Political Punch

I realize that decades with an s is more than 10 years, I was pointing out that the Republicans have not been in the white house for decades or even a decade.

I might need to check my history books but I believe there was some guy named Clinton in there somewhere, and I don't believe he was a republican...

Sorry SUDDEN BELL...a decade is 10 years and decades with an "S" is at least 20 years...about the length of time the repubs fail try and recover then can't recover...hopefully ever ever again...the collapse of your 40 year republican conservative neo con scam should be about 20 years at least maybe many more...tata

Where is the Press? The Press is suppose to be one our last defense in protecting the American rights. Some of the Democrat candidates (in Las Vegas) spoke against protecting human rights in favor of national security. These candidates support denying the rights of assembly, the right of free speech, the right of a free press and the right to free elections. If elected they will proceed along the same lines as the leader of Pakistan.
The US press should be appalled by this stand. Despots come to power when the citizens and the press willingly trade security for rights.
Please read the US President's oath of office. It says "defend the constitution", it does not say "defend the United States". The oath clearly puts the rights expressed in the constitution ahead of national security.
Those candidates that would put security ahead of human rights do not understand the job requirements of being the President of the US. The Press has a responsibility (if not for their own survival) to defend against such abuse. It is more alarming that the press did not get appalled about the positions taken than by the candidates stating those positions.

daddy - fyi a decade is 10 years

If the dems DO win, I want to hear your take on the joy you speak of here -

"collapse of the republican party for decades is nigh upon us. What a joy..."

- in about, oh say 2 or 3 years... if it takes that long for your misplaced delight to fade away like an ice cream cone on a July afternoon

Jonathan - if you want to push that issue that he should of walked out then Hilary, Obama, Kerry, Gore, Biden, Murtha and the rest of the libs should leave this country for what they themselves have said is far worse.

So Lins/Socialists we see past you hypocrisy, so stop it already.

My strongest personal feeling about this is that a real man would have simply walked out, after saying "I don't want or need people like you on my side." But I've realized that this took place in South Carolina, where Mr. McCain was sandbagged in 2000 by the Evangels putting him irretrievably behind after a strong start in New Hampshire. He's not likely to forget that, or do something to lessen his chances (whatever they may actually be) this time around. So I find it difficult to be harder on him than he probably will be on himself over this, if I'm reading the man correctly.

Who was the woman that ask the "stop the b***h" question at the McCain rally? Could she have been a Hillary plant?

A thousand reporters on the job and we just have "McCain supporter" and "older woman" No name. No background. Why no info on this person?

Funny!

What about the symbol of the democrats ? what is it, a donkey a jackass ,a mule, a beast of burden ? Elephants are elephants are elephants .A local car dealer in my area erected a blow up donkey in front of their store last month, business is down 60%. Who in their right mind want's to pay more taxes ?

I'm a dem and I think the lady is permitted her opinion. If I were in John McCains shoes at that moment I would have laughed too. Why is this such a big deal? I see it no worse than calling Cheney Darth Vader..........

GC, the Rasmussen Poll that came out Monday (Nov 12, 2007) has Sen. McCain leading Sen. Clinton by two points if they were to go head-to-head in the general election. He is the only Republican candidate with a lead over Sen. Clinton. Although the two-point lead is well within the margin of error, so it is basically a tie. The poll you cited was among the Republican candidates for the nomination.

I wonder what words might have been used if the frontrunner were Obama...

JCardello What gutter ball did Bush/Cheney do? Please give facts!
Did they report on forged documents, oops that was Kerrys camp! Did he not release his records? oh thats right that was Kerry who did not release.

As far as a private citizen calling Hillary a well deserved name! Who cares? Where were all you libs when the group controling your Hilary, obama and edwards called a decorated General names, our president and worse of all our troops?

God Bless our Troops and continue the victory in the war on terror!

Let the Socialists resign from office NOW!

