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McCain calls high school student a ‘little jerk.’»

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) snidely responded to a high school student who challenged whether he was too old and too conservative to be president. McCain jokingly referred to the questioner as “a little jerk” who ought to be drafted:

mccain An unflinching John McCain was told Tuesday by New Hampshire high school students he might be too old to be president and too conservative to be respected.

McCain, the Arizona senator whose presidential bid has stumbled through the summer, countered the Concord High School students with humor.

“Thanks for the question, you little jerk,” McCain joked back to one student who asked the 71-year-old about his age. “You’re drafted.”

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139 Responses to “McCain calls high school student a ‘little jerk.’”


  1. Zimzone Says:

    McPain getting a little edgy about his poll numbers?

    John, we don’t have a draft, remember?

    Maybe you are senile…


  2. Not Canadian Says:

    Hey McCain!

    AS A CANDIDATE, YOU’RE DEAD IN THE WATER.

    Comedy - NOT the Repukes strong point.

    Joking about the draft? F8ck you, stupid old man.


  3. mighty aphrodite Says:

    McCain is not going to be the Repub nominee - but that fact will never stop prog-kidz from “respecting” the elderly….


  4. Bob Says:

    Tabloid day at TP


  5. caliph garrett Says:

    I thought military service was honorable, not a punishment.

    McCain is a bitter, bitter man.



  6. mighty aphrodite Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?
    Comment by Ringo

    They take themselves so seriously, they wear their angst as a symbol of concern - no substance, but LOTS of symbolism. Of course, they are very goood at sleaze jokes…..


  7. Raven Says:

    Sounds like there are at least a few sentient students alive and well in America.

    New Hampshire motto: “Live Free or Die”


  8. Charles Says:

    I’m sure it was a joke but not a very well executed one. Heck, at least he doesn’t have far for his poll numbers to drop.


  9. Technodaoist Says:

    McCain is an old jerk. He should be ‘daft’ed…

    See what I did there? I used McCain’s brand of humor.

    Does it make the trolls laugh? I doubt it… to them, humor isn’t funny unless its an insult against those they disagree with. Insult someone they DO agree with and all of a sudden it ain’t so funny, is it? Such is the definition of hipocracy.

    One would hope my example would show them the error of their ways… but again, I doubt it.


  10. Snidely Whiplash Says:

    Seems like a valid, sarcastic response. To answer the student’s question: McCain is not too old or too conservative to be President. However, he has divorced himself of his moral values in order to jump on board The Bush Bandwagon — therefore, he is wholly unqualified to be President.


  11. Not Canadian Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?

    Comment by Ringo

    Why do dumba$$ wingnuts joke about death/war?

    Meet Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, George Carlin, Chris Rock, etc., all “lefty” comedians, IDIOT.

    And all you have is a pissy-pants Dennis Miller, not funny in the least, unless you have an affinity for dry drunks…

    Besides, repukes are just mad that one of their kind is such a friggin’ MORON.


  12. Raven Says:

    We could remember another of InVain’s jokes which fell flat:

    “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran…….”


  13. Technodaoist Says:

    And remember, “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” is HIGH-larious!!!

    Let the comedians do the comedy. Your poll ratings would be higher, old man.


  14. Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver Says:

    They’re saying that McCain is using humor with his audience when he calls an audience member a “little jerk”?

    Is McCain now morphing into Don Rickles?


  15. katy Says:

    from the link:
    But during a town hall-style meeting, students were more interested in pushing McCain on the environment, his support for gay rights and even his age.

    i’m guessing that most of the citizens at that mccain TOWN HALL meeting were NOT progs…

    and respect is EARNED… by ANYone’s standards…
    or should be…


  16. dlet Says:

    They take themselves so seriously, they wear their angst as a symbol of concern - no substance, but LOTS of symbolism. Of course, they are very goood at sleaze jokes…..
    Comment by mighty aphrodite

    Are you talking about the “Half-hour News Hour”? What an abomination that was…


  17. Turd Ferguson Says:

    If you can’t take a joke, just give up.


