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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:15 am Post subject: Senator Hot-Head |
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Senator Straight-Talk / Hot-Head
At a town meeting to a questioner: "Thanks for the question, you little jerk"
1999, to Sen. Pete Domenici: "Only an asshole would put together a budget like this"
During recent negotiations on immigration reform to Sen. Cornyn: "*beep* you. I know more about this than anyone else in the room"
If you want to see the Cheney belligerence that took second-seat in the Bush Administration take first seat in 2009, vote John McCain. (In his defense, cursing at Republicans may be only a mixed vice)
In all seriousness, should we be concerned by this? |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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| In all seriousness, you know that most people in govt power have enormous egos bigger than hilary's asses, and that out of camera-shot, they are egotistical megolamaniacs? All you're seeing is one old,ex-P.O.W. who really doesn't have the time to worry about saying everything scripted. I find it enormously refreshing, and having someone in the White House who is a good man and who is in his personal discourse "real" and a "straight-shooter" would be reason enough for me to consider him someone to vote for, in any other year than 2004 or 2008, when a Democrat should have and now needs to be elected. If only Nader were electable, my god, that would be the best. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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My favorite McCain story is on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mccain
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McCain faced two experienced state legislators in the Republican nomination process, and as a newcomer to the state was hit with repeated charges of being a carpetbagger. Finally at a candidates forum he gave a famous refutation to a voter making the charge:
"Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi." |
Good answer. |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="gypsyfish"]My favorite McCain story is on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mccain
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McCain faced two experienced state legislators in the Republican nomination process, and as a newcomer to the state was hit with repeated charges of being a carpetbagger. Finally at a candidates forum he gave a famous refutation to a voter making the charge:
"Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi." |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong
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| Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| So we now have two threads posted about the other two main presidential candidates posted by Kuros that are negative. I honestly don't think the thread posted about Clinton was THAT bad and deserved such a gross overreaction, like posting negative threads about Obama and McCain. But then again, when you play dirty politics, that's what happens I guess. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
| So we now have two threads posted about the other two main presidential candidates posted by Kuros that are negative. |
*yawn*
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All you're seeing is one old,ex-P.O.W. who really doesn't have the time to worry about saying everything scripted. I find it enormously refreshing, and having someone in the White House who is a good man and who is in his personal discourse "real" and a "straight-shooter" would be reason enough for me to consider him someone to vote for, in any other year than 2004 or 2008, when a Democrat should have and now needs to be elected. |
Yeah, I like Matt Yglesias, but he was supporting Romney for the General. Possibly because he is a Democrat.
Its hard to disagree with this statement. |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:35 am Post subject: |
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He's not "real" and he's certainly not a "straight-shooter".
He's running for Bush's 3rd term in office. That's hardly "maverick behavior".
When he's not flip-flopping, he's missing votes. And when he is voting, he's voting to kiss the ass of the right wing. Such as last week on FISA and torture. |
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stillnotking
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Location: Oregon, USA
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"McCain the maverick straight-talker" will last about a week into the general election. The guy is a waffler par excellence. Conservatives who pay attention to politics have known this for a long time, which is why they hate him.
Let's see. A candidate who is profoundly distrusted by his base, and who retains his moderate cred on the basis of his personal story and a completely undeserved, media-created reputation as a bipartisan "straight talker", running as the successor to the most widely detested President of modern times. Sounds like a winner.
Obama versus McCain? Absent the proverbial live-boy-or-dead-girl pictures coming to light, Obama will crush him. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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| stillnotking wrote: |
Obama versus McCain? Absent the proverbial live-boy-or-dead-girl pictures coming to light, Obama will crush him. |
The general elections polls have not taken account of the fact that nearly twice as many have voted in the Democratic primaries as in the Republican.
Either Clinton or Obama could win against McCain. Why? Both have already received more votes than McCain in the primaries. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:42 am Post subject: |
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Joo:
Respectfully, your oversized imagery creates major sidescroll problems on the threads you post them on. Does a picture of Tony The Tiger really have to be that big? |
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