I haven't said this in a very long time:

gag me with a spoon.

John McCain used to NOT love America... He has NOT always been proud of his country.

This is NOT the first time he's said this.

The McCain campaign fires back:

For five and a half years, John McCain couldn't even watch campaign speeches at the Republican National Convention, let alone deliver them. The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, would exploit his experience as a former prisoner of war for political gain at the RNC is despicable and insults our brave men and women in uniform.

Yeah, I guess he was just bombing gooks for the hell of it - not the country.

On, man. I picture this already in my mind.

This is gonna suuuuck! No question about that.

The more I see of this sad thing called the RNC, the more I remember last Thursday. Thank god, I tape it so my children and my grand children can see that on this times we had a choice. On November 4th, we must take it and make it a reality.

What does his POW-ness(i.e. scars) have to do with getting the country "moving" again?

One quick add with these snippets and Bush's endorsement at the convention, this illusion of change that the Republicans are floating will be a distant memory. None of McCain's policies are a departure from the Bush administration. It's that simple.

Can I just say again, for like the 100th time, I love Rachel Maddow.

I take comfort in knowing that most people are not paradox proof, and irony impaired, like Repugs are.

I've never seen anyone contradict the entire first half of his campaign with the second half, before. This is a first - and those idiots will not even get it, I don't think. Nobody really cares what they say anyway -

it's the ideology. And the personality - not the policies or the issues or anything else at all.

I take comfort in knowing that most people are not paradox proof, and irony impaired, like Repugs are.

I've never seen anyone contradict the entire first half of his campaign with the second half, before. This is a first - and those idiots will not even get it, I don't think. Nobody really cares what they say anyway -

it's the ideology. And the personality - not the policies or the issues or anything else at all.

I'm wondering if any impact from this speech will be lost because the delivery will sound like he's reading from a phone book.

http://pufferfish.typepad.com/

I wasn't my own man anymore. "

Manchurian candidate.

This is going to be excruciating, isn't it?

I'm torn between hoping everyone watches this, and everyone flocking to something else...

so I am soooo angry I just donated again!

And Greg sorry this is off topic but I am posting this again because I still cannot believe that post on the CBS poll. Shameful. So here are the numbers y'all---

From the last CBS poll - the one that showed Obama +8 from August 29 - 31.

UNWEIGHTED WEIGHTED
Total Republicans 247 229
Total Democrats 310 308
Total Independents 318 337
Total Registered Voters 781 743

The point is, they went from a match-up of 30.8% (R) to 41.4% (D) to a match-up of 31.1% (R) to 34.9% (D). And then they wrote that this showed that Obama's 8-point lead evaporated from last weekend! Now, are you going to tell me that's not comparing apples and horse apples?

POWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOWPOW

I"m so so sorry about these multiple posts.

I check and check before I try it again to see if it's posted.

I should just quit trying -

So, will he be reading the speech of note cards?

"My friends, I fell in love with...uh..[looks down at card]...my country when I was a...uh...[looks down at card]...prisoner is someone else's."

"Change is coming"

That, at least, I can agree with.

Andrea Mitchell is reporting that Palin intends to retreat to Alaska for "family time" while they bone her up, and she will not be available for any interviews.

Think about it.

No Today, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, C-SPAN, PBS, Charlie Rose, not even Gene Fucking Shalit...no tours common to and required by EVERY other candidate, but not Palin.

She is allowed to swoop in, lay an awful unAmerican stinkbomb, and fly away to Alaska without so much as a howdya do?

That thundering noise you hear is Alaska's population doubling under the weight of reporters...

I had no idea John McCain was a POW.

This is hilarious the man has been in Washington for 30 years, has voted 90% of the time with Bush and he is NOW talking about taking on Washington.

Fool, please. If he thinks that is going to work, he is sadly mistaken.

McCain fell in love with his country *after* he became a POW? What about when he joined the military, or before that?

McCain's speech in seven words:

"I was a POW, vote for me."

old, big spending, do nothing, me first, country second Washington crowd

Let's see:

Old? Check.
Big spending? 7+ homes, Check.
Do nothing? Votes with Bush, supports status quo, Check.
Me first, country second: Provocative jingoistic attitudes toward Iran, Russia to win election; endangers nation with inexperienced VP choice to improve chances in race. Check.
Washington crowd: Twenty years in Senate. Check.

Off-topic, but I just watched that pitiful Palin bio video. Rudy did them a favor by hogging more time.

