VIDEO: McCain Says Jerry Falwell is No Longer an ‘Agent of Intolerance’
VIDEO: McCain Says Jerry Falwell is No Longer an ‘Agent of Intolerance’
This morning on Meet the Press, Sen. John McCain declared that right-wing Rev. Jerry Falwell is no longer an “agent of intolerance,” as McCain described him in 2000. Watch it:
Transcript:
RUSSERT: Do you believe that Jerry Falwell is still an agent of intolerance?
MCCAIN: No, I don’t. I think that Jerry Falwell can explain to you his views on this program when you have him on.
Back in 2000, when McCain was asked whether he stood by his description of Falwell, he said, “I must not and will not retract anything that I said in that speech at Virginia Beach. It was carefully crafted, it was carefully thought out.” (Hardball, 3/1/00)
UPDATE: Georgia10 has more.
Full transcript below:
MCCAIN: As regards to Rev. Falwell, which is the major thrust of your comments, I met with Rev. Falwell. He came to see me in Washington. We agreed to disagree on certain issues, and we agreed to move forward. I believe that speaking at Liberty University is no different from speaking at the New College or Ohio State University, all of which I’m speaking. I speak at a lot of colleges and universities. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to do so, to talk to young Americans and talk to them about the obligations and the privileges of freedom.
RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you were on here in 2000, I asked you about Jerry Falwell, and this is what you said:
MCCAIN (clip, 3/5/00): Gov. Bush swung far to the right and sought out the base support of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. Those aren’t the ideas that I think are good for the Republican Party.
RUSSERT: Do you think that Jerry Falwell’s ideas are now good for the Republican Party?
MCCAIN: I believe that the “Christian Right” has a major role to play in the Republican Party. One reason is because they’re so active and their followers are. And I believe they have a right to be a part of our party. I don’t have to agree with everything they stand for, nor do I have to agree with everything that’s on the liberal side of the Republican Party. If we have to agree on every issue, we’re not a Republican Party. I believe in open and honest debate. Was I unhappy in the year 2000 that I lost the primary and there were some attacks on me that I thought was unfair? Of course. Should I get over it? Should I serve — can I serve the people of Arizona best by looking back in anger or moving forward?
RUSSERT: Do you believe that Jerry Falwell is still an agent of intolerance?
MCCAIN: No, I don’t. I think that Jerry Falwell can explain how his views on this program when you have him on.
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FLIP FLOPPIN isn’t good for getting Elected.
FLIP FLOPPER EXTRAORDINAIRE!!
I wonder if Mccain got $$Reborn$$ thru Falwells $”Prayer”$
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:53 amD-bag!!! We’ve all lost respect for you McCain!!! You used to stand for what was good about SOME politicians… you are no longer affiliated with honor and respect and truth. You have become just another tired old political hack. I would have considered voting for you in 2000 had you not been slandered by Bush & Co. But since you chose to throw away your integrity I would not even think about giving you the PRIVILEGE of MY VOTE!!!
You served your country honorably for so long… why quit now?
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:54 am“Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be Louis Farrakhan or Al Sharpton on the left or Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell on the right,†McCain said at the time.
So much for $$Pandering$$ eh?
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:57 amMcain you have missed the boat, it left, and then sunk with Bush
Here is your next far-right hand puppet for the 2008 election. I don’t even notice that hand up my a** any longer. By the way, crow doesn’t taste as bad as they say. McCain/Bush 2008, yeck.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:57 amn 2000, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) referred to Rev. Jerry Falwell as an “agent of intolerance.†Asked later whether he still sucked ass with his liberal smooching, McCain said, “I must not Re-SUCK and will not RE-SUCK any ass that I SUCKED in that SUCKY FLIP FLOP Speech at Virginia Beach. It was carefully crafted to SUCK UP, it was carefully SUCK UP written.†(Hardball, 3/1/00)
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:02 amMcCain’s appearance on MTP was an exercise in flip flopery. Russert presented video after video and quote after quote of McCain doing 180 degree turnarounds. McCain’s big mistake will ultimately be in aligning himself with the Rove/Cheney wing of the Right who have been wrong on every domestic and foreign affairs issue so far. McCain’s appearance at Liberty U. marks his willingness to make that 100-foot cliff dive into the muddy, neocon shit pool.
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:03 amIf i wanted power I’d suck up to the Mullahs too. Oh I mean Jerry Falwell.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:13 pmSo, just out of curiousity… Can Senators get paid for these speaking engagements? And if so, why? Seems to me that 160K/year should be enough to live on, and moonlighting while an elected memeber of MY government should be strictly forbidden.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:15 pmRussert: Why isn’t Reverend Falwell no longer the ‘agent of intolerence?’ Senator McCain: Well……(coughs…..clears throat) because I need him.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:18 pmMcCain is a political whore ~ he will do whatever it takes to be the major repub player in 2008 and has decided that the religious right wacko vote is his ticket to having a say in party politics. At least he’s finally come out of the closet and let the entire world know his values are for sale ~ Hey, if it worked for bush/cheney why not keep it going?
