McCain To Murtha: ‘Lighten Up And Get A Life’
On Tuesday’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about his notorious recent shopping trip at a Baghdad market. McCain responded, “I had something picked out for you, too — a little IED to put on your desk.”
Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) last night blasted McCain’s comment, calling it “outrageous” that he would “joke about IEDs when our kids are getting blown up!”
This morning on ABC’s Good Morning America, McCain called Murtha a hysteric. “I don’t know how to react to that kind of hysteria to a comedy show. All I’m going to say to Murtha and others. … Lighten up and get a life.” Watch it:
When he recently faced criticism over his “Bomb bomb Iran” song, McCain similarly responded, “Lighten up and get a life.” Hardly a surprise from someone who thinks it’s “fun” to “misspeak” about the war.
Transcript:
SAWYER: And you have taken it on the YouTube chin a couple of times for being yourself out there. There was the moment of the parody of the Beach Boys, Barbara Ann, Bomb Iran.
And then something you said on Jon Stewart is getting a reaction from John Murtha. I think you made a joke about IEDs, roadside bombs, with Jon Stewart. And another war veteran, John Murtha, had a reaction. And I’ll play that this morning.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
J. MCCAIN: I had something really picked out for you, too.
STEWART: Did you really?
J. MCCAIN: Yes, a nice little IED to put onto your desk.
(LAUGHTER)
STEWART: Well, that’s very lovely of you. Thank you.
(END VIDEO CLIP) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
REP. JOHN P. MURTHA, D-PA.: Imagine a presidential candidate making a joke about IEDs, when these kids are blown apart. It’s outrageous. That individual owes an apology to every troop that serves in Iraq.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
SAWYER: A reaction to John Murtha?
J. MCCAIN: I don’t know how to react to that kind of hysteria. On a comedy show, I’m going to use humor. When I was in combat and in tough situations, we used humor all the time. And all I can say is, to Murtha and others, Lighten up and get a life. I’m going to continue to use humor and I don’t — look, that is so — such a stretch that I can’t respond to it.
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Maybe McCain can lighten up and get a life after he gets clobbered in New Hampshire and Iowa.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:42 pmMcCain - “Yeah get a life Murtha!!! War is funny if you just laugh at it with me. Jeez why are you so sensitive you defeatist coward?”
April 26th, 2007 at 12:44 pmDoesn’t Jack Murtha know that he can’t critisize Saint Straight Talker? Congressman Murtha better get his priorities right.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pmMcCain, just go away and leave us all alone.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pm“Murtha…lighten up…become an airhead like me and then you’ll see how funny I am.” - John McCain
April 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pmlove that screen shot…
“… Lighten up and get a life.â€
… he STILL doesn’t get it…
April 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pmOn a comedy show, I’m going to use humor.
A joke about blowing a guy is not a joke.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pmThe Straight Talk Express has downsized to a Mini- Cooper clown’s car..Beep..Beep….. Johnny…Beep.. Beep
April 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pmLets see if he says the same to our dead young men and women’ family who lost their lives in this crappy war.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pmEarly Onset Dementia, no doubt.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pmCan anyone take this guy seriously? Bush mangles the language and concepts he tries to present - but even he isn’t this cold, this hubristic to soldiers’ danger. This new, light-hearted McCain is an unserious fellow. Too unserious about the threats which we face to be allowed near nuclear weapons. He’s also too devil-may-care about the threats Iraqis face, to be put in charge of the war effort.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:51 pmWow, the cool “people guy” persona he’s trying desperately to adopt looks soo bad on him. Maybe he needs to get a life instead of joking about a few thousand petty lives taken by IEDs. Friggen assclown.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pmI hadn’t considered McBush crazy before, but to joke about terror and death twice is no accident. To be this out of touch with reality, he must be in need of therapy. Maybe he and LieBerman, Bush, Cheney, Rice, etc, could go to group therapy together.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pm“Get a life” sounds like projection to me.
and didn’t he say the same thing after the bomb iran “joke”?
April 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pmMcCain is toast anyway. He lost it with that stroll in Baghdad.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pmIsn’t this the same ass clown who dragged Kerry’s botched joke about the troops through the mud for weeks?
Does this mean it’s OK for Righties to make war jokes, but not Dem’s?