  18. Not Canadian Says:

    If you can’t take a joke, just give up.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson

    Last name “Burglar” by chance?

    We don’t take war and death lightly enough to joke about it like you sick f*cks.


  19. Sinfonian Says:

    You know, if McCain had just kept his promise after last year’s election, none of this would have happened.


  20. dlet Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?
    Comment by Ringo

    Three words of right-tard humor….”git ‘er done”


  21. Fan_of_Man Says:

    when you cant honestly answer… ATTACK!


  22. BARTLEBEE Says:

    They take themselves so seriously, they wear their angst as a symbol of concern -

    Comment by Flighty aphrodite — September 4, 2007 @ 12:21 pm

    We’re not the ones crying about everyone laughing at them, Mabel.


  23. Technodaoist Says:

    If you can’t take a joke, just give up.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson

    If you can’t tell what a joke is, just give up.


  24. DigDug Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?

    Comment by Ringo — September 4, 2007 @ 12:17 pm

    Hmmm… what happenned to the Half Hour News Hour, that was supposed to be the right’s answer to the daily show?


  25. katy Says:

    but, for the record, i actually thought it was a good jab…
    we age-ed can get a little testy about the “too old” thing…
    especially from a “little jerk” (i would’ve said “punk”)…
    just sayin’…

    yea, a “joke” about the draft is unbecoming…
    but, recalling mccave’s type of humor, this is his style…

    i sure wish he’d quit while (somewhat) ahead…
    his decline is rather sad to watch…


  26. BARTLEBEE Says:

    The right wings idea of Humor is Larry the Cable and Ernst goes to Camp.

    Fart jokes and other bodily function, and a general apathy about their own lack of education comprises the comedy diet of the right wing.


  27. Ringo Says:

    Of course, they are very goood at sleaze jokes…..

    Comment by mighty aphrodite
    ————————————————————-

    Must be their heightened sense of nuance that allows them the ability to see the profound, hidden humor in simple, childish, scatological jokes…not to mention the sophisticated word-play involved in such phrases as ‘RePUKElican’ or ‘RepubliSCUM’.

    Hysterical stuff.


  28. dlet Says:

    “I came here looking to see a good leader,” 16-year-old William Sleaster told McCain to boos. “I don’t.”

    His dad better have his taxes in top notch shape.


  29. TripMaster Monkey Says:

    I don’t know, guys….this seems to be much ado about nothing. It was just a joke, and a far better joke than “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran”…


  30. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Of course, they are very goood at sleaze jokes…..

    Comment by righty aphrodite — September 4, 2007 @ 12:21 pm

    Well thanks, but we can’t take all the credit for that.

    After all, you guys keep giving us so much good material to work with.


  31. DM Says:

    Poor McCain, what makes him likable as a politician makes him unqualified as a President. Humor is great, as long as it’s not done at the expense of someone else.

    His response might have been “Yes, I’m old. Compared to you. But then again, compared to some of you out there Brett Favre is old. Compared to Bob Dole, I’m a whippersnapper.”

    See? Funny, lighthearted. Not “you’re a jerk, you’re drafted.”


  32. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Why do assume that I’m conservative, just because I can take a joke. I didn’t see anything about death in his little remark. He made a joke about drafting a kid who gave him a tough question. It wasn’t an extremely funny joke after the fact, but I’m sure it drew laughter at the event.

    Seriously though, if you can’t take a joke, give up.

    My name? Turd Ferguson.. It’s a funny name.


  33. Not Canadian Says:

    Hysterical stuff.

    Comment by Ringo

    Dumbsh*t donkeys like you, commenting here daily, is ALMOST a form of comedy.

    Keeeeeeep tryin’…


  34. Not Canadian Says:

    Turd F. ‘Burglar’, ass pirating is NOT an act of ‘comedy’.