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:20 pm“There is none so blind as he who refuses to see.” If this adage ever fit anyone it fits the POW turned coward and fraud. Only a sycophant neocon or one of their press lackyies posing as a journalist, who would support this guy to run for national office.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 pmGod(the real one, not the creation of Falwell’s sick mind) save us from them all.
Who knows… maybe Jerry Falwell finally found Jesus and is going to repent for his intollerant ways on national TV …. so how cold is it in hell right now?
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:35 pmMcCain is clearly in process of shutting down his mental facilities. He should get a sonogram of his carotid arteries as clogging there is usually the most common cause of age onset dementia. Clearing up the blockage usually reduces dementia by 10 to 15 years. In W’s case this will not be effective as his dementia was induced by substance abuse.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pmApril 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pm
senator mc cain if not for his being senator, would only be one’s demented, bat shit-crazy uncle that used to be in the war.
in tennessee last month, mccain said:
he is a nothing, a bug, someone not to be trusted. when he speaks one smells the stench of george bush’s colon…
peace and love,
fuck bush
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:39 pmMcCain is a political whore ~ he will do whatever it takes to be the major repub player in 2008 and has decided that the religious right wacko vote is his ticket to having a say in party politics. At least he’s finally come out of the closet and let the entire world know his values are for sale ~ Hey, if it worked for bush/cheney why not keep it going?
Comment by Southwest Bob
We should raise some money and buy McCain … if we pay him enough maybe he will decide to be a reasonable, scientific friendly, moderate again…
It is crap like this that makes me wonder if there is some bigger issue going on that we just do not know about… are they expecting some big catastrophy and think the religious right will go on some witch hunting rampage while the country is in disorder…and so they are sucking up early?
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:40 pmI call “Stockholm Syndrome”!
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:42 pmYes- I listened to one of his “sermons” a while back. Scary to say the least. He instructs his “followers” to get radically involved in all forms of politics, especially at the court level. He also equates democrats to devil worshippers. Hagee is nuts but the church he was speaking at was packed to the gills and he received thunderous applause. As I said- scary.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:45 pmSOLD!!!(out)
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:46 pmIt is crap like this that makes me wonder if there is some bigger issue going on that we just do not know about… are they expecting some big catastrophy and think the religious right will go on some witch hunting rampage while the country is in disorder…and so they are sucking up early?
Comment by Gerald Gibson — April 2, 2006 @ 12:40 pm
That’s sort of what I was wondering… How his aquiescence is distrubingly like the ending of ‘1984′?
I read that book when I was 16, because I was graduating in 1984 and thought I should know what all the Orwellian references to the year was about. There’s not much else I remember reading from that age in my life, but the details of that one book stuck - and, now, 23 years later, the state of affairs in this country is like living it out loud. Creepy.
April 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 pmHi Ms.Unbelievable, did you ever get your text size issue straightened out? If not, I may be able to help. Just let me know!
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:01 pm#28…. Perhaps there is a “Bigger picture” going on here. Has McCain made a deal with the repub power brokers? Is he going to take the heat off the repubs by sucking up to the religious right and make that the center of attention while they backdoor someone else? Will the Dems spend all their energy beating up McCain? Supposedly McCain would like to be Sect’y of Defense some day. . . . is that his goal?
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:04 pmHi Ms.Unbelievable, did you ever get your text size issue straightened out? If not, I may be able to help. Just let me know!
Comment by Cyra Brown — April 2, 2006 @ 1:01 pm
Hi Cyra,
Not the text in the comment box… If I adjust the overall text to be one size larger, everything else on my computer is too big. So, I’ve just had to sit closer. Unless you know how to modify the text in the comments box only? Thanks for your assistance.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:05 pmSupposedly McCain would like to be Sect’y of Defense some day. . . . is that his goal?
Comment by Southwest Bob — April 2, 2006 @ 1:04 pm
I think there must be something political in it for McCain. Maybe he wants to replace the Dick-tator when he retires at the end of this year (if rumors are correct). I’m sure George wants someone in the V.P. spot who wants to run in 2008. And McCain is one of their more popular contenders. Only they don’t seem to understand that he’s that way because he’s (or because he used to be) a just right of center moderate who stood up to the extremists.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:09 pmunbelievable,
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:17 pmI have noticed that the text in the comments box is run together and small. I usually edit in Word and cut and paste the result into the comments box.
if we pay him enough maybe he will decide to be a reasonable, scientific friendly, moderate again…
John McCain was never moderate. He’s always been right-wing–just check his voting record.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:19 pmWOW - Flip-Flops galore!
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:28 pmMcCain did himself poorly today. He confirmed the worst that many of us have though of him in recent years.
For a change, Russert was hard on a Republican, but McCain deserved the hard questions.
I am sorry to say, I lack the skills to help you there. Increasing the overall text size does increase the comment box text size on my ‘puter’. I need the ‘help’ as well. Perhaps a “clip-on” Magnifying glass of some sort? Good luck! :)
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:28 pmFor a more detailed look into the evolution of John McCain from Republican maverick to GOP prostitute, see:
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:33 pm“The Prostitution of John McCain.”
Who should be suprised? This guy always talked independent when the cameras were on, but hardly ever cast a vote the hard right didn’t like. That was good in a campaign, not so good for an o ffice holder. And now, as Stepford McCain, he won’t even be a good campaigner.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:44 pmThe Republicans taught us a word for this, Flip Flopper.
