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When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong: McCain Edition

post #1 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:11pm
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...s_n_95595.html

Read it to the bottom. Whoa!
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post #2 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:17pm
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After they went to their separate offices, McCain called Renzi and demanded an apology. Renzi refused. Apparently this posture made McCain admire him, as they became fast friends.
That's beautiful.
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post #3 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:20pm
So if he gets elected, we can all look forward to the first time he gets upset at a foreign dignitary and calls them a "shit head" or "cunt".

Diplomacy post-Bush. It's like a bad reality tv program.
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post #4 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:26pm
Whoa is right. Using the c-word on his wife? Wow.
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post #5 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:27pm
So what? We need someone with some nutsack in there. You don't think that the Clintons or Obamas are yelling shit when they get mad? Are you afraid that he will get pissed and push the button? He'd probably have a heart attack first anyway if he gets that bent.

Whoever gets in there needs to be mad as shit so they can make something happen for the better around here.
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post #6 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:28pm
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"Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly?" he asked. "Because Janet Reno is her father."
Harsh, but fair.
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post #7 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:29pm
Now? Hardly. She definitely grew out of the awkward stage.
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post #8 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:32pm
Maybe, but back then? Woah.
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post #9 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:33pm
I can get past every single "infraction" listed - speaks his mind, backs his shit up - except the last anecdote, which is suspiciously "anonymous". This should be in the gossip forum, not political discourse.
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post #10 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:33pm
As were (are) many kids in that stage in their life. Not cool (in my book).
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post #11 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:34pm
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Originally Posted by Electrichead View Post
So what? We need someone with some nutsack in there. You don't think that the Clintons or Obamas are yelling shit when they get mad? Are you afraid that he will get pissed and push the button? He'd probably have a heart attack first anyway if he gets that bent.

Whoever gets in there needs to be mad as shit so they can make something happen for the better around here.
Or maybe we need someone with a cool head, a sense of diplomacy, and a sensible approach to problems. But, then again, going off half-cocked and angry sure worked when it came to Iraq, didn't it?
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post #12 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:44pm
McCain's temper is legendary. But, then again, so was Bill Clinton's. I don't think it's that big of an issue (and, frankly, don't put a whole lot of stock in those anonymous anecdotes).
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post #13 of 39
4/8/08 at 3:45pm
So this is how McCain is planning on funding his campaign, libel suits.
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post #14 of 39
4/8/08 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by Snaieke View Post
So this is how McCain is planning on funding his campaign, libel suits.
lol
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post #15 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by Joe LeFors View Post
McCain's temper is legendary. But, then again, so was Bill Clinton's. I don't think it's that big of an issue (and, frankly, don't put a whole lot of stock in those anonymous anecdotes).
To me, this makes him more human. And I admire someone with backbone. Sure he may be harsh, but this is real life, people need to suck it up. Read some of the books about the Clinton years and you'll see he often cursed like a sailor as well. Good for both of them. I don't trust anyone who doesn't curse or drink.

The Chelsea joke is damn funny too.
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post #16 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:14pm
Is it worse though using the word cunt compared to the president conducting a sexual assault?
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post #17 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:20pm
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Is it worse though using the word cunt compared to the president conducting a sexual assault?
Holy crap. She practically jumps out of her seat.
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post #18 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by JudgeSmails View Post
The Chelsea joke is damn funny too.
It's just not funny. Telling, but not funny. I mean, considering she was a teenager at the time, come on. It just shows how fucking low people will sink in their hatred for the other side.
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post #19 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:24pm
Not one of those "anecdotes" comes from an identified source.

Assuming all were true, the last one would bother me the most; saying something like that under those circumstances is evidence of a serious character flaw.

That said, I don't believe it happened.
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post #20 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by Diva View Post
Holy crap. She practically jumps out of her seat.
And rightfully though. Would have been great though if she would have just dropkicked him. Or if her "First Gent" (would that be the appropriate description?) would have just capped him.
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post #21 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:25pm
Seriously, the Chelsea joke is a comedy vacuum. It doesn't make sense in the first place, and I don't mean in the "humor comes from cognitive dissonance" sense, either. It's just not funny.
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post #22 of 39
4/8/08 at 5:53pm
If this crazy old bastard ever gets blasted with gamma rays we are fucked, friends and neighbors. Nevermind "hulking out", he will be giant, green, and pissed off all the time. You'll never see "John McCain" ever again, just a giant jade, geriatric monstrosity leaping miles at a time and "solving" the worlds problems by smashing them.
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post #23 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:05pm
So what this article is saying is, John McCain's a sailor. We already knew that.