  35. Turd Ferguson Says:

    I don’t get the burglar part still. Is that an attempt at a joke of sorts?


  36. barfly Says:

    Hysterical stuff.

    Comment by Ringo

    As lame as the BDS you guys all parrot.


  37. Not Canadian Says:

    See? Funny, lighthearted. Not “you’re a jerk, you’re drafted.”

    Comment by DM

    So great to see the right is more full of hate than the left, even when ‘trying’ to be funny.


  38. Not Canadian Says:

    Mr. Burglar, did you date Ima Hogg in High School?

    SURE you did!


  39. Ichthus Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?
    Comment by Ringo

    I thought it was pretty funny, here is a young person standing up to power and speaking their mind and all McCain could retort with was, “Little Jerk”


  40. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Go back to Canada you turd bugler, you.


  41. Luis M Says:

    I also thought he said it jokingly. Not a very good joke, tho. I guess we had to be there.


  42. Ichthus Says:

    McCain should relaize that the Coulter school of humor is out of style.

    And thats whats funny!


  43. Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver Says:

    Seriously though, if you can’t take a joke, give up.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson
    _________________________

    Gee, Turd, you’re a little jerk.

    That’s so funny, isn’t it? What a great joke. The very height of humor.


  44. Not Canadian Says:

    Go back to Canada you turd bugler, you.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson

    Er, nice comeback, re-issuing my taunt???

    ** Y A W N **

    Post with a respectable name and you might get a respectful response.

    And, if you could COMPREHEND what you’ve read, I’m NOT Candadian, but don’t let the FACTS cloud your polluted mind.


  45. roger Says:

    Wait - McCain is still running?


  46. Turd Ferguson Says:

    You apparently don’t know who Turd Ferguson is. You post with a respectable name and go back to Canada.


  47. Ichthus Says:

    Seriously though, if you can’t take a joke, give up.
    Comment by Turd Ferguson

    Yeh every time I hear turd blossom I bust a gut, its sooooo funny!


  48. Not Canadian Says:

    Comment by Turd Ferguson

    Why adopt someone else’s name?

    Cause being known as “Bootlickin’ Neoturd” hurts your feelings?


  49. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Yeah, keep focusing on my name rather than the point that if you can’t take a joke, give up you’re a waste.


  50. Bruce Gorton Says:

    Not Canadian

    The real question is, why adopt Burt Reynolds’ name?


  51. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Go back to Canada, retard.


  52. Not Canadian Says:

    Hey Turd Burglar,

    How bout going with you Big Screen idols name,

    Jeff Stryker!!!!!


  53. Jackie Says:

    An old lesson to get respect you give respect.
    The question the young man asked is a good one.
    McCain is up set and angry because he could have told the young man, With age comes wisdom. I’m sure this young man has grandparents who he looks to for answers or history. It’s nothing wrong with being older it is something every people will do if they live long enough. Young people ask the right questions and should be respected by giving an honest answer.


  54. Not Canadian Says:

    Burt Reynolds’ name?

    Comment by Bruce Gorton

    People with low self-esteem often gravitate towards iconic status, even though Reynold’s expired in 1980…


  55. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Because I’m Burt Reynolds. Thank god someone around here knows who I am. Who the eff is jeff stryker? Your boyfriend from canada?


  56. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Honestly I didn’t see anything abnormal about McCains, joke.

    Right wingers just can’t deliver a joke in good humor, because underlying the joke is their contempt for the people they’re talking to.

    Its that contempt that comes through, along with their consistent series of unfortunately chosen words.

    The funniest thing about John McCain is his campaign.


  57. Not Canadian Says:

    Hmm, a bonifed RETARD referring to me as such for simply making fun of your name?

    What’s wrong? Not funny when your the butt of the joke, is it TURD?


  58. Ichthus Says:

    Wait - McCain is still running?
    Comment by roger

    More like Hobbling.


