More like:

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!" Obama: "I wasn't old enough, sir. What was I supposed to be? The drummer boy?"

MrKraclenutz: More like:

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!" Obama: "I wasn't old enough, sir. What was I supposed to be? The drummer boy?"

Well, there was the 101st All Infant Battalion. The were sappers.

If I recall, it wasn't crickets, but McCain going into a ridiculous blathering rage on the Senate floor.

Cubist Robot Party: If I recall, it wasn't crickets, but McCain going into a ridiculous blathering rage on the Senate floor.

PANCAKES!

McCain: "Because Bush is against it that's why."

It's too generous. and don't question me. I'm a war hero dammit.

Tor_Eckman: 101st All Infant Battalion

The word "infantry" always conjures up an image of battle-hardened toddlers in my mind.

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: (crickets) PANCAKES!

FTFY, subby

More like:

MrKraclenutz: More like:

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!"

Obama: "Does losing your plane and surrendering count as 'fighting'?"

diamondcutters: PANCAKES!

Bah! Foiled again!

Cubist Robot Party: If I recall, it wasn't crickets, but McCain going into a ridiculous blathering rage on the Senate floor.


Wouldn't that involve McCain actually being in the Senate hall to participate? He was the only Senator not present to vote.

Biological Ali: McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: (crickets) PANCAKES!

FTFY, subby

Can someone clue me in on the origin of this meme? I'm a foreigner and your ways frighten and confuse me.

onomatopoetic: Tor_Eckman: 101st All Infant Battalion

The word "infantry" always conjures up an image of battle-hardened toddlers in my mind.

I've been reading FARK daily for almost a year, and don't know what's up with this "pancakes" thing that I see on lots of comments recently. Am I missing a cultural reference, is it like that "drink your milkshake" thing?

Good Old John "Songbird" McCain. Always thinking of the troops.

MrKraclenutz: More like:

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!" Obama: "I wasn't old enough, sir. What was I supposed to be? The drummer boy?" McCain: "No, you were supposed to be holding the lantern for us when we got back to camp"

ftfy


/window seat
//smoking section

diamondcutters: Cubist Robot Party: If I recall, it wasn't crickets, but McCain going into a ridiculous blathering rage on the Senate floor.

PANCAKES!

Ok. I've finally hit the point where I can take this no more. Someone has to explain the connection between McCain and pancakes, because I clearly missed the memo.

/Soft foods are good for grandpa's dentures and are easier for him to digest?

thisispete: Can someone clue me in on the origin of this meme

Kevin72: I've been reading FARK daily for almost a year, and don't know what's up with this "pancakes" thing that I see on lots of comments recently. Am I missing a cultural reference, is it like that "drink your milkshake" thing?

in late February McCain was doing an interview after calling Obama a "waffler" McCain proceed to yell "PANCAKES" over and over for 3 and 1/2 minutes

and PANCAKES was born

The new "G.I. Bill"? Gimme a break!

This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag. Most of the expeditures have ZERO to do with G.I.'s and everything to do with election-year vote-buying.

Is there a single actual McCain supporter on Fark?? I mean, true pro-McCain, not simply anti-Obama??

McCain's objection seemed to be that the military is having a hard enough time getting enlisted men, and that if they had the opportunity to go to college after one or two tours, they'd quit. Better to keep them as lower-paid NCOs. Of course, this is kinda cruel since he was a (much better paid) officer because his Admiral father was able to pull strings and avoid the certain booting from Annapolis that McCain would have gotten had he any other last name.

Selector: Is there a single actual McCain supporter on Fark?? I mean, true pro-McCain, not simply anti-Obama??

MonkeyVegetables: thisispete: Can someone clue me in on the origin of this meme

Kevin72: I've been reading FARK daily for almost a year, and don't know what's up with this "pancakes" thing that I see on lots of comments recently. Am I missing a cultural reference, is it like that "drink your milkshake" thing?

in late February McCain was doing an interview after calling Obama a "waffler" McCain proceed to yell "PANCAKES" over and over for 3 and 1/2 minutes

and PANCAKES was born

here is the link (pops)

OttoDog: This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag.

Hush. You are not permitted to say such a thing here. You see, Senator Obama is for it and Senator McCain is against it - and that is all we need to know.

Goimir: McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!" Obama: "I wasn't old enough, sir. What was I supposed to be? The drummer boy?" McCain: "No, you were supposed to be holding the lantern for us when we got back to camp"

MonkeyVegetables: MonkeyVegetables: thisispete: Can someone clue me in on the origin of this meme

Kevin72: I've been reading FARK daily for almost a year, and don't know what's up with this "pancakes" thing that I see on lots of comments recently. Am I missing a cultural reference, is it like that "drink your milkshake" thing?

in late February McCain was doing an interview after calling Obama a "waffler" McCain proceed to yell "PANCAKES" over and over for 3 and 1/2 minutes

and PANCAKES was born

here is the link (pops)

bastard. I clicked.

HappyDaddy: OttoDog: This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag.

Hush. You are not permitted to say such a thing here. You see, Senator Obama is for it and Senator McCain is against it - and that is all we need to know.

