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Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic presidential candidate skipped President Bush's State of the Union address Monday in order to stay on the campaign trail to succeed him? The screams from the GOP and conservatives would be bloodcurdling. TradMed would be up in arms at the perceived insult. But you're not seeing that reaction today after the calm announcement from Old Lord John Stanley McCain the Third that he'll not attend tomorrow's SOTU festivities -- he's too busy campaigning in Florida.
"We'll be campaigning here," Sen. McCain of Arizona said Sunday in Florida, where he is locked in a tight campaign for the Republican presidential nomination against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Clamoring as they are for the support of the GOP base -- the sole steadfast bulwark of the President and his foreign and domestic policies -- I would expect the opposing GOP presidential candidates to make noise about McCain's decision not to attend. Conveniently, of McCain's remaining opponents (Mitt Romney, Rudi Giuiliani, Mike Huckabee, and Ron Paul) only Dr Paul's attendance is expected due to the office he holds. And given Congressman Paul's disassociation from our warmongering President, his absence might be excusable. But shouldn't John McCain attend, if only as the Senate representative of the Right's Field?
Old Lord McCain, along with his buddy Short Ride Joey Lieberman, takes credit for changing the President's war policy in Iraq. He now supports the make-permanent extension of the disastrous Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans in 2010. He's made a convincing argument to the GOP base that he's the embodiment of a third Bush term.
Although there are significant differences, and maybe the GOP base needs to be reminded of those differences. Old Lord McCain disrespected this President before, in criticizing his Secretary of Defense's conduct of The Glorious War On Iraqis.
He disrespected this President before, when he opposed the tax cuts for the most deserving Americans, the President's base.
He disrespected this President before, when his Senate Committee investigated the Interior Department's conduct of Indian Affairs, exposing the seamy underside of the Abramoff operation for all Americans to see.
He disrespected this President before, when he joined Senators John Warner and Lindsey Graham to challenge the President's right to torture terrorists.
He disrespected this President before, when he continually defied the President's devotion to embryos by supporting federal funds for stem-cell research.
He disrespected this President before, when he voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment.
For all his apparent devotion to this President (see photo above), John McCain's disrespect of President Bush transcends policies and pervades his Presidency. A McCain Administration would be the undoing of many of George Bush's signature accomplishments.
John McCain's disrespect of President Bush doesn't simply begin tomorrow night. Senator McCain's planned boycott of tomorrow night's State of the Union is the culmination of a disturbing pattern of disrespect for the President and his policies. The GOP base needs to know about the McCain SOTU boycott, and I think I know who needs to tell them.
C'mon, you guys -- the Florida GOP voters need to hear about John McCain's SOTU boycott. Would your Dad disrespect the President this way?
Update:
Maybe this is a job for newly announced Mitt Romney supporter Liz Cheney
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Teddy!
Hello?
St. McCain looked like he couldn’t get it up fast enough…
Gosh, Teddy, I hope the message gets out about how much McCain has disrespected the Chimpy!
Well I guess he won’t make the FISA vote. Hmmmmm..either he doesn’t give a shit or Miss McConnell told him he didn’t need him because a) The Thugs had cloture or b) they didn’t have the votes and McCain wouldn”t make any difference.
WTF? mccain is an arsehole. teddy, thanks for bringing this to my attention. grrrrrr, my GOP relatives are certainly going to hear about this!
good.
maybe this means that mcain won’t be in dc to vote for cloture tomorrow.
I hope McCain skips the FISA votes too.
Glad Clinton and Obama got off their duffs to actually do something.
They could lead on the issue as well, I suppose, but that might be too much to hope from from the battle scared ‘I can get things done’ candidate and the ‘change’ candidate.
But, good for them, they will actually do something about the constitution being wrecked.
