McCain goes for that youthful look

I understand that his next rally will be held with people wearing turbins shouting out muslim names. Lets guess what he said....
Iraq...Iraq....Iraq...Iraq. What was left out? What the hell his plan for OUR economy. Oh...thats right...he's not much on economics....Brilliant!

Bill r.:

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

John McCain is NOT wearing an American flag lapel pin!!!

TRAITOR!!! He must HATE America just like Barack Obama - right Johnny D., Brucie, Steve S., Jerry White???

I bet he does not put his hand over his heart during the National Anthem either!!!!!

How about those short skirts!McCain looked more like Uncle Pervey

Panamanian-born, 71-year-old, sweater-vest-wearing-because-of-his-age-and-flailing-health McCain may cloak himself with a backdrop of youth and the flag of my country, but his rhetoric will never fool me. I know where the loyalties lie.

Bobin,

Good catch! This is a huge, important issue, when it concerns 'Bama.

Your right BobinATL. Not this all important flag pin flap rearing its ugly head again. I'm sure we'll hear an uproar from those "GREAT" Americans.....Cue the crickets!

Shouldn't he be working on the pyramids or something?

Those girls look incredibly uninspired.

I bet if you gave then some Dr hoggly Woggly's ribs they would get excited. Those are some damn good ribs down there in Tyler TX. Real good!!!

This isn't surprising. Have you ever been to Texas? Seems at every public event there, there's either pageant girls or cheerleaders present. Another boring day in the swamp.

BobinATL:

John McCain spent 5 and a half years in a POW camp in Vietnam. During this time, he was tortured, beatened, denied proper nutrition, and constantly harassed to betray his country.

Ahh, Obama gives us "hope" that it will never happen to a "PATRIOT" like John McCain.

Shame on you. How long were you in a POW camp!

uhhhh Frank,

In most national polls McCain is pulling ahead of Obama.

Americans are starting to realize Obama is an empty suit with a silver tongue and has no experience.
Obama's not presidential material.

Paulo

Dump McCain

By Adam Graham on Feb 28, 08

John McCain’s condemnation of Bill Cunningham for his vigorous attack on the ability of Barack Obama to be Commander in Chief and for mentioning Obama’s middle name is the latest step in John McCain’s career of appeasing his enemies and attacking his friends.

I received a call from a reporter in rock-rib-Republican Idaho Falls asking me to comment on the discontent with John McCain. Republicans in that area of the state are down. John McCain should still win Idaho, but GOP turnout will most likely be down. The result: many good people will lose legislative races, maybe even Congressional races, thanks to John McCain.

It?s this way across America. A friend in Tennessee told me of a Congressman trying hard to get people at a Lincoln Day Dinner psyched up about supporting John McCain, but had little success. The Republican base is set to stay home in droves this year and the only motivator John McCain can provide is fear: fear of Obama, fear of Hillary. That will not be enough. There are enough people on the right for whom politics is a take it or leave it proposition. If you cannot speak to their dreams, hopes, and highest principles they will not show up. And John McCain cannot do that. Alan Keyes said it best, ?There’s not a single constituency of true conservatives that doesn’t have one of John McCain’s knives stickin’ out of our backs.?

It isn?t happening. Yes, the Democratic candidates are frightful, but that?s not enough. Bill Clinton?s liberal record in Arkansas, nor the fact that he protested his own country overseas in a time of war, nor his various unpatriotic acts were enough to stop his campaign.

Let us be objective for a moment. America is fed up with government. It is fed up with its President and gives him approval ratings in the 30s, it is fed up with its Congress and gives them approval ratings in the 20s. In a time of discontent, that empty rhetoric of change can, as it did in 1976 and 1992, overcome the fact that the Democratic Candidate is wholly unfit to be President of the United States.

If I?m wrong and McCain wins, then what do we win? Do you think after four years of John McCain, conservatives will be happier or more discontented? Will the liberal and moderate voters who John McCain is counting on elect a Republican Majority in Congress, or will they more likely vote for liberal Democrats? Whether McCain wins or loses, conservatives lose.

Some choose to sit helpless in this malaise. Some try to make a mockery of our political process by crossing over to the Democrats to cast a sabotage vote for Hillary to stop the Barack Obama train. I say, it?s time to stop the John McCain train.

