Comments on: McCain dodges Bush comparison with awkward laugh. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Menehune http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175709 Menehune Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:40:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175709 #24...But that hairline! That's straight out of Phantom of the Opera! #24…But that hairline! That’s straight out of Phantom of the Opera!

]]> By: bernard quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175697 bernard quatermass Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:32:20 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175697 Is it me, or does McCain in that screenshot resemble Lon Chaney in _London After Midnight_ (the film is lost but still shots remain)? This would imply that McCain is utilizing some sort of prosthetic makeup device to achieve that hideous grin. This would not come as a surprise. Is it me, or does McCain in that screenshot resemble Lon Chaney in _London After Midnight_ (the film is lost but still shots remain)?

This would imply that McCain is utilizing some sort of prosthetic makeup device to achieve that hideous grin. This would not come as a surprise.

]]> By: Menehune http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175659 Menehune Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:31:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175659 Bush is an albatross around the neck of John McCain. He might have the strength to swim 20% of the way with that weight pulling him down--but that's still a loooong way from shore. Bush is an albatross around the neck of John McCain. He might have the strength to swim 20% of the way with that weight pulling him down–but that’s still a loooong way from shore.

]]> By: Bruce Gorton http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175654 Bruce Gorton Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:12:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175654 The awkward laugh of a "Oh, heck I hope not." To be fair to McCain, he wont win the outright evil vote due to his opposition to torture. The awkward laugh of a “Oh, heck I hope not.”

To be fair to McCain, he wont win the outright evil vote due to his opposition to torture.

]]> By: dsmith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175649 dsmith Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:49:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175649 He's so indebted to the neocons for funding his campaign he will say anything the Lieberman crowd wants him to. Last week he accussed Ron Paul of being a pussy for not wanting to bomb Iran. Now that the report has come out stating that Iran has no nuclear weapons program, maybe an apology is in order. He’s so indebted to the neocons for funding his campaign he will say anything the Lieberman crowd wants him to.

Last week he accussed Ron Paul of being a pussy for not wanting to bomb Iran. Now that the report has come out stating that Iran has no nuclear weapons program, maybe an apology is in order.

]]> By: loretta http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175645 loretta Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:15:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175645 He can't win on this......He only wants 25% of the vote? He can’t win on this……He only wants 25% of the vote?

]]> By: Jericho http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175644 Jericho Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:49:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175644 Pssst, McCain, as the NIE says, there is no challenge on national security. However, there is quite a challenge on getting Bush's 9 trillion dollar deficit out of the way, you ignorant a**. Pssst, McCain, as the NIE says, there is no challenge on national security. However, there is quite a challenge on getting Bush’s 9 trillion dollar deficit out of the way, you ignorant a**.

]]> By: Jim http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175624 Jim Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:28:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175624 #15: While I disagree with many of their views, I actually respect the (relative) intellectual honesty of the Libertarian position. I at least find it more logical than the Republican Party, which seems to me hypocritical and dishonest at every turn. That said, I strongly disagree with Libertarian positions on health care, education, taxation, and the environment. And I think the Libertarian candidate for president in '04, Michael Badnarik, was a tinfoil hat-wearing loonie. You'd be hard-pressed to convince me he would have made a better president than John Kerry. #15: While I disagree with many of their views, I actually respect the (relative) intellectual honesty of the Libertarian position. I at least find it more logical than the Republican Party, which seems to me hypocritical and dishonest at every turn.

That said, I strongly disagree with Libertarian positions on health care, education, taxation, and the environment. And I think the Libertarian candidate for president in ‘04, Michael Badnarik, was a tinfoil hat-wearing loonie. You’d be hard-pressed to convince me he would have made a better president than John Kerry.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175605 RUCerious Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:18:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175605 Could I suggest a game of dodge ball between McKane and Tweetster? Could I suggest a game of dodge ball between McKane and Tweetster?

]]> By: Keltoi at Night http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175535 Keltoi at Night Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:57:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175535 Libertarian is conservative-speak for “I vote a straight GOP ticket, but I don’t like Bush though I voted for him two times.” Comment by Above the Clouds — December 3, 2007 @ 9:46 pm Nah, never voted for Bush. Perot-Perot-Nader-Libertarian (Nader didn't make the ballot in my state in 04) in the last 4 goes. I dream of America with a real 3rd party...probably never happen, but I never vote for the big parties. Libertarian is conservative-speak for “I vote a straight GOP ticket, but I don’t like Bush though I voted for him two times.”

Comment by Above the Clouds — December 3, 2007 @ 9:46 pm

Nah, never voted for Bush. Perot-Perot-Nader-Libertarian (Nader didn’t make the ballot in my state in 04) in the last 4 goes. I dream of America with a real 3rd party…probably never happen, but I never vote for the big parties.

]]> By: Above the Clouds http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175531 Above the Clouds Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:46:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175531 Libertarian is conservative-speak for "I vote a straight GOP ticket, but I don't like Bush though I voted for him two times." Libertarian is conservative-speak for “I vote a straight GOP ticket, but I don’t like Bush though I voted for him two times.”

]]> By: Vanthomas http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175512 Vanthomas Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:00:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175512 Looks like McOlds "Bomb bomb Iran" ditty is even more retarded in light of the new NIE. Take some Geritol and help momma knit something sir,you will never be president. Looks like McOlds “Bomb bomb Iran” ditty is even more retarded in light of the new NIE. Take some Geritol and help momma knit something sir,you will never be president.

