McCain calls media a bunch of ‘jerks.’
By on Mar 28th, 2007 at 8:25 am
McCain calls media a bunch of ‘jerks.’
On Fox and Friends this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) noted that he allows “jerks from the media” to come on board his bus, the “Straight Talk Express.” Watch it:
[flv http://video.thinkprogress.org/2007/03/mccainjerk.320.240.flv]
MCCAIN: Sure. We are going to do just fine. We are going to have fun. That’s the important thing in these campaigns. We are back to the town hall meetings and I love them more than anything else.
FOX: You will take a question from anybody about anything.
MCCAIN: And I also have these jerks come on the bus, too.
FOX: You have who come on the bus?
MCCAIN: These jerks from the media.
FOX: Ok. Of course that couldn’t be me, I hope. I haven’t been on a bus in a while without paying a fare.
MCCAIN: Come on. You are welcome on.
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Jesus. Now McCain is bashing his base. Jerks in the media are his constituency!
He’s hopeless.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:32 amIf the jerks were like McCain, they’d either ignore him during his time of need of publicity and coverage – or they’d report nothing but his dirty laundry…
March 28th, 2007 at 8:38 amThis guy has lost all sense of reality. He’s done as a presidential candidate.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:41 ammichael ware has a standing invitation to the maverick to stroll the neighborhoods of baghdad. i do hope the senator has the time to work that into his schedule….
March 28th, 2007 at 8:42 amListen, and you can hear McLame actually falling in the polls. That sucking sound is him blowing Rupert Murdoch.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:43 amMcCain self destructs – Rudy will never be good enough – Mitt’s a joke (just grooming for 2012) – Hagel who … but … wait for it … just in time Jeb will step in and “unite the party”. Dodson owes him (teri Schiavo) – Mom wants it – Karl been working on this master plan. Wouldn’t it be perfect
March 28th, 2007 at 8:44 amMcCain’s Logic: Media = Jerks… Fox News = non-Jerks….Fox News = non-Media…In spite of his false premise, I can agree with that last proposition.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:46 amWe need Jeb
March 28th, 2007 at 8:46 amBoy, he’s going to find out how much “jerks” the media are when they’re destroying him after that asinine comment. Does he really think that’s going to endear him to the press corps who are covering his campaign? Very, very stupid move … I’m beginning to truly believe that there are no intelligent Republicans – that the very fact of being a Republican automatically makes you stupid and unable to keep your mouth shut.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:48 amHe’s gone. He has such a bloated sense of his own power that he’s lost it. He has really bought into the cabal philosophy that “you create your own reality through controlling perception of others.” Or ah…lying. Well, it ain’t workin too well for McCain. He’s been to one too many fancy parties with way too many people sucking up to him for FAR too long. I have no respect for him. It’s almost like he’s doing some remedial high school “work” dealing with social sitituations on the bus. The “jerks” ….media….are supposed to get back in their cage and just be happy they get to “get on the bus.” He has become a bafoon.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:49 amIt feels like someone just walked on my grave.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:49 amJEB??!!
March 28th, 2007 at 8:50 amI don’t worry my beautiful mind about Jeb running. Not after what these media jerks have done to my precious W.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:56 amMcCain’s problem is that he has misread the American public. He thinks we are looking for another GDumbya and has made it his goal to out-dumb GDumbya.
Give it up little Johnnie — (1) we can’t survive another GDumbya and (2) it is an impossible task to out-dumb him — although you’ve really taken a decent run at it.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:57 amJust get on the bus, Gus
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t have to discuss much,
Just get yourself free
(Apologies to Paul Simon)
McFlipFlop reaches a new low, along with the other Bushlickers.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:57 amAt least he can claim PTSD. What’s the the others’ excuse?
Watching McCain implode and self-destruct over the past few months has been really sad. There was a time I thought there was something there. But now his staff and family really should have him locked away and tested for premature senile dementia. Ethics classes would be good, too. Only someone who is insane or a liar can say stuff like his comment yesterday about how safe it is to walk the streets of Bagdahd. Even Wolfie Blitzer on CNN apparently cannot stand it anymore. Immediately after reporting that latest McCain idiotic statement, Wolfie went straight to their reporter in Bagdahd, who basically pointed out that McCain was an idiot who had no ()*_)& idea what he was talking about. This while there was sounds of gunfire and explosions in the background during the report. From the safety of the Green Zone, I believe it was.
March 28th, 2007 at 8:59 amthe man is like a train wreck! horrifying to be sure, and yet morbidly fascinating…
March 28th, 2007 at 8:59 amI bet 1 virtual buck that the early embrace and advice to McCain by the religRight followed by the absurd place it’s brought him to was calculated by Karl. (of course McCain is such a willing fool, but that was in the calculation)
I bet 1 more vitual buck that the master plan is to roil all the Republickin candidates so that Jeb can more in and “unite” the party at the last minute.