Or, maybe McCain is thinking, if you can’t beat them, join them.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:52 pmJohn McCain is a tool.
Bush proved that with his signing statement on the McCain torture bill.
April 2nd, 2006 at 1:58 pm“We will vote for him:”
Pat Robertson
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:03 pmJim Jones
Jim Bakker
Tammi Bakker
Oral Roberts
Jerry Faldwell
Tom Delay
way off topic, but of concern to several here, myself included -
the text size in the comment box is way too small!
let’s all send a message, via the “hot tip” link on the upper right!
maybe that will get someone’s attention!
here goes…
oh, and of course, mccain is a puppet/tool… too bad…
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:06 pmMcCain, Falwell, and Robertson can become a sexual threesome for all I care > lol. McCain has sold out to the extreme far-right now, so the entire nation must demand that he resigns from the Senate ASAP!
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:11 pmJOHN MCCAIN = FLIP-FLOP EXPRESS
Johnny boy is showing his true, GOP flip-flopping colors now, isn’t he?
How long will he remain a darling of the press? Johnny’s moderation and his maverick outspokeness were as fake as Dubya’s ranch and cornpone affectations.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:36 pmJohn Mccain: Right wing whore.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:37 pmMcCain is too old to run for President. A few years ago he seemed to have a few principles. These have disappeared and now he is ready to do anything and embrace anyone just to get there.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:40 pmThank you, radical progressives. You have done an EXCELLENT service for the United States today!! “Flip-floper, dirt-bag, prostitute, tool…” are just a few of the descriptive terms used here to eloquently descrive John McCain. I knew the moniker of “open-minded” and “tolerant” was a joke when describing progs - I thought when people changed their minds progressives liked to describe those people as “EVOLVING”…I guess it just depends on whose views are adopted….HYPOCRITES.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:44 pmJohn McCain’s voting record is the THIRD most conservative in the Senate -worse even that Rick Santorum. See University of San Diego anaylisis at http://www.voteview.com/ then click on “Data Used in Paul Krugman Article”.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:46 pmDoes this mean that McCain will now click his heels together, give a stiff-arm salute and shout’ Heil Falwell?”. Nah, it quite ring, does it?
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:46 pmMcain help to reelect Bush therfore he is responsable for the Chimp’s trash. He is part of this family of lunatics and inepts ruining our country and reputation.
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:50 pm[…] Is really just a famewhore who would do and say anything to be preznit. Latest example: Jerry Falwell is no longer an agent of intolerance. RUSSERT: Do you believe that Jerry Falwell is still an agent of intolerance? […]
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:53 pmHow about David Korech mr Mcain? Would you’ve kissed his ass too in order to gain the GOP nomination?
April 2nd, 2006 at 2:59 pmFopr years I have been hopefully looking for a Republican I can back and respect. I was taken in by McCain’s public attempt to paint himself as a “maverick” - that is, until I actually investigated his record in detail and then came across tthe USD website in comment #48. I am disappointed, but oh well, I hold out hope for Lincoln Chaffee and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. I’m not holding my breath.
The most honorable Senator we have is Russ Feingold. Now THERE is a true maverick who not only talks the talk, he has ALWAYS walked it, too!
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:01 pmMcain you helped Bush to get reelected and you are equaly responsable for this mess. Bob Woodward turned to be a lie so do you.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:06 pmMcCain is what he always was - a rouged-up aging whore, out on the street trying to find a neo-con caddy to jump in so s/he can suck a little more juice out of those in power. He’s just a hypocritical skank, riding that “maverick reformer, independent thinker” john for all he’s worth - which in McCain’s case, isn’t enough to buy a cheap crack high.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:14 pmYou want worse than Bush? Try weasle-boy John.
Triple Deuce - Have to agree with you on Senator Feingold - now there’s a man who knows how to rally the prog base. Where are those other liberal stalWARTS?? Kennedy? Leahy?? Levin?? Come on progs - demand that Democrats rally around the censure proposal NOW. After your expected win in November, introduce Articles of Impeachment….
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:16 pmAnother marionette of the far right.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:16 pmJerry Falwell=American Taliban
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:19 pmJohn McCain showed today just how far he has fallen in his quest for acceptance by those in power. He could not beat them so he has joined them. Look out for the Manchurian Candidate coming to a poll near you!
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:19 pmNot-so-mighty Aphrodite, considering the fact it was YOUR ilk that described the 2004 Democratic nominee for President as a “flip-flopper”, it’s only fitting that McCain be fitted with that description when he genuinely has changed his tune from a position he adopted a mere 6 years ago during the heat of a political campaign in which he lost because of highly malicious comments by the very man (and his associates) that he now seems quite willing to embrace.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:29 pmAs for “prostitute”, well, you should know just how well that particular term applies in McCain’s current case. The man is one of the “names” most strongly mentioned for the 2008 GOP run for the White House, and if he’s willing to “sell his favors” (a defining point for any sort of prostitute), regardless of his true feelings, then you shouldn’t condemn anyone for calling him by his true nature.
