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McCain is unethical, unpatriotic, unAmerican and without honor
Taking a deep breath... Editing the original post... Trying to calm down... Ready... Okay... Let's go...
I know politics is a dirty game. That you will lie about your opponent. That you will be nasty. That you will be rude and crude. That's all just part of being a politician. And it is even worse during election time. I might be relatively new here but I am starting to get that. But there is a line you don't cross. Especially not here in the US. The terrorist rule. And look. I tried to go quiet for a few days. Lay low on politics. A least stay off negative politics. Be positive. Say nice things instead of on constant attack. But no more. Enough is enough. John McCain and Sarah Palin asked for this. So they will get it.
McCain... You are an unethical, fearmongering, unpatriotic, unAmerican weasel without any honor and who doesn't care about his country or the safety of its people.
Sarah... You are the pig and not the lipstick.
Saying that Obama is "palling around with terrorists" is not only a lie, but unAmerican, unpatriotic and just damn reckless with the safety of this country and the people who live here.
Let's just get to the story. The NY Times reported on this more than a year ago. Obama met an American guy who was (allegedly) behind bombings here in the US when Obama was 8. Yes. That's not a typo. Obama was 8. They were not friends, but lived in the same town. Obama even bumped into him last year in the streets of their town. Not only did the NY Times report in that article that there is no "connection" between the two, but the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The National Review all debunked any story that they have a "relationship". Oh, the guy is now a Professor of Education. They did "work together" on a community project in 1995. But so did hundreds of other people. They did not plan it together. They did not do a joint project. They were not partners. They just worked together within a much larger group on a community project. No phone calls or emails exchanged. No personal meetings. No handshakes and hugs. There is no connection. So you would think that would be it... Right?
But not to fearmongering, unethical, unAmerican, unpatriotic, lying McCain and Palin. McCain the so-called war hero who is willing to sell his soul and country to become President. And Palin who is willing to lie through her teeth and spew hatred and lies to the American people to become McCain's partner in crime. His accomplice.
Sound harsh? Let's think about this.
America was attacked by terrorists in 2001. And live under a constant threat of being attacked. Being a terrorist in America has a serious connotation. So you know that it is almost hate speech. It stirs people up. It drives fear into Americans. Remember... America is still at war with terrorists. So, Mister McCain, you are willing to use these words to become President? You are willing to tie your opponent to terrorism through your lies? You are willing to make people hate your opponent because you painted him as associating with a terrorist? You are willing to use the fear of terrorism to lie to your own people about a man who has said nothing but disdain for this guy? You are willing to play with terrorism just to get into office?
You are willing to do anything to become President right? You are willing to sell your country lies and bullsh*t because of your own ego and greed? You are willing to play with the fear of people just so you can run the country? You are willing to sell your own American people down the line just for this? Are you willing to give up the American ideals of honor and truth to be in charge? You are willing to talk just the way terrorists talk just to get your way?
Tell me... What else are you prepared to do? Are you willing to go into another senseless war to stay President? Are you willing to torture more people just so you can stay in power? Are you prepared to clamp down on more American rights just so you can target anyone you want? Are you willing to sink this country just to stay in charge? Are you going to start calling every American who so slightly apposes you a terrorist just to be the main man? Are you going to start treating Americans as terrorists next?
Are you this greedy?
Are you this unethical?
Do you love your country this little?
Do you hate Americans this much?
Do you despise those Americans who disagree with you so much?
Are you so unAmerican?
Are you this unpatriotic?
Have you no honor?
Mister McCain... You are betraying you country by lying to them. By willing to sell them out just to be in charge. Your hatred for Obama and greed to become President has seriously clouded your judgement. To such an extend that you are willing to now play with your own American countrymen. That is unpatriotic at the very least. And unAmerican.
You know who you remind me of? A real terrorist who are willing to put the lives of his followers on the line to get his own selfish way. Your words give comfort to the real enemies of the United States because they know you are willing to do what they are willing to do. Anything. Don't become that person McCain. Now. Go back to the cave you came from and start thinking of this great country and how you can serve it best and not your own greedy and unpatriotic ways that could put their rights in even more danger.
I never liked your policies much. But I know that is the foundation of democracy - not agreeing. Right now I am starting to despise the man and everything you stand for. You greedy bastard. You have no honor. You have no decency. You unAmerican unpatriotic pig. And no matter how much lipstick you wear. You can't hide your true self for ever. We can see who you are. Unpatriotic and UnAmerican.
