McCain: Washington is ‘the city of Satan.’
By on Mar 14th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
McCain: Washington is ‘the city of Satan.’
In a rare Senate appearance yesterday, McCain failed to attract support for a halt to pork-barrel spending, losing on a 71-29 vote. An angry McCain told voters today that he was only “doing the Lord’s work” but unfortunately was doing it “in the city of Satan”: 
Later in Springfield, Penn., McCain told voters: “We were voting on major issues of profound consequences with no discussion, no debate and 10 minutes to vote.
“Anyone who had the misfortune of watching it will know how hard it is to do the Lord’s work in the city of Satan,” said McCain, who has served four-terms in the Senate.
McCain has a distinguished member of the “city of Satan” for over 20 years.
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March 14th, 2008 at 4:00 pmAnd Hagee is the House of Evil
March 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pm"City of Satan"???!!!!
Isn't that what Osama been Forgotten called it? Or was that the Christian Taliban.....no wait it WAS the Taliban. They are so similar it is easy to get them confused.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pmIf you are right, why do you want to stay there? Isn't 20 years enough? I think so.
Move to Yuma. Shun Satan, I say, and get thee away!
March 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pmWell, Bush does live there at least part-time…
March 14th, 2008 at 4:02 pmTired, fat old white men blubbering & bellering lies in public.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pmso is he admitting to doing the "DEVILS" work?
of course he isnt, he's righteous!
March 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pmTake the 3:10 to Yuma & STFU.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:05 pmwoops... someone's been hangin' out with the funies too much...
reign it in mcCRAZY... remember where you are...
USA! USA! USA!!!
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hey! where are the "formatting tools"?!?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:05 pmPoliticians, like Televangelists dont believe in the Lord, they just say they do.
Poli = many
March 14th, 2008 at 4:05 pmTics = bloodsuckers
The Lord's work? John, really now. Do you think the lord is wanting waterboarding to continue?
Daryll, this passage is another example of a false prophet.
maybe there's more to the name McCain.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:05 pmDang. The Pander Express is picking up speed.
And on an uphill slope, too. Impressive.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:12 pmSumding iz bwokin un de soobmitt booton
March 14th, 2008 at 4:12 pmOh no. This is going get Daryll's attention.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pmI am so weary of "the lord" being invoked in every issue.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:13 pmSatan, Evil, God, etc. etc. -- leave the bible at home.
Why is McSame a hate America firster?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pmWhen we in Canada have an election,(Which takes 60days)no one ever mentions religion. For a counrty that touts a separation of Church and State, you guys sure look like fools. With the mess your country is in, why is your nation worried about religion, churches, what a minister might have said in the past . Go ahead, pick another idot to run your country. You fools were hoodwinked four years ago, I guess the song remains the same. TELL YOUR MEDIA TO STICT TO THE IMPORTANT TOPICS THT MATTER TO YOUR NATION.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:17 pm"Thecairngman Says"
Wasn't this poster insisting just the other day how "progressive" it was?
Why should anyone pay attention to it now that it's been unmasked and exposed as a fraud?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:17 pmThe Stone-Pile is Poly-theistic!!
March 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pmNo offense, but I live and work in Washington, DC, and I'm very happy to live in a city where public transportation is readily available, multiculturalism and cultural events are very prevalent, museums are plentiful and free, and the nightlife is pretty great. I really get tired of politicians supposedly representing the people of America, who are visiting my city of residence, a city of American citizens who are TAXED AND NOT REPRESENTED, casting generalizations, rhetoric and jingoism about how awful this place is.
John McCain comment: “Anyone who had the misfortune of watching it will know how hard it is to do the Lord’s work in the city of Satan,”
John McCain's comment translated: "I don't even show up anymore to that city with 1 million hard-working people who c go F themselves."
March 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pmLord's work, my a$$. Go back to sleep old fool.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pmDoes this guy ever think before he speaks.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:22 pmHe constantly has to go back and clarify or contradict what he's said.
If Washington is the city of Satan that would make him a servant of Satan since he's spent most of his life serving the status quo. And what was that thing called?.... the Keating 5 scandal, wasn't it? And wasn't he one of the 5.
He also looks like a cadaver which doesn't inspire a lot of confidence either.
Thecairngman Says
Speaking truth to power is not the same as hagee's hate message.
You probably think burning the flag is a hate crime instead of a political statement too...
March 14th, 2008 at 4:22 pmWhen Bush vetoes, every damn Democrat in public life ought to repeat loudly, on every bobblehead show to which they can wrangle an invitation, that Bush puts the interests of the telecoms ahead of safety for Americans.
