The New York Times reports on Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman during his first run for the GOP nomination in 2000, which often led to political favors:
A champion of deregulation, Mr. McCain wrote letters in 1998 and 1999 to the Federal Communications Commission urging it to uphold marketing agreements allowing a television company to control two stations in the same city, a crucial issue for Glencairn Ltd., one of Ms. Iseman’s clients. […]
In late 1999, Ms. Iseman asked Mr. McCain’s staff to send a letter to the commission to help Paxson, now Ion Media Networks, on another matter. Mr. Paxson was impatient for F.C.C. approval of a television deal, and Ms. Iseman acknowledged in an e-mail message to The Times that she had sent to Mr. McCain’s staff information for drafting a letter urging a swift decision.
Mr. McCain complied. He sent two letters to the commission, drawing a rare rebuke for interference from its chairman.
The Times reports that McCain denied having an affair with Iseman.
UPDATE: In a statement tonight, the McCain campaign claimed that the Senator has “never violated the public trust, never done favors for special interests or lobbyists.”
The problem is, no one expects a republican to be honest.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:03 pmAnd take a minute to check out the eclipse. It’s amazing.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:04 pmMcBoner
February 20th, 2008 at 10:09 pmMcHornybastard
McViagra
McTicklethepickle
McSpankthelobbyist
McBoningtheblondie
And take a minute to check out the eclipse. It’s amazing.
Comment by Bobwurst — February 20, 2008 @ 10:04 pm
It’s overcast here in Houston. :(
February 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pmOh look folks the troll is trying to be funny.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pmMORE BREAKING NEWS:
Bill O’Lielly finds his brain, it was in the shower drain, under the loofah.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pmI bet little Johnny McInsane is using some really bad words right about now, and little Cindy is looking for the medicine cabinet. And Mikey Huckleberry is starting to sing “I’m back in the saddle again”.
Time to flag the trolls.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:12 pmVery funny, Dr Matt…
Apart from that… what IS that odor in here?
Oh… the bitter stench of troll desperation…
February 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pmShi-ite… the fog has come rolling in here… damnation!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:14 pmYes, the eclipse is really something, we are having a rare crystal clear night here in the Northwest. Breath taking.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pmNote to JK
You have been flagged.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:15 pmI agree about the eclipse. I drove up to my lake place in Minnesota and it is totally dark and crystal clear here. I have had a fantastic view of the eclipse which started here about an hour and a half ago. It is total now so the moon is almost blood red. Amazing!
Regarding this McCain story in the NYT — it is going to produce so much hot air from the likes of Limpballs, Little Seanie Insanity, Mark Lavine, et. al. It has started already.
Oh, the outrage. Not against McCain, of course. Against that leftie main-stream media that’s lying about and abusing poor little Johnny.
This is so much fun!
And after they’re done with this, they can start in on Scary Cindy and her drug addiction, theft of drugs from an NGO that she funded with her daddy’s wealth, etc. It’s just too bad that these stories are coming out so early. Why, Mittens Romney might even be tempted to jump back in the race now that McCain’s horse is going to pull up lame.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:22 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!!
DETAILS LATER!!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
Ignre this A$$hole Troll!!!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pmIt’s ad hominem time already? The hits will keep on comin’!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:25 pmHas McCain came out & mentioned what kind of mood altering drugs he been on ?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:28 pmTime to flag the trolls.
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 20, 2008 @ 10:12 pm
Done.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:29 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!!
DETAILS LATER!!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
details now!!! - who gives a s**t!!!!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmtroll john kerry caught quoting charles darwin at an abortion clinic whilst administering the marriage between several gay couples…..in arabic
WOW. Even clear here on the Oregon Coast. Awesome in the true sense of the word.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:31 pmThe eclipse is amazing!!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:32 pmMcCain of McCain-Feingold Fame
+
A Lot of Quality Time with a Lobbyist
=
Maverick-tastic!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:34 pmApparently, McCain likes blonds with weird eyes.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:35 pmThe timing seems suspecious for an old story.
McCain can deny it happened..unless someone has a video to show, the game of denial will continue.
Clinton denied first that he had anything to do with Lewinski, until the stained dress went to the lab. and the results compelled Clinton to admit…
But denial does not mean that McCain was able to wash his sins in the eyes of his party’s ultra Conservatives…
February 20th, 2008 at 10:36 pmMcCain reputation is going to be tarnished anyway,and large number of these Conservatives will say….we told you so…
19 - 20 should be reversed? =)
February 20th, 2008 at 10:38 pmRight, Zep. I should be on the Oregon coast, and jb should be here. :)
February 20th, 2008 at 10:39 pmTYZ =)
February 20th, 2008 at 10:42 pmWeird how thoughts transverse time, eh?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:43 pmIf this story is supposedly bunk as McCains campaign says,then why did he lawyer up back in December in an effort to have the NYT quash the story?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pmWeird how thoughts transverse time, eh?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:44 pm[IE GTMA]
Cold enough here tonight, but probably a heat wave in Idaho.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:45 pmMcCain reputation is going to be tarnished anyway
Comment by tarazan — February 20, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
Yep! There is no stopping the snowball from rolling down the hill and growing bigger all the time. And the beauty is, the left did not start this thing, as much as the “wrong” will try to say it did. The Dems don’t have to do a thing here! Like an internet letter that you can’t stop from reaching millions, this one will hurt McBush tremendously. Can you imagine how much time, effort and money the McBush people will have to spend to try and kill this “rumor”?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pmyea, but, hey, bill oLIElly wants to lynch michele obama…
this is one sick country we’re dealing with…
February 20th, 2008 at 10:47 pmThis is gonna take McPimp down quicker than Kimbo Slice’s opponents.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:48 pmjb,
If you call 35 degrees a heat wave, then yep. :-)
I’ve had enough of winter and snow. Ugh.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:48 pmIseman may or may not have had sex with McCain, nevertheless old men are weak to attention by younger females.
