Spanking John McCain
Mary Katharine Ham delivers the back of her hand to the McCain camp:
In the most comically overblown denouncement of a campaign flush with repudiations, McCain called the N.C. GOP “out of touch with reality and the Party,” “dead wrong,” and suggested the ad introduced issues of “race” that were inappropriate, which it did not.
For his crusade, he earned himself no less than two and a half hours of bashing on Friday’s “Rush Limbaugh Show,” where the conservative host mocked the senator for teaching us all that being of independent mind is something to be prized above all else, except for when being a Maverick means ignoring the Maverick himself. “We’re all Independents now, Senator,” Limbaugh hooted during each call from an angry North Carolina Republican.
By Saturday morning, the McCain news e-mail list, which had previously delivered to my inbox no fewer than 50 Jeremiah Wright stories since the story broke, sent me the New York Times’ editorial that validated McCain’s new notion that mentioning Wright had become “shameful, ugly, race-baiting, and manipulative.” I half-expected the next news story to inform me that McCain had joined the call of Al Sharpton to “shut down” New York City in light of the Sean Bell verdict, so deep into the weeds of liberal racial demagoguery had he creeped. In classic style, McCain’s sense of “right” was the only sense of “right” acceptable in this incident, and it happened to be decidedly, err, left.
Forget the McCain nose plugs. We need McCain paddles.
Because I guarantee you, this is not going to be the last time McCain runs to the left with his knee-jerk denunciations of conservatives as racists based on evidence he doesn’t even bother to look at.
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Paddles? I’m of the opinion I need a HAZMAT suit. This is not good, Michelle. My vote is up in the air now for sure.
I said it once before, he really didn’t need to say anything at all. I was told that this was a classy thing for McCain to do, you know, to stay above the fray. Looks like he ’stepped in it’ on this one.
Are spikes included in the paddles? Mabye he’d withdraw for ‘health reasons’ if he saw some…
Time for a true conservative party.
Reminder – McCain did the same thing in 2004 when he took the Swifties to task without considering their evidence against Lurch.
Some folks have been attracted to McCain because he has the reputation of a maverick, which means he’s not a party-line guy. Now we see what that actually means – YIKES!
By now McCain should be waaay up in the polls what with all the problems Hil and BHO have experienced of late. Problem is, for the Republicrat McCain, he left his party behind in his efforts to begin trying to
createfabricate the McCain era. To be sure, whatever gains he may achieve with Independents/undecided, he will lose as many true Republicans. IMHO.Mr. McCain can kis my maverick independence. I’m not voting for any of the Big Three.
Previosu word is “kiss.”
Perhaps a spanking from Mary Katherine Ham would not be viewed by McCain as a bad thing…
Just sayin’
It’s really sad that so many people who voted for McCain in the early primaries instead of the more conservative candidates. When the election came to my state, McCain has already wrapped up the nomination. My vote was meaningless, and my candidate later dropped out. As much as he makes me angry, I still want him in the oval office, not Obama.
That’s as far as I will go with the McCain bashing today. When Reagan gave us the 11th commandment, some took it more to heart than others.
The only one dumber than McCain is Obama. McCain has already started his run to the middle. He’s going to find out the hard way, during the general election run, that the Dem candidate won’t be so “above the fray”. At the very least, he should keep his mouth shut about North Carolina. The man must be senile!
Ron Paul is starting to look good to me. I must be desperate!
I had a Maverick once. It was hard to start, blew out a lot of smoke and veered left frequently.
You’d think that when one democrat candidate is dodging imaginary bullets on a tarmac and another has a nutjob preacher with open-mouth-insert-footitis, that republicans would have a candidate that could rise above the fray. Not a chance. It’s all different shades of pale.
It’s getting that a independant party could back a Potted Plant into a run-off.
The only thing that McCain could do to top this would be to pick a dhimmicrat as his running mate.
In the words of bugs bunny, “what a maroon”.
I’ve noted many here who always comment that McCain is better than this or that. They also say that those of us who “hold our nose” or refuse to vote for him are failing this country. I disagree. The best I can do for my country, besides what I have already done, is never give up my values, ethics and beliefs for a temporary victory that turns Conservatism back to the Stone Age. I won’t do it.