  59. Turd Ferguson Says:

    haha, ohh i feel so bad now. I’m sooo depressed because these fagos made fun of me on the internets. It’s not really burt reynolds who used this name tardo.


  60. hellinabucket Says:

    Didn’t any candidate learn not to attempt to tell a joke? Kerry couldn’t tell a joke if he was reading it out loud and Bush is just one loooong running joke evertime he opens his trap.

    Maybe McCain is trying out for a career after his pitiful crash and burn.

    The real joke is that this guy still thinks he has any credibility.


  61. Mark Says:

    That’s hilarious.


  62. Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver Says:

    Gee, McCain calling a high school kid “a little jerk” is almost as uproariously funny a joke as Dick Cheney telling Patrick Leahy to go F%*% himself. What wonderful wit and clever joke-telling these Republicans have. Such mirth and joy follows them everywhere they go.


  63. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Anyway, I never said the joke was funny, just that it was a joke. Get over yourselves.


  64. BARTLEBEE Says:

    It’s not really burt reynolds who used this name tardo.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson — September 4, 2007 @ 12:58 pm

    You’ll have to forgive us for not knowing that.

    Our comedic fare, unlike yours, does not include ‘Smokey and the Bandit’.


  65. Not Canadian Says:

    Jeff Stryker and Turd Ferguson to wed in Hawaii:

    AP news reports the hot couple will exchange vows under a Rainbow Tent, commemorating Burt’s undying, but often hidden, love for the Hershey Highway aka Turd Burglar “Ferguson”.

    (uh-oh, now I’ve gone and offended his favorite, washed-up celebrity! WHAT HAVE I DONE?????)


  66. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Anyway, I never said the joke was funny, just that it was a joke.

    Comment by Turd Ferguson — September 4, 2007 @ 1:00 pm

    :|

    The definition of a joke includes comedic value.

    Maybe this is why you guys suck at comedy?

    Cause you left the funny part out of all your jokes?


  67. Ichthus Says:

    I’m sooo depressed because these fagos made fun of me on the internets.

    Hey look another (R) attacking (R) Senator Craig, how funny!


  68. truthfairy Says:

    p.s - i’d rather be a little jerk than a lying old scumbag


  69. BARTLEBEE Says:

    If McCain knew how to deliver humor (and if his humor didn’t stem from a deepseated hatred of his audience) then he would have substituted the word “wiseguy”, for “little jerk”, and everyone would have laughed along with him.

    Republicans just got screwed on the funny gene.


  70. Geekfather Says:

    I can’t stand the man, but that was funny.


  71. Geopolitics and Beer Says:

    Sorry, but as a member of the Left, I must agree with Ringo (against most of you) that TP and “the left” are coming off as rather humorless and decontextualizing with this post. I must say it’s a rather shady decision to even write this up as news (it’s nothing but fluff).


  72. Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver Says:

    Ichthus, no joke had to be told about Craig. The entire situation was naturally funny. The essence of humor according to Kant is the incongruous. It was completely incongruous for an uptight Senator who consistently opposed homosexual rights to be caught trolling for man sex in a public restroom. It didn’t need a humourous caption at all to be a national joke.


  73. Tracy Says:

    #12

    Comment by Not Canadian — September 4, 2007 @ 12:23 pm

    “Meet Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, George Carlin, Chris Rock, etc., all “lefty” comedians, IDIOT.”

    And all these guys do is joke about death/war.

    “And all you have is a pissy-pants Dennis Miller, not funny in the least…”

    And Jon Stewert is funny by playing with Barbie doll during his show?


  74. BARTLEBEE Says:

    That was a funny joke by McCain. Liberals have no sense of humor, only anger and hate.

    Comment by Dick — September 4, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

    Shut up you little jerk.

    ha ha


  75. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Liberals think Jon Stewart is a real journalist.