The maverick is corraled.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:50 pmThe Christian Right have their guy now.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:50 pmflag the copiers too!
February 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pmApparently, McCain likes blonds with weird eyes.
Comment by Zooey — February 20, 2008 @ 10:35 pm
l o l … you noticed that too…
February 20th, 2008 at 10:54 pmUPDATE: In a statement tonight, the McCain campaign denied that the Senator has ever “betrayed the public trust.â€
Uh huh….
He never betrayed the public trust by going back on campaign reform.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:56 pmHe never betrayed the public trust by selling his soul on the torture issue.
He never betrayed the public trust by acting nucking futs in general.
/sarc
Probably about 40 here, but clear and dry. It has been a wet dreary winter. Though not much for snow.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pmnevertheless old men are weak to attention by younger females.
Comment by Xisithrus — February 20, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
Not all of us. I’m one year older than McBush and I prefer women close to my age. The young are so inexperienced about life that the only relationship I can conceive of is one of father and daughter. Now aside from a relationship, I really enjoy young people! Usually far more than folks over middle age. Some of the fire and rebellion is lost as we age.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pmComment by jb — February 20, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
Thank your lucky stars, jb. We’ve had 4 feet of snow.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:58 pmMcCain’s new slogan, “No fool like an old fool”.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:59 pmMan if it was 40 here I’d head to the beach, it’s so cold and dry, my skin is chafed.
February 20th, 2008 at 10:59 pmDang 4 foot? Where do you live? Buffalo?
February 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmVery clear here, what a site, really cool .
Kinda gives you a strange feeling .
So . . . it sounds like Johnny may not be able to spin outta this one.
Ha, couldn’t happen to a nicer warmonger.
The icing will be when the pics of her client(s) and junior on Air Force 19-percent show up.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmSome of the fire and rebellion is lost as we age.
Comment by Merlin — February 20, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
My parents will be relieved to know that. :-)
February 20th, 2008 at 11:00 pmDang 4 foot? Where do you live? Buffalo?
Comment by the Lone Voice of Reason — February 20, 2008 @ 11:00 pm
Northern Idaho. It’s been a tough year.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pmDon’t need no stinkin’ shovels out this way, but we have worn out the wipers on the car and we all wear rubber boots, the footwear of the proletariat.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:02 pmLiving in Idaho, or the cold? Just kidding, I bet it’s awesome there in the warmer seasons.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:03 pmYeah, the weather is really bad here in LA! It drizzled here last night and the temperature was down into the 70s today. Sure hope it clears by tomorrow and clear sunny weather in the 80s returns. ;
February 20th, 2008 at 11:04 pmI hate you Merlin.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:04 pmOld MC Romeo got caught.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:06 pm‘Viagra is working, my dear friends’.
Living in Idaho, or the cold? Just kidding, I bet it’s awesome there in the warmer seasons.
Comment by the Lone Voice of Reason — February 20, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
I’ve lived in Idaho for 15 years, and I’m sick of it. I’m going to try to get out of this state for graduate school.
Summer is great at 2500 feet. :)
February 20th, 2008 at 11:06 pmEclipse is getting better by the minute.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:06 pm#3BREAKING NEWS!!
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!!
DETAILS LATER!!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @
And when you google that guess where it is
found?
http://www.google.com/ search?hl=en&q=OBAMA+CAUGHT+IN+A+HOMOSEXUAL+AFFAIR+WITH+PAGE%21%21%21&btnG=Search
It reads:Think Progress » McCain’s unethical relationships.
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!! DETAILS LATER!!! Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @ 10:06 pm. McBoner McHornybastard McViagra …
thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccains-unethical-relationships/ - 58 minutes ago -
Not too cook JK.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:06 pmComment by Merlin — February 20, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
Have you met gummitch? He’s a good weather rubber-inner as well. Grrr….
February 20th, 2008 at 11:07 pmComment by the Lone Voice of Reason — February 20, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
Where are you freezing your hiney off?
February 20th, 2008 at 11:08 pmZooey so can I asume it was Idaho that killed Hemingway.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:10 pmDamn, the eclipse has moved into some high clouds.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:10 pmIt is still clear here in Michigan. I can see it fine.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:11 pmSouthern Idaho would kill anyone. Ugh.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:13 pmI love it here in Michigan but with the water table so high it kills me with my asthma in the fall and winter. When my kids are both out of school, me and the little lady are gonna do a gypsy move and pull up stakes and head west.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:15 pmJust don’t tell the kids you’re moving. :-D
Anything out west is going to be dryer than Michigan — except Portland and Seattle. I love Montana, but I’ve had it with harsh winters.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pmHave you met gummitch? He’s a good weather rubber-inner as well. Grrr….