What you said is not American. What you said is not patriotic. What you said is not in the interest of America. What you said is a lie sold to all Americans. What you said is about your own greed. What you said is fearmongering. What is said was unethical. What you said is without honor. What you said is the type of thing the enemies of this great country and real terrorists will say.
You are a pig McCain. And Palin, you are a pig for repeating it.
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Comments (25)
Fantastic! Bravo! I hope this gets put into a national forum for all to see. It says powerfully and simply what all should know, that when they throw names like Ayres, Rezko and Wright around, they are verbal punches to the gut of all of those who would like to have a brighter future. Shame on McCain, what a contemptible swine you have become.
October 5, 2008 12:32 AM | Reply | Permalink
They are not lies, at least not in McCain's head. This is the guy who, during the recent Des Moines Register interview said he always has the 100% absolute truth. In his (delusional) mind, everything he says or believes is the last word in truth.
Dangerous.
October 5, 2008 9:17 AM | Reply | Permalink
Then he is completely out of touch with reality, a far more dangerous condition than being merely a liar.
October 5, 2008 10:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
McCain is not delusional. People who have delusions believe what they're saying. McCain knows he's lying. You can see it in his body language - the blinking eyes, the tongue flicking in and out of his mouth like the reptile that he is.
October 6, 2008 3:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think mcShame is politically suicidal. And he apparently wants to take a lot of people with him as he self-destructs in a Flame of Infamy.
October 5, 2008 11:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
McPalin is definitely going down in flames, by means of the hate campaign, which is his only remaining option. Rather than turning things around, it is like choosing to crash into a mountain in a jet, rather than in a balsa glider.
Angry? Try RAGE. Self-destructive? Try SUICIDAL.
We've had enough of loons who destroy everything they touch.
October 5, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well said. Recommended.
October 5, 2008 12:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
And a great big- Yup, up! -to that.
October 5, 2008 1:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
I co-sign this entire comment, recommend it and think you've been to kind to McLame.
Since I read the Rolling Stone article, I have had my eyes opened. I didn't like him to start with - now I'm terrified of him. He is terrifying - he hates the whole world and himself most of all and he is a very sick man.
He's completely unfit to lead anything.
October 5, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Palin is also unfit for ANY public office which requires compliance with ethical and legal standards.
October 5, 2008 3:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
O hell - Palin is a passing fancy who will disappear into trailer park obscurity sooner rather than later.
What can you say? Of course she's unfit - she doesn't know shit!
I'll be goddamned if I'm going to have a vice president who has a BA in Sports Journalism she finished by mail.
I do not think so.
October 5, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Are they any credible Republicans who will continue to support McCain / Palin after the last few days of their soulless, hate filled rhetoric? No one with any conscience or basic sense of decency could possibly vote for them. I will send my own letters to the editor of various publications. We also need to get after Colin Powell, Michael Bloomberg (now an independent), Chuck Hagel and other Republicans who still have an ounce of integrity left and communicate to them our feelings. Some of the people I had in mind (I am no Republican and disagree with some of their positions of course) are:
Richard Lugar, Indiana
John Warner, Retiring, Virginia
Chuck Hagel, Retiring, Nebraska
Chuck Grassley, Iowa
George Voinovich, Ohio
This is just a brief list and I am not familar with many Republicans in Congress since I live in a blue state.
October 5, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Get out the flack jacket and get ready to rumble, John McCain has just declared war ——– ON BARACK OBAMA. I have always been mystified by how those who profess to be Christians can support a candidate who has just told them that he is going to launch an assault on a man’s character. That he “approves” of outrageous lies and slander. Senator McCain, IF you are really a Christian, and I believe that you claim you are, then you know that this behavior is a sin against God and so do your fellow Christians. Christians have been instructed to rebuke this behavior not condone it.
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
THE BIBLE SAYS IT, NOT ME.
October 5, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, the Bible is with us! And Karma too!
October 5, 2008 7:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Simply said, any of you with repug Senators & Reps should contact them first thing Monday morning, at their local or DC office, and SHAME them into publicly endorsing Obama. I do not comprehend how anyone with any soul (much less intelligence or decency) could possibly continue to support mccain.
Also governors. You would think they would be humiliated by what is going on - or are they that bad?
October 5, 2008 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
LMAO! - you honestly think I could possibly shame John Cornyn? He's shamed himself so thoroughly in the time he's been in Congress that I can't imagine he'd care and he wouldn't.
