McCain apologizes.
“Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said Thursday he meant to use the word ’sacrificed’ instead of ‘wasted’ when discussing U.S. fatalities in the Iraq war during a Wednesday appearance on the ‘Late Show With David Letterman.’”
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Michelle ( i hate foreigners) malkin, Ann (the man) Coulter, and Sean (i lick bush balls) hannity will let him have it tonight….BBBAAAAhAHHAHAHAHAH OR NOT!!. I cant wait to hear all about ANNA, Brittany, and Al’s power bill on faux “news” tonight. *Barf*.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:50 pmSorry McCain, I meant to vote for you, but I was too ‘wasted’… (Think he’d like that excuse used on him?)
March 1st, 2007 at 3:50 pmIsn’t human sacrifice a no-no?
March 1st, 2007 at 3:53 pmOh yeah, I can see why he’d get those two words mixed up. They are so similar in meaning.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:54 pmWhat a dick.
from the link:
He (McCain) added, “No one appreciates and honors more than I do the selfless patriotism of American servicemen and women in the Iraq War. We owe them a debt we can never fully repay.”
If that is the case John, why have you not spoken out once in the last 6 years on the crap the Bush Administration has been giving veterans?
March 1st, 2007 at 3:57 pmDon’t bother I know the answer already. For you like the rest with an R by your name, it is party loyalty first, everything else second
Wasted:
done to no avail; useless: wasted efforts.
Sacrificed:
a loss incurred in selling something below its value.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:57 pmWhen a person with even the smallest lick of common sense realizes they are incuring debts that can never be fully repaid, the first step is to stop spending.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:01 pmStop spending bullets, stop spending lives.
Stop the WAR.
That’s not an apology. Where in that statement do you see anything resembling “I’m sorry.”?
March 1st, 2007 at 4:02 pmwoo hoo! look at all the straight talk!!
March 1st, 2007 at 4:03 pmHey McCain, don’t you hate when the truth slips out, liek when Bush said “Sometimes money trumps peace.”
March 1st, 2007 at 4:08 pmI believe that McCain intended this meaning:
Sacrifice (verb)
Abandon somebody or something for advantage.
transitive verb to allow somebody or something to be hurt, killed or destroyed for your own advantage.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:14 pmThat PASTY-FACED FLIP-FLOPPER John McCain!
March 1st, 2007 at 4:16 pmHe CERTAINLY IS A ROYAL PAIN
IN THE ASS
‘CAUSE OF THE POISONOUS GAS
This BLOWHARD FARTS OUT as TALK this NITWIT passes off as PLAIN!!!!!
maybe McCain believes sacrifice to mean slaughtering living things to appease imaginary spirits…
March 1st, 2007 at 4:18 pmCareful when you back peddle you can step in Sh*t
March 1st, 2007 at 4:20 pmrabidbunny still hasn’t defined the difference between a bombing and an attack……….
March 1st, 2007 at 4:23 pmSacrificed…wasted…yeah, they’re pretty close in meaning. I can see why he’d mix them up.
/sarcasm
March 1st, 2007 at 4:24 pmrabidbunny still hasn’t defined the difference between a bombing and an attack……….
Comment by Raven — March 1, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
Maybe rabidbunny read it back and realized how stupid they sounded.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:29 pmOr better yet, maybe he/she choked on its own foam.
vapidfunny finally got back to us on the ‘loopy Laura’ thread…
March 1st, 2007 at 4:32 pmYes, John. When you said that the troops were wasted, I thought that you meant they were on drugs. Silly man, you better keep your mouth shut.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm#18
Did you get that? What a lame explination.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:54 pmI think rabidbunny chickened out…..
McCain cannot be trusted with a kickball, let alone the Presidency.
March 1st, 2007 at 6:34 pmAnnouncing that he will run on a late night entertainment show was probably appropriate. In the end I expect that McCain’s efforts to become President will provide more entertainment than substance.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:00 pmZetaTalk: Human Condition
Note: written July 5, 1995
The human condition, on Earth at this time, is deliberately one of confusion. We will examine several situations that may help to clarify the issues at play.
First, humans desire security. The human condition is insecure. From birth, or particularly at birth, the human is acutely aware of its insecure position. Nude, tiny, unable to navigate, utterly dependent on others. The human infant wants to dominate those it is dependent upon. It is natural for the human to want to dominate its environment. The human wants to control the climate, the seasons. Homes are structured to provide summer warmth year round. Food is grown or at least provided as though harvest season were year round. Storms have no effect, nor do catastrophes have effect. There is social security, the umbrella of government aid. Floods and hurricanes are but another reason to open the government coffers. All this is evidence that the human wants to dominate its environment.
Second, the desire to dominate goes outside of inanimate factors. The human wants to dominate the other humans in its vicinity. Starting with the infant’s desire to dominate its mother, all her attention, and on to the stage of public opinion, the human desires to be the focus of attention. The infant wants its cry to bring immediate attention. The adult want its comments to bring rapt attention from others in the conversation group. No difference. Those who can command attention will get their needs met - so goes the logic. The infant displaced by a younger sibling is insecure, as it is no longer the focus of attention.
Third, love comes into play. Love, or empathy, is something felt at an early age. Empathy is not an emotion reserved for the intelligent, sentient being alone. Love and empathy are felt by all forms of life, even plant life, to some degree. It is a factor of life. It is intrinsic to life. Love and empathy pull the human into a conflict situation with its desire for security, to be the center of attention. Decisions are made to share the spotlight, to share resources. These decisions vary greatly, among humans. Some humans consider others on the same plane as the self. Other humans rarely, if ever, consider others, and never on the same plane as the self.
March 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pmWhy does there seem to be less uproar in the media regarding McCain’s gaffe, than Obama’s?
March 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 amIt’s the media who blew his word “wasted” out of proportion, looking for something, anything, to stick to Obama.
Obama had the best reply yesterday - taking the high ground again.