Comment by Zooey — February 20, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
You are welcome here in LA. Come and enjoy the San Fernando Valley in Aug-Sep when the temp is over 100 and the hot Santa Ana winds blowing make you feel you are in front of an oven with a fan in the back.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:20 pmYou’d think someone burnt in the Keating scandal would pay attention to the appearance of squeaky clean. Not Johnny McBrain.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:21 pmHey Merlin, that’s where I grew up, a Granada Hills boy.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:21 pmBothel, Washington is so much greener.
In august I visited some friends in N.Cali, pretty nice.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:21 pmAt tomorrow’s news conference, little Johnny McCain will say, “I never had lobbyist relations with that woman . . . Vicki Iseman”.
Mark my words.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:23 pmComment by Merlin — February 20, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
Um, no thanks. :-)
I’ve done California already — born out in the desert, and grew up in Bay Area.
I prefer to live in a place where I can get a nice $30,000 house for $100,000, rather than $1,000,000.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pmYou’d think someone burnt in the Keating scandal would pay attention to the appearance of squeaky clean. Not Johnny McBrain.
Comment by RUCerious
February 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pmYou’d think someone who’s been around since Moses wore short pants would know better.
The top half of the moon is now shadowed, the bottom half bright silver. How cool is this?~!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:24 pmComment by tom — February 20, 2008 @ 11:23 pm
“Lobbyist relations”
Now all the kids will be doing it…
February 20th, 2008 at 11:26 pmHey Merlin, that’s where I grew up, a Granada Hills boy.
Bothel, Washington is so much greener.
My daughter lived in the Portland Oregon area for 18 years and my many visits there were wonderful. The Pacific Northwest is really lovely, if you don’t mind the rain. However being a native New Yorker for 26 years I dearly love it here in LA and would never want to leave. (Being very color weak in red and green takes away the beauty of the Northern greenery. Everything kind of looks the same to me. Like brown.)
February 20th, 2008 at 11:26 pmIt is so very cool RUC
February 20th, 2008 at 11:27 pmThat is one powerful eclipse.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:28 pmAmazing. The moon moved above the clouds. Anyone know what planets are close by? I can see two.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:29 pmDamn, clouds just came in to hide the eclipse….still
February 20th, 2008 at 11:31 pmyea… amazingly desperate… that’s it…
February 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pmComment by good_golly — February 20, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
McCain smears himself.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:34 pmBarak H. Obama must be really desperate to be using his surrogates at TP to try to smear a war hero.
Comment by good_golly — February 20, 2008 @ 11:32 pm
McCain must be DESPERATE to use surrogates at the GOP to try to MISUSE his WAR HERO LABEL to JUSTIFY HIS UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS. Duke Cunningham was a WAR HERO as well, he was also an UNETHICAL CRIMINAL - what’s your point, bad hack?
February 20th, 2008 at 11:35 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!!
DETAILS LATER!!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
ROTFL, Obama is a Democrat, you must have meant to type McCain, as REPUBLICANS are the PAGE SEX AFFAIR CROWD!!! ROTFL!!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pmi can’t see the eclipse now, unless i go outside…
February 20th, 2008 at 11:36 pmno thanks… -0s tonight…
i saw enough of it before and during the red phase…
very cool… i’m glad i have binoculars too…
gi-gi, you really aren’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, are you?
You will not find Obama running smears. That is the domain of the republics. If you think someone planted this story for political gain, then it most likely someone like Mitt Romney who is creaming his jeans to “un-suspend” his campaign. Or maybe GDumbya and Darth Cheney who are looking for some way to finagle a third term.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pmThe planet Saturn, and the star Regulus are visible near the eclipse. If memory serves, the more twinkly one is Regulus.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:40 pmMcCain’s unethical affair has been eclipsed by his constant flip flopping and pandering extreme right wingers.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:40 pmWhat did you expect from the only member of the Keating Five still serving in Congress?
McCain ran on the campaign finance reform platform in 1999 because he wanted to turn his biggest weakness into his biggest strength. It’s Rovian politics 101, although Rove likes to turn it around and make the opponents biggest strenghth their biggest weakness (like turning John Kerry’s bravery in Vietnam into him being a coward who faked his injuries and did not deserve his medals….or how they’re now trying to turn Obama’s speaking ability into a weakness by saying he’s all talk).
These guys remind me of old NFL coaches trying to use their same old plays when the league has completely moved in a different direction. McCain is running the option while Obama is using the Patiots and Colts spread-offense.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:45 pmBREAKING NEWS!!
OBAMA CAUGHT IN A HOMOSEXUAL AFFAIR WITH PAGE!!!
DETAILS LATER!!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 20, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
Your DESPERATION is showing, Mr. Bush, you TRAITOR…
And STOP posting here…
You’re SUPPOSED to be the “president”, not just some azshole…
You’re the BIG aszhole who is going to take down TRAITOR McTraitor WITH you.
By the way, TRAITOR Bush, go FKUC YOURSELF,
You stupid little COXUCKER punk TRAITOR to the USA…
“You’re either WITH McCain and Bush OR
February 20th, 2008 at 11:48 pmYou’re with the USA and the TRUTH!”
McCain must be DESPERATE to use surrogates at the GOP to try to MISUSE his WAR HERO LABEL to JUSTIFY HIS UNETHICAL BEHAVIORS. Duke Cunningham was a WAR HERO as well, he was also an UNETHICAL CRIMINAL - what’s your point, bad hack?
Comment by republicans hate facts — February 20, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
EXACTLY!!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:49 pmComment by Arn Gunnutes — February 20, 2008 @ 11:48 pm
As they get more and more desperate, we can expect dirtier and nastier and more underhanded tactics from them.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:52 pmHey Merlin, that’s where I grew up, a Granada Hills boy.
Bothel, Washington is so much greener.
Comment by RUCerious — February 20, 2008 @ 11:21 pm
Howdy from the Kirkland Marina!
They have wireless web in the parks, and I am posting from here presently…
NRA Gun Nut(e)s
February 20th, 2008 at 11:53 pmI feel torn about this issue. We honestly can’t be hypocrites and say that this is a big issue when most of us decided that extra-marital affairs did not affect Clinton’s job.
On the other hand, if you are “in bed” with a lobbyist, it calls into question your lobbying reform efforts.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:53 pmGigi must be really desperate to bring up Mr. Obama in a thread that has nothing to do with the great American.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pmI think McCain has many more serious faults than the occasional humping of blondes with million mile stares. But to some out there, this will be a big deal.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:56 pmYo Arn, are ya a Houghton kinda guy?
February 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pmKgprophet,
I personally do not care about the affair alone. That’s between McCain and his wife. It’s a personal issue, not related to his job.
It’s the lobbyist part that worries me. Accepting sexual favors in exchange for political favors should be just as illegal as accepting monetary bribes in exchange for political favor. I think it’s even lower to sell yourself for sexual favors. For his own staff to have to step in, they must have known political favors were being given.
February 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pmOur poor gigi troll is so pathetic. We don’t have to or need to smear McCain, he does such a great job of stepping in shit it almost smears itself!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:58 pmI feel torn about this issue. We honestly can’t be hypocrites and say that this is a big issue when most of us decided that extra-marital affairs did not affect Clinton’s job.
On the other hand, if you are “in bed†with a lobbyist, it calls into question your lobbying reform efforts.
Comment by Kgprophet — February 20, 2008 @ 11:53 pm
Torn? Fugheddaboudit!!
McTraitor voted to CONVICT Clinton.
NO sympathy for this HYPOCRITE McTreason…
http://www.senate.gov/ legislative/ LIS/ roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=106&session=1&vote=00017
P.S. TWO “l”’s in Bothell, RUC… Otherwise, the residents COUGH you out of town (Bothell! Bothell! Bothell!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:59 pmMcCain got shot down over N. VietNam, I was awarded a Bronze Star. I ain’t no war hero, and neither is he.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:00 amall of the above, Kgprophet @ 11:53 pm
…
gotta watch keith now… the daily colbert was repeats tonight…
g’nite everybody…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:00 amYeah, Arn, I know, two ells, but my late night typing skills suck.
BTW, we live three blocks from the Mill Creek border!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:00 am“I feel torn about this issue. We honestly can’t be hypocrites and say that this is a big issue when most of us decided that extra-marital affairs did not affect Clinton’s job.”
There is no apt comparison between the two, as Clinton did no favors for Monica.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:01 amNite katy, me too, Miss Amber and I are off to slumberland.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:01 amYo Arn, are ya a Houghton kinda guy?
Comment by RUCerious — February 20, 2008 @ 11:57 pm
Nope, girls ONLY!! ;–)
Actually, I live where the Castle is “new” (Newcastle).
“Oh, we don’t own, we’re just Renton!”
February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 amI just read this same story here:
http://beertap.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 02/ 20/ john-mccain-caught-cheating-on-his-wife/
Also on that same blog is a petition asking Senator Clinton to release her tax returns. Apparently for some reason she refuses to.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:02 amYeah, Arn, I know, two ells, but my late night typing skills suck.
BTW, we live three blocks from the Mill Creek border!
Comment by RUCerious — February 21, 2008 @ 12:00 am
Watch OUT! They SNEEZE at you in that county..
(Snohomish! Bless you! Or Blessings, a la Sharon/witch)
Or the place where you go to see all the keo’s–
MultiKeo!!
Some say instead of Newcastle, I should be in Bellevue ;–)
Nitol!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:06 amSo Mr. McSaint was caught having fun with a blond?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:07 amI just read this same story here:
http://beertap.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 02/ 20/ john-mccain-caught-cheating-on-his-wife/
Also on that same blog is a petition asking Senator Clinton to release her tax returns. Apparently for some reason she refuses to.
Comment by RA — February 21, 2008 @ 12:02 am
AND, let’s get GW Bush to RELEASE his DADDY’S and Reagan’s records, blocked by his executive order 13233.
He did it for SOME reason.
Oh, YEAH, it would show Bush Sr. and Ronnie to have committed TREASON in Iran/Contra. Like ALL the Bushes before and after.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:08 amClinton did no favors for Monica.
