McCain Demanded Kerry Apologize For Botched Joke, Now Tells Critics To ‘Get A Life’
McCain Demanded Kerry Apologize For Botched Joke, Now Tells Critics To ‘Get A Life’
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) responds to criticism of his “bomb, bomb Iran” song by hiding behind veterans and then blowing the matter off:
The Arizona Republican was asked for his reaction to any negative response to the joke when he arrived in Las Vegas for a fundraiser Thursday night.
“Please, I was talking to some of my old veterans friends,” he told reporters. “My response is, Lighten up and get a life.”
When reporters asked if the joke was insensitive, McCain said: “Insensitive to what? The Iranians?”
McCain’s reaction represents yet another flip-flop. When Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) botched a joke about military service last fall, McCain was among Kerry’s first and most vocal critics. McCain repeatedly said that even if Kerry was joking, he should still apologize.
Here’s McCain on ABC’s Good Morning America on 11/1/06:
McCAIN: Well, I’ve read and watched the statement over and over and I’m not sure how you could construe it that way, but if that’s the case, an apology is in order and we can move on. I have made a number of mistakes in my life, which I’d not like to chronicle all over again. But I’ve found that if you — if it is just a botched joke, then apologize and move on.
And again on Fox News on 10/31/06:
Well, my reaction is it’s hard for me to understand that [it was a joke]. But I’ll be glad to give Senator Kerry the benefit of the doubt. He should apologize.
McCain’s botched joke is actually probably less of a concern than his botched credibility.
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Rape-Public-Cans, how painful is the death of your idealogy? It has been excruciating to us.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:21 amMcCain’s joke was insensitive to our troops who have been fighting in Iraq for 4+ years and now McCain is joking that we should start the next war, this time with Iran. McCain is irrelevant.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:24 amI hope this story grows some legs. And the Democrats keep bringing this up.
Is McJowls dropping out of the race? Is this his “Howard Dean” moment?
April 20th, 2007 at 10:25 amLittle Johnny McCain is one neuron short of a synapse.
His “get a life” comment in response to questioning about his stupid “bomb Iran” quip should really be the last nail in his coffin.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:27 amI can imagine the reality of Pork Chop’s fundraising in Las Vegas:
Wandering up and down the aisles between the slot machines, Big Gulp cup in hand, hitting up patrons…
“Say, I’m running for president, can you spare some change?”
“Ha ha ha ha, sure honey, here, hold my drink for me while I go to the bathroom, this machine’s about ready to pop, if you’ll hold it for me till I get back, I’ll split it with ya, 60/40″
April 20th, 2007 at 10:27 amDude.. I used to like McCain.. what happened? Do you think Rove came to him with a “silver or lead” proposal?… ie…. “be our cheerleader and we’ll throw our weight behind you in 08, or refuse and we’ll make sure you never make it past the primaries”….
I’ll bet something like this happened.. too bad McCain hitched his wagon to a dead horse….
April 20th, 2007 at 10:29 amYes, Iranians. We have Iranians living in this country. My coworker is married to one, and their kids are half Iranian.
Does McCain think cute little songs about bombing Iran are funny to them?
When that clip is replayed on Al Jazeera in the Middle East, does he think the cute little song will be funny to their audience?