And Fluffy Hutchison won't because she doesn't want to look bitter for being ignored when it came time to pick a vice president. And she wants to run for governor of Texas.
October 5, 2008 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Rolling Stone article really IS eye-opening, and your rhetorical questions, AngryAfrican, are the same ones that have been going through my head for weeks. All the answers to them are so clear: he HAS no shame, he IS entirely ambitious, he IS completely unethical, fueled by a strange mixture of hatred (both of himself and of everyone around him), a father fixation that makes BUSH look mild by comparison, and a tyrannical APPETITE for everyone and everything in his vision or imagination (do ya think Cindy worries about Sarah?).
Now that we are all set to endure the onslaught of the next 30 days, all one can wish is that when it's over, and Obama is still standing--and I think he will be--McCain will have a moment of self-knowledge, a second to look into his own rotten soul. But I can't imagine it happening to him any more that it will to Bush or Cheney.
The second scariest thing to me is the fear that actually Palin will be BACK. The people who like her really like her: it's entirely inexplicable from a rational point, but the fact is that they do. Look at the numbers that turn out for these empty vessel. And you KNOW the scariest thing about her is that she is easily McCain's equal in ambition. Something tells me we're going to have to put up with some time in the future, and she's not going to be any less scary.
It's going to be a thoroughly unpleasant October, so I expect to have that same taste of bile in my mouth from being roused to a fit of anger that I've been feeling for the last several weeks (and I'm feeling now when I focus on McCain). Am I the only one who gets pissed off every time he speaks? It's not only that he's a phony; it's that he is NEVER NOT hypocritical. In fact, I get pissed off every time I realize that he has come this close to holding the highest office in the land? The only satisfaction lies in knowing that it APPEARS that finally, in this election, this phony baloney smear tactic is NOT going to be effective. In the end, this Obama campaign is going to be studied for the many Scyllas and Charybdises (never made them into a plural before) it has navigated with such aplomb.
Hats off to them: the thought of the Obama campaign's organization is often the only antidote to McCain/Palin induced acid indigestion. I think I'll go read about one of their state operations over at fivethirtyeight for a little relief.
October 5, 2008 7:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why can't Obama sue the McCain campaign for slander?
October 5, 2008 7:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great post, Angry...I agree totally. In a way...I almost feel sorry for mcbush. I think he knows he has destroyed his integrety, and has forever ruined his reputation. His legacy? A mean-spirited, lying, angry, Grandpa Simpson picture in all of our minds. He WILL lose this race, and he will never be able to return to the Senate again.
Here is something to feel pretty good about, though...this time the MSM is actually fact-checking a little bit. Every time they tell us that Carribou Barbie is talking about Ayers, they tell us that they are NOT "palling around". Who the heck says 'palling' anymore?
October 5, 2008 7:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think the best thing they can do is call a spade a spade: THIS time people KNOW that this is nothing but regurgitating false information. McCain looks angry and irrational: angry, irrational people spew lies. Plaster him with being a desperate man willing to say and do anything (along with his attack dog). ANYTHING that comes out of his or her mouth should be made suspect: the onus should be on them to make anything stick. Thus far, it looks like the Obama campaign KNOWS this. If it turns out to have ANY staying power, then unleash the Keating Five, the Alaska Independence Party, and all the rest of the REAL attack ads (not smears) that could be dropped in a second and stick far harder in this climate.
By the by, as a proud owner of two very loving pit bulls who are so much prettier and smarter than Palin (as well as being good-natured), can't she have another metaphor: how about chimpanzee?
October 5, 2008 7:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Or those cute little monkeys that accompany silly pirates in movies. What are they called?
October 5, 2008 7:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
How completely un-Christian of Palin to not recognize the redemption of Ayers. Ayers gained wisdom and realized that education, not violence, was the way for African Americans to advance and be heard. Obama and Ayers were on the Board of a charity devoted to bettering education in Chicago. Ayers made mistakes in the past, but he's a good man who is being publicly slandered by Palin and the Republicans. Calling this professor a terrorist smacks of nouveau McCarthyism.
October 5, 2008 7:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
You should really listen to the Thermals' song "Power Doesn't Run On Nothing" because it perfectly sums up what you just said.
October 5, 2008 9:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Very interesting article by Tim Dickinson John McCain - The Make Believe Maverick.
October 5, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here is the DNC response ad- enjoy having McCain eat his own words!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHW-RO1_WN0
October 5, 2008 11:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
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