Hate Radio Upset That John McCain Doesn’t Hate As Much As They Do
Hate Radio Upset That John McCain Doesn’t Hate As Much As They Do
In Ohio yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appropriately apologized after right-wing talk radio host Bill Cunningham opened his campaign rally by pejoratively referring to Sen. Barack Obama’s middle name Hussein while calling him “a hack.” “I did not know about these remarks, but I take responsibility for them. I repudiate them,” McCain told reporters.
McCain’s repudiation stung Cunningham, who bellowed against the senator on his show later in the day. Cunningham claimed McCain “threw me under the bus for the national media” and then said that he would now “throw” his “support behind Hillary Clinton.”
Cunningham’s “hate radio” brethren, such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, joined him in indignation over McCain’s apology. Watch it:
Right-wing radio host Mark Levin, who also blogs for National Review, called McCain a “loser” for distancing himself from Cunningham’s caustic comments. Listen to it:
Because he won’t stoop to their low rhetorical level, right-wing radio is now telling McCain that he can “say good-bye to any hope of winning over the conservative base.” Apparently McCain doesn’t have enough hate for “hate radio.”
UPDATE: Even Karl Rove says that conservatives shouldn’t demagogue Obama’s middle name if they don’t want to appear “bigoted.”
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Conservatism is dying and America is rejecting this extremist ideology. The hate radio reich-wingers are having a hissy fit because they see their demise is on the horizon. Good riddance….
February 27th, 2008 at 12:12 pmFrom the thread below…
It appears this is part of their conditioning.
Comment by hellinabucket — February 27, 2008 @ 11:38 am
It’s what draws them to together and gives them focus.
It seems to me like the GOOP looked around back in the 70’s, after Nixon crashed and burned and took the party down w/ him, and decided the best way to build a new power base was to cobble one together out of all these angry, alienated groups. So they adopted all these “causes†(guns, God, & Gays) that really don’t have anything to do w/ each other, and called it their “philosophyâ€, then invited each of these little constituencies into the party.
As a result, you had the “new and improved†GOOP of the 1980’s - a bunch of angry white guys united by their rage. And that’s why they’re in so much trouble these days. All that anger got them into power, but once there, they had no real plan or idea or basis for running the place. They just knew what they didn’t like, but not what to do, except continue bullying and, of course, STEAL like crazy.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — February 27, 2008 @ 11:46 am
February 27th, 2008 at 12:13 pmAir America is “hate Radio”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:16 pmThe Hierarchy of Ideology (from top to bottom of importance) of the modern Reich-winger:
Conservatism/Hate
Racism
Sexism/misogyny
Murder/death/war/destruction
Fringe extreme groups
Fear mongering
The GOP
The USA
February 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pmOh, more from the right-wing intellgenstia — why does my head ache?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:18 pmWith friends like these, how can anyone realistically think their enemy McCain can get elected? This race is over.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:19 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
Congrats for not misspelling anything for once.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pmThe slow and painful decline of the wankertocracy is great to watch.
All of these pouty children screaming about not being respected.
Whine and shout all you want, you are losers.
-GSD
February 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pmAir America is “hate Radioâ€
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
Yeah? How so?
Or is that all you got?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:20 pmAir America is “hate Radioâ€
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:16 pm
Ummm… actually not…
Michael Savage is hate radio. Melanie Morgan is hate radio.
Rachel Maddow and Tom hartmann are “informed”.
Michael Savage screams into his microphone.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmI don’t know Bill Cunningham. Until the big stink I had couldn’t tell you who he is. But is big “crime†is calling a may by his full name. That’s considered hate speech?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmDamn, Ralph… once again…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmDid VaVoter just write “America is hate”? I think so, I might be wrong, but it sure seems like he wrote those three very words.
/snark off
February 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pmThis is going to be sooooooo much fun, watching the hate-mongers Limpdick, Trannie, Hannity, Savage, Cunningham, Ingram, et al, explode with fury over McCain being the GOP nominee.
I’m going to stock up on popcorn & butter, & pepsi. This will be better than ANY movie at a theater near me. LOL!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pmI don’t understand Rush’s point. Would he condone calling John McCain - John Adolph McCain if that were his middle name?
Somehow, I don’t think so.
BTW, anybody notice Rush is getting rather ROTUND again? I think he’s eating his emotions because his rotting soul knows he’s promoting hate a discontent around the world.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:22 pmMichael Savage is hate radio. Melanie Morgan is hate radio.
Rachel Maddow and Tom hartmann are “informedâ€.
Michael Savage screams into his microphone.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — February 27, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Interesting you didn’t list Randy Rhodes.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pmLike Reagan said: “Never speak ill of another Republican - even when that Republican is actually a Nazi.”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm**Ignore the Trolls**
Do not validate their comments by completely dissecting their rants. Ridicule them, embarrass them, but do not debate with them or offer any sort of retort to their comments.