Any takers?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:03 amOK, its official, McCain is an idiot. You don’t call those who can make or break your image jerks, and the media certainly does have that power. Its the same as verbally abusing people who handle your food, you are just gonna end up the butt of a joke, whether you know about it or not.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:03 amAnd it still was downhill from there…!
Sad old fool.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:06 amMcCrazy!
March 28th, 2007 at 9:08 amFrom war hero to Beetle Bailey.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:16 amMaybe those “jerks” can just quit covering him from now until 2008. News blackout on John McCain. And by the way, NO ONE is going to vote for anyone whose last name is Bush. Not now and not for decades to come.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:18 amI hope he stays in the campaign as long as possible. I work in radio. Let him waste all the money he has on ad time, it will feed a few of my people, which is more than he would try to do if elected.
Waste that money, jerk! You couldn’t win a caucus if it was composed entirely of McCains!
March 28th, 2007 at 9:20 amJeb run? Oh how fun! He’d have to run against his brother’s record and his own name. I think mental midgets run in that family – not sure the country will buy into him somehow being an exception.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:22 amMcCain is going senile right before our eyes. It’s really sad, actually.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:22 amLike politicians Media Jerks are also despicable species all around the world. Their misdemeanours include misrepresentation and misinterpretation of facts and tring to make celebrities angry on Camera. Not to speak about politicians.
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com
March 28th, 2007 at 9:26 amtakes one to know one
March 28th, 2007 at 9:36 amThis while there was sounds of gunfire and explosions in the background during the report. From the safety of the Green Zone, I believe it was.
Comment by HeartlandLiberal — March 28, 2007 @ 8:59 am
Wasn’t that amazing. Clearly “jerks on the bus” is not going to be his big problem. His we have to beat them in Iraq so they don’t follow us back here was jaw-dropping. It’s almost like he’s trying to get out of the race.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:38 amI haven’t trusted McCain since that silly act he performed when his hands were caught in Charles Keating’s pockets. I’ll never vote for him again.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:40 amWow, John McCame is really unravelling.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:40 amIf he thought they were jerks before….wait till the next interview.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:49 amObviously, if McCain is referring to “media jerks” on the Faux “No News”channel, he doesn’t have clue one what a jerk is. Of course if he took time to look in a mirror he would know immediately, as well as look around himself in the Faux studio.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:50 amaww shucks… he’s jus’ joshin’ wit’ ya’ll…
March 28th, 2007 at 9:51 amgood jokin’ wit’ those foxy friends, ya know…
McCain will never make it. He calls the media jerks what a fool. I at one time had respect for McCain but when he helpped Old Bushies with his campagin that was it. In the 2000 election when Old Bushies degraded McCain how could he endorse Old Bushies? He sold his soul to the devil. He is to old to be Priesident.
#12 To Old lady Barbara Bush You are out of your mind if you think we want another IDIOT Bush in the White House. Your son Bush and Cheney should be impeach for war crimes and spend the rest of their life in prison.
March 28th, 2007 at 9:55 amJohn McCain is the PERFECT Repulsivescum presidential candidate…
…he’s a hypocrite, a liar, AND a thief…
…ALL of the right qualifications…
…to lead the future conned’self-serving “movement”…
…over the cliff…
…Come to think of it…
…Rudy’s the same way…
…actually ALL of the right wing candidates…
…fit the bill…
…happy hunting inbred Repulsivescum TRAITORS…
March 28th, 2007 at 9:58 amWhat a jerk. And I mean it. How much longer will this fool’s candidacy last, I wonder?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:59 ami can’t help but wonder if that aw shucks attitude is because he knows, KNOWS, that his Selection is already wrapped up… he’s not working so hard because he doesn’t have to…
on the other hand… i once heard of a scenario in which jeb is brought in as a VP replacement when darth bows out for health reasons, thus effectively sewing up the election for him…
this judge-gate should illuminate a plan to insure there are NO legal disputes involving election results… just a hunch…
March 28th, 2007 at 10:01 am…
Either this guy knows his chances of becoming President are nil and he is cracking up at that reality or he is already nuts and yesterday’s talk of walking down streets in Baghdad is a prime example of his senility. The Straight Talk Express is going off the rails – like a crazy train.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:05 amYou fate has been sealed.
Not one single Repuke I know wants this idiot to win the nomination, much less the Presidency.
