McCain looked uncomfortable on This Week

[Halliburton]

Whorge played the clip of Larry Johnson and McCain didn't know what to do. He kept defending Rove, but George pressed him even more causing him to admit that he doesn't know anything about the case.

[jrthin]

1. McCain is so vile

and disgusting, looking at him makes me want to puke.

[Imagevision]

47. McCain - Zell Miller -- same scenario it's the power & the $$$

[IndianaGreen]

2. Thanks for the info

McCain has turned into quite a shill for Bush & Co.

Thanks for the info, I am watching the Tour de France!

[Greyhound]

53. He is still entertaining his fantasy that the RNC will allow him to get...

nomination in '08. He's going to be surprised when he finds that they're targeting him in '06 for his Senate seat. Then it will be too late and nobody will listen to him. :evilfrown:

[EVDebs]

58. McCain: "Ten , Twenty years in Iraq, That's not so bad"

http://spectrumz.com/z/fair_use/2004/09_04.html

If the Democrats don't get him first his own party certainly will.

ROFLOL ! He's toast after enough people get to reading THAT quote.

[LizW]

3. Was it the part where Johnson said how disappointed he was in McCain?

[Halliburton]

4. yeah

McCain defended Rove, saying he was just covering an inaccurate story so the leak was justified. Then whorge grilled him on the nondisclosure act, which McCain got a frustrated look on his face and then he started taking deep breaths. Then he finally admitted he knew nothing about the case.

[rodeodance]

13. I saw that show with Chris Matthews and McCain this week--McCain

deserves the criticism by the ex-cia people as he was an apologist for the bushco/rove team. disgraceful!

[Cha]

19. Way Beyond "Disgraceful"..

mccain is a sellout ..his country means nothing. And that's putting it way too nice, also.

Not only that..he's sounds pretty damn dumb.

[ellenfl]

50. i was glad to see george not back down . . . finally!

it was better than matthews' show where he did not refute the 'valerie plame sent wilson' talking point. i was thinking of emailing the various hosts with the truth of wilson's article and ask that they refute these points as they are pushed by the busheviks. i am so tired of these guys getting away with the lies!

ellen fl

[ellenfl]

57. i made a start. here's my email to mtp.

Dear Mr. Russert

I am so tired of hearing the RNC and friends' talking points about the Rove/Plame affair and I wonder why you NEVER call these people on their false allegations. I refer to, among others, the allegations that Ambassador Wilson claimed that the VP sent him to Niger when he clearly stated in his article that the VP's office had questions and asked the CIA to follow up. The CIA, on this suggestion, subsequently sent Amb. Wilson to Niger on the recommendation of his wife, who did not have the authority to send him. This is just one example of some of the talking points that have gone uncontested by you.

What ever happened to journalistic integrity? When did the news media become shills for the government? Do you even care that your credibility is now worse than that of a used car salesman?

I realize you have become attached to your paycheck but the American people deserve better. We want to know the truth, not the propaganda put out by this, or any other, Administration.

Respectfully

i know it won't do any good but i feel better now. wait a minute, there's a knock at my door! please come looking for me if i get renditioned. thanks.

ellen fl

[ScamUSA.Com]

60. thanks for writing that

[Patty Diana]

16. Johnson so much as called all Congressional Pukes, TRAITORS,

even McCain. Johnson is only looking for one fucking repuke patriot who will do the right thing. At DU we know there is no such thing.

[Cha]

17. Oh Boy!~ I love

it! Stunned that they would do this on Corporate media!

[Lecky]

5. Watching him now

McCain is a coward, old news...

Is he Karl Rove's bitch now?

[sunnystarr]

6. Unfuckinbelievable.... McCain doesn't know what negligence means! (nt)

[KoKo]

8. Exactly....Repugs have no sense of hypocracy.....

:puke:

[Carla in Ca]

42. Here is the exchange. I have no respect for him at all.

Courtesy of Americablog
<http://americablog.blogspot.com/>


On ABC's This Week, Stephanopoulos just read the text of the Classified Information NonDisclosure Agreement that White House employees are required to sign:
"I have been advised that any breach of this Agreement may result in the termination of any security clearance I hold; removal from any position of special confidence and trust requiring such clearances; or the termination of my employment..."

