McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview

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Maybe he sticks his fingers in his hears and says, "Lalalallallalallalalal." When his aides read the polls to him.

I'm sure if he surfed the internet he would be in the loop.

I'm just sayin.

McCain is so out of touch with reality.

McCain needs to get out of his shielded bubble because it doesn't look like any information is seeping through!!

I am all for him staying in that bubble. I'll even bring him easy to digest snacks and someone to listen to him not exploiting his time as a POW by talking about how the cramped bubble reminds him of something (wink, wink). Did I mention that I can get him some feety pajamas? Maybe he is more of a night shirt guy. My father, a Navy Vietnam vet too, is lost without his favorite nightshirt, even if he still has gravy on it from Thanksgiving 2005. Heck, if it makes Johnny feel like he can lie with more of a straight face about being close to the common man, I'll steal one of Dad's backup nightshirts for him. He can parade around in it telling people how he got it from a guy who got to go home after only a year in Vietnam (followed by that little "just wanted to remind you I was a POW" wink).

Don't make him mad! You never know WHAT might happen.

NcCain is a hot head with a very short fuse. We do not need that in the White House. He is out of touch with middle Americans. He has no idea what it means to live day to day in the real world.

We'll see if he keeps singing the same tune after the debate. I think there might be some serious arm twisting to get her off the ticket after she is embarrassed by Biden.

I have been saying that for a long time, being a prisoner of war does not make you a president, nobody denies he had a terrible time but stop using that as a selling point to be president

I get upset when everyone call him a war hero! Read "VietnamVeteransAgainstJohnMcCain" website to see how much of a hero he was! He also single handedly closed the Vietnam MIA investigation because he didn't want all the files opened (declassified) to show how much of a "hero" he was (getting special treatment from the North Vietnamese), leaving thousands of grieving families without closure of their loved ones.
Read Aunk's "McCain Swift Boats Himself" seed for more detailed info!

Go Linda, Go Linda, Go!

I agree with you 100%

He KNOWS, he just can't ADMIT.

economy palin has a strong foundation.

Playtex?

Maybelline.

    Playtex?

    Maybelline.

What? :: confused ::

Palin needs to stick to being a Soccer mom and Beauty contestant. Her t.v. interviews showed how ditsy she really is. We do not need that in the White House...we already have had too much of that and just look where we are now. UGH! Also, she is all for war and believes the end of the world is near. As a mayor and Governor Palin did things that showed constant abuse of power. God help us if she and Mccain get elected. You just think things are lousy now.

Big Al,

It's mighty gererous of you to refer to Sarah Palin as a nurse! LOL. Or did you mean, "nurse John McCain"? If that's what you meant, then by all means it makes sense that he picked her. Cindy's milk dried up 40 years ago!

On a serious note, McCain clearly is suffering from PTSD and should obtain serious help for his issues. He should be utilizing the health care benefits we've all paid for since his release from the Hilton.

it's been longer than the war, remember he is the son of a General so we have paid for it all of his life since birth.

remember he is the son of a General

Actually, McCain is the son and grandson of a Admiral...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_mccain

Yes! You could tell it was difficult for Mccain to hold his temper  I was waiting for him to stroke out.

Did you watch the interview with O'Reilly? When asked the kinds of questions that you and a lot of others, including me, want answered, Obama was shouted down and talked over whenever he tried to answer with anything besides a simple "yes" or "no". That dang liberal biased MSM!

As a matter of fact, I did. Bill did not have the time to drill down on his answers. He needs to asked these questions everyday, until he comes clean. He needed his feet held to the fire. Bill asked general questions and did not ask anything specific. He has been evasive giving generalized answers on all of these topics. Why would he not go on Hannity and Colmes. You've got fair and balanced questioning. If you have nothing to hide. And you know Katie Couric and Chuck Gibson would not ask these questions of the "The One"

Just look at the difference in the way Obama was treated on the View Vs. how McCain was treated on the view.

Why are there no Obama and Biden Jokes on SNL and believe there is plenty reason to make some up.

I don't watch The View, and would punch myself in the head if I did. The point is, general questions or not, Obama was not given opportunity to answer.

Of course he wouldn't go on with Hannity, he doesn't want to be shouted down. FOX's hosts seem to think that loud = right.

No, He is scared to be interviewed by Hannity. Not to worry he will have Colmes covering his back side. See Fair and Balanced.  

He was not shouted down by BOR. BOR attempted to pin down the squirmer to answer the questions no other journalist has the wherewithal to ask.

Actually he was shouted down by O'Rilley. Perhaps you haven't seen the video yet, you should take the time to watch it.

I doubt Obama is scared of being interviewed by Hannity, in the same way that McCain isn't scared to be interviewed by Larry King... he just hasn't yet. Also, you are delusional if you think that FOX News is "fair and balanced". The are the most partisan, lying, one sided news network I have ever seen.

I was listening to something on the BBC a while back and the guest said that while FOX News doesn't meet British standards for journalism and wouldn't be allowed to broadcast, Al-Jazeera does. Interesting, huh?