**Flag every comment from every troll.**
February 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm-Rush “Love” Limbaugh
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pmVA Voter- your white robe, er slip is showing. Oh, what a BIG pointed white hat you have too.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pm#8: Why is it o.k. to say “William Jefferson Clinton,†“Hillary Rodham Clinton,†“Franklin Delano Roosevelt,†etc
- - Personally, I have no problem with someone’s name but the less mature, intelligent or cognitive-challenged do. Besides, did you know any foreign dictators named Rodham, Delano or Jefferson?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pmDr. Matt just loves free speech.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pmBarack Obama’s middle name. Why is he so ashamed of it? Maybe we should just call him “he who shall not be named.â€
Comment by good_golly — February 27, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
good_golly needs to look up the word “connotation”.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pmI don’t know Bill Cunningham. Until the big stink I had couldn’t tell you who he is. But is big “crime†is calling a may by his full name. That’s considered hate speech?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
go back under your racist, ignorant rock, you putz. you rightards have all the subtlety and wisdom of very slow 3rd-graders,
February 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pmInteresting you didn’t list Randy Rhodes.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
Randi Rhodes may get loud, but she doesn’t tell callers to go “choke on a sausage”, like Savage once did, or make jokes about torture, the way Morgan does.
Try making a real “point”. You’ll find it a novel, refreshing experience, but probably more than a little taxing.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pmLet’s make damn sure that if the reichwing is going to use Barack Obama’s middle name, that we always refer to the republican anointee as John Sidney McCain III. Oh Sidddddddddddneeeeey!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
You’re on a roll! Another sentence without a grammatical error!!! You get a star, princess. *
February 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pmIt’s getting old, Dr Matt.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pmWe’ll quote you on that.
/snark off
Comment by good_golly — February 27, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
you say it’s snark but it’s exactly what you weaklings do. no wonder you’re at 17% and sinking.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pmYou’re a creep.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:26 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
What is?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmVA Voter- your white robe, er slip is showing. Oh, what a BIG pointed white hat you have too.
Comment by Uncle Ho — February 27, 2008 @ 12:24 pm
So you’re calling me a raciest. Nice. No proof. and no counter point. Just go back to the ol’ standby. “When in doubt, call them a racist.†That’s the “Progressive†way.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmIt’s fun when reality bites the bad dog on the nose:
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmRush Limbaugh
They were against McCain before they were for McCain before they were against McCain.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmWe all know that if Bill Cunningham had been bashing any member of the Clinton family, there would be no outrage at all, especially from the so-called Liberal media.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmWhere was the Liberal media the past 15 years as all of these right wing hate radio personalities were demonizing all members of the Clinton family?
Nice of them to come to Obama’s defense, but where were they while the Clintons were being attacked? They were probably listening intently to the attacks with glee, and high fiving each other, that’s where.
Why is it o.k. to say “William Jefferson Clinton,†“Hillary Rodham Clinton,†“Franklin Delano Roosevelt,†etc…. but we must never, never, never, mention Barack Obama’s middle name. Why is he so ashamed of it? Maybe we should just call him “he who shall not be named.â€
Comment by good_golly — February 27, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
Oooo - clever talking point. It’s win-win for you guys! You spread the rumor that Barack Hussein Obama is a stealth Muslim and a Manchurian candidate who will turn into a rabid fire-breathing mecha-Muslim on January 21, 2009 and convert all of the United States to Islam, and then when we challenge you on it you say “what? I’m just sayin’ a middle name.”
Cute.
And Barack should be proud of the name “Hussein.” It’s a very nice name that means “Little Beauty.”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pmIt’s getting old, Dr Matt.
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — February 27, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
Oops, wrong C&P: What is?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:27 pm“Why is it o.k. to say “William Jefferson Clinton,†“Hillary Rodham Clinton,†“Franklin Delano Roosevelt,†etc…. but we must never, never, never, mention Barack Obama’s middle name. Why is he so ashamed of it? Maybe we should just call him “he who shall not be named.â€
Comment by good_golly
“
You know full well why. It is a low-brow attempt to engender xenophobic fears about his supposed involvement with Islam. Politics of fear and smear. And it was very obvious. Extremists like yourself may think comments like that are just great, but what McCain realizes is that more moderate mainstream republicans will just be disgusted by low-brow tactics like that. And these are the votes he needs.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pmInteresting you didn’t list Randy Rhodes.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
of course not; she’s not a hater, or a racist.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pmDon’t act clueless, dickhead.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pmSo you’re calling me a raciest [sic]
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Awwww, sport-O, you were on a roll, but now you blew it. I’m going to take that star away.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:28 pmGreat observation.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pmHate and intolerance is the glue that holds the right-wing together.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pmSo why does Rush call 70% of America his enemy?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmSo you’re calling me a raciest [sic]
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
Awwww, sport-O, you were on a roll, but now you blew it. I’m going to take that star away.