McPain, get back in your Speedos and take another market trip in Baghdad. Maybe a nice merchant will stick an IED up your white ass.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:55 pmNice to see McCain has his catch phrase “Lighten up and get a life”. Whether or not this helps McCain (he needs something to boost him and Murtha has been a target for some time) the substance of Murtha’s stance is nothing to tread lightly about.
McCain said a joke. He should stick to politics. Murtha is sticking to his politics and pushing the issues.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:55 pm#10…I believe you are right. The last thing we need is a demented old man in the White House ordering our army to bomb Iran and any other country he can rhyme in a song parody.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:55 pmimagine if you will….. a senator, old, tired and desperate to become president… begins his campaign with an appearance on a show that mocks his behavior, and the senator doesn’t even realize it is going on…
April 26th, 2007 at 12:56 pmthat senator has taken a one way ticket for, the twilight zone
I have no love for McCain, but I feel there are much more disturbing things Murtha could scream about in this instance than a joke on a comedy show, frankly. The “bomb bomb bomb Iran” thing was definitely much more worthy of being at the top of the dispicable column and worth screaming over, for instance (idiot). However, the IED thing was a little joke from a small man who was just trying to be funny on a comedy show - hardly as relevant as joking about bombing a country. I think many of the things he talked about afterwards on the show would have been more suited for a heated reaction from Murtha. Why did Murtha choose the harmless joke, instead? I immediately thought that when I read about Murtha’s comments this morning. By attacking this stupid little joke, Murtha gave McCain the opportunity to say, “Get a life…” and rightfully so. If that was the only thing from that interview that Murtha was upset enough about to comment, then he does indeed need to get a life.
All that aside, I hope Murtha will keep hollering. I want them all to. McCain = More Bush. He is a total sellout loser.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:57 pmYou ratbastard. You were a POW. For YEARS. How can you possibly even think that was funny?
I saw that clip, and you kept up with the “jokes” about how you were sorry that one of the dogs wasn’t there because you wanted to kick it. This is only funny if you’re Ebenezer Scrooge, Dick Cheney (not so much, he might mean it), or The Old Guy Across The Street Who Yells At Kids To Get Offa His Lawn.
Not only have you long since proven yourself unqualified to be president, you’re working on your status as a civilized human being.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:57 pmIt’s kind of sad really to watch this once proud man reduced to the pathetic thing he has become.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pmMcCain’s jokes are a little tasteless, in my opinion.
He should really stick to politics. Not that he fares much better in that arena.
April 26th, 2007 at 12:59 pmBecause, after all, war is so much fun if you are insane! I mean think about it, people step on an IED and get ripped into pieces by a violent explosion, that’s just good comedy.
And then there’s the children. You just haven’t had a true belly laugh until you’ve seen a 4 year old that has stumps for limbs and is missing parts of their face. Better yet, seeing a weeping parent carrying the lifeless and savagely mutilated body of their child in their arms, that will tickle the funny bone every time.
Yes Mr. McCain, war is a hoot. And in that vein, I have a number of jokes that I would very much like to personally deliver to Mr. McCain.
Have you heard the one about the total coward who during the Vietnam war was so afraid of getting killed that he surrendered to the enemy and willingly served as a POW/sex slave? Sure you have, it’s John McCain.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:00 pmIf McCain hadn’t become so tediously disgusting, I could have had some compassion for the poor old sod.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pmToo bad Peter Sellers is dead. He’d be perfect to play the McCain role in another Dr. Strangelove.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pmIf McCain isn’t careful the old Abscam clown will send him to Okinawa.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:03 pmA joke about “blowing a guy” is not a joke.
Comment by Juan C
There were a ton of jokes about the Clinton/Lewinsky thing.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pmThis one goes out to John McCain:
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to
leave because I’d go berserk?? Well…
You left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see
I’ve gone completely out of my mind.. And..
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!
They’re coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa
To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I’ll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they’re
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!
You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said
that loosing you would make me flip my lid.. RIGHT???
I know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed you laughed and
laughed and then you left, but now you know I’m utterly mad… And..
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa,
They’re coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the happy home. With trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they’re
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, and this is how you pay me back
for all my kind unselfish loving deeds.. Huh??