The fact is (and you quite obviously are one who only likes the facts that support your own microscopic worldview) his views didn’t “evolve”. An evolution of one’s opinion is based on a pure acceptance of another point of view as valid and/or viable but which doesn’t alter one’s own basic philosophy (as we’ve witnessed by several high-profile conservatives who’ve recently disavowed themselves from Dubya’s “conservativism”). When you change your mind or opinions based solely on political expediency then you run the risk of receiving Atwateresque or Rovian labels (such as “dirt-bag”, “prostitute” and “flip-flopper”). There is nothing about McCain’s views on Falwell that is truly “evolved”. McCain is dramatically aware that the Falwellians have a quite unChristian lust for power (indeed, that is quite antithetical to the teachings of Christ as presented in the New Testament, especially the Gospels) and a highly unChristian manner in treating those who dare challenge their power (as McCain and his wife learned during the 2000 South Carolina primary). Dubya sucked up to the Falwellians in 2000 (more so in 2004) and presented himself as one of “their own”, much unlike his father’s very visibly uncomfortable attitude at the Falwellians in 1988 and 1992 (they gave Bush the Elder a chance in 1988 as he was the “heir” to the Reagan legacy, but largely stayed away from him in 1992).
Oh, and for the record, you might note that the only correct point in your post was in stating “RADICAL progressives”. Those who are “radical” would be more willing to engage in extreme tactics–such as name-calling–but that also applies to certain persons who are not progressives. Until you are willing to denounce the likes of Rush and Ann and Bill for THEIR use of extremist name-calling, you shouldn’t be so eager to denounce those progressives who’ve adopted the same tactics against enemies of progress. It’s too bad that the RADICAL conservatives who engage in name-calling are actually given widespread amounts of airtime and press coverage, even to the point of having their own network from which to spew forth their venomous name-calling, completely unchecked and undebated, on a daily basis.
I thought Conservatives and Religious people don’t take drugs!
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:36 pmWe regularly hear that Hillary Clinton is moving to the center from the MSM. When it is discussed, the negative insinuation is that she will reinvent herself so long as there is the possibility for political gain. In essence, the inference is that she stands for nothing.
Where is the MSM on McCain’s reinvention? His shifting is reported as a necessary shift to appeal to the right wing of the Republican party in order to be nominated. The Democrats regularly loose this battle over whether they have principles or if they can be counted upon to stand up for what they believe.
Frankly, I find the practice of politicians shifting positions each election cycle disheartening. It makes me think ‘the tail wags the dog’. At some point it would be refreshing to find a politician that leads rather than follows…instead of chasing votes, why not try to win voters with a strong, consistent message based upon your beliefs? Unfortunately, that idea doesn’t focus group very well. In my opinion, the current conventional wisdom on how to seek office certainly contributes to the low voter turnout. When it becomes difficult to tell one politician from another, voting doesn’t seem like much of a choice.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:36 pmMcCain’s demonstrated willingness to stand up to the Religious “Far-Wrong” wing of the Republican party was one of the main reasons I admired him in 2000. But between his continuing unconditional support for Bush’s war and now his flip-flop on one of America’s leading hypocrites, my enthusiasm for McCain is fading fast. Perhaps Republicans will remember how distasteful they find flip-flopping to be.
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:46 pm#23–and 1 of the 3 is the preacher!
April 2nd, 2006 at 3:55 pmRussert should’ve asked him what he thought of Falwell’s close relationship with the moonie cult.
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April 2nd, 2006 at 3:56 pmGriper Blade - grumblings from the heartland
McCain is officially in pandering campaign mode, and is a tool of the GOP. His maverick status is long gone. The entire appearence was disgusting, with McCain folowing word for word the Bush administration talking points on Iraq, Iran, and everything else.
http://www.lcoliberal.blogspot.com
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:00 pmSunday Talk Buzz and Defending Jill Carroll: Right Now on LCL
Falwell is a SMMTB (Sun Myung Moon Titty Baby).
Some have theorized that the deal was — Moon bails out Falwell — Falwell promotes the totally discredited Clinton Chronicles - the “documentary” which has mentally trained millions of members of the cult of conservatism.
No, like all the conservatives who have sucked up to their savior Moon, Jerry never read John 5:43.
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:02 pmSo sad. He was my hero-no more.
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:21 pmMcCain is a POW again and has to say what his captors (evangelicals) demand.
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:23 pmhe’s no prisoner … that’s insulting to those who are…
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:32 pmhe’s a willingly participating tool/puppet/stooge/whore…
Tim Russert is becoming another Edward R. Murrow (sans the cigarette) . . . Hallelujah!
April 2nd, 2006 at 4:58 pmJust when I thought that McCain was one politician who unlike most, stood for honesty and integrity… He flip-flops his positions on various issues, dumbing-down his character while pandering to all of the right-wing christian nutjobs.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:03 pmBush lite.
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:04 pmJosephW - Thank you for your thoughts -(but you fail to note that MOST people -yourself included) - “the fact is (and you quite obviously are one who only likes the facts that support your own microscopic worldview) his views didn’t “evolveâ€.” (Please explain, using your definition, of the formerly pro-life Dems who are now “pro-choice” i.e. Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Dick Durbin). These are evolved views because…..they say they wouldn’t kill their own unborn? - but it’s OK for others??