That picture…. Fucktard looks a little uncomforable. Was this at McCain’s b-day a few years ago when NOLA was underwater but Brownie was doin’ a heckuva job?
i’m out of the loop. have clinton and obama said whether or not they support reid’s proposed exetension of the PAA (if the R cloture vote fails).
Betcha Malkkin says he wanted to stay in FL with his shamnesty buddy, Mel Martinez. I’ll check her out tomorrow.
Haven’t seen.
The vote for cloture in December was what? 75?
Damn Teddy, when you put it like this, Senator McCracked’s looking pretty good on the issues.
Of course, there *is* that little matter of perpetual war in Iraq…
FORK! i was so pissed reading this i forgot to dive in
(hastily climbing dive tower and executing a simple (but graceful) swan dive)
I guess committing late is better than not at all for Clinton and Obama. So while I’m happy they’ll vote note, I certainly can’t credit them with leadership.
Nice dive, Suzanne. Evenin’ all.
Well the “Asians” ain’t buying the stinking pile of shit call the ‘Stimulus Pkg”. The markets are tanking on opening. US stocks will likely drop on Monday…A nice 500 drop in the DOW would be a perfect counter balance to Bush and the terra message at the SOTU.
Mitt’s lads need to get the word to the Florida base.
Nice to see ya diving again, Ma Cheri…! *g*
9.99 for Suzanne’s dive… love those swans
Evening everyone! Great post Teddy! For a bunch of manly men those GOP sure go for lots of PDA don’t they?
Has everyone picked a word from the SOTU to use in their drinkng game tomorrow night?
(eyes narrowing) that dive was a 10, not a 9.99
My question is whether Standard and Poor’s will suffer the same fate as KPMG and Arthur Anderson… ;-)
Has everyone picked a word from the SOTU to use in their drinkng game tomorrow night?
“fucked”?
dimmicrat party
Heh, Al Qaida? We’d be blitzed half way through… Aloha, MM!
probably
Well I havet’a give the competition a wee bit of a chance …don’t I?
That’s certainly an option, but one that will guarantee a sober party. A word that is screamed repetively at the TV doesn’t count. Bush has to actually say it.
I’m gonna join McCain in skipping the SOTU. That will make it 8 in a row for me. And I may have succeeded in skipping all his televised speeches and press conferences too. At some point during his original campaign, I realized that watching made me sick. It’s helped me survive this administration without poking my eyes out.
no
Congress?
There are so many possibilities. Used terra last year, didn’t make it past the first few minutes :)
aisle, madmommy?
Or the popular combination he uses, “Congress must”
well I_I_I, um,democrats obstructionist
I think I’m leaning towards Congress, though aisle is good too. If that little wanker is going to besmirch my birthday with his BS and mangling of his native language the least I can do is have a bit of fun with it.
is tomorrow your birthday, mad? happy birthday
Bush has to actually say it.
What, you think it’s too much to hope that he’ll say “My fellow Americans, the State of the Union is totally, absolutely, stupendously, and quite possibly irretrievably fucked”?
Ah, but that would require honesty wouldn’t it? - oh well - I quit drinking anyway.
I heard a hilarious news report on the radio. Dub’s 7th speech will focus on his philosophy of governance, and rationale for his policy making and problem solving. The report said he wanted to do give this speech before, but “never got around to it” (that is an exact quote from the report). This will be an extra special state of the union address that has already gone through 50 (or 40 or a billion, or somthing) drafts.
You know he’s going to say that the economy is sound so why don’t we just all get drunk when he does and be done with the whole thing.
Ooh, I empathize, at least I was greeted on my B-Day with AGAG’s retirement, best B-Day present ever… *g*
I’ll be at work tomorrow evening. No drinking games for me. :(
Best not to watch it at all. I can’t imagine sitting through that without alcohol.
Ya mean it’s another b-day?? Well happy b-day madmommy… may you have many more… and without dufus screwing your day up time ever again!!
selise, check the last thread. Both Hillary and Barry will be there for the cloture vote.