Hey, that is an interesting factoid. Thanks.

Good Post #9 18 zulu...and questions that should be answered by Obama.

I saw what I saw on O'reilly. The only "squirming" going on was in my living room, as I forced myself to sit through a horrible interview being done by a horrible interviewer. I kept hoping it would get better. It didn't. Then it was over.

ARE WE HAVING A SHOUTING MATCH? I WIN!

So Gwen Ifil is unavailable for the debate? How convenient.

Is her ankle broken? I can't find anything about that.

Is her ankle broken? I can't find anything about that.

It happened Monday, but she'll make the debate. Here ya go.

Thanks Roy!

There is a gigantic pass that Mccain has been given and he really has learned to take full advantage of it, and he he has become extremely adept at using his POW status. He interjects it in ways that forces you to overlook his faults an example of that would be his reference to that period of time that he spent where the care was not so great.

Maybe Alaska doesn't have any newspapers or magazines.

renard, they do have newspapers because they are not a foreign country. LOL! (Does that mean she thinks that foreign countries do not have newspapers, that newspapers and magazines are some strange American phenomenon?) She said this in a way that makes me think she had learned this just before the interview, and thought she might be dropping a real bomb on Katie.

One thing I am have not heard, (probably because I work the night shift and have to compete for computer time with my girlfriend when we get home) is anyone saying that her reading a magazine while waiting at the dentist is not the same as "reading 'em all". I can't help but picture her picking up a People magazine covering Brittany getting her head shaved, and thinking this is important enough to skip past the Time with Condi on the cover. (I admit it, I actually looked up that "event" and then searched through the Time site for the covers from Feb. 2007. That probably says a lot about me, but not anything I want to hear!) Did anyone else pick up on that? With her arm gesture it appeared to me that she was envisioning a table at some sort of medical office.

You are wrong McCain was always a politician pretending to be a hero

Dan, you said it perfectly! Thank you!

18 zulu

I do not believe evrything that politicians say in fact I don't really like politicians in general. They do tend to tell you what you want to hear. That would of course include John McCain.  I also belive that people see the world, and their political choices,  through their particular life circumstances and history.  I see the world one way you see the world differently.

 I love my country as I am certain you do, but I try not to let the flag obscure my vision of the big picture. John McCain could have chosen Condy Rice for example not Sarah Palin. Did he really put our country first when choosing her? Was his a patriotic selection or expedient? Is she really who you want to be President should McCain die? Somehow I don't think so.

As for the Ayers issue; I don't like the guy either, or for that matter the Rev. Wright but I don't see them as a reason to say that Obama is not patriotic, love his country, or is any less an American as you or me. All the candidates seem to have some skeletons in the closet and there have been numerous scandals in the Reublican ranks over the last 8 years. But the main issue for me is who will most align with my world view and with what I think are important issues. John McCain and the Republicans don't align with that view. 

Arnie,
To be quite honest with you I wouldn't care if John McCains running mate were Shaggy McNasty. I am voting for McCain not Sarah Palin. But you have to admit the press has not been kind to Palin. The press turned on Hillary as well.

I would much rather take a chance John McCain will not finish 1 term as president, than vote Obama.

Yes, I agree there have been Republicans involved in scandals. But none have equated to what Americans are dealing with today. This entire economical meltdown would not have occurred with out the democrats desire for social engineering. Placing and enforcing quotas on the numbers of subprime loans F&F needed to write.

The warning signs were there. Obama, during his induction to the senate in 04 received a brief from Mudd, CEO of Fannie Mae requesting help from congress, proclaiming the black caucus is like family. Yet Obama did nothing.

Bush attempted to fix this problem, held hearings and the democrats heaped praise on Raines and Fannie Mae. (Why?? Because FM met congress's quotas.)

McCain addressed the president in May 06, predicting there was going to be a meltdown. What did Obama and the rest of the congress do?

Obama is complicit in all of this. He has spent his adult life in the dirty politics of Chicago.

If it were ONLY Ayers. If it were ONLY& Wright. If it were ONLY Pfleger. If it wereONLY Rezko. If it were ONLY ACORN. Maybe that would just be an anomoly. Too many bad choices in friends.

Don't know if you saw Pelosi's and the rest of the Democrats actions during and after the house vote. Compound a Majority;Congress with a Democratic President. this country will be headed on a one way street to socialism. Welfare begets welfare.

We need someone who will shake up congress and break this partisanship. And Obama is not the guy. He didn't take a stand in the Illinois State Senate. He did very little in the US Senate. He stood on the sidelines, waiting like a hawk on how best to politically swoop down and take advantage of this economic crisis.

de Oppresso Liber

Don't believe me Ayers is unrepentant? Take a look at his speech given to Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Nov 2006.

Must Read: Search Bill Ayers World Press World Education Forum NOV 06

Obama has close ties to this guy. America needs to wake up. Look at history, Socialism rarely survives.

