AMERICAblog: It's back to the early 80s for John McCain. That's the era he knows best.
Steve_in_CNJ
· 1 year ago
promoting Obama's slogans. in sports that's called an "own goal". keep it up, sydney.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
CNN is covering McSame's ramblings and mutterings right now. McSame is having a difficult time because of all the hecklers in the audience calling him on his worthless neo-con bullshit.
It's funny to see McSame trying to maintain his "dignity" while the truth is being yelled at him from the spectators. I can't wait to see him lose it completely.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
The military is Iraq is reported to be on Prozac, why isn't McCain?
jr
· 1 year ago
"you worthless cripple!"-McCombover to Carol McCain
Rab
· 1 year ago
McCrazy is a sad sack of shit. The guy should be performing menial tasks with constant supervision.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
So will he also invoke the Keating 5 and his role in it, Cindy's association with Keating, you know, all that corruption the McBushes were involved in back then?
Bring on the 80s...
Crazy4Obama
· 1 year ago
One would think McCain would be a little hesitant about reminding us of the late 70s when he started screwing around on his wife because an accident had left her with injuries and changes in her appearance that didn't serve his libido or political career. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10249...
Milli
· 1 year ago
McCains going after the youth vote. Leave him alone. I was just having a conversation with my 13-yr old niece about Jimmy Carter. She had some interesting things to say about him....
KerrynowCampau
· 1 year ago
Such as?
I am curious to hear what a 13 year olds impression of him is.
Milli
· 1 year ago
Well, when she finishes her dissertation on his energy policies as president I'll let you know.
S_in_Tokyo
· 1 year ago
Sad, very sad. I'm so glad I'm not American (this decade), but I worry so much about the ways things can be manipulated to fool your (how can I put it without being rude?) less than well-educated masses.
michaelt
· 1 year ago
a worry i share as well. but cheer up because it appears that even the most simpleminded among us have had enough.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
We aint all ignert.
S_in_Tokyo
· 1 year ago
You're right. I know a lot of very clever Americans. Most of them are overseas.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
I know y'all are tired of it from us but we've worked really hard for about 8 years now and we've done it and another one of them will never again be in there. It just took time. We're sorry. Now we're going to work really hard at getting us out of this mess.
fl79tr
· 1 year ago
You know a lot of very clever Americans over seas...? maybe thats because you live over seas. There are tens of millions of "clever" Americans living in America. America has just been through the worst set of experiences in a generation. What maybe most people out side of the US don't realize is that our ruling classes are sociopaths. Yeah, the ruling classes are more benevolent in Japan (in large part due to the fact that most of their sociopaths were forced to change and it wasn't because the people of Japan rose up.) I know that the people back home are doing the best they can, and are fighting it out in the trenches every day and are damned humble while fighting for their country. Cut them some slack, I live in Tokyo as well and I can say from experience your average Floridian (the part where I come from) is about as politically informed and interested in politics as your average person from the Kanto region. Maybe more so because of the political climate right now in the states.
michaelt
· 1 year ago
how pathetic is it that this is the best they've got?
it makes me feel sorry for the 'regular' people who have been fooled more than once into voting against thier best interests.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
McBush, speaking before a crowd of old white guys, saying govt should work for you and get out of your way...while also saying Obama will raise "your" taxes.
McBush draws hundreds of old white guys, while Obama draws tens of thousands of people of every age, race, sex and social class.
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Just to set the record straight, I'm one old white guy who has been drawn to Obama since the beginning. I wouldn't be drawn to McBush even if he were floppin on the ground kicking up dust and having a fit. McBush is more deceitful and dishonest than the Clintons; he is a charlatan; a collaborator and a crook; and I seriously question the carefully built up and nurtured image of him as a "war-hero." If the MSM ever get its face out of his ass, stops eating his food, and does its job telling the truth about the "real" John McBush then his fat will be in the fire for good.
dijiba
· 1 year ago
What McSame fails to realize is that a substantial portion of the electorate is not old enough to remember Carter as President. Their image of him is of the statesman that he has become in his latter years....if they know him at all. Just validates one more time how completely out of touch McSame is.
