Tonight: Hillary exits, Obama exults, McCain exhorts; Update: McCain praises “my friend” Hillary; Obama clinches, McCain speech bombs; Update: Hillary congratulates her “friend” Obama, “committed to uniting the party;” “I will be making no decision tonight;” Update: Obama thanks his grandmother and Hillary
Scroll down for updates…9:03pm Eastern CNN/AP report Obama has “effectively clinched” the nomination…McCain delivers speech ploddingly…better read than said…9:36pm Eastern Hillary takes the stage…9:53pm “I will carry your stories and dreams with me every day for the rest of my life. The question is where do we go from here…This has been a long campaign. And I will be making no decision tonight. But this has always been your campaign. To the 18 million who voted for me…I wanna hear from you.” Hillary tears up…10:12pm Eastern. Obama takes the stage. Does he know where he is tonight?
While the night wears on and the re-deification of the Obamessiah gets underway, let’s revisit that MSM ogling video to give you a taste of what’s to come:
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Definitely a two-popcorn bag night if you’re a political junkie. It’s the final Democrat primary night of the campaign season. Polls close in South Dakota at 9pm Eastern and in Montana at 10 pm. The scene is set for Hillary’s farewell.
With grace or gritted teeth?
Expect a strained mixture of both–with a large dash of “I am Woman, Hear Me Roar.”
As for those VP rumors, I’m not buying it.
Meanwhile, Obama gets ready to party.
And via Drudge, McCain will attempt to grab some of the spotlight with an Iraq speech exhorting against Bush and Obama:
You will hear from my opponent’s campaign in every speech, every interview, every press release that I’m running for President Bush’s third term. You will hear every policy of the President described as the Bush-McCain policy. Why does Senator Obama believe it’s so important to repeat that idea over and over again? Because he knows it’s very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false. So he tries to drum it into your minds by constantly repeating it rather than debate honestly the very different directions he and I would take the country. But the American people didn’t get to know me yesterday, as they are just getting to know Senator Obama. They know I have a long record of bipartisan problem solving. They’ve seen me put our country before any President — before any party — before any special interest — before my own interest. They might think me an imperfect servant of our country, which I surely am. But I am her servant first, last and always. ….
I disagreed strongly with the Bush administration’s mismanagement of the war in Iraq. I called for the change in strategy that is now, at last, succeeding where the previous strategy had failed miserably. I was criticized for doing so by Republicans. I was criticized by Democrats. I was criticized by the press. But I don’t answer to them. I answer to you. And I would be ashamed to admit I knew what had to be done in Iraq to spare us from a defeat that would endanger us for years, but I kept quiet because it was too politically hard for me to do. No ambition is more important to me than the security of the country I have defended all my adult life.
Also look for more McCain-Hillary kissy-kissy.
Currently showing on the McCain campaign website:
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Update: 8:42pm Eastern. Right on cue, McCain praises Hillary for inspiring him. “I’m proud to call her my friend.”
Update 9:03pm Eastern. McCain still talking and plodding along. Fox is the only one of the networks still carrying the speech. It’s pedestrian–and even McCain seems to have lost interest in his text. He read a line about Obama making a good first impression, and the audience inexplicably laughed. Did I miss something?
Update 9:10pm Eastern. It’s done and he seems relieved. Join the club.
Update 9:25pm Eastern. Mark Levin on McCain:
Not to offend those who might be offended, but this speech is a mash and tough to digest. You have to get through the self-congratulatory praise of independence and commander-in-chief pose from the Senate, then you have to try to follow the inconsistency of some of his big-government ideas vs. his anti-big-government rhetoric, and his inconsistency even on his supposed strength — the surge in Iraq vs. closing GITMO and conferring additional rights on the detainees. I am also put off by some of the anti-Bush stuff. Distancing himself from Bush is one thing, but he almost exclusively (as best I can tell) criticizes him, giving Bush little credit (tax cuts, Supreme Court appointments and yes, the surge, which Bush ordered not McCain).