]]> By: Keltoi at Night http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175508 Keltoi at Night Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:54:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175508 McCain is old, yes. I think walking corpse a bit harsh. Huck is a fundy whack job. He kinda scares me, I wouldn't pick him for VP, especially for a gentleman of McCains years....I dunno. I am just praying Obama gets the Dem nomination so I can vote for him. If it is Hillary and anyone from the Rs other than McCain....I guess it'll be Libertarian. McCain is old, yes. I think walking corpse a bit harsh.

Huck is a fundy whack job. He kinda scares me, I wouldn’t pick him for VP, especially for a gentleman of McCains years….I dunno. I am just praying Obama gets the Dem nomination so I can vote for him. If it is Hillary and anyone from the Rs other than McCain….I guess it’ll be Libertarian.

]]> By: Keltoi at Night http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175504 Keltoi at Night Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:49:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175504 Broder? That beltway hack hasn’t gotten one right in over a decade. And Huck has some prickly questions to answer. Like why he hired himself as a media consultant, and paid himself out of campaign funds. Comment by barfly — December 3, 2007 @ 8:41 pm Oh, Broder isn't THAT bad. He is a big time beltway type, but he seems to have the respect of other beltway types from both sides of the spectrum. Maybe it is an inbred thing among pundits, but he isn't a wild ideologue, which is nice. Isn't the media's sudden love of Huck weird? Tweety was talking about it today - since when does the MSM cheer for an evangelical? Of all the R's in the race, I like McCain the best. His pure physical courage as a POW is not something I can write off, even if his policy views aren't always to my taste. And it is a pretty thin field. Broder? That beltway hack hasn’t gotten one right in over a decade. And Huck has some prickly questions to answer. Like why he hired himself as a media consultant, and paid himself out of campaign funds.

Comment by barfly — December 3, 2007 @ 8:41 pm

Oh, Broder isn’t THAT bad. He is a big time beltway type, but he seems to have the respect of other beltway types from both sides of the spectrum. Maybe it is an inbred thing among pundits, but he isn’t a wild ideologue, which is nice.

Isn’t the media’s sudden love of Huck weird? Tweety was talking about it today – since when does the MSM cheer for an evangelical?

Of all the R’s in the race, I like McCain the best. His pure physical courage as a POW is not something I can write off, even if his policy views aren’t always to my taste. And it is a pretty thin field.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175501 Lefty Patriot Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:45:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175501 Jesus, a walking corpse and a fundy whack-job. Nice, keltoi, with friends like you, the US needs no enemies. Jesus, a walking corpse and a fundy whack-job. Nice, keltoi, with friends like you, the US needs no enemies.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175498 barfly Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:41:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175498 "Did anyone read the David Broder piece this weekend on the efficacy - for Republicans - of a McCain- Huckabee ticket? Pretty persusive." Comment by Keltoi at Night — Broder? That beltway hack hasn't gotten one right in over a decade. And Huck has some prickly questions to answer. Like why he hired himself as a media consultant, and paid himself out of campaign funds. “Did anyone read the David Broder piece this weekend on the efficacy – for Republicans – of a McCain- Huckabee ticket? Pretty persusive.”

Comment by Keltoi at Night —

Broder? That beltway hack hasn’t gotten one right in over a decade. And Huck has some prickly questions to answer. Like why he hired himself as a media consultant, and paid himself out of campaign funds.

]]> By: Keltoi at Night http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175493 Keltoi at Night Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:37:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175493 I do not think a vote for McCain is a vote for more of Bush's policies. They agree on Iraq, but Iraq will not be the same place in the next 4 years as it has been in the last. It won't even be the same place by election time. Did anyone read the David Broder piece this weekend on the efficacy - for Republicans - of a McCain- Huckabee ticket? Pretty persusive. I do not think a vote for McCain is a vote for more of Bush’s policies. They agree on Iraq, but Iraq will not be the same place in the next 4 years as it has been in the last. It won’t even be the same place by election time.

Did anyone read the David Broder piece this weekend on the efficacy – for Republicans – of a McCain- Huckabee ticket? Pretty persusive.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175479 ForTruth Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:25:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175479 I'm embarrassed this guy is my senator, and what did he ever do with John McCain? I’m embarrassed this guy is my senator, and what did he ever do with John McCain?

]]> By: Xisithrus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175472 Xisithrus Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:21:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175472 I wonder if these candidates have dreams of wobbling to some indiscreet telephone both and emerging as some superhero that guards our borders. Captian Delusional to the rescue!! I wonder if these candidates have dreams of wobbling to some indiscreet telephone both and emerging as some superhero that guards our borders.

Captian Delusional to the rescue!!

]]> By: dixie blood http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/comment-page-1/#comment-4175464 dixie blood Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:14:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/03/mccain-dodges-bush-comparison-with-awkward-laugh/#comment-4175464 <em>"I hope they would vote for me because they recognize the challenges, particularly in national security."</em> <b>That statement equals "I will keep the war going as long as there's a profit! Just make me Prezidunce and I'll be rich!! Got bless the military industrial complex! Oh, and Boo! Did I scare you?!"</b> “I hope they would vote for me because they recognize the challenges, particularly in national security.”

That statement equals “I will keep the war going as long as there’s a profit! Just make me Prezidunce and I’ll be rich!! Got bless the military industrial complex! Oh, and Boo! Did I scare you?!”

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