An excellent article. Thanks for posting it O&W. Everyone should read it.
Will_In_Midtown
· 1 year ago
i saw the interview last night on the nbc news. and all i could think was that brian williams was giving mcbush just enough rope to hang himself. i mean, mcbush clearly thought he was being witty and smart, but it just came across as completely lame. i hope mcbush keeps this up.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
He looks more like a psychiatric patient with every passing day.
I say he nuts up by October.
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
I agree completely Dave. Whatever happened to the psychiatric reports on McBush? The brief look given to a select batch of journalists implied just what it was expected to report that McBush is physically fine but there was NOTHING about his mind!
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
I can't wait for the YouTube clips when his head explodes over some bullshit that sets him off. Pass the popcorn.
Mikki --SE Pennsylvania
· 1 year ago
Oh excellent! Bostonian I'll send more popcorn! But you know Miss Cindi always seems to be along with McBush or lurking in the background and I can't lose the though that she probably has a purse full of syringes and pills "just in case" ole Johnny were to suffer some sort of fit or attack brought on, of course only from stress or "lack of sleep." Seems ok to me, its not like she is unfamiliar with drugs or anything. My suggestion would be they need to review the dosages because hes either getting too much or not enough of something. These repeated episodes where he says one thing one day and then the next denies he said it or says the exact opposite is not calculated to comfort even the kool-aid drinking republicons who think they want to support him.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Actually I was thinking a few weeks ago, when he flip flopped, that he was showing early Altzeimer's type speech. Runs in my family. Maybe this is Ronnie Raygun 3 and not Bush 3
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· 1 year ago
Some might bristle at me writing "we're sorry." Espeically since most here and on the left had nothing to do with it. Busboy voted for the idiot criminal administation twice and acts like it had nothing to do with him now and he's still with the repuke talking points. You'll never get an apology from those. But we're all responsible for what's happened by our country. And I want to really say, I'm heartsick for the rest of the world for what's happened. We're going to try to make it better.
When John McCain invokes Obama's words to frame a reaction, all he does is remind people of Obama's original criticism. His own reaction doesn't have nearly the power of Obama's original statement, and he inadvertently reinforces what he says is not true.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Interesting take on the subject: This is going to be an interesting election. McCain has no idea of what he's coming up against. The GOP is seriously worried. They're aware of everyone of his weaknesses.
ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith)
· 1 year ago
Actually, and I think I'm in the minority, but McCains statement may actually be a kind of smart move (please hear me out before lighting the flame torches). Obama has the youth vote on lock, everyone with half a brain can see that, so it seems to me the only chance McCain has is to go after the middle age and senior citizen voters. Jimmy Carter has probably no resonance with those of use under 40 (I know him more for his habitat for humanity work than anything he did as POTUS), HOWEVER, it seems a lot of people over 40 would remember the Carter years to some extent (Iran hostage crisis, oil embargos, contentious parimary, etc), and it MAY be a useful wedge.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
One would hope that Obama could tie in the social security terror that McCain will heap on people close to retirement age. People don't vote issues, they vote the candidate. That never ceases to amaze me. 80% of the folks are fed up with the direction the country is headed in--yet, Obama leads McCain in national polling by only a few percentage points at best.
bluestockton
· 1 year ago
McCheater definitely isn't as comfortable in front of a camera as Reagan was and Clinton is. He looks as if he's afraid it will bite him.
Õ¿Õ
· 1 year ago
Busboy needs to write an essay about being sorry for all the damage his vote has helped cause--at least two paragraphs. Unless he does, I don't think anyone should ever respond to him again. I mean it. I wont.
bluestockton
· 1 year ago
I missed something somewhere. Why is "Busboy" an epithet meaning "McCain"?