Those who are finding John McCain unpalatable often conclude there is no alternative. We?re told that Governor Mike Huckabee has been eliminated from this process and that it?s mathematically impossible, and the math is clear. Yet, as Governor Huckabee pointed out recently in Ohio, if the math is so clear, why does every news site have different numbers?

The math is only ?clear? if you count unpledged delegates. Only pledged delegates are required to vote for a candidate on the convention floor. According to the Green Papers, John McCain has 874 delegates, Mike Huckabee has 210, Ron Paul has 5. What remains are many states with primaries ahead, as well as a large slate of delegates that are not pledged to any candidate. There will be several hundred delegates that could be free agents at a convention should John McCain not reach magic 1191.

Voters in states such as Ohio, Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, Idaho, South Dakota, and New Mexico could hit back at states that thought their voice and their vote shouldn?t matter by supporting Huckabee and forcing a vote on the convention floor. Maybe, his inability to seal the deal will convince delegates who may be leaning McCain right now to change their mind.

Many people say Huckabee is even worse than McCain. This analysis is incorrect. Huckabee is not a perfect conservative. However, he can be trusted on several issues on which John McCain cannot be.

John McCain supports handing our sovereignty off to the International Criminal Court and the Law of the Sea Treaty; Mike Huckabee doesn?t.

Mike Huckabee has a consistent record of supporting the second Amendment; John McCain doesn?t.

John McCain supports using your tax dollars to destroy human embryos; Mike Huckabee doesn?t.

Those concerned with securing the borders may not believe Huckabee on the issue because of some proposals he made while Governor of Arkansas, however, Governor Huckabee has made ironclad commitments by signing pledges by Numbers USA and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to not have amnesty. I trust Duncan Hunter and Jim Gilchrist on the border, and they trust Huckabee. Meanwhile, John McCain has not pledged to oppose amnesty and he has convinced no major figure on border security that he is serious about protecting our nation?s borders.

Finally, while Huckabee has had his differences with many conservatives, he?s not made his career antagonizing every part of the Conservative base.

At this point in the race, John McCain is taking the tact of Bob Dole. Dole, in the waning days of the 1996 campaign after he won South Carolina, quit debating because he knew that appearing in a debate beside other candidates could only hurt him. It?s a sign of weakness and an inability to defend your ideas. If McCain is afraid to take on Mike Huckabee, what?s Barack Obama going to do to him in the fall?

I?m under no allusions that Huckabee has a great shot of winning. The odds are against him.

However, I remember him being in single digits and facing the end of his campaign in August when he finished second in the Iowa strawpoll. I remember us being told the Huckaboom went bust in late December, and then he won the Iowa caucuses. I remember reading his political obituary after the Florida primary and within eleven days, voters in eight states gave him victories. Governor Huckabee has the type of character and determination to beat the odds that I refuse to underestimate him.

However, whether he wins or loses, I will not be on the sidelines moping as the GOP heads for defeat in November. I have given funds, and I?ve made calls into Texas. I will expend every effort I can, and if that fails, I can rest in the knowledge that I didn?t roll over and accept the coronation of a man who will lead the GOP to defeat this Fall.

What about you?

Panamanian-born, 71-year-old McCain suffered irreversible psychological damage in a POW camp when he surrendered to their demands by telling them U.S. secrets. Today he often twitches, and flies off the handle at the drop of a hat, cursing at senate colleagues. We cannot trust our country to a man like this. His brain is damaged.

Tim Jenks:

Obviously, you have never heard of "sarcasm", have you??

Given your statement, I am sure you felt the same way about how John Kerry and his service during Viet Nam were slimed by the Swift Boat liars, didn't you???

Paulo:

I've only seen one poll with McCain ahead - most of the others show Obama in the lead.

"Panamanian-born?" This is ridiculous. Even Mark Silva was forced to (grudgingly) admit that this argument is just stupid.

How about Indonesian-born, Obam, though, if you're going to be an idiot?

Tim Jenks,

What, so it's not politically correct to poke fun at McBush?

OK,
I think I see a difference between the pictures:
white old people with blank expressions
replaced by
white young people with blank expressions

Brilliant! The "Super"Majority rolls on!
Karl, we owe you so much!