To be fair, the Bush family has close ties to the Saudi royal family. Fifteen of the nineteen hijackers, and a nation that was once among the most enthusiastic state sponsors of terrorism (with money still gushing out of the country to support terrorism). If you are going to judge Obama by his association with Ayers/Wright/Rezko, did you or do you hold President Bush to the same standard? If you do, I can help you find the phone numbers and email addresses of your Senators and Representatives so you can ask them to start the impeachment.

All politicians, and all of us, have people in our past that disappointed us in some way or are embarrassing to us now. One of my best high school buddies, who turned into a scum bag, has spent time in prison for beating up his girlfriend. Does this make me more likely to beat up my girlfriend?

I disagree that socialism rarely survives because it is thriving in Western Europe. It is totalitarianism that adopts the guise of communism that rarely survives.

(Sorry to get so off topic here, but I had to say something. John McCain is losing it! Does that get me back on topic?)

Bush attempted to fix this problem..

...And failed. Yet another fine example of leadership from this flunky president.

We need someone who will shake up congress

McCain has so few allies even among his own party that he will not be able to budge congress, no matter how much shaking he does. Isn't shaking up congress the responsibility of the voters?

Obama...stood on the sidelines

According to their voting records, McCain stood on the sidelines, too. He voted half as many times as Obama this year, and well over 100 fewer times than Biden.

Pirates,

What are you talking about? "To be fair, the Bush family has close ties to the Saudi royal family".

How do compare a president associating with the Heads of State of another foreign country (especially one that ALL US Presidents have had an association with). To an up and comer like Obama associating with a KNOWN treasonous terrorist, an American hating reverend, A Syrian born criminal, and Jerry Kellman, protege of Saul Alinsky.

Not to mention training and and providing legal assistance to ACORN who coerced banks into writing bad loans. And just in case you haven't noticed the reason we are in this economic crisis. But I am sure you don't care ACORN is accused of multiple infractions of voter fraud.

SS You say it was McCains and Bushs weak leadership as a cause shows you do not have a clue as to how our Government works. Since the Exulted One possesses such awesome leadership traits. Where are the fruits of Obama's labor on diverting this crisis? HMMMMM He can talk all he wants about what he has done, but it doesn't add up his actions.

When is the last time you have spent any length of time in a Socialist Country? We could argue the fact on the success of such Socialist countries. Sweden probably being the most successful. But then again they have a population of 9 Mil.

In my observations and conversations with normal, middle class Germans is yes they have Medical, though I would hardly call it free. Germans pay nearly 50% in income taxes and 18% Value added sales tax on every purchase. Fuel tax is ridiculous. A gallon of gasoline there would cost approx. $8 per gallon. The welfare roles in Germany are increasing annually, enraging hard working citizens. The lesson to learn here is you don't get something for nothing.

The lesson to learn here is you don't get something for nothing.

Then why is it that Bush, McCain, and Co are trying to give a lot of something to Wall St, for nothing.

18zulu,

What I was trying to get at was, if you are going to accuse Obama of guilt by association, then you need to hold all politicians to that standard.  The Bush family has well established financial and personal ties to the royal family in Saudi Arabia.  The royal family which was (and probably still is) one of the greatest supporters of Islamic terrorism.  The connection between these two families is not just because of their positions as heads of state, but because of their business ties with each other.  George H W Bush has had a long, and financially beneficial, relationship with a family that supported radical Islamic terrorism.  And it is your guy, John McCain, who believes that this is the most dangerous issue of our time.  If John really believes that, he should denounce the Presidents Bush because of their relationships with the House of Saud.

John McCain also, like the Bush family, has some troubling ties to terrorists.  He was a member of the US Council for World Freedom, a group that was giving support to the Contras in Nicaragua.  The support was being provided by this group while John was a board member.  The Contras killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children, terrorists for sure.  Your side is trying to tie Obama to the acts committed by a casual acquaintance of his, acts committed years before they met.  Surely you will then hold McCain to the same standard for acts being committed by the Contras, who were being supported by a group that McCain was a member of while these acts were being committed. 

My overall point, in short, is that you can not seriously believe Obama is somehow guilty by association if you do not also believe McCain and the Bush family are also guilty by association.  The acts committed by Ayers happened more than a decade before Obama met him.  The funding of terrorists by the House of Saud and the US Council for World Freedom was going on while Bush and McCain were connected to these people. 

One last thing, how do you like secessionists?  You know, like Sarah Palin's husband?

You can parse it any way you want but the fact is apparent John McCain is not ready to lead America no where but deeper in to a toilet. The evidence mounts day by day that Mccain will lie and distort his words and positions trying to make himself into Obama Light. He lets Obama give a speech on some issue and somedays he uses part of it later in the afternoon,  just listen to some of his position speeches. He really went over the top when he tried to use Obamas ideas about the Bailout against him with his phony campaign  suspension. I listen to McCain and get sick thinking about the possibility that a real idiot is trying to ride into the white house on a 40 year old war story. And I personally caution the nation to ask John Mccain " what have you done for me lately " and if the nation answer the question objectively the answer will be absolutely nothing.

So true....Vote for Obama/Biden to help us get out of this terrible mess G.W. and greed created.