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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Maverick Moment of the Day

posted by on July 24 at 13:17 PM

John McCain on Obama’s Berlin speech:

“I would rather speak at a rally or a political gathering any place outside of the country after I am president of the United States,” McCain told O’Donnell. “But that’s a judgment that Sen. Obama and the American people will make.”

Interesting. Except that McCain has already made well-publicized visits to Canada, Mexico, and Colombia during this campaign.

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1

The man's only hope is either a rigged election or somebody perfecting a foolproof charisma-infusion process before November. His smile reminds me of the Grinch.

Posted by flamingbanjo | July 24, 2008 1:30 PM
2

Yeah, but everyone knows those are really just territories of the U.S. in all but name, right?

Posted by Levislade | July 24, 2008 1:31 PM
3

i guess it's fair he forgets about those trips and their powerful impact on foreign relations, because--really--who the hell remembers them?

his campaign is frantically trying to get him a gig in czechoslovakia and somewhere on the iraq-afghanistan border to keep up, though.

Posted by chops | July 24, 2008 1:33 PM
4

What whiny, grumpy curmudgeon.

Posted by Bub | July 24, 2008 1:33 PM
5

My goodness! These politicians act like we all have amnesia and can't recall the myriad reasons why what they spout is almost always pure hypocrisy.

"Me Love Brains Long Time"
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Posted by Frida | July 24, 2008 1:36 PM
6

chops, Czechoslovakia is no more.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | July 24, 2008 1:36 PM
7

@2: Perhaps when he annexes it, it can be renamed 'McCainada'.

Posted by Ziggity | July 24, 2008 1:37 PM
8

Wasn't McCain the one urging him to head over there like one minute ago?

John McCain: I'd rather be in Wilkes-Barre

Posted by Strath | July 24, 2008 1:38 PM
9

WORST. LIAR. EVER

(well, after W, at least).

Posted by Mr. X | July 24, 2008 1:40 PM
10

I like that he inadvertently groups 'Senator Obama and the American People' together.

Posted by MEC | July 24, 2008 1:50 PM
11

someone forgot about NAFTA, VIVA MEXICO...er..nevermind.

Posted by sir jorge | July 24, 2008 1:55 PM
12

mccain is apparently running his campaign to win over the 20% jingoistic mouthbreathing rightwingers whose votes he's already got.

Posted by brett | July 24, 2008 2:01 PM
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Posted by chops | July 24, 2008 2:02 PM
14

More proof that the anti-American Panamanian McSame is out of touch with our traditional xenophobic American values.

I hear the guy hates our Constitution so much that, not only did he record a video for international release in Vietnam calling us warmongers and agressors, but he also is trying to get other non-American-born "citizens" like Ahnold to be his VP.

That's how much McSame hates America.

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 24, 2008 2:07 PM
15

@6 I believe @3 was referring to McCain's mistaken reference to Czechoslovakia... which was on a post that had something to do with him being old and senile.

Posted by SDizzle | July 24, 2008 2:08 PM
16

We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

Posted by clintonsarmy | July 24, 2008 2:18 PM
17

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by clintonssarmy | July 24, 2008 2:22 PM
18

@16, 17:

is control c, control v all you got?

Posted by max solomon | July 24, 2008 2:33 PM
19

I hope that clintonsarmy is sponsored by those McDonald's drinks. Otherwise, what a waste of a troll bot.

Posted by Original Monique | July 24, 2008 2:37 PM
20

I'm a Republican sock-puppet!

Posted by clintonsarmy | July 24, 2008 2:39 PM
21

AND..AND...Didn't McCain speak at a FUNDRAISER (that's kinda political) held for him in ENGLAND a couple of months ago?

Posted by HL | July 24, 2008 2:44 PM
22

Shorter McCain: "I wish 100,000 people - of ANY nationality - would show up for one of my political gatherings!"

Posted by COMTE | July 24, 2008 2:55 PM
23

I hear that after ordering the Senior Special at Der Wienerschnitzel, John McCain chided Barack Obama for not having been to a German Restaurant himself, and challenged him, Mr. Obama, tear down this wurst!

Posted by NapoleonXIV | July 24, 2008 3:35 PM
24

McSame spoke to "about half a dozen" small business owners at that diner in some tourist-y Der German Village. That's like 6 people. 6. Pathetic.

Posted by Balt-O-Matt | July 24, 2008 3:37 PM
25

More distressing was McCain's call to bomb the Falafel Hut in neighboring Schiller Park.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | July 24, 2008 4:03 PM
26

@24 - record turnout for him, though.

Meanwhile, Obama's dealing with quarter-million crowds, and McCain's lucky to have more than 25 ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 24, 2008 4:53 PM

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