And OBAMA is the elitist. . .OBAMA is the one who is out of touch.

Can't use a computer, doesn't know the price of gas. McCain 08!

I almost wonder if he's trying hard NOT to get elected.

SurfaceTension: I almost wonder if he's trying hard NOT to get elected.

wouldn't you ?

Taking the White House after Bush is like using an airplane bathroom after a 400 lb biker with the squirts just left it.

First, his "I don't know" appears to be answering the question of when was the last time he pumped his own gas, not the price.

That being said, the fact that he answered it that way is absolutely stupid. McCain should have known the answer to that question off the top of his head. He should have expected it and have had it in his briefing.

That's just bad staffing there. He should know off the top of his head the average price of gas, milk, and bread is. Those are all questions that have screwed Presidential candidates before.

It doesn't matter.

What trivial bullshiat.

when mccain gets asked about something that he knows reflects poorly on him, he immediately starts condescending. he gets called out on living like a princess and: "I don't recall and frankly, I don't see how it matters."

If he's telling the truth when he says "I don't see how it matters", then he's farking retarded.

If he's lying (which he is) it just goes to show how sad and fragile he is.

I refuse to vote for anyone worth over 10 million, let alone 100.

Fat and Nasty 86

To be fair, that's not his money. That money is his wife's.

As liberal as I am, this is making a mountain out of a molehill. As has been said, his answer related to how much gas cost the last time he pumped it himself, not how much gas costs now. And honestly, it doesn't matter how much gas then, it matter how much it costs now.

Stuff like this can only really backfire. It's the equivalent of the Obama flag pin stuff. I really thought my party was above this nonsense.

DeltaXi65: That's just bad staffing there. He should know off the top of his head the average price of gas, milk, and bread is. Those are all questions that have screwed Presidential candidates before.

This.

Plus it's especially telling since the price of gas hitting $4 a gallon has been reported on like crazy on evey major news network. Surely he must watch the news from time to time in the Straight Talk Express.

If he wants our votes he has to at least pretend to care about our problems.

Unright: Plus it's especially telling since the price of gas hitting $4 a gallon has been reported on like crazy on evey major news network. Surely he must watch the news from time to time in the Straight Talk Express.

He wouldn't be the first person who didn't watch the news. (new window) Why should he have to?

hitchking: It doesn't matter.

What trivial bullshiat.

That's what McCain said.

Mordant: Taking the White House after Bush is like using an airplane bathroom after a 400 lb biker with the squirts just left it.

That's fkn beautiful, man...*sniff*

I hate to agree with McCain, but he's right. This is the kind of meaningless trivia that people like to play 'gotcha!' games with.

Of course he doesn't pump his own gas. Neither does Obama.

Aurelian: As has been said, his answer related to how much gas cost the last time he pumped it himself, not how much gas costs now.

I don't live in the USA and I don't pump my gas in gallons, but I know that it's above $4 a gallon in many places and it's past $4.50 a gallon in some states. How do I know this? Do angels whisper this information into my ears as I sleep? Voices that only I can hear? Nope. You might be amazed to find that I know this by reading the news (on-line, print) and by occasionally even watching teevee news. The reason these numbers are in the news is because the high price of gas is a big issue with all Americans, affecting virtually every aspect of their lives.

I kinda think a presidential candidate should have at least a passing familiarity with an issue of that magnitude, especially given its coverage in the media.

John McMarie Antoinette.

McCain has been getting skewered in the media for comments earlier this month to a union group in Washington, D.C., that immigrants are taking jobs no one else wants, and offered them $50 an hour to pick lettuce in the Arizona sun for a summer, suggesting they couldn't do it.
The senator didn't stick around long enough to process any applications, despite several offers to take him up on his offer from the audience.

That's right, my friend's. $50 an hour for lettuce. You can't do it, my friends.

Churchill2004: I hate to agree with McCain, but he's right. This is the kind of meaningless trivia that people like to play 'gotcha!' games with.

Of course he doesn't pump his own gas. Neither does Obama.

And what did Republicans say when they were told how stupid the flag pin shiat was?

"It tests how the candidate can deal with controversy, real or manufactured."

Unright: And what did Republicans say when they were told how stupid the flag pin shiat was?

Why should I give a shiat what they say?

Churchill2004: Unright: And what did Republicans say when they were told how stupid the flag pin shiat was?

Why should I give a shiat what they say?

Because it is equivalent to the discussion of asking a candidate how much gas is. Besides, he really ought to know prices this year running on 4 more years of Bush when 8 years of Bush has now trebled gas prices.

