McCain to protesters: "...we beat you yesterday, we'll beat you today..and we'll beat you tomorrow!"

[sabra]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/09/protesters_give_mccain_his_bes.html#more

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McCain was right in the middle of talking about the war in Iraq and how he and fellow Republicans are fighting to keep Democrats in Congress from forcing a change in strategy.

Suddenly, a young woman in a t-shirt reading "Troops Home Now" waded into the middle of the gun rights group, shouting "Bring the troops home!" and forcing McCain to stop speaking while she addressed the television cameras.

After a few seconds of camera time, a woman got up from her table at the NRA breakfast, wrapped the protester in an embrace and pushed her out of the limelight. A second protester was also lead out first by NRA members and then by security guards.

As the protesters left the room, McCain leaned into the microphone for the most emphatic thing he said all morning.

"Well, my friends, we beat you yesterday," he said. "We'll beat you today . . . And we'll beat you tomorrow!"

The crowd rose in an enthusiastic standing ovation, setting aside for the moment any past differences they may be holding against McCain. Some of them dislike his support for campaign finance reform and to standardize the sale of weapons at gun shows, but they largely agree with him on Iraq.

[chelsea0011]

1. Peace protesters are now the new terrorists we are at war with?

I'm not surprised by the right's, in particular McCain's, reaction.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. I'm having one of those "Let those bastards have their own country" moments.

Seriously. Give 'em some states chosen at random (if it winds up being mine, fine, it'd be worth it), and let them try to fight their stupid oil / Christofascist wars with their own goddamned resources.

I'm sick of having to work with these crazy mofos. Seriously sick of it.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Oh cmon john, tell us the truth

We (republicans) DIDN'T SUPPORT THE TROOPS YESTERDAY, WE AREN'T SUPPORTING THEM TODAY AND WE WON'T SUPPORT THEM TOMORROW. We want them to stay in Iraq and die because we are way too proud to admit we have been wrong for five fucking years. And besides we have all the dumbass lemmings in this country left supporting bush thinking that more must die tomorrow so those that died yesterday did not die in vain. A conundrum wrapped in conservatives values which clearly defines insanity.

[rurallib]

4. Reminds me of Wallace in the doors of Alabam University

"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever". Then he stepped aside to allow the first black enroll.
Later in life, I believe he regretted his words. I can't believe McCain is that smart.

[tularetom]

5. After the meeting was over McCain's advisors met with the woman

and paid her several thousand dollars for disrupting the meeting as they had instructed her.

[Mz Pip]

6. Uh, no, John.

"You" didn't beat "us." Not yesterday, not today and not tomorrow. Unless you call 29% winning.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[TwilightGardener]

7. Let him have his stupid moment. His campaign is on life support--

he will be gone soon enough.

[bluedog]

8. and McCain got BEAT...by Bush...LOSER

[pink-o]

9. Why are these NRA crazies so in love with the 2nd amendment

...but don't give a shit about the 1st or the 4th??? Can't have it both ways, you big hypocrites--either you support the constitution or you don't.

Actually, this repression of Free Speech is getting out of control: not only do the stupid wingnuts and Fux Noise scream about shutting up what they don't wanna hear, but the MSM and people on the streets are getting infected with that attitude as well. I've had acquaintances and family members nonchalantly speak of hurting someone who writes or states a viewpoint contrary to their own (all on the right of course--liberals may argue, but I've never heard one mention repression as a solution). The fact that McCain--who's a hostile fuck anyway, I'm sick of hearing about his "great" sense of humour when it's all jokes about violence--can get away with repressing the most important right of Americans just shows the virus infecting this country.

When you keep your populace uneducated and disengaged from its own system of government, when you distract people with non-stop entertainment and make civics look boring, this is what you end up with--a bunch of yahoos who know nothing about their own history.

[KansDem]

10. I actually heard Charleton Heston say "You can't have the 1st Amendment without the 2nd Amendment"

Try telling that to McCain when someone brings a gun to his townhall meeting...

[Bake]

11. I've got a feeling he means "beat" LITERALLY!

That's the wingf*cks fondest wet dream.

Bake

[graywarrior]

12. His supporters need to be in Iraq

[sinkingfeeling]

13. We should now all greet McCain by shouting, "Endless War", "Endless War"!