GO MCCAIN
I think he is on the ball and I dont think people see it both ways on this name calling. Bush gets it lots and you dont see everyone make something of it.
I think Hillary is a socialist and liar, healthcare will be higher and taxes and all those young ladies. Im a 60 year old lady and I wont vote for her. MAYBE eDWARDS, OR tHOMPSON i THINK ALL THE POLITICAN ARE LOSING IT AND i VOTED FOR MR CLINTON TWO TIMES AND AM SO SORRY. HE LIED TOO AND I DONT TRUST THEM AT ALL.
gO MC CAIN.yOU MIGHT EVEN GET MY VOTE.

1960 generation.we still do have a VOTE.

I wonder what Rasmussen poll he is quoting. I just looked at the daily Rasmussen report which shows the crook Giuliani with 26%, flip flopper Romney with 17% and McCain at 13%. If he were leading he sure dropped fast, and I look at the Rasmussen report every day. Maybe it was last year, or the year before.

The question by this lady is most fitting. I wonder what little Hillary thinks now. Sanchez needs to get a life.

I am amazed that John McCain would even acknowledge the question. If he found this amusing then he clearly has no respect for women or women candidates. CNN needs to take the high road on this by expressing disappointment in McCain for not reacting in more appropriate way. The old "straight talk express" is really double talk that is cheapened further by his inappropriate reaction to the comment. He laughed at the question and then went on to say how he respected Senator Clinton. Is he serious?

I will never vote for Mrs. Clinton but I think the comment in question was tasteless. I also don't think it was Sen. McCain's place to reprimand the "lady". However, I would like the Republicans to try to be ladies and gentlemen, not street fighters, like the opposition. I fear for this country if Mrs. Clinton becomes president - read "Socialist".

You Know anything you say on the campaign trail is FAIR GAME. And I mean fair. It's fair--not nasty or piling on--to ask Hillary about her support for illegal immigrant drivers licenses--especially since the plan has now been given up by the Governor of New York. It's fair to ask Fred Thompson why he doesn't have more specific positions--and/or solutions--yet. It's fair to ask Edwards about his oft-repeated claim to be the most 'electable' Democrat. And it's fair to ask McCain how he knew which b#tch the questioner was asking about. I don't see anything there to get offended about, however----unless you're his ex-wife.

Surprise, surprise: a groping, pathetic and doomed John McCain playing to the country club branch of his Neanderthal base.

Methinks that less-than-Southernly-genteel harpy asking the question should have first taken a good look in the mirror before she ventured out for the day, and then considered rephrasing the question in a way that didn’t make her come off to all of God's Green Earth like a self-loathing Stepford wife — and McCain like a clueless, waffling, pandering sadsack about to lose those three Rasmussen points he prematurely boasts of…and THEN some.

Here’s a suggested response that McCain could have offered that grey-haired, hatchet-faced reptile:

“First of all, Ma’am, in an enlightened conversation about political strategies, there’s no call for demeaning and defamatory language about an opponent. As a fellow U.S. Sentator, she’s entitled to the same respect for her service to this country as you would grant me. That said, I think she’s wrong on issues X, Y and Z…and this is how we’ll beat her if we’re both nominated by our parties…”

You see? It is possible to debase someone with resorting to base, misogynistic profanity. Most GOPers don't get that, however. Or self-parody or irony, for that matter.

If this is the worst McCain does, then he stands head and shoulders above the rest. I am fed up with Republicans and Democrats alike. I'm looking for a PERSON who is willing to LEAD. Integrity is not the same as perfection.

I got a big ranty email from the McCain campaign about this, they're trying to turn it around into a fundraising drive (just like anything else that makes headlines). I think it's not a big deal personally. A lot of people don't like Clinton, and it's not like McCain used that language.

I'm sure it's the last thing he expected and it seems to me he handled it reasonably well. Sanchez is trying to make something out of nothing. It would have been wrong to address that woman over it in my view. More about nothing really. Hillary better get used to it cauz more will come.

