McCain and Palin… Together Again.
After the 2008 presidential race, where he impressed the country and earned our trust with his measured and thoughtful decision-making ability and stellar judgment in choosing a running mate, he’s ready to go back to D.C. for another six years.
Yes, I’m talking about John McCain, and yes my tongue is firmly in cheek.
But, you gotta hand him this. When something works he sticks with it. The one and only half-term ex-governor from Alaska will be joining him on the stump!
May it be just as successful for the Senator as it was last time.
McCain may face a primary challenge from J.D. Hayworth, an ex-state representative and current radio talking head who talks tough on immigration. If the challenge looks serious, the Dems may decide to run a serious candidate. But they’re going to just wait and see. Because that’s the kind of thing that really gets people fired up and ready to work really hard to elect them.
As Cindy McCain poses in support of gay marriage. LOL!
McCain is losing badly in Arizona. It is a desperate plea for help from one “Maverick” to another. He hasn’t got the memo yet that says she is only popular with the ignorant “T-baggers” not the informed electorate.
Oh, boy! This is going to be fun.
Oh AKM…………”…..joining him on the stump!”……….sigh…….
There is only one thing McCain wants to do with sarah and a stump.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/163521/659
McCain is a pathetic man who won’t admit his mistakes. He’s desperate enough to unlease Failin onto the public once again in order to get his name out there.
What a great time to be alive – entertainment galore!
If those two make it up north to Prescott Valley Az, I’ll be waiting. Ideas already forming for appropriate signs. Just received a robo call from Scott Brown? Is this his start for a presidential run?
McCain does own a house in Arizona but really doesn’t spend too much time in the state, neither does his wife (and neither of them spend a whole lot of time with each other). If he is not reelected, I doubt seriously if he will spend any more time in Arizona than he already does. He only moved there to take advantage of an open senate race years ago…he has no real love for the State or its citizens.
The people of Arizona need to wake up and elect someone who will really take their interests to heart. My sister and mother recently moved to Phoenix and I can assure you that two new votes will not go to him.
In a way, he and Palin were made for each other. They care only about what’s good for themselves at the expense of everything that they say they hold dear.
Austintx!!!…… straighten up and fly right!
Wow, what how much of an A hole McCain is in this video, his talking points are challenged and he doesn’t like being corrected. What a snake he is…..
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/mccain_gets_schooled_on_bogus_abdulmutallab_one-wa.php?ref=mp
McFuddle will just let palin have the stage with him as she promotes her PAC. I can only hope the s**t hits the fan first as Palin goes down.
Unbelievable. I find it incredible that a man who has been a senator as long as McCain can be so clueless about Palin.
But they’re going to just wait and see. Because that’s the kind of thing that really gets people fired up and ready to work really hard to elect them.
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Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Senate won’t take further action to pass a final health care bill before Senator-Elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) takes his seat, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday.
“We’re not going to rush into anything,” Reid said at a press conference following the Senate’s weekly caucus lunches. “We’re going to wait until the new senator arrives before we do anything more on health care.”
Across the Capitol, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters Tuesday that Congress could pass health care in the roughly two weeks before Brown is seated and Democrats lose their filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate. But that time will mostly be spent focusing on job growth, Reid said.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/reid-health-care-will-wai_n_430137.html
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling Democrats not to “jam” a health care overhaul bill through Congress, instead urging them to coalesce around popular parts of the bill.
In an interview with ABC News, Obama said Wednesday that Congress must wait for newly elected Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to be sworn into office before lawmakers move forward.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/obama-to-dems-dont-jam-th_n_430134.html
I’m rooting for McSame here.
J.D. (Baby Huey) Hayworth is even more obnoxious than Palin. Well, I’m exaggerating, but still…
If McCain truly believes Palin can help him get re-elected, that is proof enough that he needs to retire.
I so hope she goes to help Bachmann. Campaigning together, the crazy leading the insane.
I had so hoped Palin would go to Massachusetts and help Brown with his campaign. Darn.
Dr. Dean has it exactly right……..
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2010_01_01_archive.html
McCain, who finished Bush’s work in dismantling the GOP, he now needs to pander to the teabaggers who have risen from the ashes! Too funny!
McCain is toast. Palin is toast. Let the nightmare begin!
Palin has competition in 2012 and he is EVERY BIT as classy as she is………
YOUBETCHA!
Scott Brown Introduces Daughters to America: “Yes, They’re Both Available”
Good grief. How embarrassing is this for these girls? Although the one who got voted off of American Idol didn’t look like she was minding the spotlight all that much tonight. That said, I would guess Brown was right that he would be in trouble when he got home.
And now onto more serious matters like how much is this flame thrower going to make the Senate an even more screwed up institution that it is already?
If nothing else I’m sure he’ll be providing us with sound bytes similar to the likes of McCain, Graham, DeMint, McConnell and LIE-berman.
Or worse yet his House counterparts like Hoekstra, Boehner, Issa, Bachmann and others.
You name them. I’m sure the readers here can come up with better lists than mine.
So much for that Senate civility they’re always praising.
I think it might have just gotten thrown out the window with this guy in there.
They pretend Al Franken is bad.
I have little doubt we ain’t seen nothin’ yet when his junior member of the Senate joins the Republicans.
I just hope the people of Massachusetts are happy with themselves for heaping this guy upon us.
Don’t be surprised if we’re hearing buzz about him running for President in 2012.