Update 9:36pm Eastern. Hillary takes the stage. Hillary congratulates Obama. “Our party and our democracy is stronger and more vibrant as a result…It has been an honor to contest these primaries…it is an honor to call him my friend…take a moment to recognize him and all his supporters for all they have accomplished…”
Thirty seconds into the speech, she whips out the gender pride/gender card. Thanks all the little girls and old women who supported her. Thirty-five seconds in, she delivers a website plug for hillaryclintondotcom.
She’s very mellow (for Hillary). Wonder if she had a drink before she took the stage.
YES, WE CAN! chants break out. She tells her supporters every vote they cast was a “prayer” for this country. She’s proud they stood their ground. 35 million people voted in the primary. “I’m committed to uniting the party.”
“None of you is invisible to me. I see you. I’ll keep fighting for you.”
“A lot of people are asking, ‘What does Hillary want?’ I want what I’ve always wanted in this campaign. I want to end the war. I want health care for all Americans. I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard…I have an old-fashioned notion…that public service is about helping people solve their problems and live their own dreams…This nation has given me every opportunity and that’s what I want for every single American.”
A small dig: “I’ve been working on these issues not just for the past 16 months, but for the past 16 years.”
Pats herself on the back for demagoging the subprime crisis.
Hillary rallies her troops with memories of campaign successes. “I will carry your stories and dreams with me every day for the rest of my life. The question is where do we go from here…This has been a long campaign. And I will be making no decision tonight. But this has always been your campaign. To the 18 million who voted for me…I wanna hear from you.” Plugs the website again. “In the coming days, I’ll…determine how to move forward. “I want to conclude tonight by saying thank you, thank you to the people across America.”
Huge roar of applause. Bill Clinton clapping from the sidelines.
Hill’s eyes are leaking.
9:55pm Eastern. Hillary ends with a heart-tugging health care anecdote about an elderly supporter she met.
Cackle count: Zero.
Update 10:12pm Eastern. Obama is in St. Paul. He gets it right. He thanks everyone, his staff, his wife, his daughters…and his grandmother “who’s somewhere in Hawaii…who poured everything she had into me…this is for her.”
“Tonight, after fifty-four hard-fought contests, our primary season has finally come to an end.” Huge applause.
“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.” Massive applause/chanting.
Obama’s salute to Hillary:
At this defining moment for our nation, we should be proud that our party put forth one of the most talented, qualified field of individuals ever to run for this office. I have not just competed with them as rivals, I have learned from them as friends, as public servants, and as patriots who love America and are willing to work tirelessly to make this country better. They are leaders of this party, and leaders that America will turn to for years to come.
That is particularly true for the candidate who has traveled further on this journey than anyone else. Senator Hillary Clinton has made history in this campaign not just because she’s a woman who has done what no woman has done before, but because she’s a leader who inspires millions of Americans with her strength, her courage, and her commitment to the causes that brought us here tonight.
Snarky Obama jabs McCain:
In just a few short months, the Republican Party will arrive in St. Paul with a very different agenda. They will come here to nominate John McCain, a man who has served this country heroically. I honor that service, and I respect his many accomplishments, even if he chooses to deny mine.
Can’t make it through all the cliches. Agh. Here’s the full text if you must know what the teleprompter was scrolling for Obama.
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Time for McCain to announce Hillary as his VP.
OMG Bob, that is totally not funny.
I wonder if the the MSM will now refer to Obama as the “presumptive” Democratic nominee as they use the term for McCain, or just skip that part and call him Mr. President?
Now that the nomination is almost clinched, I expect a tsunami of Malkin readers who have been sitting on the fence to now officially endorse Senator Obama.
Hmmm…..
Uhhh…..
Any minute now…
Ah, probably just waiting for the polls to close in Montana.
I heard on the news last night that Hillary Clinton stated that she would not make any concession statements tonight (Tuesday). Since the Clintons have been known to lie even when they don’t have to lie, I expect that she WILL make a concession statement of some sort tonight. I will be ready with my popcorn.
You’re a bad man chap.
Not sure why MM is so fixated on the Hillary/McCain relationship. Hard as it is to believe, many Republican and Democratic politicians are actually friends with one another. Crazy, I know.