The Bush team ran out the 'angry McCain' story during the '00 primaries. Here's the thing about McCain - he'll show his temper to his peers, but his subordinates love him (his office staff has incredibly low turnover). Any jackass can yell at his aids. A real man yells at people who can yell back.
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post #24 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:13pm
I have a hard time trusting the temperment of anyone that angrily drops the C-bomb on their own wife in a public setting.

Or a private setting, for that matter.
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post #25 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:17pm
I have to admit that most of the high-level executives that I have worked for since I graduated from college (10 years now - has it really been that long?) have to tendency to blow up in fits of rage occasionally. I had one boss that would fling things around the office and once threatened to blow up his house with his kids inside. Another would just swear at the top of his lungs until his face turned red. I don't know if this is standard CEO behavior, and in no way does it make it ok to call your wife a C-word, but I at least can admit that McCain is not the only one that deals with frustration in this fashion. Maybe it comes part and parcel with the Type A personality.
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post #26 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:21pm
Let's not be in a hurry to take the "calling his wife a cunt" as fact.
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post #27 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:23pm
Sorry to nerd this up, but everytime I watch Tigh and Roselyn argue on BATTLESTAR I get excited about how funny this year's politcal debates are going to be.
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post #28 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:23pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Let's not be in a hurry to take the "calling his wife a cunt" as fact.
Or that she didn't earn it. You have to keep your pimp hand strong.
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post #29 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:24pm
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Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Let's not be in a hurry to take the "calling his wife a cunt" as fact.
The article says he adressed the incident and said he'd had a "long day". There's no real gray area after inserting that. It either happened or it didn't, and if it didn't someone's getting sued big time.
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post #30 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:31pm
His "long day" comment was taken from the same anonymous source. Just as likely to be bullshit as the "cunt" comment.
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post #31 of 39
4/8/08 at 6:37pm
Exactly. Read critically, people, and note when a "reporter" cites a real source versus when the "reporter" is cleverly spinning hearsay x2 (or x3, or x4, or...).
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post #32 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:11pm
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Originally Posted by Drew S. View Post
If this crazy old bastard ever gets blasted with gamma rays we are fucked, friends and neighbors. Nevermind "hulking out", he will be giant, green, and pissed off all the time. You'll never see "John McCain" ever again, just a giant jade, geriatric monstrosity leaping miles at a time and "solving" the worlds problems by smashing them.
How do I vote for that candidate?
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post #33 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:20pm
He can call his wife whatever he likes as long as he puts a stop to the awful and/or stupid things the US government has been doing under the current batch of Republicans should he win the election. His domestic situation is totally irrelevant.
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post #34 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:22pm
Absolutely. Seconded.
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post #35 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:23pm
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Originally Posted by Drew S. View Post
If this crazy old bastard ever gets blasted with gamma rays we are fucked, friends and neighbors. Nevermind "hulking out", he will be giant, green, and pissed off all the time. You'll never see "John McCain" ever again, just a giant jade, geriatric monstrosity leaping miles at a time and "solving" the worlds problems by smashing them.
You are fucked.

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post #36 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:48pm
This is a total non-story, but it's interesting to see how easily personal pecodilloes are dismissed when it comes to McCain but stick forever when it comes to Hillary.
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post #37 of 39
4/8/08 at 9:56pm
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Good point, yt.

For the record, I posted this here not because it was newsworthy, but because I can't tarnish the Gossip Forum with politics. It's reserved for nip slips, celebutard meltdowns, and Paul Rudd's package.
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post #38 of 39
4/8/08 at 10:01pm
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Originally Posted by yt View Post
This is a total non-story, but it's interesting to see how easily personal pecodilloes are dismissed when it comes to McCain but stick forever when it comes to Hillary.
Are you saying that a Clinton never got away with something like this? Bill was dodging these bullets left and right. What has Hillary said that has stuck to her? They all get away with this shit.
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post #39 of 39
4/9/08 at 12:41am
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Originally Posted by Electrichead View Post
Are you saying that a Clinton never got away with something like this? Bill was dodging these bullets left and right. What has Hillary said that has stuck to her? They all get away with this shit.

Well, most recently Hillary's Bosnia story has been sticking.
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