Beatings from the Viet Cong? Sweet jesus, can he be that ignorant?

I think that post by Jonah is proof that there is literally nothing he can say that is so stupid that it would get him fired. Conservative welfare indeed. Heh.

Another lame Obama ad. No wonder he's getting his ass kicked in the polls. He should take a page from the NARL people who whomped on McCain for facilitating sex crimes against kindergartners.

No doubt, the Obama ads are too weak to believe. Why do they bother?

McCain, on the other hand, WINS AGAIN!!!!! In the end, nobody cares if he ran a filthy campaign - except the loser Dems who will cry for another 4 years while the Republicans gloat. And even the press occasionally mentioning that the ads are dishonest is weak tea. Filth wins every time - and McCain (Republicans) are perfectly at home in the sewer.

Don't we have a quote from McCain saying he doesn't yet know how to use a computer? So what is this bullsh*t? Jonah should be dragged out into the streets and beaten with copies of his own book. As a sign of how lame he is, no comments are allowed on his blog so he can wax poetic without any blowback.

"we know that McCain can speak perfectly well."

Yes, but did you know that aside from assisting the Viet Cong with anti-American propaganda, John McCain wasn't aloud to speak for nearly 5.5 years?

On a side note:

What sense is there in the AP reporting that "whites" are giving John McCain a slight edge over Obama in the polls at this point?

The largest racial/ ethic voting block in the country is responsible for this edge?

I'm a little annoyed that when Republicans bother to remember Latinos, they only remember in terms of immigration. What, like Latinos aren't concerned about the economy or health care? Unlike some people, we are not single issues voters and we do happen to know which party is better on immigration. John McCain's home state is where they have crazy sheriffs solely focused on the persecution of "illegal" immigrants.

Isn't this the same immigration reform proposal that John McCain said he wouldn't support when he was running for the Republican nomination?

Jonah Goldberg sez: "They're all gooks to me..."

Wow, somebody changed the wikipedia page for "Viet Cong" to make it say they were in North Vietnam.

Congrats, you've hit the big time when people start vandalizing Wikipedia just to try to disprove you after the fact.

Wow, somebody changed the wikipedia page for "Viet Cong" to make it say they were in North Vietnam.

Congrats, you've hit the big time when people start vandalizing Wikipedia just to try to disprove you after the fact.

(Does Jonah Goldberg think that John McCain was imprisoned by the Viet Cong?)

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"
NRO, owners of the Blutarski demo.

Attacking because he can't use a computer? Whoa. That's biting stuff.

(Obama, fire your staff. They're idiots. That's such a bad ad that it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that they're moles.)

Amusing ourselves to death. This country will spend the next 6 weeks talking about pigs and lipstick and flag pins and keyboards and we'll end up with another 4 years of hell. We Americans are so fucking stupid; we deserve what we get.

Watching the GOP reach out to the Latino vote? ha ha fucking ha, they've lost that vote for generations with their xenophobia. The only Latino republicans left are those cuban assholes in Miami.

Is his BO and dandruff also due to the beatings? Does this man have no shame or integrity?

Is his BO and dandruff also due to the beatings? Does this man have no shame or integrity?

They may not want to describe McCain not using a computer because of a severe disability. Being severely disabled to that extent and being 72 years old may not benefit them.

Don't we have any concern trolls from the democratic blogs that can push this issue on them? Or is everyone just too disgusted to go there?

Kids you might not have noticed but the tables have turned on McCain. His low down lying campaign is becoming the topic of conversation all across America. He is being called a liar by just about everybody he encounters. Witness the nice ladies on the View. Sarah Palin's shooting star is starting to fade as folks figure out that she is not the reformer she claims to be. I have a hunch McCain is about to lose his bounce.

All that said I do have to admit that the Obama ads are lame. I wish Barack would punch a little harder. He has to show me he will fight for himself. That way I will know that he will fight for you and me.

I'm not seeing the fight, and that is pissing me off - I was afraid that there wasn't a hot enough fire in his belly, and I have seen no evidence that I was wrong.

Neither God nor man has invented the assistive device for Jonah Goldberg's disability.

Of course McCain's inability to use a computer is a consequence of his having been a POW. Reflexively, idealogue Jonah Goldberg will echo McCain's stock excuse for his every shortcoming and for anything that goes wrong. Flip-flopping? POW. Lying? POW. Late for dinner? POW. Hang nail? POW.

Jonah Goldberg is a self-admitted fat little myopic pig who couldn't get in the Army even with today's reduced standards, which makes it easy for him to be a warhawk since he'll never be called on to live up to his bullshit.

He's the son of Bitch-of-Belsen Lucianne Goldberg, she who secretary conned everyone into doing what was necessary to set the "outing" of the Lewinsky scandal in motion.

Like mommy like son. He gets his "facts" from the same unmentionable place she did hers, when he sits on the porcelain god and reaches down between his legs to thumb it all out.