Stephanopoulos: Do you believe that this agreement should be abided by?

McCain: I do, but that also implies that someone knowingly revealed...

Stephanopoulos: This covers negligent disclosures

McCain: Again I don't know what the definition of "negligent" is.


That's our boy.

[Zorbuddha]

63. Believe me, he knows the meaning of "negligent"

however one choses to define it.

[sellitman]

7. McCain is a FAR Right Conservative.

Not a Neo-Con.....but damm close. I never understood the left's atraction to him. His politics have always been wrong. Now not only is his politics wrong but he has show himself to be another poodle of junior.

[gulfcoastliberal]

29. I also wonder why so many have a hard-on for the scumbag

McCain has no dignity or honor. A total sellout and Bush bootlicker - defending the man who destroyed him with total scumbag unethical lies when he ran against Bush. Perhaps they have some very unsavory info on him, perhaps he just knows how to be a good repuke...

[Panda1]

45. I've wondered that too...

..what they might "have" on him. Now I just think he's rotten.

It was thought at some point he'd tell them off, at least. But, predictably, he never did. Some folks held on to the idea that he had some decency and fight in him.

After Kkkkarl had maligned McCain's his wife and one of his children, there was hope he would defend his family...values and all. Instead, he has continued to support the Neothugs for whatever gain he agreed to. Sold whatever he had left of a soul to the thugs. He must be very bitter.

[gulfcoastliberal]

49. Goose-stepping repukes -

They all obey the talking points blastfax of the day almost without exception. Maybe it's a microchip they implant in the cortex or hippocampus.

[Rebellious Republican]

9. I have finally lost all respect for John, it was getting harder and to

defend his actions.

I have defended John McCain in the past here at DU, thinking that he was one of the last republicans with a shred of decency.

I had held out hope that he was a "rino" that stayed with the party to try and fight them from within.

He was, I believe a true patriot at one time with admirable qualities.

I believed that he truly cared about our country and the common man that has defended her many times.

This man has been to hell and back for what he believed in and never caved into political pressure having suffered so much early in his life.

But no more, John you have become another washed up old GOP'er that needs to be retired.

I can not condone your defense of this corrupt admin, especially some one that has committed treason during wartime.

Makes me wonder if the stories are true about your time at the Hanoi Hilton.

Why else would you feel compelled to defend a treasonous bastard like Rove.

I was probably among your strongest defenders because of your past deeds of heroism and strong sense of duty.

You may counted among the traitors of our formerly glorious
and still somewhat free nation. :nuke:

I only have one emotion to share with you....

[Lecky]

10. McCain always looks like he is uncomfortable, like he has gas or something

Seems like it gets worse each time I see him on TV (every Sunday)

[Kahuna]

11. He was squirming like the worm he is. Last week he was

spouting wingnut propaganda. Joe Wilson is a liar, blah blah blah. He was so certain then. Today was a different story. I've never liked McCain. I've always thought he was a weasel. He proves me right every time he opens his mouth.

[OfireitupO]

12. Hes changed

He used to be trumpeting straight talk - the straight talk express. This administration is everything but straight talk.

Something tells me higher ups in the Republican party told him to tote party line or hed never get elected on their ticket. Now he appears to be a shill to Bush Co and the Republican party. Thats too bad, I used to defend him and his cause for less corruption. He doesnt sound like much of a "straight-talker" anymore, hes part of the corruption now.

[Rebellious Republican]

15. Well said! N/T

[Pepperbelly]

18. He should walk the walk rather than talk the talk I think.

Fuck the lying son of a bitch. Hey, John! Let's do some jumping jacks, you piece of shit.

[Kahuna]

24. He hasn't changed. His "straight talk express" is about as..

valid as the chimp "restoring honor and integrity to the white house." Straight talk express was just a catchy campaign slogan that naive people who believe politician's hype fell for. McCain has always spoken out of both sides of his mouth.

[wryter2000]

43. Welcome to DU

:hi:

I can't wait for 2008 for the repukes to start sliming McCain again. He deserves it.

[kerryin2004]

14. Mccain is the white house bitch..

The wh says jump and McCain does it.

