McCain Not Sure If Condoms Prevent H.I.V........

[babsbunny]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/

SOMEWHERE in NORTHERN IOWA — The unthinkable has happened. Senator John McCain met a question, while sitting with reporters on his bus as it rumbled through Iowa today, that he couldn’t – or perhaps wouldn’t – answer.
Did he support the distribution of taxpayer-subsidized condoms in Africa to fight the transmission of H.I.V.?
What followed was a long series of awkward pauses, glances up to the ceiling and the image of one of Mr. McCain’s aides, standing off to the back, urgently motioning his press secretary to come to Mr. McCain’s side.

[Buzz Clik]

1. Why does McCain even bother?

He takes a firm stand one day and reverses it the next. No one is listening anymore.

McCain supporters are being reduced to those who "like his smile".

[shain from kane]

11. A condom usually reverses a firm stand, or at least negates it.

I can't believe you used that term in a discussion about condoms. Was it intentional, or a Freudian slip? It was a good laugh for me.

[Buzz Clik]

13. It was intentional....

... usually these go unnoticed. (I do such things to entertain myself on a boring morning)

[shain from kane]

17. Dan Quayle's V/P memoirs was named "Standing Firm", now appearing

at a Goodwill or Salvation Army store near you.

[tanyev]

2. Another detour for the Straight Talk Express.

[iamjoy]

3. The "Maverick" Triangulates

If he says distributing condoms is a good idea, he will tick off the Falwell/Dobson followers who believe easy access to condoms encourages promiscuity.

IF he opposes distributing condoms, then he appears unsympathetic to the plight of people on the African continent (where AIDS is an epidemic) AND he can't really claim to be "independent" - can he?

Oh, such a Catch 22...

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. They would have prevented a Weathervane McCain.

Too late now.

[vankuria]

5. He's done

You're right no one is listening anymore. He's almost as bad as Dubya, can't answer a question without one of his aides telling him what to say. Seems everyday he's in the news for some incredibly ignorant remark.

[skipos]

6. The Weathervane McCain Train gets derailed again. nt

[Ian David]

7. If they didn't, his grandson would be dead by now. n/t

[Benhurst]

8. But he is certain condoms

make excellent water balloons.

[nevergiveup]

9. Some questions require

an answer from the heart. This is one of them. McCain stumbled because a politically correct answer was not immediately available to him. The man is slowly disintegrating. The banner on the side of his bus should read "Going Nowhere".

[IntravenousDemilo]

10. The "Straight Talk Express" isn't a very LONG bus, is it?

What's up with John McCain's brain, anyway? Do they prepare all his meals in aluminum pots? Is he going senile?

Is McCain really incapable of keeping track of his positions on important issues? Does he even know what he thinks? Or is he just a coward -- a retarded, mealy-mouthed coward?

[billybob537]

12. short bus express

LMFAO

[TheFarseer]

14. can someone sell the Trojan company to the Bush family

so we can stop having this stupid debate?

[MiniMe]

15. No, they would probably manufacture them with holes in them

since they screw up everything else they try.

[Contrary1]

16. Maybe we can prove it to him by installing one over his head...

That would go a long way to fight the transmission of His Idiotic Verbalizations.

[shain from kane]

18. Never seen the information on a condom machine? Like Bush, Sr. never saw a

price scanner at the grocery store.