Bob, I was about to say that! They would win easily. Besides, he needs someone more conservative than he is…
OK, it’s the immigration thing that’s really annoying.
I’ll be watching to see if Obama remembers to thank whitey.
I am hoping he goes up on stage sporting a keffiyeh and starts his speech: “Allahu Akbar suckas!” just to make granite happy. Actually, where is granite? I haven’t seen a post from that guy in ages?
“Time for McCain to announce Hillary as his VP.”
“OMG Bob, that is totally not funny.”
No it isn’t funny, it’s terrifying. It’s also plausible.
Today on Hannity’s radio show I heard some women who said she and her entire family are Republicans, voted for Hillary in the primary and would vote for her in the general if she were the nominee because, get this, she’s conservative.
This is one of many reasons I’m not a Republican. They’re not conservative, they’re stupid.
Dak:
Maybe MM focuses on the Hillary/McCain relationship because he’s praised her and they’re “like animals.” As to your assertion that Republican and Democrat politicians are friends… who’s your inside scoop? Your magic 8 ball?
It’s easy to be frieds with one another when you’re all on the same government pension plan. Yes, let’s fix that global warming and raise those stupid taxpayers’ taxes. They’re not entitled to their own take home pay anyway.
Or maybe it’s because Dems and Repubs are becoming the same spineless wimps, except in different packaging. It’s like saying that Oreos and Fig Newtons are different finger foods when they’re in the same cookie species.
Gosh, though, I guess it’s also crazy to want some kind of accountability from both Dems and Repubs. Hey, if ya really want that pork, I guess it doesn’t matter where it comes from, huh, Dak?
Capoutier, this Republican will not vote for McAmnesty even if an illegal invader held a gun to my head to force me to vote for the traitor to our soveriegnty.
Since McCain’s the turd sandwich that must mean D’ohbama’s the…ahem.
I can no longer sit back and allow illegal alien infiltration, illegal alien indoctrination, illegal alien subversion and the international illegal alien conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.
I thought I would fix that for you, dakine.
I dunno, the threesome of McCain, Hillary and Bill sounds more tempting than Barack, Michelle and just about any third person I can think of. I mean, not as a first choice…but how many alternatives are left? Ok, Jindal. But just saying, things could look a lot worse pretty easily.
“[A] lot worse”, AG? Things are pretty bleak now. But, I guess it could be worse, if I ruminate on it long enough. *sigh*
We’re screwed.
I hope the American people have become wiser since the 2006 election. I know the libs are a 2006 redux.
I hope the American people have become wiser since the 2006 election. I know the libs are looking for a 2006 redux and flinging their poo at the conservatives about it.
Johnny Mc:They know I have a long record of bipartisan problem solving. ………:
McCain -Feingold;;
” -Lieberman (sp)
” and the LOOOOOOONG reach – Kennedy!!!!!
TRULY : ?????? the LESSER OF TWO EVILS????????????????????????
Bob that’s what I was thinking. I could actually see him do that.
This is all well and good, and everybody in the MSM and politics, including her camp wants Hillary out, except Hillary herself. She won’t give it up until the convention, and is still probably hoping for some RFK miracle, or some other surprise.
I hate this election, because there is no good candidate, and not really a “lesser of two evils” either. If McCain wins, he will take it as a mandate to rid “our party” (I say that loosely) of us people who are for secure borders, strict constuctionist judges, faith, global warming hoax denials and all the rest of our conservative baggage. It will be Gerald Ford all over again.
When does he nominate cynthia mckinney to the supreme court?
</sarcasm>
You forgot a tag, BOB, or at least I hope you forgot it. I wouldn’t put it past the not-quite-Communist half of the bipartisan Party-In-Government.
I am still convinced that Hillary has been holding out because she is expecting something to come out that will shift the super delegates to her at the last minute. If the Clintons are nothing else, they are shrewd conniving politicians. There has to be something, besides just wearing him down, hoping he will lose and she can run again in 2012.
I’m not either. Barack Hussein Obama is so young, he could easily have run in 2012 or 2016. I’m sure that Hillary is going to get revenge on him for stealing what should have been hers.