Well you just wait, they’ll find you yet and when they do they’ll put you
in the ASPCA, you mangy mutt!!! And…
They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa.
They’re coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa.
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time and I’ll be happy
to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they’re coming
to take me away, ha-haaa!!!
To the happy home, with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket
weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes and they’re
coming to take me away, ha-haa!!!
To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time… (fade out)
original recording by Napoleon XIV
April 26th, 2007 at 1:05 pmOmar Sharif could play Murtha.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:05 pmYes, it’s fun to joke about things that are killing and maiming our citizens. What next McCain? Cancer jokes? Autism jokes? Would you wish those things upon John Stewart, even in jest? Did you bring him a little sample of HIV?
McCain, you had your chance at president. In 2000, you were the best candidate your party had to offer, but your party is composed of idiots, and you lost. It was rumored that you could have run as a VP with Kerry in 2004, but you refused. Now, you’re reversing all of your positions and ideals to cater to the fearmongers, but unfortunately for you, your party is composed of those who are very judgmental, and aren’t prone to giving one-time freethinkers a second chance. Your time has past, and you will diminish. You played your hand wrong.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pmPatrick1 shows up to make shrill comments and to try to get people to respond to his rants.
I can make up an example right now:
“McCain is a war hero. Don’t you think he has the right to make jokes about war? Why do you libtards hate freedom of speech?â€
See? Anyone can do it.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pmLighten up and get a life? Tell that to our soldiers coming home with traumatic brain injuries and in caskets.
- Tom
April 26th, 2007 at 1:07 pmIt is sad to see the depths to which Senator McCain has sunk. Instead of inspiring people’s faith, admiration and respect, he is now inspiring their derision, scorn and sympathy for how far he has fallen. He has lost sight of who he is (was) and what he has always stood and fought for in his desperation to pander to the extreme right and this administration. No more respect or trust from most Americans. Only ridicule. He is now only a shadow of his former self. He is no longer believable.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pmHonor, trust and faith are valuable things to lose and almost impossible to regain. It doesn’t make me happy to see how much he has transformed himself only to lose himself in the process.
I used to think I knew what he stood for. I used to think he was someone who was a straight shooter, and he was someone who I didn’t necessarily agree with, but I felt like I could at least believe him. I respected him and I felt he at least had the best interest of most of this country at heart. Not any more.
I do enjoy this faux outrage of the left. When Reid and Murtha use dead Americans and Iraqis for their political benefit.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:11 pmNo. 32 Comment by Republicans are the Fear and Smear Party — April 26, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
You said:
“See? Anyone can do it.”
Yeah, but you don’t get paid.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:13 pmThere once was a man named McCain
who said poor jokes again and again
The IED dropped with a thud
and the bomb one was such a dud
that his campaign went down the drain.
Now get a life
April 26th, 2007 at 1:14 pmPatrick-dumber-than-a-brick isn’t bringing much enthusiasm to his work lately.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:14 pmWhen Bush and Cheney use dead Americans and Iraqis for their political benefit.
Comment by Patrick1 — April 26, 2007 @ 1:11
There, fixed your typo.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:14 pmMurtha speaks for all those soldiers who have lost their lives or currently put at risk. Who does John McCain speak for???
April 26th, 2007 at 1:15 pmMy best friend here in Tampa, an Air Force Tech Sergeant stationed here at MacDill AFB, who already has done one tour in Iraq, and is being sent out soon for his second tour, heard about this joke, and said, “My best friend died when an IED blew up under his Humvee. Our convoy had to drive over the bodies. I do not find anything funny about IED’s. As a vet, McCain should not either.”
April 26th, 2007 at 1:16 pmJohn McCain speaks for dead comedians who were never funny enough to hit the big time.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:17 pmAny other politician in any other country would be fired for any of his jokes , the thing is either he says sorry or he is the sick joke
April 26th, 2007 at 1:18 pmOutrage is exactly what this country needs if it is going to survive. Outrage and a lot of it.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:18 pmThat is the only thing that will bring much needed change. We need to restore faith and hope that this government still works and still has the best interest of all Americans at heart. We need to restore integrity to our Constitution and the damage to it over the last 6 years needs to be restored.
We need the outrage.
At least the left uses the dead Americans for a benefit - specifically that of trying to stop the war so there will be less dead Americans in the future.
