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I won't vote for him or any other Democrat either.

When was the "dinner party", where was it held, and was McCain there?

Was McCain in Los Angeles at all in November or December 2000? That at least should be verified before spreading the rumor.

Arianna is a former Republican windbag and now she changed; she's a liberal "something" windbag.

Many say that, "they wouldn't believe a word that comes from Arianna". Well, I'd believe the words over McCains word ANYDAY! At least she tell it as she see's it. He tells it as dreams it.

Ariana's problem with the republican party is subliminal.....that she subconsiously associates her sham marraige and shame that comes from tying the knot with a gay man during her tenure as a republican. Any life-altering circumstance such as hers is bound to form the foundation for insanity. She naturally gravitates toward fabrications today as her previous 'reality' as a republican was really 'fiction' in her consious mind. Now she does herself a disservice by 'projecting' her insanity on the Internet and attempting to inflict damage on the one, true consistant theme in her prior life, conservatism. Kind of like the daughter who is given everything by her parents as a child but then goes on to fail as an adult, only to find fault with her parents' style of upbringing. Nothing to do with her own personal choices, mind you. /s

Arianna is a joke whose 15 minutes of fame are up.

Coming from Arianna Huffington this means....Absolutely nothing! Having said that, this won't prevent the Liberal media from using this as a 'story' as evidenced by this article...Also, John Kerry's offering of the VP slot to McCain in '04 and McCain actually considering it will resurface during this election year as well...This is what happens to people like McCain - who are dependent on the media to create them - they are then destroyed by the same promiscuous Media...McCain was dumped for Obama - plain and simple...Knowing the variables of McCain and the Media - seems like a fair deal to me - Live with it, Senator!

I Wouldn’t believe anything Hufington has to say. She has no credibility

I am not sure if I believe it or not, but that is not really the point. While I am not a fan of John McCain, his vote is his private business and none of mine or anyone else's.

His vote is private & isn't anyone's business.

I'm no fan of McCain but I wouldn't believe a word that comes from Ariana Huffington.

Seriously, as much as i'm against Mccain.. you can't trust that thing called arianna huffington.. she just comes out as a blatant propagandist most of the time with no objectivity or honesty!

I believe it, and is really the basis why I wouldn't vote for him. I liked McCain in 2000, but then he prostituted himself and became G.W.'s lap dog to get ahead.

Still voting for Ron Paul. Not going to compromise for any of these remaining puppets. They are all the same candidate, just different marketing. May as well be a monarchy if Clinton gets in between the Bushes and Clintons. Here's how I see things going. 1988 BUSH - 1992 Clinton, 2000 Bush Jr., 2008 The Hillary, 2012 or 2016 Jeb Bush, 2020 or 2024 Chelsy... The only reason I could see voting for McCain or Obama would be to break this never ending cycle of two families controlling everything.

So how exactly does it help McCain's Presidential quest to embrace one of the least popular presidents of all time? His support of the war in Iraq was not based on his love of President Bush but on doing what he thought was right based on the knowledge we all had at the time. I think it's great that he didn't vote for Bush in 2000 and I think he should admit it proudly. It's got to be really tough to run as a Republican beacuse there are so few of them that you can't risk losing any of their votes so you have to keep them in your back pocket while courting disaffected and moderate Democrats, Independents and Hispanics who won't vote for Obama but may very well vote for Hillary. You've got to twist yourself into as much of a pretzel as my previous sentence. Good night and good luck.

Wow, this is some smoking gun [sic] that Arianna Huffington has come up with. That John McCain, according to her recollection of a party after November 2000, did not vote for George Bush. Considering the events that took place affecting Mr. McCain it is completely understandable. This of course is subject to the validity of Ms. Huffington’s recollection and in light of her grasp of reality and tendency to fabricate “facts” on the Huffington Post it is questionable.

This of course is a vehicle for her piece on this account which leads to a conclusion using faulty logic leading to the expected conclusion of hers that “voting for McCain is a bad thing.” I’m sure she would use those very exact words.

Other than for the committed Huffingtonites and Democratites, this is a highly irrelevant issue since it doesn’t take into account whom he might have voted for in 2004.

Consider the source and please, keep trying Miss Stassinopoulos, you and your followers are rather entertaining when you get desperate.

If Hillary doesnt win the nomination -and we all know she wont - then Im writing her name in on th ballot in November.

nice, jake. i agree with previous poster -- either way it looks bad for mccain. finally, let's see some pressure put on him.

Who cares I dont? It was eight years ago.

McCain - Clinton 2008 (Hillary makes the ghost of her father happy by being Republican again)

Another point I nearly missed...

Either way. McCain loses. If it's true he voted for Bush both times, then his bluster about being a Maverick all those years is shown to be a lie, and the Dems have another peice of evidence of his support for the least favored president of all time.

If it turns out Huffington is telling the truth, then it shows that his cozying up to the Right Wing has been all for show, and he alienates them.

Perhaps, if Huffington was trying to score political points with this revelation, it doesn't matter at all what the truth is. Simply pushing McCain to talk about who he voted for was guaranteed to damage him one way or another.

Another preview of the rough ride he has ahead of him. Everything he says will be a balancing act, trying to please Bush's old base without looking so much like Bush that he alienates the center and left, and vice verse.

That's the secret Dem weapon this fall, but nobody's covering it quite like that.

Well, we should ask ourselves which one's the politician? Another question, who stands to gain the most from this issue?

McCain is the politician here, and he's desperate to erase his "maverick" image so the Right Wing will embrace him, so he's not likely to fess up if the story is true.

Huffington has more publicity than he does these days. Her site has broken some pretty significant stories these days, she's been on several talk shows, and her book is out and getting lots of attention. In short, she doesn't really need the publicity, so if this is some sort of stunt to generate interest, it's not really neccessary.

She wouldn't risk the bad press she'll get if she's shown to be a liar on this story, and McCain really has a strong motive to cover this story up and lie.

I'll go with the Bush Clone for $500 please Alex.

Whether this is true or not, it gives Huffington the opportunity to feed the fire; the idea that McCain would be just "8 more years of Bush" (terms used by Dean of the DNC)is grossly exaggerated by the liberals.

I believe McCain. I can't stand that woman Arianna. Talk about SHRILL!! I cannot stand to hear her voice.

I will vote, for the second time in my life, for an American. Either Hillary or McCain pass that test for me. Obama may grow to be an American some time in the future... Remains to be seen. As it stands now, few Americans are ready for a cabinet that will likely include Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan.

Ms. Huffington is the left-wing (convenient) equivalent of Mr. Limbaugh. Both say provocative things for money. Both could not care less for people.
Both are quite self-serving.
The only difference is Mr. Limbaugh mostly accepts that he is in it for the revenue but Ms. Huffington portrays herself as The Savior thus several notches lower than Mr. Limbaugh.

Wasn't Everybody Stepping on American Flags?

Marathon Pundit finds a photo of Obama's friend, donor, and former fellow board member Bill Ayers, stepping on an American flag.......

Eh, it's a long time ago, right?....

It was the '60s. .....

Every young person did things they regretted back then.......

Oh, wait, this photo is from 2001... the same year Obama served together on the board of the Woods Fund and Obama accepted a campaign contribution from him.

I voted for President Bush not once but twice. The only way I would ever vote for John McCain is if Hillary wins the nomination. A proud Republican who cannot wait to vote for Obama!

Do you really want to end the war?

Then bring back the draft. It is obscene that we are waging a war of such import without a draft.

It would be no surprise, as McCain's feeling toward Bush in those days was well known.

As for Arianna, who married a rich gay man, and then divorced him and took all of his money, well, just wave a few dollars in her direction, and she'll vote for whomever you like.

I had dinner with Arianna and John McCain together in bed. I read it on the internet, so it must be true!

WOW !!! this place sounds like the haven for extreme right wing apologists. With all the hell republicans put us through right from GWB Snr to his son Doubya "Nukila weapon" Bush, I never thought that anyone in his right senses will even consider any republican again in the white house anytime soon.
You are all the same. If you vote McCain in November, then America is cursed for ever because we will keep moving from country to country fighting these irresponsible wars and wasting innocent lives especially those of our children, at the slightest excuses.

i feel a litter dumber after reading this story.

oh yeah, im sure we ALL belive arriana huffington on this... she would NEVER try to start controversy with the conservatives.. lol
very weak attempt.

Please don't give this woman any coverage. She covets attention.

She was a regular on Keith Olbermann and I only watched to see which of the two would hyperventilate themselves to death first. I lost interest. Post when it happens and I will read it here at ABC.

Rush Limbaugh also collects dirt of other people and succeeds. I hope the Repubs in this blog lambasts him for the same acts!!!!

I have to give John McCain a little more credit than I've been giving him, but I'm not surprised that he didn't vote for Bush. The Bush campaign said some pretty nasty things about John and Cindy McCain throughout the Republican primaries of 2000.

Fortunately we still have a viable candidate in the running as the replacement of GWB. Of course that candidate is Hillary, she is the only candidate remaining in the race with experience and intelligence. She is the only qualified choice that we have this election. If she doesn't get the Democratic nomination she will either run as an Independent or as a running mate with McCain.

I understand that several of the Republican leaders prefer her over McCain so she might be the nominee and McCain as the VP. Counting Florida and Michigan she has garnered more popular vote than any of the other candidates in the running, regardless of party affiliation.

Hillary '08 - No yes we can here...just yes we will!

The truth is the man whom I so admired and voted for in previous elections has become a stooge for Bush. He is such a disappointment to me and all the other military vets like me who counted on him to remain true to his principles. Amazing he has any puppet followers still out there.

McCain didn't vote for Bush? In my eyes that's a huge plus!
Oh, and with the claim of "thirst for power" - like your boy Obama, who is just that a boy - inexperienced and certainly not in the position to run the nation at this time - isn't?
What's the rush Obama, I seriously don't understand? So little experience - could it be you knew if Clinton would win, you'd have to wait 8 more years and by then you'd actually have a track record?

"Consider the source", is a very good response to the likes of Huffington.

Her "Post" is nothing but an incestuous, political tabloid magazine where the politically connected go to rat each other out.

It's like watching a rat eat his own tail.

Arianna switched to the left so she could be accepted into Hollywood. She has no core beliefs. She is a very shallow woman.

Arianna has had so much kool-aid she needs to go to detox. She is one evil mess.

Arianna Huffington was spewing her usual global warming propaganda crisis crap on Sean Hannity's show one day. Finally the conversation ended something like this:

"Arianna how did you get here today? Did you fly private jet?"

"Well Sean, it was going to New York anyway."

Ka ching. They're all frauds.

McCain didn't vote for Bush?

Big deal. We will never vote for Obama and that is why he will lose that in the fall.

John Stossel interviewed Arianna Huffington the other night on 20/20 and he pummeled her. Every claim she made, he brought out charts listed with facts that showed she was DEAD WRONG. She would just laugh and say Stossel should be ashamed of himself. Why? Because he speaks the truth?! Arianna isn't use to getting the facts shoved in her face, so she wasn't prepared.

And the best part was where he showed her huge mansion and said she used more energy than 100 people in a third world country. LOVED IT!

I would remember the conversation if I was talking to the guy that got punked by Bush in the SC primary.

But that is not the point. Deny it all the way to November if you want, but McCain is not even a shadow of his former self. As an Independent who strongly supported him in 2000, I am truly saddened.

Arianna is so busying carrying water for Obama she has little time to be accurate about anything.

She has been running a hypothetical assertion about a "Nuclear Option" for the past three stories and her sheep buy the story even though it makes no citations, no quotes and is pure conjecture.

Yeah, she is credible !

Not a far-fetched story at all. Look at all the Hillary people who say they will abandon their democratic principles in November and vote for Republican McCain rather than their likely Democratic party nominee- Barack Obama. All these folks are bitter and can stand together in shame in the fall.

Who cares who John voted for in 2000?

Yeah right...Obama can not fool us anymore and the entire Americans...flip flop.

By the way, Obama doesn't know what relief and holiday means. Gas relief/holiday is temporary relief and any relief is good and is good for the Americans. If you are opposed then Obama and Bloomberg are no good for America. They are out of touch with then average Americans. Wake up superdelegates. The one who are dumb are Bloomberg and Obama. Oh by the way maybe the words relief and holiday are not in Obama's dictionary but only the words bitter, clinging, mocked Wirhgt, Rezco , and Ayers. Shame on you!

Obama's top ten lists should be:
1. Wright told America I'm just a Politician. Oops...that is true.
2. I'm so eloquent...oops my writer wrote it.
3. This is my economic plan...oops I forgot to ask my advisers first and I'm waiting for Hillary's lead. I don’t want to be a Flip Flop on issues again.
4. Let's stick to the actual issue..oops, Michelle and Caroline should say that at CNN..
5. Come on Hillary's defectors and join me...oops do you think you can fool me I will defect also after I win and resurrect my loyal friends Wright, Rezco, and Ayers
6. Bitter and clinging - oops those are not in my dictionary, oops I got it from Wright.
7. Yeah, Wright mocked the Americans and I will lie by saying what he said is offensive….remember I'm a politician.
8. I'm electable…oops Hillary won the big states and has more electoral college votes to date that are crucial in November. Anyway, I fooled the superdelegates including the traitors.
9. Oops....I forgot what to say...where are my advisers.
10. Vote for Hillary...oops vote for me.

