PERFECT response!

Armchairmen, what say you?

Great stuff. One minor adjustment to suggest:

"The old John McCain used to boast about honorable politics, while the new John McCain ..."

Should be "the old John McCain" versus "now the older John McCain".

i'm hoping our friends in the corporate media will hit mccain over the head for this most blatant piece of flip-floppery.

he condemned them in 04, but now, just four years late he thinks its funny?

i'm not holding my breath though.

Slightly off topic. When did HusseinTenaX start writing for Vesti-FM?
"Russians were told over breakfast yesterday what really happened in Georgia: the conflict in South Ossetia was part of a plot by Dick Cheney, the Vice-President, to stop Barak Obama being elected president of the United States."
http://www.ruvr.ru/main.php?lng=eng&q=22513&cid=48&p=05.02.2008

Frankly, I don't believe it is McCain's responsibility to condemn Corsi's book at all.

First of all, many Americans, including myself, have had these questions about Obama for a long time and we have a right in a free country to read, write about, and research these claims.

Obama has continued to make it very hard to really know who he is outside of the rhetoric of hope and change. Consequently, I appreciate having information to at least research.

I am surprised by the people who just accept Obama WITHOUT fully researching him just assuming that ALL of the claims being made are false.

POTUS is too important a position to have blind faith in any candidate IMO.

Lori :)

It's McCain's fall back answer "We're having fun with our campaign", "have a sense of humor and get a life". His response here makes absolutely zero sense. Is Barack supposed to laugh off personal attacks? Why didn't McCain laugh off when he was accused of having an affair with a Lobbyist? Why didn't he laugh it off when Wes Clark rightly questioned his credentials to lead?

McCain is getting slimier and slimier every day.

Is McCain keeping his sense of humor about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oot9IbQxrI

Asked by a reporter today to comment on the book, McCain said: "Gotta keep your sense of humor," before his aides whisked him away.

This response is perfectly in keeping with McCain's character. If only he'd said it in front of a green screen with that shit-eating grin we're so familiar with and creepy giggle...

The real McCain - behold and do NOT avert your eyes, MSM.

In McCain's world there are three types of messages: positive, negative, and fun.

I couldn't believe it when i heard him say in a NPR interview earlier this week that his campaign has not run any negative messages (in response to a question about a story in the WSJ quoting Schmidt as saying every successful campaign needs one good positive message and one negative message). Of course, the NPR interviewer only brought up the Hilton ad, which he said was fun, and then off they were on another topic.

Funny, he didn't seem to have much of a sense of humor when Bush suggested he fathered a black baby. Guess some things just aren't funny to the VC war hero.

Why can the McCain camp ask "Is he ready to lead?" in every attack ad against Obama but when Wesley Clark questioned McCain's credentials to lead the GOP attack machine came out in full force?

"Gotta keep you sense of humor"?

"Gotta keep you sense of humor"?

Whatever McCain used to be no longer exists. McCain of 2008 is contemptable.

I think Obama needs to get his top surrogates out there slamming McCain for this kind of flip-flopping. Policy flip-flopping is one thing, but I find character flip-flopping despicable. There are reasons and explanations for why someone would change their opinion on a certain policy, such as Obama did with the gas tax holiday. But when it comes to a person's character, it's a huge deal.

McCain promised to run a civil campaign. McCain condemned these kinds of attacks in 2004. But now, he's perfectly fine with them. It's absolutely disgusting. The fact that he considers it "fun" is even worse. If I ever had an ounce of respect for that man, it's now gone. Completely gone. And good riddance to bad rubbish.

HEY EVERYBODY!!!

Gallup Daily Tracking poll puts the race at 44% to 44%!!!!

John just keeps on keepin' on!

Lori :)

So, I guess when the liberal 527's go after McCain's military record and the relationship between he and his first wife---I assume McCain won't mind when Obama say, "Gotta keep you sense of humor"?

I see commenters engaging with you.

I see one mention of Republican talking points.

And furthermore, in other threads, every time some one has labeled you a "troll", multiple people jump in and defend you.

But I guess that just means we're a bunch of gullible tools, unable to think critically.

McCain fathered illegitimate children. He's a bitter old man with a nasty temper. He's a warmonger who wants to start a war with Russia. He will give billions in tax breaks to oil companies and the richest. He married Cindy McCain for her money and is actually secretly a Satanist. He was born in Panama and actually has allegiance to that country. He continually cheats on taxes, and he actually was not a POW.

Hey! Have a sense of humor! It's humor! Relax and enjoy it!

CT Voter

I think considering Obama was suppose to have a HUGE lead right now, as other Dem's have in the past in August, a tie = a win!!!!

I get the feeling with this guy that his moral compass just keeps spinning in circles unable to find any direction and stick with it. He's lost. Completely lost. Now whether he's always been lost or age is becoming a problem, who knows. But this man has no functioning moral compass. We've already had a "leader" like this who due to his wealth and family status was never required to even look at a compass. We can't afford even one more day of this immoral behavior. Go home Johnny. Just go home. We don't want you playing in our sandbox anymore!

They need to tie this into questions about McCain's judgement. Statement should read something like - "John McCain thinks untrue character assasinations are funny. I think this is a perfect example of his judgement. In fact, this is the same man that believes singing about bombing Iran and telling jokes about the appearance of a first daughter are also funny."

They should also tie his response back to Bush. "Just like Bush, McCain refuses to condemn the false smears against his opponent."

Actually, if you reread the posts you may discover that you are actually the fu@ktard!

:)

Corsi's book is just another piece of
Republican Wet Dream Fiction. Corsi is a
jackauthor and Mary Matalin is a publicker
of jackauthors and Republican Wet Dream Fiction.

According to Ben Smith, a McSame spokeslady says that Mr. McSame did not hear the question.