Matthews was already getting a thrill up his leg from Brown’s manliness tonight and saying he’s Presidential material.
Look out Palin, you might have some competition coming.
#8 OMG, I don’t suggest you vote for Hayworth either. When I lived in Arizona, he was my representative. He kept getting re-elected because he’d go and talk up the Indians to get their votes. The man was nothing but a worthless good ol’ boy who voted straight republican.
Sounds like JD Hayworth could use a bit of financial help. Wouldn’t it be nice to set up an “Alaskans for Hayworth PAC”? Think of the statement that would make! McCain must be unaware of the many Alaskans who live part time in Arizona. I believe they are considered Snowbirds.
I hope Sarah doesn’t back down. Stumping for McCain…wow. And I thought Christmas was over.
AZ is full of right wing old people who most likely love her and her fake Christian crap and her constant pandering to all things military.
but wouldn’t it be fun if I were wrong?
I just saw the Cindy McCain ad:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/cindy-mccain-noh8-photo-m_n_430004.html
It’s really a shame that the two McCain woman are true to their convictions while John McCain has sold out any principles that he might once have had in order to remain in his powerful position in Washington.
Having Palin on his presidential ticket was a dangerous and deceptive calculation that could have been catastrophic had they won the election. Since then, McCain has continually defended Palin against claims of her obvious incompetence in order to keep her on his side in case he needed her star power in the future. But by defending Palin, he showed his true weakness and selfishness. He knew that he might need Palin’s conservative followers so he did not take the true high road by being honest with the American people about Palin’s ineptitude. He also showed a tremendous lack of integrity by not defending people like Schmidt and Wallace against Palin’s slanderous claims.
Hero? I don’t think so. McCain has shown in the last year that through his dishonest and cynical association with Sarah Palin he is more of a selfish coward than hero.
bubbles -
With all due respect , dear , the video speaks volumes.
austintx Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 12:16 PM
bubbles -
With all due respect , dear , the video speaks volumes.
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what a perverted old thing he is. not you dear Austin. Mccain
To McCain Headquarters……..is anybody there?
So happy you’ll be ‘on the road again’ with $arah Palin!…..May it bring you the same success as it did on your last Campaign!
Perhaps you could take Scott Brown along & parade the 2010 “KEN & BARBIE” phenomenon down the Arizona campaign trail. At least it would bring great debates since they are on opposite sides of Porn and Pro-Choice and you could just wave and smile while standing in the background again.
Please retire and save yourself further humiliation & while you’re at it convince Lieberman to do the same…you are both useless.
You notice how the stumping is in March and not closer to the election?
That leaves plenty of time before November for McCain to distance himself from her.
At one point, McCain had my respect. Now he’s turned into a stupid old man with no values and no sense of direction. His pandering shows that he will go wherever the wind will blow him – just as long as he gets to stay on the stage.
Time for McCain to retire.
re: Martha @ 11 ~ some thoughts on the quotes/cites:
I’ve no earthly idea what wheeling and dealing has transpired in DC, but I’m guessing that ‘waiting for Brown to be seated’ won’t make any difference because:
1) the votes have already been rounded up to pass the piece of once-great legislation, and/or
2) POTUS has “something” up his sleeve and having the full body of legislators ‘in on’ the deliberations of the legislation/voting on it will be advantageous to that “something.”
Please let that “something” be: POTUS saying in the State of the Union address:
“The members of the Senate and House of Representatives have had nearly a year to examine all parts of our health care system. In that time, they ALL — every . single . one . of . them — have let the interests of the few, the interests of the lobbyists, the interest of the big insurance companies, and/or well-orchestrated distortions and lies, distract them from what is in the best interest of ALL the citizens of our nation.
The mental and physical health and well-being of every single citizen is vital to our recovery from the current economic hardships, to our economic growth, to our national security, and to the continuance of our democracy as laid out over two-hundred years ago in our Constitution.
When I directed there be a comprehensive overhaul of our health care system, I did NOT direct our legislators to look, first and foremost, at their campaign war chests, at what perks they could get from which industry and/or special interest group, or any thing else that would be personally beneficial to them. I directed that the health care overhaul be FOR the American people. Legislators on both sides of the aisle have failed in that task. Cancer knows no political affiliation; a broken bone knows no political affiliation; nor does diabetes, influenza, bi-polarism, pneumonia, neuralgia, pregnancy, or any other medical condition know a political affiliation. All, though, have been visited upon –and are being visited upon– citizens of our nation. For the representatives of our nation’s peoples to ignore that immutable fact and try to present the American people with a half-a$$ed “overhaul” of the system, is unconscionable.
For that reason, I am directing, tonight, that ALL members of both the House and Senate begin tomorrow –from scratch– to intelligently, seriously, and in a cooperative manner, overhaul our nation’s medical care and delivery system FOR the American people. You, legislators, have had your fun wheeling and dealing for personal advantages in this overhaul, but that stops now; tommorrow is Day One for a comprehensive overhaul of our nations’ health care system.
All of you legislators have had a full year to study the ins and outs of our current system and a full year to reflect on what is needed to provide the best possible medical care for ALL citizens. I will NOT sign ANY bill even remotely resembling the piece of hackery you are now trying to foist on the American people. As President of ALL Americans, I would be failing in my duty, if I did. The American people expect more of you than the partisan bickering and special interest cave-ins witnessed this past year; as your President, I do, too. When it comes to a comprehensive overhaul of our health care system for ALL our citizens, I demand more.