I am still hoping for a complete and total hissy fit thrown on live national tv. There ahve been a few moments lately when I though he was thisclose, but then he reeled himself back in. Maybe he’ll take off his shoe and bang it on the lectern.
It’s all so fucking crazy. Why don’t they take some piece of very popular legislation that he is sure to veto, and literally stuff it up his ass. Each time he vetos it, send it back to him in an even more popular form that is more offensive to him.
The answer is “the mainstream media won’t cover it.” Right.
So, we’ve got to find ways to stick it to them. We have to find ways to hurt them where it hurts. And, I’m not sure where that is.
They’ve been bought up by corporations for whom they are not that bit a deal. These are corporations that want deals with Congress and don’t flinch at minor economic losses.
IMHO, we need alternative outlets, e.g., a geosynchronous communications sattelite beamed at North America.
LOL
I couldn’t think of a better B-Day present for you madmommy… maybe he will come through for you… He should after all it Is YOUR BIRTHDAY!
Yep, the last one (gods willing) that will be spent under this administration. The shrub has been President for the entire lives of both of my kids. He was sworn in right before the big kid was born.
I usually do a SuperBowl/birthday bash but it’s all buggered up this year for some reason. I’m older than the Super Bowl, sigh.
And Scr*w… ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFpvRMIIEM
Don’t forget to wish Keith hippo birdies.
Me too. At least that dfor me. I didn’t say anything with all these politically aware types. Ever since Gingrich, really, it just lost any sense of decorum. I’m not big on decorum. But to see abunch of drunk men (mostly) seeing who can interrupt the speech the most times and give the most standing O’s for bullshit lines. Thank you. But no. I’ll read about it Tuesday.
madmommy and KO share the same birthdaY?
Its times like this I sure miss Molly she would have a fine ol time.
I love that song!
Madmommy, Happy Birthay!
Hi my name’s Beerfart and I’m an alcoholic.
Hi Beerfart!!!!!
You guys are a bad influence, you know it?
I’m waiting patiently for the shockwaves of February Fifth (Mark Pera) and February Twelfth (Donna Edwards). With those two victories over Capitalist Corporatist Democrats, we may get a lot more respect around the blogosphere.
BlueAmerica is almost at a quarter of a million dollars!
bfl, there are many here who have taken the pledge to living sober
Hello Ted
Happy B’Day MM. You in NJ, right?
Excellent news, Teddy. We gotta hit that 1/4 mil mark
Oohhh…cake! Grabs a fork and the cake and slinks off to a corner…nomnomnom.
You know, just having them show up for this particular battle is going to make the press focus on it in a way that they haven’t and wouldn’t.
Especially if Junya blasts ‘em during the SOTU.
Hell the GOP was going to get everything they wanted last week, this is just a game. Maybe we’ll get lucky and they overplay their hand.
BFL, The bullshit will be the same regardless of whether we watch it live or read about it afterwards. At least this way we won’t have to see his face.
Hope they’re all keeping their pledges. it’s a good thing. Cheers. How ya doin’ Suze?
Close, New Orleans :)
Damn. I’d been hoping to be at work when that damned thing went on. Ah well. i don’t intend to turn on the tv. It’ll just end with me finding the nearest heavy thing to throw at it. His voice GRATES on my nerves so much!
I have to work tuesday, so a drinking game is out of the question. Aside from the fact that i’m a lightweight and i’d be drunk within 10 minutes to begin with.
Much less the stream of curses that would end up coming out of my mouth…
Heh, a fellow Parrot Head! ;-)
that cake needs some ice cream
Sometimes, the old adages/homilies are true. A picture really is worth a thousand words.
Yeah. true. but the speech goes on twice as as long as it needs to because of all the appluause an bullshit. the introduction of people in the gallery, etc. The only reason to watch is to see if he fucks up.
Absolutely ..