    Comment by Nick — September 4, 2007 @ 1:11 pm

    You mean republicans think Jon Stewart is a real journalist.

    Otherwise why would Fox news spend so much time trying to discredit him?


  76. hellinabucket Says:

    Right-tards think Bush is a real president.


  77. Turd Ferguson Says:

    Turd Ferguson > you.

    Anyway, I guarantee this got laughs wherever he said it. Obviously it’s not terribly funny after the fact. If he had said “Thanks for the question you little jerk, why don’t you go join the army and die in an Iraqi fire fight” that would have taken it too far. He didn’t though, he said “you’re drafted”. Obviously the gentleman wasn’t REALLY drafted, and therein lies the ‘humor’ of the situation. I don’t find it particularly funny, but it was a joke. Get over it.

    I love how I’ve been branded a conservative because I defended McCain’s right to crack a bad joke!


  78. BARTLEBEE Says:

    And Jon Stewert is funny by playing with Barbie doll during his show?

    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

    Beats playing with them in the closet, like you.


  79. BARTLEBEE Says:

    If you want a good laugh, look down while Bartlebee is taking a leak.

    Comment by Nick — September 4, 2007 @ 1:14 pm

    Thats true.

    You’ll see the top of Nicks head there.


  80. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Rightards think John McCain is still playing with a full deck.


  81. Starve-A-Bush_Feed-A-Beaver Says:

    McCain should hire Triumph The Insult Comic Dog to coach him if he wants to use this kind of insulting humor schtick.


  82. troqua Says:

    I get it. So he was joking around. But you still have to question his judgment.

    Remember this one, righties?

    “Do you know where you end up if you don’t study, if you aren’t smart, if you’re intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq.”

    Also poor judgment.

    Presidential candidates can’t afford to engage in edgy “humor.” That’s just the way it is.


  83. BARTLEBEE Says:

    “Do you know where you end up if you don’t study, if you aren’t smart, if you’re intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq.”

    Comment by troqua — September 4, 2007 @ 1:16 pm

    Ha ha.

    That ones a keeper.


  84. hellinabucket Says:

    ahh bathroom humor. Fun for all.


  85. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Bartlebee should be drafted. He was too much of a coward to serve.

    Comment by NicktheDick — September 4, 2007 @ 1:17 pm

    Well we know thats not gonna happen since Bush is too much of a wimp to institute a draft.


  86. Tracy Says:

    #80

    Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 4, 2007 @ 1:12 pm

    Because he gives so much good material to work with. LOL!


  87. Tracy Says:

    #83

    Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 4, 2007 @ 1:13 pm

    But that still beats hiding in you little dojo in D.C.


  88. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Because he gives so much good material to work with. LOL!

    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 1:19 pm

    Uhh, I think you got that backwards moron.

    Unless you’re trying to say that Fox news really is just an entertainment show for inbreds like you.


  89. GSD Says:

    McCain then farted some dust, ate some butterscotch pudding, turned on Lawrence Welk and settled back into his adjustable bed.

    -GSD


  90. BARTLEBEE Says:

    But that still beats hiding in you little dojo in D.C.

    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 1:21 pm

    No ones hiding here little man.

    You want some? Come get some.


  91. BARTLEBEE Says:

    But thanks for admitting Tracy, that you hide in the closet like a little girl, playing with dolls.

    We’ll have to start calling you Stacey.


  92. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Now do you dress them up and such, or does your mom come in to do their makeup?


  93. BARTLEBEE Says:

    John McCains problem is he hates the kids he’s talking to, because they are not willing to glaze their eyes over, strap on armbands and goosestep to the wardance.

    So his poorly cloaked jabs convey the hostility that he has for the audience.


  94. BARTLEBEE Says:

    There goes the neighborhood.


  95. Billy Hill Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?

    Hey, if you looked like they do and had your ass kicked as many times as they have by the likes of George Bush your attitude might be ready for a little adjustment too.