Here's the perfect solution for our country,.....divide into 2 pieces, Those that want a government to take care of them completely, all the illegals, all the illegitimate welfare cases and the like using YOUR money,.... and the rest of us who remember that this country was founded on the basic principle of strength through unity and freedom to pursue happiness and prosperity. Hillary for president? you have got to be kidding me, right? for those of you too stupid to actually know how to read financials,....here's a scrap for ya,....good 'ol Bill almost threw us into a "real" recession,..you all are just too stupid to know it. Less taxes = more $$$$ infused into our local and national economies, more taxes = less money infused,...I say throw, (vote) the "bit**" out,......she has never been head of anything,......The Clinton years???? Good God,...he let osama go twice,.....explain that to me again you democratic morons,.....I do NOT want a socialistic government.

I was very disappointed in Senator McCain. I would have expected that more from Rudy. John McCain has become a disciple of the Karl Rove -George Bush gutter campaigning.

Give me a break! This is a total non-story. Maybe if McCain had called her that himself he'd be in some hot water, but it was an old woman at one of his events! The only story here is that this Sanchez character is obviously a Hillary supporter and probably tracks media mutters every day.

It wouldn't be an issue if a candidate responded to "how are we gonna beat the ba**rd?" in the same way, so quit trying to push these worthless stories that don't make any difference whatsoever.

Rick Sanchez needs to get a life. The way we beat the B____ is dont vote her.

How hard would this have been?

"Ma'am, while I appreciate your support of my candidacy, I have to tell you that I believe language like that has no place in our politics, and I really wish you wouldn't use insulting, schoolyard terms like that to describe anyone, let alone a fellow United States Senator and a former First Lady of the United States. I have to say I'm disappointed and I hope our campaigns would rise above this type of talk."

I think that McClain handle it as
well as he could. I think that
the Republicans have a lot on
Ms. Clinton and I shudder the
campaign. I am a democrat and yesterday
my repubican friends told me about
Hilliary alleged affiar with one of her staffers, Huma. I check the internet
and there were 92,000 entries. So McClain situation is going to be the tip of the iceberg.

I personally love being called a beyotch: it shows that people are afraid of me. Seriously, this is politics and I'm sure Hillary can handle being called a lot worse (otherwise, I wouldn't want her to be president). The same can be said for the rest of the candidates, especially Giuliani.

I think John McCain was probably a little taken aback by this and did the best he could with the situation. Which Senator Clinton has done as well. However, there will be those who want to make a bigger story of this. I have every confidence that Hillary will win the nomination and the general election. And I admire John McCain for voicing his respect for her. Only the brainwashed will vote for Obama or Edwards ... they have shown clearly in the past couple of weeks that they are far from being "presidential" material.

Patrick, don't deprive us of your most excellent people skills. Please run for President. The time is NOW!

Ole SAMMY BOY is the one counting his chicks before they hatch by suggesting Hillary is the nominee. See you on November 4th 2008, SAMMY, and we can each go vote how we want to. If the republicans are tanking at the speed of today, frankly, I think your bushbaby may have to pull a PERVEZ on the USA, and stop that election from going forward. EH?????

How to bet Hypocrite Hillary? Simple: dont vote for her. Barak, John Edwards combined have much more politicial ideas and values than Hillary could ever acquire. Hell, I have better people skills than Hillary and I'm not running for president. I wouldnt run in a hundered lifetimes... I'd have to be a born liar, a born thief and be politically correct. So that would mean I'd never have a chance being the mayor's secretary.

Well, it seems that Hillary may not have the women vote completely locked up. Still, the story is funny. I don't think it means anything one way or another for McCain, except for the "wife" comment.

John Mccain did nothing wrong. He proclaimed his respect for Hillary Clinton and then was pilloried in the press by Rick Sanchez - a sorry excuse for a news anchor. What is wrong with this country? What happened to impartial news. It is one thing to disagree with the views of a candidate and quite another to attempt to derail their election effort. John Mccain deserves the respect and gratitude of the people of this nation. If you don't like him, don't vote for him. Nonetheless, he is still deserving of respect. Rick Sanchez should be fired for this reason. It is crystal clear that he either sought to derail Mccain's political career either for political reasons or in order to further his own career.

Didn't McCain once run for President? I vaguely recall a debate involving him and John Ashbrook.

"The PERFECT STORM for destroying the republican party is blowing in the wind...ROLL OUT THE BARRELS...WE'LL HAVE A BARREL OF FUN...sorry FAUX NOISE...your stories not getting the traction you used to?????"

