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 Jimmy Gillman

Published - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

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McCain’s latest hypocrisy

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I won’t bother to recount the growing laundry list of John McCain flip-flops and hypocrisies, but the latest involving members of his senior campaign staff illustrate the core weakness of his increasingly unsupportable flights of fancy.

Never mind that McCain has attacked Barack Obama merely because he wants to open a dialogue with some of our adversaries -- a policy McCain himself has advocated on many occasions and a strategy being practiced under the radar by the Bush administration. Now we discover that several of McCain’s longtime associates and senior campaign officials are not only tried-and-true lobbyists of a kind the candidate routinely rails against, but lobbyists who have worked to improve the image of some of the world’s most despotic tyrants in countries hostile to the United States.

These include Doug Goodyear and Doug Davenport, both of whom were forced to resign after it was revealed they worked for the dictatorial regime in Myanmar, the same regime that has refused to allow distribution of relief aid to victims of the recent cyclone. Also on the list is McCain’s national finance chairman Tom Loeffler, who was forced to resign after his lobbying ties were brought to light, bringing the total number of departures (so far) to five.

Perhaps most troubling is the case of McCain senior campaign advisor Charles Black, former chief of the BKSH lobbying firm, whose clients include brutal dictators Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire and terrorist rebel Jonas Savimbi in Angola. Yet despite these unsavory ties, McCain has refused to fire Black. If we’re to believe McCain’s claims about experience and running a tight ship, how come his campaign maintained these associations? And if they didn’t know about the relationships, what does that say about McCain and his people?

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Darral Faas wrote on May 28, 2008 2:01 PM:

" To Demos solve problems: The Democrats started out okay by raising the minimum wage and other matters, but their biggest mistake was not seeking to impeach Cheney or Bush concerning the illegal wiretaps of phones or torture or other areas concerning the illegal Iraq mess. Why I don't know...possible fear of Watergate's retaliation done to Clinton? Or did Democrats run out of votes to sustain a promised Bush veto on their agenda? This is why the Dems must count on either a veto proof majority in Congress or a President sharing their agenda. Clinton got welfare reform done only in spite of his party that he could get enough members of both parties to agree on a compromise. Then what does he get for his troubles...his zipper being used as news that nothing else gets done. "

Darral Faas wrote on May 28, 2008 1:49 PM:

" To HYPO-CRAT: I won't defend Teddy's behavior. His drunken past should have resulted in some sort of legal or disciplinary action, but MADD didn't have clout back then to force law changes that we have today and Congress was too chicken to take on a powerful Kennedy while the Democrats were in control of Congress. And its that name and power he has that results in some of the other perts you mentioned in your post. But that is what happens when someone becomes above the law or is treated like he is...reminds me of the present White House, don't you think so? "

HYPO-CRAT wrote on May 28, 2008 10:16 AM:

" Ted K should have been jailed for his drunken driving accident and not saving Mary Jo from a watery grave. ANY other driver would be jailed, fined, sued til poor and unable to hold public office because of felony conviction and public outcry. Ted opposes wind power because its in HIS backyard. Ted has his limo drive him a block while demanding you get rid of your SUV. Private jets, yachts, limos don't go with empathy for the poor or conservation of oil! Ted's father was a bootlegger and appeaser of Hitler. All of them cheated on their wives, broke their word and promises and feathered their nests at taxpayer expense. NOW, WHO IS A HYPOCRITE? "

Demos solve problems wrote on May 28, 2008 10:06 AM:

" Gosh I remember the last congressional elections when the Dems took control of both houses of congress on the promise of fixing everything. Since they took control, gas went from $2 to $4, we are in a recession/depression, taxes have soared, not one meaningful law has been passes, we have millions of illegals pouring in, health care has got worse AND this is the LOWEST rated congress of all time. I hope a Demoncrat gets in white house and after 4 years of more nothingness and broken promises, voters will finally understand that those that promise the most DELIVER THE LEAST! "