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 27, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
The IGNORE THE TROLLS routine…
Hmmm… what was he just saying?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmOh, more from the right-wing intellgenstia — why does my head ache?
Comment by NoMoreBush — February 27, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
#1 oxymoron of all time.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmReich-wingers “attack” Mr. Obama’s middle name because they cannot “attack” him on anything of substance. No wonder the reich-wing is going to be a permanent minority.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pm“Rush Limbaugh and his wife are divorcing and experts say this could get ugly. I’m confused, are they splitting up or having sex?” —Craig Kilborn
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmWhy is it o.k. to say “William Jefferson Clinton,†“Hillary Rodham Clinton,†“Franklin Delano Roosevelt,†etc…. but we must never, never, never, mention Barack Obama’s middle name. Why is he so ashamed of it? Maybe we should just call him “he who shall not be named.â€
Comment by good_golly — February 27, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
Sigh… I guess I’m just in a mood where I have to take these trolls semi-seriously today…
Gigi, you ask a dishonest question, because the only reason you want to use Obama’s middle name is because you think it will damage him. Why no similar urge to use John McCain’s middle name (Sidney)?
Barack Obama, like most Americans, typically goes by his first (given) and his last (family) name. Just like John McCain, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul or Rudy Giuliani. Typically people use their middle names or initials as a way to distinguish themselves from others. hence George W. Bush, as a means of distinguishing himself from his father, George H. W. Bush — a distinction for which the elder Bush is deeply grateful, I’m sure.
(And “Rodham” is not Hillary’s middle name. It’s her maiden name. But you knew that.)
Barack Obama really doesn’t need to distinguish himself further from any other public or family figure. He’s already quite distinguished and individual.
Any insistence on using the man’s middle name (Hussein) can generally be traced to a childish impulse and leaves the one who insists looking like a foolish schoolkid who has no better arguments than name-calling.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:30 pmI hope they get this Hussein thing out of their system soon. Say it over and over and over again and they’ll get desensitized to it.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pmSo the far right hate filled fear mongers have found an out for this years election. They will plant their flag on “Nobody represents us” and actively attack all.
Won’t be long before they appoint a figurehead to rally around. Shades of 1930’s in Germany.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:32 pmIt’s been tried, Dr. Matt, and it didn’t work.
I tried that too, last fall, and got told to bugger off.
Folks will do what they do here. Ever notice how the threads w/ the most traffic are the ones w/ the trolls on them? Some folk come here simply to fight w/ trolls. It’s what makes TP the brawling, sprawling show that it is.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:32 pmHmmm… what was he just saying?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — February 27, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Are you pretending to be obtuse or are you really that pathetic?
Read the post. I was said to ignore their comments. Do not validate their presence by providing a retort to their comments. It’s not a “routine”.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:32 pm“When in doubt, call them a racist.†That’s the “Progressive†way.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
We just call it as we see it.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmUh, OxyCon, I remember well the “liberal” media marginalizing these guys when they went after the Clintons unfairly. In fact, during the Lewinsky thing there was a quite a bit of defending going on. Sorry, but that SNL narrative just is not going to work.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmSo you’re calling me a raciest. Nice. No proof. and no counter point. Just go back to the ol’ standby. “When in doubt, call them a racist.†That’s the “Progressive†way.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
why can’t conservatives learn to spell?
or at least spell check?
You’re on a roll! Another sentence without a grammatical error!!! You get a star, princess. *
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 27, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
ya jinxed him!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmHaven’t heard any trolls or broadcasters calling Sen. Clinton
February 27th, 2008 at 12:33 pmHillary Diane Rodham Clinton … We all know she was named after that infamous terrorist Al Diane Sisterani…
ya jinxed him!
Comment by joe cantwell — February 27, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Yeah, the pressure got to her.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pm1. Reich-wingers “attack†Mr. Obama’s middle name because they cannot “attack†him on anything of substance. No wonder the reich-wing is going to be a permanent minority.
Comment by Dr. Matt — February 27, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
I don’t care about Obama. I wouldn’t care if he was a full blown supporter of Islam. My issues with him are his policies. High taxes. More government control over our personal lives.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmComment by ralph the wonder llama — February 27, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
sidney?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmI posted this on another thread. It fits here better:
JOHN Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, one of our best and most beloved Presidents. Do we really want to elect a presidential candidate whose first name is also JOHN?
/snark off
February 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:21 pm
Don’t act clueless, dickhead.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — February 27, 2008 @ 12:28 pm
Marcus, that’s not an act. VA VOOm really is that clueless.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:34 pmThey’re upset with John SIDNEY McCain? John SIDNEY McCain??? John SIDNEY McCain?????
February 27th, 2008 at 12:35 pmSeriously, I think enough Americans are sick and tired of the smear and fear tactics the right routinely uses.
A thorough repudiation is coming on Nov 8, 2008.
