question....tax cuts
third question....tax cuts
fourth and so on...tax cuts
"We need to get Cliffs questions to George because we know he takes requests."
Dare me to hand this article to George at my gym?
.
Is Jesus your savior?
But you know he'll ignore it.
This one will make the Clintons mad (like they did with Richardson).
Hillary's dirty Rove like politics are affecting her, like they should.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/04/heilemann_...
BTW, just got the book in the mail yesterday Cliff... haven't started it yet.
I'm a little afraid to actually... being constantly pissed really tends to piss me off, ya know?
I know the book would piss me off.
:-)
There is no way that media whore Stephanoulous will ask McCain any of these questions. He takes his marching order from Sean Hannity nowadays and there is no way he will ask the real questions.
---
that's the odd thing... how can he be hannity's butt-boy when we all know hannity is a power bottom??
.
The Gallup Poll for today is not that great. Pinnochio has closed the large gap Obama had, and that does not look great right now.
If you engage in this kind of hack attack, how can you turn around and complain when it's your turn?
I think a few more questions about Insane's past life would also be well in order:
1. John, did you really crash five navy planes including the one in North Viet Nam?
2. John, is it really true that your errors of omission or commission in ther Forrestal incident were responsible for killing 134 of your crewmates?
3. DId you every properly thank your admiral daddy for getting you off the Forrestal before the flames were out and seeing to it that you ended up with 28 decorations for a record of 20 hours combat time?
4. John, once and for all tell us how did this myth about you being a "war-hero" really get started?
5. John how is it you have managed to suckle on the public teat for your entire life? Haven't you ever been curious what its like to hold an honest job and earn your own way in life? Oh yes, theres the beer fortune and influence, Cindy brought into the relationship. Now I'm sure that wouldn't have had any influence on you to decide she was really meant as your life-partner...or would it???
Hint: Answering all of these questions would be a great time for some of that "straight talk" you are always claiming you offer. We even start the questioning first thing in the morning when you'd be most alert!
truth=power
MODERATORS:
CHARLIE GIBSON, ABC NEWS
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, ABC NEWS
http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2...
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Georgie Porgie won't be dissin' no McShame. Afterall, this is lump who just sat there last week while W's National Security Advisor continuously confused Nepal with Tibet. Didn't correct him even once.
These guys are recognized political analysts, they blog, they do guest spots all over cable and network news, they have brains...
Who was President during the 1980's?
.
Hensley went to prison for Marley and was rewarded with the beer distributorship. They tried to buy Ruidoso Race Track one of the few outlets for legal gambling at the time. The Jockey Club has stringent standards for any who wants to get a license, mush less be involved in ownership, so how did Hensley pass with his prison record?
ho-hum. First time banned anywhere!
Cliff, awesome post, Sir.
/sigh
even if it is only a dream that mcsame would ever be challenged in any meaningful way
If I may add one more question....
Senator McCain, why are you not supporting the new GI bill currently in the works? Before the VFW in Kansas City, you said (with regards to our troops) that "we owe them compassion, knowledge and hands-on care in their transition to civilian life. We owe them training, rehabilitation and education. We owe their families, parents and caregivers our concern and support. They should never be deprived of quality medical care and mental health care coverage for illness or injury incurred as a result of their service to our country.”
So why then are you playing a part in denying them this new updated bill which they deserve? It would appear you are pandering to the vets with words yet not backing it up in actions.
And, btw, Senator McCain, why weren't you wearing your flag lapel pin while giving this speech to the VFW?
Excerpts of McCain's VFW speech
http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.newsDtl&di...
video of speech showing no flag pin
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008...