Slog - Comments on Remember When McCain Was Flying Coach? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach John McCain likes to make hay out of the fact that his campaign was pretty much broke for a spell last year. Here's a representative exchange on Letterman: LETTERMAN: You got into financial trouble, and all of that changed, turned around. What did you do—did you ever consider getting out? MCCAIN: Well, I was riding on a well-known airline in group D, you know, that's the one where you get to sit in the center seat between two heavyset Americans… I was carrying my own bags, which was good training, good experience. As the New York TImes reports, McCain didn't... Copyright 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:26:29 -0800 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:08 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Too bad the CAPITALIST INVESTORS in those firms didn't get to VOTE on the pay packages that let Comrade McCain and his Empress ride in luxury while the investors paid for it ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007492 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007492 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:57:04 -0800 Comment by Dr_Awesome Yeah, wait-a-goddamn-minute. I could be flying on a cushy Learjet for half what I pay to fly on those fucking overcrowded, late, luggage-mishandling commercial flights? Jeez!

]]> Dr_Awesome http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007503 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007503 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:40:53 -0800 Comment by Shawn Fassett And what was that big haircut "scandal" that the conservatives flipped their shit over Edwards??

McCain is really just a man of the people.

]]> Shawn Fassett http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007520 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007520 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:34:03 -0800 Comment by w7ngman http://mediamatters.org/items/200804250009

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007527 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007527 2008 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:03:05 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @3 - well, until you see he's promised to literally TRIPLE the federal budget deficit, get is in THREE WARS at once (not just Iraq and Afghanistan but Iran), and keep shipping money to the ultra-rich while 99 percent of America is LOSING WAGES TO INFLATION while the ultra rich are gaining ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1007598 2008 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:23:38 -0800 Comment by dem It's ok to be a lying sack of shit as long as you're a right-wing Republican.

]]> dem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1008154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/remember_when_mccain_was_flying_coach#c1008154 2008 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:42:08 -0800