if by "looking very presidential" you mean confusing sunnis and shiites, repeatedly claiming iran is training al qaeda despite that being completely untrue, being corrected on national television by joe lieberman, and just generally looking confused and old...

very presidential indeed.

I came in here to say something, but Burndtdan beat me to it. Everytime McCain opens his mouth he sounds more senile.

Probably, we have 7 months to watch it play out.

raising money from foreigners and telling people it's common knowledge that Iran is training al qaeda is probably not going to help him as much as keeping his mouth shut and campaigning as an amiable dope in a couple swing states will.

He's looking more Justice-y than President-y.

By that, I mean doddering and foolish.

If I have faith in the Democrats to do anything, it is to blow this election. Exactly four years ago, I was dead sure we were on the brink of the Kerry administration.

burndtdan: if by "looking very presidential" you mean confusing sunnis and shiites, repeatedly claiming iran is training al qaeda despite that being completely untrue, being corrected on national television by joe lieberman, and just generally looking confused and old...

very presidential indeed.

"Reaganesque," if you will.

Nabb1: If I have faith in the Democrats to do anything, it is to blow this election. Exactly four years ago, I was dead sure we were on the brink of the Kerry administration.

I agree- but I think this time will be different, if only in the sense that people care more about the candidates. Kerry had no charisma. Obama has it in spades. And Clinton is a writhing, loathsome wreck.

burndtdan: if by "looking very presidential" you mean confusing sunnis and shiites, repeatedly claiming iran is training al qaeda despite that being completely untrue, being corrected on national television by joe lieberman, and just generally looking confused and old...

very presidential indeed.

Bush has done far worse and look where that got him ...

I nearly died of laughter last night watching Olbermann when he compared McCain to Emily Litella.

"What's all this I hear about violins in Iran?"

"Oh.......Never mind."

Diogenes: I nearly died of laughter last night watching Olbermann when he compared McCain to Emily Litella.

"What's all this I hear about violins in Iran?"

"Oh.......Never mind."

he was on fire last night.

Well, these people DID vote for the Stumbler-in-Chief twice, so of cource McCain looks presidential to them.

burndtdan: if by "looking very presidential" you mean confusing sunnis and shiites, repeatedly claiming iran is training al qaeda despite that being completely untrue, being corrected on national television by joe lieberman, and just generally looking confused and old...

Hey! I get stuff wrong too. Plus I hear that he likes beer! I do too! I'm a-gonna vote McCain!

The Dems could botch an order of hard-boiled eggs. If they win, it will be an upset, not over the GOP, but over their own incompetence.

I'm voting Democrat, BTW, as I always do. Not because I'm all that crazy about them (gee, can you tell?), but for one reason only:

Because I know they're the only ones with a realistic chance of saving us from the Republicans.

hillbillypharmacist: I agree- but I think this time will be different, if only in the sense that people care more about the candidates. Kerry had no charisma. Obama has it in spades. And Clinton is a writhing, loathsome wreck.

True. I've eaten raw oysters that had more personality and warmth than John Kerry.

hillbillypharmacist: Obama has it in spades.



/I keed, I keed...

Nestea Plunge: Too bad McCain sounds like a punch drunk boxer who doesn't know what the fark he is talking about. Senile old bugger.

In the Senate stands a boxer
Republican by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry vote that layed him down
Or cloture till he cried out
Filibustering the same
"I am leaving, I am leaving
And my name is John McCain"

Snarfangel: In the Senate stands a boxer
Republican by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry vote that layed him down
Or cloture till he cried out
Filibustering the same
"I am leaving, I am leaving
And my name is John McCain"

awesome.

Brad_Will: That's racist

;)

I thought it was treasonous for members of Congress to meet with foreign heads of state.

kronicfeld: I thought it was treasonous for members of Congress to meet with foreign heads of state.

Only if they disagree with the President.

Isn't that cute. The subby actually thought the Dem's would not screw it up.

No complaints from me so far.

The Democrats have mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

Snarfangel: In the Senate stands a boxer
Republican by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry vote that layed him down
Or cloture till he cried out
Filibustering the same
"I am leaving, I am leaving
And my name is John McCain"

Forwarded that to my girlfriend - her favorite song is "The Boxer."

If by "looking very presidential" you mean "looking very much like George Dubya Bush", then right on.

Every time McCain opens his mouth he sounds like an uninformed idiot. Just like Dubya.

If McCain was still fighting to get nominated, he wouldn't be off visiting anybody on the taxpayers dime.

Sybarite: The Democrats have mastered the art of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

So your not going to give Diebold any credit?

The Democratic Party is the Chicago Cubs of the political world.

It's especially embarrassing this year. We go up against a party that has repeatedly demonstrated its astounding incompetence for years in power, headed by a man who'd have to study up to be a half-wit and a freaking shotgun-wielding supervillain.

This year, the Reeps chose to run an ancient bog-mummy that wants nothing more than to continue a pointless war that nobody wants for a long ass time, and possibly start another one next door.

Meanwhile, we have a possible candidate who is looking more and more each day like he's the most qualified person to be President in a generation.

And the Democratic Party is trying OH SO DESPERATELY HARD to fark it all up.

If McCain wins this thing, I am seriously tempted to change my registration to independent, and leave it there until I get a center-left party that knows how to step on the neck of a wheezing, crippled and thoroughly discredited opponent. Christ almighty.

If Hillary would get the hell out of the way, I have little doubt that Obama would be our next President.

However....I think Hillary is gonna steal this election. I think she's going to hang in there 'till the convention, then she's going to bribe the superdelegates into voting for her over Obama and then walk away from the convention with the nomination.

And then we shall see what happens next....

Nabb1: If I have faith in the Democrats to do anything, it is to blow this election. Exactly four years ago, I was dead sure we were on the brink of the Kerry administration.

I think they blew it on purpose with Kerry, to avoid being blamed for what Iraq has become, and I think they have good reason to blow it again to avoid being blamed for the economic shiatstorm we are just starting to wade into.

Anybody that wants to be president for the next 4 years is absolutely farking nuts.

Weaver95: However....I think Hillary is gonna steal this election. I think she's going to hang in there 'till the convention, then she's going to bribe the superdelegates into voting for her over Obama and then walk away from the convention with the nomination.

I think you're wrong. The superdelegates are much smarter than you give them credit for, and they know who can beat McCain and who can't. They aren't in Hillary's pocket, no matter how sure she is that she can win them over. They are more concerned with their own re-election than anything else - and Obama is better to have in their corner come November than Hillary Clinton. That's the bottom line.

Weaver95: she's going to bribe the superdelegates into voting for her over Obama and then walk away from the convention with the nomination.

And then we shall see what happens next....

If Bush were to impose martial law at that point, and declare himself president for life, I would be ambivalent. At least he's just a stupid, cruel frat boy. Hillary is the raging slime beast from hell.

If Clinton thinks she can survive the Primary & flip delegates, knowing full well of the divisive repercussions it will have, I think the Clintons have one hell of an arsenal of dirty tricks to pull on McCain ~ more than the Keating Five, philandering stuff already out there.

Then again, Occam's Razor ~ they just can't help but cling to power.

Thing is, if Hill bows out, her presidential dreams are over for good, like Ted Kennedy in '80.

However, no where as revered, she can easily be bumped from office by a more affable candidate were to run against her Senate seat, like Pataki.

My take, she struck too soon. A 2012 Romney/Clinton brawl would have been da bomb.

Weaver95: If Hillary would get the hell out of the way, I have little doubt that Obama would be our next President.

However....I think Hillary is gonna steal this election. I think she's going to hang in there 'till the convention, then she's going to bribe the superdelegates into voting for her over Obama and then walk away from the convention with the nomination.

And then we shall see what happens next....

Um, eight years of McCain, permanent war in the Middle East, tidal waves of illegals washing ashore, corporate ownership of everything, spiraling deficits, a black hole of national debt...

In other words, same old same old.

/me and my mixed metaphors!

burndtdan: and just generally looking confused and old...

very presidential indeed.

That worked for Ronald Reagan.

I'll ask this again:

If the Republicans have done such a great job the past eight years, why don't they tout that?

The Democrats are the Philadelphia Eagles of politics.

Both excel at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

yes

Who the Hell is greenlighting this crap?

"Are the Dems really going to botch this up with the legacy of one of the worst presidents in history going for them??"
sho nuff

I'm not only confident that they can, but that they will. Too bad, too.

Cagey B: The Democratic Party is the Chicago Cubs of the political world.

I like how you think. :)

And this guy wins no matter what.

/What a country.

God...farking Hillary. She's knowingly going down and dragging Obama with her. No different than a suicide bomber

McCain who?

Hilarobamahilabomarillaryboma is the only candidate in the news as far as I can tell.

burndtdan: if by "looking very presidential" you mean confusing sunnis and shiites, repeatedly claiming iran is training al qaeda despite that being completely untrue, being corrected on national television by joe lieberman, and just generally looking confused and old...

very presidential indeed.

Depends on which President you're using as the standard.

kronicfeld: I thought it was treasonous for members of Congress to meet with foreign heads of state.

I came here to say this.

Well played, Sir/Ma'am

I think many of the ills we're seeing this election cycle could be avoided if the Constitution were amended like a radio promotion, the primary rule being one winner per household and no current or former members of the administration are eligible to participate.

McCain should enjoy these days when the only "Democrat" calling him on his bullshiat is Joe Lieberman. He will look like a doddering old fool against Obama.