McCain’s Temper Tantrum Tawdriness

Bruhman,

Do you still feel the same now that your "financial innovators on Wall Street have almost destroyed the US economy? Almost 30 years of "trickle-down economics" will do that.

Taxes in Canada are nowhere as high as you suggest. Check your facts.

Why is the dust-up news? Thad Cochoran said McCain did it. McCain says he didn't.

Nobody in the media has bothered to ask any of the Sandinistas if it happened. After all Daniel Ortega is now the president of Nicaragua? He can be contacted. How about asking Adolfo Calero?

Also remember that McCain may not be physically capable of lifting anyone up by the collar. That's result of broken limbs he sustained during torture as a prisoner of war.

McCain is quite capable of losing his temper or saying something that would bring someone out of their chair.

Just remember that both the Sandinistas and Contras were responsible for killing thousands of innocent civilians.

People like that only understand tough talk and action.

If Obama talks to the likes of the Sandinistas, he'd better talk tough too.

I owe Mr. Klein an apology. He actually did cover McCain's interview with Robin Roberts on Good Morning America. Unfortunately he never mentioned that McCain lied to Roberts when she quoted him saying he was not an expert on the economy. He denied ever saying it. It was the same lie he made to the late Tim Russert during a Presidential debate. Russert later confronted him with it on Meet the Press. Lie once on TV, get caught by NBC. Lie again to ABC, get ignored.

If you point out that Mr. Klein finds a way to defend everything bad said about McCain or attack anything good about Obama, your post is deleted faster than John McCain can lose his temper or change his position on just about everything.

bubalu,

What do you mean "if"?. You were gonna vote for him anyway!!! This garbage of a story is what sealed the deal for you, with McCain? That's pathetic.

If there is any...I mean one iota...doubt that McCain will differ from Bush, then hiring Rove's subordinates should dispel that thought!!!

LR-Just so you and everyone else can understand something. Obama has said he will raise taxes on the rich and use those taxes to fund some of his give away programs, more welfare, solicilized medcail care etc. Well lets look at something, first the rich have money and a team of people to help them minimize taxes so here is what will happen. When the taxes are raised as he says on capital gains, the rich will move their money to something like a muni bonds or annuities where they do not have to pay taxes or pay very minimal taxes. Then if they need money they will just use the bonds or annuities to obtain a loan (no taxes on loans right) and wait until better tax programs are in place. Remember most rich do not have a job that they get a W-2 on they run business and investments. They are the ones that creat the jobs, and with no investments no more jobs plan and simple. So guess who winds up paying for Obama's give away programs to those who do not want to work just want to go get their hand out cause they think those who do work owe them a living. You got it you who are working day in day out and drawing a pay check. It won't be the rich cause they will protect their money as they should. If you look back at all the pasted tax reductions you will see that they always enabled growth in the jobs market and the investment market and that is what we have to have. If we start down Obama's road then before long we will be being taxed at 50-60% or more just to support his give away plans. Take a look at our neighorbs to the north or the UK and you will see 50 t0 65% taxes. Good luck and look for ways to protect what money you do have there are investments out there that you can put you money in and not have to pay taxes on it right away and that is what you need to do if you have any spare money at all.

If this is true, I like it and I'll vote for McCain. We don't need a marshmallow for a President.

McCain had been so brutalized during has P.O.W. captivity that he has since been unable to lift his arms above his head, and cannot put on a jacket by himself.

Yet we're expected to believe he, a 51 year old disabled man, was able to manhandle someone else in the room before anyone else could intercede?

This comment (just like the last one where I pointed this out) will be deleted in 5...4...3...2...

The key word there was DIPLOMATIC mission...Something that Republicans cannot concept on so NO WONDER why you think its cool he was a grade A jerk.
Just a heads up but this attitude is why our country is going down the toilet...You all should go crawl under a rock for the embarrassement you have caused our country instead of exhibiting your stupidity in public.

I wrote this elsewhere but I think it applies as it shows McCain having COMS (Cranky Old Man Syndrome). People with grandparents and great-grandparents know what I'm talking about. We love em' but when symptoms of COMS shows up we just have a slight urge to put them on plane to torment a rival relative.

"Oh my goodness. People are seriously thinking about electing a guy in his 70s to be the President. I love old people, and the more power to them if they can keep it up when young rabble-rousers. But seriously someone brought up an honest point. If someone 74 (who looks 74- like someone took a paper bag and put it on their face and spray painted it) was going to give you laser eye surgery , would you stop and question maybe if his/or her age could be a hindrance for the success of the operation? I think ageism is not a good thing but people at a certain age shouldn't be trying to do something that could be and is physically and mentally exhaustive. And don't tell me age has nothing to do with things, because when someone over 70 cuts you off on the road, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Like I said I love old people but they can (old men in particular) be quite cranky and senile. Unless McCain is receiving organ transplants from a 20 yr. old, taking super-vitamins, exercising everyday, and doing crossword puzzles (take note my gray haired friends- its exercise for the mind), there is nothing that you can say to persuade me that he is not too old for the job of running the country. Did I mention I love senior citizens and sometimes I read AARP?
Take note McCain campaign: I will definitely change my tune if they show very recent clips of McCain doing bench presses, drinking carrot juice smoothies, and working on a Sodoku puzzle."

jake, nicely said.

to:Posted by: L.R. | Jul 3, 2008 2:40:27 AM

Thank you.

