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McCain To Do Stephanopoulos This Weekend

According to his calender, John McCain will appear on This Week with George Stephanopoulos this Sunday.

Something tells me that a lot of people will be watching to see if Steph asks McCain tough "gotcha" questions designed to gauge his "electability" and his ability to handle future attacks, as he claimed to be doing at Wednesday's Dem debate.

Anyone offering odds?

Late Update: John Aravosis has a good list of questions Steph might ask McCain.


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"Senator McCain, does Barack Obama love America as much as you do?"

The entire press corps have been "doing" McCain for quite some time already.

These would be fair questions:

Some people accuse you of having senior moments. Are you senile? Can you prove it?

You devulged state secrets when being tortured. Why didn't you kill yourself and save your honor instead?

Bush accused you of having an affair that resulted in a black baby.
The NYT says you had an affair with lobbyists. Do you still have affairs?


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What is it that you like about Ahi Tuna and Passion Fruit Mousse?

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Since meager associations with criminals and controversial figures is an issue, why can't direct and close personal/professional relationships be discussed. Mr. Bob Allen (made famous by an incident in a public restroom) should be fair game. The guy was chairman of McCain's Florida campaign, for crying out loud. And he was cruising for sex in a public restroom in a public park where children frolic and play.

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Since meager associations with criminals and controversial figures is an issue…

Good idea. I think we can form a connection between him and that Bush fella! ;)

I posted this as a joke, I had NO idea that McCain actually tried to commit suicide!

Not so funny now...

Now come on, this is a little over-the-top, isn't it?

Oops, missed your post. Sorry.

Madden;
You cracked me up! I am splitting my gut laughing!
Very good!

I expect nothing less than a full fellation of McCain by Staphyloccus.

Not be rude, flufferwink, but it's "Staphylococcus." That's an important syllable you're leaving out.

Steph will probably just give McCain a handy-j underneath the table.

Something tells me that a lot of people will be watching to see if Steph asks McCain tough "gotcha" questions designed to gauge his "electability" and his ability to handle future attacks, as he claimed to be doing at Wednesday's Dem debate.

"So, would you say you're a mega or super war hero?"

"Sen. McCain, why are you so awesome?"

"Senator McCain, did you remember to bring me donuts this morning?"

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"No, you say? Well that's okay...because I brought you some Uncle Mac. Can I call you Uncle Mac? Great!"

No, I don't expect him to ask the tough questions. He's shown himself to be a tool of the establishment. I'll hold on to that opinion until he shows otherwise.

Greg, next time, just keep the headline and drop the story. It will say all we need to know. Especially in this case.

I'd say Georgie is about three time more likely to play "hide the salami" with McCain than "gotcha".

"McCain To Do Stephanopoulos This Weekend"

The headline says it all. Will they be meeting in the Minneapolis Airport Men's Room?

Will George be using the Larry Craig Toe Tapping code:

I DA HO I DA HO I DA HO

I'm just glad that David Brooks has endorsed this kind of questioning. Now that electability "gotcha" questions have been legitimized by one of McCain's biggest supporters in the MSM, I'd like to know more about McCain's role in the Keating affair, the comments he allegedly made about his wife, the role of lobbyists in his campaign, the questionable loan using public financing funds, his inability to understand Shiite and Sunni, his divorse from his first wife.... You know, all the important stuff.

His role in setting fire to an aircraft carrier in Vietnam. The whole nine.

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Stephanopoulos will be as big a pussy as Chris Matthews was when he had McCain on "Hardball" earlier this week. If you saw Matthews "interview" McCain at a forum at Villanova, it was a joke. He has a guy who is joined at the hip with an anti-Catholic bigot like John Hagee in a forum at one of the oldest Catholic universities in the country and doesn't ask him one question about it.

Matthews needs to go to confession this Saturday afternoon and seek absolution for being such a spineless shill for an anti-Catholic bigot like John McCain. Stephanopoulos will be no better.

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GS will get down on his knees and do what he (and all the media whores) do(es) best to McSame. It will not be a pretty sight!

Why don't you send him an email and whine like you did with Obama?

Keep the pressure on and he may ask him where is his flag pin.

sigh. Why do you consider the flag pin an issue?

Patriotism does not equal flag-waving,

Anyone who supports the ACLU knows that.

And why is it when I image-Google "Hillary Clinton" and "John McCain" I don't find any photos of them wearing one? Is that not an issue? Or is their patriotism unquestionable because of some mysterious something they have in common?

