Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
Thursday, June 07, 2007
One of John McCain's South Carolina county chair has quit the campaign due to McCain's position on immigration. This happens to be a position McCain has held for years and years. There are no surprise flip-flops other than from this weasel who is probably getting pressure from the local base.
McCain probably is better off without this slug. He still is going to lose. But not because of the Aiken County chair abandoning ship.
Friday, June 01, 2007
Two former aides hired to spearhead religious outreach for presidential candidate John McCain say that they were virtually ignored by the campaign and that McCain's top campaign strategists are intent on winning votes of religious voters without having to develop serious ties to faith communities. The aides, who were fired in early April after roughly three months on the job, said the campaign staff declined to return scores of their phone calls and E-mail messages, denied them access to leaders of the McCain campaign, and pressed them to collect church directories—a controversial tactic—as the centerpiece of a strategy to woo "values" voters.
"In the end, you came away with the strong sense that they had contempt for the faith-based community," says Marlene Elwell, one of those fired staffers. Elwell, a prominent Christian-right activist, was hired by McCain in December 2005 to be national director of his "Americans of Faith" coalition. "The way we were being treated it was as if we had leprosy."
The McCain campaign said the aides' dismissals were performance-related and were part of a broader staff reshuffling earlier this spring that grew from weaker-than-expected fundraising.
"We have the opposite of contempt—we have a great deal of affection for that [faith] community and a desire to help them understand that [McCain] is a good candidate for them," says Bob Heckman, senior consultant for the McCain campaign on conservative outreach.
But the other fired staffer, Judy Haynes—a former top Christian Coalition official hired to work under Elwell—had an assessment similar to Elwell's, saying in a separate interview that the campaign exhibited "a contempt for Christians."
The Pat Robertson crowd may be insane, but they aren't necessarily stupid. They know McCain feels the same way about them as he did in 2000. He has managed to piss off moderates who respected that stand, while at the same time isn't closing the deal with the far right who he is cravenly pandering to this time around.
Straight Talk my ass.
Monday, May 14, 2007
So what does a 70-year-old presidential candidate facing questions about his age do on Mother's Day?
Why, he shows off his 95-year-old mom, of course.
Perhaps trying to say you're never too old to run for the White House or to listen to your mother, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, brought along his mother Roberta Sunday to an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."
She was at his side as he talked to reporters outside NBC's Washington bureau following the GOP presidential candidate's interview.
McCain's dad couldn't make it to the photo op. He is currently dead.
John Sidney McCain, Jr. (January 17, 1911–March 22, 1981) was a four star admiral in the United States Navy. His father John S. McCain, Sr. was also a four star admiral in the Navy, and his son John S. McCain III is a US Senator representing Arizona and former Naval aviator Captain. Grandson John S. McCain IV is currently attending the United States Naval Academy. John S. McCain Sr. and Jr. are the only father-son group to have both achieved the rank of full Admiral.
There is a significant correlation between a father’s age of death and his sons’ expected longevity only when a father dies after the age of 65.
McCain's father lived to be two months past 70. McCain right now is nine months past 70. McCain might live to be a spright crazy 95 year old, telling reporters the things they want to hear in the Russert/Stephanopholous Senior Citizen Center for old Washingtonians. But the best predictor of longevity in a man is when his father kicked the bucket even though it's accuracy is far from absolute.
The "straight talker" dragging his poor mother around is not only unseemly, but also doesn't address the fact that McCain is old, his father died at his age, and he has a history of skin cancer which isn't typically fatal, but is chronic in his case.
Sorry to spoil the bogus meme. Happy Mother's day to Mrs. McCain too.
Friday, May 04, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
The central issue of this election is the war in Iraq, and the senator is the candidate most identified with making the case for war in the first place and for not leaving precipitously now. He did not shrink from the issue in his announcement, admitting the war "has not gone well" and referring to it in appropriately cautionary terms. "America should never undertake a war unless we are prepared to do everything necessary to succeed, unless we have a realistic and comprehensive plan for success, and unless all relevant agencies of government are committed to that success," he said. "We did not meet this responsibility initially. And we must never repeat that mistake again."
