“it’s part of the personality-trumps-issues approach the GOP always favors”

Hahaha, laughable. Obama does nothing in the senate, but is a great speaker, hmmmm…. Personality trumps accomplishments? Trumps experience?

Shorter McCain: “My friends, it’s all about me.”

And recall this video of his running mate

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Pay him back just like so many Americans have been paid just before retirement, fire his ass.

What happened to biodiesel? I was preparing to untangle his pretzel.

Sorry bad embed

I’m here, untangle away.

Want me to raise my arms? Will that make it easier?

Any bets on how long flyboy’s ego lasts before the first explosion?

There was literally nothing else in any speech this week about why people should vote FOR John McCain (as opposed to AGAINST Barack Obama) that weren’t simply about the greatness of his greatness.

“Country First” was the creepiest, most crypto-fascist slogan I’ve seen in years. The only possible explanation is that they printed up the signs when they thought Lieberman was going to be the running mate, and the signs would emphasize the (phony) bipartisanism.

Tom Shales:

Rebranding the Old Elephant

Apparently the leadership of the Republican Party thinks voters are turned off by specifics, and so Sen. John McCain’s acceptance speech as its presidential nominee last night was a hodgepodge of generalities, musings on courage, reminiscence about his years as a POW in Vietnam, and rabble-rousing calls for change.

But what would that change entail — what new programs or policies or ideas? That was left to the audience’s imagination. . . .

. . . It really is an audacious ploy, to tell people that the country’s got to correct the mistakes made by a political party when that’s the very party you represent.

It’s like staging a revolution against yourself — saying that the Republicans have got to go so the Republicans can move in and clean up the mess.

That about says it.

As a Chicano from the Sonoran Desert, and watching the McCain speech, I was drawn to the audience chant of “Yoo ess aay!” and which reminded me that I am intentionally hard of hearing. Thus, I thought the audience was chanting at McCain, “You is ass!”. But, then, what do I know other than being an “expert” on McCain since he arrived into the Sonoran Desert looking for a Congressional ‘gig’ that would complement his self-made hero-worship. And of course, I too am a Vietnam War vet, and understand the Adulation for Adultory Syndrome (ASS).

Jaango

you had to open your mouth

Hey bro, welcome home. I thought they were chanting “hey essssay”!

I,I,I,me,me,me,myself,myself,myself,POW,POW,POW(personal trademark of jsmccain), savior, savior, savior (leased from jchrist), I,I,I!

That’s the real message of McCain’s candidacy: if you’re out of a job, or can’t get health care, or are having trouble with your mortgage, or have a family member on his or her fifth tour of duty in Iraq… you just need to put your petty little personal problems aside.

Because John McCain has been a goddamned selfless patriot his entire adult life, and it’s time for you fuckers to pay him back.

We are, after all, a nation of “whiners” dontcha know…

Change hope hope change change hope hope change change change, see, I can do it too!

Have a great weekend folks, it has been a pleasure.

amf punk

Hey, that was not for you jaango, it was for this biodieselvw jerk. Misfired by accident, sorry.

BREAKING: Court DENIES Motion to Seal Divorce Papers of Todd P. Business Partner

Talk about friendly fire accidents . . .

I know but I hit jaango on the reply and that was a major fuck up.

Well, this disaster of a VP choice should move that along nicely…

Goddamn activist liberal judges in Alaska!

-G

And the Enquirers crack reporters are already on the scent?

they are betting on his personality, as what? as my cranky grandpa? my biggest scare in last nights speech came when i turned the sound off (i had to, he was making my ears bleed) and all i saw was a bufuddled old man.

Hey, pups.
Great post, Swopa.

Guess I missed out on a previous flame/troll war or two. See what I get for going to Teh Dentist! (once every 6 years, whether I need to or not…).

I’m still chuckling over the “Caribou Barbie” reference in the previous post. That’s a keeper.

Happy Friday!

FunnyDiva

Who did the ditty: “Don’t pet the dog… he mistakes it for love …”

Can some one come up with one for trolls?

But for McCain, being president isn’t about doing anything for the American people — it’s the world’s biggest gold watch, a reward for being who he is.

“My grandpa was a four star admiral, my daddy was a four star admiral, and I barely made it out of the naval academy. But my friends, I spent 5 and a half years as a POW, so I deserve to outrank them both.”

Now, lessee, we’ll need some information for the incident report…

Gimme a while.

I take it the GOP is going to realize that they have hamstrung themselves by becoming neo-feminists.

No more chanting about economic girly men.

No more Coutler screeds about feminizing America.

No asking who wears the pants.

This pack of dildos is going to be miserable once they realize they’ve created such barriers to their usual tactics.

-G

On second thought, Giuliani had the gall to mock Obama about being to cosmoplitan.

LOL!

“Don’t feed the Troll, it mistakes food for love”?

FunnyD

Just a random thought at lunchtime (for me)– if McCain had been promoted to Admiral, might we have been spared this suffering?