Comment by barfly — February 21, 2008 @ 12:01 am
um… coming from a silly little romantic’s voice of experience,
yes, he did…
but i know what you mean…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:11 amWell, well. Our JK troll has crossed the line and committed libel. Buh-bye.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:13 amThe blogosphere is abuzz with the New York Times story about presumptive GOP nominee John McCain and the nature of his relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman. It remains unclear why the paper sat on the story since December. But whether or not the New York Times has had the goods on him, it didn’t stop the Times from endorsing John McCain in the state’s Republican primary last month.
For the details, see:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:15 am“NY Times Endorsed McCain Before Running Scandal Piece.”
I doubt if McCain lost many votes from this crowd by this story, true or not. GG excluded of course. The point is that he will lose some from the right wing Puritans that he has been desperately sucking up to recently.
It’s the hypocrisy stupid. You can’t wrap yourself in that stained mantle of Family Values when you just wiped your dick off on it now can you John?
February 21st, 2008 at 12:28 amAnd we’re still eight months out from the conclusion to all this.
It will be enormously enjoyable, watching the programmed self-destruction of the republican nominee, and his running mate, whoever that poor sod is.
Now there’s a tragic figure….
Like being placed temporarily in charge of securing the Titanic’s deck-chairs…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:29 amSo you idiot libs now see what a made up headline can do!! How does it feel libbies????
This bullshit story on Mc Cain has ABSOLUTELY no proof!!
CASE CLOSED!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:31 am“It’s the hypocrisy stupid. You can’t wrap yourself in that stained mantle of Family Values when you just wiped your dick off on it now can you John?”
Comment by nanlichi
He’s been using Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” as a campaign song. He should change it to “Reeling, Rocking and Rolling:
We did it in the kitchen
We did it in the hall;
I got some on my finger
and I wiped it on the wall…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:34 amComment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:31 am
We’ve certainly learned our lesson.
**eyes rolling**
February 21st, 2008 at 12:39 amI love this:
“McCain may have behaved unethically and cheated on his wife, but we’re not sure”!! From the NY TIMES!!
Obama MAY HAVE cheated on his wife with a male page but….WE’RE NOT SURE!” He should stop running because of this clear cut proof!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:39 amI wonder if the media will censor this story…after all it is St. McCain…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:41 amJK, Get a life…your talking points and your nonsense are always debunked here…well to give you credit, at least you’re being original this time with the Obama + page BS, whereas before you would always repeat the GOP talking points…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:42 am“He should stop running because of this clear cut proof!!”
Comment by John Kerry
Ironic, eh? Who was the last democrat who got the media slime treatment?
Why, wasn’t it… John Kerry?
Heh, heh, heh…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:43 amFlag the troll.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:44 amYep it was me, the decorated Vietnam hero who spent 2 months there!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:47 amFlag the troll.
Comment by Zooey — February 21, 2008 @ 12:44 am
The first libelous post is already gone.
I ain’t had this much fun since the hawgs et my baby brudder.TM
February 21st, 2008 at 12:50 amCASE CLOSED!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:31 am
Come and see the troll dance in desperation, folks. Vainly trying to make the story go away. And just when you think it is gone, there it is again. It is like a snow ball rolling down the hill. It has its own momentum and grows as it goes. There is simply no stopping it.
BwaaaaHaaaaaHaaaa
Listen and weep trolls! BwaaaaHaaaaaHaaaa
February 21st, 2008 at 12:51 amI ain’t had this much fun since the hawgs et my baby brudder.TM
Comment by pete — February 21, 2008 @ 12:50 am
Yours too? :D
February 21st, 2008 at 12:52 amThis bullshit story on Mc Cain has ABSOLUTELY no proof!!
CASE CLOSED!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:31 am
There are 4 pages at the NY Times full of facts read the article JK. You’re going down.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:52 amYep it was me, the decorated Vietnam hero who spent 2 months there!!
Comment by John Kerry
You should look up the meaning of irony. I don’t think you quite grasp the concept…
February 21st, 2008 at 12:52 amComment by Merlin — February 21, 2008 @ 12:51 am
I love the sound of desperation in the night. Smells like victory!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:53 amI love it! You left nut wackos will grasp at ANYTHING won’t you EVEN with absolutely no proof.
You must be pretty desperate and think the Obama brotha’s inexperience and out of control wife will go down in defeat vs Mc Cain!!!
I love it!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:55 amYours too? :D
Comment by Zooey — February 21, 2008 @ 12:52 am
Yep. Right after he throwed rocks at my Gramma.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:55 amComment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:39 am
Nice to see you again John. Is everything okay? Remember you can always reach out when you feel you need to. One day at a time. One day at a time
February 21st, 2008 at 12:56 amEverybody should read all four pages of this NY Times article when you get time. It’s delicious.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:56 amRead it and weep, trolls! McBush is toast.
A new Rasmussen poll notes something that makes cable pundits’ heads explode everywhere:
61% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That’s up a point from a week ago and two points from two weeks ago. Over the last eighteen weeks, the number wanting troops home within a year has ranged from a low of 57% to a high of 64%.
Twenty-four percent (24%) now want the troops brought home immediately.
Looking at the other end of the spectrum, 34% want troops to remain in Iraq until the mission is complete. That is down two points from a week ago. The number of Americans who want the troops to remain and finish the mission had ranged from 32% to 39% since tracking began.
McBush is running on a war platform!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 12:56 amYou must be pretty desperate and think the Obama brotha’s inexperience and out of control wife will go down in defeat vs Mc Cain!!!