Mr. McCain did not say so, but he has been making these points since well before the invasion. Whatever your position on the war, then or now, Mr. McCain deserves credit for foresight and consistency about how the war should have been waged. And he was, properly, unflinching about the terrorist challenge facing the country he hopes to lead: "a global struggle with violent extremists who despise us, our values and modernity itself."
This is Fred Hiatt of course in the Washington Post editorial once again showing how blind he is to reality as well as to the mood of the public. The war was a mistake. War of choice, aggression is not a good thing, especially when the reasons were bogus. McCain said he would have made the same error, but he would have been more skilled in committting the mistake. The Washington Post likes that kind of thinking.
It would be like saying I am a better drunk driver than that other guy who crashed into the SUV with the family. Give me a six pack, and give me the keys and I will prove it to you.
Can the meme of the liberal press be finally erased? When two-thirds of the country wants to get the hell out of Iraq, and the Washington Post is cheerleading Commander Cuckoo banana's folly in any brazen way they can, it is time to stop talking about the "liberal press".
Chris Matthews, who is wrong more often than not, said it right a few weeks ago when he noticed that the Post was now a neo-con paper, and any claims to liberalism have long been abandoned.
The neo-cons have really screwed up our foreign policy and our standing in the world. That the Washington Post continues to attempt to put frosting on this pile of dung damages not only it's reputation, but in a way is helpful to liberals who don't have to listen to conservative loudmouths complaining about the left running the media agenda. Just read Fred Hiatt's ridiculous editorials for a while, and perhaps even the most craven GOP mouthpiece would blush while trying to make this argument.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
McCain Wants to Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Steve Simels over at Powerpop has some interesting backstory on the song 'Barbara Ann' that may surprise you. It's a read that is well worth your time.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sen. John McCain 's campaign retooling continues.
Manager Terry Nelson is trimming some of the organization's vestigial edges to pare down costs and more efficiently distribute key staff. Contrary to rumors, the campaign is not shedding weight in order to slow down its cash burn rate.
Nelson has decided to eliminated several staff positions from the campaign's May budget, some yet to be filled. In addition, several campaign consultants will see their contracts modified. Others currently on retainer will work for the campaign on a per-project basis.
In other words, McCain is screwed. He isn't raising enough money to justify all the expenses from staffing, so he is going smaller. This is a terrible sign for his campaign no matter how they try to spin it.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
With a few reinforcements for protection. I guess it really isn't safe John.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Rudy Giuliani fucked his cousin for over a decade, then got an anullment because he didn't realize it. His father was apparently mobbed up, he dresses in drag, supports abortions, gay rights, endorses democrats, and liked the assault weapons banning bill. He cheated on his wife in public, then kicked her out to live with a gay couple. He is leading the field in the GOP primary.
John McCain screwed around on his first wife, married his second a month after the ink was dry.
Newt Gingrich... well books can be written about his moral lapses. Apparently it doesn't count as sex if it's a hummer because he didn't "sleep" with them. He led the crusade against Clinton's moral failings.
Now thrice married Fred Thompson is entering the picture. He dated liberal journalist Margaret Carlsson for a time. But, he is on tv.
What is wrong with Republicans? Seriously? It's like they are running the morally lax olympics here. Newt is expected to medal. Can we stop the meme that Republicans are the values party? These folks don't share my values. I do like Newt Gingrich's sex scenes in his novel though. They are teh hot. Perhaps the Republicans are going the way of the whigs before them. Or, they can get Tv's Gopher from the Love Boat in. He almost became Governor of Iowa. Stranger things have happened.
According to the Hill, The "straight talker" almost defected to the Democrats in 2001, until he decided he liked the taste of Bush's kool-aid a bit better. It's battered political hack syndrome. Bush's operatives smeared McCain in 2000. McCain gets hurt, threatens to walk away, but instead comes back for more, and hires the people who smeared him.
He is a maverick though. The media keeps telling us that, so it must be true.
Friday, March 16, 2007
DES MOINES, Iowa - John McCain fired up the "Straight Talk Express" bus from his first presidential campaign Thursday in hopes of getting his second bid back on course after an early season slump.