McCain must realize that his public actions have consequences. Any time he is in front of a camera, he has to expect that anyone around the world could view what he does and says, and, as an elected representative of the American people who is running for President, he should act accordingly. There is no such thing as a private joke when you’re in front of any audience or any camera when you are an elected member of Congress. If that is a problem for him, he shouldn’t run for office.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:33 amHaving watched my mother, my aunt, and many other relatives, slip into Alzheimer’s, it seems pretty obvious that McCain is on that path. He appears to be suffering from a serious neurological illness that causes him to not remember and not act appropriately and to say whatever comes to mind. I have never liked him or his politics, but in this case, I think it would be appropriate to treat him like someone suffering a true illness — who should be taken out of the game for that reason — instead of a desperate pol looking for a new angle. If news bloggers keep making this point, perhaps it will penetrate to the near dead media folks higher up.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:39 amListen McCains comments would have seen any minister in any country fired except for America where these comments stick in morons head , Its like a form of hypnotic suggestion on the population
totally digusting remarks McCain How can anybody joke about bombing and killing other countries
PS Bin laden was on ready steady cook where he made a big apple crumble in 5 minutes
April 20th, 2007 at 10:40 amSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is more hawkish, unpredictable, temperamental, and irresponsible than President Bush. In contrast to George Bush, who merely refused to talk to the North Koreans for years, Sen. McCain has cheerfully suggested bombing the heavily armed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Needless to say, his lighthearted approach to war has not endeared him to the South Koreans, who would wear big bullseyes when the North retaliated.
http://www.antiwar.com/bandow/?articleid=10844
April 20th, 2007 at 10:42 ami never considered mcCAVE’s little song as a joke…
April 20th, 2007 at 10:44 amhe was, quite obviously, “thinking out loud”…
repeating the message of his rabid party idjits…
OK. John McCain endured captivity in North Vietnam with dignity and character that deserve our respect.
That said, I recall that it wasn’t until after he was captured that he began to comprehend why the people he was attacking from the air felt that he, personally, had done them wrong.
Sounds like the old mindset survives.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:45 am#6 I think this is exactly what happened. They ruined McCain in 2000, and they are ruining him again. I doubt his campaign will last through the primaries. I think it is hilarious, and just desserts for McCain for supporting Bush in 2004.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:45 am“Sir, if you’ll direct your binoculars downwards and a little back, you’ll see that huge shark. Actually, there may be two of them there. Yes, sir, we’ll make a very big splash when we hit the water.”
April 20th, 2007 at 10:47 amThe difference is McCains joke wasn’t botched. He cracked a joke about a terrorist state that is an enemy of the USA. I fail to see how this would offend anyone but our enemies, but we shouldn’t have a problem when an American citizen offends the terrorist leaders of Iran.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:47 amkill kill kill, kill John McCain.
Ah, c’mon, it’s just a joke…
April 20th, 2007 at 10:49 amMcCain’s botched joke is actually probably less of a concern than his botched credibility.
–Nico
**SMACK!!**
April 20th, 2007 at 10:50 amAgreed, Rogerx2, the joke was not botched.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:51 amHe just had a hard time singing ’cause of his nose being all plugged up…..
I’m Chuckles McCain and I’ll be here at the Giggleshack all week. Try the veal!
-GSD
April 20th, 2007 at 10:55 amNo surprises here: he has to out-blitzkreig “America’s Mayor” to earn the toughest-asswipe-in-town crown that’s so critical to the Church of Death and Destruction and their congregants.
Zipperheads want to be reassured that if their man gets in, he’ll fulfill his duty to mercilessly slaughter any rag head that gets in the way of claiming what that great big invisible man in the sky provided to us as his chosen nation: the keystone of our entire transportation infrastructure — the lynchpin of our entire misguided economy — black gold — Texas tea — oil.
Six dollars a gallon is but a sortie away.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:59 amOh, no yan’t offend an Iranian. They aren’t like “us.” Many have dark skin tone and their language sounds like the work “fart.” Carry on Senator Shovebambooupmyfingernails. This is something I’m sure his “old vetaran friends” understand implicitly and we just aren’t sharp enough to pick up on the vibe. Whatever.
What a pathetic death spiral of a political career.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:00 amFck McCain! Over six years of a delusional phychopath is more than enough. Our country will not survive another president so disconnected from reality.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:00 amI fail to see how this would offend anyone but our enemies, but we shouldn’t have a problem when an American citizen offends the terrorist leaders of Iran.