Darral Faas wrote on May 28, 2008 4:15 AM:

" To Vince Foster Revisited: talk about grasping at straws. Your conspiracy is baseless like most GOP talking points. Whether Teddy dies of brain cancer has nothing to do with the Clinton's. This is just another attempt by conservative fools to blame Clinton for problems unrelated. Just like in the Foster case, you lack true evidence to back your claim but that doesn't surprise me. After all, it was fools like this that rushed us into Iraq, yet failed to read the report before 9/11. I rest my case. "

Carl to Brian wrote on May 22, 2008 9:59 AM:

" For the third time, you missed my point. I wasn't taking a stance for or against stem cell research. In fact, I am for adult stem cell research because it has yielded results and you don't have to create life for the sake of destroying it, like with embryonic stem cell research. But, that is beside the point. See the first part of my 5/21 8:47am post. "

Dear Bwa ha ha wrote on May 22, 2008 1:47 AM:

" So don't vote for Obama. Not gonna affect the outcome. If a candidate be held guilty for everyone he/she come in contact with then they's all be "guilty" of whatever you fantasize Obama guilty of. There is a huge difference between the claim a guy travelled with Farakhan to Libya to meet Ghaddafi and the reality that he didn't. This reflects, more or less, the accuracy of most posts coming from the "right" these days.....all hype and banshee moaning and little or no fact. "

Dear Carl wrote on May 22, 2008 1:43 AM:

" Some people find stem cell research objectionable....so what? Not the people I hang with. Again, if they object then they can, in the future, refuse the cures derived from the stem cell research like some folks reject products tested on animals. If the "church" is against it it must make solid scientific sense....ask Galileo. - BrianGSmith "

Bwaa ha haa haa to Brian Smith wrote on May 21, 2008 7:58 PM:

" I made a mistake. Obama didn't go to Libya with Farakan, but Obama's spiritual and political advisor for the last 20 years, reverand Wright, did go to Libya with Farakan. Qaddafi and Bush aren't 'chums' but Qaddafi has stepped into the light by cutting its ties to Islamic terrorism and opening up his country for inspections. I'm not making anything up about Obama but his supports sure are, but then they have to because Obama hasn't done anything of substance. His friends (Ayers, Rezko), Advisors (Wright, Davis) and supporters (Farrahkan, Hamas) tell us all we need to know about what Barack Hussein Obama is all about. "

Michael Welch Kennedy Magic... wrote on May 21, 2008 1:29 PM:

" By the way apparently Mayor Daley WAS willing to forsake Humphrey for Ted in 1968; he was still a 'Kennedy man' and he made the proposal according to a book titled 'American Meoldrama' as I recall. Daley disliked Bobby and supported the Vietnam war but first and foremost he wanted a strong Democratic ticket that would 'win' and he thought Teddy could do it, what with a 'sympathy' vote plus the ol' Kennedy 'magic'... "

Michael Welch Big Jawn And His Baggage... wrote on May 21, 2008 11:45 AM:

" Re: McCain as a candidate, I am disappointed in his obvious sucking up to the very religious righties and smearists that destroyed his candidacy in 2000 but he had 'no choice' in the sense that he is after all a REPUBLICAN candidate and the money he really needs required that giant sucking sound. McCain's got a campaign staff FULL of lobbyists that he also had previously disparaged and he's yet presenting himself as the Iraq war president next, albeit he implies ONLY until 2013. Yep he's got baggage a la the great Pat Oliphant cartoon of W and 'Uncle Dick' tossing their 'bags' aboard McC's jerry-built pre-WWI era 'aeroplane.' Sigh!... "

Michael Welch Ted N Me... wrote on May 21, 2008 11:33 AM:

