Posted on 05/10/2008 8:23:34 AM PDT by FocusNexus
Two Hollywood actors who dined with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in early 2001 at actress Candice Bergen's home confirmed reports that he told the assembled group he did not vote for George W. Bush in the 2000 election, but McCain denied the claim at a news conference.
In separate phone interviews, Bradley Whitford and Richard Schiff -- both of whom starred in television's "The West Wing" -- said late Thursday night that the senator made the remarks after he spoke at length about his reservations about Bush becoming president. Liberal blogger Arianna Huffington first wrote about the incident Monday, asserting that neither McCain nor his wife Cindy backed Bush in his first presidential bid, and the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that an unidentified woman who was also at the dinner confirmed Huffington's account.
McCain's aides denied the allegations Tuesday, and yesterday McCain did so himself.
"I voted, campaigned for, worked as hard as I could for President Bush's election in 2000 and 2004," he told reporters in New Jersey. "It's nonsense."
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It was sad to see that some actually believed Arianna Huffington -- notorious left winger.
Indeed
Maybe it was really President Josiah Bartlett who said that to them, but they misremembered it.
Lol!
Unfortunately, they are going to be very, very common and you will see attacks like this one rolled out on a 24/7 basis as the season develops and the MSM throws endless mud to see what sticks.
Veracity is unimportant; what is important is to keep McCain on the defensive with endless baseless charges.
There is no bias in the MSM.
The best thing McCain can do in the future is stay the hell away from these liberal Hollywood scumb***. Now he knows what it’s like to be stabbed in the back by them.
He’s also about to find out just how much the liberal media “loves” him in the general against Hussein.
Bully for him.
Certainly not in the primary...I’m sure he voted for himself! But he campaigned for Bush.
I do NOT believe that politicians who campaign for another member of their own party with whom they disagree do it because they support the other candidate. They do it for their own career because that's how they advance to where they want to go.
I believe what these people are saying McCain said because just like Obama, people say things when they are comfortable with people who think like them that they would not say in public. Why were McCain and his wife socializing with Hollywood people? To court their future support and because that's where McCain and wife are comfy with like minded liberals.
Could be ok if libtards w/BDS believe it. Then they can vote McCain w/o remorse. I know several whoa re already leaning his way. As bad as he is, he is better than than the alternative.
*snif* *snif* smells like bullshit!
I overheard Sissy Matthews say that he was undergoing a sex change, but he didn’t reveal which sex.
I saw Dan Blather drop his American Communist Party membership card at the corner of Elm & 14th. He picked it up, kissed it and put it back in his wallet.
A friend of mine overheard Gnat Liar telling one of his co-workers in an NBC elevator that he got an erection when he interviewed Obama.
... etc ... etc ... etc ...
Dims are fatuous. First they want to tie McCain to Bush. Then they want to untie them.
Can’t they make up their minds?
(Hey, I’m just playing Straight Man.)
If he was considering being John Kerry’s veep, I actually think this story has merit. Probably not true, but you cannot believe anything that McCain says. Because he’s a liberal.
I didn’t vote for Doobya in 2000, either, nor 2004. I didn’t vote for Dole in 1996, although I was a paid campaign staffer: likewise for Bush Sr. in 1992 (also a paid staffer) as well as in 1988. As a matter of fact, the LAST person I did vote for was Ronald Reagan in 1984: has not been one person worth voting for since, yet since political campaigns, consulting and communications were my living once upon a time, I DID work to get the aforementioned elected (or, in some cases, not elected as it turned out). With the rare exception of a somewhat competent effort to fight & take the fight to The Murderists (not “terrorists” as they do not deserve the notion nor label), Bush I & II were disasters. Bob Dole was a decent man beaten by an indecent man. McLame’s a, well, y’all know by now: figures stuff like this surrounds him....THIMMESCH !!!
Screw him. I wasn't voting for him anyway. I hope he loses.
Exactly right! I have no problem believing that Captain Queeg didn’t vote for Bush in 2000. He is a petulant, angry, unstable egomaniac who has sold his own party out on many occasions. What would stop him from not voting, or even voting for Algore? McCain is a joke and does not deserve to be our nominee. I will not vote for him in November. I am voting for local candidates only. I cannot vote for a liberal who supports tax hikes, illegal immigrants, and gutting the 1st Amendment. If Captain Queeg becomes President, our rights are in danger. He’ll try to take away our guns, and shut down Rush and FR because he cant stand being criticized.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he did say that, although I really don’t care one way or the other if he did or did not. The mere fact that he was hobnobbing with Ariana Huffington & other Hollywooders at Candace Bergen’s house for dinner tells me everything I need to know. This is who he likes, wants to impress, and feels comfortable around. The fact that they even invited him and his wife speaks volumes. Can you imagine those people inviting George & Laura Bush to dinner?
I didn’t think so. You can imagine a group like that would have been talking about Bush like he was a dog - and I can well imagine that McCain chimed right in there with him.
People that support this man really need to write one hundred times on a blackboard:
John McCain is a liberal.
John McCain is a liberal.
John McCain is a liberal..............
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