I am impressed with your unusual ability to know other people’s intentions and motivations - Wow!!! You must not consider the term “prostitute” to be extremist name calling - you are entitled to your own (apparently lower) standards. When I hear the likes of Harry Belafonte, Cindy Sheehan, Al Gore etc. call the American President names, I am glad progs are not required to live by their own one-sided standards.
Happy Sunday - we’re headed to the beach….
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:12 pmTo believe I actually considered voting for McCain! I thought he was a moderate Republican with principles, a rare breed. But over the past 6 years I’ve watched as he has sold out those principles in order to pander to the zealots (intentional religious reference) of the Republican Party. Bush is a puppet baffoon. McCain is a sell out!
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:14 pm#
O.T. Has anyone Ever heard of John Hagee? Has anyone ever heard how Ridicously HE Sounds? Well, Thats where Jerry Falwell gets his Ideas. a John Hagee Follower.
Comment by Free Dumb. Dumb to be Free. — April 2, 2006 @ 12:21 pm
Most relevant comment in wikipedia on Herr Hagee;
Hagee is married to Diana Castro Hagee, who was his secretary during his previous marriage, and has five children. Personal Freedom Outreach reported in its Quarterly Journal that Hagee was married and divorced previously.( those good christian values the right likes so much in action)
April 2nd, 2006 at 5:58 pmThe only 2 republicans who have ANY possibility of winning in 2008 are McCain and Giuliani. However, both only have a chance because their public perception is different from reality.
McCain is a right wing charlatan, a fraud, a flip flopper, who will say or do anything to get power. We need ADS up early defining the “Real John McCain” by highlighting the Keating Five, and playing for people the flip flops like the ones with Falwell. If you define McCain as above, he’s done.
As for Giuliani, he too is a bigot and a Right Winger masquerading as a “liberal Republican.” Giuliani was a horrible mayor and he is not a leader. Although UBL is to blame for 9/11, Giluliani’s lack of leadership contributed to a much higher death toll on 9/11. His failure to lead, his failure to have adequate equipment, and his decision to abandon his post instead of saving those firefighters and thousands of others, cost lives. Giuliani also had the Brooklyn Museum art flap where he tried to ban a picture (aKA taliban), he blamed the troops on CNN in 04 for Bush failures in Iraq, and he announced he was divorcing his wife on national TV before she or her children knew. (Play this up in the “heartland”) We need ADS framing Giuliani as a wimp, leaderless, a blame the troop hate America Taliban freak, etc…
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:05 pmBad move John. Subtract at least one from the votes you thought you would pick up by giving head to Rev Falwell.
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:38 pmAt one time, I really admired McCain for his stance against torture of prisoners.
My respect, however, took a precipitous plunge today with his comments on M
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:40 pmeet the Press . McCain has shown himself to be just another untrustworthy, mealy-mouth politician with the morals of an alley cat in heat.
If he’s not careful, McCain may yet be asked to join the “American Taliban.”
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:42 pm#74 Like repubs know Jill Carroll’s thoughts. Riiiiiight. So who are your heros? What living person do you not hate?
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:57 pmHe didn’t fool me in 2000 or 2004 with the Mr. Reform label. They should have left him at the Hilton! The Easter Bunny , Santa Claus & honest Republicans do not exist.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:04 pmI used to have a lot of respect for John McCain. Now I want to vomit when I see him because of his disgusting pandering.
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:07 pmWhat living person do you not hate?
Comment by progressive and proud — April 2, 2006 @ 6:57 pm
I think most of them hate everyone including themselves…
April 2nd, 2006 at 7:31 pmWhen GWBush dissed him during the primary campaign by calling him a traitor during the Viet Nam war and hinting that he or his wife had had a bastard child, who is adopted by the way, I was saddened by the republican party. I was appalled by McCain’s reaction. he went on the road with these bastards and campaigned for them. The people who showed such contempt for him, his family and his military service to the nation. He refused to accept parole from the North Viet Namese because his father was Admiral McCain and the VC wanted to capitalize on that fact. He does know how to be both charming and ruthless as the same time. He does have political ambition, thats a surprise!. What he doesn’t seem to understand is that so many people are wise to him and his ass kissing of the American Taliban. Once a hero, now a has-been with no future politician.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:11 pmThe republicans would be well advised to listen to Barry Goldwater again and get their collective souls back…
When you say ‘radical right’ today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.
Barry Goldwater, The Washington Post (July 28, 1994)
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:14 pmMccain may have picked up a few Falwell batshit groupies with his pathetic performance today on MTP but he lost any hope of ever getting my vote…FOREVER.
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:27 pmTOO MANY BAMBOO SHOOTS UNDER THE NAILS MAKES MCCAIN DULL BOY
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:29 pmMcCain has now proven that he is a political whore that will sell his soul even to Falwell and Pat Robertson to try to get the presidency! America has suffered under one jerk too many ~ Dubya, so we do not want another jerk ~ McCain!
April 2nd, 2006 at 9:38 pmWHAT A -PUD!
A gent with a smiden of promice now a fools tool.
Relatives in AZ have told me he is also a bold face lair. They ask him if he will vote one way and he votes the other.