In order for this to work, first the Democrats need to be invited on the bobblehead programs. In case you haven't noticed, that doesn't happen often. The Republicans outnumber the Democrats on these programs by at least four to one.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:24 pmDamn I am tired of this crazy old man, he's no more christian than my broom...Blessings
March 14th, 2008 at 4:26 pmSorry for the spelling mistakes in post #20. I get upset when I see how Faux News has nothing on Obama so they are using the back door to stir that race nothion in american minds. GET SMART , GET REAL , GET MOVING BEFORE THE DEPRESSION SETS IN. Yes depression...I don't know (I do know)what your government is telling you but they are not telling you the hole story. Read Financials from Europe. BBC , CBC ,ROUTERS..don't follow your mass media...lies, lies , lies..to keep the major corps advertizing.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:27 pmFrank M Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
“McCain has been part of the “city of Satan” for over 20 years.”
Ok, so maybe he’s starting to have second thoughts about it. A man can change, no?
Actually, he has changed. I mean, he changes to suit the direction of the political winds to ensure he gets elected.
So it's no surprise Frank M wants to say he has changed.
Heh.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
“Thecairngman Says”
Wasn’t this poster insisting just the other day how “progressive” it was?
Why should anyone pay attention to it now that it’s been unmasked and exposed as a fraud?
You didn't actually believe it, did you? I firmly believe that this one is jason reincarnated. jason disappeared and this one popped up a half hour later and has been here ever since.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:28 pmWith all the gift he gets from lobbyists, I'm sure he meant to say "city of Santa".
Zathusseinrus
March 14th, 2008 at 4:30 pmAnd since when did Washington D.C. get relocated to Las Vegas?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:31 pmI lived just outside of DC for a couple of years and I loved it. The Metra lines are second to none. All walks of life.
Let's see, if God were to smite cities DC wouldn't come before Vegas, Los Angeles or New York. Unless he was going strictly after the politicians.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:31 pmSure, McPain can change. He shows us hourly that he has the ability to change his stance on any issue to pander to the interest group that has their check book out at the moment.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pmNo Bilbo, I didn't believe it from the start. It wasn't a particularly deft masquerade.
I just wanted to point out the bald-faced dishonesty.
...Jason, huh? I didn't get that, but I can see it.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pmthis from the horses arse who recently stated that being a senator was not a high priority right now.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pmGeorge Bush is the Devil so I'll buy that.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pmSomeone tell McCain he's not running for Vicar of the United States. Very sad to see how low he's going to consolidate the only faction that will buy his BS.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:47 pmWhat's amazing is that the Religious Right will eat this up. It doesn't matter that a few years ago McCain was calling their leaders "agents of intolerance", but now that he's bowing the knee to their ayatollahs, and talking their babble, they'll believe he's a ManofGod®. "Oooh, he's a good man."
And, anyway, I thought the city of Satan was San Francisco. Or Las Vegas. Or even New York. Where does he get off moving it?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pmgummitch Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
It doesn’t matter that a few years ago McCain was calling their leaders “agents of intolerance”, but now that he’s bowing the knee to their ayatollahs, and talking their babble, they’ll believe he’s a ManofGod®. “Oooh, he’s a good man.”
And, somehow, it all fits into this "straight-shootin' Maverick©" narrative.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pmOh boy, something New to be Scared of! Agents of the Devil! Servants of the Anti-Christ! Soldiers in the Army of the Damned! Woo Hoo, rejoice Fundamentalists, for the Apocalypse is at hand! Two New Lows in one day! As I've said before, Stupidity is superior to the Speed of Light. This is because, unlike the Speed of Light, Stupidity has No Limits.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmImpeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution and Strike A Blow Against the Anti-Christ!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
I think we'll ultimately see McMaverick "lose it" on a National stage, in a way that makes the "Dean Scream" look like a dignified handshake. Y'know, Cindy may have been funnelling those pills to him, too.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pmThecairngman Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The dem’s have no chance now that the Jeramiah Wright clips have been exposed!! another 4 years!! Hell yeah
well, i'm not confident in the "dems" chances either and not because of obama's association with the Jeremiah Wrong. i'm not confident because this is a country of simpletons and sheeple, such as yourself, who buy into all the fearmongering and other bullshit fed to you by members of the repugnican party. Clearly, the average American voter (e.g. Thecairngman) is an idiot. How else can you explain 2 terms of bush?
March 14th, 2008 at 4:56 pmMcCain oughta know! He's Satan's biggest ass kisser.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:56 pmQuick correction, 3 New Lows in one day. 1) urban warfare as a romatntic situation. 2) We got no good Arabic translators, that's why those silly errors popped up, and this one's #3.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:57 pmDown and down they go, and why they bother, nobody knows.
Impeach Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
Our nation's capitol is the ‘the city of Satan’??
Wow. This is yet another example of how right wingers hate Americans and America. Seriously, this is the kind of talk we expect to hear out of the mullahs of Iran.
