FLOG, Could Dems STOP BOOSTING MCCAIN w accolades re bravery, sacrifice, patriotism

[Sensitivity]

For the love of God, John McCains positive numbers are going through the roof with all the Dem praise!!! He already has the former Dem V.P. candidate holding his hand in every photo-op!!!

This is directly related to the countless times that Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton and even Obama are broadcast praising this feeble old guy who many voters do not know from gramps in the retirement home. Better to say nothing! When your enemy praises you, it is the best praise you can get -- and the MSM just loves cycling this stuff, especially when it involves a slam against another Dem!

[fascisthunter]

1. Anyone Doing That Should Be Banned (nt)

[DJ13]

2. Can we ban Bill & Hillary?

:shrug:

[fascisthunter]

7. lol... only DU Memebers

:spank:

[Cooley Hurd]

3. I sure wish Senator Obama would STOP doing that!!

</head injury>

[Nitrogenica]

4. I love how crappy a candidate McCain is.

[Thepricebreaker]

17. Yes and our AMAZING candidates are running 10 points behind him in the GE (Rassumsen)..

[Nitrogenica]

21. You really think that's accurate?

Give me a damn break.

[Thepricebreaker]

22. Umm yes.. LOL considering how we are beating the shit out of one another... its 100% accurate.

[NJSecularist]

23. Rasmussen is a Rethug pollster

[Nitrogenica]

24. I doubt that after our nominee is picked that it's going to stay down, however I agree

the infighting has to stop.

There are freepers on both sides working hard at dividing us,, so I'm ignoring anyone I see freeping.

[totodeinhere]

5. Please don't use ageism to criticize McCain.

That "ism" is just as bad as either racism or sexism, and it seems to be really rampant at DU. We have plenty of ammunition to use against McCain such as his war mongering foreign policy, his enthusiastic support for NAFTA, and his plan to make the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, but making mocking comments about his age is not one of them.

I know that in our eagerness to see McCain lose in November it's easy to get caught up in regrettable rhetoric. I found myself calling him "Grandpa McCain" until I caught myself and realized that it's wrong to address him in that manner.

[Bongo Prophet]

8. Agreed. Let's find alternatives. He is cranky, vengeful, out-of-touch...

has a foul temper, acts before he thinks, call names like Cheney, talks big and then betrays his former position (unprincipled)...

Not a detail guy, incurious just like W, unable to deal with a 21st century world, corrupt (Keating 5, and other lobbyists) and maybe, just maybe, a bit "dotty"...


being old ain't the half of it.
Sometimes limitations can spur creativity. works in art, as in life. :thumbsup:

Welcome to DU, todieinhere! :hi:

[Sensitivity]

13. Not using ageism -- just pointing out that many voter don't know him. Better let it be

[totodeinhere]

15. It seems like you are to me.

this feeble old guy who many voters do not know from gramps in the retirement home.

[Nitrogenica]

25. What about his right-wing-ism?

[napi21]

6. Neither candidate can ignore his handicap or his past bravery. To do

so and only criticize him for his Super Hawk positions would LOSE the Dem any potential military or ex-military votes. Right now, I think there are quite a few military and their relatives are at least LEANING toward the Dem because of injuries & so many repetative deployments. I don't think it's going to harm anyone to recognize some of McBush's achievements that happened 30+ years ago!

[cooolandrew]

9. Obama"McCain says he wil follow Osama to hell so far all he has followed is GWB into a dumb war"

[cooolandrew]

10. Obama " McCain says he if fllowing Osama to hell while he actually is in Afghanistan"

[cooolandrew]

11. Obama " McCain HRC say I don't have the experience for that call, but you need the right judgement

when you first answer that call"

[ORDem]

12. OK, here's some counter flogging, how brave was McCain to sit

at 30,000 feet or whatever and drop bombs on men, women, children, indiscriminately?

:dem:

[AZ Criminal JD]

19. Oh yeah, that line will get us a lot of votes.

[ossman]

14. By Dems do you mean the Clintons? They're the only ones doing that.

[bigtree]

18. I believe John McCain is a good man

and a genuine American hero. And we honor his half-century of service to this nation."

-- Obama in his speech to the Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Virginia: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/02/09/obamas-strategy-honor-mccains-half-century-service

[Thepricebreaker]

16. He was a POW wtf.. its the truth.. doesnt mean we vote for him...

[NJSecularist]

20. If you like McCain so much, vote for him.

Don't expect anything to be off limits in regards to McCain after the way the Rethugs smeared Kerry.

[slinkerwink]

26. exactly! Why in the hell is the former Democratic President boosting McCain?

[Laelth]

27. I'm afraid you're right.

It's sickening to watch Dems. praise McCain. Almost as revolting as watching Republics praise Lieberman.

:puke:

-Laelth

[Johnny__Motown]

28. Obama says he "respect his service" etc, then criticizes his stance on an issue immediately

It is just showing respect before he attacks on an issue so it does not come off as a personal attack.

Unlike the Clintons who just crawl up his ass and stay there.