Comment by Roger_Roger
You fail to see how this might offend the TROOPS WHO WOULD BE SENT INTO ANOTHER WAR?
April 20th, 2007 at 11:03 amThere is no such thing as a private joke when you’re in front of any audience or any camera when you are an elected member of Congress. If that is a problem for him, he shouldn’t run for office.
Comment by lw
If that’s a problem for McCain, he shouldn’t BE in office, any office!
April 20th, 2007 at 11:05 am“I fail to see how this would offend anyone but our enemies, but we shouldn’t have a problem when an American citizen offends the terrorist leaders of Iran.”
rogerroger
it’s not more than a question of offending offending Iran, this guy wants to be the president of the United States, he wants to have his finger on the button. They are our enemy now, in part because bush rebuffed them after 9-11, and has painted all of us into a corner with his cowboy act. If we’re not ready and able to “bomb” a country, (and we’re not, thanks to your president) then we shoudn’t be talking about it. If we are ready and able to do that, why warn them? It shows a lack understanding about the consecequences of what he’s saying. the fact that you “fail to see” what the problem is superizes no one
April 20th, 2007 at 11:08 amroger roger is one of those people who think that party affiliation equates intelligence and correctness. he’s one of those republican PC police.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:10 amre # 25
sorry, the first sentence read “it’s more…” I need to proofread…
April 20th, 2007 at 11:11 amJust the kind of level headed leader we’re looking for. Not. Had my interest in 2000 but that has faded.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:12 amRoger Rabbit demonstrates yet again why Americans are hated and feared the world over.
1. The moral imbecility of his ‘black hats and white hats’ view of complex international relations - clearly also demonstrated by John ‘batshit-crazy-21′ McCain.
2. The inability to see how what McCain said can be seen outside the US as a naked threat to start indiscriminate bombing of a sovereign nation by a ’serious’ presidential candidate
3. Why is McCain’s statement any different than anything Ahmadinejad has said about Israel?
4. Roger’s inability to see the average person in Iran as anything other than untermensch, deserving of any hell from the sky McCain feels he can drop.
Roger - report back on where you are buying the $1.15 gasoline that you predicted last September - I’m running low here.
Roger you are an ignorant fascist.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:12 am# 25, Comment by bob (not the hacker)
I agree. This endless taunting of other countries is sooooooo childish, it’s so 4th grade. Any day now I expect to hear, “My daddy is bigger than your daddy. My daddy will kick your daddy’s butt if you don’t let me play.”
April 20th, 2007 at 11:18 amTend to agree with poster #8….sounds like someone with impaired thought processes.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:22 amJohn McCain perhaps does not seem to reaize or care that if the U.S. were to bomb Iran’s nuclear reactor, the explosions from those bombings would then contaminate the water supply of Iran, thereby killing and harming hundreds of thousands of Iranians. Compassionate conservatism at its finest.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:23 amMcCain must apologize, then resign from the Senate since he is senile!
April 20th, 2007 at 11:26 amGood Morning Terry and all, great posts…..Poor Mcnutty’s trolly has jumped all the rail’s, sad to see realy….I would never have voted for him but he did have my respect for his contrabution’s to our country many years ago…Not the case any more, he is so out there his number’s can’t be counted…..Blessings
April 20th, 2007 at 11:32 amMcCain has lost his mind. How can a guy who is opposed to what over sixty percent of Americans want think he can win anything. Get a life you stupid old idiot…you work for Americans, you are not a king or dictator. You are a crazy dumbass just like Dubya.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:37 amWhat a shameful person is Senator McCain and his supporters! With such comments, even Iranians who are opposed to the policies of the Iranian government (myself) will tend to support the government against US invasion. When do boneheads such as McCain realize that “bombs” will not solve their problems. You have to respect other nations’ sovereingty and get out of their regions ASAP.
Ameican leaders have always created fear among their citizens to fool them and do whatever they want. In the past it was communism. Now it is terrorism. The people of America should know that ordinary people in the world consider American leaders as the most dangerous terrorists in the world.