"We've got to build the momentum," the Republican senator said, even as he brushed off polls that show him trailing rival Rudy Giuliani. "I'm very happy with where we are right now. We're fine."
Nine months before the first GOP primary contests, McCain embarked on a two-day bus tour of Iowa and told reporters traveling with him that there was plenty of time to recapture the magic from the 2000 race.
First, while googling on the internets, there again is more talk of the "Straight Talker" John McCain, and "America's Mayor" Rudy Giuliani. How come the media don't come up with nice nicknames for democrats? Bill "The Truth" Richardson met in a debate today with "Glorious" Hillary Clinton, Barack "The Real Deal" Obama, and Joe "The Delaware Destroyer" Biden today. Chris "The Silver Fox" Dodd was unable to attend.
Now, how in the hell can the media still let McCain go around calling himself a straight talker. He has waffled on gays, on gambling, on the religious right, on the "cakewalk" factor of the war, the confederate flag, on torture etc. He is actually less of a straight talker than many of his colleagues. Watch this video from Brave New Films.
How can a man call Jerry Falwell an agent of intolerance, and then go and kiss the man's rear end without being called on it? He can call his bus "the straight talk express" without the media joining in. If you don't stop, Howard "The Vermont Virtuoso" Dean might have to call for the Fairness Doctrine to be passed.
Friday, March 09, 2007
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who remarried one month after his 1980 divorce, said Friday that the personal lives of White House hopefuls shouldn't become an issue in the 2008 campaign.
"I would like to see this campaign conducted on past record and ambition for the future," McCain told reporters after a fundraising luncheon in Charlotte, N.C. "I would hope that gossip _ or, quote, 'family issues' _ would not enter into this campaign."
McCain's call to keep personal lives private came the same week that chief rival Rudy Giuliani asked for privacy as he deals with strained relationships within his family, including estrangement from his children.
The Arizona senator's remarks also came as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a potential candidate for the GOP nomination, admitted to having an affair at the same time he was leading the effort to impeach President Clinton for allegations of perjury connected with the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Ok, let me get this straight for just a second. All the talk about Clinton's personal life was important for the campaign trail in 1992 and 1996. But, we should move beyond all that now since most of the leading GOP contenders make Clinton look like a choir boy in comparison. Clinton did not parade mistresses around the Governor's mansion in Little Rock. He used hotels damn it.
This is pretty pathetic even for the Republicans, which is setting the bar way down low. It kind of reminds me of when after the ridiculous investigations of Clinton spent tens of millions of dollars, the Republicans hawked tapes saying Clinton was a coke dealer, George (5-4 in the Supreme Court) Bush came to town and said we should have a new tone, a tone where democrats don't do to us what we did to them.
That's worked out great for the country. Fuggetaboutit. If that Cousin fucker, or that cancer divorcer, or that mistress loving, trophy wife grabbing want to run for President, they are running under Clinton rules. I hope you kept all your billing records Rudy. Newt, well fuck you Newt. Keating 5 was a real scandal McCain, let's explore that a bit shall we all.
I also call on Larry Flynt to pay as much as he can afford to any of the ex-lovers, mistresses, one night stands of these guys to appear in a women of the GOP primary hopefuls pictorial. If they all commit, the issue will be as thick as a phone book.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Mitt Romney has dressed up his candidacy with an endorsement by a prominent citizen of John McCain's home state. He has hired Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as the honorary chair of his Arizona campaign. Joe Arpaio is the guy who makes prisoners wear pink underwear and eat green bologna in an apparent attempt to make the LSD smuggled into the prison seem more trippy. He is a swell fella.
The Romney camp appointed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio Monday as honorary chair of the campaign in the state of Arizona.
"The first time I met the governor at a private meeting, first thing he said was 'How's the pink underwear doing?'" Arpaio told FOXNews.com Wednesday.
I am getting all verklempt. Romney will not answer questions about his magical underwear, yet he discusses the pink underwear sweaty prisoners use with a unique fella from the southwest and gives him a job.
With Rudy Giuliani already trying to shore up the drag queen voter portion of GOP primary voters, the undies are flying fast and furiously.