Yeah, I know. Facts hold little sway here. I wonder if they'll border the site in black after November's results get tallied.

Crunchy Frog [TotalFark] Quote 2008-05-25 10:47:19 AM
Selector: Is there a single actual McCain supporter on Fark?? I mean, true pro-McCain, not simply anti-Obama??

No. It's a lot easier to gripe about Obama's miniscule political baggage then defend a joke.

MonkeyVegetables: here is the link (pops)

You bastard rick roller.
Onto the ignore list you go.

MonkeyVegetables: MonkeyVegetables: thisispete: Can someone clue me in on the origin of this meme

Kevin72: I've been reading FARK daily for almost a year, and don't know what's up with this "pancakes" thing that I see on lots of comments recently. Am I missing a cultural reference, is it like that "drink your milkshake" thing?

in late February McCain was doing an interview after calling Obama a "waffler" McCain proceed to yell "PANCAKES" over and over for 3 and 1/2 minutes

and PANCAKES was born

here is the link (pops)

Damn you!

I thought McCain was enough of a scatter brain that he might just do that, and of course, there had to be a video! Little ol' me, had to click your damn link.

Gah!

TheOther: More like:

MrKraclenutz: More like:

McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!"

Obama: "Does losing your plane and surrendering count as 'fighting'?"

Senate:

OttoDog: The new "G.I. Bill"? Gimme a break!

This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag. Most of the expeditures have ZERO to do with G.I.'s and everything to do with election-year vote-buying.

Why do you hate the troops? Seriously, though, some people take whatever comes out of Obama's mouth as gospel and have foregone even looking at the actual legislation, much less thinking for themselves and formulating an informed opinion. "Change," indeed.

quickdraw: MonkeyVegetables: here is the link (pops)

You bastard rick roller.
Onto the ignore list you go.

Oh come on. For a rickroll?? And a well-placed one, at that?? Prude.

No, I'm pretty sure his response was not silent but something along the lines of this:

"It is typical, but no less offensive that Senator Obama uses the Senate floor to take cheap shots at an opponent and easy advantage of an issue he has less than zero understanding of. Let me say first in response to Senator Obama, running for President is different than serving as President. The office comes with responsibilities so serious that the occupant can't always take the politically easy route without hurting the country he is sworn to defend. Unlike Senator Obama, my admiration, respect and deep gratitude for America's veterans is something more than a convenient campaign pledge. I think I have earned the right to make that claim....

Further, he said:

"Senators Graham, Burr and I have offered legislation that would provide veterans with a substantial increase in educational benefits. The bill we have sponsored would increase monthly education benefits to $1500; eliminate the $1200 enrollment fee; and offer a $1000 annually for books and supplies. Importantly, we would allow veterans to transfer those benefits to their spouses or dependent children or use a part of them to pay down existing student loans. We also increase benefits to the Guard and Reserve, and even more generously to those who serve in the Selected Reserve.

"I know that my friend and fellow veteran, Senator Jim Webb, an honorable man who takes his responsibility to veterans very seriously, has offered legislation with very generous benefits. I respect and admire his position, and I would never suggest that he has anything other than the best of intentions to honor the service of deserving veterans. Both Senator Webb and I are united in our deep appreciation for the men and women who risk their lives so that the rest of us may be secure in our freedom. And I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

"The most important difference between our two approaches is that Senator Webb offers veterans who served one enlistment the same benefits as those offered veterans who have re-enlisted several times. Our bill has a sliding scale that offers generous benefits to all veterans, but increases those benefits according to the veteran's length of service. I think it is important to do that because, otherwise, we will encourage more people to leave the military after they have completed one enlistment. At a time when the United States military is fighting in two wars, and as we finally are beginning the long overdue and very urgent necessity of increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps, one study estimates that Senator Webb's bill will reduce retention rates by 16%.

"Most worrying to me, is that by hurting retention we will reduce the numbers of men and women who we train to become the backbone of all the services, the noncommissioned officer. In my life, I have learned more from noncommissioned officers I have known and served with than anyone else outside my family. And in combat, no one is more important to their soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, and to the officers who command them, than the sergeant and petty officer. They are very hard to replace. Encouraging people not to choose to become noncommissioned officers would hurt the military and our country very badly. As I said, the office of President, which I am seeking, is a great honor, indeed, but it imposes serious responsibilities. How faithfully the President discharges those responsibilities will determine whether he or she deserves the honor. I can only tell you I intend to deserve the honor if I am fo rtunate to receive it, even if it means I must take politically unpopular positions at times and disagree with people for whom I have the highest respect and affection.

"Perhaps, if Senator Obama would take the time and trouble to understand this issue he would learn to debate an honest disagreement respectfully. But, as he always does, he prefers impugning the motives of his opponent, and exploiting a thoughtful difference of opinion to advance his own ambitions. If that is how he would behave as President, the country would regret his election."


So basically Obama is saying "John McCain hates Vets and doesn't want them to have any money for college", and McCain is saying, "no, that's not true you lying sack - I just want veterans who serve longer to have better benefits than those who only pull a three year enlistment."

