When McCain says "good ole boy network" and "fat cats"...who is he referring to?

[renie408]

He keeps saying those phrases. He talks about the 'me first' politicians in Washington...blah blah blah. But aren't those politicians Republicans? I know somebody was making a joke about this the other day, but it has been floating around in my head every time he says it. The crowds go wild when he says that stuff, but don't they get that the good ole boys he is talking about going after are THEIR PARTY?

And what about the 'good ole boys' he says he is going to come after? Wouldn't they hesitate to help him get elected? Or do they assume, as I do, that this is empty rhetoric to fire up idiots?

[Wetzelbill]

1. It reminds me of when Mr. Burns ran for governor and he railed against "fat cats"

lol

[mikekohr]

10. McCain Wears $500 Calf Skin Shoes, Has a Net Worth of $100 Million

spends over $270,000 per year on maids and butlers, and can't even remember how many houses he owns. Who the hell is he calling a fatcat?

mike kohr

[Wetzelbill]

12. well, you know, he spent 5 1/2 years without a butler or a maid

I think you should know that before questioning his morality.

Ok, I could barely type that with a straight face. :)

[VoodooGuru]

13. that was funny as hell

nice one, very nice one.

[muntrv]

2. After 25 years on Capital Hill, he IS a 'good ole boy.'

[WinkyDink]

3. Don't assume everybody realizes this.

[Marsala]

4. He means everyone but himself.

Because he's a maverick. And a reformer. And a deregulato-oops.

[BlueIdaho]

5. His Base... nt.

[bushisanidiot]

6. I guess he stands in front of the mirror and yells at the angry old man staring back at him.

seriously, the guy is LOSING it.

[nam78_two]

7. The NYTimes had an editorial about the RNC titled "Running against themselves"

It about summed it up-he is running (or so he claims) against people EXACTLY like him and his best bud Bush :eyes:. I really don't understand how anyone can buy this nonsense-but then the hard core Republican voters were never particularly bright...

[maxsolomon]

8. the feeble minded don't experience cognitive dissonance

remember who he's talking to - the undecideds who don't remember yesterday, let alone his 25 years on capitol hill.

[Fran Kubelik]

9. It's like Garrison Keillor said

So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out the back door and circled around to the front and started yelling, "Throw the bums out!" They've been running Washington like a well-oiled machine to the point of inviting lobbyists into the back rooms to write the legislation, and now they are anti-establishment reformers dedicated to delivering us from themselves.

[holiday]

11. did I hear MSNBC right when they said McCain's campaign finance

person (that irritating woman always on the shows) was one of those fat cats that walked away with millions from Hewlett Packard (sp)

[Fran Kubelik]

14. You guessed it.

Carly Fiorina.