This nine and a half minute video, taken from jedreport.com, is truly staggering. It shows McCain’s long record of passionate support for both President Bush and the Iraq war - despite his recent claims of being its “greatest critic” - and it shows how deeply committed he is to maintaining the status quo regardless of the will of America or Iraq.
Please watch… and forward like crazy.
sadly people don’t pay attention they need to, but then, this is a pity nomination. right? RIGHT?!?
Comment by pansypoo — July 23, 2008 @ 12:45 am
Hey there, Intel just celebrated its 40th anniversary, thought that might make an interesting post: http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080717corp_sm.htm?iid=pr1_releasepri_20080717r_sm
Comment by LafinJack — July 23, 2008 @ 1:19 am
“I disagree with what the majority of the American people want.”
That’s clear enough…
Comment by Rob — July 23, 2008 @ 2:19 am
“i disagree with what most of the people want.”
THANK YOU, john mccain.
Comment by shannon — July 23, 2008 @ 10:23 am
He’s old thinking.
It’s time to turn the page. We need to leave the Cheney - Bush regime far behind.
Comment by Via — July 23, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
curse those republicans to the ninth ring of hell, we need democrats!!!
Comment by Laura — July 23, 2008 @ 10:51 pm
boooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggg
Comment by A person younger than John McCain — July 24, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
I don,t see anything but a politician and Obama is no different they’ve taken snippets here and there to make Mccain look like a two face and It could be done to Obama also neither are the best If the the economy is bad now vote democrat and see how bad it will be.
Comment by Thomas — August 3, 2008 @ 5:08 am
Pass this along!!!!! YES WE CAN!
Comment by Kate — August 19, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
Poor little guy. He’s fallen in love with Mr Bush, fallen victim to the power of the presidential office to shape public thinking with announcements. People like this will always believe that whatever the armed forces are being sent to do is noble.
It would be charming if what he’s supporting were not such a horror.
Comment by half mad — August 23, 2008 @ 1:44 pm
I like how he’s laughing when he’s talking about how ‘americans should be satisfied with where their tax dollars are going’.
Comment by andrew — August 23, 2008 @ 6:06 pm
What about the rest of the story? At the same time there was intense pressure on McCain to support the republican party. He did not support the war in the beginning just the concept. The entire nation wanted somthing done at the time these clips are from. Why chop it up to make it look worse than it should be. Reality does not need a filter. Truth just is.
Comment by Mich D aka @MichDdot — August 24, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Mich, what do you mean he supported the concept not the war? Does it really make a difference to you if someone is against a war but is all for the concept of going to war? To me its all the same. He likes the concept of sending our young men and women to die in some foreign land.
Comment by Hyrum — August 26, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
How can a man educated in the 1950’s possibly lead the most powerful nation on earth into the technology oriented 21st century? He still listens for dial tones, wears Frank Sinatra shoes, communicates by AM radio, can’t understand the net, and puts heroism ahead of tech know-how. If the enemy pushes a button on a modern age weapon, it simply doesn’t make sense to stand and take a beating - it makes more sense to cut and run, to fight another day, not chivalrous, but wiser! Even bugs bunny knows that! We are doomed to a 1950’s style leadership by a man from the vacuum tube era in the new and sophisticated, computer driven world. At age 72, he will spend more time going to the washroom to pee than governing, and as for his menopausal running mate, remember, we are only a very old heart beat from having a total nooby ready to push ‘The Button’ - gimme Biden over her anytime but especially at that time! McCain is a great and likable old man but Obama’s got schooling, and that counts big in the computer era!
Comment by Uncle B — August 29, 2008 @ 3:17 pm
He was right on the surge. Obama wasn’t. Sometimes experience is important.
Comment by tort — August 30, 2008 @ 7:04 am
to:
“Thomas — August 3, 2008 @ 5:08 am”
read Uncle B’s post… i use this to answer you because he said it all and said it VERY well:
“How can a man educated in the 1950’s possibly lead the most powerful nation on earth into the technology oriented 21st century? He still listens for dial tones, wears Frank Sinatra shoes, communicates by AM radio, can’t understand the net, and puts heroism ahead of tech know-how. If the enemy pushes a button on a modern age weapon, it simply doesn’t make sense to stand and take a beating - it makes more sense to cut and run, to fight another day, not chivalrous, but wiser! Even bugs bunny knows that! We are doomed to a 1950’s style leadership by a man from the vacuum tube era in the new and sophisticated, computer driven world. At age 72, he will spend more time going to the washroom to pee than governing, and as for his menopausal running mate, remember, we are only a very old heart beat from having a total nooby ready to push ‘The Button’ - gimme Biden over her anytime but especially at that time! McCain is a great and likable old man but Obama’s got schooling, and that counts big in the computer era!
Comment by Uncle B — August 29, 2008 @ 3:17 pm”
Comment by X USAF SGT — August 30, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
this is all very interesting but maybe you democrats should chew on this. http://www.americasright.com/2008/08/obama-sued-in-philadelphia-federal.html
that’s right, Barack has no legal recourse to run for president at all! the biggest lie ever perpetuated in regards to a presidency!
Comment by Sean — August 30, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
17; this “conspiracy stuff” is such garbage….
John McCain was born in Panama, fcol! With the exception of native American Indians we are all children of immigrants; that’s a part of our history….
