The week that should have ended McCain's presidential hopes

[Fleshdancer]

The week that should have ended McCain's presidential hopes by Max Bergmann

This is the week that should have effectively ended John McCain's efforts to become the next president of the United States. But you wouldn't know it if you watched any of the mainstream media outlets or followed political reporting in the major newspapers.

During this past week: McCain called the most import entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, his top economic adviser called the American people whiners, McCain released an economic plan that no one thought was serious, he flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments that he clearly made - TWICE. All this and it is not even Friday! Yet watching and reading the mainstream press you would think McCain was having a pretty decent political week, I mean at least Jesse Jackson didn't say anything about him.

But let's unpack McCain's week in a little more detail.

1. McCain unambiguously called Social Security "an absolute disgrace." This is not a quote taken out of context. John McCain called one of the most successful and popular government programs, which uses the tax revenues of current workers to support retirement benefits for the elderly "an absolute disgrace." This is shocking - and if uttered from Obama's mouth would dominate the news coverage and the Sunday shows, as pundits would pontificate about the massive damage the statement would cause him among retirees in Florida.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/the-week-that-should-have_b_111983.html

This is a great article and I encourage everyone to click the link to read the rest.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. After two terms of Shrub... McCain still looks like a huge improvement.. He benefits by comparison

[Occam Bandage]

3. To who, the blind and deaf?

[Motown_Johnny]

4. the right wingers....after 7 years of a Moron, the dumb guy looks good to them

[tekisui]

5. McShame is WORSE than chimpy.

This man is not well in the head. He lies with disregard, and even his handlers can't keep control of him. He would take chimpy and dickie's power grabs and ignite WWIII.

He is worse.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. It's hard for me to believe anyone can be worse than W, let's just hope we never find out for sure

[tekisui]

9. What chimpy did was stage the neo-con dream.

He made the power grabs and acted on some of them. He is the RW. He is the RW dream realized.

The pieces are in place for someone of similar mind, such as mcShame, to use all of the newly declared powers. It would be so much worse than chimpy. He just set the table.

[Motown_Johnny]

12. I agree, that potential exists. But McCain isn't as dumb as Bush and just because he

has the new powers it does not mean he will be able to abuse them the was W could. 9-11 put most of the country into such shock that shit got passed into law that never should have. As long as Pelosi backs off her "no impeachment on my watch" stance then McCain would need to deal with Congress in a way Shrub never has.


I doubt anyone will stand for the illegal activities that have been ignored by this Congress, and the last.

[Fleshdancer]

8. bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb IRAN.

McSame actually helped to raise money for the PNAC. I discovered this chilling fact today from a thread that dropped faster than Bush eating a pretzel. I just don't understand it.

[Occam Bandage]

2. We've been way too busy. DEFEAT OBAMA FIRST!

[mrreowwr_kittty]

6. Figures the first commenter slams Obama

All this while Obama was betraying his base and voting to nullify the fourth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The American people's choice is no choice. We can either have a tyrant or a dictator. Each candidate fits both descriptions. This country is over.

Yeah dude, Obama and McCain are exactly the same. :eyes:

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Perhaps I was unclear...

I was trying to say that nothing can end McCain's presidential bid.


Not all his fuckups

Not all his lies

Not all his bad jokes

Not even an insane out burst that makes him look like a mad man


Because compared to Shrub he will still look good to the people who vote for the R


They have had 7 years of the worst president in history so they figure anyone and anything will be an improvement. They will continue to support McCain no matter what, because it will still be better than W.






I was in no way saying that McCain is the same as Obama....



I am a strong supporter of Sen. Obama even if he does vote for FISA, or anything else he needs to do to get elected. I Don't Care.... I want a Dem in office and if some bad legislation gets passed in the next four months to placate the low information voter then so be it.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

11. I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the first Huffpo commenter.

Sorry for the confusion. :hi:

[Motown_Johnny]

13. My bad

I guess i am paranoid

[Fleshdancer]

16. nothing against your post MJ, it was about the comment at Huffington Post

Welcome to DU by the way. :hi: You're right, McCain does look a lot better to some than Bush. That's why I like Obama's strategy of comparing McCain to Bush.

[grace0418]

14. We have FAR TOO MUCH WORK TO DO cutting Obama down for everything he does wrong.

Heaven forbid people focus on McCain.

[Vinca]

15. MSM is kissing McCain's behind.

There must be lots of war profiteering going on in the corporate offices of MSNBC and CNN. (I don't include Fox because I consider it comedy.)