Speaking of tired cliches, the Dems are counting their chickens before they are hatched. If the Dems could bring themselves to nominate an electable candidate they should easily win. But their hubris knows no bounds. Which is why Hillary will win the nimination and lose the election. And we all know it.

Isn't it interesting that McCain and his "good old boys" supporters have to plant a woman to articulate a dspicable question for the media to run with? Perhaps that is all they can come up with to try to chip away at a class act like Hillary. Both she and President Clinton (the respectful way to address him) have more knowledge of what our country needs and the intelligence with which to achieve these things with class and grace than any candidate that the Republicans have shown the American people yet!! Hillary has my vote and I trust the votes of the majority of civilized Amercians!!

Who is to say that Hillary isn't?

The PERFECT STORM for destroying the republican party is blowing in the wind...ROLL OUT THE BARRELS...WE'LL HAVE A BARREL OF FUN...sorry FAUX NOISE...your stories not getting the traction you used to?????

The 2008 general election will come down to whether we want Socialism, womb-to-tomb health care and higher taxes. I believe you Liberals and Democrats will be completely dumbfounded when the final tallies come in on Nov 4, 2008.

Once upon a time Americans had manners.

Senator McCain I thought was from a generation that used basic manners, apparently he is not. When you are not intelligent and have a little vocabulary your choices are few and sometimes there will be those that choose vulgarities when their vocabulary and intelligence offers little choices. She is excused for using vulgarity – she has little choices of words and no class at all.

Republicans (or at least the white woman--clearly no lady--in the video) apparently can't deal with a female politician except by calling her a bitch.
The level of stupidity that's represented
here is predictable from a party that twice elected Bush, fawns on Cheney, cheered on a war on the WRONG enemy, and
has run our economy into quicksand. May
their exile from power be long and humiliating.

I will support Hillary in the general, but I may not vote for her in the primary...here in PA, they dragged their feet and decided they cannot move up the primary from April...by the time I get to vote it may be a done deal

but no matter which, if any, party you align yourself with, there is NO call for how this woman asked her question...it was just plain rude

If that's what offends Rick Sanchez, he's obviously not right in the head. I think that's it for me. I'm going to have to boycott CNN. Obviously, they are biased pigs that call themselves reporters!!!

I like Senator Clinton very much and am leaning toward voting for her. But it's absurd to twist McCain's comments into support for that kind of name-calling. McCain clearly expressed respect for Senator Clinton. End of story....at least as far as I'm concerned.

Once upon a time American had manners.

Senator McCann I thought was from a generation that used basic manners, apparently he is not. When you are not intelligent and have a little vocabulary your choices are few and sometimes there will be those that choose vulgarities when their vocabulary and intelligence offers little choices. She is excused for using vulgarity – she has little choices of words and no class at all.

Lie down with dogs and you'll get up with fleas... The few remaining normal people among the Republicans (and I'd tend to count McCain among them) always had to know that someday the bill would come due for letting the right-wing wackos take over the party in return for their votes...It's happening....
Can't wait till somebody asks one of the Republican candidates "How do we beat the (n-word)?" Will Giuliani or Romney or McCain reply "That's an excellent question."?

Just more mudslinging. I don't blame any of the candidates for their strategies. They ALL have 'war rooms' and specific 'spin' methods.
I think a real measure of their leadership is how effective they've used the tools they've chosen. Hillarys strategy of crying 'They're ganging up on me' plays on her perceived vulnerabilites, but inevitably cry's "I'm weak". McCains campaign is a joke, a disgraced staff and bankruptcy sum it up. Hardly the characteristics desirable in a President. Both their voting records prove they pander to THEIR best interest, rather than the publics.

Who has a solid voting record? Who hasn't sold out to corporate interests? Whose campaign strategies focus on issues?

Ron Paul 2008

I would have hoped McCain would respond more strongly to the use of the word "bitch," but I'm not surprised he didn't.

McCain must be relishing his fleeting moment of "relevance" in this campaign.
But since he is merely a footnote this time around, let's move on.