How about Indonesian-born, Obam,

Posted by: Jeff | February 28, 2008 11:19 AM

Could somone tell/teach this boob who criticizes the the Swamp reporting on a daily basis how to fact check?

The result: many good people will lose legislative races, maybe even Congressional races, thanks to John McCain.
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Don't blame McCain for the party-wide corruption of the GOP. Every republican supported Bush's policies, except Ron Paul. This election will further remove from office more corrupt republicans. If republicans want to stay in office, they should apologize for their goose-stepping and call for Bush's impeachment.
Don't blame McCain if they don't.

Sorry, Indonesia-raised. My bad. The point still stands, McCain is the son of U.S. military parents born in a US territory (the Panama Canal). Anyone suggesting that he's not eligible for the presidency is just plain stupid.

Plus, the post is patently offensive because the idiot making it says McCain suffers "psychological damage" and BLATANTLY claims McCain gave up US secrets to the Red North Vietnamese. Nothing could be further from the truth. McCain's heroic refusal to give up names or renounce US involvement in Vietnam is well-documented.

This line of attack is shameful and, sadly, typical of today's angry left. The poster should have been referring to himself with this language: "His brain is damaged."

Jeff,

If 5 years of torture didn't work on Mr. McCain, why should we believe it will work on hardened Al Qaeda terrorists (or the unlucky souls who are tortured despite their innocence)?

Jeff:

The remarks about McCain and psychological damage came from the right - not the left.

It was the far right wing fringe of the party who brought this up in the first place.

Dear Jeff,

Now you know how you people sound to us. Doesn't it suck?

Love, Grandblvd03

I would be ashamed to have my daughter posing in a short skirt like that.

It's ridiculous.

I thought Republicans were supposed to be conservative.

Oh yes, Grandblvd03 who calls republicans "you people" sounds like an agent of the right. Sure, Bob. Are you trying to say repeating lies here is a-okay just because they originated in South Carolina in the republican primary in 2000? Your friend Grandblvd03 is a despicable leftist. Face it. These attacks will backfire just like the New York Times report did.

He's old. Right Jeff? Hey...I can say that because it's the truth. He is old. I use old to discribe many things..my shoes...my dog. So I guess you will agree with me..He's old.

This line of attack is shameful and, sadly, typical of today's angry left. The poster should have been referring to himself with this language: "His brain is damaged."

Posted by: Jeff | February 28, 2008 12:45 PM

Jeff are you saying everyone on the left is angry, or just some of the left??? I'm curious. By the way your observations on Texas are pretty much spot on. No coincidence that Texas wins so many beauty pagents. Guyrex Associates. p.s. Dr Hoggly Wogglys ribs really are some of the best!!!

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DF1131F93BA15751C0A96E948260

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969535,00.html

Logic prisoner, I don't think all of the left is angry, just some. For instace, I enjoy talking to you and Bill R. (yes, he is, in fact, old) quite a bit. Its posters like Grandblvd03 that are what I consider angry left. Anyone that could willingly post an untrue smear about a man who spent 5 years in a POW camp for his country is just lower than low to me.

And then to say "Now you know how you people sound to us. Doesn't it suck?" shows how little thought is going into his posts. He's tacitly admitting that he'd call that nefarious if a republican did it, but that type of campaigning is alright because he, a leftist, is doing it. Double standard much?

There are lots of angry left and angry right posters on this blog everyday. John E. is the best example the angry left, in my book. The angry ones are the minority. They're just not coincidentally the loudest.

Are those girls wearing school uniforms? They all look like outfits that Japanese school girls wear. And we know that dirty OLD men like looking at Japanese school girls.

And where's Cindy?

There are lots of angry left and angry right posters on this blog everyday. John E. is the best example the angry left, in my book. The angry ones are the minority. They're just not coincidentally the loudest.

Posted by: Jeff | February 28, 2008 5:14 PM

True dat!!! Good to have a rational discourse rather than schrill propagana and insults. I will admit to enjoying some of the witty retorts that get thrown around between posters here in The Swamp.

There's a thin line between to laugh with and to laugh at.

To be continued...

I think McCain was there to shop for a new model to replace the aging Cindy. He likes to turn in the old wives when they take too much maintenance, and pick up a newer one every so often.

We're any of those girls heiresses?