Because he thinks ACLU stands for Addled Clinton Lovers Unite. Don't tell him what it really stands for. Let the the poor benighted lad keep on drumming up support for it.

Gotalife: So how are Oliver and Chloe?

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I'd be happy to suggest a place where you can stick YOUR flagpin.

Ask Huggy Bear a tough question? NEVER!

Boycott ABC News.

Watch CBS evening news.

Lara Logan is a great foreign correspondant,
and Ms. Couric is actually getting better at her position.

Why not watch and support having at least one Woman anchor on the evening news.

Man, I don't watch news anymore, except for webstreams. The internet is a superior source of information.

Hey Greg. Are you going to ask the Clinton camp about their March fundraising numbers? Weren't they supposed to release their FEC report by now?

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I want to know who is bringing the lube and who has the condoms for this orgy coming between Georgie and Johnnie.

No condoms. George loves and trusts John, whose honesty and integrity are beyond cavil. It'll be bareback, baby, all the way.

Except for unavoidable work-related reasons (Josh can watch), no one should tune in to this. As I wrote to the ABc news division.
You are dead to me.

Agreed!

He will probably do a same approach as Matthews did on hardball. McCain will do fine. It is not his time of media scrutiny. That time will come after the Dem challenger is elected.

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It took me a while to figure out that he wasn't kidding…

In my defense, (a) you primed me for humor, and (b) it's a pretty ludicrous claim.

Naw, it will be softballs lobbed to McCain. Afterall, George considers McCain a member in good standing of the beltway fraternity. The two of them will probably share a knowing chuckle about how awkward the pledge Barack was in reacting to George's hazing.

Good old boys. Look for the secret handshake.

Who will gotalife Do this weekend?

Louisville1975, OttoS or Marginal Player ?

Inquiring minds want to know!

Possible questions:

"Do you think that Obama's relationship with Ayers is problematic?"

"Is Obama's pastor patriotic?"

"Do you think that Obama will raise everybody's taxes?"

"Why doesn't Barack Obama wear a flap pin? Do you think he hates the flag and our nation?"

"Is Barack Obama electable?"

"Is Barack Obama an elitist?"

"Does my hair look okay?"

Actually, your fourth one is wrong. The question will be "Sir, how high do you think Senator Obama would raise taxes on the middle and working classes if he were elected?"

My bet is he will literally "do" John McCain, on the air, sexual intercourse. It will actually be John who initiates though, out of appreciation for George and Charles's good work on throwing right wing talking points and non-issue questions at the Democrats the other night so neither of them got to discuss the current problems or how to fix them.

It should also be noted that Hillary is apparently quite happy not talking about the issues or the solutions, apparently her, the Republicans and ABC all agree that the debate went super!

Only problem is no one else thought so.

"Senator McCain, how do you stay so handsome despite having that hidious surgical scar and having been born during the Cambrian period?"

"Senator McCain, would you not agree that all Democratic candiates are effeminate girly-men and all Democratic women are emasculating lesbians?"

"Senator McCain, do you think you're winning because you're so much funnier and more honest than Clinton and Obama?"

"Senator, how many trillions of extra revenue do you think your proposed tax cuts will bring in in your first super-terrific year as President of these United States?"

"John, do you think it would be okay if I just sat her without asking any questions for a few minutes and basked in the glow of your unquestionable integrity?"

"Senator McCain, a process question. Do you think your stories about the strippers you've banged will undermine your reputation for rugged masculinity with white working class men in swing states?"

The only reason I can think of to watch this show would be to see if Stephi can do two things with his mouth at once.

Nice one...

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I reserve the "LOL" for when I really "LOL"

LOL

Something tells me that a lot of people will be watching to see if Steph asks McCain tough "gotcha" questions designed to gauge his "electability" and his ability to handle future attacks, as he claimed to be doing at Wednesday's Dem debate.

Or some of us will boycott it.

Stephanopolous's excuse for why he won't ask the same kind of asinine questions is going to be that Obama, as the nominee, won't raise these kinds of stupid issues because he's playing a different kind of politics, so they won't come up, and thus don't affect McCain's electability.

Got it?

Worst headline ever?

So much for lunch.

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peteracevedo
April 18, 2008 11:17 AM | Reply | Permalink

Peter I went to that site. Thank you so much, I am now more convinced than ever that ...

the people who oppose Obama are so deluded and irrational that they make a great case for electing him.

