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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:04 PM
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You mean people actually want this schmuck as president?


I'm sorry. I don't get the fear at all.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:07 PM
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1. THAT is the picture taken while Katrina was blowing away New Orleans! McCain will pay for that if
he's the candidate. He ate birthday cake with the psycho while New Orleans drowned.:grr:
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:08 PM
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3. Excellent observation!
Louisiana just might turn blue this year if McCain is the GOP nominee.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:45 PM
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13. EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 07:24 PM
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27. What should he have been doing?
And, if you were the governor of LA, how would YOU feel if a senator from Arizona stepped in without your asking?
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:41 AM
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35. He shouldn't have been having a happy photo-op.
Not many people were smiling as New Orleans drowned.
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swoop Donating Member (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:51 AM
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39. That's part of being President.
I'm sure somewhere, Bill Clinton smiled at least once during the Rwanda massacre, FDR surely smiled after Pearl Harbor, Jimmy Carter smiled after the hostages in Tehran were taken. PR is just part of it.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 12:03 PM
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40. I was responding to your question of McCain.
If McCain had any class he would have help off on that stupid picture.

Chimpy should have been doing a hell of a lot more than smiling for the camera.

It is quite a bit different to smile sometime after a tragedy happened than to take a photo-op DURING a major domestic catastrophe.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:48 AM
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31. Nope.
The people that would vote for him will NOT hold that against him. They don't give a shit about New Orleans so it isn't an issue.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:08 PM
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2. Which one is the schmuck?
Hard to tell, they both look pretty schmucky to me. :shrug:
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:11 PM
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4. !!!
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:17 PM
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8. (Tsk, tsk) One must discern the difference between a schmuck and a putz.
:dunce:
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:16 PM
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17. ONE of them (and I can't reveal which one)
is also a schmendrick!
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:13 PM
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5. We have to keep reminding people of this
The photo, when it was taken, how many people were dying.
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:14 PM
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6. he would never be capable of being sworn in...his arms are toooo short
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sunonmars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:15 PM
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7. Ooh i'd forgotten that one.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:17 PM
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9. Bush is about 5' 10" in his elevator shoes
Grandpa McCain must be shrinking.

By November he'll look like Napoleon.
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Clinton Crusader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:19 PM
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10. Don't forget thhhhhhhhhhis oooooooone
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timtom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:20 PM
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18. This one fits my definition of "black humor"
It makes me laugh and cringe with disgust at the same time...
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:38 AM
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34. ugh, ick what a disgusting picture.
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:03 AM
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37. That's the one that will sink him
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:42 PM
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11. That needs to be made into a flyer/poster and spread nationwide.
Americans were dying and they were yucking it up as if nothing was wrong.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:43 PM
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12. One already is and we don't need another.
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:49 PM
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14. I can't imagine why people think he has a chance...






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gmudem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 03:55 PM
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15. We thought the same about Chimpy too
It's amazing who the American electorate will vote for. The Democrats will HAVE to attack McCain and connect him to Bush every single day. And show those pics to everyone. If he goes up against Clinton I am still petrified of a loss there.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:12 PM
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16. Can I steal your pics and put them in my photobucket...for future use?
would you mind?:hi:
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:45 PM
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22. Yes ... I just pick em up around the web ... feel free, anytime
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:53 PM
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24. Thank you!
:hi:
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SaveOurDemocracy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 05:09 PM
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25. You're welcome :o)
:hi:
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Lancelot Link Donating Member (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:29 PM
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19. I don't get his allure.
He's not well-liked by the Republican base, and Democrats will never forget his cozying up to Bush regarding the war. I suppose that lots of independants are attracted to his former status as a "maverick" (ugh!) and his position on torture, but I can't see any compelling positives to a McCain candidacy. As much as I respect his service during the Vietnam War, I think he's a pandering old fool.

(Oh, and Hello DU. I've been a little scared to join up since I found the place, but I'm bored and felt like having some interaction today.)
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:40 PM
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21. Welcome to DU, nice first post!

Does anybody like McCain? The only person I know of who does in Chris Matthews and he's delusional.

:hi:
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:50 PM
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23. Welcome to DU
Hope we don't scare you off during this primary season. :D :hi:
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ordinaryaveragegirl Donating Member (853 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:31 AM
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29. Welcome to DU
Very insightful first post, and I agree with all of the above. You're on a roll! :)
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:31 PM
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20. The fear is..
.. that Americans actually are that stupid, and you can count me as one of the fearful given the likely nominee for our party.
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 05:36 PM
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26. Don't forget his alliance with the Devil himself
this was unforgiving
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 07:25 PM
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28. Well apparently some of them did in the last two elections...oh.
:silly: :scared:

Actually, I used to think McCain was OK (like back in 2000), but I don't know what his deal is now. :shrug:
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:47 AM
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30. probably its only a few percent rather than enough to propel him to the WH
I see an America that is sick of what both these dudes have not an America who wants more of the same
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philly_bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:33 AM
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32. I think you're underestimating McCain. He's likable, informed, funny
and a war hero to boot.

I'm very scared that "maverick" McCain, backed by mainstream media, can beat Obama or Clinton.

Of all the Republicans, he's by far the scariest, in my opinion. Here on DU, he's a "schmuck." But what counts is the electorate.
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:44 AM
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36. He is the most formidable puke candidate.
But, that is not saying much.

When he stands on the stage, with only one of the Dems, he will pale in comparison. I'm not worried about him.

He is running on Chimpy's Third Term. America isn't buying the shit he's selling.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 10:36 AM
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33. if Bloomberg and his billions comes in, John doesn't have a prayer.
unfortunately money talks.
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BringEmOn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 11:17 AM
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38. Why was that schmuck being considered for Democratic VP in 2004?
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