And I’m fine with all you idiot trolls referring to ‘President Hussein’ after Jan 20, 2009. That will just cement your ignorance forever.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pmI’m trying to imagine the frustration and helplessness of those on the
February 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pmright side. Their entire world is crumbling around them and they desperately try to hang on to the losers who destroyed the Republican brand name. I wonder if they truly realize just how much damage their ‘chosen ones’ have done to this great nation.
So you’re calling me a raciest. Nice. No proof. and no counter point. Just go back to the ol’ standby. “When in doubt, call them a racist.†That’s the “Progressive†way.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:27 pm
No, when in doubt we call you fascists. We call you racists because it is evident in all you people do, say and support.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pmActually, when I hear ‘Manchurian Candidate’ I think of McCain and what the swiftboaters said about him, and the Swiftboaters never lie, right gg?.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pm“Let’s install a Muslim Manchurian candidate into the presidency!! We shall name him…..Barack Hussein Obama!”
“Yeah, let’s stay way from names like Ahmed or Abdul. Those are dead giveaways.
Pffffft.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:36 pmPLC ~ Not to mention JOHN Dillinger, John the Baptist and John Rambo!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:37 pmMore government control over our personal lives.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
nobody cares how many times a day you masturbate. just take a minute off to learn how to use the spell check feature on your computer, ok?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:37 pmAre we permited to use the last name of “he who shall not be named,†or does it sound too much like Osama?
Comment by good_golly — February 27, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
There you go again, racist pigs.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:39 pmit’s all a show…
they even took a poll on just how racist and bigoted
they could be…
it’s only just begun…
time to put on that armor… and get the pushback facts lined up…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmTrolls in here crack me up! Still talkin’ in the faux-intellectual, tres-superior tone, while their “CEO” President, GWB is still in office and tripping over his own dick every time he stands up.
Hey trolls: Bush is your legacy. Post any old crap you want to - you’re just a bunch of knuckleheads.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmThey’re upset with John SIDNEY McCain? John SIDNEY McCain??? John SIDNEY McCain?????
Comment by Doc Rock — February 27, 2008 @ 12:35 pm
G’Day, mate! Maybe President John Sidney McCain’s first act in office will be to throw some shrimps on the barbie and then appoint Paul Hogan Secretary of State and then and change the National Anthem to the Philosophers Drinking Song and then bomb Tehran. G’day crikey g’day crikey!!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pmActually, I’m going to enjoy having a president named “Hussein” succeeding Bu**sh** in the Oval Office.
After the damage Dumbya has wrought on this nation’s security, economy and reputation in the pursuit of a boogeyman named Hussein, how sweet an irony will it be when he has to turn over the front door keys to a successor of the same name?
Now THAT will be delish.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmEvery time I turn around there is another example of how seriously damaged these repugs are.
They were all worked into a lather because Farrakahn endorsed Obama and were screaming that Obama should not accept that endorsement, but they are mad at McCain for denouncing this.
I am absolutely convinced that they are evolving into a subhuman breed.
They are only capable of seeing wrong(sometimes inventing it out of thin air) if it’s done by Libruls. They cannot bring themselves to see fault in their own ranks.
wasn’t it the republicans who brought Impeachment proceedings against Nixon?
Now they can’t see right from wrong? If they don’t start acting “human” soon, others in the species will stop mating with them and they will soon become extinct.
The Audacity of Hope! ;)
February 27th, 2008 at 12:41 pmMore government control over our personal lives.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Your kidding right? Government has grown by 35% under Bush with record deficits and budgets to boot!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pmRush Hudson Limbaugh III
Wasn’t Rock Hudson gay? Just sayin’…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pmI am absolutely convinced that they are evolving into a subhuman breed.
Comment by TheRadicalRightisRadicallyWrong — February 27, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
I think you mean “they are being intelligently designed into a subhuman breed.”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:42 pmHigh taxes. More government control over our personal lives.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
you’re speaking of McStain’s plans, of course. there is never more interference with personal lives than when republicans are trying to force everybody to behave, except themselves. and the tax burden on 95% of Americans is much larger than it ever was. much.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:43 pmThere you go again, racist pigs.
Comment by Shayne — February 27, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
gg’s racism has always been her undoing.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:43 pmMore government control over our personal lives.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Like that stupid marriage crap having to be a chick and a dude. Stupid interferring government
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmNot to mention JOHN Dillinger, John the Baptist and John Rambo!
Comment by RUCerious
Abraham. Lets not forget all these religions are Abrahamic. As well we must also forget that we all came from Noah and his sons.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
nobody cares how many times a day you masturbate. just take a minute off to learn how to use the spell check feature on your computer, ok?