I expect a bi-partisan Citizen-centered, Citizen-friendly, Citizen-first, health care proposal to be completed by 20 March 2010 and the full bill on my desk, ready for my signature, by 15 May 2010.”
From my most ardent hopes to [the Diety of your Choice's] ears…
beth.
How much is he paying her? I can’t imagine Sarah is going anywhere without a deposit to her checking account.
Loser/Quitter 2010
Nothing would make me happier than for McCain to lose here in AZ, but JD Hayworth was my Congress Critter before we threw the bum out. He would be FAR worse for AZ than McCain ever would be. But I do think that Hayworth might be easier to beat than McCain.
However, I can see McCain pull what Lieberman did and run as an independent. He could still get elected.
At any rate, I already got a pre-recorded call from “newly-elected” Mass. Senator-elect Scott Brown shilling for money for McCain already.
Sheesh.
This is the best news out there…hopefully she will sink his butt once and for all..time for him to go..
MordacP – She’s coming to try to bolster his numbers w/ the wingnuts and stave off Hayworth’s primary challenge. I’d like to see Hayworth defeat him b/c I think that would level the playing field a bit come Nov (plus the obvious satisfaction of seeing his sorry azz finally just Gone from our politics). Az Dems had anticipated that Janet Napolitano, being term-limited as Gov, would be in a strong position to challenge McCain in 2010, but then PO recruited her to run Homeland Security. My only prediction so far is that this year the next ten months is going to seem longer than usual.
Sometimes I almost, almost wish THEY had won last Fall.
Maybe the American people needed to see what real catastrophies would have followed before they finally realized that we’re in this poop-swamp mostly because of policies espoused by Republicans. I know, I know, 2 rounds of Bush didn’t unite the opposition enough, but if he’d been followed by McPalin…
Guess it’s time for my head-clearing jumping-jacks.
An Irish perspective.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/palin-finds-a-fitting-welcome-in-conservative-fox-den-2017387.html
I just watched that McCain clip linked above in which Mc had most of the facts of the Fruit’o'the Loom Bomber incident screwed up. A few months ago, he criticized Obama for a new Naval defense plan which would have the Navy deploy more SM3 missiles in place of newer, more expensive, and less thoroughly tested missiles. McCain’s criticism was that the SM3 was an unproven weapon and might even be considered experimental. The Facts are that the SM in SM3 stands for Standard Missile, and that the Navy has already had them deployed for some time on missile cruisers – including the USS John McCain. Oh, my fellow prisoners – it’s shaping up to be a long summer.
I don’t know anything about Hayworth (only my sister and mother now live in AZ, not me) but it would be nice to see McCain lose in the general. If Hayworth won the primary, could a democrat take him in the general?
4 austintx Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 11:10 AM
Oh AKM…………”…..joining him on the stump!”……….sigh…….
There is only one thing McCain wants to do with sarah and a stump.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/163521/659
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I couldn’t bear to watch with the sound on. Muting her makes it even more obvious, he is flagrantly perving on her, just like the nasty perverts on commuter trains eyeing their prey before a slow “brush by” attack.
If I were in that crowd, I would have shouted it out for all to hear and been killed by the mob.
thanks Irishgirl @#35 – that was a great article – AND a warning (at end of article).
I just posted this on the open thread too…it’s a very thoughtful analysis about the state of US politics:
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/hello-to-all-that.html
Yeah, “wait and see”. I’ve about had it with the Democrats.
I think it’s great that so many here can be so optimistic that McCain will lose. It seems to me that we have ignored Sarah and the Teabaggers at our peril. She endorsed Brown and he still won a blue state. While we were beating up the democrats over health care, they were busy laying the groundwork for the next election. What can we
do to help McCain lose?
She’ll milk this for all it’s worth and will likely book herself on more highly visible campaigns now that she has a rival:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/20/brown-brushes-off-presidential-question/?eref=marqueeflipper
I can just hear the buzz in conservative circles in about a year:
“Brown is just dreamy…he should be president.”
“I know…he has the look…as Peggy Noonan said last year, he looks like an American.”
What ever happened to that Alaska woman, you know the one who quit?”
“You mean the one in the running shorts?”
“Yeah that’s the one.”
“I heard that she lost her Fox contract in only a few months because she proved to be a high maitenance idiot and the tabloids wouldn’t even cover her anymore because she stories about her just didn’t sell anymore.”
These two are symbiotic. She’s latching on to him because he has the “machine” behind him to protect her. She HAS to know that things are coming down the Yukon, as it were. He might not be so privy to this sort of thing. BUT, he’ll use her for press. She does garner lots of attention, and you know what they say, bad press is still press. As long as she doesn’t crash and burn whilst on the trail with him, he’ll be fine. It’s in his best interest to make her look innocent and pure. It’s in her best interest to let him. BUT, if his machine can’t protect her, he’s toast right along with her.
I’m so hoping for that last thing. Come on Alaskans, you can do it!
Okay, I live in the “blue” conrer of Arizona, the liberal oasis of Bisbee which is somewhat of a political suburb of the blue-er Tucson. This region has long been held to be the land of Morris Udall, the most beloved Dem in state history. But even here, hopes are not high. There is no recognized Dem strong enough to step out and challenge McCain or Hatworth. From what I know of Hayworth, he’s far to the right of McCain. I would urge mudpups NOT to support him in an effort to get rid of McCain . In this case, the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t…
I am so proud of Cindy McCain for participating in the NOH8 campaign. It does not fit the right wing image McCain is going for with Palin etc., so I wonder what the hell is up. Basically though, this needs to go far and wide.