So, you’re available to run a write-in campaign? I think we can get the blessing of Zombie Reagan; your co-blogger has an in with him.
Maybe we should write in Abraham Lincoln. How about that? Should we do that?
Will that help? Is that going to be a better choice than President Obama? At least we won’t give up our conservative values, and President Obama might even pick the next supreme court justice and overturn the conservative court? How about that?
Sounds freakin awesome to me!!!!
Time for a true conservative party.
Although I’m a no supporter of Juan McAmnesty (he will NEVER EVER get my vote), he should keep his mouth shut and let the Obama and Hillary just tear each other apart! I’m definitely not voting for anyone for POTUS come this November, all three candidates are pretty much the same as far as I’m concerned.
By Saturday morning, the McCain news e-mail list, which had previously delivered to my inbox no fewer than 50 Jeremiah Wright stories since the story broke, sent me the New York Times’ editorial that validated McCain’s new notion that mentioning Wright had become “shameful, ugly, race-baiting, and manipulative.”
Hmmmmmm
Wow that came up messy …
Let me try again.
How about this one?
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Hopefully it worked this time.
Too funny.
Maverick candidate Juan McCain….meet Maverick voter rooster
Let’s not forget, folks, that he boosted the NC State’s RNC coffers! They should thank him for his lambasting. I hope GOP state groups nationwide start earning his ire with similar campaigns!
I get an e-mail a day from his campaign. I was so outraged Friday or Saturday with both his response to NC’s ad, and his comments in N’Orleans blasting the “administration”, i.e. Bush, rather than School Bus Nagin, and their inept former governor, I fired a reply in no uncertain terms that they were not getting a dadgum dime from this household as long as he keeps up like this! He moderated and tempered his response over the weekend, so I’m sure he heard from more folks than lil ol’ me!
PLease, Please, Please, somebody find out if McCain was Client #8?
My candidate had already dropped out … and I voted for him anyway. This idiot will never get my vote.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Reagan’s commandment was to never speak ill of another Republican. I’d hardly say McJackass is a Republican. He’s what most of us like to call a Democrat.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
I do not believe that McCain meant any sort of harm. Making this a battle over “race”, and involving the Republican Party in the fray will only hurt the Republican Party in November. The Democrats are doing more than enough harm to themselves without our help.
Reverend Wright is a non-issue in this election cycle and McCain was right to tell the NC GOP to let that sleeping dog lie. It is merely a cheap-shot to equate Obama to others’ radical ideas. Obama is capable of doing that all on his own as he has capably proven time and again.
That being said, Reverend Wright will marginalize himself soon enough.
McCain is doing “big picture” campaigning at the moment. Like it or not, this is the sort of behavior which could land him in the White House. There’s just no need for him, or the Republican Party, to come out with guns blazing at this moment in time. There will be plenty of time later to fire of some well-placed howitzers at the USS Obama!
I’m of like mind, Dave. I’ve been wavering, sort of like McCain on how many people he can please and still remain on his “bipartisan fence.” He really needs to focus on the national election, butt out of state matters that do not concern him, and keep his trap shut.
McCain’s attitude is beyond ridiculous. Is he just trying to throw away the presidential election will all this useless pandering and endless placation?
You don’t just need the hazmat suit, you may need a full frontal labotomy along with it.
John McStupid has coverted a March 3 point lead over Clinton to an April 9 point deficit. Yes, this mole man who needs not the conservatives of the Republican Party can now not even beat jiHillary. YaHoo! Go to it Maverick.
Paddles are optional. Given the chance this moron will beat himself to death.
Paddle him? I wouldn’t was my energy of any of the idiots that are the GOP.
Bad idea. Write in your own name if you like. Not voting for anyone says you just don’t care who wins.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
On April 29th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, Jim M. said:
Perhaps a spanking from Mary Katherine Ham would not be viewed by
McCainany man as a bad thing…Just sayin’
“McCain to Tower. I can’t hold it, she’s breaking up…….she’s breaking up. Over.”
