Why the McCain house gaffe matters

[Douglas Carpenter]

I STONGLY RECOMMEND READING AND SAVING THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE AND SENDING IT TO EVERYONE ON YOUR ADDRESS LIST

link:

http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2008/08/why-the-mccain.html

please note: I added the references below from the links embedded in the original article

http://roguecolumnist.typepad.com/rogue_columnist/2008/08/why-the-mccain.html

President-elect McCain's inability to recall how many houses.(1) he owns fits into a larger and more troubling pattern. The problem is not just that he is an out-of-touch rich guy.

This is the candidate who repeatedly confused Shiite and Sunni (2)-- all the while trumpeting his expertise on the Middle East. At one point, his sock puppet Joe Lieberman had to whisper the facts in his ear.(3) He couldn't tell Sudan from Somalia.(4) He kept talking about a nation that hasn't existed for years.(5) Iraq and Pakistan share a border, the senator wrongly said, and the Sunni awakening happened 'after' the surge (6) (edited out by CBS (7)). He said he didn't know much about economics,(8) then denied saying such a thing. He spoke of a withdrawal timetable one day, then denied saying it later. He volunteered Cindy for a topless contest.(9) Then there was the stupendous dead space and mumbling when he was questioned about claiming Obama was playing the race card.(10) He claimed he walked through Baghdad without body armor or protection, etc., etc.(11) Most of this has been captured on tape.

What's going on? Neither obvious answer is comforting. He's either going senile as he nears 72, or he's lying and unprepared on critical issues without realizing how easily this can be caught in a YouTube era. (Whether the duhs and ignos -- those 'undecided voters' and angry Clintonites -- will care, is another, depressing matter). Either one of these answers should disqualify him for the White House, particularly because so many of his misstatements, confusions and subsequent lies come about issues where he claims superior experience and judgment.

But next consider all his flip flops, over torture, warrantless wiretapping, tax cuts, Social Security, abortion rights, engaging with Hamas, nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, offshore drilling, etc. Once the presumptive nominee, he said Social Security was "an absolute disgrace.'(12) His chief economic adviser and likely Treasury secretary called Americans a 'nation of whiners' and said the recession was in our heads.(13) This from a rich man who helped deregulate banking, profited from it, then profited again from the current deregulated banking crisis. Soon after McCain reversed course to support drilling, oil industry contributions poured in.(14)

The above is not a disjointed laundry list. When we combine it with McCain's obvious mental fatigue, the really disturbing picture comes clear.

1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082103532.html?nav=hcmodule

2.http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Once_again_McCain_confuses_Sunnis_with_0408.html

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6GBdyws5YU

4. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/01/mccain-confuses-somalia-a_n_110152.html

5. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/14/mccain-references-non-exi_n_112650.html

6. http://gawker.com/5028170/how-bad-are-mccains-gaffes

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDIAsS9VXiM

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1X3efvVTLA

9. http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/mccain-voluntee.html

10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkKk2C1W1c

11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpKGhut209o&NR=1

12. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/203377.php

13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NVjq2py7BA

14. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/26/AR2008072601891.html

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[babylonsister]

1. Rec'd and bookmarked for future reference. Thanks. nt

[maseman]

2. You know we all know this but...

:kick:

when you spell it out in two paragraphs back-to-back McCain has been an amazing boob on the campaign trail.

[babylonsister]

4. He has, and the m$m has given him a pass.

I have noticed when the Dems make compelling ads, the m$m shows them. So that's how to get around their bias. Also, apparently the journos really like Biden, too. Could present a quandary for them. Or maybe the fight just got fairer.

[Douglas Carpenter]

8. those are my thoughts...people have heard that McCain made gaffes

but they also have heard that Sen. Biden has made gaffes. When one actually takes a look at McCain's gaffes it becomes apparent that the issue is not simply that he has made some slips of the tongue or phrased something very poorly. The issue is that McCain is actually clueless and dangerously ignorant.

[my2sense]

3. K & R

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. and here is another gaffe list to save and send

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6727770

[opihimoimoi]

6. McSmug is McFucked....he has turned off more than turned on...too smug

He blunders on into the oblivion abyss...too arrogant...too BULLYist....too late to change now...habits are diff to turn off

he is a victim of his own Laziness and lack of INTUITION of the Strong type...losing combo

He will really blow it in a short time...

[crazylikafox]

7. k&r

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. one more: McCain refused to believe that Americans would pick lettuce for $50 per hour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpB9OoOU02M

[mymomwasright]

10. It's 3 AM!

"Why am I here? What was that code again?"

[L. Coyote]

13. And you just got a text message.

But, do you know what an iPhone does?

[Heather MC]

11. Ummm when did he become "President-elect McCain's"?

He hasn't even been Officially Nominated
not to mention the elections haven't happened yet!
Slip ups like this make me think they know something we don't
aka
the fix is in!

[L. Coyote]

12. Ooopphs. That's supposed to be Resident-Select McCain!

That's how they do things in a dictatorship. Why that's

InSane 4 McSame

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. may I recommend copying this info and E-mailing it to everyone on your address book?

along with this story:

McCain Refused to believe Americans would accept a job of picking lettuce for $50 per hour

This was at a 2006 AFL-CIO convention:

Here is the You-Tube Video - McCaint :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpB9OoOU02M

Here is the link to MSNBC Article:

link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12155322 /

"McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona.

Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer.

“I’ll take it!” one man shouted. "

links:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12155322 /

you tube video - McCaint:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpB9OoOU02M

[Diane R]

15. Didn't he also forget whether he voted to deny birth control coverage, while voting for Viagra?

[eridani]

16. ONE HOUSE!

ONE SPOUSE!
ONE COUNTRY!
OBAMA 2008

[radfringe]

17. it also matters because

if he can't keep track of his own personal concerns - how can we expect him to take care of national concerns?

[calimary]

18. SPECTACULAR find!

Breathtaking!!!

All these links are terrific - and mainly mainstream! An utterly FANTASTIC resource!

This is PERFECTION to send in response to one of those shitty emails that might go plop on your windshield.

A critical thing to remember: They don't expect us to fight back. They don't expect us to fight back. They're not prepared for that. And they react with anger and indignance about it - in the "how dare you!" mode. Well, we dare, alright! Better get used to it.

And check out the link below. Evidently there IS a noticeable and increasingly vigorous opposition from the left - one that finally has to be recognized and acknowledged. At least SOMETHING'S starting to make a dent. I was encouraged by this:

NETROOTS PUSH BACK AGAINST MSM BIAS 8/24/08
http://news.yahoo.com/story//politico/20080824/pl_politico/12775

[deacon]

19. And his backing off on abortion, saying he will not attempt to change the platform

of no aborting even in the case of rape or incest. This is a maverick? More like a pandering wimp.