What benefit did McCain’s comment have? It ate up a few seconds of Stewart’s hard-hitting interview, leaving him less time to answer question that the American public deserves an answer to. In my book, that’s the opposite of a benefit. At least for America as a whole, for McCain personally it was a benefit because despite the awkwardness, it was less time of his poor ideas and leadership skills being exposed.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pmOw pat1, the right hasn’t used the soldiers in anything but the most honorable positions. No body armor problems, no extended tour issues, no sucking the resources out of the National Guard and Reserves, no stop loss orders, no problems with the VA medical facilities, no lax recruiting orders.
Nope, those republicans have only the soldiers best interest in mind.
Sharp as a marble Pat, as usual.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pmYeah, GET A LIFE!!
You can choose from over 3300 that were LOST because of the LIES of TRAITORS like George Bush and MYSELF…
–John McCain
Flip-flopping Bush-whore
STRANGE how Reid and Murtha are accused of using the DEAD for their benefit, when Bush PROHIBITED coffin-draped flags from being flown…
See you in hell McCain and “patrick” (cause I’LL be THERE),
April 26th, 2007 at 1:20 pmMr. Bush
MURDEROUS WAR CRIMINAL
COXUCKER PUNK TRAITOR TO THE USA (TM–BushCrimeCo)
Comment by Patrick1
This is your breaktime, P1. Breaktime ends in twenty minutes, and then your shift resumes. We don’t pay for postings done during your breaktime, so you’re off the clock right now, until break is over. If you want to waste your break posting, you will not be compensated for the time.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:20 pmReid stated he hopes to use the dead to gain more seats in the Senate in 2008. Nice creep who cheers for Islamo Fascism.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:21 pm“I do enjoy this faux outrage of the left. When Reid and Murtha use dead Americans and Iraqis for their political benefit.
Comment by Patrick1″
lighten up! and get a life!!
April 26th, 2007 at 1:22 pmReid stated he hopes to use the dead to gain more seats in the Senate in 2008. Nice creep who cheers for Islamo Fascism. Comment by Patrick1 — April 26, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
You mean like Bush did in 2002 & 2004 with invoking the WTC? You’re quite the sad little boy, when it comes to projecting. As for cheering Islamo Fascism, you mean like when Ronuhld RAYGUN funded and trained Al Qaeda to fight the commies? Or were you referring to all of the WMDs sent to Iraq before the first invasion?
You’re a creep Patrick(ZERO), but there’s nothing nice about you. Maybe that’s because a ChristoFascist, a JudeoFascist, and a IslamoFascist are all still right wingnuts. Right SON?
April 26th, 2007 at 1:25 pmSomeone call the nurse, Patrick1 has soiled his diapers again.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:25 pmDid any of McCain’s people mention to him that he is not funny because he can tell great jokes but is funny since he is making a fool of himself in public?
April 26th, 2007 at 1:25 pmlighten up! and get a life!!
Comment by pgw — April 26, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
For Patrick1 to get that joke, it would require him to have a sense of humor, which also requires a functioning brain. You shouldn’t hold your breath ;)
April 26th, 2007 at 1:26 pmWTF???!!! “Lighten up and get a life”????
As of today, 53 of the 99 Iraq coalition casualties were caused by an IED attack. That’s more than one of every two, which is more than one/day troops deployed by McCain and his ilk, only to be killed by an IED.
Then he jokes about it, and meets Murtha’s impassioned plea for accountability with… “Lighten up and get a life”!
That is the sound of sadistic slime, like McCain’s butt-buddy joking about WMDs while troops fight and die.
When will the MSM say something about this true dishonoring of the troops and their mission?
April 26th, 2007 at 1:33 pmAll I have to say is that McCain’s presidental bid was over before it began…
April 26th, 2007 at 1:34 pm…and it’s not like Kerry’s botching of a joke about the Preznit’s intelligence; McCain really intended to joke about the availability of IEDs in Iraq.
Wonder if the MSM will humiliate McCain endlessly, like they did with Kerry.
Naaah, they’ll never even get started…
April 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pmIt’s funny how everyone needs to “get a life” when McCain says something offensive, but when Kerry botched a joke it was serious business. Kerry apologized to the families of the soldiers for his botched joke. When is McCain going to apologize.