My guess is she will do everything in her power to have Hussein Obama go down in flames this election. . .and then run in 2012.
McCain takes the Hill for VP. Has kind of that McCain ring (like ah… thud).
oBORGama in 08
Yep, da Dems all can just salivate…
The end to Bush is near,
then he’ll own all you hold dear…
If hillary was my VP, I wouldn’t go near any grassy knolls.
me either.
Awwwwwwww, that’s so sweet. Just look at that pic. Makes me not want to vote for McCain & all.
Right is right, I totally agree!
She has wanted the presidency since before Bill was in the picture (her need for the presidency is the only reason Bill was in her picture in the first place)..what on earth is she going to do now? Go home to make cookies while standing by her man? I don’t think so. Besides, the list of dead people associated with the Clintons is a very long list….not making any assumptions..just saying..I don’t know that many dead people.
Pay close attention tonight… an Obama speech from a packed arena in Minnesota (17,000?), Hillary talking to a couple thousand at most in New York and McCain speaking in front of a few hundred in Louisiana. Democrat John McCain is going to get wiped out this fall and the down ticket impact for Republican House, Senate and local state races is going to be just as devastating. That’s what happens when Republicans run a fake conservative as their candidate.
I bet it’ll be Obama-Biden, buying Hillary off with the promise of an appointment to the Supreme Court (God help us!)
I like Jindal for McCain’s VP – he just introduced him in New Orleans, and they’d make a good team, I think.
“As for those VP rumors, I’m not buying it.”
No way. That would be the single worst mistake that Obama could ever make. No one in their right mind would want the albatross of Bill Clinton hanging around their neck.
HRC should run as an independent with Lieberman, since they have both been shafted by their party.
One more time, Mark Steyn:
“It’s a shame one of them has to win.”
Of course; He wants her disenfranchised voters to come to his side, especially the women voters who despise Obama.
McCain is the man.
McCain’s speech is a total disaster. The idiotic booing just makes it that much worse.
Does McCain look like he had a little work done?
In a speech yesterday, he told the crowd he would win in January.
So basically McCain is willing to pander to anyone except conservatives…
Niiiiiice
Question is is can he STOP her from being VP? If you figure in delegates that are voting for Obama that really wanted Hillary, and all the delegates that stuck by her and currently are voting for her, you have a large amount of power there amiable to a Hillary VP ticket.
Toss in a relatively unknown VP on the ticket which completely guts all the Hillary delegate supporters and obama supporters that would of voted Hillary you have a major gnashing of teeth developing. And the democratic party wants to look joined at the hip as they turn to face Mccain not divided.
I think a Hillary VP ticket simply isn’t up to Obama anymore, welcome to politics.
This could be the worst speech in history by a Republican candidate for President. When McCain smiles he looks like the snow monster from ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’. Where is Yukon Cornelius to pull the plug on this extremely boring pathetic speech.
He can win in January all he wants, as long as he loses in November!
I can’t watch the speech. People are booing him? lol
I was sad and angry over the possiblity of Obama/Hillary winning in November. As I walked in from outside I glanced at and listed to McCain on TV for about 15 seconds and the sadness I aready had become even more overwhelming.
The only hope is to replace McCain with almost anyone else.
Is there a way.
Obama exults AND Uses Police Memorial for Porta Potties
I will win in January!
Bob asked:
I’m all for finding out too but don’t think there is. If some magically conservative party shows up out of thin air it will just split the vote and we have a redux of 92. Nope, we’re screwed.
I cannot come up with a more efficacious way for McAmnesty to get Hillary’s supporters on board than to name her for VP. If he does then we had better get started lining up a short list of running mates that Michelle might want to consider.
Please Michelle, if he actually picks the pig in a pantsuit, promise that you’ll run independent for POTUS. You’ll WIN!! Just IMAGINE!! (But keep writing something here once a while ok?)
Brilliant move by his campaign to start the speech around 9 pm when they should have known that SD would put Obama over the top, thus ensuring that the networks would cut away. Yeesh.
If this is the level of incompetency McCain’s campaign will show I have no worries about November.
