do not question my trustworthiness." Bush to McCain

[rodeodance]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/23/AR2006082301586.html

The McCain Makeover

Does the veteran Republican rebel really mean all those nice things he's saying about George W. Bush?

By Glenn Frankel
Sunday, August 27, 2006; Page W12

IT'S FEBRUARY 15, 2000, a pivotal moment in the race for the Republican nomination for president, and at the televised candidates' debate in Columbia, S.C., temperatures are rising.

John McCain, fresh off an upset victory in the New Hampshire primary, has run into a buzz saw of negative advertising about his record and rumor-mongering about his personal life, and he blames his main opponent,

"You should be ashamed," a tight-lipped McCain scolds Bush.

Bush has his own beef: McCain's ads have likened Bush's character to that of Bill Clinton. "You can disagree with me on issues, John, but do not question -- do not question my trustworthiness."

". . . You're putting out stuff that is unbelievable, George, and it's got to stop," McCain retorts. ". . . This is probably the nastiest campaign that people have seen in a long time."

[Sherman A1]

1. I think the phrase is

Politics makes strange bedfellows

[skipos]

2. McCain the pretend moderate would do ANYTHING to get elected

wife and children be damned.

[Marrak]

3. A pattern...

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[yurbud]

4. got a good link to that image? that was the phoniest of the phony terror

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