WHOA@!! “John McCain is a prisoner of the right wing, not a maverick,” Mr Kerry said.

[KittyWampus]

Holy Shit, Kerry just went there...


KERRY: What John McCain has proven with this choice -- this is very important, George. John McCain wanted to choose Tom Ridge. He wanted to choose Joe Lieberman. He wanted to choose another candidate, but you know what? Rush Limbaugh and the right wing vetoed it.

And John McCain was forced to come back and pick a sort of Cheney-esque social conservative who’s going to satisfy the base.

What John McCain has proven with this choice is that John McCain is the prisoner of the right wing, not a maverick.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Senator Kerry, I’m afraid that’s all we have time for today. Thank you very much for your time.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002942809

[eleny]

1. Where did you see this?

wow!

[ErinBerin84]

2. ABC's This Week with george stephanopoulos

Kerry also said that "McCain is not a maverick, he is erratic", and that McCain wanted to pick someone else, but Rush rejected it (and then he said that McCain is prisoner of the right wing).

[eleny]

3. Thanks - I can find that online

[Sugarcoated]

4. Right you are Sen. Kerry

He's Rush Limbaugh's b****

[jberryhill]

5. Bingo....

Just had the same conversation with my wife.

John McCain has been a prisoner for a long time. He is STILL a prisoner.

He came back from Vietnam and didn't like his circumstances. Cindy's daddy wanted a Congressman, and McCain became a "kept man". Daddy bought him a Congressional seat and McCain did what his captors told him.

Asking him about how many houses "he owns" is beside the point - HE doesn't own a damned thing.

And now that he has the nomination, it didn't matter who he wanted to pick.

McCain did what he's always done - what he's been conditioned to do - He did what his captors told him.

[KittyWampus]

9. the way you put it, it's heavy psychodrama

[jberryhill]

14. I keep thinking of those psychiatric records he won't release

He's a nice old amiable guy on the surface, but who knows what revenge he's capable of exacting when - for the first time in his life - he gets the idea that he's captain of his own ship.

[The River]

19. I've Thought That

for a long time now.
I've known several vets, including an
ex BIL who are still "over there",
captives of their experiences, who are
still impacted by it in a negative way today.

Well said.

[BlooInBloo]

6. Sounds like Kerry was on today.

[Quixote1818]

7. I will give a big k and r to that. Thank you Kerry. nt

[quiet.american]

8. Excellent framing -- "prisoner of the right wing" -- Go, Kerry! nt

[bridgit]

10. makes sense to me

[eleny]

11. I just got the chance to go find it - what a power packed interview

Kerry said everything he needed to say. And that McCain is a prisoner of the right wing because Rush vetoed McCain's wanting Joe Lieberman. Oh my stars!

love. it.

k&r

[kikiek]

12. And the GOP is betting good publicity from the hurricane is better than the lame convention lined up

[krawhitham]

13. WHERE the fuck was this guy 4 years ago?

[progressiveforever]

18. You're right

But in his defense, remember --all through 2003 , we were unpatriotic if we said a word against the status quo. He did at least break through that. HE had a tough fight.

[MagickMuffin]

21. He was campaigning and the CorpoMedia ignored him, need I say more

That's why I watch C-SPAN, they televised almost all his rallies.

[politicasista]

23. **crickets**

It's amazing they chirp after every excellent smackdown.

[kitkat65]

15. And what will the predictable response be from the McCain campaign?

"How dare you call me a prisoner of the right wing when I was a prisoner of war yadda yadda yadda."

Never mind that the criticism is a fair one and takes place in the present.

[jberryhill]

16. But that's the point. He was a POW and they DID break him

...and he's been a POW ever since. Only the captors have changed. He's conditioned to do what they tell him.

That's not a criticism of McCain.

It's a sad observation of his behavior and character.

[progressiveforever]

17. If only Kerry had been so ballsy in 2004

there wouldn't have been enough cheating they could have done to keep him out.

[MagickMuffin]

20. Just posted this in the Video Forum

John Kerry :kick: ass.

[KittyWampus]

22. kick

[politicasista]

24. K & R

:kick: