16. I just inflated my tires and tuned up my car, you wouldnt believe it gas prices just dropped 50 cent wow his energy plan really works!!!

Adrian A at 9:20AM on Aug 2nd 2008

17. >>>& then had the nerve to mention that he's black into the bargain you'd get testy too!
Where's your compassion!
It's very hard for mediocre white guys. They've lost their affirmative action programs.


Miriam at 1:07AM on Aug 2nd 2008>>>

Miriam,

What is it you mean exactly in your comment? Who had the nerve to mention "that he's black"? You sorta lost me...

Bobby at 11:22AM on Aug 2nd 2008

18. McCain & Co. may think that their "clever" ads are defining Obama as an air-head celebrity, but, in point of fact, they are revealing McCain as the bitter, angry, envious old man he really is. What these idiots don't understand is that the American people LOVE celebrities, but are turned off by the kind of jealousy and spite that typifies the McCain campaign.

emelpe at 12:50PM on Aug 2nd 2008

19. i felt sorry for paris and britney to be compared to the black devil must not be fun

andrew at 1:30PM on Aug 2nd 2008

20. I know that I read one idiot's blog on this article about Obama beating Mccain- Wake up- when the republicans get his fake birth certificate and everybody reads the new book Obama Nation- I doubt very seriously if he even has a career in Politics. Keep sipping the Koolaid- by the time the investigation on three factors of his life is over in September, you will see the central shift over to the right. That happened in 2000 and that happened in 2004. Hillary was your best choice, idiot. Keep on hoorey....someone who is not even qualified to be in the whitehouse- he never will see enter- trust us! Like the rapper said- the whitehouse will be black-----no....I don't think so....maybe one day with a qualified black man, this one is just a thug and a "down low" guy.

Jaki Baez at 1:59PM on Aug 2nd 2008

21. FLIP FLOP FLIP FLOP.

Mitchell at 9:51PM on Aug 1st 2008

MARCH OF THE MCSAME FLIPFLOPS

1) Was against the Bush tax cuts; now is for making them permanent and even bigger.

2) Was against the GI Bill; now is for the GI Bill.

3) Was for immigration reform; now is against immigration reform - and repudiated his own prior position on immigration reform.

4) Opposed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill - which had his name on it.

5) Was for gay marriage, and then opposed gay marriage.

6) Was for Roe v. Wade, then was against Roe v. Wade; then for it, sort of; then against it, sort of.

7) Was for storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; then was against it.

8) In 2000 was for military action against rogue states; now is against it, EXCEPT for Iran….which he sings about bombing and says it's good to sell them cigarettes so we can kill them.

9) Negotiating with North Korea; was against it; then for it, especially when Bush did it.

10) Negotiating with Castro's Cuba - in 2000 was for it, now against it.

11) No negotiating with terrorists except when Colin Powell went to Syria in 2002 and when, in 2006, said we'd eventually have to deal with Hamas.

12) Unilateral military action against terrorists in Pakistan - against it when Obama said it was good; for it when Bush did it in the spring of 2008.

13) Warrantless wiretaps - against them 6 months ago; for them now.

14) Torturing detainees - always against it; since he was tortured he should know. Now, in favor of torturing detainees.

15) Perpetual detention of detainees - bad a few years ago, good now.

16) Iraq - the right course in 2004; stay the course in 2005 and now he was always against the flawed strategy - especially when Rumsfeld was there.

17) Estate tax - for it in 2006; against it now.

18) 2004 - for privatizing Social Security; 2008 against privatizing Social Security.

19) February 2008 promised a balanced budget in 4 years. April 2008 said it will take 8 years. June 2008…..back to 4 years. [And, since he is now for the Bush tax cuts, balancing the budget EVER will be impossible.]

20) In 2008 - first glad to look at oil windfall profits tax; then it's a bad idea - Jimmy Carter's bad idea.

21) In 2000 - no new offshore oil drilling; now, just very recently, it's a great idea.

22) In 2000 - attacked Bush fundraising leaders; in 2006 had some of the same people co-chair his own fundraisers.

23) In 2000 - Jerry Falwell was an "agent of intolerance"; in 2006 McCain delivered the commencement address at Falwell's Liberty University and in 2008 McCain was big buddies with Rev. Hagee and Pastor Parsley.

24) Opposed and voted against the Martin Luther King holiday; now says he was for it.

25) 1986 - opposed South African divestment to attack apartheid; June 2008, praised it.

26) In 2000 - defended South Carolina's Confederate flag as a symbol of heritage; in 2002 said it should come down and it was an "act of political cowardice to not take it down."

27) 2000 - against teaching creationism in schools; 2005 - alternatives to evolution should be taught.

Clif Kuplen at 6:34PM on Aug 2nd 2008

22. Why are the Obamites crying? If it's a good commercial for Obama (as Stench says) then why worry?

It sounded to me like Mitchell is either in the tank for Obama (like we KNOW that would never happen) or she has no clue as to the definition of "celebrity!" Look at the fawning coverage he gets from the MSM. Instead of visiting troops, he goes to the basketball court and "drops a three-pointer!) Really serious reportage, non?

If Obama wants to be on currency, I'm all for it. I'd just like to remind him that thay are all dead and there is no three-dollar bill. Lincoln has big ears like Obama, Obie could be on the penny to start with.
It matters not, as time goes by, Obie keeps dropping in the polls, McCain goes up but that gets ignored. Check out the small polls they have on the right above this blag and see how Obama's and the dems plans fare as opposed to others. Don't whine and say only righties take those polls, look at who posed the question then read their blog and see who's side their on then compare the poll answers to them.
I'm amused by the list of McCain "flips" going back to 2000, you'd think that was an accomplishment until you realize that Obama has flipped more than that in 143 days! He must be the Messiah. Now that I inflated my tires to 100 lbs and got a tune up, Obie kinda wants to maybe drill or think about a compromise...huh, what, drill but don't suck the oil out of the ground? Where is his leadership? Where is his demand that Congress stay in session to resolve this? Obie is MIA on all the important stuff, but he'll be on the cover of ? next week. Where's the footage of Obie taking on the trhree black men and stuttering his way through the exchange? Didn't make the news, but if "Mac" had done it, all three channels and the MSM would have had it front page news.

Dedmanrisn at 9:45PM on Aug 2nd 2008

23. mcsame flips!

http://www.bi30.org/wordpress/flipflopper.htm

Clif Kuplen at 12:11AM on Aug 3rd 2008

24. Mccain flops!

http://howinsaneisjohnmccain.blogspot.com/2008/03/mccain-never-met-position-he-didnt-like.html

Clif Kuplen at 12:13AM on Aug 3rd 2008

25. here comes johnny diaper pail, floppin' down the campaign trail...

National Security Policy

1. McCain thought Bush's warrantless wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.

2. McCain insisted that everyone, even "terrible killers," "the worst kind of scum of humanity," and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, "deserve to have some adjudication of their cases," even if that means "releasing some of them." McCain now believes the opposite.

3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country."

4. In February, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding.

5. McCain favored closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it.

6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with Predators, McCain criticized him for it. He's since come to the opposite conclusion.

Foreign Policy

7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it.

8. McCain supported moving "toward normalization of relations" with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite.

9. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite.

10. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite.

11. McCain is both for and against a "rogue state rollback" as a focus of his foreign policy vision.

12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty's behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it.

13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it.

Military Policy

14. McCain recently claimed that he was the "greatest critic" of Rumsfeld's failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as "a mission accomplished." In March 2004, he said, "I'm confident we're on the right course." In December 2005, he said, "Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course."

15. McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions, concluding, on multiple occasions, that a Korea-like presence is both a good idea and a bad idea.

16. McCain said before the war in Iraq, "We will win this conflict. We will win it easily." Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was "probably going to be long and hard and tough."

17. McCain has repeatedly said it's a dangerous mistake to tell the "enemy" when U.S. troops would be out of Iraq. In May, McCain announced that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013.

18. McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it.

Domestic Policy

19. McCain defended "privatizing" Social Security. Now he says he's against privatization (though he actually still supports it.)

20. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn't.

21. McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite.

22. He argued that the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party's policy making. Now he believes the opposite.

23. In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won't commit to supporting a regulation bill he's co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris' former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser.

24. McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona.

25. McCain's first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn't be "rewarded" for acting "irresponsibly." His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position.

26. McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn't be allowed.

27. McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. before he supported it.

28. McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he's pro-ethanol.

29. McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.

30. In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time.

Economic Policy

31. McCain was against Bush's tax cuts for the very wealthy before he was for them.

32. John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated," and "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a "very strong" understanding of economics.

33. McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal. And soon after that, McCain abandoned his second position and went back to his first.

34. McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were "too tilted to the wealthy." By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending.

35. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite.

36. McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a "'read my lips' candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?" referring to George H.W. Bush's 1988 pledge. "No new taxes," McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, "I'm not making a 'read my lips' statement, in that I will not raise taxes."

37. McCain has changed his entire economic worldview on multiple occasions.

38. McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off economically than they were before Bush took office.

Energy Policy

39. McCain supported the moratorium on coastal drilling; now he's against it.

40. McCain recently announced his strong opposition to a windfall tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea.

41. McCain endorsed a cap-and-trade policy with a mandatory emissions cap. In mid-June, McCain announced he wants the caps to be voluntary.

42. McCain explained his belief that a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax would provide an immediate economic stimulus. Shortly thereafter, he argued the exact opposite.

43. McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn't.

Immigration Policy

44. McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants' kids who graduate from high school. Now he's against it.

45. On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own bill.

46. In April, McCain promised voters that he would secure the borders "before proceeding to other reform measures." Two months later, he abandoned his public pledge, pretended that he'd never made the promise in the first place, and vowed that a comprehensive immigration reform policy has always been, and would always be, his "top priority."

Judicial Policy and the Rule of Law

47. McCain said he would "not impose a litmus test on any nominee." He used to promise the opposite.

48. McCain believes the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration's warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite.

49. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite.

Campaign, Ethics, and Lobbying Reform

50. McCain supported his own lobbying-reform legislation from 1997. Now he doesn't.


51. In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving "feedback" on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure.

52. McCain supported a campaign-finance bill, which bore his name, on strengthening the public-financing system. In June 2007, he abandoned his own legislation.

Politics and Associations

53. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist John Hagee. Now he doesn't.

54. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist Rod Parsley. Now he doesn't.

55. McCain says he considered and did not consider joining John Kerry's Democratic ticket in 2004.

56. McCain is both for and against attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor at his former church.

57. McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as "an agent of intolerance" in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans "deserved" the 9/11 attacks.

58. In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending "dirty money" to help finance Bush's presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.

59. McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.

60. McCain decided in 2000 that he didn't want anything to do with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, believing he "would taint the image of the 'Straight Talk Express.'" Kissinger is now the honorary co-chair for his presidential campaign in New York.

61. McCain believed powerful right-wing activist/lobbyist Grover Norquist was "corrupt, a shill for dictators, and (with just a dose of sarcasm) Jack Abramoff's gay lover." McCain now considers Norquist a key political ally.

Clif Kuplen at 12:20AM on Aug 3rd 2008

26. John McCain apparently never met a position he didn't like.

Clif Kuplen at 12:21AM on Aug 3rd 2008

27. Those were just a partial list of flip flops. There is also the incessant mental errors, literally coming daily with Mccain. Here are some of the 'gaffes' that came to the attention of CBS:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/22/politics/politico/main4281173.shtml

Clif Kuplen at 12:26AM on Aug 3rd 2008

28. A couple of my favorites.

Torture

BEFORE

McCain 11/16/07: "One of the things that kept us going when I was in prison in North Vietnam was that we knew that if the situation were reversed, that we would not be doing to our captors what they were doing to us"

"I want to tell you. Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney all think it is O.K. They have one thing in common. They don’t understand the military and the culture of this nation. If they did, they could never condone such behavior." [NY Times]

AFTER

McCain votes against a ban on CIA torture.

Special Interests

BEFORE

McCain: "I'm the only one special interests don't give any money to." [YouTube]

AFTER

McCain's campaign manager and many key campaign officials are telecom lobbyists, who have given at least $765,000 to his campaign (and that's just one special interest) [USA Today]


And there are so many others. But that doesn't matter at all. He lies his ass off and it's so blatant that it's laughable. But Obama is a Muslim.

Botts at 12:50AM on Aug 3rd 2008

29. McCain's campaign manager and many key campaign officials are telecom lobbyists, who have given at least $765,000 to his campaign (and that's just one special interest) [USA Today]
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there were I think 125 lobbyists in his campaign and over fifty representing foreign terrorists. No kidding, foreign terrorists.

And don't forget 'you're all whiners' phil gramm who authored the bank and lending crises and the Enron Loophole that enables the speculation that has bloated oil prices is STILL his senior economic adviser.

National security means nothing to these clowns. It's for sale like everything else.

It's all about corporate profit and subjugation of American citizens.

Clif Kuplen at 1:04AM on Aug 3rd 2008

30. Didn't make the news, but if "Mac" had done it, all three channels and the MSM would have had it front page news.

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mac called his wife a cunt in front of a reporter and he's still here. Betcha Obama wouldn't have been. There are hundreds more gaffes like that over the decades. He's a very emotionally unstable person which is understandable since he was repeatedly broken by torture. You're never the same after that.

Clif Kuplen at 1:07AM on Aug 3rd 2008