But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of a political flame war and any excuse to call John McCain a grumpy old man.

OttoDog: The new "G.I. Bill"? Gimme a break!

This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag. Most of the expeditures have ZERO to do with G.I.'s and everything to do with election-year vote-buying.

Ask vets whether they think it has anything to do with GIs.

Support our troops. Listen to us.

www.iava.org
www.vfw.org
www.legion.org/homepage.php

quickdraw: MonkeyVegetables: here is the link (pops)

You bastard rick roller.
Onto the ignore list you go.

/waves
//lol

Selector: quickdraw: MonkeyVegetables: here is the link (pops)

You bastard rick roller.
Onto the ignore list you go.

Oh come on. For a rickroll?? And a well-placed one, at that?? Prude.

I think the action is ignorable on grounds of how unoriginal it is nowadays.

NeverDrunk23: I think the action is ignorable on grounds of how unoriginal it is nowadays.

But posting the "Oh, snap" .gif is original?

Kevin 72

It's just a stupid response that is supposed to imply that John McCain's mind is gone and he would blurt out nonsense.

Sort of like Robert Byrd does everyday.

Alyson: (and other Obamaphiles)

Read FilmBELOH20's post. There's a HUGE diference between GOOD legislation and election-year posturing.

MonkeyVegetables: here is the link (pops)

Like I said, frightened and confused...

Nabb1: Seriously, though, some people take whatever comes out of Obama's mouth as gospel and have foregone even looking at the actual legislation, much less thinking for themselves and formulating an informed opinion. "Change," indeed.

I have looked at the actual legislation, and the domestic spending that was attached. Tell me which part is objectionable.

McCain fears that soldiers will drop out of service, choosing to become students instead of cannon fodder in a failed war. He's probably correct.

Supporting returning troops with medical and psychological support as well as college tuition is a cost of going to war, the same as the cost for uniforms and bullets. The current administration has failed miserably at this. Has everyone already forgotten the Walter Reed scandal?

Our returning troops should never have been sent to start with, and they damn sure deserve better than John McCain and a republican administration when they return.

And some idiot too stupid to refuse to sign a contract at seventeen regarding the next seven years of his/her life should be honored with free tuition? Why Obama's argument is positively priceless.

Obama eats typical white babies for lunch. And being that most of the combat veteran troops are indeed white, then ergo Obama eats soldiers' offspring for lunch.

/Brought to you by Obamians for a free lunch.

TheOther: McCain: "I support the troops". Obama: "So why are you opposing the new G.I. Bill?" McCain: "Don't lecture me boy! You didn't fight in Nam!"

Obama: "Does losing your plane and surrendering count as 'fighting'?"



you know, I'm voting for Obama, but I really don't think ridiculing how McCain became a POW will help Obama at all.

Nor am I really comfortable with the Democrats' "Republicans don't support the troops" spiel. It was atrocious when the Republicans did for the past 6 years, it sounds just as stupid when the Dems do it.

And so we see another great example of anti-Obama without being pro-McCain (not trying to pimp Obama or anything, but what I asked earlier is exactly what's happening in this thread). Is anyone supporting McCain young enough to use teh intertubes??

you know as an older member of this community sometimes I look at the economy,the war,our reputation in the world and this election and think "this is like everyone scrambling to be the Captain of the Titanic just after hitting the iceberg but before it actually goes under."

and I wonder why would anyone want this?

And then I come to my senses. I realize why one man does it.

Nabb1: NeverDrunk23: I think the action is ignorable on grounds of how unoriginal it is nowadays.

But posting the "Oh, snap" .gif is original?

Why yes. It was perfectly apt to post it.

Crickets, my ass. Last I checked Obama was plenty old enough to serve in the Gulf War, which democrats continue to hold up as the "good" Iraq war. Where was the oh so heroic St. Barack back then? The dumbass is Obama. Always was and always will be.

HappyDaddy: OttoDog: This piece-of-shiat legislation's probably the WORST example in recent memory of bilions of bullshiat pork wrapped up in a flag.

Hush. You are not permitted to say such a thing here. You see, Senator Obama is for it and Senator McCain is against it - and that is all we need to know.

Actually, the fact that Webb and Hagel are behind it adds more weight to it than Obama. But you keep pushing the libs libs libs rhetoric. It never gets old!

FTFA: The Arizona senator opposes the scholarship measure, as does the Pentagon, because it applies to people who serve just three years. He fears that would encourage people to leave the military after only one enlistment even as the U.S. fights two wars and is trying to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps.

Yes. Because we certainly don't want college educated people who understand that a small sacrifice of their time and commitment means a greater gain in the long run. It would destroy our great nation.

Fluff Girl:

Supporting returning troops with medical and psychological support as well as college tuition is a cost of going to war, the same as the cost for uniforms and bullets. The current administration has failed miserably at this. Has everyone already forgotten the Walter Reed scandal?

The President does not hold the checkbook for these things, Congress does. If you're going to blame someone for a lack of money, blame Congress. Mostly though the fault of Republicans, blame lies squarely on the shoulders of Democrats as of late because they've done nothing whatsoever to fix it.