[Al-CIAda]

20. I cannot believe I once was a McCain fan. What a whore he is.

I still think he's right on campaign finance reform, but this guy has shown himself a complete whore for Bu$hco.

[ChiciB1]

21. Knows NOTHING Of the Case????

Then WHY defend the F---ker???

What a sorry wimp ass sell-out! Oh, John how far you have strayed! BOHICA!!!!

[Cha]

22. I found this on David Corn's

site..http://www.bushlies.com ..regarding Larry Johnson and thought you'd like to read it.

"But truth is not the issue at hand. Winning is. For the right, that means firing up the fog machine and creating as many smokescreens as possible. This comes as no surprise. Still, I find it disheartening. (I can only imagine how Valerie Wilson feels.) Larry Johnson says it's a sign of how desperate the White House and its pals are. He quips, "I love the smell of fear in the morning. It smells like victory." Perhaps. A conservative journalist I know recently emailed to say he was coming to Washington and to ask if I wanted to have drinks with him (which we have occasionally done in the past). I told him I'm in no mood these days. He has yet--as far as I know--not pushed Cliff May's ridiculous Corn-did-it trash. But I need some way to vent my anger and disappointment at folks like May, York and Toensing. This episode is causing Bush's defenders to go to the most ugly extremes. Maybe Larry Johnson is right.

[opusprime]

23. McCain down for the count...

Stephanopoulos nailed him to the wall in my opinion. He pulled out the non-disclosure agreement and stapled it to McCains forehead.

I think I even heard McCain say:

"It all depends on what the definition of NEGLIGENCE is"

I just about threw my coffee at the TV. How clear can it be Mr McCain? This was a huge black eye for McCain.

The Larry Johnson clip might as well have been a dagger to his gut. There was no way to respond. His best answer would have been:

"He's right, I'm a weasle who puts my party before my country"

[Lecky]

34. Which show will McCain be on next Sunday...and

will he still be babbling GOP talking points like a dumbass?

When is the man going to break? Each interview it gets more and more pathetic.

We still haven't seen one Republican brave enough to be honest about this whole ordeal.

[Vinnie From Indy]

25. The Funny Thing About McCain Is...

The funny thing about McCain is that it seems that he toes the BushCo. line because he believes he still has a shot at the presidential brass ring. If that is true, I am amazed that he actually thinks BushCo. will allow an interloper in their dynastic chain. Our next president will be Jeb Bush. When you can manipulate elections, anything is possible. McCain may end up playing the political role of Charlie Brown and BushCo. will be Lucy holding the football.

[Imagevision]

26. McCain should join Zell Miller at Fox - they make a good pair

[Coexist]

27. anyone capture the video?

I'm looking for re-broadcast info here in Tampa, but it doesn't look like it does according to their website.

[Cocoa]

31. video here

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/24.html#a4123

[senseandsensibility]

28. In addition,

he is a vile sexist. Does anyone remember the joke he told about Chelsea Clinton and Janet Reno many years ago? Please post it in all its glory if you do. And this was many years ago; the guy has never been the stand up guy many DUers seem to think he is.

[Jim Sagle]

54. McCain: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?

Because her father is Janet Reno."

Ha ha ha ha ha. :puke:

[senseandsensibility]

56. God, it's even worse than I remembered

And you're soooo good looking, McCaain....NOT!!!! I wish more people would comment on this. I think it's disgusting and really says something about him as a person. Thanks for posting the "joke", or smear as I like to call it.:-(

[ncteechur]

30. Once a maverick--now a sellout. Karl Rove's bii-atch!

[flpoljunkie]

32. Video up now on Crooks and Liars! Link below.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/07/24.html#a4123

[emulatorloo]

33. "I trust the President to do the right thing"

eom

[Al-CIAda]

38. McCain=Brittany Spears n/t

[zulchzulu]

35. McCain is a wuss who's afraid of standing up to Rove...pathetic!

Here's McCain's chance to pour a little acid in Rove's eyes for all the BULLSHIT he did to him in 2000...but no...McCain continues to shill for Chimpy and his lies.

I've lost faith in anything that comes out of McCain's mouth since the 2004 Election, but for him to be standing up for Rove makes me believe he's like a shocked dog that is trained to lie down and play dead on command....his credibility is nil.

