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History of McCain "Grimace" photo
self | 2-4-08 | WL-Law

Posted on 02/04/2008 8:14:31 AM PST by WL-law

Many FR threads have included the infamous picture of John McCain, teeth-gritted and looking at "somebody" with pure hatred and contempt.

In fact, the picture has been seen by many as strong evidence of McCain's personality 'flaw', and certainly it's representative of that.

But what's MISSING from the picture is at least as important as the picture itself. Here's a best-available full view -- but you still can't see the full context.

Who's the object of McCain's nasty grimace? -- well, you can't see it in the picture.

For those not aware, the "object" was none other than -- candidate GW Bush.

The picture was taken, not in a private or semi-private moment, but while McCain was on national TV in a presidential debate. And McCain's "hatred" was directed at not just some heckler, but at another republican candidate, one who McCain felt superior to.

So -- my point it that the picture is a "two-fer". It shows what's obvious -- McCain's temper -- but it also shows his hatred for the republican right and the Christian right, and the nuts and bolts of the party itself.

This McCain "two-fer" was fully manifested why McCain, in the middle of the 2004 election, turned again on GW Bush.

Recall that at the time when GW Bush was fighting hard against Kerry-teamed-with-MSMedia, and the time when the Swift-Boat veterans were trying so hard to get their message out on the national media about John Kerry.

McCain picked this time, when it could hurt the party deeply, to try to stick a knife into the Bush campaign by going on national TV to declare that he, McCain, respected John Kerry, condemned the Swift-Boat veterans, and offered that he, McCain, would consider joining the Kerry ticket as VP if he were asked!!

Has there ever been such an act of perfidy by a leading republican against the party's candidate?


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To: raybbr

Revealing of McCain. He has extreme mood swings. Bizarre.


41 posted on 02/04/2008 9:52:29 AM PST by Jane Austen
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To: jiggyboy
Really ! So that’s the story behind the story behind the picture.
I’ve been waiting all morning.
I’ll bet he won.
Thanks
42 posted on 02/04/2008 10:21:37 AM PST by sunny48
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To: cvq3842

It’s been around for a long time. If it were fake it would have come out by now.


43 posted on 02/04/2008 11:04:13 AM PST by SlapHappyPappy
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To: WL-law
’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

44 posted on 02/04/2008 11:09:28 AM PST by TigersEye (McCain is unfit for office. See my profile page.)
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To: WL-law
McCain Rides to Kerry's Rescue: "John Kerry is Not Weak on Defense" (Today Show alert)
45 posted on 02/04/2008 11:14:50 AM PST by TigersEye (McCain is unfit for office. See my profile page.)
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To: WL-law

46 posted on 02/04/2008 2:27:50 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: krb
A lot of people around here feel the same way about Bush these days.

Thats a separate issue.

47 posted on 02/04/2008 2:37:26 PM PST by Nonstatist
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To: WL-law

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....


48 posted on 02/04/2008 2:38:52 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The Constitution does not give me the authority to run your life - Ron Paul)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
this guy just makes the funniest faces. lol

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49 posted on 02/04/2008 3:10:24 PM PST by catbertz
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

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”.


50 posted on 02/04/2008 3:34:56 PM PST by WL-law
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To: WL-law

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 ...


51 posted on 02/04/2008 3:37:20 PM PST by Scythian
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To: cripplecreek
The photo has been out there for years

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.

52 posted on 02/04/2008 3:38:58 PM PST by WL-law
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To: cvq3842

see my post above.


53 posted on 02/04/2008 3:39:56 PM PST by WL-law
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To: WL-law
Source?

"going on national TV to declare that he, McCain... would consider joining the Kerry ticket as VP if he were asked."
54 posted on 02/04/2008 5:30:09 PM PST by onja (Reluctant McCain supporter. Best remaining option, strong on my primary issues.)
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To: onja

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…


55 posted on 02/04/2008 6:12:05 PM PST by WL-law
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To: WL-law

That settles it. thanks.


56 posted on 02/05/2008 4:36:49 AM PST by cvq3842
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To: WL-law

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?


57 posted on 02/05/2008 7:03:59 AM PST by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Sopater
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.

58 posted on 02/05/2008 8:14:23 AM PST by WL-law
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To: WL-law

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.


59 posted on 02/05/2008 8:25:04 AM PST by onja (Reluctant McCain supporter. Best remaining option, strong on my primary issues.)
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To: WL-law

Well, his expression appears to be exaggerated. I cannot say for sure, however.


60 posted on 02/05/2008 8:31:20 AM PST by Sopater (A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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