With the age difference between McCain and Obama, shouldn't McCain be a better Senator than Obama is a basketball player?
Maybe it takes experience to become worthless.
RonTunning
· 1 year ago
I believe McCain reserved his exceptionalism for flying airplanes. You can't expect him to excel at everything.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
OK, so was it the Steelers or Packers? Maybe he didn't excel at memory either. Hey, as long as McCain does something at least as cool as Obama's shot (like maybe rescinding The Patriot Act) I'm willing to watch and listen.
Most pilots don't just sell out so easily. Neither does anyone else.
TomJoad
· 1 year ago
That's not a given. I haven't researched it but read in a column he was not a very good pilot either. His jet wash ruining a plane behind him in queue, ditching several...again I wouldn't take this info at face value, but I also don't take at face value the excellent pilot either. Not that it matters as for a president...the "skills" don't exactly overlap.
RonTunning
· 1 year ago
I was actually being snarky. The guy crashed five planes - not exactly an exemplary record.
RonTunning
· 1 year ago
While they're in a panic, Obama is looking positively presidential. (http://www.laconiademocrats.org ) There is absolutely no enthusiasm for McCain here in New Hampshire, nor for any of the other GOP candidates. This past weekend a Republican State Senate candidate hosted a "huge" event to officially launch his candidacy - free food and beverages, entertainment, etc. - and only a dozen people showed up! Meanwhile, on the same day our County Democratic Party hosted a picnic which was forced indoors due to rain, and still over 60 people turned out. This is in a traditionally Republican area. Okay, I admit it. I'm gloating!
Deacon_Blues
· 1 year ago
The reason that McCain is spinning like a top is that he's changed his positions and opinions so many times over the years in mindless pursuit of the presidency that he's long forgotten the things he once truly believed in. His quest for the office, abandoning any personal integrity he might have had (which is another story altogether) is an embarrassment; if he had punched G. W. Bush on the nose for the calumny hurled at his adopted daughter instead of hugging him like Meatloaf hugging Edward Norton in Fight Club, he might have had a chance to be president. Instead, he's going to be the 21st century's Wendell Wilkie.
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· 1 year ago
Yeah, but it's all very thrilling on the campaign trail for him, that's what I intuit.
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· 1 year ago
Why, he might just get in there and function about something maybe that's how important it is.
RonTunning
· 1 year ago
I can't believe you harbor such negative feelings about Wendell Wilkie.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
It's not just the Rethugs--it's the entire MSM as well. They're panicking over Obama's common sense approach to Iraq, buttressed by the Iraqis themselves, and are permitting agents of the Pentagon to offer political commentary...
The powers that be need to keep the Big Lie alive...
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Bill Clinton's first official act as President was to end every investigation into George H.W. Bush.
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· 1 year ago
That's true. They're all in it together, that's why I keep my eye peeled about Obama...
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· 1 year ago
Er, eyes. I have two eyes.
just sayin'
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Bill Clinton despises Obama. And let's hope Obama is no Bill Clinton...we'll just have to wait and see. I gave up on mainstream politics as a way to change this country long, long ago.
But, I'm not throwing my vote away, either.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
What if Obama would have said "Now watch this shot "???
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Maybe FOX News can edit "The Shot seen 'round the world"
It was as careful going in as it was coming out..
michaelt
· 1 year ago
not more democrats, but better democrats.....
i'm lookin at you pelosi...
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Bet her and Hoyer give Mukasey everything he wants in order to convert Guantanamo into the land that time is to forget. She's let Bush have everything he wants.
dommyluc
· 1 year ago
Of course, you know that the constant flip-flops and inconsistencies can only be good for McCain. After all, I've been told that by Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, the Holy Ghost of Saint Russert and the rest of the totally and sanctimoniously serious people on national TV. By the way, remember when Bush1 didn't know what a laser scanner in a supermarket was, and the MSM went into overdrive saying that it wouldn't make any difference to the voting public because Bush's integrity and his great victory in Iraq to protect the wonderful democracy in Kuwait would crush Bill Clinton in the GE? Funny how THAT worked out, isn't it? Do these pundits ever walk around in the real world and have contact with real people instead of just with their reptilian cohorts? Just curious.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
plus, he's on so many tantrum-controlling meds he can't do anything but scratch his head and grin...
1billinnj2
· 1 year ago
do you think that they will pick some one else at the republican convention?
flashcard
· 1 year ago
Ok, I did not know much about Phil Gramm until he made his silly comments. According to WIkipedia, he was once a Democrat and attended Democrat Causus budget strategy meetings; then he ratted out the Democrats strategy to Republicans. He also drafted the infamous Enron loophole, that led to one of the biggest corporate scandels in history. It's amazing that McCain sees nothing wrong with any of this.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
When your whole life is a lie how on earth can McCriminal see anything wrong with Gramm.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
DINO...period. Part of the group of know-nothing "Dems" who sold out to the Southern Stratergy. : )
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Gramm was also involved in pushing the bankruptcy laws which removed credit card debt from those forgiven. He also masterminded the de regulation of the mortgage industry which led to the sub prime disaster we will pay for. Estimates are that it will cost us at least $1 trillion. He was also part of the S & L disaster during the Regan/Bush era. That little misstep cost the tax payers around $3 Trillion. Just petty cash, just loose change, not to worry, taxpayers are stupid dolts.