Comment by joe cantwell — February 27, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Freedom is more than what you do in the bedroom. It’s about making decisions about what’s best for me. Government controlled health care takes that choice away from me. If I start to make a lot of money, the government punishes me with taxes. How is that freedom? I know the government has a job. But it’s not as much of a job as you folks seem to want it to be.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmJohn Sidney McCain? Isn’t Sidney a Jewish name?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmObama is Abrahamic!!!
Run for the hills!!
Snarcasm on//
February 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pmRUCerious - And isn’t JOHN also slang for, you know, “toilet”? Can we “sink” this low?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmPLC; connotation is too many syllables and letters for GiGi, she needs one syllable words only. Any more than that is beyond her understanding. i.e. she no sav-vy.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:45 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:34 pm
Like that stupid marriage crap having to be a chick and a dude. Stupid interferring government
Comment by dbadass — February 27, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
I agree with you on that issue.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:46 pmI think you mean “they are being intelligently designed into a subhuman breed.â€
Comment by toasterhead — February 27, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
I defy you to show me any intelligence in THAT design.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pmMore government control over our personal lives.
Comment by VA Voter
So telling a woman what she can do with her body, or telling gays that they can’t marry or adopt children isn’t interfering with personal lives?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pmKC
Government controlled health care takes that choice away from me. If I start to make a lot of money, the government punishes me with taxes. -=V V=-
What? It wont be government controlled healthcare, it will be government insurance that you can take to YOUR doctor of choice not some VA type hospital. As for paying more taxes, and you will for government that has grown 35% under Bush which may not go up but go on for longer.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:47 pmSo, go ahead and jerk-off. Whadda’ ya’ want? Permission?
BTW: That’s my new slogan for the Republicans: Freedom is more than what you do in the bedroom.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
get over yourself!
1) no one cares what you do in your bedroom.
2) learn to use spell check.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pmAnd isn’t JOHN also slang for, you know, “toilet� Can we “sink†this low?
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian — February 27, 2008 @ 12:45 p
Yeah! And it’s also slang for a client of women of ill repute. That has got to be damaging to his campaign.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:48 pmGeorge TREASON Bush IS hatred.
Of EVERYTHING that is GOOD for the American people.
The distillation and symbol of ALL that the RapeubliNazis stand for.
Of course, Jesus says if you HATE, you will NOT be with his Father…
McTRAITOR, McLiar, McPanderer, McHate.
McWarCriminal.
Poor McGeorge.
Daddy WON’T be able to save him from hell, cause HE’LL be there.
Along with TRAITOR Ronnie Reagan, now DEAD and BURNING.
Sincerely,
McNRA Gun Nut(e)s
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmRighties only read the advertising copy- they never open the can and sniff the contents. That’s how they’re able to mouth support for all this gop criminality while the economy goes to hell, the envrionment is abused, people are unnecessarily slaughtered, and all those other “low tax” and “big gov’t off your back” “achievements”. They are the Americans PT Barnum loved the best.
“Rising Taxes” and “Big Government” - the twin unicorns of Righty delusion-making.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmyou know, i dont agree with much in McCain’s policies and politics, but i sense he is a good person, possessing some integrity, and not an officer in ‘the League of Angry White Men’ all those hate media guys belong to.
if he would get his ass in gear about the war, i might consider him a reasonable candidate. and he might win. but again, i think he actually believes in the war.
i am impressed that he stood up to those morons.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmTrolls in here crack me up! Still talkin’ in the faux-intellectual, tres-superior tone, while their “CEO†President, GWB is still in office and tripping over his own dick every time he stands up.
Hey trolls: Bush is your legacy. Post any old crap you want to - you’re just a bunch of knuckleheads.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius — February 27, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
I thought he was tripping over his tongue. Because if he’s tripping over his d*ck, in theory he might actually be good for SOMETHING.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmYou little closet homosexual! tap, tap, tap…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:49 pmI love Colbert’s McCain Limerick.
There once was a man named McCain
February 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmWho had the whole White House to gain
But he was quite a hobbyist
Of boning his lobbyist
So much for his oh-eight campaign
Speaking of Limpballs, he devoted the first hour of his rant-fest to William F. Buckley today. It is clear from listening to him that his little head full of mush was highjacked by Buckley at an early age.
Just like the mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, high school drop-out, brain-dead, xenophobic ditto-heads who uncritically accept every bit of the steaming crapola he poops out on his show every day.
Limpballs is nothing but a hero-worshipping neo-con groupie.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmIf I start to make a lot of money, the government punishes me with taxes. How is that freedom? I know the government has a job. But it’s not as much of a job as you folks seem to want it to be.
Comment by VA Voter
Considering your lousy grammar and atrocious spelling, I would not count on you making too much money just yet. When and if that ever happens, we can re-visit the topic. For now, just continue to be scared and hide under your bed. You’ll be safer there. Let the adults start fixing the mess your idiot in chief has created.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pmLike that stupid marriage crap having to be a chick and a dude. Stupid interferring government
Comment by dbadass — February 27, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
I agree with you on that issue.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
So you think THE CULTURE AND POLICIES of YOUR ENTIRE POLITICAL PARTY ARE WRONG? And their HYPOCRISY is UNREPUBLICAN? Or are YOU the one that’s UNREPUBLICAN on this ISSUE - TARD? ROTFL!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:51 pmLet the adults start fixing the mess your idiot in chief has created.
