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Could McCain fill Invesco Stadium?
How many hard working Americans would attend?
Let's see, McCain voted against the interests of those earning the minimum wage. 19 times.
Count them out John.
What about the unemployed? Heck, thanks to the Republicans, there are enough unemployed Americans to fill up several stadiums, nevermind just one.
Not your biggest fans, John.
Men and women who serve in the military?
When it came time to champion a bill that would make it easier for returning veterans to receive a college education, he wasn't much of a champion. Proved he was a real man, though. Because you have to have a pretty big set of balls to not even show up for the vote.
They probably won't show up for you either, John.
And there's that torture issue. You would think if anyone knows that a prisoner of war is willing to say or confess to anything under the duress of torture, it's McCain. He himself reached a breaking point and finally agreed to sign an anti-American Propaganda confession. Yet he was opposed to a bill that would ban waterboarding. So if America can do it, so can America's enemies. Not sure that comforts any of our men and women on active duty.
That stadium is looking pretty empty, Lieutenant Commander.
Can McCain draw women to Invesco? He opposes a woman’s right to choose.
I don't know any women eager to hear John McCain say "Roe Vs. Wade should be overturned" and have it echo throughout a giant stadium.
What about kids? Kids love big stadiums.
The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill.
KIds love big stadiums. Kids don't love John McCain.
Senior citizens? Should he ready a hundred buses to pick up the elderly for his stadium debut?
No, they won't come either. Not for someone who thinks of social security as a disgrace.
Gays and lesbians? McCain opposed hate crimes legislation.
Gays. Lesbians. Not coming.
Environmentalists? Not coming either. John, you scored a "zero" from the League of Conservation Voters last year.
What about Latino Americans? They consistently rate education as a top priority. John McCain consistently voted against funding for Head Start. In fact, he wants to cut funding by more than $968 million.
Not exactly pushing stadium capacity at this point.
It didn't help that he was pleased to have the endorsement of Pastor John Hagee, despite his intolerant comments about Catholics, women, African Americans, Muslims and LGBT Americans.
Stadium lower level: empty. Stadium upper level: empty.
Wait.
Invesco's corporate box: full.









Comments (26)
Awesome post!
August 28, 2008 6:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hear, hear. Nicely played!
August 28, 2008 6:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
thanks Khan.
August 28, 2008 7:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Could McCain fill Invesco Stadium?
Could Obama sell 50,000,000 records?
Michael Jackson for President!
Britney Spears for VP!
(Yeah, it's a cheap shot, but filling Mile High Stadium is a sleazy qualification for President. And... Britney has a gig at Buckingham Palace!!! Check it out at http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,412882,00.html And... Madonna loves her!!! More at http://music.ndtv.com/story.asp?id=ENTEN20080063330 )
Now, about McCain filling a stadium...
What a stupid fucking question!
August 29, 2008 4:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would he be giving away free cars? That could make a difference.
August 28, 2008 6:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
What good would a free car do for families who can't afford the gas?
August 28, 2008 8:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Depends...
August 28, 2008 8:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, he didn't ask what McCain would wear.
August 28, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was going to comment that McCain could probably fill Invesco with bullshit, but your comment hit the nail on the head, and pretty much fills our quota for scatological humor.
August 28, 2008 11:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
He and Gramm could fill it with laid off workers from the Bush recession/depression.
August 28, 2008 8:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Best post I've read in a long time.
For sure, when you state the simple
facts, JohnnyMac doesn't have a
leg to stand on.
Now if this post was spread across
the newspapers everywhere, like
journalists DID...there wouldn't be
so many undecideds.
August 28, 2008 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain is hoping to get 15,000 people tomorrow in Ohio when he presents his VP. That would be the biggest crowd of his campaign. I highly, highly doubt he could ever fill Invesco Stadium. Lawlz!
August 28, 2008 9:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
As shriveled and wizened as he is, he couldn't fill a colostomy bag.
August 28, 2008 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course McCain could fill the arena; the problem is he would have to fill it with dead people; soldiers and Iraqi civilians would definitely fill McCain's pathetic stadium.
I would have to say that only dead people could remain still for his words, which make all of us wish we were anywhere else but listening to him!
I have heard any number of bad speakers in my professional and personal life, but John McCain is the one who shows that he has symptoms of dementia which make his speeches even worse than he was when he had all his faculties
Filling an arena does matter. Barack can fill it with people who want our country to move forward in the world. McCain can't fill an arena because everyone knows he is just doing what it takes to achieve this one last goal to out-do his father and grandfather. Other than that I haven't seen any real mission or true goal from McSame.
August 28, 2008 9:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think plenty of people would turn out to see Sidekick McCain concede!!
LOL.
Give it up, Sidney III, just save your money and rep and gracefully drop out now!
August 28, 2008 9:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain couldn't fill up a high school gym
August 28, 2008 9:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's venue for tomorrow holds 12,000. There are still free tickets available. BTW Tim Pawlenty has cancelled all of his appointments for tomorrow.
August 28, 2008 9:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sending up an extra prayer tonight that it's T-Paw. There won't be much left of him after he debates Joe Biden.
August 28, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Things John McCain *can* fill...
- Realtors' pockets
- Unemployment rosters
- Summer school rosters (with NCLB)
- Nursing home meeting rooms
- His Viagra prescriptions
- Cheese aisles at supermarkets
- Arlington National Cemetery
Did I miss anything?
August 28, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
And the man went out into the highways and byways, begged, pleaded, blinked, smirked, handed out dollar bills, and he still couldn't fill Nutty Center.
And God saw that it was good, and smiled, because he saw that the man was a loser.
August 28, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
He doesn't need to fill anything other than the cell he once filled in Hanoi. He was a POW!! You bastards sicken me. HE WAS A POW!!!
mccain is a dick btw
August 28, 2008 11:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Correction, Candidate McCain was not a POW. Senator McCain was. They're very different.
August 29, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
No, McCain could not fill Invesco Stadium. But wide-stance Republicans WILL fill the restrooms at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. They're keeping the bars open until 4 AM. Just for our moral friends on the Right. God bless every last one of the hypocritical motherfuckers.
August 29, 2008 12:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
McCain will have trouble filling the Excel Energy Center in St. Paul. And he's flying them in and offering free drinks.
August 29, 2008 7:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Sure, he could fill Invesco if he promised Palin and Cindy would appear naked.
August 29, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sure, McCain could. There must be at least 75,000 lobbyists in DC every single day. Although the sounds you would hear wouldn't be cheers but all those lobbyists checking their bank accounts on their blackberries.
August 29, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
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