What do you hate most about John McCain?

[last1standing]

Personally, the thing I hate most is his transparent pandering and willingness to say anything for self advancement. From reproductive rights to marriage equality, from tax cuts for the wealthy to torture he's changed his stance on every issue out there when he thought it would help him politically. I wouldn't trust a single word he says on anything because I know he'll change his position in a heartbeat if he thinks there's something in it for himself.

So what does everyone else hate?

[grantcart]

1. that he brings us closer to a wider war

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6316724

[PBS Poll-435]

2. His sense of entitlement to the Presidency.

[Redstone]

3. The fact that he stood up to the North Vietnamese for 5-1/2 years, then

rolled over like a little baby puppy dog after losing the 2000 primary.

Redstone

[FrenchieCat]

4. The fact that he is a cartoon looking character that flip flops a lot

and hopes now one notices....and thinks that being a 5 year POW means that he knows how to conduct a war.

[lapfog_1]

5. same thing as you...

though is callous attitude and quick temper run a close second (they SCARE me more than I hate them).

[anonymous171]

6. Same as you. I liked the 2000 McCain but now I realize how much of a slimeball the guy is.

[DesertFlower]

7. everything he stands for. nt

[Danger Mouse]

8. Not hate...but his temper and his willingness to do/say anything for a vote...

worries me. A lot.
He is dangerous.
Possibly more dangerous than Bush.

[ossman]

9. MY FRIENDS

[1Hippiechick]

12. Ditto!

:rofl:

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Yep

nt

[against all enemies]

10. The possibility that he might win.

[Diamonique]

11. John McCain

[Saturday]

13. The fact he voted against the new GI Bill for our present vets but

collects $58,000. a year for his service.

[1Hippiechick]

15. Look at YouTube - McCain's YouTube Problem Just Became a Nightmare

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c

The Straight Talk Express Has Derailed.....

:kick:

[PetrusMonsFormicarum]

16. Such a hard word

I guess I'd rather just vehemently disagree with him.

I think I'm disappointed in John McCain. Once I thought he was almost electable, and I daresay that the last eight years would have been less of a mess if McCain had beat Bush in 2000.

I've always respected him, as I do any long-sitting senator or congressperson, for being a touch more passionate in his arguments, and a bit more willing than his fellows to work with the other side of the aisle.

But in his turn toward the presidency, his fire has been replaced with a sort of slow burn, fueled by a baser set of conservative coals: relijun, imposing morality, fear of the other.

But the country has changed, and the worn-out failures the Bush regime dared to call policies have worn us to the bone, and we all know we have a long way to go until the watering hole. The should-have-retired-years ago camel who regularly confuses Shia with Sunni is not the right one to lead us there.

[hedgehog]

17. I think he'd end up like Reagen, the genial bumbling facade for

true horrors going on behind the scenes.

[WeDidIt]

18. His "Johnnie Tailhook" attitude towards women

It's a common attitude amongst naval aviators, and McCain has had it his entire life.

Women are objects to the likes of John McCain, not people.

[Bongo Prophet]

33. So were all the people he dropped bombs on, just objects. Targets.

[boppers]

19. He's a millionare sucking up a disability pension.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pension22apr22,1,6562984.story

[BklynChick]

20. that he loves war

[Blarch]

21. (R)

[AllentownJake]

22. He looks like Saul Tigh of Battlestar Gallatica

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

23. That his ideals are pliable to the point of nonexistant

When you get past his insane conviction that American hegemony is a virtue to be extolled endlessly, he doesn't give a fuck about policy.

If child molesting became popular, he'd do it on American Idol with that creepy fucking grin of his going full blast the whole time.

[JoePhilly]

24. He LIED about the conditions in the Iraqi market ...

If he lied about it then, he'll continue to lie about Iraq when in office.

[patrice]

25. He's full of shit and he knows it but he thinks everyone else is a fool and it's all hilarious joke

on Us.

Watch his MSNBC interview after the SOTU. He was either drunk or stoned, but his basic attitude of bemused contempt was crystal clear.

[HughBeaumont]

26. He's a callous free-market, free-trader, job-offshorer bastard.

Witness his super pro-worker, populist message in Youngstown a couple months ago:

"Protectionism and isolationism have never worked in American history," McCain said at a town-hall-style meeting at Youngstown State University.

McCain said slowing free trade is not the answer; retraining is. He said he will improve government-assisted worker education programs in part by working closely with small and community colleges. Clinton and Obama have made similar proposals.

"I think the answer is to understand that, free trade or not, we are in an information and technology revolution," he said. "So we want people to be part of that revolution, and we've got to be part of that new economy."

Under his job-training plan, he said, "our workers will be given options and training relevant to need and at every turn treated with the respect and consideration they deserve."

Pressed by other questioners about competition from China and the loss of steel-industry jobs, he said, "I have to give you some straight talk. I can't turn that around."

And . . . and . . . and . . . polls between him and Obama are still CLOSE?

Are Americans fucking STUPID?

[femmocrat]

27. His sycophantic ass-kissing in 2000 after bush slimed him and his family in in SC.

I lost whatever respect I had for his bravery in VN after witnessing that disgusting spectacle.

[hokies4ever]

28. He wants WWIII to start with Iran

and it will be WWIII, make no doubt about it. USA, Israel, and Britain (we were just kidding about those WMDs, don't be mad :hi: ) on one side with Iran, Syria, and Russia on the other side. China will take the opportunity to put the smack down on Tibet and will flirt with finally taking back Taiwan.

[hokies4ever]

30. He sold his soul for the Republican nomination

can't forget that one.

[Lost-in-FL]

29. He sounds like he's reading a children's book n/t

[dansolo]

31. I hate the way that the media glorifies him

His maverick image is a bunch of bull. If the MSM did their jobs, and told the public the truth about McCain, he would have absolutely no support.

[onetwo]

32. That he's standing in the way of President Obama, the superior candidate. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

34. The way he went from being a "maverick" to having his nose so far up Bush's ass.

I lost all respect for him after that.

[saltpoint]

35. That he is essentially unexceptional.

In addition to the very long list of ideological objections, John McCain is at his essence unexceptional.

[Breeze54]

36. Are you seriously going to go with that "hate" meme? What a retard!

:silly:

Find a thesaurus, please!!!!!!

[calimary]

37. The way he treated his first wife, Carol.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html