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/01/20/Cindy_McCain_Poses_for_NOH8/
BigSlick –
Actually , as Johnny Mac ogles sarah’s booty , this maudlin tune would make a great soundtrack. Goes with AKM’s thread title also.too.
Buck Owens and the Buckaroos
“Together Again”
Together again my tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights are now at an end
The key to my heart you hold in your hand
And nothing else matters now we’re together again
[ steel ]
Together again the grey skies’re gone
You’re back in my arms now where you belong
The love that I knew is living again
And nothing else matters now we’re together again
And nothing else matters now we’re together again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygHfe4o2qSc
Well, if John McCain truly believes that Sarah Palin ” … remains a leading voice in the Republican Party” then he more delusional than I thought!
I’m reminded of W’s famous line about “Fool me once …”
OMG Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 12:14 PM
I just saw the Cindy McCain ad:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/cindy-mccain-noh8-photo-m_n_430004.html
It’s really a shame that the two McCain woman are true to their convictions while John McCain has sold out any principles that he might once have had in order to remain in his powerful position in Washington.
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I’ll grant you that Megan McCain is probably pro- marriage equality (b/c she’s actually a DEMOCRAT, but is too ditzy to realize it!) but I think Cindy’s doing the ad is more about torpedoing her husband’s political career.
She’s got to know d@mn well that doing a NOH8 ad will NOT go down well with the GOP base. I think she’s fed up with Johnnyboy’s abandonment and philandering and she wants him HOME where she can keep an eye on him. She just dropped a BOMB into the middle of his re-election prospects. I’d say good for her, if she wasn’t such a hateful beyotch herself. Those two McNastys deserve each other.
Late here…the only solution is to vote for me for President. Too bad I am not a citizen..
Seagull -
Must be kinda ruff at the McCain house. Meghan got “uninvited” to speak at George Washington University for her stance on marriage equality. You can see her tweets here at wonkette.
http://wonkette.com/413262/meghan-mccain-is-all-sorts-of-disenfranchied-for-being-such-a-liberal-nominal-republican
beth Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Please let that “something” be: POTUS saying in the State of the Union address:
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I hope you sent this to Obama. I would definitely like to see him recite your speech WORD-FOR-WORD! Corporate personhood, with its attending power, is the scourge of this nation and no one ever comes out and addresses it head-on.
they deserve each other…but outside of politics…they are both scum
Irishgirl Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Late here…the only solution is to vote for me for President. Too bad I am not a citizen..
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i’ll vote for you anyway.
Irishgirl -
You are a mudpup in good standing , and that is all that matters to me. Do I hear a second ??
bubbles -
We are on the same wavelength.
Hmm. Maybe McCain could dis-invite her and get Brown to come to AZ instead. I wonder what Steve Schmidt is thinking now?
Sarah is coming to Texas to campaign for Perry on February 7–somewhere in the Houston area. ALERT to Mudpups in Houston!!! We need you!
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=11851151
Fed up today…and trying to make light of it. Love you guys, but please don’t fight…it hurts my pancreas.
and other assorted organs.
((((Irishgirl))))) come on back to the States… we’ll get you elected SOMEthing!
Sorry to be OT.
ok…
I wonder what it takes for this guy to embarass himself?
You’d think his self induced retching during the debates with Obama would have been sufficient.
No need to ask the same question of Sarah, she has not shame, and therefore is never embarassed.
In case somebody missed those McCain photos just Google McCain, debate. The first line of photos are of McCain choking on himself.
Irishgirl Says:
January 20th, 2010 at 3:07 PM
Late here…the only solution is to vote for me for President. Too bad I am not a citizen..
That’s OK neither is Obama and look what happened to him.
Any mud pups from Arizona that can give some demographics?
I know a lot of upper middle class go there to retire, but it is still a very rural small town type of state.
lol….night all
I remember way back at the beginning of the presidential campaign Megan saying she was a democrat or at least a social liberal and switched parties for her father.
Marnie -
Big ol’ Phoenix is smack in the middle of it. Urban sprawl, 1,000 incoming flights daily, acres of retirees [Sun City!], wealthy subdivisions like Scottsdale – Republican Central. This is the state that spawned Barry Goldwater, remember?
McCain and Palin: Incontinent and Incompetent. (from the comment section in the Arizona Daily Star, Tucson’s newspaper).
Beth Right on Hope someone copied and pasted it and sent it thru to President Obama someone may read it and agree.I no longer have my short cut since my dell went down. So Megan and her Mother will lie to help McCain or should I say did lie to try and help him win the presidential election.Doesn’t say much for either of them.I agree McCain should just pack it in .Hopefully he is done but also it is very true if the other republican is worse better the devil you know and believe me when I say I have had to use that myself at times.
68 Mo Says:
Big ol’ Phoenix is smack in the middle of it. Urban sprawl, 1,000 incoming flights daily, acres of retirees [Sun City!], wealthy subdivisions like Scottsdale – Republican Central. This is the state that spawned Barry Goldwater, remember?
Oh, yeah I remember Goldwater, and the newkalr campaign ad that ended his Presidential run.
The Republicans are still pissed about that. Hee Hee.
Best campaign ad ever produced.
I was just hoping that the newer population might have loosened things up a bit.
