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[Jacki O.]

John McCain takes money from people that also financially support terrorist groups!

and (it gets better)
He's all for restricting your individual freedoms and access to healthcare Because you are dumb and can't decide for yourself.
BTW:
[url="http://www.ppaction.org/ppvotes/thetruthaboutjohnmccain.html"%20target="_blank""]McCain is a hater! [/url]
Candidtate quotes
yeehaw!


i am sure all you smart shizzies weren't gonna vote for him in the first place but i must shamefully admit that for a good time i thought McCain was at least a moderate republican (one that i wouldn't be scared of taking office) but no, he's the same old shitty shitfaced republican. Yeah anything's better than Bush but that means anything; a ham sandwich, a cookie, a monkey in a spacesuit, a bitmap file, Paris Hilton....anything.

just wanted those out there who are gonna vote to know some shit is going down.

[raubhimself]

At one point McCain WAS a decent human being, and at one time I even thought to myself "you know, self, if McCain ever runs for president, he'd be a good guy to vote for!"

Of course, you guys probably know a lot more about McCain than I do.

[Jacki O.]

i'm not gonna hate on people that feel like abortion is wrong, it's not fun at all. but i am gonna hate on people that want to decide for me what choices i should have when it comes to my reproductive health. having a baby is awesome, but having one that you don't want and will adversly affect your health and the health of said unwanted baby sucks major balls.

Not giving money to countries that need it just because they promote responsible reproductive health care (i.e. birth control and condoms) is fucking lame and embarrassing.

I'm sure he's a cool guy to hang with (hey gramps let me show you how to use email) but i would never give my vote to someone who hates on women and is going to try to restrict my access to affordable and safe healthcare.

Access to reproductive healthcare is an essential cornerstone of a healthy democracy and robust economy. restricting individual access to it just keeps the poor people poor and the rich people rich. and we all know republicans don't want any of that.

[Jacki O.]

God, it just keeps getting better

[Melkor]

that's all cool but just don't question his military career.

[jomama]

I was originally going for Obama, but lately I don't like either one of them.

http://www.bobbarr2008.com

[Quezo]

that's all cool but just don't question his military career.

Why not?

or

What is there to question?

The fact that he had a military career and was a POW has no bearing on his candidacy.

In fact, he should be more understanding of health issues bearing down on our citizens and veterans who do not have the care

they need, or govt. officials who do nothing for veterans suffering from PTSD, other mental illness, amputees etc.

Shouldn't he be voting down the war effort? It does not make a lick of sense to me (his standpoint).

Being from AZ, I can tell you that as our Repugnantcunt State Senator I've never liked him.

Even as a child I thought he seemed untrustworthy, and children are often a good judge of character when it comes down to it.

Seeing his face everyday turns my stomach similarly to the way GWB's does.



ps anyone else get completely annoyed by his lockjawed speech patterns, and his whistling S's? Take a listen, you won't be able to unhear them.

[raubhimself]

I was originally going for Obama, but lately I don't like either one of them.

Just curious: why don't you like Obama anymore?

[Melkor]

that's all cool but just don't question his military career.

Why not?

or

What is there to question?

The fact that he had a military career and was a POW has no bearing on his candidacy.

it was a bit of sarcasm. Wesley Clark mentioned that his military service as a non-qualifier and people jumped all over him.

[Quezo]

that's all cool but just don't question his military career.

Why not?

or

What is there to question?

The fact that he had a military career and was a POW has no bearing on his candidacy.

it was a bit of sarcasm. Wesley Clark mentioned that his military service as a non-qualifier and people jumped all over him.

Point taken.

The difference is Wesley Clark would've made a fantastic president.

[Melkor]

I agree

[fatguyaz]

i'd vote for him.

[eraser]

Yeah, at one time, McCain seemed like he was a relatively decent dude (most notably in his face-offs with Bush in 2000 - even Adam McKay, noted Huffington Post contributor, mentioned that at the time). That time is pretty dead, though ... his Straight-Talk Express derailed a long time ago to get into lock-step with the Bush Administration.

That said, I would never denigrate his service to the country, even in a war that I don't know that I would've believed in at the time (I'm guessing I wouldn't have). The guy was captured, imprisoned, and tortured for over 5 years - it's a pretty reprehenisible thing to have to experience. There have been rumblings of Obama/Democratic-supporters trying to focus an eye on the small bits of compliance by McCain with his captors, but I think that's wrong both ethically and strategically, the more important being the former. Of the latter, there are so many stronger, more legitimate bones to pick with him on serious issues that people actually care about.

I think what General Clark was trying to say that service in the military doesn't automatically directly qualify someone for the role of president, and I think that's mostly true. Conversely, not having military experience shouldn't necessarily disqualify someone from office.

When I read the title of this thread, I was pretty sure that it was going to concern McCain's love for Abba, although I don't find anything particularly douchey about that.

[JMG3]

i had heard about the whole chiquita banana/columbia terrorist thing awhile back on NPR. supposedly they paid off the columbian "terrorist group" for protection, so their plants and employees in the region would be safe. it's not really new news. neither is the fact that mccain is indeed a douchebag. but i didn't know the depth of the mccain/chiquita connection. wow.
a great, non-partisan site for seeing how the candidates stand on issues (in their own words) is procon.org
a few minutes on that site will further prove that mccain is nowhere near as moderate as he has pretended to be in the past.

[weener]

Ugh...

I can't believe there was a time when I would have actually considered voting for him. For some reason I used to have this idea that he was an OK dude.

Those feelings, needless to say, are long gone.