McCain is a joke, a very bad joke.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:39 pmMcCain’s brain has turned into rancid jello, so he must resign from the Senate. He needs to seek mental help at a VA clinic in Arizona ASAP.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:41 pmEr, that’s 53 of the 99 Iraq coalition casualties this month.
April 26th, 2007 at 1:46 pmHere we go children. John Kerry in a serious conversation to students told them if they fon’t get good grades they will end up in the military. Nothing about Bush, no joke. Just calling our armed forces stupid liek he allways had. Oh, sorry, he use to call them murderers.
Every time you use Kerry as an argument you lose. Just like he did.
ROTFL
April 26th, 2007 at 1:55 pmWell…I’m not a fan of McCain anymore (he’s fallen from grace), and I didn’t like the bomb bomb Iran thing, but when I watched the Daily Show, I felt like the whole IED thing, when put in context, wasn’t an issue. It felt as if Jon and John were still good friends, even though they disagreed on a lot, and this joke wasn’t that big a deal — part of McCain’s attempt to save face.
So I see criticism of this as an overreaction (but the bomb Iran thing wasn’t).
April 26th, 2007 at 2:02 pmLet’s look at the first Bush election, GHW in 88 and Bob Dole’s nomination in, whenever the hell that was, and it speaks volumes about party loyalty. Laugh all you want but don’t be surprised if Sen. McCain gets the nomination in 08, bad war jokes and all, his age is perfect for his constituency.He has nothing to lose by winging it as he goes.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:04 pmmaybe McCain can take his one man act to Walter Reed am sure the soliders would love it.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:05 pm#35 - “When Reid and Murtha use dead Americans and Iraqis for their political benefit.” Comment by Patrick1 — April 26, 2007 @ 1:11 pm
Actually, it’s Pres. Bush that’s been using the war dead to prop up his falling poll numbers.
It’s the GOP that’s been politicizing the war, our troops, and more caulaties for partisan purposes.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:06 pmNext, McCain will be seen nude, wearing only his ‘Nam ear-necklace, twirling his willy around singing “Glory, Glory Hallelujah!”
But don’t be offended, he really needs the attention.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:07 pmHappy Guy,
The forces are, for the most part, a bunch of dumbasses, who in thier right mind would sign up for that shit?
I don’t see you signing up for it?
April 26th, 2007 at 2:11 pmHappy Guy,
Okay, non-reality dwellers in Bush’s remaining 28% that are still “Happy” with his job and its stellar results, see if you can understand this.
Kerry’s pre-released notes for that speech are in the official record, and they say “then you end up getting your country stuck in Iraq”.
Is that clear enough, or is the eighth-grade-level language too much for your GOP (P as in pea-sized) brain?
April 26th, 2007 at 2:23 pmmeanwhile, mccain misses the vote on the supplemental.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:38 pmHey, Happy Guy,
Is your real name “Alfred E. Newman”? Nah, he was a lot smarter. And regarding this little Iraq thingee, are ya having fun yet? If not, see McBush! He can make fun about anything.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pmOn the record, Ha! Because you say so? ROTFL
He is on record saying his follow soldiers cut off ears and burned villages reminiscent of Gegis Khan.
He voted for them $286 Billion, before he voted against it.
He is a joke, he hated his fellow soldiers as much as that hated him. He is a discrace and that is why (thank God) he lost!
ROTFL
April 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pmreminiscent of Gegis Khan.
Comment by Happy Gay — April 26, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Who? What?
he hated his fellow soldiers as much as that hated him
What?
He is a discrace
umm, what???
Two words:
April 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pmSpell Check
Why didn’t McCain put his vote where his mouth is? He didn’t cast a vote in today’s senate vote on funding the war.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/ congress/ 110/ senate/ 1/ votes/ 147/ ?hpid=topnews
April 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pmHey, Happy guy,
Its me again. Now I know what that stench is I keep smelling on this thread. Its coming from you cause you keep ROFL in all the shit that comes out of your mouth. Thanks for clearing that up, sweetie.
Oh, wait, are doing that to cast out the demons that inhabit your body? Well now, that would make sense too. You know all those neo-con demons. That would be really bad.