And the wingers are always hating on other Americans. They hate on environmentalists, they hate on the majority opposing the Iraq occupation, they hate on feminists, they hate on labor unions, they hate on brown people, they hate on muslims, they hate on Democrats, they hate on the press, they hate on poor people.
Well, that's the short list of Americans the right wing hates.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:58 pmBesides - Righties all know for a fact that Hollywood is the City of Satan.
No doubt, Wolfe Blitzer will soon be asking how deeply this will cut into his confunditard base.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:58 pmOh good, now the spineless candidate is going to be invoking satan and religion. McCain has no shame.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pmtesting... bold
March 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pmDo I hear Looney Tunes music in the background?
March 14th, 2008 at 5:08 pmyay! finally :)
March 14th, 2008 at 5:08 pmThecairngman Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
The dem’s have no chance now that the Jeramiah Wright clips have been exposed!! another 4 years!! Hell yeah
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I believe this is what's called clutching at straws.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pmLeporello Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
As I’ve said before, Stupidity is superior to the Speed of Light. This is because, unlike the Speed of Light, Stupidity has No Limits.
Abu Ben Hussein Leporello.
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Dude... enough already... I'm blushing... not that I disagree w/ ya...
March 14th, 2008 at 5:16 pmCan you explain why Washington D.C. has one of the highest murder rates in the U.S.?
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Ummm... the number of GOOPers in town?
March 14th, 2008 at 5:17 pmBarack Obama
On My Faith and My Church
Posted March 14, 2008 | 04:28 PM (EST)
The pastor of my church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently preached his last sermon and is in the process of retiring, has touched off a firestorm over the last few days. He’s drawn attention as the result of some inflammatory and appalling remarks he made about our country, our politics, and my political opponents.
Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it’s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.
[…]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ barack-obama/ on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html
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you MUST read the whole thing… it’s very short… to the point…
and satisfying to any thinking person.
STAY COOL, BARACK.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pmWell, the Decider is in charge there, so I guess he's right, it is the city of Satan.
Bush/Cheney
March 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pmHague Trials '09
Katy, I was just scrolling down to make the same post as you. It is a strong response, but he needs to do so in person.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:27 pmKaty,
March 14th, 2008 at 5:37 pmI just heard that Obama is going to be on Olbermann tonight and he will address this hot button issue in person.
i agree, marie... good news about olbermann...
it will also be interesting to see how maher handles this thing...
he has been very confusing (stoned?) lately...
thanks for that heads up...
March 14th, 2008 at 5:54 pmOur nation’s capitol is the ‘the city of Satan’??
Why does McCain hate America?
March 14th, 2008 at 7:06 pmNow McCain using the word Lord is strange as he's been doing Satan's work for so long. I guess this is to get the so called Republican Christian vote. Look it could work as it worked twice before. As both Democrat and Republican voters lose their homes and jobs it will be interesting to see if the Church people buy the lies again. Next McCain will use what Karl Rove used to get Bush in office. Yes God told McCain he should be President that just might work again for the American people. I know the Middle East hopes it works they don't mine buying more of the United States.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pm.
McPastor McCain... ?
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March 14th, 2008 at 8:13 pmIn today episode of The Sin and the Sinful...
McCain: Washington is ‘the city of Satan.’
LOL! He worked there for 20 years and breathe the same air of those sinful lawmakers in Capitol Hill. The Lord's work? Funny, how the hypocritical lawmakers like McCain used the "Lord" when they do wrong and when they get caught.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:18 pm“McCain: Washington is ‘the city of Satan.’”
Explain me again why McCain wants to be President, please. He wants to be the Devil In Chief?
March 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pmLet's see...in parts of the middle East, America is called "The Great Satan."
McCain calls Washington, D.C., the "City of Satan."
The irony.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:08 pmTracy2 Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
#23
Johnnie.Flea Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
I will bet you don’t live on the south east side. Can you explain why Washington D.C. has one of the highest murder rates in the U.S.?
If we must trust the Republican leaders, the crime rate of Washington D.C. isn't so great, is comparable to the one of Baghdad, who happens to be really quiet, thanks to The Surge (tm).
/Yes, it's snark
March 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pm...and the Devil occupies the White House!
March 15th, 2008 at 3:12 amNow that would be the ticket: McCain - Satan, 2008!
March 15th, 2008 at 5:10 pmMcCain calls Washington DC the "city of Satan" (eh.. founded by the Devil, named after Satans little helper George Washington?), but somehow Obama is the unpatriotic one for not wearing a stupid flagpin.
March 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pmIn the wake of the Wright furor, why is this the only place Mc Cain's comments are covered? City of Satan? Well, God damn the United States, eh?
March 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am