Comment by StratRat — February 27, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
What has the government ever fixed?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:52 pmI’ve noticed that too. I’ve also noticed on many posts the trolls are fairly early to comment.
Makes one wonder…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:53 pmI agree with you on that issue.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
And what about those jerks telling me I can’t recreate with the drugs of my own choosing. And don’t even get me started on how the big bad government is depriving me the freedom to have all sorts of toxins in my food, air, and water. And what is up with speed limits and all those transportation safety laws. Stupid big government!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:53 pm“John” or “John Doe” also refers to a generic person.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmDoes “John McCain” refer to a generic candidate? Or is that “geriatric”?
The irony of TARDS like gigi, is that if GWB were running this election, and he were 80, gigi would be the first to WHINE that using his Middle Name WALKER would be an INSULT TO HIS AGE!! ROTFL!! Republicans HATE REALITY, it has SUCH A LIBERAL BIAS! ROTFL!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmAll Republicans aren’t Racists…
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pm…But most Racists are Republicans.
How is that freedom? I know the government has a job. But it’s not as much of a job as you folks seem to want it to be.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
So where do you put the three trillion dollar Iraq quagmire - is that government’s job or not?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmFreedom is more than what you do in the bedroom. It’s about making decisions about what’s best for me. Government controlled health care takes that choice away from me. If I start to make a lot of money, the government punishes me with taxes. How is that freedom? I know the government has a job. But it’s not as much of a job as you folks seem to want it to be.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:44
If I were you I would start worrying about my freedom. Because once a Democrat is in office and the investigations begin all you good Nazis carrying water for your leader should be tried enabling al the crimes that have been going on for the last 7 years.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmJohn is a great name….either a toilet or a prostitute’s customer.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmCAUTION
new mccainer in
mccain
“I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It’s called `al-Qaida in Iraq,’” McCain said, drawing laughter at Obama’s expense.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:54 pmAll they’ve got is name calling - they can’t debate the issues. They next time any of these jokers tries to pull you into the “it’s just a name” excuse for a debate, your response should be “Right. Let’s discuss the real issues instead of your silly preoccupation with names. This country needs leaders, not someone with the right arrangement of letters on a letterhead.”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:55 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
The 2004 Presidential Election?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:55 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
They fixed Iraq. Oh, wait, I’ve got that wrong. They BROKE Iraq.
So, Va Voom, are you advocating no government, since your implication is that government can do nothing right?
(Seeing as you’re a right-wingnut and Republicans have proven themselves to be completely incompetent at governing, I can see why you would hold that opinion.)
February 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
nothing since bush took over.
think before you troll!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:56 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
ROTFL!!! Slavery? The open murder of Homosexuals? Oppression of Women? Lack of Roads and/or transportation options? Lack of Water? Lack of Safety? Fourty Percent poverty rates? Child Labor exploitation? Old people on the streets because they had no social security? Old people dying without any healthcare because there was no medicare?
Shall I go on?
A better question is WHY you CAN ONLY CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR DEMOCRACY? Were you ALWAYS A TERRORIST, or did you BECOME ONE LATER IN LIFE?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
The aqueduct?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pmLesson for VAVo:
The Great Depression and New Deal
Sounds reminiscent of our current situation. Scary sh*t.
Then, enter the New Deal.
Sorry for the huge C&P, now go “learn”.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter
I am trying to reconcile the huge difference in your words with your chosen petulant boy king’s penchant for increasing the debt and the size of government. You really need to look at what the Bush adminstration has done to the deficit and the financial well being of our economy. Do you read anything except the funny papers?
February 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmHate radio always brings out the worst in TrollieLand.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmComment by belac — February 27, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
true. They did fix the aqueduct.
And sanitation. You remember what the streets used to be like.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmnothing since bush took over.
think before you troll!
Comment by joe cantwell — February 27, 2008 @ 12:56 pm
“Ever fixed”.
February 27th, 2008 at 12:58 pmcomment by jb @ 12:54 pm
LMFAO!!!!
February 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pm“I have some news. Al-Qaida is in Iraq. It’s called `al-Qaida in Iraq,’†McCain said, drawing laughter at Obama’s expense.
Comment by ccokz — February 27, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
Actually, it’s not. It’s called “Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad ar-Rafidayn.”
February 27th, 2008 at 12:59 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
May I ask, why is the DoD so big if conservatives want a small government?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmGovernment cleaned up the Great Lakes (now going down the tubes again under Bush).