April 20th, 2007 at 11:38 amGood day Sharon.
Well even Ross Perot is looking electable now, compared to John ‘Dubyas Ball Washer’ McCain.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:11 pmI think the false assessment in the original post is that this was a botched joke. It wasn’t botched because he meant it the way it sounded (even if you believe his intent was a joke).
Kerry made a “botched” joke, because people felt he slighted the troops when his actual target (and I felt, obvious target) was the president.
I find it offensive that a US Senator, who is running for President, would be so flippant in public about the issue of bombing another country.
I say call him on it. Iran is an issue that the next President will have to address and he has obviously made up his mind on his approach. It is obvious that he believes what the current administration believes and that war is the first resort and not the last resort. How very Christian of them…
The other candidates should use his own words against him.
- John
April 20th, 2007 at 12:12 pmWell even Ross Perot is looking electable now, compared to John ‘Dubyas Ball Washer’ McCain.
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — April 20, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
My chance has come, at last!
Oh, wait a minute; I’m dead.
Forget it.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:19 pmI just love politics, first McCain hounds Kerry to apologize for an insensitive joke. Then McCain turns around and, in my humble opinion, makes an even more improper and insensitive joke and blows the whole thing off. What a two-faced doofus.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:24 pmI guess their is a double standard. One for the Republicans that can say anything and get away with it. If the Dems say anything the Neocons don’t like they will keep bitching about it.
McCain has losted it. He will never be President. He will be to old anyway 72 years old.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:26 pmRogerX2
The uncomfortable silence that followed his “Joke” kind of makes me feel it wasn’t quite the success you thought it was.
Oh yeah, and if you think going into a third war would be funny, well maybe you need a bit of psychiatric help.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:52 pmI will say it again… McCain is doing this on purpose.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:54 pmTwo possible reasons: 1, his revenge on the RNC for their trashing of him during the primaries. 2, to buy them time and make their tral candidate (whoever that turns out to be) look more reasonable.
Look back at some of his interviews like the Daily Show, and others where he knows he is not in the spotlight of the right wing, and he is sensible and very, very bitter.
CaptainVideo
No, McCain succeeding Bush would be from the fire into the microwave.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:15 pmOh he’s not sorry, it’s McCain’s new strategy:
Operation Karaoke: McCain to Croon More Policy Tunes
EWM- (April 20, 2007, Washington, DC) –Buoyed by the extensive coverage of his “bomb Iran†parody of the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann,†Senator John McCain has ordered his staff to launch what he’s calling “Operation Karaoke,†a multi-media road show that he hopes will revive his sagging campaign by crooning more foreign policy tunes.
A top aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity, expressed concern. “We’ve gone from the ’straight-talk express’ to claiming it’s safe to walk around in Baghdad to singing about carpet-bombing countries. So if you’re asking me if he’s lost his freaking mind, I’d have to say ‘absolutely.’ 
…To demonstrate to 40-somethings that he’s still quite the hipster, McCain will issue new versions of Joan Jett’s “I love rock and roll†(”I love shock and awe”) and the classic Deep Purple anthem will become “Smoke on your daughter.â€
Disco aficionados won’ be left out as Kool and the Gang’s “Celebration†will be sung, “annihilate, good times, come on!†and the updated KC and the Sunshine Band classic will be retooled to go, “Give sheik the booty. 
April 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pmI guess he thought we are ready to attack another country after his lovely walk thru of the Bagdhad market.
Delusions creating more delusions…what a great way of thinking!!!
He’s surely getting the Bush disease of sheer stupidity.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:35 pmAMEN.
The first “joke” wasn’t funny (although, as has been pointed out in the past, death is very humorous to Republicans for some reason), but the insensitive comment about “offensive to what? Iranians” is just flat-out RACIST and is absolutely inexcusable. Hate the Iranian government? Fine. Hate all Iranians because of the actions of a few? Disgustingly RACIST.