Why not jump into a coffin and we can nail it shut for you, stupid old JERK.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:07 amWow, cool video and interesting discussion ;-)
Greetings from Germany
March 28th, 2007 at 10:11 amSven Fischer
Anyone appearing on Fox & Friends is automatically a JERK!
March 28th, 2007 at 10:13 amAfter watching McCain on CNN yesterday saying how rosy the situation in Iraq was, I tried calling his DC office. There must have been some sort of clamor because I was put on hold for about 10 minutes then after mentioning “IRAQ” the intern said oh you need to talk to Justin, then I was transferred to his mailbox, that was uh full. So I called back on hold for another 10 minutes and told the intern to tell Justin to check his voicemail, and told the intern to tell McCain to step down and resign. I look forward to seeing McCain uh brought to justice for war crimes against humanity, along with the rest of the criminals in the US Military/Government/Media. tar/feather
March 28th, 2007 at 10:13 amBY FAR THE BIGGEST ‘JERK’ ON THE PLANET IS SITTING ON THE BUS CAMPAIGNING -
March 28th, 2007 at 10:36 amhe is playing to the fox base who have this delusion that the rest of the media outside of the safe walls of fox news are “jerks” and that fox news is somehow above that.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:37 amDo you think he has Alzheimer’s? His behavior has gotten pretty bizarre.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:38 amOf course he thinks the Media are a bunch of jerks. They are finally exposing him for the flip-flopper he is, rather than the “straight talk” candidate. I wish I had the skills to produce a political ad. If I had the skills I would show his “straight talk express” bus driving down a road and then put on the screen one of his flip flops, the bus veers off the road…oops….and then do it again and again until his bus is in the ditch.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:39 am…
He let them on the bus and they all started groovin’
He said I hate you jerks but I gotta keep movin’
…
on …
keep movin’ on
Last dance for Saint McCain
one more quote he can’t expai ai ainnn
He feel’s Rudy movin’ in
And he’ll try that town hall thing agai ai ainnn
It was too cold to cry when he woke up alone
He kicked the jerks off the bus and he drove it back home
Last dance for Saint McCain
March 28th, 2007 at 10:41 amone more quote he can’t expai ai ainnn
He feel’s Rudy movin’ in
And he’ll try that town hall thing agai ai ainnn
Do you think he has Alzheimer’s? His behavior has gotten pretty bizarre.
Comment by coral — March 28, 2007 @ 10:38 am
He did seem pretty incoherent on CNN. Still spoke clearer than Bushwad. Reagan, Bush, McCain – do you think maybe Republicanism causes Alzheimers?
March 28th, 2007 at 10:43 amWith the pile of shit Republicans have created maybe no Republican really wants to be President. It will be too much like work and that bunch of pansies has never had to work before.
So far none of them could really be elected.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:47 amAnd I’d personally LOVE Jeb running. Love to do our own Swift Boating of that election-stealing brother of the worst President ever.
I say McCain hasn’t changed. The media has. They finally call him on his crap. The credit belongs to the blogosphere. The MSM now knows the truth will be revealed on the internet and if they leave this garbage unchallenged they look as deranged as the Republicans.
March 28th, 2007 at 10:58 am#48. Nicollo MacPlato – Nice job on that song! (Tom Petty I believe?!)
March 28th, 2007 at 11:18 amMCCAIN: Come on. You are welcome on., JERK.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:28 amMany of the readers have caught on. McCain is senile, truly so. And he is pathetic. Even though I have never agreed with his political philosophy or his tactics, he is, nevertheless, a human being who has contributed in his own way to his country. I hope someone in his group catches on and removes him gently from the public eye and the political arena before he further embarasses himself. He deserves a better exit than the one his creating now. Can anyone help him?
March 28th, 2007 at 11:45 amMcPAIN is RIGHT when he calls the media JERKS but he forgot TO INCLUDE HIMSELF AS THE BIGGEST JERK OF THEM ALL AMONG THEM!!!!! WITH SO MANY “JERKS”, INCLHDING HIMSELF ON HIS SO-CALLED “STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS” IT’S A WONDER THAT DAMN BUS GETS ANYWHERE, “JERKING OFF” COURSE SO OFTEN!!!!! McPAIN should rename his bus “THE FLIP-FLOP FLIVVY” which is MORE APROPOS to his brand of SCHIZOID PSYCHOPATHIC MANIA!!!!!
March 28th, 2007 at 2:20 pmtemper, temper!
March 28th, 2007 at 2:39 pmI think McCain is going to really blow his top in public one day soon (the way that he’s always rumored to do in private). You can see him itching to do it. Like we really need a loose cannon like him in charge of things.
March 28th, 2007 at 3:10 pmDid he qualify that with “present company excluded” or “present comany exclusively”?
March 28th, 2007 at 5:13 pm