McCain: ‘A lot of our problems today are psychological.’

[Demeter]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/19/mccain-a-lot-of-our-problems-today-are-psychological/


This week on Fox News, Neil Cavuto asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) about the worth of rescinding an 18-cent gas tax as prices at the pump escalate this summer. McCain responded that “a lot of our problems today” are “psychological” — even the “ability to keep our own home”:

I’m very concerned about it, Neil. And obviously the way it’s been going up is just terrible. But I think psychologically — and a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological — the confidence, trust, the uncertainty about our economic future, ability to keep our own home. This might give them a little psychological boost. Let’s have some straight talk, it’s not a huge amount of money.

Watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_gyHaMuWLo

While he now states that America is in a recession, McCain earlier this year dismissed such concerns as “psychological.”

[saltpoint]

1. Look, we live in the best of times, folks. We have Ted Stevens to explain

the internet tubes and John McCain for psychological analysis of high gas prices and home foreclosures.

[Nay]

2. Yep, a senator married to a fabulously wealthy woman, and he has

the nerve to say all us little people just have psychological problems when we pull out our wallets at the pump. Asshole.

[marylanddem]

3. McCain as psychiatrist? I don't think so....

IMHO he still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress. Will he get "psychologically" even with his captors
through endless war???Endless bloodshed??? Endless ripping-off of the American people???

[mwb970]

17. Who has the psychological problem anyway?

Is being tortured good for the psyche after all? Maybe we are doing those detainees a favor by torturing them, ensuring successful political careers in the future!

If I were Gramps, I wouldn't talk about psychological problems.

[dave123williams]

18. I believe it's what psychologists call 'projection'.

[ananda]

4. McCain is wrong as usual.

"Our" problems.. not his by the way.. are
real world ones, caused by real people like
McCain.

[Vanje]

5. McCain really has his finger on the pulse of the nation

....K&R because I really didnt think McCain was THAT stupid.

[marylanddem]

6. He is a ticking time bomb of stupidity...

[roguevalley]

11. but a lot of folks worry that we can't beat him in November. Amazing,

no?

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

7. uh no, sweetie, alot of YOUR problems are psychological.

eom

[intheflow]

13. No kidding! Project much, McSame? n/t

[Dr.Phool]

8. You mean John McCain and George Bush are just

figments of my imagination?

Wow, am I ever relieved.

But, my poor neighbor imagined he lost his job, and they foreclosed on his house. And then he moved.

[Demeter]

9. C'mon People! Two More Recs Immortalize McCain's Insanity Forever!

[stellanoir]

10. Undergo torture, be against it, then advocate it, ditch your first wife for a beer heiress

and all your psychological problems will be miraculously solved.

Presto.

[windoe]

12. It's all in my head...

the only cure is a lobotomy, then I would be sure to vote McCain!!!

[dave123williams]

14. If he's speaking in the third person, I'd agree.

A lot of his problems are clearly psychological.

[Jade Fox]

15. Well, that's a new one.....

"The fact that you can barely afford gas and groceries is just your 'psychological problem' rearing it's head again." :eyes:

[samsingh]

16. in the sense that people are stupid enough to support you

[freeplessinseattle]

19. K&R n/t

[MurrayDelph]

20. In a way he's right

most of our problems today are due to the fact that the people in charge are effing nuts!

[struggle4progress]

21. Might could be a whole lotta John's problems is psychological

[depakid]

22. So, let's give 'em another big tax cut to cheer 'em up!

as the American economy collapses.

[Doctor_J]

23. Imagine what would happen if Obama said Americans all have psych problems

Bring down the media, one way or another

[electron_blue]

24. Ahh, John's attempt at Buddhism.