Does John McCain know he's not telling the truth?

Does John McCain know he's not being straight with the American people?

Note that Goldberg The Doughy Pantload has to refer to McCain's "beatings" because he's afraid calling it torture would invite comparisons to present-day American policy. It's weird, though -- if he's willing to support the objectively pro-rapist Palin, Goldberg should just come out and admit he's pro-torture, too.

Don't assume that because Obama's ads aren't as nasty as McCain's that they're ineffective. For one thing, Obama's supporters know how to use web spots, chain e-mails and You-tube better than McCain does. For another, there are a lot of third-party ads out there, and not from fishy 527 groups but from respectable environmental groups and such, that blast McCain a lot harder. Obama doesn't have to say "I approve this message," but the message gets across. Yes, it's a devious tactic, but hey, we learned it from Karl Rove, why not use his own methods against the GOP?

This is actually a really bad ad - not because of the "war wounds keep me from using a computer" thing, but because there are *a lot* of older voters who cannot use a computer or cannot use it well.

No doubt the idea was to get younger voters thinking that McCain is out of touch, but given the proven track record of older votes to vote, this ad was clearly a mistake. They can't keep doing this kind of stuff and win the battleground states. It will be death by a thousand cuts.

If McCain has one or two fingers on each hand and can move his arms, he can type. There are millions of index-finger typists in the world, and the rate can be surprisingly fast.

The Obama campaign pointed out in a (mediocre) ad that McCain doesn't know how to use a computer and can't send an email. Jonah Goldberg has an explanation:

"Well, I guess it depends on what you mean by "extraordinary." The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country."

This won't work. For one thing, a variety of press reports claim that McCain uses a Blackberry

nah, seriously?

Yeah, your Right, the vibrate mode... sorry, no I guess I get your point... we better get Ariana on this.

How is this an insult to people who cannot or do not use a computer? I cannot perform heart surgery and do not understand exactly how Wall Street works, so am I insulted by medical and financial experts who do? NO! I am insulted by people who blast socialism and welfare and gladly accept the bailouts by my tax money because "they are too important or critical to the U.S. or global economy to be allowed to fail." When I cannot pay my bills because of either bad decisions or unexpected shifts in my life path, will the government bail me out? BTW, Unemployment Insurance does not pay all the bills. They will come after my assets and garnish my wages in a heartbeat.

Speaking of socialism and government subsidies, how much has John McCain ever earned that is not a payment DIRECTLY from the U.S. government? Aside from Cindy's wealth, how much is he worth? He receives a Senator's salary & health benefits, at least one 100% disability pension for his injuries during VietNam...100% disability, so how can he still work and be paid? I think he also receives some retirement or Navy pension (I could be wrong, since I am just going from memory). He was even paid for his time in Hanoi when the "Viet Cong" held him captive as a POW!!! For 5 1/2 years!!! Was he the only person that was captured and held captive? Must be, since he never mentions anyone else and has not had another POW from his time appear with him on the campaign, has he? So, what jobs has he held in the "private sector" that qualifies him to run this country?

So many questions...
I am committed to Oneness through Justice and Transformation
peace,
st john

Doughy pantload: "The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country."

His arms were crippled when his aircraft was shot out of the sky and he failed to bail out correctly. After four days in captivity he softened and cried for a doctor.

Quick note to St John & others who keep harping on Mc Cain receiving disability pay. What Mc Cain receives is his retirement pay for over 20 years of active duty service (including his POW time, of course) in the US Navy, which he would receive whether or not he was declared disabled. The difference is, regular retirement pay is taxable while disability pay is not. My info comes from my son who recently retired from the Army with partial disability, or I would not know this either.

We have many, many examples of issues to slam him with. These ginned up attacks with no basis of fact serve only to harm our own credibility.

Coming in late, but McCain in the interview of http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/us/politics/13text-mccain.html?_r=4&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin says:

Mr. McCain:
"I use the Blackberry, but I don’t e-mail, I’ve never felt the particular need to e-mail. I read e-mails all the time, but the communications that I have with my friends and staff are oral and done with my cell phone. I have the luxury of being in contact with them literally all the time. We now have a phone on the plane that is usable on the plane, so I just never really felt a need to do it. But I do – could I just say, really – I understand the impact of blogs on American politics today and political campaigns. I understand that. And I understand that something appears on one blog, can ricochet all around and get into the evening news, the front page of The New York Times. So, I do pay attention to the blogs. And I am not in any way unappreciative of the impact that they have on entire campaigns and world opinion."

So he uses a cell phone, which requires use of keyboard in some sense (the numeric one) as well. And note the comment about blogs, which is cute (I suppose he reads them on the screen or looks at printouts, like of this one! He may be reading this comment soon, hey - Hello John, I think you tell a lot of fibs lately and could you please stop? ... ;-O