Anyone else feel sorry for McCain?

[FunBobbyMucha]

I realize there's a wealth of opinions at DU about the man, I fall into the "admire/respect him with reservations" category. He's the only Repub I could imagine ever voting for, and Allah only knows what * is holding over him to corral his support in this farce. I was dumbfounded by his "I can't stay angry" stance about the SC 2000 smear campaign, and find myself perpetually reading between the lines of his public statements, though maybe I'm just parsing for something that doesn't exist and which I just wish did.

Still, I picture this man in a tiger cage 30 years ago and my heart hurts for him.

[demnan]

1. I don't feel sorry for him now

But I have sympathy for what he suffered then.

[skooooo]

2. oh HELL no!

[jpgray]

3. I don't feel sorry for him

I think a lot of people project their hopes and dreams--that an honest, tragic hero Republican exists--onto him. He doesn't hold up under that weight, in my view.

He'll be on the Daily Show tonight, and it will be interesting to see what he has to say.

[liberalnurse]

4. No......

He reaps what he sows....If he had came over to the Democratic Party, he would of been embraced....He chose poorly.

Enough said.

[GoBlue]

5. Sadly not anymore

He has demonstrated to me that when push-comes-to-shove he is a partisan Republican first and an American second.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. I feel sorry for what he went through in Vietnam

and for what Bush's goons did to him in2000. But after this campaign -- not so sorry. When I saw him hug Shrub it was clear he'd handed over his soul and his balls for who knows what political advantage. ANd even after they'd slimed his family. WTF is wrong with him. Nope. Don't feel sorry any more.

[DU9598]

No

He is nothing more than an unprincipled repuke in my book. One month ago I would have agreed with you.

[Kid_A]

7. He's on the Daily Show tonight.

Jon will almost certainly ask him some of these questions.

[redqueen]

8. No

Sometimes a bit, but then I think of how he's selling himself out so cheaply, and I get over it real fast.

[Lavender Brown]

9. Not so much.

He's a coward for not standing up for Kerry in this Purple Heart thing.

[Kahuna]

10. No. He's a double headed snake. Why would I feel sorry for him?

:eyes:

[FunBobbyMucha]

11. Wow, you guys make very good points.

Perhaps I'm holding on to what I think he was capable of being rather than facing up to what he has become?

[bif]

12. I used to respect him

Not any more. He totally sold his soul for...What ? Who knows. He's slime just like the rest of the Republican party. A waste of skin.

[liontamer]

13. I don't feel sorry for him

He's doing what he wants. He's suppoting bush because he wants to.

[medeak]

14. did you see Letterman?

Michael Moore was on and related that he heard McCain interviewed that speech he gave was from Bush camp. McCain came on later and admitted he was "given" speech.

Can't feel sorry for him.....

[Az_lefty]

15. Did you see Letterman last night?

McCain was on and Letterman asked him about the "disingenuous film maker" remarks. McCain claimed he didn't know Moore was in the convention hall when he made the remarks. I doubt this, from the video I saw it seemed like McCain looked up into the cheap seats in Moore's direction when he made the remark. From this and other things I have to
say I don't feel sorry for McCain at all. He made his bed, he can lie in it.

[truthspeaker]

16. Nope, he made his bed, now he can lie in it.

He could have supported Kerry or at least refused to campaign for Bush.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

17. No. He has no courage left.

If he did, he would destroy PNAC for what they did to him. He won't, he'll shill for whatever crumbs fall from their table.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. nope. no one asked him to join the party of greed and bigotry

[gpandas]

19. fuck this bootlicking repug asshole...

he has shown a complete lack of principles.

[Ilsa]

20. No. He's made that bed and he can lie in it. I feel sorry for

his wife for having to put up with so much ugliness from the Repugs when JM ran in 2000.

[barb162]

21. no way

he made his choices after Bush was crapping all over him in 2000. He knows what Bush is and still supports Bush.

[barb162]

22. no way

he made his choices after Bush was crapping all over him in 2000. He knows what Bush is and still supports Bush.

[KT2000]

23. We all come to crossroads

and have to live with the choices we make. He came to his, and I no longer respect him for the choice he made this time.