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T116 Donating Member (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:07 AM
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4. I think he's been that way since W stole the R nom by smearing him.
In 2000, McCain likely would have won the general election fair and square.
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  -Is it just me or is John Mccain an EXTREMELY bitter and angry old man? Politics_Guy25  Oct-07-09 11:00 AM   #0 
  - He's been that way since 2000. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:03 AM   #1 
  - Yep. He never got over * beating him...Now the black guy?????  Kahuna   Oct-07-09 11:05 AM   #3 
     - That's actually not how the guy thinks.  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:17 AM   #7 
        - Not a racist? Is that why he was against honoring MLK? He may not think  Kahuna   Oct-07-09 11:29 AM   #12 
           - I know folks that know him. Being against an MLK day is not enough  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:35 AM   #13 
           - He used racist campaign tactics against Obama. Maybe his friends and  Kahuna   Oct-07-09 11:39 AM   #17 
           - Well, there  billh58   Oct-07-09 01:22 PM   #29 
              - Good one!  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 01:36 PM   #33 
           - It doesn't mean a majority of his constituents are not racist.  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-07-09 01:03 PM   #26 
              - Indeed. Could be. I've not been to AZ, so I don't know. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 01:37 PM   #34 
  - I think he's always looked at Obama as a "young whipper snapper"  ErinBerin84   Oct-07-09 11:05 AM   #2 
  - He sees him as a lilly-livered Ivy Leaguer. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:19 AM   #9 
     - Yeah. Anything but racial.  Solomon   Oct-07-09 01:35 PM   #32 
  - I think he's been that way since W stole the R nom by smearing him.  T116   Oct-07-09 11:07 AM   #4 
  - I think he was a pretty nasty piece of work before he ever got out of Annapolis.  hedgehog   Oct-07-09 11:07 AM   #5 
  - Yes, he's always had a chip on his shoulder. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:18 AM   #8 
  - He's a spoiled brat. He has been given just about everything in  firedupdem   Oct-07-09 11:10 AM   #6 
  - It goes way back. Link to Rolling Stone article 10/08 below  Ineeda   Oct-07-09 11:48 AM   #19 
     - +1  invictus   Oct-07-09 01:16 PM   #28 
  - Remember how  ErinBerin84   Oct-07-09 11:19 AM   #10 
  - OR Dirtier than her own bitter  Cha   Oct-07-09 06:41 PM   #38 
     - Projection is big among republicans  GoCubsGo   Oct-08-09 08:44 AM   #50 
        - Exactly! They always accuse others of what they are  Cha   Oct-08-09 09:43 PM   #55 
  - I wonder if he regrets not accepting the offer to be John Kerry's VP  iceman66   Oct-07-09 11:29 AM   #11 
  - I think he must. nt  Captain Hilts   Oct-07-09 11:35 AM   #14 
  - I doubt it. He doesn't want to be ANYBODY's VP, he wants to be the boss  Nothing Without Hope   Oct-07-09 11:36 AM   #15 
  - It was never offered. Biden suggested it would be a good idea to bring country together, but  blm   Oct-07-09 12:07 PM   #22 
     - It also was a McCain person who approached the Kerry people with the original idea  karynnj   Oct-08-09 12:08 PM   #54 
  - GET OFF MY LAWN  MiniMe   Oct-07-09 11:37 AM   #16 
  - By all accounts  hileeopnyn8d   Oct-07-09 11:45 AM   #18 
  - Yup. He lost to "that one."  callous taoboy   Oct-07-09 11:56 AM   #20 
  - The guy needs to retire and live in his 10 houses...  zulchzulu   Oct-07-09 12:00 PM   #21 
  - You summed it up perfectly.  Jennicut   Oct-07-09 12:30 PM   #25 
     - If Shakespeare had McCain as a character in a play, he'd have perished in the First Act  zulchzulu   Oct-07-09 10:26 PM   #39 
  - I think he's extremely damaged...  grasswire   Oct-07-09 12:12 PM   #23 
  - He's a nasty little man who believes he's entitled to be prez, just as he was entitled...  polichick   Oct-07-09 12:17 PM   #24 
  - He didn't get anything he wanted.  sofa king   Oct-07-09 01:11 PM   #27 
  - excellent summary n/t  Ineeda   Oct-07-09 03:10 PM   #35 
  - mccain's just being a repub.  RepublicanElephant   Oct-07-09 01:27 PM   #30 
  - Its just you.  undeterred   Oct-07-09 01:29 PM   #31 
  - Yes, yes he is. You can add envious  mzmolly   Oct-07-09 06:31 PM   #36 
  - Nope, not just you. Anger is his calling card.  Forkboy   Oct-07-09 06:32 PM   #37 
  - It's not you. It's true  politicasista   Oct-07-09 10:32 PM   #40 
  - He's been an asshole for a long time. Trying to score points at a fundraiser by mocking a teenage  SemiCharmedQuark   Oct-07-09 10:48 PM   #41 
  - McCain lives and thinks in a pre-Eisenhower American landscape,  saltpoint   Oct-07-09 10:48 PM   #42 
  - He's the consumate flip-flopper  Iwillnevergiveup   Oct-07-09 11:24 PM   #43 
  - his 'porch' is bigger and he yells louder because of his position, but bitter old man is right  tomm2thumbs   Oct-07-09 11:40 PM   #44 
  - McCain has a short fuse and is psychotic  jeanpalmer   Oct-08-09 12:21 AM   #45 
  - Yes he is; also an aging mind in a not very healthy body. He would not have lasted 2 years as Prez  Hekate   Oct-08-09 02:51 AM   #46 
  - Still bitter over 2000.  JNelson6563   Oct-08-09 06:46 AM   #47 
  - Yeah McCain is hot and cold.  Life Long Dem   Oct-08-09 08:32 AM   #48 
  - I am convinced this guys dad he twitters about is McCain  ksoze   Oct-08-09 08:42 AM   #49 
  - He keeps showing up to make sure he is alive!!  watercolors   Oct-08-09 08:45 AM   #51 
  - MSNBC first read picked up on this-quote below  Politics_Guy25   Oct-08-09 11:44 AM   #52 
  - MSNBC first read picked up on this-quote below  Politics_Guy25   Oct-08-09 11:44 AM   #53 
  - I come from a military family too with over 60 yrs service - I can't stand  southernyankeebelle   Oct-08-09 10:10 PM   #56 
 

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