‘corse I sit here in the Mid Atl. watching my home state, Texas regress to the stone age. Makes me sick.
Kay Bailey and Rick Whorehouse Perry for Governor, it don’t get no lower than that.
Wait a minute, I herd ‘laska had a Gov….. (Believe me Alaskans Claytie Williams would have topped her for stewpid coming and going had he been elected.
Sigh.
I want to be a Mudpup too. And I second Irishgirl getting honorary status as a citizen!
The fun’s already begun.
So, Cindy and Meghan have both come out for marriage equality.
Somehow I don’t think this sits well with McCain/Palin and those other Repubs.
Looks like a bi+ch slap to sarah and I bet she sees it that way.
One of my cynical parts wonders if this is to bring the LG’s into his tent and then another of my cynical parts wonders if this is Cindy’s and Meghan’s way of ensuring that he won’t be reelected.
And then another of my cynical parts wonders where in the he11 are the power hungry cheney and newt? They lie and dissemble with the best of them – why aren’t they coming out for marriage equality? Plus, they’ve both got LG relations, also.
Oh, wait, I know. They can’t help but pander to the base.
Yep, this is going to be fun.
As an Arizonan living in Phoenix, I can tell you we do NOT want JD Hayworth representing us. He was in the House of Representatives for 8 years. I would like to dump McCain. Hayworth could probably take his votes, but he is still quite popular here. Palin even has a following out here. This is quite a red state, unfortunately.
McCain has one potential progressive challenger in Rodney Glassman. I will be hoping he is able to garner more support and recognition before the election. http://www.rodneyglassman.com/
Gotta love the unique way with words the Irish have! This from the article that Irishgirl passed along earlier today:
“God bless their little cotton socks.”
I’m not even sure what it means, but it made me laugh!
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/palin-finds-a-fitting-welcome-in-conservative-fox-den-2017387.html
Well said, beth. Ever think of infiltrating the White House as a speechwriter?
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On the topic of the McCain ladies bondage session, I think Cindy is sending John a message that he’d better retire because she isn’t bankrolling or participating in another campaign. I also hope that she is sincere in her support. I believe that Megan is.
Also, too, I think it is a big FU to $P.
Well dang…don’ it jest remind ya of the ol’ Buck Owens sowng, makes yer eye’s tear up an’ evrathang, Johnny must a sung it ta her also too:
Together again
My tears have stopped falling
The long lonely nights
Are now at an end
The key to my heart
You hold in your hand
And nothing else matters
We’re together again
Together again
The gray skies are gone
Your back in my arms
Now where you belong
The love that I knew
Is living again
And nothing else matters
We’re together again
And nothing else matters
We’re together again
What “the problem child” said. I totally agree….on all points.
Martha…Lol! As soon as I saw the title to this post that song came to mind. Beth….I hope you sent your sentiments to Whitehouse.org.
Is Palin portraying the “sheep?” She endorses Brown, but he is pro-choice. She is a tea bagger conservative but she is standing by McCain. Something is going on here… I think she is a moderate in hiding?????
I still want to know:
What does Palin have that’s damaging on McCain, that makes him have a brain-f*rt?
Palin will attend a private fundraiser in Phx on the 26th. Rally on the 27th.
McCain does mean and nasty way too often. He is forgetful. He was not engaged during the recent interviews in Israel. Lieberman dominated the interview. He is never alone, he has ‘minders’ – Joe Lieberman, Lindsey Graham. These are behaviors and suggestions that to me speak of early dementia. His minders are covering for him.
Ha! You know neither trusts the other as far as they could toss them. Since Palin is weak from inactivity & laziness and McCain is somewhat disabled – it doesn’t mean very far for either of them. The devil you know…
For all you AZ mudpups, read this link and spread it around. It is a great summary of McCain and anyone who reads it cannot hold a shred of respect for him when finished.
I know it is long, but worthy of reading. Spread it around!!!
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain
I agree with Problem Child, I also think that the timing of Cindy McCain’s photo release is a major FU to her husband. If he can invite that trailer trash woman to invade his (her) world again, she da*n well can participate in a campaign that she believes in and coincidently would p*ss him off bigtime. Just hope that she does not get within his reach, because I think that he may not control his anger that well.
First thing I wondered is, how much is he paying her to appear with him?
You can be GUARANTEED that she’s going to get a new wardrobe and all expenses paid.
I posted this satire yesterday, and it was not put up. Not sure why. It’s pretty funny though (as well as informative, with links). it was on Palin, and a Volcano that has been spewing out exhaust
Obviously relevant to Volcanoes, but more relevant to McCain and his self described “soulmate” Sarah Palin (I’d put in a link to the Jan 14 Daily show for Palin’s new soulmate — its great stuff, but then maybe too many links? def worth finding. So, as noted, the real scoop on this stuff:
“”"”If that is not proof that climate change is due to natural causes, I don’t now what is. God, just like he created that energy right here underfoot in America, is showing us how powerful Volcanoes are. Volcanoes can change climate, right? Scientists tell us — actual scientists, not the kind you read just before preparing for a Debate with O’Biden — tell us that volcanoes spew out aerosols that block sunlight and affect climate.
Who are we to disagree with volcanoes? So it is very clear that while the media “would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day,” America needs this energy that we all crave and get nourishment from.
Sure we have to move off of fossil fuels; but the way to do that is not to make and produce less of them! So it’s clear that climate change — as this beautiful Volcano clearly shows us — is due to natural, cyclical, environmental trends. If you don’t believe me, just ask the Washington Post.