I love it!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Yeah and you fascist thugs must be pretty desperate to threaten lynching Michelle Obama and calling a Princeton and Harvard Law graduate “out of control”.
February 21st, 2008 at 12:58 amComment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:55 am
You have been flagged
February 21st, 2008 at 12:59 amLYNCHING??????? Are you having another one of your delusional spells??
She’s just a LITTLE (ha!) out of control and has tried at least three times now to change her original story!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:00 amMcCain’s advisors assured him that Hillary would be his punching bag. But now he has to retool his stock of bigotted code-words, since it looks like Obama will be the candidate. He’s been bashing Hillary, but he can’t do that with Obama without turning off the electorate.
The country wants change - and he even needs help changing his Depends.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:01 am. . . and just when Guiliani and Gingrich had restored my faith in the Republican Party as an organization based on family values . . .
February 21st, 2008 at 1:01 amG’night all. Don’t be too hard (a logical fallacy) on the trolls. It must hurt when one’s only hope gets snatched away.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:02 amMerlin
YOU have been flagged or, even worse, HArry “The Body” Reid has just put a spell on you and your punishment is that you MUST have oral sex with him for three days straight!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:02 amThis from over at DailyKos
Wow. 19%?
by mcjoan
Wed Feb 20, 2008 at 09:57:04 AM PST
This is almost too drastic to believe.
George W. Bush’s overall job approval rating has dropped to a new low in American Research Group polling as 78% of Americans say that the national economy is getting worse according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.
Among all Americans, 19% approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77% disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 14% approve and 79% disapprove.
Read it and weep McBush lovers. How do you like your toast? It is going to be well done in November.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:03 amYep. Right after he throwed rocks at my Gramma.
Comment by pete — February 21, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Oy…must not have been all that smart anyway. ;)
February 21st, 2008 at 1:03 amI love it! You left nut wackos will grasp at ANYTHING won’t you EVEN with absolutely no proof.
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Yeah, like that weird God stuff. I can’t believe people believe in such stuff in the absence of proof
February 21st, 2008 at 1:03 amComment by John Kerry,
February 21st, 2008 at 1:04 amIf I were you, I would not be getting much sleep tonight… did you know your liable statement is in google? I left a link of it in my post now #55.
She’s just a LITTLE (ha!) out of control and has tried at least three times now to change her original story!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:00
No it’s your team that edited the tape to take out words. Get an effing clue you moron.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:06 amhttp://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1948614520080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=truehttp://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1948614520080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=truehttp://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1948614520080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=truehttp://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1948614520080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=truehttp://www.reuters.com/ article/ domesticNews/ idUSN1948614520080220?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Growing confidence in the future and slightly warmer views of President George W. Bush and Congress put Americans in a better mood this month, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
The Reuters/Zogby Index, which measures the mood of the country, rose sharply to 99.3 in February from last month’s 94.2, putting it at the highest level since August.
Approval ratings for Bush climbed to 34 percent from 31 percent last month, and positive ratings for Congress inched up from 14 percent to a still-low 17 percent.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:06 amComment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:06 am
Great the same stuff 6 hours later. Thanks. I actually read it the last time you asked me to
February 21st, 2008 at 1:09 am“No it’s your team that edited the tape to take out words. Get an effing clue you moron.”
Try taking some valium tonight Shayne old buddy. I promise you’ll feel better in the morning!
PHEW!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:09 amComment by Zooey
February 21st, 2008 at 1:09 amYou lived in the desert? The Mojave desert? I spent a good part of my teen years there…California City, Mojave, Edwards Air Force Base, Ridgecrest some of the best ever memories.
Yep JK Americans feel better because you fascist are circling the drain. Bend over and kiss your ass goodbye. Right after the election your team will be filling up the federal prisons and the citizens of this “proud” nation will be dancing in the streets.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:10 am“Great the same stuff 6 hours later. Thanks. I actually read it the last time you asked me to”
Apparently you and Merlin DID NOT read what I posted before. Oh wait a minute, I’m sorry…the DAILY KOS is your bible.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:11 amTry taking some valium tonight Shayne old buddy. I promise you’ll feel better in the morning!
PHEW!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:09 am
I would buy Cindy McCain stole my supply, again. Buh bye, losers.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:11 amGreat comment Shayne! Did you drop out after the 6th grade??? Brilliant statements!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:13 amthe DAILY KOS is your bible.
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:11 am
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You have no idea how wrong you are
February 21st, 2008 at 1:13 amYou bet i know I’m RIGHT “badass” (yeah sure!)
February 21st, 2008 at 1:13 amHey folks, the troll is touting a Zogby poll! Highly reliable pollster, that Zogby. Not a bit partisan. Nosiree! Not even a bit.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:15 amComment by had enough — February 21, 2008 @ 1:09 am
I was born in Twentynine Palms. :-)
February 21st, 2008 at 1:15 amAmerican Research Group - highly reliable!! Not a bit partisan!! CASE CLOSED!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:16 amComment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:13 am
“The vast majority of RIGHT thinking people are wrong”
February 21st, 2008 at 1:18 am“The vast majority of RIGHT thinking people are wrongâ€
Beautiful, badass!! Brilliant statement!! I can’t take your intelligence. You’ve done me in. I’m out of here. You win. Never thought I’d be done in by you!!
