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McCain: POTUS recent comments on Trayvon very impressive
2013-07-23
On Sunday, Sen. John McCain (Rhino-AZ) appeared on CNN's State of the Union, where he called President Champ's Friday comments on Trayvon Martin and race "very impressive."
Impressive, even though he could not raise his head or look into the camera with those sleepy, lizard eyes while mumbling on.
He said, "I think we should continue to make progress," but added that "we still have a long way to go," even as he declined to "second guess" the verdict in the George Zimmerman case.
We will always have "a long way to go", .....that is until "we" are all gone.
McCain stated that "we were probably too optimistic" about race relations in the aftermath of the election of the country's first black president. "I think old prejudices die hard," McCain said. 'We have made significant progress, but I think recent events highlight the differences that remain." McCain also said he believed that "Stand Your Ground" laws should be reconsidered in light of the Martin case, despite the fact that "Stand Your Ground" was never invoked by Zimmerman and he was acquitted on grounds of self-defense.
"Stand Your Ground" law applies to someone attacked from the bushes, returning to their car ?
Posted by:Besoeker

#21  Right now, Drudge has a great pic of McCain with his tongue out chasing Obama.
Posted by: KBK   2013-07-23 23:17  

#20  POTUS

President
Of
Tideous
Useless
Speeches
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2013-07-23 16:33  

#19  he should stick to flying to war-torn 3rd world shitholes that have nothing to do w/us and then tell us how we should send troops to fix it. I wish this @sshole would retire and take his stupid arrogant pig of a daughter w/him.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2013-07-23 15:50  

#18  JFM, as much as I've come to despise McCain, he was in no way responsible for the fire on the USS Forrestal in 1967. A rocket from another plane set the A-4 next to McCain's on fire. He escaped by climbing down the nose of his plane.

McCain was 'involved' only in the sense that he was nearby when it happened.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-07-23 13:04  

#17  Admiral McCain was CINCPAC and a full Admiral when his son was in the Navy. I don't know how active he was on protecting his son but even without him moving finger there were certainly many officers who thought better than pushinging sanctions or giving bad appreciations on the young McCain.
Posted by: JFM   2013-07-23 12:02  

#16  Oops the above was above Senator McCain and his father Admiral McCain.
Posted by: JFM   2013-07-23 11:51  

#15  I have read Senator McCarthy would not even have made it in the Navy, let alone allowed to fly a plane without the long protective arm of Admiral McCarthy, his father. Alos he was involved in an accident who came close todestroy an American carrier (fact). While he was cleared of wrongdoing the article points that there was far than enough evidence to bereak his carrer or ven being expelled from the Navy. But he was the son of an Admiral.

I don't know if the article detailed real torts and shortcomings of McCain's Navy carrere or iff it was motivated by political resentment.

Anyone willing to comment?
Posted by: JFM   2013-07-23 11:50  

#14  
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2013-07-23 10:54  

#13  A few years ago I worked with a retired Navy CAPT and former OGA employee who was detailed to McCain during agency visits. He always said the man was an absolute piece of work.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-23 10:46  

#12  Pappy, good data to know. Somehow I think being humiliated by being recalled and booted from office is a fitting end and testament to McCain's true character.
Is McCain's "Pelosi" moment ("i dont know how many passports can someone forge based") drawing attention too? It seems like he decided to simply not give a damn anymore, and let his true colors and low IQ show.

Opinion of him is that he got a lot of attention due to circumstance and lineage, not to specific merit or brains, and has been riding those for his entire career after the military.
Posted by: OldSpook   2013-07-23 10:35  

#11  Remember, this is a man who usually goes out of his way to be on the side of 'hispanics.' I guess non-Mexicans need not apply.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-07-23 10:31  

#10  Does Arizona have a recall law?

Yes; supposedly there's one being organized now.

The esteemed Senator from Arizona veered sharply right in 2003, when the 2003 recall petition campaign looked like it might succeed.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-07-23 10:17  

#9  Fanning the flames on a fire that was out before he got involved - then makes a speech but leaves the issue open. Absolutely useless.
Posted by: newc   2013-07-23 10:12  

#8  He's gone Manchurian.
Posted by: Caesar Gray1629   2013-07-23 10:08  

#7  McCain proves once again his depth of analysis is a hundred yards wide and a quarter inch deep.
Posted by: BrujoTejano   2013-07-23 09:24  

#6  We will always have "a long way to go"
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-07-23 03:43  

#5  Unfortunately OS, it may even be worse than that.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-23 02:53  

#4  Heros do not surrender.
Posted by: wr   2013-07-23 02:02  

#3  McCain further cements his reputation as a pandering moron, a washed up FORMER war hero who sold out and is useless, even harmful, to the cause of liberty.

Does Arizona have a recall law?
Posted by: OldSpook   2013-07-23 01:49  

#2  John, Dementia is a insidious disease...
Posted by: Skidmark   2013-07-23 01:48  

#1  I can relate to the Bammer when he said he was being "followed" around + under covert surveillance as a Senator from Chicago.

As for Trayvon being ala his "son", iff he wants a son he + Michelle can formally adopt like BradGelina, Madonna, + other in Hollywood.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2013-07-23 00:24  

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