[BoneDaddy]

36. They got something on him

Think about it...

McCain is a man I used to respect. He is beaten, neutered and rendered a non-entity by Rove and Bush.

I bet you Rove has something to hold over the head of every republican they rule over. Something that would destroy McCain. Guarnteed.

[Kahuna]

37. It's obvious that McCain was trotted out to carry water for the bushistas.

If there was ever any doubt, McCain is one of them.

[wryter2000]

44. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[magnolia]

39. I certainly hope that everyone here at DU...

...is completely over McCain. And that there will never be anymore talk of wanting him to be on OUR ticket! I have always thought that idea was stupid beyond reason. The man is contemptible! It's time he stops basking in the knowledge that he is adored by republicans and democrats alike.

[ClarkUSA]

51. Amen. n/t

[vickie]

40. McCain is so overexposed, it's sickening. His coddling of the

goons who viciously besmirched his character and trashed his family is breathtaking. My opinion of him has really lowered.

[second edition]

41. Good to hear Mc Cain admitting he didn't know something!

He is always ready with an answer, and the media seeks him out even when he is wrong.

[bvar22]

46. McCain kisses the hands and licks the shoes....

...of those who ABUSED him in 2000.
Pathetic.

[EVDebs]

59. And he french-kissed *'s arse eom

[WinkyDink]

48. McCain

What a fool. When McCain hugged Bush, Bush slapped a "Kick me" sign on his back, and the Republicans WILL do so, in 2008.

[pat_k]

52. McCain's appalling reason for withholding Robert’s Solicitor General docs

McCain's appalling reason for withholding Robert’s Solicitor General docs

[noamnety]

55. My email to McCain

I am appalled at the continuing leaks of classified information from this administration - not only the Plame case, but also the leak to Judith Miller in 2001 regarding an upcoming raid and the Kahn case in 2004.

As a veteran and former intelligence analyst, I don't understand why all senators who are veterans aren't coming forward to demand some accountability. Our soldiers are in Iraq risking their lives to fight terrorism, and back home I have to turn on tv to watch the likes of McCain making excuses for Rove and his cohorts as they undermine our efforts in the war on terrorism.

I never thought I'd see the day when a former POW became an apologist for an administration that sells out its own troops for partisan politics.

[bvar22]

61. Strong...

Very Strong.
Send it.
Change the address and send it to Newspapers as Letter to the Editor.
Ir is perfect.

[Disturbed]

62. McCain is a fraud.

John McCain, Hypocrite
by Doug Ireland

John McCain, the media's darling, has found a clever way around his own campaign finance reform law to take big corporate bucks in furtherance of his political ambitions while carrying water for the corporate mammoth providing the dough. But the national press is ignoring the story.The Associated Press first ran the story of John McCain's odorous but lucrative Senatorial service to the communications giant Cablevision on the afternoon of March 7.

But, while some local papers in McCain's home state (like the East Valley Tribune) have run the story, nothing has as yet made it into the print editions of the New York Times, the L.A. Times, the Washington Post, or any of the half-dozen other big city dailies I checked (although, if one searches the hundreds of AP stories available on the Post's website on its Politics page by clicking on "Latest Wire Reports," one can find it there--but how many readers would bother to do that?) One notable exception: the Kansas City Star.

Here's what the AP's investigation found:McCain repeatedly intervened on behalf of a policy Cablevision favored -- one which "congressional and private studies conclude could make cable more expensive" -- while his chief political adviser, Rick Davis (who's masterminding McCain's probable '08 presidential rerun) solicited $200,000 in contributions from Cablevision to an institute that promotes McCain and pays Davis a $110,000 annual salary. The Reform Institute was set up to promote McCain and his issues--especially campaign finance reform, embodied in the famous McCain-Feingold law.

This Institute is "a tax-exempt group that touts McCain's views and has showcased him at events since his unsuccessful 2000 presidential campaign," and it "often uses the senator's name in press releases and fund-raising letters and includes him at press conferences," the AP says. And, of course, it provides a cushy sinecure with no heavy lifting for McCain's main man, Davis, as he prepares the pontificating Senator's next presidential run. Cablevision's contributions account for a whopping 15% of the Institute's budget.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0309-35.htm