Its still a mystery then. I’ve made it real simple for you. You know, dualistic thinking. Your good at that, so which is it??? Help clear this up for us, will you sweetie.
Enquiring minds want to know.
April 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pmRegarding Happy Dude’s post on #72:
April 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pmIf that’s the best the Drudge Report has to counter (debate) topics with us, that’s truly, and I mean, TRULY sad!
Of course, that seems to be the mentality that visits that site
I imagine Happy Dude is a 25 year old with a mullett and a Busch T-shirt, with a 6th grade education.
Yeeehawww!
Pass me another Busch, and gimme some of dem Cheetos!
Mr McCain. Straighten up and get a conscience
April 26th, 2007 at 3:04 pmJack Murtha isn’t fit to wear John McCain’s soiled shorts……
Tooodles repetitious Progs/Progettes!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 3:05 pmValiant Anus…
Why are you here? It is apparent that you have NOTHING constructive to add…because “if” there is a plausible defense, I would LOVE to hear it…
But THAT would mean that YOUR REPUBLICAN allies have provided numerous rebuttles that would make you look like MORE of an INCOHERANT and MORONIC IDIOT!
So again, why are you here?
April 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pmOn the record, Ha! Because you say so? ROTFL
He is on record saying his follow soldiers cut off ears and burned villages reminiscent of Gegis Khan. Comment by Happy Guy — April 26, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Actually he’s on the record saying that he heard others say they had seen and/or done this. Not the same thing. Then again, you’re not a very bright little boy, are you dum bass?
He voted for them $286 Billion, before he voted against it.
Comment by Happy Guy — April 26, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Bush was against homeland security, before he was for it. What’s your point again dum bass? Bush believed mission was accomplished, before he said we can’t leave before the mission is accomplished. What’s your point again dum bass?
He is a joke, he hated his fellow soldiers as much as that hated him. He is a discrace and that is why (thank God) he lost! ROTFL Comment by Happy Guy — April 26, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
Is that why his fellow soldiers that served with him all stood by his side, because they hated him? You’re the disgrace, as are your fellow swiftboat unamerican COWARDS. You are a lying, disgraceful wingnut fascist unamerican piece of sh*t - you immoral pig.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:17 pmJack Murtha isn’t fit to wear John McCain’s soiled shorts……
_________________________________
True. Those (frequently) soiled shorts fit John McCain perfectly, however.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:20 pmMcCain is just another traitor. Arrest, try, convict, execute - that’s American law for traitors.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:23 pmMaybe the “Valiant” Venus needs to get her useless self over to Iraq. We all know the Army’s letting in nearly any body, regardless of worth.
Then we can see just how “valiant” Venus really is. Otherwise, she needs to change her moniker. (Maybe, “Fraidy Freya” would be more appropriate given her rather Nordic Aryan sympathies.)
April 26th, 2007 at 3:24 pmMcPain should be recalled by the people of AZ. He needs to be put in his place. War is not a joke. He needs to apologize to the Troops , the families of the soldiers that have died and the American people.
This guy is toast. He will never, never, never be President.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:31 pmReid stated he hopes to use the dead to gain more seats in the Senate in 2008. Nice creep who cheers for Islamo Fascism.
Comment by Patrick1 — April 26, 2007 @ 1:21 pm
Where, when? Show us proof or shut your lying self up.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:51 pmI’m not sure McCain’s joke was that insulting to the troops. It was insulting to the press. The joke essentially translated “I hate you, Jon Stewart. And I wish you were dead.” It would be as if Bush threatened to send the White House press corps to Gitmo for some waterboarding. It’s a veiled threat.
If McCain had come on and check under his own chair and said “Just checking for an IED. You can never be too careful in enemy territory” I’d have laughed. He’d have been honestly expressing the moment. He was clearly nervous and felt his life was on the line.
But the joke he did tell just revealed what most of the reported McCain jokes reveal: He’s a mean man. He can be narrow-minded, sexist, and racist. And he’s not somebody you want to be President. Certainly not in a country which has suspended habeas corpus.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:53 pmWalnuts! didn’t misspeak about his trip to Iraq, he lied. He lied and he got caught. He didn’t acknowledge that he lied until he was caught. He’s as much a bald faced liar as Dick Cheney. Plus, he’s pathological about lying. He thinks it’s fun to lie about Iraq while thousands die. He’s a sociopath who has no conscience. Only sociopaths make jokes about soldiers being blown up by IEDs. Remember that he was the same guy who criticizes Kerry for flubbing an actual joke. The guy is simply mentally ill.
