The Ugly New McCain

aps · 09-17-08, 09:31 AM

This is an article by Richard Cohen, a writer for the Washington Post. Before you start trashing him, he indicates that others had accused him of being in the tank for McCain, and he admits he was. I know the feeling. When McCain ran in 2000, I loved him. Had he won the nomination, I would have voted for him. I was not a fan of Al Gore back then.

Mr. Cohen explains how his opinion has changed as a result of McCain's behavior in this campaign. I wasn't a fan of McCain when the campaign started, but it is fascinating to see when things changed for Cohen. When I watched the View, I was disgusted with McCain, so I am glad that McCain's behavior was offensive to someone who was "in the tank" for McCain.

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Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred. "I broke my promise to always tell the truth," McCain said. Now he has broken that promise so completely that the John McCain of old is unrecognizable. He has become the sort of politician he once despised.

The precise moment of McCain's abasement came, would you believe, not at some news conference or on one of the Sunday shows but on "The View," . . . Last week, one of the co-hosts, Joy Behar, took McCain to task for some of the ads his campaign has been running. One deliberately mischaracterized what Barack Obama had said about putting lipstick on a pig -- an Americanism that McCain himself has used. The other asserted that Obama supported teaching sex education to kindergarteners.

"We know that those two ads are untrue," Behar said. "They are lies."

Freeze. Close in on McCain. This was the moment. He has largely been avoiding the press. The Straight Talk Express is now just a brand . . . Until then, it was possible for McCain to say that he had not really known about the ads, that the formulation "I approve this message" was just boilerplate. But he didn't.

"Actually, they are not lies," he said.

Actually, they are.

The Ugly New McCain

Mentork · 09-17-08, 09:34 AM

Cute, but this will not hurt Mr.McCain in any way.

GottaHurt · 09-17-08, 09:35 AM

Suggestion? You might want to plop down $2.99 for your own domain, and start blogging there. All your threads/posts are blogs now

aps · 09-17-08, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mentork

Cute, but this will not hurt Mr.McCain in any way.

Mentork, what is up with your commentary? I'm not posting this so that it will hurt McCain. I'm merely pointing out an opinion piece by someone who used to be a McCain supporter. Jesus Christ.

aps · 09-17-08, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GottaHurt

Suggestion? You might want to plop down $2.99 for your own domain, and start blogging there. All your threads/posts are blogs now

Would you donate some money for me, please?

Mentork · 09-17-08, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by aps

Mentork, what is up with your commentary? I'm not posting this so that it will hurt McCain. I'm merely pointing out an opinion piece by someone who used to be a McCain supporter. Jesus Christ.

Huh? me?

I thought you wanted commentary... if not, then why did you start a new thread and post this?

And i want talking about the story itself, not your post...

aps · 09-17-08, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Mentork

Huh? me?

I thought you wanted commentary... if not, then why did you start a new thread and post this?

And i want talking about the story itself, not your post...

Oh, that's your commentary. Wow...how insightful.

Chanda · 09-17-08, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Mentork

Cute, but this will not hurt Mr.McCain in any way.

Why won't it? Because McCain supporters are so partisan they are willing to tolerate blatant and proven liars? What would hurt him?

UtahBill · 09-17-08, 09:50 AM

McCain has always been untruthful, maybe less so than some of his colleagues, but still untruthful. The most insulting part is when he refers to us as his "friends" while he is pandering and lying to us to get our votes.

If he is elected, the real McCain will shine through, or be exposed for what he really is....time will tell. To be fair and honest, I feel the same about Obama....

Mentork · 09-17-08, 09:50 AM

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McCain has already said he's seeking the presidency because it "has become his ambition" to do so, he'll do anything to win and he admits it.

YouTube - McCAIN: President Run For 'Ambition' NOT Patriotism - Admits ON TAPE!!

He could rape a donkey and it wouldn't hurt my opinion of him, i already dislike him as much as i can, if i wanted to dislike him more i would have to remove some of my dislike from other entities, i only have so much hate you know.