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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 10:58 PM Original message |
Yes, that's what he said; John Stewart just said he would've voted for McCain over Gore in 2000... |
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liberalpragmatist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lots of people would have |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. yup |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Well, perhaps... but we never got to see a "general election" McCain ... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stewart is distinctly the less cerebral of the Stewart / Colbert duo. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Many would have, but the current McCain isnt the same McCain |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I would have voted for Al Gore over mccain who |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I would have voted mccain over bush, but Gore |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You were smart on lieman..he had |
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EastTennesseeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. 2000 McCain was quite different from 2008 McCain |
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springhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. McCain lies because of his sense of honor, Jonathan Chait now proclaims |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. McCain 2000 was a moderate |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Actually, he wasn't, but the maverick thing was sold better then. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. Oh noes! |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. IIRC we had an open primary in CA in 2000 |
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NancyG (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Yup. In 2000 voted for McC in CA to fuck with the Republican open primary ... |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. I wouldn't have, but as others have said, McCain was a different man 8 years ago. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Gore was, too. He was far more restrained, awkward, and artificial. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. If Hillary had run in 2000 I would have voted for her over Gore. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Big fucking deal. I would've too. I didn't like Gore. I liked McCain,. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. I considered it myself. I am not usually a single issue voter but |
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mwei924 (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Bill Maher says that too. I'm not sure they would've actually done it. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. That does not surprise me. |
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Versailles (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. First major rift with my parents in my adult life... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. mccain has always been a pissass..he just hid |
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zulchzulu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. I was a Bradley man... |
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vixengrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I will always maintain that it was how he was beat in that contest |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Stewart is to the right of Colbert politically, but I can't see anyone voting for a Republican. |
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MattP (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
21. We only had half a primary to get to now him so if he would have got the nom who knows? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. i would have too. BUT something no one is considering. 2000 we only heard a bit of mccain |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. dupe |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Gore got the same treatment in 2000 that Clinton got this year. A lot of Democrats |
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Curtland1015 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. I remember reading about McCain and seeing interviews with him years ago and liking him quite a bit. |
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Two Sheds (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-30-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. If John McCain had stood up and fought back against the people who smeared him in 2000 |
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nyccitizen (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
31. I might've too. But it wasn't the same McCain OR Gore... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. well Gore found a way to convey himself to a larger public and McCain was revealed before the public |
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Two Sheds (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. no foolin' |
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democracy1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. Better question is why is he interviewing this guy ? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. Johnny McSame has been on TDS many times |
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chollybocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. I hear Stewart is a comedian and says things that are sometim... |
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StrictlyRockers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
36. Stewart sometimes says stupid shit for a laugh or for ratings...or maybe both. |
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Blue For You (466 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
38. McCain has always sucked bigtime. Who the hell would have |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. McCain of 2000 was less scary for the same reason Joe Lieberman of 2000 is scary |
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texasleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
40. Ditto, maybe. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
44. McCain 2000 was too stupid to beat Bush in the primary |
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