GAT_00: Because it is equivalent to the discussion of asking a candidate how much gas is

So? Am I supposed to go dig up an equivalent non-scandal for Bob Barr now?

GAT_00: Besides, he really ought to know prices this year running on 4 more years of Bush when 8 years of Bush has now trebled gas prices

I'm willing to be he knows they're high.

Churchill2004: Unright: And what did Republicans say when they were told how stupid the flag pin shiat was?

Why should I give a shiat what they say?

Because you care about exposing hypocrisy?

Unright: Because you care about exposing hypocrisy?

I already know both parties are full of hypocrites.

Churchill2004: So? Am I supposed to go dig up an equivalent non-scandal for Bob Barr now?

I hear Tu Quoque is now supposed to spread as good as sunblock. Everyone should just apply it all the time, just because.

Churchill2004: So? Am I supposed to go dig up an equivalent non-scandal for Bob Barr now?

If you want. How about how he suddenly switched from being a Republican to being a Libertarian? How about his useless tirades in the War on Drugs? Oh, oops, non-scandal.

Let them eat cake.

Party Boy: Tu Quoque

That was kind of my original point.

"But the Republicans are being hypocrites!"
"So?"

Churchill2004: That was kind of my original point.

Yea, well, Coke zero tastes as good as regular Coke.

Churchill2004:
"So?"

So, don't vote for them.

/Duh.

Because People in power are Stupid: Churchill2004:
"So?"

So, don't vote for them.

/Duh.

Wouldn't consider it.

Party Boy: John McMarie Antoinette.McCain has been getting skewered in the media for comments earlier this month to a union group in Washington, D.C., that immigrants are taking jobs no one else wants, and offered them $50 an hour to pick lettuce in the Arizona sun for a summer, suggesting they couldn't do it.
The senator didn't stick around long enough to process any applications, despite several offers to take him up on his offer from the audience.

That's right, my friend's. $50 an hour for lettuce. You can't do it, my friends.

Churchill2004: I'm willing to be he knows they're high.

Is that good enough?

Party Boy: img179.imageshack.us

So much win

SphericalTime: Churchill2004: I'm willing to be he knows they're high.

Is that good enough?

Good enough for what?

Party Boy: img179.imageshack.us

wow. Win. Just utter complete win.

I guess Obama can just go underground until October. McCain is sinking himself

Most. Pathetic. Presidential. Candidate. Ever.

He probably just shuts his eyes, and pumps.

McCain's greatest flip-flops (new window)

He reminds me of someone's old grandpa who can't remember where he parked the car- - - When he took the bus.

McCain's brain is addled.

Churchill2004: Good enough for what?

Good enough for a President of the United States?

SphericalTime: Churchill2004: Good enough for what?

Good enough for a President of the United States?

No, he's not.

If the media would do two weeks of Wright-style coverage of McCain's myriad gaffes and flipflops, I'm not sure McCain would even win Arizona.

WICKSOL: When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?

So a Senator who doesn't hit the Shell station and pump gas said he didn't recall the last time he had to pump gas, thus didn't know how much the price was at that time.

OUTRAGEOUS!

I pumped gas 2 days ago and can't recall exactly how much it cost.

hitchking: It doesn't matter.

What trivial bullshiat.

Obviously you ride your bicycle to school every day. Wait until you get out of school and have to join the "real world" where things like insanely overpriced commodities affect YOUR pocketbook, not just your parents'.

3_Butt_Cheeks: WICKSOL: When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost?

So a Senator who doesn't hit the Shell station and pump gas said he didn't recall the last time he had to pump gas, thus didn't know how much the price was at that time.

OUTRAGEOUS!

I pumped gas 2 days ago and can't recall exactly how much it cost.

I would assume that as a senator and a presidential candidate, he might do something like... oh, I don't know, pay attention to what his constituents care about like the fact that rising fuel costs are breaking them?

LincolnLogolas: I would assume that as a senator and a presidential candidate, he might do something like... oh, I don't know, pay attention to what his constituents care about like the fact that rising fuel costs are breaking them?

Again, he stated the last time he pumped gas (suggesting it has been quite some time) he doesn't recall how much a gallon cost at that time, and said "I don't think that matters."

I don't care if he can't recall the price of gas whenever the last time he filled his tank was.

He did not say nor suggest he was unaware of today's fuel costs.

A good candidate would be able to say "The prices have roughly doubled in the past x months and it is hurting normal Americans and blah blah" instead of this crap.