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Home Front: Politix
McCain says Obama now a centrist, stretches across the aisle to give him a big wet kiss
2011-02-04
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#15  Well done, Deadeye Glavilet4478. Thank you!
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-02-04 21:58  

#14  McCain let his people attack Palin during the '08 campaign. He chose her, then freaked when actual Republicans got excited about having an actual Republican on the Republican ticket. It was all supposed to be about *him*. He did that to his own running mate. Dear John: Thanks for your service, now please just go away. (a better way of putting that comment)
Posted by: Deadeye Glavilet4478   2011-02-04 21:09  

#13  Please understand and be sympathetic to Meghan McCain.

It has gotta suck when your mom is hotter than you.

Threatening a US citizen with something more painful than a broken nail is forbidden in this forum.
Posted by: badanov   2011-02-04 21:06  

#12  #11 - uncalled for, and you are the lesser for proposing it. Mods? I'd hope he'd head out to peaceful pastures to relax and watch Meghan graze
Posted by: Frank G   2011-02-04 21:02  

#11  McCain let his people attack Palin during the '08 campaign. He chose her, then freaked when actual Republicans got excited about having an actual Republican on the Republican ticket. It was all supposed to be about *him*. He did that to his own running mate. What would he be willing to do to you?

Dear John: Thanks for your service, now die in a fire.
Posted by: Spock the Ruthless6200   2011-02-04 20:48  

#10  He's as close to naval royalty as they come. And, as I understand it, there is good reason why the Navy did not make him a 4-star, even after his stay in the Hanoi Hilton.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2011-02-04 18:56  

#9  McCain says Obama now a centrist, stretches across the aisle to give him a big wet kiss

Had to wait till DADT was repealed to do that.

McCain had been in a hissy fit any way because the legislation was referred to as Obamacare and not McCainCare.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-02-04 17:49  

#8  In other words, a RINO.

And then some. He's a ringknocker, his daddy and grand daddy were 4 star Admirals. To say that the man considered himself as Naval Royalty is an understatement.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2011-02-04 17:44  

#7  Simply put, McCain is a buddy f*cker.

In other words, a RINO.
Posted by: DarthVader   2011-02-04 15:42  

#6  I think he's a decent and honorable man and a well-intentioned patriot.

You've obviously never met him, or spent any time around him. John McCain is an unmitigated ass, with an enormous sense of superiority.

After he was cleared to return to duty upon release by North Vietnam, he landed as CO of VA-174 at NAS Cecil Field, Florida. Simply put, McCain is a buddy f*cker. I've had the unpleasant experience of seeing this turd up close. He deserves every bit of enmity that comes his way.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2011-02-04 14:41  

#5  And then there's his faux valley girl daughter touring the liberal talk shows trashing Palin.

McCain has decided not to endorse any Trunk candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination. Anyone getting his endorsement would be playing Russian Roulette with an automatic pistol.
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2011-02-04 14:23  

#4  Mike, you couldn't be more right.
Posted by: Hellfish   2011-02-04 13:57  

#3  The Senate is still controlled by the Democrats, just as the POW camp was controlled by the VC. He acts like a POW, powerless, and trying to gentlemanly appease his masters in return for some sort of legitamcy and survival.

Just the world he personally, traumatically experienced and it carries over into his politics.
Posted by: Guillibaldo Sheng9999   2011-02-04 13:40  

#2  I think he's a decent and honorable man and a well-intentioned patriot. He came from a long line of decent and honorable military officers, and grew up in an environment and culture that stressed service and sacrifice for something bigger than yourself. He seems to think of the Senate as a rough equivalent to the Navy officer corps, and I suspect he just can't, in his heart of hearts, bring himself to believe that anyone in political office or public life at the level of the national government isn't on the same side as him, and isn't acting in good faith for a higher cause than himself. Consequently, he gives people like Obama and Searchlight Harry and the New York Times editorial board the benefit of the doubt in situations where us more cynical folks wouldn't--and Obama and Searchlight Harry and the New York Times editorial board know it and know how to push his buttons and play into that tendency.
Posted by: Mike   2011-02-04 13:21  

#1  I really think that McCain's behaviors with respect to conflict with the likes of the political opposition stem from his POW days. I hate to say that, but when the chips are down, he goes into this "can't we just get along?" mode.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2011-02-04 12:31  

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