Give him a shovel and a spot of distant desart land.
April 2nd, 2006 at 10:33 pmWHAT DISMAYS ME ABOUT THIS TURNAROUND IS THAT IT IS SO FACILE. ARE WE ABOUT TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO CORRUPTION BY REPETITION? THE ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS OF GREED THAT WE SEE DAILY MIGHT JUST WEAR US OUT.
THE GOP IS REALLY GIVING US THE LINK TO THE VALUES OF SATAN!
April 2nd, 2006 at 11:38 pmStraight Talk Distress…
Okay, I admit it. I was suffering from a severe imagination deficit when I wrote on Wednesday: “I’m guessing [John McCain] won’t be calling Falwell an ‘agent of intolerance’ this time around.”…
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:13 amMcCain has always been a fucking whore. He whored out his war hero status right from the start.
Another fun fact for this fucking loser is that he never has voted against the use of military force in any situation regardless of which scumbag president was shoving it down our throats.
McCain can screw off. Everyone knows it’s Hillarys turn, and America is just dumb enough to let the cycle continue.
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:16 amI think Rove must have some naked pics.of McCain:didn’t Jeff Gannon like the military type?McCain going to find out that Falwell’s stank smelled better on Chimpy.
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:43 am“I am impressed with your unusual ability to know other people’s intentions and motivations - Wow!!! You must not consider the term “prostitute†to be extremist name calling - you are entitled to your own (apparently lower) standards. When I hear the likes of Harry Belafonte, Cindy Sheehan, Al Gore etc. call the American President names, I am glad progs are not required to live by their own one-sided standards.
Mighty Prostitute”
Well you whore yourself out daily, you would certainly know whether prostitute is a name calling effort or not.
Is that anything like Pat Robertson, George Bush or others calling Clinton names? Because if republicans had to live by your own standards, you’d all be in Abu Ghraib, especially since Al Queda was a Reagan Reichwing creation.
You’re such a MORON. I knew you were stupid when you couldn’t do math on your own ‘bio’ - now you just look like a bored and idiotic teenage boy - clearly what you are.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:10 amAnd by the way, it was in the low 60s and cloudy at the beach today in San Diego - you’ve been watching too much Bay Watch. You’re just one ‘bio failure’ after another aren’t you. It’s why it’s becoming more and more clear you’re a naive and stupid teenage boy.
April 3rd, 2006 at 3:12 amMcCain Stands Up For Falwell…
Is this John McCain trying to get a political base? This Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press, John McCain briefly remarked that Rev. Jerry Falwell was ‘no longer an agent of intolerance.’ Think Progress and AmericaBlog each have some……
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:05 amHmm…maybe we can hope Falwell is actually coming around?
April 3rd, 2006 at 8:06 amhttp://www.centerforfaithinpolitics.org/
The epitome of McCain’s transformation to full on Pander Bear (as Sam Seder has so dubbed the douchebag) was his unabashed bear hug of bush, the man who trashed his family, tarnished his military record, questioned his sanity, stirred racists and wingnut anger at him, and permanantly cost him his best bid for the GOP prez nomination.
April 3rd, 2006 at 10:28 am[…] Can’t believe I missed this. Seems that McCain promised to never back down from his criticism of Falwell: Back in 2000, when McCain was asked whether he stood by his description of Falwell, he said, “I must not and will not retract anything that I said in that speech at Virginia Beach. It was carefully crafted, it was carefully thought out.†(Hardball, 3/1/00) […]
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:19 am[…] This morning’s appearance on “Meet the Press” was a once-in-a-lifetime event. Viewers got to see John McCain actually remove his soul and hand it to Satan. Amazing: RUSSERT: Do you believe that Jerry Falwell is still an agent of intolerance? […]
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:20 am[…] How many still think of John McCain as an aisle-crossing, peace-making moderate? Well…he doesn’t want you to think that anymore. Johnny boy is back to buddying up with our old pal Jerry “I’ll See Diversity, Equality, and Sanity in Hell, Where They Belongs” Falwell. This morning on Meet the Press, Sen. John McCain declared that right-wing Rev. Jerry Falwell is no longer an “agent of intolerance,†as McCain described him in 2000. […]
April 3rd, 2006 at 11:31 amPut the two mavericks together Fiengold or McCain which one would choose? Fiengold of course .he stood proud while getting shot down by both parties on wire tapping.
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:16 pmPlease say it ain’t so…..another “floppin’ jack”….back n forth…back n forth never a firm direction or stand on anything.
what this country needs is someone who can make a stand…support that stand….and follow that stand….man or woman don’t care which!
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:47 pmbh
NO TO THE ONES WHO SAY ONE THING AND VOTE ANOTHER WAY. NO TO STEPFORD MCCAIN>>
April 3rd, 2006 at 12:58 pmVOTE GORE AND FEINGOLD
McCain’s mouth is so filled with Bushiva’s “pecadilloes”…
…that he (McCain) can’t articulate any other position than his master’s…
…but he’s at least going to get paid…
…unlike these inbred Bushite TRAITORS on these fora who parrot the TREASONOUS Republiscum talking points daily…
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:15 pmFrom the last and final Republican statesman to walk the planet…and McCain’s mentor…
April 3rd, 2006 at 1:24 pmAnd that is why McCain cannot be trusted. Period.