Ugh, frickin moron started in the middle of the afternoon, “why is uppity racist”, “who says” all this bullshit. It finally was leaving and I launched a 106rr as a goodbye but my target ID was off and it went toward jaango, a fellow Nam vet no less. Now I’m feeling like an even bigger jerk. . .well, you know.

McPain’s constant, and graphic tales of his P.O.W. experience is sad. He has no humility. I can see telling the story once or twice, but to beat it over and over and over seems in very bad taste.

I was here when it started. Replying to the wrong comment ain’t no big deal, especially when ya catch it right away. No harm, no foul.

Nah he should have been drummed out of the Navy for crashing five expensive jets… but no he gets promoted and moved to another command…. just saying being the admirals son has it’s perks!!

How to stop the insanity. This clip from Joe Biden today should be required viewing for all Democrats. Hell yeah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEfwX6WWsKY

Shorter McCain: “My friends, it’s all about me.”

Palin: No, John, yer my guyee, but it’s all about ME.

Just saw it. Wonderful. Good job, Joe!

I just can’t square the POW loyalty thing with the dump the crippled wife thing.

Which reminds me — will we ever get to see his fitness reports? Kerry put his out there. I’d like to know why he didn’t get promoted, and why he didn’t get another command after the year with the motor pool?/s

This oughta be fun to watch. McSFB tryin’ to get into the Queen of Mean’s knickers and the Queen of Mean tryin’ to manipulate McSFB. Wanna guess how this works out?

Digg

Is that “Rank(’s) Son Hath Privileges” ? SOB still smells.

OT – RIP Jenny

Yes. If he and Obama keep that up, they should whip these nasty shits.

I think prior to Palin, the political picture was getting pretty droll. Now, it’s no holds barred. ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!

woohoo. That man can MOVE a crowd..yes he can.

Thank you for not using some “now the gloves are off” phrase. This really should be interesting with the Queen of Mean regurgitating neocon/fundie talking points every day. Nothing like leadin’ with yer face.

Am I the only one taken aback by his “I know how to win me some wars, and I know how the world works” stuff? I think he’s starting to channel Douglas MacArthur or George B. MacClelland. Not Sun Tzu, Clauswitz, or Mahon, since they were more modest.

I doubt McSFB has ever heard of the latter three.

And by sending ‘Sarah Great and Small’ home to Alaska and not allowing her to do interviews and holding McCain’s mom silent with a keeper…I’d LOVE to have Joe ask the question, “And what do you do when you have something or someone that you don’t want people to find out about? Yes, you hide them. What are the Republicans trying to hide about Gov. Palin? What are the Republicans trying to hide about John McCain?”

shorter shorter McCain:

“Me”

I think leading with her face may be a little tough, since I think she may have “two face(s)”.

Why do the GOP persist in perpetuating LIES?

I guess it really is true: There are none so blind as those who will not SEE.

When McC*nt even bothers to show up for a vote, (rarely) he is sure to adhere himself to whichever side gives him the most personal gain(financial or otherwise) His decision to surround himself with Karl Rove and the K Street Crowd does more to explain exactly what he and his campaign is about than all three days of the GOP Convention.

Kerry-Obama legislation to end war-profiteering and give TAX RELIEF to our troops

SHAME on those who keep lying to the American people. You are nothing less than TRAITORS.

Some pretty funny stuff mixed in here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgTfCYp_U6M

Lipstick on an elephant.

New slogan: Vote McCain, maggots!

beats a supreme court which channels legal intent then confirms their decision by Ouija.

I don’t know. Her overall behaviour seems to fit an ideological pattern. Plus she’s given us the advantage that her national exposure has pretty much shown us how reichwingnutty she can be, regardless of whatever she’s said as mayor or governor.

John McCain thinks having been a POW makes him entitled to be president.

He thinks that out of the hundreds of former POWs now living, he is the only one who is entitled to be president.

McCain is an elitist.

LOL! Is it beer-thirty yet?

she’s creepy, indeed.

The thing about people like Gov. Palin is that they know what they are saying and they know how you are going to respond and they are absolutely expecting and wanting you to hit back. Then they think they’ve caught you being unfair and have a really clever victim line ready to go.

If you happen to score points with the onlookers then you have taken some “cheap shots” which means they really felt whatever it was you did or said. Meant to make you feel guilty for getting the better of them. I have a very wicked SIL and know of which I speak.

Just realized why Traitor Joe is going to Alaska!

He heard about some “berings” that needed “straitening” up there. Holy Joe’s an expert on bearings after all…
http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-bearings/

Absolute freakshow these Killers are and their enablers in BigMedia.

Maybe, but I thought they were doing MacArthur and MacClellan also. No, you’re right. Nobody gets the blame for Scalia but himself.

Hell yeah!

New post: Jane v. Althouse.

Heh.

Love the Monk graphic!

It must be part of a complex syndrome that forces them to put on the reputation of others for self-fulfillment and validation. There must be a pathology basic to being so bankrupt. Someone with letters after their name will have to figure that one out.

ersatz edit:

pathology basic to being so intellectually and emotionally bankrupt

if it’s been said already then it still bears repeating: McCain’s naricissism is his achilles heal and I hope that the Obama/Biden camp has more than enough PHD psychologists (god knows the republicans do) to coach him on how to piss McCain off. If Obama can get him into a melt down at the first debate than the rest is an easy ride.