On April 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, wise_man said:
Maybe we should write in Abraham Lincoln. How about that? Should we do that?
Will that help? Is that going to be a better choice than President Obama? At least we won’t
wise man, wise man… and along those same lines…
Conmaxius say: “Man who cut off nose to spite own face have no sense of smell…”
I’m calling bullshit on this one. The ONLY advantage McCain has in November is his idiot opponent, whichever winds up on the ticket.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Max,
I’d write in T. Roosevelt in a heartbeat.
Also, is the Democrat’s proverb “A bird in hand casts no stones?”
This will be the first time in many years I do not vote. I can’t stand any of them and my local candidates are all socialists of the worst sort – true believers. I’m so glad we’re retiring back to the real (third) world. This Alice In Wonderland existence here in America has doomed the country for at least the next 30 years. By the time everyone wakes up it’ll be too late to recover. We’ll be France. God help us all.
Everyone write in Michelle Malkin for President and Sean Hannity for Vice President.
M.K.H. Ah, be still my aching heart….
Paddles hell, get out the water board.
Don’t want to be a killjoy MM, but am I the only one who finds even a comedic threat at torture in reference to John McCain a little distasteful?
Uuuggghhh, I don’t want to vote for this clown, I really don’t. However, I fear what will happen if either of the two socialist dims get in. Hubby tells me hold my nose and pull the lever for him as he doesn’t want to be the last man out of Iraq or the last one killed because as evidenced by B. Hussein Obama’s statement last Sunday that he will “listen” to the good General, it’s obvious he and his “advisors”-perhaps one Bill Ayers, already have their plans for Iraq and nothing Petraeus says will change his mind. So, it is with a heavy heart that I will have to vote for this clown (the circus must be short a lot of performers) just because he has the “malkins” to finish the job.
Before he left this last time, my cousin came to visit us with his family. He was one of the last men out of Viet Nam and he and my husband went on the porch and discussed his experience. I don’t know, I guess I just have to do it.
I’ll vote for McCain, because if Obummer and what’s her name goes in, this Country will be doomed for the next thirty years. People might feel they’re preserving their principles,by not voting,but what good are principles with a Democrat President and congress? The Supreme Court will be turned upside down, taxes will go sky high, the war on terror will be lost, as the democrats tuck their tails between their legs and bring our troops home: but by golly, you didn’t give up your principles! Bully for You!!!
i’m with you henryinga…there’s a lot at stake here … the least of three evils is still the best option…and i believe it’s SIGNIFICANTLY the lesser evil at that…
it’s a no brainer…
I’ve been going back and forth about whether to vote for McCain or not. My husband and I discuss this frequently. I am inclined not to. I just can’t put my seal of approval on him. We survived eight long years of Bill Clinton and I truly believe we can survive four or eight years of another lib in the WH. Hopefully, we’ll get a Republican Congress out of it, maybe with some real conservatives, which would be a real change! The Supreme Court does make me nervous in this scenario, but am I the only one out here who doesn’t trust McCain to put a real conservative on the court anyway? He wouldn’t want his precious McCain/Feingold overturned, now would he?
Thanks McCain, for making me a democrat. I’ll be back as a Republican where I belong, just as soon as there is a Republican party to belong to.
Adios Juan McCain, you have one less Republican on your lists.
It’s time for a brokered convention folks..this guy has got to be pulled off stage
“We survived eight long years of Bill Clinton”
and where would we be if he hadn’t actively avoided the jihad for those 8 years?! it’s that kind of thinking that can cause a lot o’ people killed NEEDLESSLY …
/g.a.g.
Gets harder and harder everyday to even think about voting for McCain, which I have no intentions of doing. You supporters with all your rational as to why he would be better than either of the dems have to really ask yourselves “is he the best for our country”. Every time he opens his mouth I’m more convinced I’m making the right decision. Oh, and don’t bother to admonish me or others with the same feelings. We did not setup primary election process, that’s RNC’s problem and fault not ours as voters.
hey dumbass, a brokered convention only occurs when no candidate has 50% of the delegates. this year, that will happen to only one party.