April 3rd, 2006 at 2:12 pmNow’s not the time to be playing politics, Mr. McCain. America needs someone they can trust.
April 3rd, 2006 at 4:12 pmWow. He sold out his fake image.
April 3rd, 2006 at 5:03 pm[…] Il avait déclaré - ô combien visionnaire - que Bush aller trop prospecter vers la droite de la droite en cherchant le soutien de la base des prédicateurs et télévangélistes Pat Robertson et Jerry Falwell : “ce ne sont pas des idées que je pense être bonnes pour le parti républicain.” Seulement voilà, alors qu’il est pressenti comme un potentiel nominé pour la présidentielle de 2008, il est largement revenu sur ses déclarations, dimanche dernier dans l’émission Meet the Press : I believe that the “Christian Right” has a major role to play in the Republican Party. One reason is because they’re so active and their followers are. And I believe they have a right to be a part of our party. I don’t have to agree with everything they stand for, nor do I have to agree with everything that’s on the liberal side of the Republican Party. If we have to agree on every issue, we’re not a Republican Party. I believe in open and honest debate. Was I unhappy in the year 2000 that I lost the primary and there were some attacks on me that I thought was unfair? Of course. Should I get over it? Should I serve — can I serve the people of Arizona best by looking back in anger or moving forward? […]
April 3rd, 2006 at 6:01 pm“Okay Houston. We’ve had a problem here.”
April 3rd, 2006 at 7:02 pmMcCain;BUM.
April 3rd, 2006 at 9:10 pmMighty moron; do us ALL a big, big favor, please. Jump into shark-infested waters the next time you are on the rag.
April 3rd, 2006 at 9:11 pmRussert’s one-two punch…
I’ve been critical of MTP’s Tim Russert in the past. He has a tendency of being way too soft on the GOP. But maybe getting fingered as the guy who “really” outed Valerie Plame (by Karl Rove) has lit a fire under him….
April 4th, 2006 at 1:22 amPlease explain, using your definition, of the formerly pro-life Dems who are now “pro-choice†i.e. Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Dick Durbin). These are evolved views because…..they say they wouldn’t kill their own unborn? - but it’s OK for others??
Comment by mighty aphrodite —
Mighty Hypocrite,
April 4th, 2006 at 7:36 amThere is nothing strange or hypocritical about politicians who don’t believe in abortion for their own family also taking a pro-choice position. I read in the “NY Times Magazine,” for example, how Justice Anthony Kennedy was planning to write an anti-abortion decision, but in the process of studying the laws and considering the matter, ended up with a pro-choice stance. Moreover, I believe Dick Durbin is Catholic, like John Kerry, so their religion forbids abortion, yet they don’t believe in forcing their own religous beliefs on others. Religious tolerance and freedom are what the USA was founded on.
By contrast, as reported here recently, the Rev. Foulsmell still believes that Jews who don’t convert to Christianity will not be saved when the supposed Rapture comes. That sounds like religious intolerance to me. And it’s a bit strange for you to defend this bigot if you really have a Jewish mother and, presumably, relatives.
Ps. Hope you enjoyed your cold day at the beach.
[…] I caught a bit of the Daily Show last night in which Jon Stewart was interviewing John McCain, who is looking more and more like the Republican candidate for President in 2008. Stewart went on the attack and McCain stood up for himself fabulously. Backstory: McCain recently agreed to give a commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s Orwellianly named Liberty College. This has been seen by many Democrats and liberals as a failure of McCain’s character as measured by the company one keeps, similar to Ronald Reagan’s call for “state’s rights” near the site of a notorious lynching or George W. Bush launching his 2000 campaign at the racial purist Bob Jones University. Magnifying the scandal, McCain retracted his 2000 statement that Falwell was an “agent of intolerance”. […]
April 6th, 2006 at 5:20 amMcCain Goes Fundamentalist at Falwell’s Liberty…
Moderate-leaning Republican Senator John McCain is going to give the commencement speech at former Moral Majority leader and all-around fundamentalist nutter Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University. McCain has, in the past, described Falwell and Robertson …
April 6th, 2006 at 1:02 pmCall Hagee a nut as much as you want he is preaching for a reason and that is to save souls, I know that your atheist views make you feel strong and powerful but in reality GOD does exist and with the world he is not pleased…. how do you explain the sudden rush of chaos in the world, war, hurricane katrina, september 11, asian tsunami, avain flu you name it? how do you explain creation? humans are far to complicated to be explained by some scientific idea of first evolving from a molecule into protista, into something else, into something else, eventually into humans think about it… we walk, talk, invent, think etc. we are far to complicated to have ever been simply a molecule on an earth created by simply a big bang out of nowhere ps. if there was a big bang where did the materials to create the big bang come from and where did everything before that come from. (mark my words you will see things get worse and worse the someone will come and bring “peace” you may brush this off as craziness but GOD himself, your creator has put it on my heart to tell you he is the Antichrist, here is knowledge no matter how good he may seem do not take his mark on your right hand or forehead your soul will be condemned to hell his number is 666.
