Posted on 02/22/2002 12:09:17 PM PST by dittomom
TERM LIMITS FOR NEWS ANCHORS would also be a good start.
He suffered, but the NVA knew his old man was an admiral. The term “hero” is reserved for uncommon valor in combat.
McCain is a bitter man. He hates Bush and will do his best to scuttle the Republican party.
I believe he will run against Bush in the 2004 primary. The jerk doesn't have enough brains to know he's left-over pizza.
He knows, I know and you should know that this bill prevents the NRA, Pro Lifers, the Sierra Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and any other organization from exercising their first amendment rights in the last 60 days of an election when people actually pay attention.
Find another hero, I would suggest Sam Johnston from Texas.
On today's show, Barry started out with a sort of disclaimer about the first caller, John from Glendale, the one who asked McCain why he hated the United States. He said the caller misrepresented what he wanted to talk about and was on a power trip or something. I don't think he needed to say that. Maybe Barry's afraid McCain won't come on his show again...Who knows?
If I understand what he's saying, as long as I don't mention any names or allude to any candidate 30/60 days before an election I can say anything I want.
I don't see why anyone would have a problem with that. < /sarcasm>
Thank you too Dittomom!!
What ever you do, don't let facts get in your way.
McCain has a VERY questionable POW record. A number of conflicting reports are out. Limbaugh had a physical deferrment and has never been coy about discussing it. Klinton OTOH, stated he "dispised the military" and curried favors to avoid the draft. This includes lies and fraudulent statements. Next fable?...........
For those of you who didn't hear the show, I just want to add a little "color" to it, aside from what Marcia injected with the "cackling" comments.
McCain's comment: SEN. MCCAIN: - I know, I know. Listen all I can say is I respect your views. And uh, we have gone through the process of House and Senate. And I believe that it's a good thing for America, but I do respect their views.
had me holding my breath thinking that this would be different from other times I have heard him on Barry's show. True, the first call, from John in Glendale (and, BTW that was NOT me), most likely was kicked to the top of the queue to perhaps enforce Barry's comments on listeners being "locked and loaded." Don't know if Barry really likes this guy, or is just maneuvering somehow to keep McCain coming back on the show. ANYWAY, what I'm getting to is this. If you had HEARD the show, the things that Marcia left out, was the dismissive, codescending way McCain replied to callers -- several times I even detected in his replies, an "I-don't-know-why-I-bother-to-talk-to-the-unashed" tone. In fact, this guy really gave me the feeling that he was speaking from an elitist perspective to give us poor folks in the desert the benefit of his position in Washington, not really caring what we honestly think or bothering to communicate with us -- just dispense his point of view.
Well, his "my dear" comment to Marcia, and his reply to that caller who complianed about his availability to the people, made me want to put my foot through the radio.
One final disjointed comment from me :) Barry had this goodie:
BARRY:Let me go back to the negative attack ads. Certainly this is something relatively new on the landscape. I've been in broadcasting for 30 years and we never had those.
I don't know what Barry is alluding to here. What about the Johnson VS Goldwater ad -- the girl, the flower, the bomb. And didn't Carter try a similar ad, or tactic, against Reagan?
Enough of this as I really don't have the time today. This really should have been edited better, but I just am short of time. Just wanted to add a little bit of what I heard in McCain's voice that enraged me so. Made me think he must be bending the elbow a bit too much with Ol' Teddy.
Again. Great job Marcia! Never let 'em rest!
As for the caller who pointed out his lack of accessibility, when you hear the tape, you can tell how much he despised the question. But what ticked me off was how Barry covered for him - or provided balance, as Barry put it. Barry came back on the air after about a year and a half absence (management disputes) on Sept 4th - right before September 11th. Amazingly, Senator McCain found time to come back on this radio station shortly after 9/11, and has been on several times since. Prior to 9/11 we had noticed (and used as grounds for a recall) that he hadn't been on the talk shows for a long time (especially since he dropped out of the presidential primaries). AND of course, the other aspect of McCain's accessibility, has to do with how long it takes to get a response from his office. Answers usually come months after the fact (e.g. - my letters and phone calls about impeachment were finally answered 3 months after the Senate vote).
McCain also said on this radio show that he does "townhall meetings" - NOT in Arizona! In fact before this talk show, he had just done one out in LOS ANGELES! A January "Forum" here in Arizona on the topic of national security vs. individual liberty was touted as having John McCain as the keynote speaker. McCain taped his remarks and did not appear in person.
ANYWAY, I could go on and on (and be redundant). Thanks again for your comments. As Barry says, "I appreciate you getting on the air!"
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