Comments on: FLASHBACK: McCain gave Bush ‘an A’ for looking in Putin’s eyes and getting ‘a sense of his soul.’

By: Xisithrus

Xisithrus — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:37:45 +0000

I guess looking into someones eye is a euphemism for downing a bottle of Vodka, eh?

By: Paul W

Paul W — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:22:50 +0000

McCain actually praised President Bush in 2001 when he said he could trust Putin because he “looked the man in the eye” and got “a sense of his soul.”

I’ve always felt that was one of the more embarassing Bush moments. To tell the American people, not to mention the rest of the world, that essentially, his foreign policy was based even in part, by looking into someone’s eyes was akin to discovering Ronald Reagan’s use of astrology in his policy decisions.

Of course Putin has played Bush for a fool since then and no doubt he’ll do the same to McCain.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

By: Pernell

Pernell — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:25:46 +0000

Two points can be found in this post.

One is that Glenn Kessler, a WP Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, said that people at the State Department say Bush was conned by Putin using an old made up KGB story about a cross and that is what led to Bush’s “soul” vision.

Also in the post, we find that though Bush will spy on Americans without warrant and think nothing of it, he refused to spy on Putin when all it would have taken was changing a battery.

Astounding and true.

By: sectionop92

sectionop92 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:35:11 +0000

When I looked into John McCain’s eyes, I saw a confused fuddy-duddy who thinks vanilla pudding Tuesday’s should replace Martin Luther King Day. And I only looked into them for two seconds!

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:25:17 +0000

Hey, I was unavoidably detained. I see Gigi is back. Has she asked anyone to define when human rights begin yet?

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:47:43 +0000

Isn’t that the only time Bush has ever gotten an “A” in his life?

By: shoeless

shoeless — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:41:13 +0000

FLASHBACK: I called Bush ‘an ASS’ for looking in Putin’s eyes and getting ‘a sense of his soul.’

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:39:46 +0000

… Do we really want another self-satisfied spoiled rich kid ruining this country?

August 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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No, I do not want Obama ruining this country.

Oh effing puhhllleeease…

By: dbadass

dbadass — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:28:43 +0000

wow! Do souls do that? What do you think TripleKick13?

By: pete

pete — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:28:43 +0000

Is it not more likely that Russia, once it recovered from the collapse of the Soviet Union, has continued it’s militaristic ways in order to regain “superpower” status? And is it not likely that the Reichwingers have largely ignored this disturbing development because Iraq was the priority?

By: pete

pete — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:23:16 +0000

So. Chimpy was wrong. McSpin agreed with him. And neither one of them saw this, hypothetical, change coming.

Why are they being defended on foreign policy again?

By: dbadass

dbadass — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:14:23 +0000

good_golly4:
I was referring to my question of both yourself and TripleKick13 as to whether or not that weird eyes/soul comment was bullshit or not. TripleKick13 or any version tried to dodge with an unrelated Sun-Tze comment. Does it strike you as weird that a real answer has not been offered?

By: MCMetal

MCMetal — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:11:43 +0000

good_golly4 Says:
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Bobwurst Says:
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… Do we really want another self-satisfied spoiled rich kid ruining this country?

August 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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No, I do not want Obama ruining this country.

August 21st, 2008 at 5:05 pm

But you’re okay with 2 lying morons ruining it , back-to-back ?

Talk about anti-American sentiment……………..

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:11:04 +0000

Seig Heil Gigi!

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:10:38 +0000

Great point Jones, mccain is dumber than bush, if that’s possible.

By: Badger

Badger — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:09:08 +0000

Good Golly,

By What possible criteria could you claim that this country is NOT More RUINED after 8 years of President Bush in office?

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:09:00 +0000

That was expected gigi, bush is the legacy student at Andover and Yale. Mccain is the legacy student at the Naval Academy. Both were terrible, bottom of the barrel students at their institutions. Both learned nothing except that they didn’t have to work because their daddys’ had pull. Obama went to Harvard on a scholarship because he is smart.

By: Jones

Jones — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:46 +0000

MATTHEWS: On a four-point system, how did the president do in Russia, on his trip to the re–meet Putin in Slovenia?

Sen. McCAIN: I–I give him an A. I’d give him an A.

So, A out of 4? What’s that mean? What’s next, will he say “I think I have L houses”?

John, c’mon, wake up. Pay attention. This isn’t the naval academy, where you can finish 894th.

By: Chris L

Chris L — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:39 +0000

TripleKick 13 Says:
What do you think about keeping your friends close and your enemies closer?
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I say it sounds like a good reason to talk to Iran and to NOT throw Russia out of the G8.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:06:56 +0000

Obama camp lashes out at ‘quick-draw’ McCain

‘Obama’s senior foreign policy adviser Susan Rice meanwhile vied to demolish McCain’s attempts to cast himself as more trustworthy than Obama in a time of international crisis.

McCain’s “tendency is to shoot first and to ask questions later,” she said on a conference call alongside former White House anti-terrorism adviser Richard Clarke, who called the Republican “trigger-happy” and “reckless.”‘

More of that, Obama camp, more of that.