Lol...Here we go again, McCain plays the POW card, but fails to offer any real economic agenda for our country. McCain has no shame.

I'm reasonably sure Obama's camp could win by a landslide just by quoting bits from the new narrative the McCain camp is pushing:

"George W. Bush is a liberal! Vote for us and we'll show you what real conservatives can do to a country!"

Try winning an election with that.

I find it incredible that John McCain a white man of privilege should talk about having scars that Obama does not have. John, you idiot, Obama has the scars of being black, OK? Can you dig that? For Christ sakes!

P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W!

Watch an episode of "Locked Up." Everyone in there's got scars, too. What about that makes you a better president, McSame?

We should be grateful, though, because as long as McCain and Palin go on dodging the issues, talking about his f-ing time in the Hanoi Hilton, the better they play into Obama's refrain: they don't have a plan or a record to run on.

P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W! P.O.W!

Watch an episode of "Locked Up." Everyone in there's got scars, too. What about that makes you a better president, McSame?

We should be grateful, though, because as long as McCain and Palin go on dodging the issues, talking about his f-ing time in the Hanoi Hilton, the better they play into Obama's refrain: they don't have a plan or a record to run on.

Hey McCain, my dad has scars from fighting in the Vietnam War and he thinks you're a complete asshole and a phony. And he'll be thinking that as he votes for Obama on Election Day.

George W. Bush didn't have the scars Kerry had in Vietnam in 2004. Why did McCain then support the former rather than the latter?

So is this election going to be like the scene in "Jaws" when they get drunk and the grizzled veteran compares scars with the college boy with "city hands?" Doesn't that mean McCain gets eaten by the shark at the end? Because he's certainly jumping it with this one.

"I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's.

So he didn't love his country before he was a POW?

After that it's just psycho-babble.

Just, for god's sake, let them keep the camera off of Piper Palin. That girl is *killing* us with spit-styling her little brother's hair.

I swear she probably won them more votes than her mother last night.

If she doesn't stop, we're going to have to do some oppo research on her.

I actually want to hear about his emotional scars -- The one's people [who know him best] say he is emotionally unfit to go anywhere near the red button.

Where are his psyc reports?

If memory serves, JFK never mentioned his heroics in WWII. In those days, it was considered to be in poor taste to set oneself up as some kind of martyr. The media would have (no pun intended) crucified a politician for making a big deal out of his POW status.

We all know McCain suffered. At a certain point, he's going to cheapen his experience to the point where few will respect it. It's what he's going to do, come January 2009, that he and the media ought to be focusing on.

I actually want to hear about his emotional scars -- The one's people [who know him best] say he is emotionally unfit to go anywhere near the red button.

Where are his psyc reports?

You know what else Obama doesn't have that McCain has: The Crazies.

And why did McCain hate our country so much before he became a POW? Is it because he didn't become a celebrity until after he was a POW...

Yes, senator McCain...

Thank you for your service to our country

Now about those scars...

After hearing numerous accounts of your volatile and abusive temerpament...

I would like some psychological testing done.

Ironically sir, having been a POW may have rendered you unfit for office. Some of our service men and women come back with from war with far worse handicaps than this so overall you'v been blessed.

Obama may not have the scars McCain does, but he also doesn't have the after-effects of repeated beatings and concussions, the hair-trigger temper, the fading and often faulty memory (and possible Alzheimer's), difficulty concentrating, not to mention the general physical deterioration of 72 years, the need for weekends off, the wrinkles,the roving eye (firmly planted on Palin's a$$ during her 1st appearacne as his VP pick), the itchy ring finger (or even the itchy trigger finger), ...or any number of other things that McCain suffers from that should make people think twice about voting for this aging and damaged man.

I like John McCain when he was still John McCain, he sold his soul to the extremist Christian right and his constant appeal for sympathy where for himself or for his running mate is embarrassing... I agree with Fred Thompson, "being a POW doesn't qualify you to be president"

Being a POW taught him one thing: how not to crack up when you know the whole fucking thing is one flailing absurd fiasco.

"McCain's Speech: Obama Doesn't Have "The Scars" That I Have"

And McCain doesn't have "The Scars" that Obama has.

The green background again? Are they crazy?

You gotta love it. These guys have completely run out ideas: "Don't vote for that guy, he has no scars. In case you were really considering it, don't! Because he can also do jumping jacks. We do not need that in the White House....my friends!!!" I can't wait for the next round, whatever it is!