Mmmmm...tripe...
Posted on 03/18/2004 4:31:09 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Just when the Bush campaign had wrestled John Kerry to to the mat on his weak and waffling record on national security and defense, who leaps over the ropes and into the ring to revive him? Why, none other than the egomaniacal, sore-losing Senator from Arizona, John McCain.
In a just-concluded interview, the Today Show's Matt Lauer posed the question in the clearest possible terms: "is John Kerry weak on defense?"
On the first go-round, rather than answering the question at all, holier-than-thou McCain chose to decry the "negativism" of the campaign. He fretted that all the mean stuff will turn off young voters, and admonished the candidates to start talking about Social Security, health care and overspending (i.e., issues less favorable to Pres. Bush).
But Lauer would not be put off, and repeated his question squarely: "Is John Kerry weak on defense?"
Now, consider McCain's options in answering. He could of course told the truth: "of COURSE John Kerry is weak on defense!"
If he wanted to show some comity toward a fellow Senator, he could have gone for the middle ground: "however you want to characterize Kerry, it's clear that President Bush is much stronger on defense."
But instead, McCain chose option three - ignoring the truth and flatly defending Kerry. His answer "No, I don't think Kerry is weak on defense." He "nuanced" the rest of his answer "well, of course every Senator has to defend his votes, and I disagree with him on some things." But the headline quote remains - "McCain: Kerry not Weak on Defense."
Lauer then raised the question of whether McCain would accept an offer from Kerry to run as VP. He gave a classic Washington non-denial denial. He "wasn't running for VP." Yeah, not yet, you haven't been asked. He stopped far short of saying he wouldn't accept Kerry's invitation. "Have you had serious discussions with the Kerry campaign? "Not serious ones." Not serious? Has McCain had un-serious discussions with the Kerry people?
McCain went on to describe his GOP affiliation in this most curious way. "I'm a member of the party of Lincoln, of the party of Teddy Roosevelt." It seemed that he was about to add someone else. The obvious name would have been Ronald Reagan. But no, the most recent Republican with whom McCain was willing to associate himself was in office 100 years ago.
Thanks for nothin', John.
Pray for W and The Truth
Aren't McVain and Kerry both heiress-shoppers?
When McVain came back from Vietnam, he dumped his wife because she was handicapped and had gained weight.
He married a younger, slim, healthy blonde with plentiful money from her rich daddy--was he a beer distributor?. Daddy then bankrolled McVain's Arizona campaign for Senate. McVain is not western, but from Mississippi.
Do I have McVain's history right?--would appreciate comment...
Having said that, his stupid remarks do offer some advantages:
1. It lulls the RATS and the media into thinking that Kerry isn't weak on defense, and that our television ads won't trump any innoculation that Kerry can try to use with McCain. It won't wash. Ads will always work over Kerry hiding under John McCain's skirt.
2. McCain can be told, if he doesn't shut his damned mouth, no speaking role at the convention. None. Enough is enough. No national platform. Period. We don't need him.
3. It may be that we can sacrifice McCain's Senate seat and still hold the majority. This is going to really start angering the GOP apparatus in AZ. McCain's re-election is likely, but not a guarantee.
Malek does a credible job listing out Kerry's flips and flops on defense.
Blumenthal says people haven't paid attention that Kerry asked new Spainish Prime Minister not to withdraw his troops in Iraq. Blumenthal belittles the importance of Cheney's attacks on Kerry, Blumenthal says Cheney is very unpopular, polarizing figure, not trusted, and what he says about Kerry is simply not true. (Take that you silly savage!!!)
Actually, it was his aircraft and it was his ordinance. Wait, were you being sarcastic/rhetorical?
McCain has cut his throat as far as credibility with me is concerned.
Mmmmm...tripe...
The way I understood it to happen is that a missile was loosed from another aircraft and McCain's aircraft was hit by it as he sat in the cockpit prepping for flight ops.
If his aircraft was the one that precipitated the whole chain of events...I didn't know that....but I thought I had it right.
LOL. Great work! You know, they say tripe goes very well with . . . beer!
My husband was in McCain's USNA graduating class of '58 along with Chuck Larson. Poindexter was valedictorian. Up until his now defunct presidential run, Weasley Clark was not a democrat.
Yukking it up at an alumni party with classmates and other academy grads is common place. They're a "brotherhood."
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