No joke. I couldn't make this shit up if I tried.

In all fairess, John McCain's heroics are even older news than his affairs. If you discount the one, you have to discount the other.

How about a dirty laundry list of all McFools marital misadventures, flips and flops, crude jokes,
and arrogant lies and then ask:

Just who does Ol' John mean when he says "Gotta keep a sense of humor"?

Certainly not you or me because it's just not very funny.

I was listening to Corsi this morning who mentioned that "Obama Nation" was intentionally titled to phonetically sound like "Abomination."

Sweet!

LoriInMo: you may want to review your "Lobbyists: They all do..." remark. McCain initially spoke about his lack of lobbyists and now the counts are almost 50 lobbyists/ties to lobbyists are in his camp. Ones tied to the current Georgia-Russia conflict (see .

"Affairs" are not old news when commentary asserts that Edwards would not be fit to be President for breaking his vows and same commentators will defend McCain's affair with either your comment or "He was a POW for 5 years!"

The Obama camp came out with a 40-page rebuttal of "Obama Nation." Not 40 words, 40 pages. Some are minor in nature, some are not.

Here is a minor but telling example:

LIE: “The year 1995 was a banner one for Obama. He had just married Michelle and the couple bought a Hyde Park condo, the first home Obama ever owned.”[p 145]

REALITY: OBAMAS MARRIED IN 1992 AND BOUGHT A CONDO IN 1993

10/3/92 Obama And Michelle Robinson Were Married. [Chicago Sun-Times, 10/3/07]

1993 Obama Bought a Condo for $277,550. [Chicago Sun-Times, 1/22/06]

Again, minor, but if you cannot get dates like that right, how am I to trust the rest of the facts when very, very minor details are 2-3 years off AND the author's below self-admitted goal.

But Corsi's defense of "I'm not asserting it's true, just putting it out there..." does not hold water. The self-admitted goal of his book is to make certain Obama is not elected. Peruse NPR podcasts of today/yesterday for verification.

If you would like some McCain information, search the Phoenix "New Times" (8/7/08) for an article by Amy Silverman.

Finally, Corsi's book is not being debunked solely by Liberals, Dems, Hippies, SFValues people and the like. Conservatives are also panning this book for its lies/misrepresentations.

Oh, and Cheney is evil. Don't you watch "Li'l Bush"?

I'll bet McCain thought this was hilarious too:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/2008-01-16_anti-mccain_smear_flier.jpg

http://www.truthfightsback.com/mccaincorsi

Take a moment from your blogging and email your local newspapers...follow the link from J.Kerry's site above! Just takes about 2 minutes - I have already received response from one paper! This is very well laid out and put together!

FIGHT THE SMEARS!!!!

"I cannot believe George Bush and his handlers would insinuate that i had an out-of-wedlock biracial child from an affair simply to win an election"

Gotta keep your sense of humor, you hypocritical, slimy piece of shit.

As someone who, as an 18 year old, would have voted for McCain over Gore in 2000 had he been nominated, let me say: you are a fucking disgrace, mccain; a real joke.

"Gotta have a sense of Humor" is turning out to be the go to line for the McCain campaign when the proverbial dirt is being shoveled. Remember there was a lot of "Humor" in America's history.

Lieberman used it, Graham used it, and now McCain himself... They believe what you don't know won't hurt you. This is a "Classic" American response to things they don't want to acknowledge because in doing so, they would have to assume some responsibility for their surrogate’s actions.

You know when the teacher calls your house to let you know how bad your kid is in school and you side step the true issue to diminish the actions of your child.

We know how this works and it is weak, juvenile, and requires addressing. But, that will never happen because it will force this country to really reflect on its own responsibilities and Americans will realize how far this country needs to go. We will then realize how "GREAT" we are and our "MAGNIFICENT" history.

But, you don't have to care because many of us live in our own worlds, anyway. Hence, the response to 9/11, whodda thunk it??????

As someone who has had a modest career in general book publishing,I am particularly distressed and close to sickened by what once was a distinguished American book publishing company, Simon & Schuster, allowing its imprint to be used, even at one remove, to validate a piece of dishonest trash like the Corsi book. There really once was a time when a reputable publisher's imprint brought with it an assurance of at least a minimal standard of veracity. But I'm an old man. DanJL

So Hussein "Oh he called me a nigger!" and Whitey Dean get to spew their race baiting trash talk but then you want McCain to defend ButtBoy Obama?
Sorry ObaBots. Given the ObaCampaign's history of lie and smear they are getting just what they deserve. With more to come! Ha ha ha!
Oh Lawdy, thank you for Dean!
What a perfect response he has provided for anyone who wants to attack Corsi's OBAMANATION!
And what oh what will the Lawn Jockey in Chief have to say?

Poor ObaBots... you have all been sucking the ObaAss so long you are choking on the ObaShit.
And it is so much fun to watch your pathetic attempts at Heimlich...

The "no comment" is far worse than the "sense of humor" comment. Since McCain condemned "Unfit" four years ago when he wasn't running for President, what possible excuse can he have for not condemning the same trash monger and much worse trash in 2008 when he is running. Whatever honor McCain proved in Vietnam, he doesn't appear to have maintained it in his later years. He is not McSame. He is McWorse!

Good luck trying to make McCain own this after he was the only Repub to stick up for Kerry as former military men. Obama's people complaining about McCain not attacking Corsi won't get anywhere.

It's typical...Barack Obama was slammed for being endorsed by Louis Farrakhan....an endorsement he didn't ask for and certainly didn't want. Now McCain finds humor in the likes of this scumbag. This presidential campaign has caused or should I say stirred some issues deep within each and every American citizen. What are your true feelings about racism, sexism, military service, and age when it comes to who you feel should be the next president of the United States