GREAT THANKS!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:20 amGreat comment Shayne! Did you drop out after the 6th grade??? Brilliant statements!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:13 am
I think you started it with the lie about Obama. Of course my statement is grounded in fact unlike your total fabrication.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:20 amAmerican Research Group - highly reliable!! Not a bit partisan!! CASE CLOSED!!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:16
How does it feel to be one of the 17 percenters, dumbest people left in the country. Loser.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:21 amWell Shayne, not exactly correct!!! Methinks it all started with the NY TIMES lie about Mc Cain. I simply reversed things. It doesn’t take much to confuse you!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:22 amSorry you missed the quotes John.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:23 amI was making a reference to a great Python routine
Great comment Shayne! Did you drop out after the 6th grade??? Brilliant statements!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:13 am
HYSTERICAL PROJECTION from a troll who’s TOO DUMB to tie ITS own shoe laces!! ROTFL!!! What a PATHETIC LITTLE BRAIN DAMAGED TARD you are! So UNORIGINAL you can’t even CREATE AN ALIAS WITHOUT STEALING!!! ROTFL!!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:28 amComment by Zooey
February 21st, 2008 at 1:28 amTwentynine Palms… closer to LA. I have great memories living in the Mojave Desert, but I am afraid if I go back and revisit that area - California City/Mojave the memories of what was would be ruined. It seems everyone I meet from that area now are on crack or weird.
Anyone see Olbermann begging his guests, including Alter a big lib, if they are absolutely sure this story had any legs. Even Alter said probably not. Too funny!
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:28 am
More TEXAS DUMB from you there TARD! A story WITHOUT LEGS doesn’t mean a STORY THAT ISN’T TRUE!!! It just means a PRESS that doesn’t have MELLON SCAIFE and KARL ROVE spoon feeding them!! ROTFL!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:29 amApparently you and Merlin DID NOT read what I posted before. Oh wait a minute, I’m sorry…the DAILY KOS is your bible.
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:11 am
ROTFL!!! Your posts are SO DUMB it’s obvious YOU DON’T READ your OWN POSTS - TARD!! ROTFL!!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:31 amComment by had enough — February 21, 2008 @ 1:28 am
I went back as an adult, and really was not impressed. I think the things that makes places so great are the friends and experiences, not necessarily the place.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:32 amApproval ratings for Bush climbed to 34 percent from 31 percent last month, and positive ratings for Congress inched up from 14 percent to a still-low 17 percent.
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:06 am
ROTFL!! The links YOU TARDS POSTED pointed out that LAST MONTH Bush’s approval DROPPED - ACROSS THE BOARD! But don’t let the FACTS change you from LYING - HIJACKING TERRORIST TARD!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:32 amWell Shayne, not exactly correct!!! Methinks it all started with the NY TIMES lie about Mc Cain. I simply reversed things. It doesn’t take much to confuse you!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 1:22 am
Well McCain is a known philanderer, do you know anything about your candidate. You have a lot to learn if you think this story is made up. You are going to be so surpised.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:32 amYou must be pretty desperate and think the Obama brotha’s inexperience and out of control wife will go down in defeat vs Mc Cain!!!
I love it!
Comment by John Kerry — February 21, 2008 @ 12:55 am
jk you seriously think that ole macca will give obama a decent run? - come on “my friend”,macca will go down faster than a 2$ hooker in november regardless of whether it is hillary or obama - and looking at him he is under incredible stress just to keep his temper!!! - it stands out like dogs balls and the dems should leap on him at every opportunity - they only need to keep reminding people of 2 things that macca stands for:the war and wasting lives and money,and his about face on torture - keep it simple dems - start chipping away at him now and sooner or later he will lose it completely.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:33 amso jk the gig grin on johnny’s chubby little chops wont last too long - what are the odds on a pre-november meltdown?
Good Evening Shayne and some other’s….Just making a quick fly over…Notice we have our usual amount of troll’s droping dung here and there..Even Ms. Tracy2 showed up, so cut she is…Not real smart but cute..You all are doing a bang up job of pointing out fact’s but as usual they can not comprehend…LOL..You can’t fix stupid….But good try anyway..I send you all Blessings and thank’s for the troll wacking, it’s so fun to watch…
February 21st, 2008 at 1:42 amWell Tracey isn’t any dumber than JK so she probably is all full of herself tonight. Have a good one #1.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:44 amComment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:43 am
The story HAS legs Tracy, they belong to Vicky Iseman. Duh. Oh and McCains’s very old and shriveled leg is in there too.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:46 amOne man served in one of the nastiest assignments in the Vietnam War and risked his life to save a buddy. The other dropped bombs from a long ways away and spent the war sadly, in a POW camp.
One is called a hero and the other was slimed by the most miserable pukes to infest our land.
One of these maggots even went so far as to take John Kerry’s name in the blogosphere.
Lick my rim again JK, then I will owe you two.
February 21st, 2008 at 1:48 amBack at ya Shayne….Think it knees, you remember the left knee, right knee or wenee….LOL…Sorry I just had to add that…Blessings
February 21st, 2008 at 1:50 am“A story WITHOUT LEGS doesn’t mean a STORY THAT ISN’T TRUE!!!â€
Sure! Absolute stroke of genius on your part! LOL!