The "controversy" is really not worth think time.
The question though, is most fitting.

While we enjoy the decline of the republicans let us take care to notice 2 lawsuits that will get settled before you can hear the truth of them. Dan Rather will get a bundle but not able to talk about it and Judith Regan will get a bundle and never go to trial. Both suits are like neon lights blinking...anybody see what the sign says? Any bets?????

HEHE I thought it was funny, I would of added more explicits to it though!

So Sanchez is upset that a person asking a question like that makes McCain look bad? Maybe if McCain said it himself he may have a issue, but even then where is Sanchez criticisms of what his Libs say about President Bush and Republicans? HUH, The double standard.

atlantamom - The Republican Candidates are not playing the Hate Hilary Card, it is the American People who hate her, 50% will never vote for her!
And if a Republican supporter says something about Hilary and people attack the Candidates, then they better attack the Libs for Moveon, Soros, Media Matters, MSNBC, NYT and so on! Otherwise you show your hypocrisy!

I find this very interesting. Sen. Clinton wants to become the leader of the free world. Yet she apparently has to send out her troops (including Bill) to complain about the "boys piling on" her during a debate. And now a member of the "Clinton News Network" has to come to Sen. Clinton's "rescue" when a private citizen exercises her freedom of speech, and a Republican presidential candidate doesn't condemn her use of the B-word.

For the last 5 years -- 24/7 -- President Bush has been under assault from the media, politicians and the public. He is constantly being called things like: "Hitler reincarnated," "the world's greatest terrorist," "dictator," "war criminal," "idiot," "Cheney's puppet," "religious zealot," "mastermind of 9/11," and of course "liar." And that is a small sampling! Yet, he just takes it all in stride. No complaints!

If elected, what will Sen. Clinton do when world leaders, the international and American media, the public and, heaven forbid, the White House Press Corps "pile on" her?

Who cares which one is the Democratic nominee when the collapse of the republican party for decades is nigh upon us. What a joy...

Who's to say the Hillary Camp didn't plant that questioner in McCain's audience to trip him up or get a reaction. Watch.... Bill will be on later, saying... "now their calling her names".. when he probably coined the term for her years ago!

Clinton Derangement Syndrome has started in earnest, and now I have to stop watching cable news, or my blood will boil... Hillary Clinton is not even my first choice as a Democrat, but the more the media and the right wing piles on, the more sympathetic she appears to me. "How do we beat the bitch?" spoken by a patrician-looking blonde Republican woman is a perfect forecast of things to come.

I think that it is disappointing that McCain's response was "that's an excellent question." Albeit it being a woman who asked the question, if it was a man that s/he was reffering to they would not have used that term. It is symbolic of the problems that continue in America to this day. If a woman is assertive and plays the game like everyone else, she is still a B, even if she is running for the most powerful position in the world. To me as an American that is very disappointing and I am disappointed in Mr. McCain.

I'm a Democrat who respects McCain. I think he is a true gentleman.

I used to respect McCain. But he has become despicable.

I am not so sure the GOP can win with the "Hillary Hate" campaign. First of all, it reminds women like me, who have worked hard to scrape by in corporate america, hitting glass ceiling after glass ceiling, putting up with discrimination, sexual comments, etc.. that Hillary is dealing with a little of that crap herself. It MIGHT JUST MAKE women who otherwise wouldn't identify with Clinton, a little more sympathetic to her, when she gets called foul names, and it gets "appreciated" and "covered" by the media. It's getting old, fellas. Perhaps republicans are having trouble talking about real issues, because of their horrible 8 year record. However, don't be so sure fear and smear is going to cut it this time. People, men and women alike, are sick of this crap. We crave substance, and while Hillary has come up short in some ways, she's not smearing opponents. Better watch out, good ole boy club. Young women don't appreciate this sort of nonsense.. and we VOTE.

McCain didn't say it, although, I am sure that he appreciated it. Where is Hillary when McCain's detractors are calling him a "bastard" and a "traitor" and a "liar", etc., etc.? At least this questioner was a woman and not another "boy" "ganging up" on poor little goldie-locks Hillary.