April 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pmThe best part of the interview (IMO):
MCCain: “I think I know who’s side they’re on” (meaning the cheering crowd in support of getting out)
Stewart: “They’re on America’s side, because they’re Patriots!”
April 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pmMcCain is just a media whore who can’t say no to publicity. Just because he gets booked on a show he thinks it’s helping his campaign. With Republican voters and their lack of intelligence maybe that works.
But if he’s looking to get anybody other than those die hard 28% Bush supporters he should lay low and shut up until people forget what a jackass he’s been acting like lately.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pmJohn McCain, YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT. So get over it and get a life.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pmYes, I think his comments about their being places in Baghdad where one could walk about without security and his silly photo-op tour of the Baghdad market were much more insulting to the troops. Those lies were of the sort often told in war to the people back home where the liar jokes about how the troops are enjoying the sunny beaches or are bored with patrol duty and the same old canteen food. It whitewashes the reality of the conflict and pretends that things are other than they are.
McCain’s joke was extremely hostile. It wasn’t funny. It didn’t get a laugh. It got gasps and titters. And the underlying hostility –the “I’d like to blow you up” quality– is what is offensive to all, the troops, the press, Stewart, and the public. Someone running for President of the USA isn’t supposed to express hatred or a desire to do bodily harm to others. It just conjures up images of Enemies Lists and an indifference to the suffering of others.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:06 pmHe is neither crazy nor stupid - this is his way of getting back at the GOP for blowing him off last time.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:12 pmI think McCain is going a little wacko because he realizes that he will never ever be pres. Nevar.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:22 pmCalm down, and focus on the relevant reasons to oppose McCain’s presidential bid.
Watching the interview, it was clear he wasn’t trying to insult Stewart. And it’s silly to think he doesn’t take the war seriously. His joke wasn’t funny, but plenty of Stewart’s guests try to be funny and fail. Getting side tracked by things like this takes us away from the important issues and debates that need to be discussed.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:23 pmBill Clinton said that antiwar protesters ought to ‘get a life’ not so long ago (2 years?).
HOW ABOUT ‘SAVE A LIFE’?
The jocularity of power is one of its ugliest faces.
And McCain didn’t even check behind the cushions he was sitting on, to see if the WMD was there. A missed joke!
Senator Chuckles thinks it’s all so fun and game.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:35 pmHe has an IED instead of a brain.
it’s silly to think he doesn’t take the war seriously.” –rachel mary
It’s clear he is incapable of understanding the ILLEGALITY of the war.
He confuses his dick for a joystick. He is so punch-drunk that he says good morning to the doorknob.
He is incapable of noting the difference between his captors, his enemies, and an innocent child. WHAT a racist.
April 26th, 2007 at 4:42 pmHey, Venus sweetie,
(Don,t get all excited now I call all you trolls sweetie)
Thought you would not make it today.
So, what is the latest scuttlebutt from the troll locker room?
You never told me about the transgender issue I asked you about the other day. Do you trolls get naked and shower together? Us voyeuristic people are real curious. C’mon, paint us a picture! Look, it won’t be anymore embarrassing that the other stuff you spout on this thread. And it will be a lot more entertaining!
April 26th, 2007 at 4:45 pmNo.94 Comment by rachel mary — April 26, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
You opined:
“Watching the interview, it was clear he wasn’t trying to insult Stewart.”
Of course he wasn’t! He was making light of the dying and maiming of people in this farce called “Bush’s War.” That you don’t see that, means you have not looked at McBush and know about his “bomb Iran” song just a few days ago. Two times in a row is no accident! It is indicative of his state of mind. In short, his neo-con philosophy.
And you concluded:
“Getting side tracked by things like this takes us away from the important issues…”
There is no side track here! To focus on this is not distraction, but instead, focusing the spotlight exactly on the right spot.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:02 pmI can’t believe the taxpayers will have to pay that asshole McCain’s retirement.
What a idiot!!!!!
