Posted on 02/04/2008 8:14:31 AM PST by WL-law
Revealing of McCain. He has extreme mood swings. Bizarre.
It’s been around for a long time. If it were fake it would have come out by now.
’That is not by my campaign,’’ Mr. McCain said.‘’Well, it says paid for by John McCain,’’ Mr. Bush said.
‘’That is not by my campaign,’’ Mr. McCain said.
‘’McCain 2000,’’ Mr. Bush said. ‘’John, well then somebody’s putting stuff out.’’
Mr. McCain explained after the debate that the flier was printed a few weeks ago, before his no-negative-ad pledge, and was apparently distributed by a campaign worker without his knowledge.
So McCain lied and then backtracked and tried to spin.
I'm shocked! /s
Thats a separate issue.
So are you saying this picture is real?? I have always been under the impression it was photoshopped. If it’s real then holy moly....
It’s real. and I was surprised at how many people have said the same as you — I guess that’s what I suspected, and why i wrote this piece.
The MSMedia, which has of course fawned over McCain, has decided that 8 years ago, and 4 years ago, represent events now lost in the shadows of time, not to be recalled, and therefore they’ve allowed McCain to re-define himself, untroubled by such things as “facts” and “history”.
Wow, and I thought I could like McCain no less than I did, but I found a new low. I’m voting for the democratic candidate over McCain, nuff said ...
I can do better than that -- I actually SAW him make that face back in the 2000 primary debates, and commented on it at the time.
Somebody here on FR, I think, then did a screen shot and captured the image from the TV feed.
see my post above.
It’s pretty easy to find on the internet — google “McCain Kerry 2004 vice-president”.
Here’s one hit:
http://www.nysunpolitics.com/blog/2007/04/john-kerry-mccains-people.html
Also, a partial transcript of McCain, on ABC with Charles Gibson, at the time:
CHARLES GIBSON: Let me imagine it. If he asked you, if he came across the aisle and asked you, would you even entertain the idea? Or will you rule it out for good and all and ever right now?
MCCAIN: John Kerry is a very close friend of mine, and we’ve been friends for years. Obviously I would entertain it…
That settles it. thanks.
I always thought that the he looks like he’s clowning around in the picture. He doesn’t look like he’s really mad to me. Does anyone have the context of what was being said at the time the picture was taken?
It was taken in the middle of the debate, and McCain was NOT clowning around.
GW Bush was giving an answer to a question that McCain didn't like, implicitly criticizing McCain,and McCain was itching to give his rebuttal. That's what I remember.
And I recall that Alan Keyes was getting under McCain's skin, and "tag-teaming" a bit against McCain. I doubt that GW Bush's people had any control over Keyes, who was a loose cannon at the time.
That link said nothing of the sort. McCain did not ask or entertain the thought of it, according to the NY Sun thing. He said that no, I would still be a Republican, and I would still have my convictions.
Please give the Gibson link.
Well, his expression appears to be exaggerated. I cannot say for sure, however.
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