Next, Tom Tancredo discusses boxers or briefs, and the damned brown people who make them.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
In the just released Washington Post ABC News Poll, with Newt Gingrich added as an option, Guiliani leads McCain 44% to 21%. Without Gingrich as an option, Guiliani leads 53% to 23%.
This is quite amusing. You have McCain who has been trying to sell his soul to anybody who will buy. Flip-flopping on gay rights, on guns, on the religious right, desperate for their approval. The only thing this has accomplished is turning off moderates, making little inroads to the Armegeddon crowd who know that he is faking his come to fundy Jesus orgasm.
Mitt Romney scored 4% in the poll btw. This is amongst Republicans. Why is the press going over the records of his great grand-parents to figure out which ones were bigamists when he is just a blip in the numbers currently?
I am very excited about Guiliani leading. Hopefully, he gets nominated before enough of James Dobson's followers realize that he is pro-choice, including at one time, being in favor of late term abortions. He is pro-gay, even living with a gay couple. He is also twice divorced, of course one of those being his second cousin. He is a serial adulterer as well. I also think the video of him in drag hanging out with Donald Trump is going to offend the key Tim Hardaway demographic.
It's electoral magic baby!
A Washington Post/ABC poll confirms that the American people don't trust the elderly, especially when it comes to being the president of the USA.
In this poll, nearly six in 10 Americans said they would be less likely to vote for an older candidate. For example, while 58 percent said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate older than 72, a scant three percent said they would be more likely to prefer such a candidate.
Is this ageism, or practicality here? McCain would be older than Reagan at the start of his first term, and that didn't turn out too well. McCain would then be 76 in 2013 after his first four years in office ended. Many of us have relatives in that age range. I suspect some of the bias might be knowing how difficult these people can be at times, no matter how much we love them (even though we don't call that often, and it doesn't cost that much to pick up a phone to call the person who used to feed you jello casserole when you were a kid).
McCain apparently is getting a bit cranky and crochety. Americans often want a president to be a father figure, but a grandfather figure might be a bit too much. We are in the age of the internet, high tech medical advances, satellites, Ipods. Do we really want a president who can honestly say "back when I was a kid, we didn't have that fancy tv device, and we were happy!"
You ever notice how people who talk that way tend not to be happy seniors? But, on the bright side for McCain, while 58% of people may not vote for him, alot of these people are cynical twenty-somethings who don't bother to vote anyways. Perhaps McCain can motivate the senior set who vote alot since they have nothing much else to do. They might support his campaign as a last defiant stand against the young whippersnappers.
A senior special in every restaurant as a campaign slogan may not be as near and dear to McCain's hearts as flip flopping to support Jerry Falwell. It may however, be his only shot at winning.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday challenged GOP presidential hopeful John McCain's assertion that Donald H. Rumsfeld was one of the country's worst defense secretaries.
"John said some nasty things about me the other day, and then next time he saw me, ran over to me and apologized. Maybe he'll apologize to Rumsfeld," Cheney said in an interview with ABC News.
McCain have you no shame at all anymore? I guess not, you are a Republican presidential candidate after all.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Joe from Americablog highlights an AP story across the wires about what is keeping McCain too busy to vote on the Iraq resolution in the Senate. Brother McCain, the born again Falwellian, is going to tell the same people in South Carolina who believed the unfounded smears that he wasn't a religious right lunatic, and voted for Bush in 2000, that they were very mistaken.
For an encore, I suggest that McCain find a nice group to speak about the dangers of heliocentrism.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
In a new Fox News Poll, in a head to head Guiliani beats McCain by 56% to 31%. McCain today though came out with a statement endorsing Global Warming, which of course will even further piss off the neanderthal portion of the base during primary season. The mouth breathers think he is a traitor. He is kissing Jerry Falwell's ring. Falwell's people know he is faking, and moderates are pissed off about his stubborn behavior about the war in Iraq, and his flip flopping on everything which attracted them to him during the 2000 race.
It's saying something when a thrice married, gay right supporting, gun control advocating big city Mayor from New York is cleaning McCain's clock. Turn out the lights now. The party is over.
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