April 20th, 2007 at 1:42 pmCan we say early onset dementia?
April 20th, 2007 at 1:43 pm#29 I never called all the people of Iran terrorist. I actually know otherwise as all the people of the world (outside terrorists, dictators, and nuts) want freedom and democracy. The normal Iranian citizen is no different. My remark was towards the terrorist leaders controling Iran and holding the Iranian people back from the freedom and democracy they deserve. We cannot equate these terrorist leaders with the normal Iranian. The normal Iranian isn’t our enemy, but those that are holding them captive certainly are. It is sad that the world doesn’t take notice and doesn’t help until these same terrorist losers attempt to create nukes to harm us and our allies. In the perfect world, the UN would have already overthrown these terrorists and further assisted the Iranian people in their journey towards democracy and complete freedom.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:06 pmThe Recall John McCain Committee
http://www.recallmccain.org/
http://therealmccain.com/
Does the White House give John McCain a deck of Cards to play with?
April 20th, 2007 at 2:18 pmIs McCain a Queen of Diamonds Manchurian Candidate ?
Whoa… Just like “W” and us… Amazing how much we actually have in common with the average Iranian.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:20 pmMcDumbass is getting more desperate every day. Now he’s a shock jock.
He probably handles-up on himself when watching this:
April 20th, 2007 at 2:28 pmhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=aKQV9PHhsD0
Qhy is everyone mad at McCain. Ahmadinejad has called to for Israel to be wipped out and the Left was silnt.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:33 pmAyatollah Khamanei has called for America’s destruction and the Left didn’t get upset?
Please explain the Left’s support of the Iranian Fascist regime?
#52 I fail to see how any president is holding us back from the Freedom and Democracy we already had. The only thing I can really think of is the illegal wire taps which I am thoroughly against. That doesn’t come close to the terrorist leaders of Iran however.
April 20th, 2007 at 2:35 pmYou are correct Parrotlover77….But R2 never does get it…We are no better off right now than 3rd world countries…..The dictators in charge of our country are hated here and around the world, who will save us?…Blessings
April 20th, 2007 at 2:39 pmRoger_Roger:
Rather free with calling the the Iranian leaders terrorists. Yes it sadly is too easy to label and name call. But if the Iranians have done anything wrong, history both past and present proves that the US, England and Israel are a thousand times worse offenders.
April 20th, 2007 at 3:07 pm#54 Well, considering that never happened…did you come fresh from your session with Limbaugh?
April 20th, 2007 at 3:40 pmBomb Bomb Bomb Iran!
Yes get upset Commies!
April 20th, 2007 at 4:35 pmIt’s ok for Iran to call for our destruction but we can’t call for theirs?
You clowns are hypocrites!
i dunno… he’s acting like the guy who knows he’s gonna get the keys to the retiring boss’s penthouse office… he has no cares…
this was no private conversation… no casual group of friends…
he was asked a question from the audience - “wondering if an attack on Iran is in the works” - and his answer was yes… “bomb iran”…
but i think he thinks he’s part of the plan…
April 20th, 2007 at 4:35 pmand he just might be…
…
Roger Rabbit - so American smart bombs can distinguish between normal Iranian citizens and ruling class Iranians? You are a delusional fool - in the planned air assault McCain finds so funny, conservative predictions are that 10000 Iranians will die. If the average Iranian doesn’t hate you now, they will by then.
And stop the ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ bs. Iran had freedom and democratic self-government in 1953 when your CIA overthrew the government and gifted Iran 25 years of the Shah and the SAVAK. America talks about ‘freedom’ the way the Soviets talked about ‘peace’.