/that’s the better part of a week you’ve been pushing this fantasy — does it actually make you feel better?!
Don’t bother coming back.
correction:
…with open-mouth-insert-
footitistoocusitis, that…There, fixed it…
The sorry thing, BobiMB, is the potted plant would have more political acuum, and show more loyalty to its base, (the pot), than McCain(R-
mediaAZ) candidate.- martin.musculus
How about Sheriff Joe for POTUS? I still don’t like any of the candidates either!
Sheesh I’d love to smack you one unwise_man for that comment – yet another idiot who likes to quote out of context and then scream and yell when others do it.
I’m voting R all down the line for Congress, but not for POTUS, that one will be blank. Leaving the R party is the strongest thing I can do to make a point just how disgusted I am that this RINO is supposed to be my best choice for representation. If you haven’t got the balls to stand up for what you believe in, then maybe YOU should leave and not bother coming back, wanker.
You know – at least the infighting with the democrats is because they have two candidates that want to be president and the one with fewer votes won’t step down for the good of the party. This fighting brings both of them down. This is bad for the democrats and good for us. We didn’t make this situation, it’s of their own doing.
This is a blessing for Republicans.
I don’t know why on god’s green earth that some people want to see this same in fighting and division that is currently going on with the democrats duplicated on us.
Of course I know why people don’t like McCain, but at some point, you have to see logic. I used to think that only democrats had a lock on the mental disorder and disassociation with logic that flows so freely among them.
I would donate a few dollars to McC’s run, if I’d get a whack w/the paddle for every buck or two…
Hey, Ms Malkin!, Ms Malkin!, Ms Malkin, ma’am, where can I purchase one of those paddles?
- martin.musculus
… Like I said.
“I don’t know why on god’s green earth that some people want to see this same in fighting and division that is currently going on with the democrats duplicated on us.”
i keep hoping they’ll stop once the donks finally, actually settle on one of their two dweebs, but i’m not putting a lot of stock in that …
Once again, quoting out of context. What a wanker. You ARE a democrat, aren’t you? ..sure act like one.
Because Mcinsane is a Democrat. See his new Socialist plan on healthcare? Amnesty? Gang of 14?
Wait until the Press starts to talk about his associations and character.
As you would, sir. My only suggestion comes from a memory of Florida 2000. As I remember, blanks (non-votes) were “interpreted” as Gore votes — regardless of the makeup of other choices ticked-off by that particular voter.
Better: vote for your fav. past president.
- martin.musculus
It IS my logic , my intellect, that causes me to not support McCain. I will not succumb to the hand wringing wail of ” what if a Democrat gets in office?” I’ll lose this battle and regroup to fight again and win. My fight is at the local level and state level anyway, as any smart logician would understand in the field of politics.
Good point Martin, Reagan it is.
Thank you MNUSMCDavid – I get so sick of hearing people like ‘wise_man’ inferring we’re unwelcome traitors if we don’t vote for McCain.. gee, come to think of it, that kind of mentality sounds awfully like the tactics of a democrat huh…
By all means, when you don’t vote for McCain, or write in Thompson, and then the result from the combined logic like this from every disgruntled republican results in a President Obama, you won’t be a traitor at all.
You will be solid in your conservative conviction. When Obama nominates a liberal to the Supreme Court, and they overturn law after law, I won’t call you and others traitors.
Nope. Not traitors.
Here’s a McStupid paddle for those of you who are not so armed.
I’m thinking we need to upgrade from mere paddles to boat oars. We can get a lot more momentum from the wind up and swing, before they make contact.
One well placed strike on the posterior for him may correct the cranial-rectal inversion from which he seems to suffer.
“Socialist plan on healthcare”
BS! he would keep private payors, neither of the others would!
/apparently one symptom of mds is outright lying …
30 Pieces of Silver, I remember many moons ago, you paraphrased Jackie Gleason from Smokey and the Bandit about your feelings for Juan McShame.
Ah thank its about time y’all repeat it.