If it weren’t for government, we would all be dead from DDT.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmConservatives: Wm. F. Buckley, Jr died today, and though I have become more liberal over the years, I admired and respected his intellect. He is in my opinion the only intellect in the conservative camp. And he was a conservative, not a neocon. He was against the Iraq war. Some of you need to take note. And please advise me what his middle name was; certainly that is very important, and also keeps me on topic…..
February 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pmIt sounds like the trolls are advocating anarchy. They prefer no leaders. So why do they keep supporting folks who seek to help themselves and their friends getrich off of our tax dollars?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pm“Ever fixedâ€.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
I have to thank VaVoom for reminding me why I stopped taking trolls even semi-seriously.
I think I’ve got that monkey off my back again. I relapsed but VaVoom has shown me that it’s just a waste of time. Arguing with a troll is like pouring American tax dollars into an Iraqi sinkhole.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmWhat has the government ever fixed?
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 12:52 pm
Well under Bill Clinton it fixed the budget deficit left by Reagan and GHW Bush.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pmComment by Zooey — February 27, 2008 @ 12:58 pm
gg, va voter, et al. it’s as if they all just stopped trying. they don’t care. they copy.
once upon a time the trolls had passion.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pmThe people standing behind McBush look like they’re about 90 percent knuckle-heads.
And McFossil just keeps walking back and forth to display his followers
as the camera is showing a close up of him largely because the paid
for props behind him are only two deep.
This business of nominating McJunior keeps getting better by the day.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:02 pmApologizing is a sign of weakness for these folks. So of course they would attack McCain
February 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmMay I ask, why is the DoD so big if conservatives want a small government?
Comment by McWars — February 27, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
National security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is people.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pmThe aqueduct?
Comment by belac — February 27, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
Well other than the aqueduct?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:04 pm“Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and just think to yourself, ‘Am I just full of hot gas?’” Dave Letterman to Rush
“And one of the things that — that the — the
AIDS activists said regularly back then was, oh,
this is only a matter of time before it spreads to
the heterosexual community. It’s only a matter of time.
And they used that as — as one of the weapons to try
to get people like Reagan to start talking about it
from their standpoint. And of course it — it hasn’t.
It — it didn’t, and it hasn’t, other than in Africa,
and in Africa it is — it is being spread not just by
– it — it — it’s promiscuity that — that — that
spreads this, if you want to know the truth.
It’s promiscuity.
But it — it hasn’t made that jump to the heterosexual
community.”
Rush Limbaugh
June 9, 2004 broadcast of The Rush Limbaugh Show
“Why should Blacks be heard? They’re 12% of the population.
Who the hell cares.” -Rush Limbaugh
‘take that bone out of your nose and call me back.’
February 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmRush Limbaugh
Source:Notable Quotables, mrc.org
May I ask, why is the DoD so big if conservatives want a small government?
Comment by McWars — February 27, 2008 @ 1:00 pm
National security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is people.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
notice how he doesn’t answer the question?
va, when did you stop caring?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmNational security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is people.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
So you like the “provide for the common defence” part of the Preamble, but not the “insure domestic Tranquility” or “promote the general Welfare” parts. Why is that?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:06 pmActually, I think what VA Voom really meant to ask was, what have the REPUBLICANS ever fixed?
GOP sources cite lax controls at NRCC
February 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmI continue to wonder, with no clear explanation to date, why conservatives first look gut the poor when they’re in power, to fulfill their agenda of reducing the size of the government. They talk of individual rights, but they gut programs benefiting individuals to pass the savings on in the form of corporate welfare.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm116 - hey, don’t forget the 2000 election! They fixed *that* too.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pmva, when did you stop caring?
Comment by joe cantwell — February 27, 2008 @ 1:06 pm
My guess is when the RNC cut back his rate from 10 to 8 cents per post. Accounting troubles and all.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pmNational security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is people.
Comment by VA Voter
National security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is THE CONSTITUTION.
Comment by VA Voter
There I fixed it for you…
February 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pmNational security is a mandate of the Constitution. It’s the primary job of the government to protect is people.
Comment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
Yeah, so the Bushes screwed National Security by exposing our CIA spy who specialized in WMD, along with her ENTIRE CIA fake company.
Which makes the Bushes TRAITORS to the USA.
Just like John McTraitor is…
February 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pmhttp://ccoaler.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 02/ rove-tried-to-smear-siegelman.html
Rove and Siegelman
February 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pmRepublicans have their McMansions they can’t afford, their McWar they can’t afford, their McCandidate they can’t vote for. Their burgers aren’t safe to eat, not because of the brown people slaving away for minimum wage and paying taxes into a system they can’t be a part of, but because the GOP people in charge refuse to me monitored and regulated by a responsible government agency.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
What about ensuring the general welfare? Surely the general welfare doesn’t consist of an arms race.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pmComment by VA Voter — February 27, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
What about ensuring the general welfare? Surely the general welfare doesn’t consist of an arms race.