April 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pmIran’s response; Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill John McCain.-Not joking.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:27 pm“Get a life”- more self-righteous Republican hypocrasy. Their double-standard is “do as I say, not as I do”.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:29 pmHow would this loser want his close friend to turn on him after he put his foot in his mouth. McCain is a flip flopping moron who’s going to loose the nomination because he sold his soul for twenty pieces of silver. He wanted to be commander in chief so bad, he forgot to what he stood for. I’m sorry John my intregrity means more to me and silver.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:55 pmMcCain is toast. What an idiotic thing to do! Does this imbecile realize that if the US bombs Iran, Iranians troops will go right across the border with Iraq and massacre US troops?
How does he think this will play on Iranian TV? Why is he giving fodder to crazy Ahmadi-Nejad?
Finally, would he think it funny if a representative of another country sang the same song about the US: “Bomb, bomb, bomb, the USA?”
McCain has gone from being an interesting maverick in 2000 to a Bush asskisser in 2004, and now to being a senile, crazy, old man, who is fighting Vietnam all over again and brownosing the religious right.
April 20th, 2007 at 8:18 pmMaybe the Iranians will get preemptive…
…on McCain…
…the hypocrisy of the msm is astounding…
…Howard Dean’s so-called “SCREAM!”…
…ruined his candidacy…
…but this scumbag would be murderer gets nothing more than a passing mention…
…right wing al Ceeracku*s can apparently do and say anything…
…as long as their corporate co-conspirators control the airwaves…
…save American democracy…
… RUIN RUPERT MURDOCH…
April 20th, 2007 at 8:35 pmWhy do you Leftists support the Iranian regime?
April 20th, 2007 at 10:09 pmThey call for America’s destruction all the time. You guys say nothing.
Move there since you clowns like it so much!
What percentage of McCain’s 2000 primary voters do ya suppose will be pulling the lever for him this time? I’ll bet no more than 10%.
I know I won’t be one of the deluded few.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:40 pmJoker; have I got a joker for you. We Americans call for the destruction of the Bush administration. But that may not be necessary now. It seems to be in a self-destruct mode by itself.
April 20th, 2007 at 10:48 pmHaving watched my mother, my aunt, and many other relatives, slip into Alzheimer’s, it seems pretty obvious that McCain is on that path. … I have never liked him or his politics, but in this case, I think it would be appropriate to treat him like someone suffering a true illness — who should be taken out of the game for that reason — instead of a desperate pol looking for a new angle. If news bloggers keep making this point, perhaps it will penetrate to the near dead media folks higher up.
Comment by Eli Bennet — April 20, 2007 @ 10:39 am
Finally, someone on this site who believes McCain is impaired and doesn’t go on to ridicule him or call him vile names. And then there are these:
Poor Mcnutty’s trolly has jumped all the rail’s, sad to see realy….I would never have voted for him but he did have my respect for his contrabution’s to our country many years ago…Not the case any more, he is so out there his number’s can’t be counted…..Blessings
Comment by Sharon — April 20, 2007 @ 11:32 am
McCain has lost his mind…. Get a life you stupid old idiot…you work for Americans, you are not a king or dictator. You are a crazy dumbass just like Dubya.
Comment by kasinca — April 20, 2007 @ 11:37 am
“Can we say early onset dementia?”
Comment by jwm71 — April 20, 2007 @ 1:43 pm
Can we say hateful?
I hope nobody in your families ever develops dementia, since they can expect to “lose your respect” and be called “crazy dumbass.” I don’t know whether McCain is mentally sound or not, but this is very sorry treatment from people who think he is impaired. And Republicans are the party of hate?
“roger roger is one of those people who think that party affiliation equates intelligence and correctness. he’s one of those republican PC police.”
Comment by bob (not the hacker) — April 20, 2007 @
11:10 am
Political correctness, and all its attendent foolishness, are the creation and responsibility of liberals.
“…The people of America should know that ordinary people in the world consider American leaders as the most dangerous terrorists in the world.”