Swallow the bitter pill. We put ourselves in this position…we have only ourselves to thank. We couldn’t unify, we couldn’t pick a solid candidate, and we waited for the second coming of Reagan. And it didn’t happen. Look, McCain is a moderate hack, just like the liberal and “conservative” hacks littered throughout our congress. And no matter what, we’re in the rebuilding process. For now, since we’re in a very critical war, I’ll be damned if I don’t vote for John McCain. We have two options- look forward to an election in 2016 where we have 8 years to plan and rebuild when minimal damage is done, or look forward to one in 2012 where socialist programs and a watered-down military kills our economic and political power throughout the world. It’s easier to replace a broken window than rebuild a burnt-down house.
The NC GOP episode is just another episode of John McCain’s arrogant attack on conservatives and Christian conservatives in particular. I am tired of being called a racist and told to “get over it” by a man who claims to be the leader of the GOP.
McCain will never get my vote for any number of good reasons. If Carter gave us Reagan then Clinton or Obama is going to pave the way for a wonderfully conservative president in a few years.
There goes ‘wise_man’ again, threatening people who don’t sign up to his agenda.. yup, he’s a democrat for sure.
It’s your choice. And if you (and people who think the same as you) win, then I have to live with the consequences for at least 4 years.
True, but who can trust McCain to stop at the broken window.
The house being the Constitution, McCain hates the house every bit as much as Hillary or Obama.
I honestly believe we can stop the socialist agenda far more effectively if it is not originating from our side.
“McCain hates the house every bit as much as Hillary or Obama.”
oh PISS OFF, and show me one shred of evidence that such an infnatile screed you wrote is true …
my good friend John McCain from the great state of confusion, er, I mean Arizona, is a great guy, but he has CDS, conservative derangement syndrome.
He would rather snuggle up with Ted Kennedy than Jeff Sessions on illegals, thus he deserves a verbal spanking.
and how could he get cozy with that far left nut Feingold to stifle free political speech? again he needs a good chastisement for that too. we would run an ad about it, but he has probably outlawed that too.
In all my years on the Senate floor, literally sometimes after a few cocktails, I have never seen a guy so bound and determined to make nice with the America-bashers on the other side of the aisle.
it is dumb ’cause I guarantee you those libs will NOT be voting for ol’ John in Nov.
Just how is it you pro McCain supporters here know just what type of court judges he will nominate…with his past liberal actions(no need to list them all again) why would we think he would nominate a conservative? You saying he’ll reach across the aisle(acts like, looks like, talks like, thinks like a democrat what do you have?) to the republicans and nominate a conservative? I seriously doubt it…as he said a few days ago “I want to be the candidate for all Americans”..HUH? How the hell can anyone do that? please everyone?…think it was Abe that straighten that type of thinking out.
Oh yeah. I’m sure that President Obama will nominate much more conservative nominees to the Supreme court.
Absolutely.
Exactly, ‘wise_man’, it’s MY choice, so stop telling me what to do and what sort of evil person I am if I don’t do what you want.
“I have to live with the consequences” ..and how is it any different for me huh? Or does nobody matter besides yourself? ..sheesh you sound just like a whining democrat!
As many have said, why should anyone just settle for someone they believe is bad for the R party and bad for the US – just because the alternatives are bad doesn’t mean we have to vote for McCain – which is exactly what his people are banking on (not him though, his head is too far up his behind). In the long run, which is really more important if you could see beyond your own little world, it may even be doing the Republican party a favor by pushing it back towards it’s conservative base and a true representative if we have to take 4 years of a democrat POTUS, as long as we do our best to get Republicans in at local level and Congress come November, which is what I have stated I will endeavor to do, but you somehow chose to ignore that part..
This is truely a vote for the “best of the worse” & Juan McCain wins.
I guess my one other observation is that I find it interesting that many here ask us to support McCain, that is, to compromise our value system and political beliefs for the good of the Party. The irony is that we were asking of McCain the exact same thing, and he refuses to do so. Am I not due the same respect of choice?
Again, well said MNUSMCDavid.
# 81 MN
My position is simply this — one is to vote for JSM this year to put the best possible person into the WH for the next 4 years. I’m not asking for anyone to “compromise” anything, just to acknowledge that NOT voting for him, by DEFAULT, works towards putting someone far, far worse into the WH for at least the next 4 years.