Before you can have CHANGE, we first need SOLUTIONS and that is HILLARY.
Michelle even brought Caroline with her. You can not fool us anymore. You are just all Politicians. Obama, Wright, Rezco and Ayers are all a disgrace to all American. After bitter remarks by Obama and Wrights mocking the American, then let's just forget about it. Yeah right. If this happened with Hillary for sure you are all jumping for joy. You can not fool us anymore and stop the lies...lies...lies...

Shame on those superdelegates that support Obama. They only think of their personal interest. If Obama wins, it will only be a repeat of Bush administration (a trainee who doesn't know what to do until he asks his advisers first). Wake up superdelegates!

Hillary won the big states and has more electoral college votes to date than Obama that are crucial in November. Wake up superdelegates.

The question, now I wonder, if Obama voted "Present" in all the previous presidential elections.

It wouldn't surprise me since McCain responded to a questioner, saying even now he can't even bear to think about how he was beaten in SC.

I completely believe that McCain would have chosen not to vote for Bush (whether he voted for a different candidate, or just decided not to vote, who knows?) After the very dirty politics that the Bush campaign used against McCain in 2000, can you imagine that he WOULD vote for Bush? Would you vote for someone who did that to you? No surprise he wouldn't want to admit it now, but I fully believe it.

Arianna is publishing a tabloid. As far as I can determine, she is the left-wing equivalent of Rush Limbaugh on the right. I saw her on Charlie Rose and was stunned by her rigidity and insistence that she is absolutely right about everything. No, I don't believe her.

jack51, thankyou..........and thankyou for your service in Vietnam.

We don't agree on ideology because I'm a moderate conservative. But I respect your past service to our nation.

Allen Ridge:

Like many Vietnam Veterans, I faced the draft lottery when I was 18, and decided to join the Navy. Volunteered for Vietnam.

Found out after I went in that my draft lottery number was high (therefore, I would not have been drafted).

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

She started as a right-wing republican now she is a far left-wing democrat. She allowed a doctored video on Huffington Post. Who do I believe? Mccain.

I didn't vote for him either. In fact more people voted for the Democratic candidate but Bush got elected by the Supreme Court.

Jack51, did you volunteer or were you drafted for LBJ war in Vietnam?

Please advise

and were supposed to believe this because?

I can't believe that Arianna would have kept that information secret for 8 years. She would have blabbed about it to the world.

A:

From looking at your posts around these boards, you seem to be the one that's prehistoric -- oh, did you say predestined?

Actually, my politics have grown from many, many years of learning and experience. Something folks like you would not understand.

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

Arnold's hummer quote was good indeed. I can think of better though. How about this one, "I am a McDonald's franchisee. I honestly would not let someone as inexperienced as Obama run my McDonald's. And if he couldn't run a fast food joint, what makes anyone think he could run a country?" Classic.

Is this a story or another abc "news" puff piece where democrat party reporter tries to impress his bowling buddies? Is there a shred of information here? Jake, where you unaware that your President has few good things to say about McCain so hardly expects some gush of affection you seem to expect? Why don't you stick to the drudgery of propping your own pathetic candidates with some journalistic cosmetics that will stick to pig lips? If it's too difficult for you to figure out these "complex" personal dynamics, maybe there's an opening in the 'home and garden' section....

Jack it is unusual that you admit you're a proud liberal. Most liberals are not so proud. They try to hide it, and that's why they changed it to "progressive." lol.

Jackt51 -- Vietnam Vet and Proud Liberal

Obviously, you believe anything you're predestined to believe. Such is an opinionated mind.

If I were sitting next to John McCain at dinner in 2000, and he told me he didn't vote for DUBYA, I would remember it!

And, given his treatment by bush/rove, I would not be shocked to hear him say that.

Too bad he isn't admitting his good sense back then. Of course, to do that would be to admit how silly his support of DUBYA is today!!!

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

After the way he was treated bt Bush in '00 he better not have. It's a dead issue now that he and Bush are literal bosom buddies. That pic of him hugging Bush... in a word...Priceless. The GOP is fini`.

I don't believe either of them. Do you remember what your wife said to you over dinner last night much less what two people told you at a dinner party seven years ago?

OTOH, 'airy Anna collects dirt for a living. I suppose she makes notes at the end of every party. Shades of Hedda Hopper.

I didn't vote for Bush either. Big deal.