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
Watched his"economy" speech this a.m. Heard him say that he would veto all "beers"!
McCain has no idea that he's not connecting with the "Now" generation. Obama is brilliant, and is putting together programs that the GOP can't hope to match.
El Rojo
· 1 year ago
Pathetic. Truly pathetic, especially that little laugh at the end. I guess he thinks he's really being clever...
El Rojo
· 1 year ago
I presume the MSM isn't going to pick up on the story about his two wives. Shoot, that would kill the election for him right there, considering how many Americans like to support the underdog. That's of course assuming the election isn't already killed for him, which I think it is...
warsaw
· 1 year ago
I think the two wives story is best held in reserve as insurance against any attacks on Michelle Obama. I think that was the unspoken message Obama sent when he warned the Mcc's to lay off the wife. McC has too much to lose by attacking Michelle because both of his wives's stories make him look like such a prick. Dumping one, committing adultery, getting the other out of drug theft charges. All bad for him and enough to protect Michelle from any crappy O'Riely ambushes.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Another good point. Obama's a smart man. The wives thing is something McCain really doesn't want to get in to. On the other hand, Obama doesn't have to say a thing. The media will pick it up and run with it. All Obama would have to do is sit back and watch.
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
A person can't be his age and connect with the "Now" generation. Hell, I'm in my 50's and don't pretend to think I can connect with them. What I can do is keep an open mind to new ideas, change and a different way of thinking, which doesn't seem to be a repugnican characteristic.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
I wasn't a big Carter fan, but Obama should shoot back that we'd be in a hell of a lot better shape if we had taken Carter seriously when he started the Department of Energy and made a full-on push for alternative fuels.
Instead, we let Reagan come in and gut the department in 1980, so sure that gas would always be cheap and plentiful.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
Excellent point! This is a good selling point, and one that most of us have forgotten. Carter had foresight.
beltman713
· 1 year ago
Right! People just weren't willing to make the sacrifices it was going to take to get us off of the oil tit.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
You're right, and this is one of the big problems with Americans. We're spoiled. The good is that a lot of folks are rethinking how they do things now.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
And, Reagan was for big business. Damn, you can clearly see the results a national energy policy would have had on big oil companies and car manufacturers. We can't move the country forward with lobbyists strokin' politicians behind closed doors.
bluestockton
· 1 year ago
Just realized who McSame reminds me of when he's facing a camera -- Elmer Fudd.
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It's funny to see McSame trying to maintain his "dignity" while the truth is being yelled at him from the spectators. I can't wait to see him lose it completely.
Bring on the 80s...
I am curious to hear what a 13 year olds impression of him is.
it makes me feel sorry for the 'regular' people who have been fooled more than once into voting against thier best interests.
McBush draws hundreds of old white guys, while Obama draws tens of thousands of people of every age, race, sex and social class.
http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%20Nic...
Thankfully, the primaries are OVER.
I say he nuts up by October.
Whatever happened to the psychiatric reports on McBush? The brief look given to a select batch of journalists implied just what it was expected to report that McBush is physically fine but there was NOTHING about his mind!
But you know Miss Cindi always seems to be along with McBush or lurking in the background and I can't lose the though that she probably has a purse full of syringes and pills "just in case" ole Johnny were to suffer some sort of fit or attack brought on, of course only from stress or "lack of sleep." Seems ok to me, its not like she is unfamiliar with drugs or anything.
My suggestion would be they need to review the dosages because hes either getting too much or not enough of something. These repeated episodes where he says one thing one day and then the next denies he said it or says the exact opposite is not calculated to comfort even the kool-aid drinking republicons who think they want to support him.
showing early Altzeimer's type speech. Runs in my family. Maybe this is
Ronnie Raygun 3 and not Bush 3
http://www.sorryeverybody.com/
Where will he get his money?
Instead, we let Reagan come in and gut the department in 1980, so sure that gas would always be cheap and plentiful.
is that a lot of folks are rethinking how they do things now.