Bostonian_Queer_in_Dallas
· 1 year ago
Phil Gramm was nothing more than uppity white trash DINO who hates Negroes and Negroes were embraced by the Dems in the late sixties. The entire Southern Dem Club spun 180 degrees because Nixon told them that their plantation system down here was welcome in the GOP. When LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act in 1965, he muttered "Well there goes the South." An unholy alliance exploded and puts us where we are today. Racists with homophobic fundies with neocon greedwhores.
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· 1 year ago
I checked out Star Wars from the library yesterday and viewed it. Phil Gramm looks just like Yoda, without the wisdom, of course.
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· 1 year ago
I hadn't seen Star Wars in years so it was sorta new.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Was it the Steelers or Packers? Either way, he thinks they border China and that Obama should go there.
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
Did the repugs pull the McCain commercial blaming high gas prices on Obama yet? When I first saw it, I actually thought it was a joke.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
Mark Halperin was going on about how the press was giving Obama a free pass, and that now the media was going to corner him and ask the tough questions. They also discussed the fact that Obama seemed reluctant to admit the surge has worked.
So far Obama's trip looks successful, and McCain's campaign, must hate the videos of Obama's perfect shot playing hoops, and the presidential looking meetings with leaders. McCain just cannot beat that.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
The surge would have to be working....they could have built prisions out of $100 bills and put everyone one to a cell. 3 times.
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· 1 year ago
Well, it was McShrub who double-dog dared Obama to go on this trip. Fine.
devlzadvocate
· 1 year ago
Yeah, then he topped it off with two statements illustrating his fine knowledge of European history and Middle Eastern geography. If elected, he'll be President Homer McSimpson.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Well, the Neocons & Rethugs have managed to re-write history, they may as well re-write geography as well.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Oh, so I suppose that al Sadr gets no credit for making peace with the Iraqi govt, pulling his militia back, either...would the surge have worked if he hadn't? Oh wait...the MSM will just opine that al Sadr quit because there were more troops? Riiight.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
I bet McCain thinks Obama made that shot with the help of the internets.
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· 1 year ago
Well, we're not going to allow another turd bush term. I just love the fact that Obama means that bush is a total failure. I worry about him, though.
Visualize a zone of protection around him and Michelle. Put out your thoughts and prayers to protect them.
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· 1 year ago
No doubt we'll have to drag darth out by one leg, skid marks all the way. But he's going.
TomJoad
· 1 year ago
He is so lame, brittle, and crusty...and making tons of mistakes, that....
For a while now I have seriously questioned if McCain really IS their candidate. Think about it. They let him do the terrible campagning he has done...bumble around, attack Obama on idiotic grounds....they still haven't had their convention. Anything could happen, including McCain drops out, or has "health issues", etc. then with only a few months to go, they get one of the more dynamic folks in as candidate.
With little time to vet completely, with that shiny new car smell, and suddenly it's a different race.
The alternative doesn't make any sense. They choose a guy that is too old, not healthy, grumpy, not in touch with anything modern, no charm, who ALSO is not well liked by a huge part of the base they count on, the evangilists, etc. Doesn't make any sense unless they are planning a bait and switch.
RonTunning
· 1 year ago
I think they've accepted the fact that they're f**ked this year. Look at all the losers who ran in the Repug primaries! Not a stellar candidate in the whole bunch with each appealing to only a modicum of the GOP base. I don't see anyone waiting in the wings.
jr
· 1 year ago
"wah wah the NYT wouldn't publish daddy's op ed written in crayon"-McCainstream Media
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http://rawstory.com//news/2008/Night_before_Oba...
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Maybe it takes experience to become worthless.
Most pilots don't just sell out so easily. Neither does anyone else.
The powers that be need to keep the Big Lie alive...
just sayin'
But, I'm not throwing my vote away, either.
It was as careful going in as it was coming out..
i'm lookin at you pelosi...
Just petty cash, just loose change, not to worry, taxpayers are stupid dolts.
admit the surge has worked.
So far Obama's trip looks successful, and McCain's campaign, must hate the videos of Obama's perfect shot playing hoops, and the presidential looking meetings with leaders. McCain just cannot beat that.
Visualize a zone of protection around him and Michelle. Put out your thoughts and prayers to protect them.
For a while now I have seriously questioned if McCain really IS their candidate. Think about it. They let him do the terrible campagning he has done...bumble around, attack Obama on idiotic grounds....they still haven't had their convention. Anything could happen, including McCain drops out, or has "health issues", etc. then with only a few months to go, they get one of the more dynamic folks in as candidate.
With little time to vet completely, with that shiny new car smell, and suddenly it's a different race.
The alternative doesn't make any sense. They choose a guy that is too old, not healthy, grumpy, not in touch with anything modern, no charm, who ALSO is not well liked by a huge part of the base they count on, the evangilists, etc.
Doesn't make any sense unless they are planning a bait and switch.
http://www.alfranken.com/content/video_detail/?...