  96. BARTLEBEE Says:

    heh.

    Good!

    Comment by GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR DICKHEADIUS — September 4, 2007 @ 1:38 pm

    You know it. That pretty much ends his campaign now that he’s driven off the youth vote.


  97. BARTLEBEE Says:

    At this point, McCain couldn’t have gotten elected class president.


  98. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Hey, if you looked like they do and had your ass kicked as many times as they have by the likes of George Bush your attitude might be ready for a little adjustment too.

    Comment by BillyBlastoff — September 4, 2007 @ 1:43 pm

    lol.

    Scraping the bottom of the barrel today I see.


  99. Not Canadian Says:

    If you want a good laugh, look down while Bartlebee is taking a leak.

    Comment by Nick

    Ladies and gents, meet one of Larry Craig’s “disciples”!


  100. Billy Hill Says:

    strap on armbands and goosestep to the wardance.

    Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 4, 2007 @ 1:33 pm

    Yo Bart……whats with all the 1930’s ancient history Nazi fetish crap????

    Kinda stuck in time are ya…..

    Nothing a Little Metamusal and a good kick in the ass to transport you into the 21 st century.


  101. Grand Moff Texan Says:

    Geeze, McCain can’t even talk to teenagers without losing his mind. Just a broken old man who can’t handle the pressure.
    .


  102. Namtillaku Says:

    A question as mild yet valid as that, and he gives that response. Anyone who votes for McCain has sub-human level intelligence.


  103. michaelIsRetarded Says:

    Why are Lefties so humorless?
    Comment by Ringo — September 4, 2007 @ 12:17 pm
    ——-
    It’s because they have no souls!
    Comment by GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR OCTAVIANVS — September 4, 2007 @ 1:39 pm

    Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah. Accounts of things the Nazis said before the rounded up the ‘lefties’ for the concentration camps. You’re a LOON, murdering boy.


  104. Not Canadian Says:

    Comment by Billy Hill

    Well, like the new/old saying goes:

    “If the boot fits, time to polish your SS badge.”


  105. Turd Ferguson Says:

    If you watch the video of this, it actually is rather humorous. He answers the kids question (the question itself drew laughter), then, obviously joking, says “thanks for the question, you little jerk” waits for laughter, which there was plenty of, and then says ‘you’re drafted’ which drew more laughter. It was lighthearted throughout the entire portion of the session in which this occurred.


  106. Not Canadian Says:

    F*ck you, NAZI dickeater!!!

    Uh oh, looks like I struck a nerve again in my ‘D’ student, college puke!

    And you’ve been reported, for being a sniveling, whiny, coward of a traitor to America. (and for the invectives)

    Buh-bye, until you post under another name…


  107. Jason Baddo Says:

    if I were the kid’s Dad I would’ve pumched loser McCain right on his 71 year old nose. What a jerk this McCain is


  108. Not Canadian Says:

    Here’s one for the McFlipper:

    “You’re dying. That’s what old people do. THEY DIE.”

    Isn’t that funny???????????

    I laughed when they issued the line in Old School, and it still makes me chuckle, even though I’m past 40.


  109. Not Canadian Says:

    Uh-oh,

    Looks like NC got mr. p deleted/banned.

    Grow up. Play like an “adult”, even though you’re not, and we might let you hang around more…


  110. Prudence Juris Says:

    There are a lot of people of his age, who have a memory!

    This man is now DONE! Place him on the Table.

    Didn’t Arizone recall this sob?


  111. BARTLEBEE Says:

    If you want a good laugh, look down while Bartlebee is taking a leak.

    Comment by Nick

    Ladies and gents, meet one of Larry Craig’s “disciples”!

    Comment by Not Canadian — September 4, 2007 @ 1:48 pm

    Yea, I thought he was past all that. Guess I’m gonna have to go back to stuffing cotton in the keyhole again.


