I hear McCain served in the military and that Obama may pick a VP in the next couple weeks.
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Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Fight for a just cause, love your fellow man, live a good life.
The desire to stay informed is directly at odds with the need to not be constantly enraged.
Trump’s cabinet: like a magic 8 ball that only gives wrong answers.
Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.
There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.
Tide comes in. Tide goes out. You can’t explain that.
Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”
Oppose, oppose, oppose. do not congratulate. this is not business as usual.
Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?
And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.
75% of people clapping liked the show!
People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.
So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.
People are weird.
Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.
Tick tock motherfuckers!
Shut up, hissy kitty!
These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.
The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.
Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers
Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.
The willow is too close to the house.
Live so that if you miss a day of work people aren’t hoping you’re dead.
Let’s delete this post and never speak of this again.
4tehlulz
The insinuation from Balloon Juice that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, served in the military is outrageous.
cleek
i hear McCain is now demanding that people refer to him as “The Honorable POW, John “Maverick” McCain”. fuck that shiaht.
gbear
I hear Cindy McCain’s fibbing about being an only child. Her half-sister gets mad and calls NPR.
The Other Steve
I was wondering… McCain seems to think being a POW is the kind of experience one needs to be President.
Is this because he regards the Whitehouse as a prison of sorts?
Harry Truman called it the Great White Jail.
cleek
McCain doesn’t have to think; he just knows it in his bones.
TCG
McCain was even a POW and wrote stuff in the dirt, too.
jibeaux
Oh my, the family values. Hadn’t heard about Cindy McCain’s sister. Sheeesh.
So, anyway, I think I put this out there at some point a while back, but Steve Benen of Carpetbagger and another guy have a radio show you can get as a podcast, called the poli-sci-fi podcast. They talk about politics and BSG and stuff. I know, right? I thought of you guys. Anyway, it’s way wonky but it’s pretty good. Steve also used to work a group called Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and he has some very reasonable thoughts on things like the faith-based initiative program (basically, he thinks it’s been around forever and that Obama just wants to strip out the bad aspects that Bush instilled, taking it back to its former, better, pretty uncontroversial existence — that podcast was a while ago); and more recently on the forum with Rick Warren. So if anyone just really wanted more of that discussion from yesterday, rather than the inappropriate relationship with goats discussion — oh, never mind.
Conservatively Liberal
Well, to be honest about it McCain tried to serve in the military but he kept crashing planes until he finally got caught by the enemy.
Brother Orbiting Laser
Next thing you know NPR will be claiming Cindy was not McCain’s only wife.
Face
If McCane picks Lieberman as his runny, expect him to win in November. The Jewish vote would be split, and Obama needs this demo, crucially in SoFla. Heard it here first.
w vincentz
The leak is out. McCain’s VP will be none other than…
(drum roll)…
Fred Thompson.
Google it.
Conservatively Liberal
I doubt it. He may pick up some Jewish votes, but he would lose a lot of hard core righties in the process of picking up those votes. While Lieberman luvs him some Republican, other than the pro-war votes his voting record is not one to make Republicans enthusiastic about him IMO.
boonagain
Old and older!!!
Punchy
Damn. I saw the post title, and came here expecting a discussion of Fleetwood Mac.
4tehlulz
The Jewish vote ends up 70-30 instead of 85-15. You overestimate Lieberman’s popularity among Jews. (In before Wilfred)
cleek
that would be sweet. buh-bye “celebrity” attacks. hello “grumpy old men” parodies.
greynoldsct00
I know there is a part of the Jewish community that is pro-agression (for lack of a better term)as it relates to Isreal and all of the politics over there, but can there be that many of them? Lieberman is such a warmongering miserable fuck (yes, I’m from CT and despise him, no I didn’t vote for him) how could they that?
gbear
I hear that Keith Olbermann referred to McCain as ‘a lobbyist’s pet senator’ in regard to the troubles in Georgia during a special comment last night. Sanctimoniously delivered as usual but he blasted McCain but good about veterans issues and his dirty campaign.
jibeaux
Not to mention creepy old men. They’re both old enough to be their kids’ grandfather to great-grandfather (depending on the region).
cain
I was under the impression that Jews tend to be more liberal. All the ones I’ve met are. BTW being kosher is hard core.
cain
Marshall
This is unrelated to McCainomania, but there is a new attempt to be sane about at least one area of domestic policy :
College presidents want drinking age lowered to 18
About time. Of course, MADD is against it, but they lost my respect a long time ago (when they came out against any open containers of any sort in an automobile, to protect me in case someone spikes my diet coke with rum).
Anyone who was truly for state’s rights (and not just dog-whistling to the unreconstructed) would be against the whole notion of tying federal highway grants to the enactment of the “right” State law, but I expect the state’s rights types to be conspicuous by their absence here.
Incertus
Limbaugh disagrees. I’m not sure if that makes you right or if it makes both of you wrong to different degrees.
Brother Flaming Taser of Warm Reason
Yeah Olbermann slapped McCain really well last night. Granted Olbermann has got a bit holier than thou in his tone during these special comments, however he is right for the most part.
Kevin
I heard him say that, and I got the impression that he was quoting Saakashvili.
Face
My source from this comment is a very informed, very Democratic Jewish individual. Granted, it’s one person’s opinion, but she made several good points. Much like it behooves wealthy Black Americans to vote Republican (for the tax reasons), many will vote for Obama instead, out of the historical relevance. Likewise, (many) Jewish people are likely to vote for Lieberman, for the same “he’s in our tribe!” rationale.
w vincentz
Thompson will bring a great deal to the McInsane campaign.
Voters luv ’em actors, doncha know?
And there will be nap time every afternoon.
Besides that, it will force Obama (Burracka-the slammah), to pick a WHITE running mate.
Mark my words, he will.
Ninerdave
Do the freeps know something we dont?
Laura W
Did I mention I wore McCain’s POW bracelet back in high school? I try to fit it into most any discussion nowadays as proof of my patriotism, good judgement, and my unquestionable, unassailable, Rightness of Being.
I will never forget sitting on the floor on the night of his release, glued to the tee vee, watching McCain get off the airplane and hitting US soil. I was stunned, even at that age, by how white his hair had become. It was a very powerful and moving moment, and I felt as if I had truly played a part in his survival.
It is a moment I have remembered my whole life. Especially when I looked over to see my father tracing a cross in the green shag carpet.
Pb
No. SA2SQ.
Check the creation date on that, and then check out all the other name combos out there… meaningless.
Ninerdave
Nah, I just prefer spreading rampant freeper mis-information.
maxbaer (not the original)
I think that’s only if McCain picks Alan Keyes.
PeterJ
Attacking poor Cindy McCain for being a former drug user with memory problems. That’s just gutter politics.
Hedley Lamarr
He was indeed a POW for many years. A significant part of that time was spent in a small box out in the sun. Like the Alec Guiness character in “River Kwai”, his mind was severely affected.
maxbaer (not the original)
We need McCain. The Rooskies are stealing our Humvees.
jbarntt
I hear McCain served in the military and that Obama may pick a VP in the next couple weeks.
It is obvious that Obama will pick a veep, why would you say he “may” pick one ?
It’s nice that you “heard” McCain served in the military. I have come to the conclusion that you are a complete idiot.
Out of curiousty, where did you hear these odd rumors ?