My brain has been editing SOTU to STFU for two days now. I’m with Selise and hope that means McCain isn’t planning to be around for the cloture vote either.
Who are my Jersey people, then?
Now I remember. You explained Eli’s accent to me.
I am so bad with names.
almost 2″ of rain today - i’m starting to get cranky and wondering if my toes are gonna web
I agree, it looks like McCain got both nostrils filled… ;-)
This will make it very difficult for the corporatist allies of Bush to fluff the market so that he’ll actually be able to say that “all is well” with the economy. There may be some bargains on the Asiuan or European exchanges…but they are sure gonna want to respond to the Asian markets on the NYSE.
but there may be two cloture votes - if we win the first vote (and cloture fails), reid has another vote coming up directly after it to vote on cloture for a short extension of the PAA.
at least that was the story on friday.
Be good for your diving competitions :>)
I actually have a flannel shirt on and wool socks… It’s frigid…!
I love the smiles and pats on the back. Reminds me of some of the girls at the shop ” how are you dahling you look so good. How’s every thing.” “I can’t stand her she….”
Grayson was the other day and seemed to make a good impression. Hope he did well $$$ wise. He’s the C.D. next to mine. If the Dems run the same guy who has lost the last 2 times in my C.D, I’m gonna throw some money Grayson’s way. Might do it anyway.
i’m not going to be sympathetic that the temp dropped below 70, CT
I’m sure I’m wrong about this but it seems like you’ve been cranky alot lately. Maybe it’s just wehen I’m here.
No biggie BFL. You should have been here when we had me, mommybrain and oddmommy all commenting at the same time. It could get confusing very fast! Not all of us can come up with such distinctive and original noms de blog :)
But, I’ll bet anything that Shrub will assure us that the Economy is on sure footing…
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I think I’m leaning towards Congress, though aisle is good too. If that little wanker is going to besmirch my birthday with his BS and mangling of his native language the least I can do is have a bit of fun with it.
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“…the little wanker”. so that’s what the W stands for. now that’s right poetic.
i may have to stop referring to him as Fuckwad.
and Happy Birthday MM. all raise their glasses …..
Wind’s rattlin’ the doors here.
Hmmph, low 60’s… 8-P
Then there’s always the possibility that the nutty Representative from Minnesota, I think, will launch herself at the President as he walks by and refuse to let go of him. She’s done it before.
Prosit!
Central FL was gorgeous today. Finally we get te weather I moved here for. 65. No wind. No clouds. Not a single one. It’s 53 now, though. Brrr.
tis that lack of vitamin sunshine and not you bfl
LOL
‘evening, all…happy birthday, madmomy!
crap, winds are not good when the grounds are soaked
LDS President Gordon Hinckley dead at 97
This may require Mitt to suspend his campaign, thus giving McCain a reason to attend the STFU
Well, I guess I can’t expect him to say “The State of the Union blows.” But I hope that Dem lady does in the response.
Do belong to the Ski Hawaii ski club..The ex had several of their Tee-shirts.
And you tryin’ to sell a house? That’s stressful even in better times.
LOL,what a hoot
yeap
A nice 500 drop in the DOW would be a perfect counter balance to Bush and the terra message at the SOTU.
Take it a little easy on my 401 K there. :)
And te rain kinda blows off the street. Nasty weather. i have someting to look forward to in the summer.
So, did anyone watch the Faux network suck up to Little Boots tonight? The so called “documentary” on his last year in office?
Not that I care, but it would be hysterical if he showed off the painting of the horse thief hanging in his office. ;)
Really.
I wonder if those who chose Kathleen Sibelius for the STFU response knew she was endorsing Obama the very next day.
Hey, that pineapple sized corn powder is second to none, along with the return hike upslope… *g*
Yes. Heat, humidity, and bugs the size of B52s.
I saw the analysis or pre-analysis of sotu and some guy said it would include something about the global AIDS crisis because it’s so important to Bush. I changed the channel immediately.