McCain will be wired and more heavily sedated than normal to get through the debates.

Dayam….I saw Doug MacArthur (Before he was fired) too!

McCain wants to talk mostly about what happened 40 years ago

Number of sentences in John McCain’s acceptance speech about his experience as a POW in Vietnam: 43.

Number of sentences about his 25 years in the House and Senate: 8.

Would someone wake up the Democrats and remind them that they still need to campaign? Please stop McCain!

A Hero’s b.s.
I haven’t yet run across this any where else. But, McCain’s POW story leaves so many elements out. I thought I would fill some in. Growing up in a career military family, I was made explicitly aware of what fellow soldiers/sailors would do if you turned traitor. A traitor would include anyone who ran away, or said more then name, rank, and serial number when captured. The list of traitorous acts is much longer, depending on rank and specific platoon or company standards, but these two are the most relevant for this post. If you are identified as a traitor during war your platoon or company commander would simply shoot you down. Happens often according to military lore, my father, my Navy trained brothers, and the training I received when I was in the Army myself. Friendly fire takes on a whole new meaning doesn’t it? McCain was captured and offered early release. He would have been considered a traitor by anyone in the military if he had been released from the Hanoi Hilton.

McCain’s father and grandfather were four star generals which means they excelled in military school and John was fifth from the bottom of his class in Annapolis. His otherwise unlikely acceptance at this prestigious school is directly attributable to his fathers rank and history in combat. This isn’t smack, just the rules of entrance. Because of his educational career McCain would have been considered unfit for promising promotions and would not have had a very successful career in the military. I would surmise that his family was also disappointed in him.

Given these seemingly disparate facts I have the notion that if McCain had agreed to leave capture, when offered, his own company would have finished him off themselves or his father might have killed him with his bare hands. I believe the wrath of an utterly humiliated, career compromised, second generation, four star general, father, during war time is not something one might live through. As I always heard growing up, “War is hell” (My father, may he RIP, the Army pilot, 1928-1989).

My argument is that Johns “heroic” act of refusing release was probably a choice between leaving and dieing by said friendly fire or staying put and perhaps staying alive. With a well respected general as a father McCain might, thankfully, have been spared spawnicide and arrived home as a dead hero. Shot down during combat. Maybe lost at sea.

McCain’s take on his “honorable” decision to remain in the face of torture just reeks of b.s. and over compensation for the actual circumstances.

OK…this sounds like the “Games that People Play” dysfunctional psych you get when One person is OK and the Other is NOT OK. These are psych positions selected in childhood and reinforced throughout adulthood. Each game allows the person to receive EXACTLY the psychological PAYOff they desire; e.g. to be attractive…to be clumsy…to be stuck…etc.

Here is what describes the game RAPO:

Rapo
This is a game in which a woman (White) and a man (Black) are the main players. It can be played with varying degrees of intensity.

First-degree Rapo involves White mildly flirting with Black, signalling she is available and interested. Once he’s committed himself to the pursuit, the game is over and White has won. The payoff is being found attractive.

In second-degree Rapo, the payoff comes not from the compliment, but from the enjoyment of rejecting Black’s advances (”Buzz off Buster”). White leads him into a much more serious commitment, and enjoys watching his discomfort at being rejected.

Third-degree Rapo ends in a false accusation of rape. White leads Black into a compromising physical position before claiming criminal assault or permanent psychological damage. She usually involves a number of other players at this stage.

Black is often a willing participant in these transactions, playing a version of another of Berne’s games – Kick me. The aim of Kick Me is to prove your misfortunes are greater than anybody else’s, and thus gain sympathy. It’s a type of inverse-pride at being the worst-off.

Your basic point is sound – lots of pressure from peers and any military family NOT to accept early release.

But, your details need work. McCain’s was a Navy family – Dad and Grandpa were *admirals.*

btw, anybody ever see the “Cold Case” episode where the murder victim was, in fact, an ex-POW who “broke” and got home early?

“McCain’s was a Navy family – Dad and Grandpa were *admirals”.*

Opps. I hate when that happens. Thanx.

Thank you! I’ve been cranky and discouraged all day after listening to last night’s trash, but this really cheered me up. I’ll be e-mailing it around like crazy.

I was absolutely *astounded* to hear him say last night that he’d been broken by his captors, saying without saying explicitly that he’d given more than name, rank, SN. Of course he then had to say that his comrades-in-arms told him it was no biggie, not to worry, they loved and respected him anyway.
Do you suppose this was a preemptive strike because there’s some very unflattering news–i.e., the truth–ready to break?

The man is not a hero. He’s only a survivor. And yes, I suppose I am impugning his honor. Or would be if he had any.

No news, Georgette. His being broken and signing the confession and denunciation of the US was laid out by his bio ghostwriters long ago.