I have a compromise for mcamnesty. Afterall, isn’t he the king of compromisers, or is that only reserved for liberal democrats such a kennedy. I will vote for and support “you” in your bid for the presidency, if “you” will denounce amnesty for illegal aliens of ANY sort and adopt a policy of immigration enforcement and attrition. Deal?
I just can not for the life belive that this is the BEST that oither party to offer! I can say this is one more reason that I don’t get all WARM AND FUZZY inside when I think of the NEXT four too eight years AMERICA PLEASE DON’T let this be YOUR LAST GASPING BREATH we have our children and grandchildren to think about.
McCain is also moving to the left (which I expect he was always at) on health care, saying we need more federal and state government involvement. He is another Arnold (CA governator) as I have said, and may be even worse. He HATES conservatives, in my view. No nose plugs or padlles can make me vote for this guy.
Amen.
Or vote Federalist.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
How about this logic:
We haven’t had a conservative in the White House since the morning of January 20, 1987. Election after election, we get to choose this liberal Repubilcan over that liberal Republican, and it’s gotten to the point where the worst candidate the party has to offer gets the nod.
At some point you have to make a decision along the lines of whether the party is really interested in representing your interests. It’s the same reason Ronald Reagan left the Democrat Party, and he was right to do so. Should the Republicans continue to ignore us, especially given the incredibly obvious opportunity to give America real leadership against these two extremists, then it’s time to look elsewhere.
The party chose the candidate most like the opposition. That’s not getting my vote. I’ll vote write-in or see what the Libertarians have to offer.
And you can expect a lot of (former) Republicans to go with me.
FETE
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
And I won’t call you one wither when McIdiot does it.
This man is, for all intents and purposes, a Democrat. He owes more to them than the Republicans for his nomination, and any promise he makes to nominate originalist judges is about as trustworthy as Bill Clinton making the same promise.
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
Why, wise_man, we know exactly what type of SCOTUS McCain doesn’t want from his own mouth that is a conservative, Alito-style Justice!
At least w/a Dumbocrat, the wimpy Rs would at put up more than just a token fight.
- martin.musculus
RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
That’s annoying as hell. No one is interested in your spam.
- martin.musculus
What is it with these people who want to see their name on the page twice with every comment?
“morning of January 20, 1987.”
oh, so what was he for the last 2 years of his term then?
/or should i not let facts get in the way of a good, childish rant?
wise_man, I don’t want to see Obama or Clinton get PotUS but since you’re mudslinging and namecalling, when…if we get President McCain and he puts a liberal (or more than one) on the SC and they overturn law after law after law would you like us to call you “traitor” or just “useful idiot”?
LOL.
Yeah, right.
I never implied that those of you who won’t vote for McCain are traitors. I can understand why you won’t. Honestly, if my husband wasn’t in the military and will soon be over there, I probably won’t. The only reason I am voting for this clown is the war. I don’t want to see those other two in office either but it seems we’re stuck this time around.
However, do vote for the people who are running for your local and state offices. We need to clean the house from the bottom up. Don’t let the dims get in through the back door if you stay home.
The RNC planned on people like Wise_Man. I see your points, Wise_Man but I’m not going to vote for McInsane out of fear of having an Obama or a Clinton (Hannity and Rush can keep campaigning for Hillary and we will end up with Hillary.
My point is that McCain is shooting himself in the foot. He’s pandering to the left, which will do him no good, as they will not vote for him. He’s cutting off his grassroots and you only need to look at all the request from the RNC/NRCC/Other Republican fundraisers, they are getting their A$$ handed to them in the race for funds.
Get McCain to drop Juan Hernandez and pledge that he will not continue with his plan for Amnesty, throw in a good V.p. conservative like a Joe Arpaio, and he might, just might, get my vote. Outside of that….I would vote for him. He represents Illegal invaders more than he does legal citizens.
Would NOT vote for him.
sheriff joe is NOT going to be the vp pick, so why one would even bother putting that on the table is beyond me …
Because Putting Joe on the ticket would show that McInsane is serious about addressing the illegal invader problem.