" I expected much worse a response to my 'Ted' pieces. I met Ted Kennedy, very briefly as a kid (in my 18th year) at a campaign event in 1966 at the old Mary E in La Crosse for Patrick J. Lucey, the lieutenant governor running for gov against Warren Knowles (Lucey lost; won in 1970). I had my copy of Arthur Schlesinger's 'A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House' and Ted shook my hand and signed it with a personal inscription. I 'paid him back' by voting for him in the Wis primary in 1980. Ted WAS culpable in the Kopechne death and he did 'get out of it' but I think he then did his very best for the next three and a half decades to make up for it. He's the last great liberal of the old days; I wish he HAD been president... "

Vince Foster revisited wrote on May 21, 2008 10:43 AM:

" Ted dished the Clinton's with his support of Obama. Ted goes to lunch with Clintons. Ted suddenly dying. Hillary and Bill will do ANYTHING to control the nation. Connect the dots! "

Carl to Brian wrote on May 21, 2008 8:47 AM:

" I wasn't making an arguement one way or the other regarding stem cells. I was pointing out a flaw in your logic that states in order for anyone to benefit from a medical advance, they must approve of how the medical advance was achieved. Some people find it morally objectionable to create life for the purpose of destroying it, especially when adult stem cells have achieved more results. "

To Johnny Hobo wrote on May 21, 2008 8:22 AM:

" A longtime senator is diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and you say "Couldn't happen go a nicer guy?" Wow. Tess doesn't want to taint Christians by including you in the flock. I might say the same for homo sapiens. "

RE fiercer wrote on May 21, 2008 4:10 AM:

" Not in my vocabulary, Homey. Regarding your blackness...as I said before race is not an issue with me. That comes from my parents and my personal experience growing up an Army brat. Obama's victory will do so much to put an end to that disease which still plagues various corners of this great Nation. But let me apologize for calling you a racist....not because you're black but because it is too incendiary and I'm trying to eliminate such attacks on fellow posters on these boards. Instead my attacks will be devastatingly full of facts and shear brilliance. Now back on with the gloves. - BrianGSmith "

Dear Harsch wrote on May 21, 2008 4:01 AM:

" You are correct. My spelling and grammar has been Bush-like recently. I shall endeavour to fix this egregious phenomena. RE: other things....again, I think you mentioned a few weeks past I'd be better served ignoring the juvenile banter from the anonymous skirt wearers who try to profit from my often using clear personal experiences to pound in some points or arguments. Please see my "Letter to the Editor" in today's Trib. (21-May) The editors removed my explanation of Bushes appeasement of the Taliban. While Governor of Texas he brought them in as guests and 7 years ago this month he gave them $43 million....to the Taliban. Ouch. - BrianGSmith "

Dear Carl wrote on May 21, 2008 3:53 AM:

" I don't see any immorality using stem cells. I see immorality in the death, disease and evil which occupies many corners of this Earth which could be reduced greatly with the use of science and love. What a privileged life you must have to be able to spend energy and concern over human cells in petri dishes but no thoughts for the misery stricken full bodied humans who currently share our fragile biosphere. - BrianGSmith (spelchek'd) "

Dear Bwa hoo hoo wrote on May 21, 2008 3:48 AM:

" Can you site one credible source for your , IMHO, made up fantasy of Farrakhan and Obama travelling together to Libya to meet Gadhafi? And...ain't the Bushies and Qaddafi chums these days? Your desperation is stunning and somewhat invigorating. Obama is a faithful, one woman, married Christian father of two.....McCain is a divorced and Keating 5 humiliated politician who either sold his tiny soul or was "body-snatched" by the neocon demons that once wielded power. He's given up and surrendered on all those issues of disagreement he had with the radical wings of his floundering party, the most stunning being his new found support for torture. But you keep making up stuff 'bout Obama....that's all you got. - BrianGSmith (spellcheck'd) "

Linda Johnson Smith wrote on May 21, 2008 3:39 AM:

" Brian, sweetie, don't be so angry. I may be gone, but I still care. Just because you don't understand it, doesn't make it wrong.