That Volcano, by the way, is also a super Volcano. Not only can it affect climate, but from where that Volcano sits, it can even see Russia. Which makes it a national security expert Volcano as well. And who are we to argue with a national security expert Volcano on climate change?
Clearly we need to do something about this changing climate that we all recognize and acknowledge (see afore-going link), as we see the effects first hand right here in Alaska.
But the thing to do is certainly NOT take any action to actually arrest the causes of this climate change (like this Volcano for instance), but wait half a century because simply taking all the “bad stuff” from the atmosphere is gonna be so cheap, just like really fast computer speed!
If you don’t believe me, someone who, according to the Washington Post editorial pages, is clearly an expert on these issues, and who served as Chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission before I quit (which was before I quit as Governor, so it is very clear that climate change is real and that we need to produce more oil to grow the American economy so we can solve these “natural, cyclical, environmental trends”), just ask this University of Chicago Professor and award winning author, as well — the answer to this climate change dilemma is not to work to arrest fossil fuel usage now, but letting the magic of computing speed — Moore’s law — one day work for us. Just like that wonderful energy underfoot, that God gave us, is doing for us now. Along, of course, with the Washington Post, and its crack staff of climate, energy and science experts. And this wonderful volcano that shows us that climate change is so natural and God given. “”"”
John, you really sure your soulmate knows what she is talking about on this stuff?
By the way, if McCain is facing Hayworth, I might go campaign for McCain myself.
Here’s a good look, with pictures, of Hayworth, by the way
Rather than blame George Soros, I would think the fault would lie more with the repeal of the glass wall between Banking and investment banking that Glass Steagull properly put up with respect to federally insured and guaranteed funds. But then, the person who was a huge advocate for that removal served as McCain’s top economics advisor for a while in 2008, so whaddy know. Doubtful Hayworth will change his tune from blaming the economic collapse on Chuck Schumer and Soros, though.
McCain and Palin are now known in Arizona as Old Spice and Bible Spice!
IF the comments about McCain in the Arizona Republic are any indication, he is in big trouble for being out of touch and out for himself. Palin will be no help and her appearance will backfire once again. McCain’s legacy will be that he chose to put our country ‘in harm’s way’ with his selection of a total incompetent as VP. Be patient — the truth will out ….
He’s old, feeble and may not make it until Nov. His med records were 1000 pages long. He’s not the picture of health. Seeing $P may just push his heart over. Sad maybe, but true. That, or Cindy.
And one half of the Twin embarrassments bites the dust. Next to go is Shadegg who is retiring and then Kyl in two years
Not Hayworth! Voted 1st and then 2nd biggest windbag in DC. He is the worst kind.
Of course Johnny Mac has defended Palin so he can do one last lap around the Senate track.
Maybe the Dems don’t want to spend money in AZ if they have no chance in Hades. Kind of like a Republican winning in Massachusetts.
ps – little cotton socks LOL. Also “thundering fool” has a nice sound.
If McCain dies before Jan. 2013 it’s a glaring “told you so” to what would have put Palin in the Oval Office. We so dodged a bullet on that one.
Martha and seattlefan –
I linked Buck and the Buckaroos singing “Together Again” at #48.
Not to get OT too much, but Austin….I love that link. In my mind Emmylou does it best though. Such a beautiful song. So sad we have to attribute it to the rejoining of McFail and MsFail.
Here is a 1977 version from ELH….enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG1qTFZSiAM
I say we trade a Dem Senate seat in MA for a GOP seat in AZ!!
He’s having her campaign for him in Arizona? Seriously? Didn’t she harm him enough during the Presidential campaign? Wow! Thank heavens he didn’t get elected Pres cause he has really lost all sense of common sense and judgement!
Iam looking at Palin and McCain! We think that she and he cant get him re-elected back into the Senate. But, what are we prepared to do to keep this from happening. Yes, I love this blog and I will always be here?!!
I have been here since they McCain introduce as the Republican VP and we rejected that!
I can care less about SP anymore. I want us to get mad, get active, fight back, and stop making our President the person that has been the one who has taken our country in the wrong direction. H#ll, he has done more than the former Pres did in 8 years, in one years,
We got to do what we did during the Presidential Campaign and fight and not being punks. I’m ready to fight back against Teabaggers, Republicans and anybody else.
We here at Mudflats, are intelligent. We underesimated them. We need to bring about a comprehensive plan to combat this craziness. They are definitely winning. We have to take this to the streets! If we are not willing to do this, then we just might as well, complain and let the Repugs take over and keep complaining as they move on up! Our President needs our help!! Let’s fight!!
Iam looking at Palin and McCain! We think that she and he cant get him re-elected back into the Senate. But, what are we prepared to do to keep this from happening. Yes, I love this blog and I will always be here?!!
I have been here since they McCain introduce as the Republican VP and we rejected that!
I can care less about SP anymore. I want us to get mad, get active, fight back, and stop making our President the person that has been the one who has taken our country in the wrong direction. H#ll, he has done more than the former Pres did in 8 years, in one years,
We got to do what we did during the Presidential Campaign and fight and not being punks. I’m ready to fight back against Teabaggers, Republicans and anybody else.
We here at Mudflats, are intelligent. We underesimated them. We need to bring about a comprehensive plan to combat this craziness. They are definitely winning. We have to take this to the streets! If we are not willing to do this, then we just might as well, complain and let the Repugs take over and keep complaining as they move on up! Our President needs our help!! Let’s fight
Who else but the Repubs would try to recreate a losing team?