Comment by McWars — February 27, 2008 @ 1:10 pm
Don’t waste your breath. To Va Voom, the “general welfare” is a bunch of sissy crap.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:11 pmPLC ~ Not to mention JOHN Dillinger, John the Baptist and John Rambo!
Comment by RUCerious
What about porta-john? Do we realllly want a president named after a chemical toilet?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pmI might add that I respect Sidney McCain for his repudiation of the scurrilous comment form hate radio. Since many have never heard of this jerk, just think of the publicity from this.
On the other hand, reminding Barack that Al Qaeda is in Iraq is a cheap shot, because before Mr McCains thousand year war, there was positively no Al Qaeda in Iraq. I posit that now, there will be Al Qaeda in Iraq for a thousand years. Or at least until Islamist change the Quran. I’m betting on a tie at a thousand years in that regard, in consideration of the time it took Christianity to rid itself of the Biblical imposition to kill all heathens. More on that later on CNN, right?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pmwilliam f. buckley died today. he was 82. the cause of death was unknown but he had been ill with emphysema. after reading va voters comments here i’d say it’s likely he died of a broken heart.
va?
your passion? your caring? where has it gone?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:12 pm#105 VA Voter: Why don’t we start with fixing the Great Depression started by Hoover and the robber barons of the 1920’s. I think FDR did a masterful job of fixing that mess.
How about these:
40 hour work week - thank a liberal
child labor laws - thank a liberal
women’s right to vote - thank a liberal
worker protections - thank a liberal
social security - thank a liberal
equal pay - thank a liberal
equal rights - thank a liberal
right to choose - thank a liberal
collective bargaining - thank a liberal
And how about this one, the Serviceman’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly know as the GI Bill. Once again - thank a liberal.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pmThe REAL problem is that this is a second grade issue…
February 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm“What? That’s your middle name right, I’m just calling you by your name… don’t you like to be called by your name? Should I call you poopy-bottom from now on?”
This ranks right up there with “I’m not touching you! My finger is right next to your ear, but I’m not touching you!” as a political argument.
…and when McCain admits that there is no “there” the Radio-thugs jump all over him for not playing the game- recess is no fun when you don’t play the game.
The proper response from Obama is, “What? Are you guys eight years old?”
Unfortunately for the Right, America ha gotten areal good dose of what life under the Republicans is like.
4 buck a gallon gas.
Unaffordable health care.
Stagnant wages.
The US losing two wars.
The US losing a major city to indifference and incompetence.
The government jumping into private business at thebehest of religious extremists.
And a media filled with people stupider than themselves shouting insults, slurs and patent lies with nobody to tell the truth.
When I was a kid, the liberals were loud, dirty, angry , and filled the atmosphere with foul language, and Good decent Americans were turned off by them.
Well, now it’s the Right filling the atmosphere with foul language, violating civility and decency. And they attack a man because of his name.
William F. Buckley died today. We might as well throw those other corpses in the grave with him: Conservative dialogue, Conservative dignity, and conservative intellectuality.
And over his grave the voices of Cunningham and Savage and Limbaugh and Coulter screech on.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pmAnd isn’t JOHN also slang for, you know, “toilet� Can we “sink†this low?
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian — February 27, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Sorry for the late reply, I was in the John, taking a Sidney.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:15 pmThe aqueduct?
Comment by belac
Sitting on a park bench. Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pmdon’t start away uneasyl, trolls, can’t you see it’s only me?
Thing is Mr. Evil, is the right wing has been spoon fed hatred for the last 20 years. Look at the what this thread is about. Angry talk show hosts who are upset because McCain won’t back them when they start attacking the opposition. I suppose it might signal a shift in politics, that means that perhaps instead of Partisan rhetoric we will get down the business of running this country. But I won’t hold my breath.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pmComment by pbg — February 27, 2008 @ 1:14 pm
don’t forget the trolls. a poor legacy for a brilliant man.
whither va…?
February 27th, 2008 at 1:16 pmEvery goddamned time in the past 150 years that the Republicans have been in power (except for Eisenhower - the forgotten Republican, who would surely be swiftboated id he were running today), the Democrats have had to come in and fix the horrendous mess these incompetent, greedy bastards leave behind.
That’s what the Government fixes, Biotch.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmMy oldest brother’s middle name is Paul.
February 27th, 2008 at 1:17 pmOMG, is he Jewish? or just an Unperfected Tarsian?
Bushco has actually made the world a much more dangerous place for Americans. He stated an illegal war that has brought thousands if not millions of middle eastern people to hold the USA in extreme contempt. On the home front, he has damaged so many protections of our environment, he has damaged our financial security by refusing oversight of our Corporations, not to mention runaway spending in a fruitless, illegal, amoral war of his choosing to the point of bankrupting the USA. Republicans can NOT be trusted with national security. Well they can’t be trusted with much of anything.