Comment by Mike M. — April 20, 2007 @ 11:38 am
The number of people who have emigrated here in the last few years, plus those on waiting lists, plus those who take the risk of coming here illegally show that quite a large number of people disagree with your statement. I suspect that those who agree with you are either very liberal, and as such, believe with the majority on this site. Or they live in a country without a free press and they have nothing to counter the lies their government tells them.
April 21st, 2007 at 12:31 amOr they live in a country without a free press and they have nothing to counter the lies their government tells them.
Wow, this sounds really familiar….
April 21st, 2007 at 2:23 amPolitical correctness, and all its attendent foolishness, are the creation and responsibility of liberals.
Comment by cc — April 21, 2007 @ 12:31 am
What a strange thing to say.
April 21st, 2007 at 10:40 amIt’s like all car manufacturers in Japan have the last name Ford because he invented the process.
It’s like peer pressure never existed until the 60’s.
It’s like McCarthy never conducted a witch hunt for Communists, and that he wasn’t a Republican.
lol@ all you critics…
And lol@ bomb bomb iran….
I for one, got a chuckle out of it….
April 21st, 2007 at 11:26 amWhy do you listen to these LIARS who call themselves politicians then tolerate it when they keep secrets from you.All the while you complain and do nothing.Americans should be ashamed of themselves. YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT ME.LET ALONE TRY AND ESTABLISH A SECULAR NATION!HA HA.SEEK ME OUT SINCERELY, AND I WILL MAKE MY PRESENCE KNOWN TO YOU.
-GOD
April 21st, 2007 at 11:29 amI agree with Joker, you leftys need to get some balls and quit your whinin’. Bomb em before they can bomb us!
April 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pmMcCain was tortured, and initially protested against the administration’s torture policy. After all the rebuttal he got, he backed down from what he thought was the right thing to do. I know this is killing him inside. However, I cannot support someone who cannot find his moral spine.
April 21st, 2007 at 2:52 pmMassacre American troops? Give your military some credit :P
April 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pmAmerican troops are much more capable of fighting regular armies than insurgencies.
RON PAUL ‘08 !!!
April 21st, 2007 at 6:49 pmWow, this sounds really familiar….
Comment by TerrytheTurtle — April 21, 2007 @ 2:23 am
Why? Have you lived outside the U.S., where you might have experienced it?
What a strange thing to say.
It’s like all car manufacturers in Japan have the last name Ford because he invented the process.
It’s like peer pressure never existed until the 60’s.
It’s like McCarthy never conducted a witch hunt for Communists, and that he wasn’t a Republican.
Comment by Rex — April 21, 2007 @ 10:40 am
None of your statements has anything to do with the liberal creation of political correctness as a way of controlling people’s conversation.
April 21st, 2007 at 7:12 pmimus makes racial and/or gender slurs and gets his, while mccain makes a mockery of a red/white & blue all american song, changing the lyrics to say “bomb” meaning kill a fellow country, and gets a pass. what’s wrong here is that mccain operates under the premise that the US is superior to all other countries, and that we should bomb at our own whim anyone we perceive does not worship at our altar. bombing = murder, period. americans should be outraged, but instead we’re supposed to pass it off as a bit of “good o’l boy locker room humor” just letting off steam, having a laugh. mccain is a DISGRACE and americans should be ashamed to be affiliated with his racist attempt to portray humor as genocide. this is not a GOP vs Dem or neocon vs. liberal issue, this is an issue of a united states senator using inflamatory language, advocating a hate crime. the very lack of offense on the part of mainstream america is testament to our moral decline. why are the beach boys silent about this? where are the churches on this, where’s jesse jackson and sharpton? where’s the outrage of student groups and the anti-defamation leagues? where’s bush on this, or bush sr? where’s the outrage from barrack and hillary? where’s jimmy carter on this? or the dixie chicks? just a harmless little play on words, nobody really got hurt, except our credibility and integrity. i for one am ashamed.
April 23rd, 2007 at 5:06 pm