Thanks.

I imagine he'll be asking more for McCain's take on the Democratic scandals than his own. For example:
"Why doesn't Obama wear a lapel pin? A reliable source told me it's because it burns his heathen skin."

I think just by virtue of the fact that this is a Sunday talk show rather than a primetime debate, it's going to be a lot less confrontational.

"Something tells me that a lot of people will be watching to see if Steph asks McCain tough "gotcha" questions designed to gauge his "electability" and his ability to handle future attacks, as he claimed to be doing at Wednesday's Dem debate."

where can I make a bet on this?

"Senator McCain, do you think that being a war hero and a maverick makes you too much of a stud for the White House?"

"Senator McCain, when you rise in the east every morning, does it concern you that you're leaving the other side of the planet dark?"

"Senator McCain, as a hero, do you believe mainstream voters should be concerned that Democrats hate America?"

"Joe Lieberman... spitter or swallower?"


Would you say you're more of a hero maverick or a maverick hero?

Senator Clinton; George and I have grown tired of beating Senator Obama over the head with our baseball bats; would you care to take a few swings?

Thank you Charlie, and yes I would.

"Senator McCain, can I get you a cushion?"

"Senator McCain, can I get you some more water?"

"Senator McCain, are you comfortable?"

"Senator McCain, ther's a speck of dust on your shoes, can I lick it off?"

"Senator McCain, you are such a mavericky kinds guy, can I call you Ricky?"

"Senator McCain, you will love my Halibut with napa slaw, will you let me give you my recipe?"

"Senator McCain, Isn't Barack Obama a manchurian candidate? After all we know so little about him."

"Senator McCain, you and Senator Clinton have passed your CIC tests, why hasn't Barack Obama? Would you say it's something genetic?"

Why doesn't someone ask him (a) why he and his wife file separate tax returns and (b) if he will release her returns as well.

Here George, take notes:

Senator McCain, you once said Chelsea Clinton, 16 at the time, was so ugly because Janet Reno was her father. Are you prepared to rreject/renounce / or disown that state? And a followup- how would you feel if someone made that kind of remark about your daughter?

How much you want to bet Stephafuckulous will suddenly see the light and take the criticisms to heart just in time for the McCain interview?

OMG! I totally choked on the water I was drinking when I saw that headline!

worst.headline.ever.

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Oh, I have a feeling it was quite intentional. And we thought Greg had no sense of humor.

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If George wants to be fair he should come to TPM and KOS, post a request for questions then use some of them to grill McCain. He apparently can't think them up himself.

I for one, have no intention of ever watching This Week with George Stephanopoulos ever again. I'll wait for the recap on HuffPo.

Just saying.

Some headline! But accurate in a real kind of way.

By the way, has anyone talked to Sean Hannity of Fux-To-Inanity TV? Did Hannity give Stephi any talking points? We wanna know.

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According to Josh's front page post at TPM John McCain's wife will NOT be "sharing" her tax returns with the public. One can only hope that Stephanopoulos will press this issue with McCain. Inquiring minds want to know more about the family fortune.

I understand the legal reason's for Cindy keeping her finances separate from the Senator's, but if he wants to be our President we better know more about that fortune. It is even more important because of McCain's previous brush with ethical matters with regard to the Keating 5 mess.

"Senator McCain, when former Secretary of States James Baker endorsed you in February, you said, 'I look forward to his counsel and am honored to have his support.' Were you aware at the time that Baker has been quoted by Jack Kemp as saying in 1992, 'Fuck [the Jews], they didn't vote for us anyway'?"

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A serious question for McCain:

"Given you were tortured and a false confession was extracted from you while being held prisoner in Vietnam, why is it you now support Waterboarding and other forms of "enhanced interrogation" techniques which may lead to the same result, a fact that has already proved an impediment to securing convictions against accused terrorists and "enemy combatants"?

I, for one, will NOT BE WATCHING Stephanoodlepuss ever again. I'm satisfied he's a Clinton operative, is under instruction to help the Repubs win if Clinton can't so she can run again, has generally has displayed such an obvious bias in his stupid Sunday morning show for the past few months that I no longer watch it, PLUS I am too busy reveling in my JUSTIFIABLE, RIGHTEOUS ANGER at all things nefarious, low, mean, petty and destructive after that ABC debate, to ever give ABC another boost in ratings attributable to moi.

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