Comment by Nigel — August 30, 2008 @ 9:01 pm
“he President has embarked on a well planned effort”…Bush can’t even take a well planned shit.
Comment by orson — September 2, 2008 @ 7:42 am
So flippin’ scary. Do not vote for this guy. HE is the devil incarnate…and I thought Dub-yah was scary!
Comment by Tree Hugger — September 2, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
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STOP THE WAR. STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER. STOP THE NEO CONS
Comment by STOP THE WAR — September 3, 2008 @ 4:43 pm
“He was right on the surge. Obama wasn’t. Sometimes experience is important.”
Er… Tort, if we hadn’t gone into the damn war in the first place, there wouldn’t have been any need for a surge. These bozos were declaring “mission accomplished” years before the “surge”… He was wrong and is plainly fibbing about his “support” of the war.
Palin is on par with the typical repugnicans as well - she’s tried to ban books as mayor of her town…
The US is at a crossroads here guys - every great civilization dies and here we are at a choice between changing our path for the better or continuing on and accelerating what will sincerely become the decline of western civilization. It would be okay if the US disintegrated without bothering anyone else, but in typical American fashion, we’ll end up taking the rest of the world along with us… not a pretty picture.
Wake up people - the revolution will NOT be televised.
Comment by vince — September 4, 2008 @ 8:42 am
23,
it *will* be televised - but it’ll be on fox and be total bullshit.
Comment by admin — September 4, 2008 @ 8:58 am
The surge is working because we are paying the Sunnis to fight for us rather than against us, is that winning??He’s a total liar and cannot be trusted watch his facial expressions when states what he (and everyone else) knows to be false. Do not believe the polls they are false meant to give us the impression that McCain is doing better than he really is. He will lose in Nov. because the amount of voters this fall will be off the charts. They wont be able to steal this election this time. Keep the faith.
Comment by Dean — September 8, 2008 @ 3:04 am
You can tell when he’s lying. He knows better than this. He lies like a little kid for Bush.
Comment by bill — September 8, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
How in the hell is McCain ahead in the Gallup poll, at this moment, by 5%?
Comment by wait while i puke... — September 11, 2008 @ 5:37 am
27,
It won’t last. Everyone likes a show with good production values. Don’t turn against the American electorate. It’s like what himself says: “They know how to run a great campaign. Too bad, they don’t know how to run the country.” Keep working to elect Obama.
By the way, when was the last time you donated to his campaign (they will happilly accept $5)? What are you doing between now and the election? Go out find your local Democratic headquarters (http://www.democrats.org/local.html). Register people to vote, knock on doors, organize your local get out the vote (GOTV) campaign. Even if you live in a red county. ESPECIALLY if you live in a red county.
Finally, hope and work to your hopes! I hear it can be audacious…
Wish I was there,
Matt in Southampton, UK
Comment by Matt in Southampton — September 11, 2008 @ 7:16 am
Instead of having a pissing contest on who is more evil let’s just say what this really is, Would there be this much comparison if he were not black? In my opinion this is the most hate fueled presidency election to date. Just because there isn’t rioting in the streets doesn’t mean that racism is gone away. It is more closeted and this election is proving how it is still very much a problem as it has always been. In November I’m voting Democrat not because of the race of the man but we have had eight years of the Republican president. Regardless of who would win times are getting harder and it is going to take more than four years to even get any stability back in the country. Let’s see what Obama can do.
Comment by Jen from Arizona — September 29, 2008 @ 12:40 am
ok just watched this you tube…gee whiz what makes a Veit Nam POW WANT to stay in a war. Oh, and OMG what an idiot Sarah Palin is it makes me embarrassed that my name is Sarah….what happens if he does get elected? I can see the tailor now…coming soon to the U.S. the Holocaust II…run don’t walk from McSame!!!!!!!!
Comment by sarah — September 30, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
And please recall it was McBush’s right hand man, Phil Gramm, who was instrumental in engineering the current economic collapse by removing the safeguards put in place during the Great Depression. Just google GLBA and read about it… if any of you republitards can read. I think it was Clinton who said we think about things, but the neo cons just know what’s right. Maybe they were born that way? I can’t convince any of my brain dead right wing friends of anything, they just spew Faux Noos and Limbore to me!
Comment by kurt — October 1, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
Jed,
Very well done!
We can only hope everyone by now sees his true colors wether they admit it or not.
If they do and still vote for McCain. Thanks alot! “COUNTRY FIRST?”
Comment by Jeff Rogers — October 3, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
All of this delinquent banter is really pointless. The fact is that YOU don’t decide who becomes President anymore than the people in Florida decided who became President in 2004. These elections go to whoever has bought the corrupt electoral college. An outdated relic of a system from when the majority of Americans were uneducated and rural. Wake up you sheep, America doesn’t belong to you anymore, you’re simply the unquestioning fodder for the current fascist regime. Look up the 10 qualifying characteristics for fascism and see how many apply to America right now. The only way America will ever be free is for Americans to stand up as one and demand a total reform of their government including representation by everyday people, not these swift tongued politicos who are trained from birth to lie to your face and stick it in your butt at the same time. Even Thomas Jefferson said that true democracy cannot last without periodical reform.
Comment by john — November 3, 2008 @ 7:41 am
I’d like to start with some election reform. National ballot for national offices, instant runoff voting, and declaring Election Day a National holiday, anyone?
Comment by Matt in Southampton — November 3, 2008 @ 8:10 am