Comments on: Some Of John McCain’s Best Friends Are Black People http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:10:27 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402505 dosido Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:17:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402505 <p>thanks cbl2 and petro! Loved it!!!</p> <p><em>Thanks Pennsylvania! We’ve told you what to think, now go vote!!</em></p> <p>gotta love it.</p> thanks cbl2 and petro! Loved it!!!

Thanks Pennsylvania! We’ve told you what to think, now go vote!!

gotta love it.

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402466 DeanOR Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:59:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402466 <p>A harp and mate’ in Paraquay might sound good except that my wife spent two years in rural Paraquay living in a little hut in the Peace Corps. She says the Oregon rain is nothing compared to Paraguay. But I’m very happy to see the old dictatorial party losing one after so many years.</p> A harp and mate’ in Paraquay might sound good except that my wife spent two years in rural Paraquay living in a little hut in the Peace Corps. She says the Oregon rain is nothing compared to Paraguay. But I’m very happy to see the old dictatorial party losing one after so many years.

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402456 KayInMaine Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:55:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402456 <p>LMAO Well, he’s either a camera man, the Umbrella Guy, or he’s the guy following McCain around asking, “Can I get you something, sir?”!</p> LMAO Well, he’s either a camera man, the Umbrella Guy, or he’s the guy following McCain around asking, “Can I get you something, sir?”!

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402446 Eli Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:50:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402446 <p>Exactly. Or, “I may not agree with everything he says, but at least I know where he stands.” Completely forgetting that that was the exact same thing they said about Dubya, and look where that got ‘em.</p> Exactly. Or, “I may not agree with everything he says, but at least I know where he stands.” Completely forgetting that that was the exact same thing they said about Dubya, and look where that got ‘em.

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402438 DeanOR Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:48:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402438 <p>Another of my speculations is that a lot of those people in the polls who are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, could buy into McCain the non-Bush-Republican maverick reformer sell without a lot of cognitive dissonance. Likewise, many of the people who are dissatisfied with the war due to ‘poor implementation’ and independents who might see him as independent like themselves. Ah, my mind is rotting from the past 8 years.</p> Another of my speculations is that a lot of those people in the polls who are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, could buy into McCain the non-Bush-Republican maverick reformer sell without a lot of cognitive dissonance. Likewise, many of the people who are dissatisfied with the war due to ‘poor implementation’ and independents who might see him as independent like themselves. Ah, my mind is rotting from the past 8 years.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402417 Eli Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:37:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402417 <p>“McCain ‘08 And Lose That Weight!”</p> “McCain ‘08 And Lose That Weight!”

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402414 Petrocelli Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:37:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402414 <p>I’m thinking of the Evangelists’ heads spinning fast enough to create tornadoes …</p> I’m thinking of the Evangelists’ heads spinning fast enough to create tornadoes …

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402407 DeanOR Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:34:21 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402407 <p>The <em>only</em> thing that comes to my mind so far about an actual McCain/Lieberman ticket is uncontrollable vomiting.</p> The only thing that comes to my mind so far about an actual McCain/Lieberman ticket is uncontrollable vomiting.

]]> By: Eli http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402403 Eli Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:33:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402403 <p>Oh, he scares the crap out of me. Not because he’s anything great himself, but because the media are so locked into that Straight-Talking Maverick narrative. It’s complete and total bullshit, but so was the Resolute Manly Action Hero narrative about Dubya, and that didn’t collapse until it was too late.</p> Oh, he scares the crap out of me. Not because he’s anything great himself, but because the media are so locked into that Straight-Talking Maverick narrative. It’s complete and total bullshit, but so was the Resolute Manly Action Hero narrative about Dubya, and that didn’t collapse until it was too late.

]]> By: DeanOR http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402395 DeanOR Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:30:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/21/some-of-john-mccains-best-friends-are-black-people/#comment-1402395 <blockquote><p>I don’t seriously believe that that would be the main reason McCain would pick Joe as his running mate. But it could be *a* reason.</p></blockquote> <p>Yeah, I guess “bomb, bomb Iran” McCain already has AIPAC cred, so my speculation doesn’t make much sense, which shows I haven’t been paying much attention to McCain. I do think he is a more formidable opponent than we imagine, though.</p>

I don’t seriously believe that that would be the main reason McCain would pick Joe as his running mate. But it could be *a* reason.

Yeah, I guess “bomb, bomb Iran” McCain already has AIPAC cred, so my speculation doesn’t make much sense, which shows I haven’t been paying much attention to McCain. I do think he is a more formidable opponent than we imagine, though.

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