Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
His approval numbers are taking a nosedive as the country begins to realize that, against all odds, he's somehow even less principled and more invasion-happy than George W. Bush. However, McCain is still winning in one competition: the Buffalo Beast's 50 Most Loathesome People of 2006.
1. John McCain
Charges: The most consistently mischaracterized politician in the country, even McCain’s most nakedly self-serving machinations are universally hailed as the bold moves of an independent maverick who really, really, like, cares, man. By virtue of his five-year stay at the Hanoi Hilton and a completely ineffectual campaign finance reform bill (which was itself only PR damage control for his long-forgotten role in the Keating Five), McCain has so successfully snowed America the he could go around kicking puppies all day and he’d be applauded for his authenticity. In reality, McCain is as phony as slimeballs come, having reversed his positions on Roe v. Wade, Bush’s tax cuts, the gay marriage amendment and Jerry Falwell in the last year alone, while the mainstream press looked away and whistled nonchalantly. Keeps changing the number of additional troops he thinks should be sent to Iraq, in hopes of extending the disaster beyond the next presidential election, so his decorated veteran status will still be relevant.
Exhibit A: "I hated the gooks, and I will hate them for as long as I live."
Sentence: Back to the bamboo cage.
Indeed.
In 2000 I was living in Europe, and my jaw would drop every time I read - in the American press - about Democrats hoping to join with McCain on a fusion ticket.
WTF?
He was a Republican Senator from Arizona; how much more batshitty can you get?
Posted by: Theophrastus Bombastus von Hoehenheim den Sidste at January 19, 2007 05:35 PMWait a minute? John McCain is worse that the fuck-tard americans who picked W. instead? Worse than the W. cabinet that devised this wicked war? Worse than the guys who told W. "don't say 'we need more troops'" in 2004 because his political chances in 2004 were more important than avoiding massive Iraqi (and many American) deaths? Come on.
Can we see some evidence that McCain has actually embraced the Falwell loving right?
"He changed his mind" is the lamest charge there is.
Frankely, ranking John McCain as #1 most loathsome person pretty much makes me think "Huh, this listing is deliberately contrived as a smear campaign on behalf of people wishing to pre-empt potentially very successful presidential nominees, not unlike some other very recent 'news.'"
Posted by: Lenhart at January 19, 2007 07:57 PMUmmm... Does speaking at Falwell's Liberty University count as McCain embracing the Falwell loving right?
Posted by: Cangrejero at January 19, 2007 08:24 PMI love how they describe James Carville as an "unholy cross between Batboy and Terry Bradshaw". Genius.
Posted by: Gaijin Biker at January 19, 2007 10:47 PMCarvill... an unholy cross between batboy and terry bradshaw??!! i love it... can't wait to use that one! maybe we can just start calling him Batshaw... whattaya think?
one other good quote (that suddenly gained the man respect from me... didn't see this coming) was on the main page of that site ... left side... 4th section down under quote of the day... from JOHN EDWARDS
"Why don't we go stand in the corner and stomp our feet like an 8-year-old?"
-- John Edwards, quoted by the Orlando Sentinel, chastising Senate Democratic leaders for their non-binding resolution opposing the troop build-up.
that pretty much summed up my opinions of the new democrat "resolutions"
On Olberman last night he showed a poll that shows Bush is now more unpopular than Cheney.
Posted by: Charles Watkins at January 20, 2007 07:55 PMEvery time I see your headline, I imagine McCain pole dancing.
And that's a disturbing mental image. I hope you post something else soon, to knock this post off the top of the page.
Posted by: just john at January 20, 2007 09:40 PMAh McCain, with the tetanoid grin, spinning the globe gleefully in search of new spots on Planet Earth that have not yet been bombed by the US Air Force and its benefactors at Ratheon, Lockheed, Boeing, etc.
Posted by: Jon at January 21, 2007 10:45 AM'Least McCain can pronounce the names of the countries he wants to invade. I say that puts him one rung up on Bush.
Posted by: Hemlock Echo at January 22, 2007 01:02 AMOkay, I've finally gotten the pole dancing mental image out of my head because it's been replaced by ANOTHER interpretation of "McCain takes the pole" that's even MORE unappetizing!
Posted by: just john at January 22, 2007 01:34 PM