Archive for the ‘mccain’ Category

McCain calls comments by Georgia Democrat ’shocking’ - CNN.com

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

It’s fine for McCain’s camp to label barack as some sort of terrorist -loving foreigner. But, when he gets called on inciting his crowds to the brink of violence…it’s shocking. What a mega-turd.

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Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

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If you haven’t read this article, please take the time to do it. The real McCain is a hot-headed, dangerous man. But, what struck more than anything was the similarities beween him and W. (bush, that is). They both were C students. They both have Daddy issues. I think McCain has Bush beat in the temper department.

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Talking Points Memo | Losing It?

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

In most political speeches, the common refrain is "my fellow citizens". John McCain just referred to the country as "my fellow prisoners."

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McCain sat on board of racist group

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

"The Anti-Defamation League, in 1981 when McCain was on the board, said this about this organization. It was affiliated with the World Anti-Communist League, the parent organization which ADL said had increasingly become a gathering place, a forum, a point of contact for extremists, racist and anti-Semites."

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For McCain and Team, a Host of Ties to Gambling - NYTimes.com

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

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A lifelong gambler, Mr. McCain takes risks, both on and off the craps table. He was throwing dice that night not long after his failed 2000 presidential bid, in which he was skewered by the Republican Party’s evangelical base, opponents of gambling. Mr. McCain was betting at a casino he oversaw as a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, and he was doing so with the lobbyist who represents that casino, according to three associates of Mr. McCain. The visit had been arranged by the lobbyist, Scott Reed, who works for the Mashantucket Pequot, a tribe that has contributed heavily to Mr. McCain’s campaigns and built Foxwoods into the world’s second-largest casino.

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Bob Cesca: McCain’s Economic Plan: Blurt Out Random Crap

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

One of the main reasons why the nation appears to be lining up against Senator McCain’s insanely obvious lack of integrity could be because his very serious and mavericky campaign strategy can be described in four simple words: Blurt Out Random Crap.

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McCain misses Medicare vote

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Presumed Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the only senator who did not vote this week on a Medicare bill that halted doctor pay cuts but slashed billions in funding from private insurers.

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Bob Cesca: Killing Iranian Civilians Isn’t Hilarious, Senator McCain on The Huffington Post

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

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Senator McCain has famously said, "Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war." How, then, should we describe a clearly unbalanced presidential candidate who jokes about killing innocent civilians as part of a larger war-mongering foreign policy?

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Jon Soltz: The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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You’d think with all the media consternation with the non-existent "flip flop" of Obama on Iraq (you know, the one where he didn’t change his position at all), reporters would be blowing their stack at the true flip flop from John McCain on Iraq.

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Jon Soltz: The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

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You’d think with all the media consternation with the non-existent "flip flop" of Obama on Iraq (you know, the one where he didn’t change his position at all), reporters would be blowing their stack at the true flip flop from John McCain on Iraq.

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