60 Minutes McCain Gaffe - "Longest you've lived any one place? Hanoi." What happened to AZ?

[Median Democrat]

It is amazing how easy it is for McCain to interject his history as a POW into any question. For example, in response to a question regarding the longest he's lived in once place:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/21/60minutes/main4463340_page6.shtml

/snip

Pelley: You were born in the Panama Canal Zone because your father was stationed there. Where'd you live as a kid?

McCain: Well, we lived in San Diego, we lived in Norfolk, Virginia. We lived in the Washington D.C. area. We lived in New London, Connecticut. My dad was a submariner.

Pelley: Longest you've lived any one place?

McCain: Hanoi. Hanoi was the longest- I lived any place, five and a half years.

/snip

Seriously? What about Arizona? Heck, given his 26 years in Congress, I bet that McCain has spent even more time in Washington DC.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. When you have seven (or is it ten?) houses, you probably like to circulate around

and not just stay in one of them all the time.

:puke:

[YOY]

2. POW!

Can't...stop...mentioning...it...at...all...costs.

[Arkana]

3. Then maybe he should have run for Senate in Hanoi.

Oh wait.

Fucking A--Obama can't call him on this, but Jon Stewart, Letterman, and Leno better.

[Thrill]

4. He's a liar. It comes easy to him now

[abburdlen]

5. with a dozen houses

he doesn't stay in any one of them that long.

[jkshaw]

6. It begins to get very, very old.

[BlooInBloo]

7. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! He's like a walking Chuck Norris joke.

The only thing you have to fear is fear itself. The only thing fear has to fear is Chuck Norris.

:rofl:

[renie408]

8. Hanoi? Are you trying to tell me that McCain was a POW?? OMG!! I never knew!! Well

that changes everything. He has my vote now!

[gblady]

9. I was wondering....

if this wasn't just another lie...
with all his homes, he hasn't lived in one more than 5 1/2 years???
seems odd to me...
I tried the google, but didn't find answer.

[Median Democrat]

16. True, But Does HIs Campaign Want To Say He Is So Loaded . . .

And that he has so many houses throughout the Country, that he never has stayed in any place more than 6 years. You would think that he would have accumulated more than 6 years in the State of Arizona alone.

[Heather MC]

37. I wonder how his Consituents in Arizona feel after 26 years, McCain hasn't been

there longer than 5.5 years????

[CakeGrrl]

10. He might finally start overplaying his hand with fence-sitters

It's already a joke in anti-McCain blogosphere circles that he's playing the POW card every chance he gets, but he may induce POW fatigue across a broader segment of voters if he keeps dropping the reminder at every opportunity.

He's going to wear it thin and he runs the risk of making more people stop and think and wonder how his POW status will enable him to get our economy out of the toilet. Bad for him when they realize it doesn't have anything to do with solving our problems.

[gateley]

11. That was the line he was using when he first ran for office in AZ. It's been

a few years, John -- time to update the story.

[WinkyDink]

41. Sounds to me like his brain just reached for that campaign memory, then, true or not.

He's OUT OF IT.

[Cirque du So-What]

12. It's better than being an Andrea Doria survivor

which can get you a sweet apartment when it comes available, but only P.O.W. status can get you the presidency :eyes:

[trixie]

26. Loved the Seinfeld comparison!

:yourock:

[FLyellowdog]

13. THIS MAN IS MAKING ME SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't stand him and his POW stories....it's making me want to say awful and hateful and spiteful things about him. But, I have to remember that every time one gets angry, plaque builds up in the arteries so I shouldn't let him draw me closer to a stroke or a heart attack, BUT HE'S MAKING ME SO MAD!!!!!

[vaberella]

14. He can easily spin it "One year in Hanoi was like 100 years in a Democratic run government."

You saw how his team spun, "fundamentals of the economy are strong"

You saw how his team spun, his problem with understanding or knowing who Zapatero was.

[TwilightGardener]

15. He's been back in the US since I was three years old. This is getting laughable.

Washington? Phoenix? Ringing any bells there, old man?

[vaberella]

19. You're old wienerdoggie...

:rofl: The man has been laughable since he had 10 people in all his primary run with a weird green background. I figured Palin was enough to confirm his comedic side. He turned this election and the entire election process into one large Eddie Murphy skit.

[TwilightGardener]

22. ...

x( Naw, just kidding--:rofl:

[Muttocracy]

17. I heard that too and thought, no way - he must have had a DC and AZ residence longer than that! nt

[AZBlue]

18. But then he couldn't have reminded us that he was a POW.

[FrenchieCat]

20. GIANT

LIE!

That's all he seems to know. Lies even when he doesn't have to.

[vanderBeth]

21. Well, he did have to mention he was a POW someway

If he doesn't, his head WILL explode.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. I think he can stop milking his POW status - everyone knows about it by now

He reminds me of Bob Dornan, who used to be a Representative from California and who seemingly worked into ever single speech by him that I ever heard that he was a military veteran. "Hi, nice weather we're having, and I was a veteran."

[DiamondKrosse]

24. well considering that all he talks about

is being a POW in hanoi, he still kind of lives in Hanoi, but its called his political career now

[firedupdem]

25. sounded like a "senior moment" answer to me...when my dad

had started showing signs of it he always thought he was in Alabama and we were in Chicago and had been for 40 years.

[dgibby]

27. My best guess is

that he's lived in the USA a lot longer that Viet Nam!

[Lint Head]

28. He also said he had been involved in "plane crashes."

I've only been aware of one. Unless he's referring the the Forestall accident where his hot-dogging incinerated several Navy soldiers. :dem:

[dgibby]

29. 5 actually,

and they're sailors, not soldiers.

[pettypace]

30. Originally I thought the question was in relation to his childhood

but then McCain's captivity occurred in his 30's....so maybe the answer was the longest place he'd lived during the first half of his life - eg 36 years and under. But then again I dunno whathachrist...:shrug:

[Median Democrat]

42. Exactly - I Was Wondering Where The Heck Hanoi Came From...

Because even if you limit the question to his childhood, McCain was not a POW until his 30s. While it is possible that he is so old that he considers 30 years olds to be kids, my take is that he just forgot to update this talking point since he first ran for congress in Arizona nearly 30 years ago.

[Clio the Leo]

31. what *I* want to know is........

.... and this is sort of related but did McCain "rely on his faith" when he was cheating on his wife like he did when times were hard? Was he praying for "one more minute" then?

Hypocracy is NOT cute "my friend."

[sammytko]

36. I was thinking the same thing -

what about the alcoholic father? I had never heard that before - more sympathy because he also had a bad childhood??

[ecstatic]

32. This has gone way too far. Seriously, POW as a response to any and everything

He used a poor soldier's death today and if anyone confronts him, I know his response will be that he was a POW.

What can we do? He has crossed the line and he can't seem to get over his POW days. This is some scary sh!t!

[DangerousRhythm]

33. You forgot the "Heh heh" after "Hanoi".

I nearly gagged when he said that! :puke:

[Claire Beth]

34. he loves to exploit his POW experience at

every opportunity. UGH.

[City Lights]

35. John McCain (R-Hanoi).

:eyes:

[medicswife]

43. Snort!!! You earned a coffee spew!!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :spray:

[lolamio]

38. Oh, for crying out loud. Why must he bring that up every five minutes?!

:eyes:

[kskiska]

39. If Obama or Hillary had made such a claim

the media would immediately be doing the math and it would be a 3-day story.

[Jennicut]

40. John "Pow" McLiar

I guess Arizona is just not important enough. I wonder what Cindy thinks given he has forgotten about all the wonderful years he spent their with his wife.