There’s a saying that fits here… the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over, and expecting a different result.
He needs to cool his tool.
A dose of that and a drink of water would kill him.
While I agree we need to keep our humor we need to be realistic. The far right has a plan in place, they have been and will continue to follow their agenda which is to undermine our President and take control of government. Scott Brown is a huge victory for them. Dems, liberals let it happen. Now McCain will keep his seat because there isn’t anyone decent in place to run against him. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat at the last minute isn’t gonna work. It’s a pattern that I see unfolding across the country.
We laugh, scoff at the Teabaggers, then complain when they wriggle their way in on a path to destroy our country. They are organized…are we? Where are our down to earth, for the people, hand shaking Dem candidates? I want to keep my humor but I am worried… )o:
@ michigander: Teabaggers are organized?? Not very.
califpat…I agree. I have a tremendous respect for President Obama and recognize his accomplishments in his first year. One of those is the stabilization of the banking system which, having not been secured, would have thrown the country into a full blown depression.
Another amazing feat was the fact that his approval rating globally has improved the country’s image around the world. A recent gallup poll showed that the US enjoys at 40% increase in positive sentiment from European countries and the majority of Arab nations have improved impressions of the US as well. That is essential for the security of the country and its citizens and is no small feat, especially having been accomplished in a startling short time. It is the reason he was recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize and if you look at the numbers, you can understand the hope that inspired the international community to recognize him.
We do have to stand up for this man who is working diligently for the benefit of all Americans.
ds55 – what I was trying to convey was there is organization behind the teabaggers and people with that mind set (o:
Second Great Depression, stopped. Unemployment benefits, extended. Monthly unemployment rate, declined [though it's still 10%]. Healthcare reform, [was] on the way. Image of our country around the world, greatly improved. Life in the U.S. is not perfect, but our current reality is distorted by the media chasing after small-minded thoughts of Palin, Baughman, father-daughter Chaneys, Ann Coulter, Taitz, Rush, the tea baggers, etc., etc. We are being hijacked by this loud, emotinal, untruthful group who are taking this country to a dangerous place where it is OK to lie in the name of fetus’ rights and nationalism, and worse yet, in the name of “faith.” McCain has lost any sense of ethics he had to want to have Palin to campaign for him. McCain knows Palin has only one asset — her ability to manipulate her charm and to tell lies. I wish he would campaign as a true maverick, without Palin. The loss may hurt, but he will at least have self-respect in the end, and we would know that he was worthy of having been a presidential candidate.
I’m going to recycle a *very* old Dennis Miller joke:
“I feel the same way about McCain/Palin getting back together the way I feel about a possible Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis reunion. I didn’t enjoy the old sh*t very much, so I’m not looking forward to any new sh*t right now.”
Has her PAC donated?
OMG says…
“We do have to stand up for this man who is working diligently for the benefit of all Americans.”
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I wholeheartedly agree, as we have collectively gotten a bit lackadaisical, while the noisey minority takes center stage. But we also MUST make the Big Bankers take notice, as they have evolved into gluttonous pigs! They bear a HUGE responsibility on doing everything in their powers to help REBUILD America. Move your money to local banks ~ and force them to hear our collective voices, for if anybody should be leading the charge of giving back, it should be them!
I am sure Cindy will spend a lot of her money to get the jerk reelected. She doesn’t want the voters to send him home for her to babysit. She is much happier with him in WDC.
Mc Cain would let Cindy go on Dancing with the Stars.
If he loses, she can. Lots of glitzy sexy gown cut down to you know what.
Though Ivana Trump, another girl over the hill, but acting like lamb is making something of fool of herself posing in long stockings and bra and scanties. Cindy like Ivana is thin, but no longer as fetching as she once was.
Most older women do look best conservativly garbed.
When and if Sarah falls, she should cause quite a bit of collateral damage. Gryphen is promising something big soon. I can only hope that it is well in advance of election day. Any candidates who have sought out SP for endorsements, campaign assistance, contributions — they could and should pay a big price on election day. Timing here is critical. Of course the Dems or Independents need to have a capable and electable candidate in the mix. Not sure that this will be the case as it certainly was not in Mass.
McCain bringing SP in suggests to me that he is really very desperate. He has to know what her hidden secrets are, he learned too late but I believe he did eventually find out.
Bea @ 53, jojobo1 @ 71, the problem child @ 77, and seattlefan @ 80 ~ thank you, collectively, for the ‘nudge’.
I got to thinking (always a dangerous proposition) and figured: Why not? Why shouldn’t I send my ‘suggestion’ [@ 29] on to the WH?
So I did.
Unfortunately, electronic communications to the WH –leastwise those channels available to Joe and Jane Doe– is limited to 2,500 characters; I ended up having to send it to POTUS via snail mail.
The State of the Union will be on the 27th, but in light of the below info from Speaker Pelosi, there’ll be plenty of time for POTUS to take the yahoo legislators to task for failing -epically!- the citizens of this nation on health care. I do hope, though, my missive gets to POTUS in time for him to seriously consider including it in the S of the U.
I know he’s got a tremendous load on his shoulders, what with trying to get grown men and women to act as thinking adults for the benefit of citizens, and all, and with trying to clean up the mess he inherited from The W. I wouldn’t trade places with him for all the tea in China…and India…and Sri Lanka…and any other tea-producing place.