please listen it is of utter importance I myself am a Ph.D in cardiology with an Iq of 170 and I am far from a nutcase, some of the things that I have seen in my lifetime have simply solidified my love for GOD…
April 8th, 2006 at 9:06 pm[…] Sen. John McCain is quickly and surely losing any and all credibility he once may have carried. Between kowtowing to the “W Camp”, kissing Jerry Falwell’s ass, and ignoring his own Campaign Finance Reform, McCain has made it perfectly clear the mountain of integrity he once stood upon, has since withered away and gone. […]
April 13th, 2006 at 12:18 pm[…] Arizona Senator John McCain cleared the air by stating he is a conservative republican. Not liberal, not moderate, but conservative. Thanks for the info Senator McCain, as if we could not figure that one out from you planting your lips onto Jerry Falwell’s ass. […]
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:25 pmDon’t you guys get it? McCain is the only one smart enough to beat the Right Wing Republicans at their own game. All he did at Liberty was remind those kids that we have a right to disagree. He is a gentleman. He is respectful of all humans beings, even if they are radical right wingers because he values human life-and because he is not going to let what happened before happen again. He will not let those right wingers take him down. This time it’s for real. He will win in 2008 and he will restore America and our reputation around the world. He believes in the Founding Father’s ideas. He will carry them on. I for one believe in him and I have been a Democrat all my life. But the Democrats are spineless wimps. I thought they needed to learn how to play dirty like the republicans. Now I realize all we need to do is act like McCain and treat everyone with respect, and agree to disagree-so that we can win the GD election 2008!! Amen!!
May 14th, 2006 at 12:31 amRepublicans suck — ALL OF THEM
May 18th, 2006 at 6:53 pm[…] But oh how a short six years can change a man. McCain, who once referred to bible-thumpers Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as “agents of intolerance”, now is speaking at Falwell’s Liberty University. With no explanation, Falwell is no longer an agent of intolerance. Interestingly enough, Falwell has not changed very much over the span of his career, much less in the past six years. So if he didn’t change… […]
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:03 pmI USED to respect McCain-even if he WAS a very conservative republican.At least he was a good man,one that I didn’t believe would kiss up to liars.I really lost respect for him after he allowed Bush to kiss him-a man that he can’t stand,who called him and his wife infit,et,etc. But this? It’s over for McCain,as far as my respect goes.He’ll kiss up to whoever it takes to win,making him no better than any of the fake” Christian consevatives”,who are neither Christian nor conservative.Just power hungry thieves.
May 30th, 2006 at 6:48 pmOne can tell by the abusive terms and
November 19th, 2006 at 11:15 amlanguage that most of these responses
are from the left-wing liberals. The off-color adjectives, etc., are SOP for that
ideological group. Civil discourse and
disagreement on issues is not their calling
card. Epithets are. Consider the source.
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December 8th, 2006 at 3:47 am[…] What in the Hell is John McCain thinking? The best thing McCain had going for him was his outsider, independent persona that endeared him to both moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats — a winning strategy if you ask me. But then he goes and buddy-buddies up with Jerry Falwell, and now he makes one of the Democratic Party’s most despised enemies in decades his honorary campaign Chair? Hell, he might as well pick Ahmed Chalabi as his running mate and call the War on Terror and resounding success. Filed under: Presidential race, National Politics, Republicans, John McCain | […]
December 20th, 2006 at 12:11 pm[…] Are you kidding? McCain has superb acting skills. Didn’t you see his bit part shaking Christopher Walken’s hand in Wedding Crashers? What about his hosting of NBC’s Saturday Night Live and many appearances on Meet the Press? Now, that’s acting. As the article illustrates numerous times, McCain has a storied history of flip-flopping. One such incident appears below. (Read more here.) Six years ago, McCain was livid when Sam and Charles Wyly, a pair of Texas businessmen friendly with the Bush campaign, spent $2.5 million on a nominally independent advertising effort attacking McCain. He called them “Wyly coyotes,” and implored an audience in Boston to “tell them to keep their dirty money in the state of Texas.” This time, McCain accepted money from the Wylys. […]
January 4th, 2007 at 1:11 am[…] McCain Flip-Flops, Supports Immediate Reversal of Roe v. WadeVIDEO: McCain Says Jerry Falwell is No Longer an ‘Agent of Intolerance’ […]
January 6th, 2007 at 10:52 pm[…] Some pundits are going as far as to call him a flip-flopper à la John Kerry (an old friend of his). But he has in the last 8 years retracted, rescinded, or redrawn almost every political policy that he has stood for. I don’t care what your politics are, it’s hard to respect that. […]
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:30 am[…] McCain continues his lurch to the right, where will he come down on intelligent design in the science classroom? We’ll be […]
February 12th, 2007 at 7:20 pmSeems like many liberal haters here are just searching for an oportuunity to further divide our country. But in the end, with all the luke-warm candidates : Hillary, Obama, Edwards, lol Gore, none of this matters.
As Guilianni will win in 2008, once again the Demos just fight amongst themselves, and cannot agree on anything, heck Obama and Hillary have already started the Enquirer mud-slinging. Seems to me that Obama and Hillary are very good at being “politicians” without experinece.
Demos have no chance in 2008.
February 27th, 2007 at 6:36 pm