  112. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Yo Bart……whats with all the 1930’s ancient history Nazi fetish crap????

    Kinda stuck in time are ya…..


    Comment by Billy Hill — September 4, 2007 @ 1:51 pm

    I don’t know. You’ll have to ask Bush about that.

    He’s the one that turned the West Wing into the Reichstag.


  113. BARTLEBEE Says:

    Nothing a Little Metamusal and a good kick in the ass to transport you into the 21 st century.

    Comment by Billy Hill — September 4, 2007 @ 1:51 pm

    I keep telling you guys I don’t swing that way.

    Try Mr P.


  114. Exley Says:

    “I’m sure it was a joke but not a very well executed one.”

    And yet the audience laughed rather enthusiastically.

    I agree with TripMaster Monkey (#31), “this seems to be much ado about nothing.”


  115. Davy C Rockett Says:

    I have a feeling McCain will be the next candidate to drop out of this race.
    He’s is about as enthusatic as Hillary Clinton is.

    It’s a no-brainer this election, definitely Ron Paul is the man.


  116. Quizmos Says:

    With all that is going on in this country and the world, this is what the Press wants to sell as news? Lighten up! Can’t you leave this poor old geezer alone?


  117. Spudge_Boy Says:

    If you wanna know about the righties humor, just take a look at how well the half hour news hour did.

    Now that is a fu*king joke.


  118. jim grissom Says:

    heil freaking hitler,mccain is just one more nazi S.O.B.


  119. Tracy Says:

    #97

    Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 4, 2007 @ 1:29 pm

    I gave you the opportunity to come out of your security blanket enclave and meet me in Kentucky. You refused. I will be out there again this month. Want to try again? How about sending your wanna-be instructor?


  120. Tracy Says:

    #95

    Comment by BARTLEBEE — September 4, 2007 @ 1:28 pm

    No I am referring to Jon Stewart, and he discredits himself as being a real source of news all the time simply by being on Comedy Central. His show is a policial satire and a border line comical farce.


  121. Tracy Says:

    #124

    Or you could see another big joke with Al Frankin time on Air America. BTW does he have a show anymore on that network?

    Comment by Spudge_Boy — September 4, 2007 @ 4:34 pm


  122. Spudge_Boy Says:

    #124

    Or you could see another big joke with Al Frankin time on Air America. BTW does he have a show anymore on that network?

    Comment by Spudge_Boy — September 4, 2007 @ 4:34 pm

    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 5:23 pm

    No, dumb fu*k, he is running for Congress. Moron.


  123. Liberalismisdead Says:

    What a disrespectful little jerk that student was. It was great to see the student humiliated in front of his peers. TP made it sound like the jerk was the victim. He deserved getting skewered.


  124. BobsYourUncle Says:

    What a disrespectful little jerk that student was. Comment by Liberalismisdead — September 4, 2007 @ 6:56 pm

    What a disrespectful little jerk you are.

    It was great to see the student humiliated in front of his peers. Comment by Liberalismisdead — September 4, 2007 @ 6:56 pm

    It is great to see you humiliated in front of your ‘peers’.

    TP made it sound like the jerk was the victim. He deserved getting skewered. Comment by Liberalismisdead — September 4, 2007 @ 6:56 pm

    You’re right, the JERK McCain did deserve getting skewered. You f*cking little b!tch.


  125. BobsYourUncle Says:

    No I am referring to Jon Stewart, and he discredits himself as being a real source of news all the time simply by being on Comedy Central. His show is a policial satire and a border line comical farce.
    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 5:14 pm

    Funny, you’re describing O’Reilly that way!! You’re a little b!tch tracy.


  126. BobsYourUncle Says:

    I gave you the opportunity to come out of your security blanket enclave and meet me in Kentucky. You refused. I will be out there again this month. Want to try again? How about sending your wanna-be instructor?
    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 5:09 pm

    You mean you only want to meet in YOUR SECURITY BLANKET? You’re such a pansy Tracy, no wonder you’re so afraid to defend your manhood - p*ssy.