That said, I sure do hope he has the fortitude (intestinal or otherwise) to take ALL of the legislators to task for being such bottom-heads about health care, tosses out what they’ve come up with so far (which is nothing but a mismash of cr@p that adds insult to injury), and directs them to come up with an equitable plan for ALL Americans.
As I wrote in my snail mail to the WH, I hope POTUS will say he’ll: “consider no health care bill unless it provides equitably for ALL citizens; unless legislators can honestly swear that whatever they come up with in the bill is what they’d unequivocally, without any reservation, and with a completely clear conscience, recommend to both their mother and their neighbor’s brother-in-law, to the man running the corner grocery store and the young woman fresh out of college, to the brand new immigrant and the veteran of our uniformed services, to the man who has lost his job after 17-year’s service and the woman who is just starting her own company, to the greatest among us and the least among us, do NOT bring it to me. Neither I, nor the American people, will accept second-rate, slipshod, halfhearted work from you legislators. You should not accept it from yourself or from your colleagues, either; you are better than that. The American people are counting on you to work for them; counting on you to craft a comprehensive healthcare bill for ALL citizens.”
Yeah, an old geezerette can always hope… Again, thanks for the nudge. beth.
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House unlikely to pass Senate health bill: Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she does not think the Senate’s version of healthcare reform has enough support in the House to pass without changes.
“I don’t see the votes for it,” Pelosi told reporters. She added Democratic congressional leaders were “not in a big rush” to determine their next move on healthcare, but remained determined to pass a bill this year.
[full article @
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100121/pl_nm/us_usa_healthcare_pelosi ]
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beth,
I sent an email to President Obama several weeks ago, detailing elements of HCR that were of great concern to me. I expressed my sincere disappoint with the special interest earmarks, the payday for insurance companies and the failure to keep campaign promises to provide open debate and negotiation by making the processes available on CSPAN. I also included comments related to my dismay that a mandate would be included without any meaningful public option.
I did not expect to see a response and was surprised to receive an email about a week later. The response, while lengthy was quite general and I am sure it was used as the President’s reply to any variety of HCR subject correspondence. Perhaps you will receive a more specific response. I would post the reply, but it was so ‘slogany’ that it only served to further disappointment me and I deleted it.
I did comment on how I had supported then candidate Obama in his quest for the Presidency, including the amount of my financial contributions to the campaign, the DNC and to other candidates running in various state elections. I thought that may be more impactful than my personal experiences with the health care system.
Having watched Nightline last night, I am uncertain whether or not the President is walking away from the current mess. I for one would welcome a do-over, without the special interests converging to find their own paydays, to include unrelated pet projects – all of that has no place in the bill.
Let’s communicate with the President to make sure he knows that we expect him to lead this time and to prevent another debacle like the one that, thankfully, will not see the light of day. I would support simple bills that are subject specific – therefore small enough to understand and clearly highlight any special interest ‘corruption’. Small bills would effectively let the sun shine down on any further Nebraska deals.
Examples for such small bills: (1) insurance reform and only insurance reform, (2) tort reform and only tort reform, (3) health care choice including safety net public/private options.
Check out this song for the two dipsticks being together again:
http://williambanzai7.blogspot.com/2010/01/mccains-got-his-alaskan-babe.html#comment-form
CORRECTION: The phrase “natural person” should be “legal person” – a legal fiction that allows groups of individuals (e.g., corporations) to be regarded as one individual under this legal fiction. Its original intent was not to give corporations an upper hand over individual natural persons but that is how it has evolved. It is quite useful to accomplish facist agendas.
In law school, it is not uncommon to hear corporations to be equated as “natural” (i.e., real human individuals) because that attitude is so pervasive.
In order for individuals (aka decision makers like CEOs, CFOs, Directors, etc.) to be indicted on criminal charges or to be held accountable individually in terms of assets in civil cases, it is necessary to “pierce the corporate veil.” It usually takes quite a bit to do so. The legal threshold that needs to be met to get to wrong doers that constitute the corporation itself is quite high. You don’t often read about that tactic working. You do see corporations having to pay fines, and sometimes the corporation is dissolved but that’s not common by any means. That’s why small business owners try to incorporate rather than function as sole proprietors – corporate protection is much higher than non-corporate business entities. By incorporating, you have a higher chance of protecting your personal assets if your business is found guilty of some illegal activity. It’s not absolute, but in practical terms for large corporations, it might as well be.
I think Bernie M got himself sent to jail was that the evidence was so overwhelming that the corporate veil shattered – that and the fact, that even in the face of the staggering amounts of money involved, his corporation did not even come close to the multinationals in terms of financial power and influence.
That so-called “corporate veil” is another legal fiction once designed to help develop our country, but it, too , has been misunderstood, overused and abused.
The biggest danger in my opinion is that the Court didn’t seem to address the threat of international and multinational corporations interfering in and possibly controlling our political system.
Too many Americans are not aware of how much of corporate America is not really American-owned and controlled. We all need to do our homework and protest this ruling on this basis as well.
Good luck to us all.
I hope she wears her favorite visor while campaigning for McDesperate. Do you think he’ll offer her a new one? While they be joined on the stump?
@califpat
Yes, Obama is a first class act. Massachusetts has always been a little bent toward Wall Street.
Democrats need to harness the economic anger and down to earth talk.
Change is in the works, but it doesn’t happen overnight.
Keep the hope all.