Of course, considering how horrible and wooden that speech was, maybe that was their intent all along.
Obama got his arse kicked in SD, another testament to Barack’s weakness. If he accepts Hillary as VP he’ll look even more weak. I think the octogenarian can beat him with a few cans of Ensure tied to his head.
Michelle Malkin is a loser.
Michelle Malkin is a loser. Do you want a reason? Do you want some rationale?
Senator McCain is an honorable man. And he is the kind of bi-partisan politician this country needs right now. (And for the record I do wish a true conservative wet dream would come along but this is an election for President, so I’m dealing with it. McCain is one of the more small government politicians to come around in a while and his conservatism speaks without saying anything when you compare his record to the Messiah). Imagine a politician not afraid to buck the trend and say what most people think. Malkin wants her group of friends rounded up in a corner to complain ABOUT EVERYONE that disagrees with her.
The real story is that CNN and MSNBC didn’t even let the American people hear McCain’s whole speech. Malkin belongs in the same category as CNN and MSNBC. The same old, snide, immature partisan crap we don’t have time to deal with anymore.
mbviews said:
Heh man, she’s on TV and doesn’t look half bad in those boots that go below the knee.
plus she owns this blog that gets 250k hits per day. Not to defend her but it’s better than CNN.
Part of me would love to see a McCain/Clinton ticket just to stick to Obama. But a McCain/Clinton ticket would be pretty bad, but it would be infinitely better than Obama/Clinton. That I couldn’t hack.
By the way, it kills me that the dems’ former messiah Bill Clinton is suddenly so hated. I keep hearing from dems how they could never stand the Clintons. I’m like “Huh? Since when?”
For my parents’ part, they refuse to vote for Obama b/c he is too far left for them (which says a lot!). As “dyed in the wool” democrats, they would never dare to vote Republican either, so I told them to write in Clinton as a protest vote in the general election, just to stick it to Obama.
Boxing Glove Guy!
Stay classy you McCain deludite. Everything you said about your man is patently false, so why should we respect your opinion on MM?
Michelle, how many months ago did you post that poll asking if we would vote for McCain? Well, my vote is still the same…
I’d rather be waterboarded than vote for Juan McCain. Sorry Republicans, this Conservative just cannot do it.
More criticism of Mr. McCain for behaving like a gentleman politician… color me not surprised.
First he’s too mean, then not mean enough… make up your mind, Michelle.
About Hillary as VP: Jonah Goldberg — we all pay attention to what the exalted Mr. Goldberg says, right? — stated recently McCain should have a democrat as a VP. Goldberg also says his loyalty is to conservatives, not Republicans. Well fine. Who sounded the most conservative during the primary season? That’s right: Hillary. So a McCain/Clinton ticket makes sense. To some conservatives anyway. Actually, I confess it makes sense to me. Anything to keep Obama out of the White House. If we are screwed, and yes, we really are, then why not go all the way?
Moreover, with Hillary on the ticket, something might, well, happen. I don’t know what. Who can say? But things happen, you know . . .
On June 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm, dakine said:
You’re right of course.
But there simply is no room on this blog or anywhere else in far-right conservatism for a mature politician who still knows how to behave like a human being, if he’s being kind and respectful to anyone on the left.
It’s a sign of weakness, can’t you see?
/sarc
Whoever gets Hillary as VP, I call dibs in the “unfortunate accident” pool.
I stand in awe of your cleverness. Tell me, did you have assistance?
The unraveling of America started in Washington some years ago. We people no longer have control over our borders, our votes, our money, our leaders. The enemies of our freedom and great country are waiting in the wings & right across our porous borders. Lock and load people, we have some rough days ahead.
McCain has a lot of nerve to take credit for the surge, bash Bush.. and then expect Bush to raise money for him since he can’t raise his own.
What a L-O-S-E-R
Another conservative here who just cannot vote for this man… from day to day I can’t figure out who disgusts me more, B. Hussein or McCain. And I think it’s McCain for the simple fact that he should know better!
“Look what you’ve done!! I’m melting, melting. Ohhhhh, what a world, what a world. Who would have thought that some Magic Mulatto like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness.”