  127. Tracy Says:

    #129

    Comment by Spudge_Boy — September 4, 2007 @ 5:53 pm

    Frankin running for congress?…..that is the best joke yet! I know he is running for congress, but thanks for setting me up Spudege_BOY.


  128. BobsYourUncle Says:

    Frankin running for congress?…..that is the best joke yet! I know he is running for congress, but thanks for setting me up Spudege_BOY.
    Comment by Tracy — September 4, 2007 @ 7:22 pm

    Sorry, the biggest joke was all of you wingnuts voting for GWB!


  129. Tracy Says:

    #132 and #133

    Comment by BobsYourUncle — September 4, 2007 @ 7:01 pm

    No, I am talking about Jon Stewart. I pretty sure his show is on Comedy Central.

    I don’t live in Kentucky. I live in Dallas. I asked him to meet me at a job site for a hospital addition that I am doing construction administration for. He refused and said that I would have come to his so called “training” facility. Would you like to take BARTLEBEE’s place?


  130. Tracy Says:

    #135

    Comment by BobsYourUncle — September 4, 2007 @ 7:31 pm

    Would it be asking too much to let Spudge_Boy reply? Are you his keeper?


  131. Alejandro Says:

    Do you think you might die in office or get Alzheimer’s?

    HA HA HA HA HA!!!!
    Eat shyte McCain


  132. lon Says:

    Just goes to show what a bunch of pussies this society has made boys his age. Years of telling boys they are bad and girls that they are perfect has worked to make boys a bunch of faggots now. What a shame.


  133. lon Says:

    Bobsyouruncle- you are an example of the faggot boys that I mentioned above. Any male that is a democrat or a liberal should have been born with a vag!


  134. NH603 Says:

    I’m a senior at this school. The only reason why anyone laughed is because no one likes the kid who asked that question. It still doesn’t make what McCain said right though.


  135. Eric Gallager Says:

    I was the kid who asked about his age. First I’m going to try to explain myself. This event was on much shorter notice than the rest of the presidential events that have happened at CHS. I had completely forgotten about the event until right before it happened, so I had like 15 minutes to think of a question. If I had had some more time to think about it, I probably could have found a better way to ask it, one that wasn’t so blunt. But still, age is something to worry about. Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s while in office and it affected how he governed. I’ve had two grandparents die, one from Alzheimer’s, and they weren’t much older than McCain. McCain may have a lot of energy and vigor now, but think four years down the road, or maybe even eight. OK, that’s enough explanation for myself.

    Now on to McCain’s response. I think the “you little jerk” comment was perfectly okay with me. I could tell that he was joking, and even if he hadn’t been joking it would have been okay because I had asked him a pretty tough question. The bigger controversy around my high school was William Sleaster’s disrespectful comment about McCain not being a good leader.

    @ the person above me: the “no one likes the kid” part wasn’t necessary — or true for that matter.


  136. Paul Says:

    As an unapologetic liberal, a lot of things that conservative politicians say bother me. But I don’t fault McCain for calling his questioner a jerk, it showed McCain’s sense of humor, and his willingness to take risks. I don’t fault the questioner either, since his question was valid. In a democracy, we have the right to free speech, but we also need to be ready to endure the consequences (like being called a jerk) of being outspoken, as this little exchange to aptly illustrated.


  137. Lisa Says:

    Liberalism: Why think when I can “feel”. Unless, of course, I am hurling my own ridiculous insults at someone I hate (Petraeus or anyone on the right). Of course, those I aim my insults at don’t “feel”, it’s all about my feeling(s).

    I say stay with it liberals - your non thinking approach is working great (not) for your causes… I love it. I think you should take more moveon.org funds and you deserve the terrible press fallout from that “smart” (again.. no thinking with you all) move. laughing all the way to the election - cry babies!



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