April 26th, 2007 at 5:10 pmWhen John Kerry was making a joke about Bush and screwed up the punch line so that it sounded like he was joking about the troops McCain was one of the ones who were “hysterical” calling for Kerry to apologize. McCain used to be a man of honor and I respected him…until 2004 when he decided to go over to the dark side and become a soulless zombie with no scrap of personal honor left. It saddens me to see McCain these days licking Fallwell’s boots and kneeling at the feet of those he used to rightly despise. He was a valiant soldier and I honored his service to our country, but now he’s become a vile pig rooting at a trough filled the worst political swill.
April 26th, 2007 at 5:47 pmMcCain was never a man of honor. He just knew better how to hide his ugly side.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:40 pmFrom maverick to kook before our very eyes McCain is devolving.
April 26th, 2007 at 6:51 pmMaybe if Murtha lightens up, he won’t feel compelled to sell his country into defeat for a term or two of political power. I think 5 1/2 years at the Hanoi Hilton has earned McCain the right not to have to listen to the disengenous rants of a senile opportunist. I’m only confused as to why progressives can’t see Murtha for what he is. Maybe they are opportunists as well.
April 26th, 2007 at 7:40 pmJohn,
How about you get a brain?
April 26th, 2007 at 8:04 pmMcCain: “Lighten up and let us take some lives.”
April 26th, 2007 at 8:22 pmI want some of whatever the hell McCain is zonked out of his mind on.
April 26th, 2007 at 10:08 pm“All I’m going to say to Murtha and others. … Lighten up and get a life.â€
Yeah, lighten up! After all our troops are only getting their arms and legs blown to kingdom come! Having their heads sent to one side of the road while their intestines fly to the other! Having their brains mingled into goulash. That’s not funny to you, Congressman Murtha? Come on! Lighten up and get a life!
April 26th, 2007 at 10:22 pmBy the way, does anyone besides me suspect that McCain is showing signs of the beginning stages of Wisenheimer’s Disease?
April 26th, 2007 at 10:45 pm“Oh Magoo, you’ve done it again!”
I think Quincy Magoo would have been a better presidential candidate.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:15 pmIt seems to me that John needs to back off on is pain medication.
He’s acting delirious.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:20 pmIt’s all a joke to the Republicans. All of it. The war, the lost lives, the lost treasury, the corruption. It’s all a joke. The Enron story was just on pbs the other night. I hope you all saw it, and how Enron had Cheney in their pocket, and by extension, Bush. They all laughed at California while Enron raped that state, and made phone calls to the power stations that said “find a reason to shut down” in order to cut off supply and raise the prices. California appealed to Bush to intervene, to get those stations opened, and Bush said “I can’t help you.”
They let California fall apart. They let New Orleans fall apart. They botched the war in Iraq. They will let your country literally rot in order to line their pockets, you can be sure of that.
And it will all be in the form of a punchline, to them.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:37 pmHas he had a physical recently? I am quite serious; he sounds like he’s losing his mind.
April 26th, 2007 at 11:57 pmThose Republicans and their sense of humor. I know someone on the internet who joked about God striking Bush with lightning and the Secret Service showed up at her house 2 days later.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:01 amYes, John McCain just having fun out there while people die at his vote……………………………………………Not a very good mind for President of America………………………………
April 27th, 2007 at 4:40 amwhat kind of serious presidential candidate says “get a life” anyway? how is it acceptable that a man running for our highest office thinks it’s okay to talk like Beavis & Butthead? can you imagine lincoln, washington, truman, roosevelt..any of them…uttering that phrase. unreal.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:51 pmHe should really stick to politics. Not that he fares much better in that arena.
Comment by Gregor Samsa — April 26, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
Senator John McCain of Arizona has only been defeated in one race in his political life
http://topics.nytimes.com/ top/ reference/ timestopics/ people/ m/ john_mccain/ index.html?inline=nyt-per
Oops!
April 27th, 2007 at 3:40 pmHave you heard the one about the total coward who during the Vietnam war was so afraid of getting killed that he surrendered to the enemy and willingly served as a POW/sex slave? Sure you have, it’s John McCain.
(i’d have given anything to have taken his place THERE)
April 27th, 2007 at 3:47 pmKeep laughing, you senile old man. It’s not like your children are in iraq.
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