On June 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 pm, mbviews said:
She’s lost her objectivity regarding McCain (and with it some of her credibility, my two cents)… but she’s certainly no loser.
Being critical is one thing, being disrespectful is quite another. There is simply no call for this kind of nastiness, and you owe Ms. Malkin an apology.
I can agree on one thing with her, American’s should start acting like American’s again.
Hillary just said, “I’ll make no decisions tonight…” followed by thunderous applause.
Wow, I’ve never heard such applause for indecision in my life. Speaks volumes about Hillary supporters.
I haven’t heard a single, intelligent policy argument that wasn’t infused with emotional banter or ad hominem fallacies, and they love her for it.
Malkin is a loser.
Trust me on this one, many of you will come around.
I can go toe-to-toe with Malkin on conservative and libertarian principles. And so McCain isn’t my ideal candidate to say the least. Moreover I really have disagreed with many of the things McCain has done in the past. I have reluctantly come to support him because from the speeches I have seen (before CNN cuts them off) he comes across as a man of honor (and just an honest politician… not a smooth talking, hipster) and because I can see clear enough about the choice coming in November.
And now anytime you go to Malkin with a Pro-McCain viewpoint be prepared for the usual quick response about how you are tied to the campaign, etc.
I have nothing to gain from McCain getting elected.
Malkin is a loser because with the stage she has built for herself she mistakenly believes her task is to shrink the Republican Party to just the friends she agrees with. Overwhelmingly, if she wants to drive the new media truck through the gapping whole– she would know… unequivocally… that the task is to present an alternative to the Soviet-style NYTimes-CNN-University-Democrat coalition that drives all public opinion in this country. Why can’t conservatives be conservatives? Because there is no where to go! (CNN cuts them off and Malkin is too busy complaining about Republicans that aren’t perfect)
McCain’s too mean to conservatives and not mean enough to liberals. Get it?
We all have to fight on the same side again some day and this cannot happen as long as McCain is the head of the GOP. He hates conservatives and is out to change the base of the party while destroying the Constitution. No thanks.
I don’t think anyone is criticizing McCain for being respectful. The problem is that he reserves that kindness and respect only for those on the left, and shows nothing but disdain and disgust for anyone to his right.
Irish Rose-
If “a loser” is too strong, perhaps “wasting the opportunity she has been given” is more appropriate.
Good point. She is a politician.
McCain was cut off because he wasn’t saying anything of substance. He is not a man of honor any more than you are a conservative.
The “first lesson” he learned on the failure of his amnesty bill::
Before winning the nomination- “Secure the borders first”.
After winning the nomination- “Comprehensive immigration reform”.
Man of honor? How about liar.
You don’t agree with Michelle Malkin so you resort to name calling. How classy.
Michelle Malkin is no loser. She is informed, highly intelligent, well respected and entitled to her opinions without being called names for doing so. If you don’t like what she has to say, leave this site.
I hate America.
Well half of it at least.
I watched the McCAin speech and was embarassed for the man. He was dry, uncomfortable, simply pathetic. And the crowd? Who picked that bunch? and why so few? Coudn’t they rile up a few more live bodies just as props? This was so bad, he is a worse speaker than Bush. And he can’t even memorize a paragraph of his speech but has to look at the teleprompters constantly. Pathetic and sad. I will never vote for this little man who has only animosity for conservatives (that is the time he shows his “tough” and mean side, only towards us, conservatives) and drips with love and praise for commies, like Clinton. I just hope I feel motivated enough to vote down the line in November, I plan not to vote for ANY rino. The GOP rino farm needs a spanking, big time.
RealImmigrantChick : Who needs RINO’s! When he’s POTUS Osama Obama will spank you, big time.
Obama is thanking his grandmother! Made him what he is today. Guess she crawled out from under the bus.