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:43 am
My Part? ROTFL!! Sorry, but the MellonScaife/Whitewater/SWIFTBOATER crowd were responsible for proving that you don’t even need FACTS to give a story legs!!! Tell us tracy, why are you such a whiny b**ch anyway?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:52 amI was right Shayne, isn’t she cute, dumb but cute….Remind’s me of a sophmore blond..High school can be so hard on some teen girl’s…Blessings
February 21st, 2008 at 1:53 amYou guys will be eating crow in 72 hours with this story and then we will all have a big laugh at yet another blunder by the NY Slimes.
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:51 am
ROTFL!! Like you TARDS are EATING CROW with all of your SLANDERS against Clinton? ROTFL, you’re a WHINY STUPID LITTLE B**CH!
February 21st, 2008 at 1:53 am“You all are doing a bang up job of pointing out fact’s but as usual they can not comprehendâ€
Were are the facts regarding the sexual allegations made by the NY Times?
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:48 am
ROTFL!!! Like Hendler’s claim this morning that Harry Reid was the child of Prostitution? You TARDS never need FACTS when you SLING ALLEGATIONS - why the sudden SENSE OF MORALITY, WHINY B**CH?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:54 amThrow some Mydol at the poor little troll, she’ll be alright in a few day’s..
February 21st, 2008 at 1:56 amstopobama08.blogspot.com
February 21st, 2008 at 1:56 amNo again, were are the facts regarding the sexual allegations made by the NY Times? This isn’t hard….or is it?
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:57 am
ROTFL!! Did you even READ the article, you illiterate whiny b**ch?
February 21st, 2008 at 1:58 amI was right Shayne, isn’t she cute, dumb but cute….Remind’s me of a sophmore blond..High school can be so hard on some teen girl’s…Blessings
Comment by Witch1 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:53 am
Especially one that rides the short bus to school like Tracy does.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:01 amSound like BS to me. Didn’t see that one, athough your frequency here in this blog begs the question: “Do you have the link to the comment?â€. I am sure you aren’t lying.
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 2:00 am
ROTFL, just go to today’s thinkfast link and search the page for miner. If you have reasonable competence that’ll take you 20 seconds and you can eat my sh*t you whiny b**ch.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:03 amShayne, Yep!….Someone told me they have med’s for her type of condition, guess she missed her dose……Blessings
February 21st, 2008 at 2:03 amNo again, were are the facts regarding the sexual allegations made by the NY Times? This isn’t hard….or is it?
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 1:57 am
It’s so cute the way you know nothing about your candidate and his wandering. How he cheated on his first wife with several women before he found one rich enough in Cindy the drug head. Too funny you think we didn’t learn how to play the game from Karl Rove. It’s easy, you’ll find out. You may end up with Huckabee as your candidate by the end of the week. Cheers princess.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:04 amShayne, Yep!….Someone told me they have med’s for her type of condition, guess she missed her dose……Blessings
Comment by Witch1 — February 21, 2008 @ 2:03 am
Midol can only fix Tracy’s personality but it won’t make her smart. Poor stupid thing.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amMcCain would certainly try and get a lobbyist believe that if he got some sexual attention that he would do some favors. I believe this because he is busy trying to make the right wing of the party believe that if he gets some support he will do their bidding. He repeatedly proves himself a man of principles. The principles being that one may say anything to get what one wants and once one gets it one can do anything to keep it.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:06 amDon’t whine Tracy McCain hasn’t cheated on you. Just every other woman in his life. Don’t personalize it girlfriend.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:07 am“MellonScaife/Whitewater/SWIFTBOATER crowd were responsible for proving that you don’t even need FACTS to give a story legs!!!â€
There were plenty of facts from multiple sources. In this story however, the two who would even know have already both told the NY Time they are full of crap.
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 2:04 am
ROTFL!! BAHAHA, this sort of sh*t is EXACTLY what I’m talking about!!! You LYING POS!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:07 amThanks I will take your shit as fact. BTW why are you too much of coward not to sensor you little mouth?
Comment by Tracy2 — February 21, 2008 @ 2:05 am
Says the LYING COWARD STUPID B**CH! Why should I CENSOR FACTS that PROPERLY DESCRIBE A VULGAR LITTLE B**CH?
Oh and YOU MENTAL RETARD, The ** IS censoring!! ROTLF, you’re DUMB!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:09 amHey Tracy you don’t believe us, why don’t you look up all the dirt Bush/Rove dug up on him during the 2000 election. That’s why they didn’t have to use this, there was so much on him already. There’s a long list of bimbos out there just waiting to rat your boy out. They’re just going to trickle out until November.
February 21st, 2008 at 2:10 amDon’t whine Tracy McCain hasn’t cheated on you. Just every other woman in his life. Don’t personalize it girlfriend.
Comment by Shayne — February 21, 2008 @ 2:07 am
ROTFL!! That’s the IRONIC part, Tracy can’t WHINE ENOUGH about Clinton’s infidelities, yet McCain has done this to EVERY WIFE, and he’s such a LOSER he couldn’t keep ANY OF THEM, compare that to Clinton that’s still married to the same woman! AH THE IRONY!
February 21st, 2008 at 2:10 amShayne, ment to mention, great job on the post’s at