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Tess Trueheart to JHs dad wrote on May 20, 2008 9:53 PM:

" Johnny Hobo isn't a Christian. He's stated that numerous times before. "

Johnny Hobos father wrote on May 20, 2008 5:53 PM:

" Assuming JH had parents, I wonder how he'd feel if his father was diagnosed with a brain tumor and someone said, "couldn't happen to a nicer guy?" Well, that's just what JH had to say about Ted Kennedy (see his post below). How positively Christian of you, Johnny. Spoken like a true compassionate conservative. Just remember, Johnny, what goes around comes around. "

Planet Stasiak wrote on May 20, 2008 4:56 PM:

" Well, on another board Brian "taught" me that I can't prove I am Black, and he referred to me as a "what". Fiercer? Having said that, even though I disagree with Michael more often than not, I generally enjoy his input and learn from his posts. "

To Harsch wrote on May 20, 2008 4:47 PM:

" Come on, you have to admit the fat flounder analogy was very witty(but the guy who wrote "Ichabod" was Whittier). Anyhoo, you think Smith teaches with his posts? Wow! Yowza! "

Harsch to Welchy wrote on May 20, 2008 4:01 PM:

" Michael, excellent posts on Ted Kennedy, thanks. I hope that readers compare yours with others and derive inspiration from them. I think the best posts teach some, and yours often teach a lot. Smith types too fast and is a serial typo typer, but he like Bugs is able to teach through posting. Few others. That said, some intelligent even witty, back and forth, is also welcome. I too wish the insults would become more relevant or at least intelligent, rather than those we pre-emptively disregard so as not to become tired of them. I commend Smith for refusal to address the inanities of his wrestling detractors, though I do dream of a wrestling match today between Smith and a couple of them--whatever he may have been in high school he's a fiercer man today and he would be going against forces weakened by the disease of pettiness. "

Johnny Hobo wrote on May 20, 2008 3:44 PM:

" I met Teddy, Jr. a few years ago at a disability skiing event and he was sincere, stand-up guy. I feel bad for him and what his fellow siblings are going through. However, I don't have a pang of sympathy and very little empathy for Ted. When I first heard of his "stroke" last weekend, all I could think was, "It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy." Today, with correct diagnosis and reporting, well I have the same thought. Perhaps in this twilight of his life, he can make peace with his destructive past and embrace America and turn away from the Dark Side. "

Carl To Brian wrote on May 20, 2008 3:39 PM:

" That makes no sense. You are saying in order to benefit from any medical advance, one must accept the ethics of how said medical advance was achieved. "

to the person knows as TO STARFISH wrote on May 20, 2008 3:36 PM:

" Ham and eggers? "

Harsch...spelling wrote on May 20, 2008 3:33 PM:

" I almost overlooked, for the obvious reason bhh's hipocratic, which is almost as funny as dilutional. "

Harsch todays spelling champs wrote on May 20, 2008 3:26 PM:

" Froto for dilutional instead of delusional.
Brian G Smith for agredious for egregious. "

Dear Dear To Starfish wrote on May 20, 2008 3:22 PM:

" Thanks to cage fighter, whenever BGS uses the term "flip-flop", I can't help but think of him flopping around on the wrestling mat like a fat flounder. Hilarious. "

To Starfish wrote on May 20, 2008 3:11 PM:

" What do you mean you deny nothing? You and the other ham and eggers on this board denied that Barack Hussein Obama was the only Senator to speak against BAIPA. Our dear brother (Izzy Fabin?) was called a liar and worse. NOW, you say he did indeed do so, but he had good reasons for doing so. I ask again, which is it? And since when can we assume women and their doctors always do what is right for the baby? Where have you been the last 35 years? "

Bwaa ha ha wrote on May 20, 2008 3:04 PM:

" So candidates can't have advisors who worked with dictators? That would elliminate all candidates. These advisors were business men. Tell me which overseas business men work with China? The Bubba administration was ripe with all kind of corrupt China deals. Hillary was even recently linked with dirty Chinese money. What is telling is Barack Hussein Obama himself went with Farakan over to Libya and met with the dictator Kadaffi and has no apologys. McCain at least tried to separate himself from impropriety when it was found out. Democrats and their partners in the media embrace impropriety and endorse it as correct. Hipocratic media trying to make us forget about Obama's many follies, but it won't work. "

Bugs Raplin wrote on May 20, 2008 2:34 PM:

" I imagine Jimmy may choose Teddy as a topic for tomorrow's blog, but it would appear Michael is wrong regarding Mayor Daley and RFK. When he was asked if Bobby could win the nomination, he bellowed, "No" and compared him to Judas Iscariot. Dick Daley was an LBJ man, and then a Hubert Humphrey man. At least that's my read...and Teddy...well, his presidential hopes ended (as they should have) with Chappaquidick. The man was guilty of manslaughter and should have been sent to prison. But then, the wealthy rarely get the justice they deserve. "

Michael Welch More Ted... wrote on May 20, 2008 1:49 PM:

" My impressions of the Tedman have been that he oft lacked his brothers' eloquence and sometimes sounded downright scattered and unprepared (re: Mudd) but practice practice and nearly forty-six years in the senate gives a guy that practice; now Ted has a stentorian voice and articulates well and passionately the ol' liberal causes. He's a senator not a crusader so he hasn't exactly picked up the ball in the way Paul Wellstone did or Russ Feingold does now but he's been a fine senator for what senators do best -- articulate visions for presidents to enact. Obama I like to think reminded Ted of his vaunted brother Jack IN 1960 -- great potential -- and I do hope he lives long enough to see PRESIDENT Obama inaugurated... "

Dear Mike Welch wrote on May 20, 2008 1:49 PM:

" RE: McPlain's biggest problem....you say it's money, I disagree. He's got many major problems from his complete turn-arounds on many critical issues to his admitted ignorance of 'the economy'. Then there is his age, his health and the fact he's divorced (Obama remains a faithful, one woman husband and father). It is because of these problems and others I pointed out in a 2 part post that McBlame is getting no money. The Evangelicals are luke warm (should I say Luke warm?) and the rest of that party is beaten and humiliated. The donating Nation knows the winner hails from the Democratic Party this year. "

Michael Welch Ted -- Part Two... wrote on May 20, 2008 1:41 PM:

" Chappaquiddick ALMOST killed the career (as well as Mary Jo Kopechne) but Kennedy 'emerged' in a sense as the brother-in-waiting who was supposed to 'go' in 1976 but again didn't want to. In '80 he did however, though a somewhat tongue-tied explanation of his quixotic run against Carter to Roger Mudd brought a perceptive column by Ellen Goodman that she believed Ted really didn't WANT to be president but wished to 'get it over with,' i. e. lose and return to the senate and do what he liked again. Which of course is what happened... "

Michael Welch Ted -- Part One... wrote on May 20, 2008 1:33 PM:

" The news of Ted Kennedy's brain tumor implies, it appears, his death in not a long time hence. I'd like to offer a brief 'review': initially the Tedster had been shadowed by his brothers and had re: 'the Kennedy way,' as the most junior, largely waited on his elders and served their purposes. His yeoman status then made him unprepared for Bobby's assassination; Mayor Daley wanted him to pick up the standard at Chicago and Gene McCarthy even indicated he'd 'stand aside' (as he actually LIKED Ted though NOT Bobby). Ted said no of course, went for a senate career as 'majority whip' and maybe the 'once and future' but Chappaquiddick got in the way... "

Harsch wrote on May 20, 2008 1:26 PM:

" The disturbing aspect is not so much that McCain's pals were hired to lobby for dictators America created and supported or just supported--these were America's guys. It's McCain's virtualy constant lying and his hypocritical nature. For anyone who doesn't grasp the enormity of what's wrong here, just read a little about Mobutu Sese Seko, a man who did far more damage to his people and his region than Saddam Hussein his. "

to the person knows as TO STARFISH wrote on May 20, 2008 1:20 PM:

" I'm denying nothing. What I AM defending is a sensible politician's obligation to reject BAD LEGISLATION--and the Born Alive Infant Protection Act is BAD LEGISLATION. Maybe someone (oh please!) will write a sensible response to that ridiculous letter you mention. Having red-meat, grandstanding politicians override the will of women and medical professionals is BAD POLICY. BAIPA, remember, applies to ANY premature birth--viable or not, "botched abortion" miscarriage. "

Dear To Froto wrote on May 20, 2008 1:15 PM:

" "THEOCONS".....I like that.....I like that alot. Like your style as well. Please comment more often. Theocons....sweeeeet. - BrianGSmith "

Dear To Starfish wrote on May 20, 2008 1:12 PM:

" Guess you won't be voting for Obama then. Your vote and your postings here are nothing but a flake of sand crushed by the oncoming tsunami of change. I hope we follow Britains lead and really open the stem cell research and experimenting using all the embryos we can get hold of. Now once amazing cures are found for today's nasty diseases don't you flip flop and go to the Doc and get the remedy. Stick to your guns. - BrianGSmith "

BrianGSmith pt. wrote on May 20, 2008 1:05 PM:

" When the Iranian elected the moderate Mohammed Khatami Bush's right wing loonies correctly noted the role of President in Iran has minimal powers and control...the real power lied with the Ayatollahs and the Supreme Leader. This was Bush's excuse for not working diplomatically with the progressive Khatami......and in the ensuing election the radical nutjob Ahminidjhad was elected. If folks wanting to war with Iran don't know this then it can be argued they are endangering the Nation...and in a time of war we should intern all those who endanger this Nation with their total ignorance. "

BrianGSmith pt. wrote on May 20, 2008 1:04 PM:

" More than McCain's flip-flopping is his complete ignorance. He admittedly shared with the Nation his ignorance of economics...and every economic idea he has tossed out recently has been quickly torpedoed by the masses as being idiotic and empty. However McCain's most agriedious ignorance, a quality shared by a number of commenters on these blogs, is his complete misunderstanding, pants-wetting, and hype concering Iran's President Ahdminijhad. Anyone paying attention to the workings of the world KNOW FOR A FACT that the real power in Iran lies with the Grand Ayatollah or Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. cont'd... "

To general small g Johnny Hobo wrote on May 20, 2008 12:48 PM:

" So now we're slamming people for not serving in the military. You mean people like Ronald Reagan and Dick Cheney? "

Michael Welch I Stuffed The Bill In Muh Shirt... wrote on May 20, 2008 11:27 AM:

" I personally don't worry too much about uh 'monetary' corruption in US politics because after all that's always been the American way -- Daniel Webster was oft in pay of the burgeoning railroad lobby of the 1830s and I think Massachusetts hasn't had as useful a senator since but for big ol' lumbering Ted Kennedy. (Get well old kid! We need ya still!) In the West Virginia primary in 1960 apparently Tedman was in charge of handing out $5 bills, literally it seems from Pop's bottomless bag, to the hills' folk in one of the (yet today) poorest states. Five bucks ta vote fer the pope ya say sonnie? Shure kid; gimme... "

To Starfish wrote on May 20, 2008 11:17 AM:

" Check out todays letter to the editor regarding Obama and infanticide. I see after profusely defending his position this past week, you are now denying he holds that position. Which is it? "

Michael Welch Headed For The Last Roundup... wrote on May 20, 2008 11:17 AM:

" McCain's biggest problem of the moment is money; Obama has raised, well, a quarter of a BILLION in relatively SMALL donations while McC has courted the usual deep pocketed Repub suspects for Bush who haven't been quite as enthused. Mac also has had a 'history' so to speak going back to Charles Keating and the Keating Five (NOT a jazz band, for those who have been home-schooled as 'Johnny-Tess' would put it); AZ senators, Demo Dennis DeConcini and Big Jawn, both asked authorities to 'ease up' on their ol' pal CK. DDeC ended up in 'retirement' and Mac hung his head and said he'd learned his lesson but pollyticks costs dough, BIG dough, and this IS Jawn's last roundup... "

Cage Fighter to BGS wrote on May 20, 2008 11:15 AM:

" Brian, will you never learn. You leave yourself wide open. When you discuss flip-flopping, one can't help but think of you flopping around on the wrestling mat like a fat flounder(everyone picture that a moment). Your shrill, grating cries of injustice and unfairness and corruption are now found on these boards. The hilarity never ceases. "

To Froto wrote on May 20, 2008 10:57 AM:

" Oh, but I thought that those eeeevil liberals were supposed to be the ones into moral relativity. For years, the GOP has been held hostage by theocons and their insistence of purity-uber-alles--for everyone else. Yet when you can't seem to scrounge up a candidates who aren't a serial philanderer, flip-flopper, or complete whack-job, then suddenly it's okay to be one of the boys. Whatever happened to all the chest-thumping over moral values we heard back in 2004? If you want to wear the halo, you'd better make sure it fits. "

Froto wrote on May 20, 2008 10:38 AM:

" Jimmy, you must live with your head in the sand or some other place. All Major politicians running for office at that level have a cadre of people working for them who are unsavory to say the least. At that level it is crooks working with crooks for the unltimage power, control and financial gain. Anytime you think any of these clowns are running because they want to make this a great country or help the citizens you are dilutional. Yet you do provide a good controversial blog and that is the purpose. Keep it up. "

BrianGSmith wrote on May 20, 2008 10:30 AM:

" McSame has flip flopped so much we should wind him up with copper wire and surround hinm with supe magnets so we can get some MegaWattage from his spinning, convulsing and flipping. He was against Bush's elitist tax cuts before he was for them.....He was against setting deadlines before he told us his 2013 deadline.....He was for speaking with Hamas in 2006 when they won a landslide victory before he said recently he was against speaking to Hamas....The landlside is coming. "

Starfish wrote on May 20, 2008 10:24 AM:

" It is as you say, Jimmeh: whacked out epithets like "cavorting with terrorists" with no names or references, impugning your film criticism--again with nothing but venom. And, of course, the fact that you, like over 95% of our generation, has not served in the military. It's almost hilarious, really. To discern the stability of the GOP platform, note that the best the congressional hopeful could do in the special run-off in Mississippi was to evoke Jeremiah Wright to slander a conservative Democrat. . . And, HEY! I didn't know John McCain was in favor of infanticide! It's RIGHT THERE: first posting on the Three Cheers for--uh, I mean McCain's latest hypocracy post! "

Johnny Hobo wrote on May 20, 2008 9:26 AM:

" Boy Jimbo, you're really grasping at straws now. There's an old saying, "Politics makes for strange bedfellows." Alas, I can see that you've never donned the uniform of your country Jimbo. Go back to reviewing mediocre films, you're out of your element here. "

Bugs Raplin wrote on May 20, 2008 9:11 AM:

" Excellent work, Jimmy. Hey, Tess, remember the great landslides of American political history: Johnson over Goldwater; Nixon over McGovern; Reagan over Mondale...well Obama's going to do it even better because McCain just doesn't have anything going for him except flag pins. "

Jose wrote on May 20, 2008 9:03 AM:

" Let me get this straight...its okay when Barack Hussein Obama cavorts with terrorists, but when John Phillip McCain employs people who do so, you freak out? THAT is what is hypocritical. I am guessing if McCain began speaking out in favor of infanticide, you would be all over that also, even though it is virtually ignored when Obama does so. Yes, I see how things work. For shame. "


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