Listened to Hill’s speech, and frankly after listening to McCain, she sounded positively inspiring, unless you actually listened to what she said. Basically she’s appealing to the superdelegates tonight, especially after she repeated several times that 18 million people voted for her, I also think that the speech had a two-fold message, she was definitely positioning herself for a run in 2012.
mbviews said:
I think you should take your head out of your sphincter buddy. McCain did try to pass a bill that would of given amnesty to millions of illegals. If McCain is lambasted by Michelle on a daily basis it’s certainly OK. McCain has my support for the few things I like him for but he must be kept on a short leash and kept under the microscope. And remember some of what Michelle does is showmanship which is needed to drive the site, so don’t get so bent out of shape.
My comments are being deleted.
Okee dokee, then.
Have a good evening, Michelle.
Is that Michael Bolton over Obama’s left shoulder?
The only opportunity Michelle may have wasted is not tossing your sorry butt to the curb.
I notice that the rabid McCain supporters that post here imitate their candidate by hurling insults and trashing anyone that does not fall into line with your train of thought. Or is it a bus instead of a train? A short bus.
mbviews, I agree with you on McCain. No, he’s not perfect, but I will proudly cast my vote for him.
Realimmigrantchick
I agree, McCain definitely trails even Bush in speaking skills, I was actually cringing, listening to him, and could he please lose that smile after every sentence, like he’s so proud of himself, it felt like watching fingernails scratching the chalkboard. He needs a good PR person asap. Having said that, I’ll vote for him, but only because it’s my civic duty to do so, not voting will give another vote to that wolf in sheep’s clothing.
I have a dream of a better future without Obama.
You beat me to it #66 FreeThinkerNY, but may I joyously add, “Ding Dong the witch is dead!”. tks Mom24ks.
First of all, mbviews, MM is not only a great voice to conservatives, she gives voice to people like you, who do not deserve it.
This ties into a point I want to make about McCain and the surge. I, like others, can’t believe he acts as if he ordered the surge and not the commander-in-chief!!!! Bush made the call. McCain just bitched and undermined the administration.
RealImmigrantChick,
I agree with your assessment of McCain 100%. He must have put (smile) into his teleprompter at key moments. Actually, it was probably more like (smile like a smug crypt-keeper) because he sure looked wooden, old, and awful tonight.
mbviews:
Nobody on this blog has criticized Michelle Malkin more than me for numerous reasons. But, she allows liberals on her to debate, and she allows libs and conservative to challenge her without getting booted for Contempt of Host or something. Calling her a loser on the McCain issues is a little over the top and unnecessarily insulting in my opinion. You are a guest. That’s just my take.
Chap:
#9 is absolutely hilarious. Maybe next January after he’s sworn in. I hope Dave Chappelle comes out of “retirement” because we could use his brand of satire about now.
“freethinker”. BO may give us all a spanking, but at least that would be expected. McCain will give more than a spanking to conservatives, he will slaughter conservatism, permanently (or at least for our lifetimes). I prefer some spanking for 4 years and then probably a conservative, I will not bow to the GOP and will not compromise. History does repeat itself often. Last time I voted for the lesser of 2 evils, we got Arold in Cali. So much for that moderate republican who is one of the worst governors, and very liberal. I guess if anyone is really a freethinker, it probably is me, I am free from the fear that is obviously gripping some conservatives who are willing to support McCain because he is the lesser of 2 evils. Evil is evil.
Interesting that a man claiming McCain to be a gentleman calls the hostess of this site a loser.
Irish Rose, I still see your posts.
When you were young and a little dumb did you ever drink too much and force yourself to upchuck on the porcelain throne? After tonights trio of speeches it kinda feels like that.
mistressjustice said:
Calling MJ a loser on the other hand is perfectly acceptable, we don’t care for a lawyer scum, drug addict around here.
Jim M.: I could not agree with you more. For some reason, McCain-bots think by insulting conservatives who refuse to support McCain or even disagree with him, they will make us fall in line.
Isn’t his grandmother under a bus “somewhere” in Hawaii????
What a tool……….
Okay…Hillary made a speech but did she actually concede anywhere in it?
Correct me if I am wrong, but Obama technically won’t officially be the Democrat candidate for POTUS until the Democrat’s convention right? Normally it’s a formality, but could Hillary be planning some backroom shenanigans to try to wrest it from Obama?
mistressjustice (damn lawyer weasels)