Just HUG him, Senator: "McCain sees Bush suffering hard times"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

McCain sees Bush suffering hard times
The Arizona senator talks to Chris Matthews in an exclusive interview

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11772085/

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Senator John McCain told MSNBC in an exclusive interview late Friday that President Bush is having difficulties right now and that Republicans should stand beside him.

“He's having trouble right now. We Republicans all know that. That’s when he needs us to stand by him. He doesn’t need us when his numbers are 65. He needs us now," McCain said in an exclusive interview with Hardball after addressing the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Friday evening in Memphis. "That’s my only message," McCain said.

The Arizona senator, who was defeated by Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, made the comments in explaining his call for conference delegates to “write-in” Bush's name in Saturday's straw poll vote here.

In the interview, McCain criticized those in Congress who rejected the Bush administration’s sale of port operations in six American cities to a state-owned company in the United Arab
Emirates. The senator said public opinion on the port issue may be swinging back, characterizing the UAE as a friend in a strategic location.

[rodeodance]

1. ~~stand by your Man~~~

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. and ... sink like a rock

[Benhurst]

3. Dogs can smell cancer. McCain can

detect political fortunes by sniffing armpits.

[Wilms]

4. The only thing * suffers from is a bad upbringing. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

5. Gawd....that photo is oh-so GROSS!!!

Gives me the Willies!

[WePurrsevere]

7. I have to scroll past it quick... gives me the willies too, not to mention

:puke:

That pic always reminds me of a time, many MANY years ago, when I went to fundie "crusades" and a pentacostal church... the fire and brimstone (brain washing) preacher embraces the reformed sinner who has "seen the light" and the error of his ways. (Sadly the supposed "light" they see is not the light of love and true compassion that Jesus taught but the razzle dazzle of a snake oil salesman in a minister's clothing.)

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

14. An ex-girlfriend dragged me to a Pentacostal service once...

...the preacher's wife got up and said a few things and then started talking about a CD that got stuck in her home player. She decided that Satan had seized the CD, so she rebuked him...

"CD PLAYER, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, I COMMAND YOU TO OPEN!"

And, supposedly, it then opened.

It was a little more than frightening. I was raised a Catholic, and I thought that we had "issues."

:patriot:

[WePurrsevere]

15. I was raised Methodist & Lutheran... Step-family are Catholic & went with

them to mass now and then.

The difference truly is very frightening but it was also enlightening in a way for me. I knew for SURE that the fundie path was definately NOT for me and after having been a part of that cult and then later in life (foolishly) married to one I can understand the mentality and how to deal with them a bit better... oh and ab norm psych classes as a returning adult student helped too. ;)

[Imagevision]

26. Yeah, Murtha thinks Bush is having an extremely bad time also!!

so does 60% of the American people --"it's hard work!

[WePurrsevere]

6. "Hard times?" Oh phulease... Ya wanna talk "hard times" senator?

How about all the REAL "hard times" RePIGliCONs and their ANTI-American Liar and Thief are giving the working poor, seniors, disabled, troops (and their loved ones), veterans, etc?
How about the "hard times" the loved ones and families of those who died or were injured on 9-11 are still going through because of you and your admin?
How about all the "hard times" those who lived and died in NO had and still have because of your actions and inactions?
How about the "hard times" of those prisoners that are locked up and not allowed a REAL trial?
How about the "hard times" of those prisoners who are horribly TORTURED?
How about the "hard times" that the citizens of Iraq and Afganistan are having as their homes and loved ones are BLOWN up by US troops and the insurgents YOU created by invading a sovereign country over LIES?
How about the "hard times" our planet is going through amd the world population will go through partly because you don't think
global warming is a real problem?
How about the "hard times" folks are having because increasingly more jobs are "outsourced" and they either can't find work or have to take a job with a huge cut in pay and benefits?
How about the "hard times" of those folks being murdered in Dufar?

Good grief the list could go on and on about those with very REAL "hard times"... BUSH and his admin obviously know "Jack" but they don't know "hard times".... and certainly not compared to millions of others around the world and in this country.

McCain has sold his soul to the devil Bush... and Bush.. oh yeah... cry me a river :nopity:

[Disturbed]

8. John McCain, Hypocrite

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

McCain hypocrisy:

The Bushification of John McCain

By Ari Melber, AlterNet. Posted November 15, 2005.

The bad blood between the two men has been infamous since 2000, when Bush's campaign lied about McCain's family and war service, and McCain told Bush to "get out of the gutter."

But during Bush's reelection in 2004, McCain strained to embrace his former rival -- literally. In their first joint appearance, they hugged dramatically before 6,000 soldiers at a Fort Lewis rally. Those events made for great campaign visuals. Yet while most Americans saw McCain's big heart, Republican leaders saw hungry ambition.

Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative magazine National Review, recently described that campaign bear hug as nothing but proof of "the senator's presidential ambitions." Lowry argues it's just part of McCain's scheme to get "the Right to stop loathing him." In targeted moves since the election, McCain has continued his Bushification by changing positions on conservative priorities like creationism, gay marriage and tax cuts.

As the costs of Hurricane Katrina mounted, McCain went on national television and told Chris Mathews the Bush tax cuts must be maintained. But McCain voted against those tax cuts.

In fact, he was one of only two Republicans to oppose Bush's signature 2001 tax cut. Given the surging costs of Katrina, Iraq and Medicare, there is no policy rationale for reversing his position now. The only rationale is political pandering. And that's exactly how some influential conservatives see it. Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, recently said that although McCain has "flip-flopped on a number of issues," he is still "anti-taxpayer" because "he's voted against every tax cut."

Yet the mainstream media is so attached to McCain's maverick image, most journalists didn't cover the tax reversal.


http://www.alternet.org/story/28266 /

[CrazyOrangeCat]

10. Their attempts at compassion for one another . . .

. . . are pretty damned hard to take anymore.

Pathetic old scumbags . . .

[ninkasi]

18. Excellent response

I have no sympathy for Bush, look at all the misery he has inflicted on the world. Your post puts Bush's "hard times" in perspective, when we see how many lives he's ruined.

[WePurrsevere]

22. Thank you.. I don't have any sympathy for him either & I'm normally a

rather forgiving and understanding person.

[truthisfreedom]

9. jeepers, mccain... this will certainly help!

bush needs help, and the only place he gets it from is the man he destroyed?

[bigdarryl]

11. McCain the kiss ass

This guy took a massive beating in the 2000 primary with the Bush campaign calling him crazy saying things about his adopted black kid and he still wants to be friends with this President JESUS CRIST! what a idiot he's kissing Bush ass so Bush can support him in 08 guess what McCain it ain't happing

[Neshanic]

12. God, Monkey boy must have a library of stuff on McCain, with photos.

[INdemo]

13. Where that photo shop picture like this

it was certainly realistic

[zulchzulu]

16. Hey John, you might ask WHY Chimpy is having a hard time...

Could it be that people are finally seeing that the Chimp is impeachable for REAL crimes and misdemeanors and that he DOES NOT CARE about America...he's more into having a good time and making sure that Cheney runs the show.

I would suggest that you jump off the sinking ship before it's too late, John. Better yet, stay right where you are.

[Atman]

17. Aw...they look kinda like Heath and Jake!

McCain is such a soulless whore. Even my wife shocked me yesterday when she said, "I used to like that guy, but I'd never vote for him now!"

[Harald Ragnarsson]

19. I always thought McCain was a real partiot at least

Now that he's given up and thrown himself 100% behind Bush's new fascist empire, I couldn't ever see myself voting for him.

I was shocked watching the convention in 2004, as McCain spoke, many in the crowd looked at him with such hatred and contempt. They shook their heads and mouthed No! like it was Bill Clinton speaking instead of John McCain. Then they panned to MaBush, sitting by Poppy, and she was staring at McCain with such malevolence it was really creepy. She looked like the Emperor from Star Wars. She is one scary old broad. Then Arnold Nazinegger got up and they cheered everything he said like it was a Nuremburg Rally.

The repuke party has gone completely Nazi/NWO and McCain has gone right along with them. I hope maybe he is only appearing to do this, so that he can grab the reins away from them if he gets a chance. Support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

[oasis]

28. McCain bashed Micheal Moore at the convention but never saw F 9/11.

John's just another power crazy asshole rethug.

[gratuitous]

20. Poor Bush, all those self-inflicted wounds

He's never had to veto a bill; every major nomination has sailed through confirmation or been recess appointed; he's maintained his relentless vacation schedule in the face of the threat of imminent terrorist attacks, floods, famine and war; gotten everything he's ever wanted from a remarkably compliant Congress; and never had to deal with one-hundredth the negative press Clinton got.

Lucky McCain was able to find a sympathetic "journalist" like Tweety to listen to this sad, sad story of the spoiled little boy who's always gotten everything he ever wanted.

[rodeodance]

21. k and r

[cliss]

23. A little Freudian slip from Mr. Mc Cain

"He doesn't need us when his numbers are 65".

Let's take a look at that thought. Interesting, no? HE DOESN'T NEED US. I swear, this man is a sell-out. He was tortured for 5 years in Viet Nam. Wasn't that enough?

[ooglymoogly]

24. pardon me while i puke.

[Imagevision]

25. McCain sucking up to Bush for prez endorsement only to retire after

Bush backs Condi and/or Juliani -- Bush stabs McCain in the back bigtime in the carolina primaries so now McCain feels he's earned a shot at the title -- Cheney will retire after 06 elections and install Condi as the VP. Poor Mr. McCain...!

[opihimoimoi]

27. Soon as he rites, Bush gonna turn his back on McCain and let him

twist in the Wind...

McCain gonna learn the hard way....

[Javaman]

29. "I can't quit you!" nt