That was an excellent , thought provoking, fact based post.

I hope some of the other people here take to the time to read it.

It would probally prove worth while for them.

hmmm... so it seems that a republican who hates McCain has said that 21 years ago, McCain lost his temper and grabbed a Sandinista. Whoop-de-do. Somewhere around that time Barack Obama was snorting cocaine. A couple of months ago, Hillary Clinton was saying that Barack Obama was too inexperienced to be president.

I care about things done recently. Like pledging to aggressively persue public funded election, where no influence peddling can occur because the "donors" are anonymous taxpayers, and then backing out of it when it became politically convenient. (and then claiming that by doing so, he was reforming the system! I'm sorry, how it that reforming the system, it is undermining a system that has been fair and impartial). Statements like that worked well to get you all those early primary victories, but were easily discarded once the principles they embody became politically inconvenient. Newsflash to Barack Obama - most democrats wait until AFTER they are elected to begin breaking their election promises.

Trashing a pastor and adviser of 20 years when it became politically advantageous to do so. Mr. Obama stated that it was Wright's observation that Obama was saying what he had to to get elected, but did not believe those things, that was most appalling to him.

Wright: God Damn America! US of KKK!

Obama: I could never reject him, he's like an uncle...

Wright: Barack's just saying things he doesn't really believe to get elected....

Obama: I reject and repudiate him! Back, Spawn of Satan!

I want to know what a "typical white person" is. His statement that they are afraid of blacks indicated his belief that whites are intrinsically racist. In his new era do we refer to each other as "typical black people" and "typical white people?"

I want to know why he says he will only raise taxes on those over $250k income, but will levy a 6% payroll FICA tax on anyone making over $100k. I want to know if he is planning on letting the '01 and '03 tax reductions, which are helping me keep my finances afloat, expire. I want to know if he is going to screw my small business by raising corporate income tax. Will he increase capital gains tax as he has promised, this hitting people who are retiring and cashing out their retirement bonds and stocks? What OTHER taxes that he has neglected to mention does he have in store? After all, he was going to "aggressively pursue" public financing, until he decided to change his mind. If he cannot even keep his election promises until the election itself, how do you expect him to keep promises about taxes? Can you afford to operate on 10% less money each year than you get today? Because unless your "income" is from the welfare dole, that's probably a best-case scenario in an Obama presidency.

"Wesley Clark is the true American - and military service:

Clark has commanding experience - McCain "commanded" a squadron - Clark holds his ground, McCain throws a temper-tantrum. No contest.

Posted by: sandy | Jul 2, 2008 4:21:06 PM"
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Clark does have a lot of military experience.

McCain has experience of decades in the senate. He is the ranking member of a variety of committees. He has been on the senate armed services committee for 21 years. McCain's extensive experience in elected office is what qualifies him to be president. His acceptance of years of torture in exchange for nothing more than honor speaks to his character. His returning from that hell-hole with determination and grit, rising to high public office, is a testimony to his resilience when other men were destroyed by their trauma in Vietnam. His leadership role in securing humanitarian aid for Vietnam in ensuing years after they tortured him for 5 1/2 years is testimony to his heart.

Clark's recent comment about McCain - that getting shot down from a fighter plane does not qualify one to be president - belittles McCain's heroic show of dignity and character in his POW years. It mocks his decades in the senate with long track record of bipartisanship and battle against government waste. And it is a violation of the honor of a fellow soldier, which Clark as a general should be more aware of than most. Mr. Clark lost a great deal of my respect when he made that statement. I was hoping that he just mis-spoke, but lo and behold he expounds further on this issue. It is a sad day indeed when former senior military officials become so blinded by partisanship and greed for political gain that they abandon the core courtesy of not disparaging another soldier's honorable conduct.

from boston - and your point is?

Glad to see the new poll confirm that Michelle Obama is the most hated women.

anybody want to see borok presidency after 1 yr welcome come on down. businesses already leaving mass.

We have borok brother here - governor patrick. He came right after Romney, a year ago, and already destroyed the State.

This is funny! The "hero" at his best:
When asked by the National Journal in 2003, "Do you think that military service inherently makes somebody better equipped to be commander-in-chief?" this politician answered, "Absolutely not. History shows that some of our greatest leaders have had little or no military experience. ... I have advised that I'd be very careful about how much you talk about that, because you don't want it to sound self-serving." The person who said that was John McCain, and the presidential candidate he was talking about was John Kerry.