"HEY YOU KIDS. GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!"

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trey-ellis/how-much-did-mccain-pay-f_b_115358.html

Trey Ellis

How Much Did McCain Pay for the Hillary Handbook?
Posted July 28, 2008 | 11:51 AM (EST)



And whatever it was he was ripped off. I know McCain's war chest seems more like a glove compartment compared to Obama's but still, buying your campaign playbook from the loser of the last race doesn't make any sense. It would be like plagiarizing last year's Laker's strategy when it was your team's turn against the Celtics.

It really seems that the only voting bloc McCain is courting these days is that of the Angry Old Man.

Not since the NAACP convention has McCain made a single non-vituperative comment about Obama. Instead, McCain's answer to "Yes, we can," seems to be "HEY YOU KIDS. GET THE HELL OFF MY LAWN!"

Before this campaign I always had a bit of a soft spot for McCain, the lone Republican to stand up to the Bush disaster. Two years ago I assumed the two nominees would have been McCain and Hillary and although I would have voted for Hillary, I didn't really think there would be that big of a difference.

Well, that well of good will has long-since dried up. Much has been made of McCain's scurrilous contention that Obama is a traitor who would rather lose the war than a political contest, but it was McCain's reptilian smile after delivering the line that sent a chill down my spine. I've seen him charming and light on the Daily Show but it really seems that the main substance flowing through his veins these days is hate. How else to explain the ad his camp is running now saying Obama would rather play basketball than visit wounded troops? If that came from some rich right wing nut I would have just shrugged it off but to hear, "I'm John McCain and I approve this message" at the end was a shock. When George Bush and Karl Rove spread the rumor that McCain had an illegitimate black baby they at least had the good sense to cover their asses with plausible deniability.

(This from the man who obstructed the latest GI Bill, and seems willing to cripple our own armed forces, watch al Qaeda reconstitute and the Taliban retake Afghanistan, all so he can tell himself that we won the war in Iraq.)

[Diamonique]

1. k&r

Thanks for the link!

[AZBlue]

2. What is Trey smoking??

Before this campaign I always had a bit of a soft spot for McCain, the lone Republican to stand up to the Bush disaster. Two years ago I assumed the two nominees would have been McCain and Hillary and although I would have voted for Hillary, I didn't really think there would be that big of a difference.


See, this is why I don't think McCain will win Arizona - ask any Arizonan and they will tell you that there's a huge difference between McCain and Clinton. And the "lone Rebpublican to stand up to the Bush disaster"? Which John McCain is he referring to - I know it's not the senator from Arizona.

[babylonsister]

3. Surprisingly, that's the second time I've read that today:

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/07/28/bush-administration-blames-bill-clinton-for-deficit/

Bush Administration Blames Bill Clinton for Deficit

snip//

And speaking of Bush leaving office, I have a confession to make. I used to think, back when the Republican primary was ongoing, that it might not be so bad if John McCain were their nominee. I looked at the nut jobs he was running against, plus I accepted some of the “maverick,” decent guy crapola that I now see is completely false.

Even worse, watching McCain campaign the past month or so, I truly, truly believe he is as dumb as the Current Occupant. We have just got to get somebody smart in the Oval Office again. America can’t survive another mean-spirited, half-wit puppet president.

[NYC_SKP]

4. If ever John McCain was likeable....

And I too respected him for his stand against torture and work with Feingold on campaign finance reform, as well as his maverick-ness.

He's not the same person at all, is he?

Well, apparently, when you get the nomination the Republican leadership takes you into a dark room.

Once there, they remove all of your soul and most of your brain.

This procedure took less effort in 2000.

:hi:

[bobd0]

8. McCain stood WITH torture, not against it.

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20061011.html

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/27/mccain/index.html

[AZBlue]

5. It's a bit scary to see how many people he fooled.

But he's really showing them who he is now! At least the truth has come out in time for the election.

[babylonsister]

6. People are waking up? That'd be nice! nt

[AZBlue]

7. Slowly.

There are some we'll just have to write off, they'll never face the truth. But others are (hopefully) seeing it and will increasingly do so.

[babylonsister]

9. This summer seems long because I've been paying

attention. It hasn't been boring, to me/us. And yes, I think Obama has had to work that much harder because of those we have to write off. And he has, since the primaries to today. I give him major props for that.