McCain nails Obama: “The American people have figured it out”
Photoshopped version (above) of this
morning's Drudge
Report screaming headline (below). AP photo
By Sissy Willis
"'Oh my,' McCain laughs, his voice dripping with jest," in a
refreshingly candid NRO interview that suggests Sarah Palin is now in the driver's seat and her
former running mate in the passenger seat of the jerry-built vehicle that started the two on a bumpy
ride across the political landscape back in August of 2008, when Palin sprung onto the national scene full blown from
McCain's forehead. She's been disintermediating the powers that be via the internet
ever since, speaking directly to us and to the Leader of the Free World
through Facebook, WSJ and WaPo op eds, talk radio
and Fox News. Here's McCain, referencing the growing Sestak scandal
headlined by Drudge:
"Can’t we just trust their words? I mean,
what’s the matter with you? If Robert Gibbs says nothing untoward took
place, then that, of course, satisfies any concerns I might have." More
seriously: "All I can say is this: Imagine if this was the Bush
administration. The media wolf pack would be in full cry. But this is
something we’ve grown used to. We have a compliant media. The good
thing is that the American people
have figured it out. They’re not being guided by the views of the
mainstream media. If they were, the president’s polls wouldn’t be where
they are."
Meanwhile, having followed the legacy-media script, Rahm, Barack and Bubba find themselves front and center
on Drudge this morning, first day of a three-day weekend
when the White House no doubt hoped the nation would head out for the
patio and not worry our pretty little heads about the big lie they
dumped on us yesterday. Instead, it's all over talk radio, cable and the
internet. Pajamas Media's take was particularly witty and astute
[h/t Dan
Collins at POWIP]:
Of course in the case
of Sestak and his putative job offer, we have no idea what actually
happened. But we do know the sleaze factor is high — and not just
because of the presence of Bill Clinton whose SQ (Sleaze Quotient) may
be even higher than his IQ. Clinton is merely a product of "The
Culture of Narcissism," Obama et al are the product of something
worse – "The
Culture of Chicago."But the real issue now is not the “Deep Dish
Sleazemeisters” from Chicago. They are who they are. Rod Blagojevich,
Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama are all cut from the same cloth.The real issue is our media – the
Fourth Estate that we all are supposed to depend on to vet these people.
Not to worry. As John McCain has figured out — thanks, perhaps, to
the lady at the wheel — we may have a compliant media, but "the American
people have figured it out."
Crossposted
at sisu and Liberty Pundits.
Too damn late, McCain. I’ll always resent McCain for refusing to fight for the POTUS. He lay down and bared his tummy to Obama. Palin wanted to wipe the floor with Obama; heck, she began doing it, and McCain wouldn’t let her. I don’t listen to anything McCain says now.
I’m not quite getting the reference “Sarah Palin now in the driver’s seat” link to McCain at NRO?
In the linked NRO interview, McCain makes the INCREDIBLE claim that “no one did more for me between my nomination and the election than Mitt Romney.”
???????!!!!!!!
Clearly, McCain does not acknowledge that Sarah is in the driver’s seat. Or if he does, he is trying to get Romney in that seat.
But I love the Facebook photoshop.
time to rise up: My sis agrees, was disgusted that I was even giving McCain the time of day by blogging about him. I’ve never cared for the man, just found his behavior useful grist for the blogmill.
hrh: You’re right about his gushing over Romney, but my point is that McCain’s echoing Sarah’s lines, whether or not he acknowledges it. I don’t listen to his every word — or any word at all, if I can help it — but don’t recall his ever attacking the media that way before. It fit my theory, and I’m sticking with it.
“Sen. S.I. Hayakawa on Wednesday spurned a Reagan administration suggestion that if he drops out of the crowded Republican Senate primary race in California, President Reagan would find him a job.”
So Setak got an offer of a place on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, which is made up of “individuals who are not employed by the Federal Government” that don’t get paid. Sure.
Bring on the “Special Persecutor“
Screw McCain. He was tongue-bathing Obama even when he ran against him. Any opposition to Obama and his policies exists in spite of McCain, not because of him.
Yeah, but guys, guys, He wants to build the DANG FENCE!
You have to admire Sarah for her loyalty to this guy for picking him.
“Sen. S.I. Hayakawa on Wednesday spurned a Reagan administration suggestion that if he drops out of the crowded Republican Senate primary race in California, President Reagan would find him a job.”
And you screamed that was an impeachment-worthy crime, right?
So bring it on. Impeach Obama or stop trying to whine “But Republicans did it too”.
That’s what makes you really funny, WPE; you honestly think that we don’t remember your shrieking that everything Republicans did was criminal.
“And you screamed that was an impeachment-worthy crime, right?”
No.
“Sen. S.I. Hayakawa on Wednesday spurned a Reagan administration suggestion that if he drops out of the crowded Republican Senate primary race in California, President Reagan would find him a job.”
And you screamed that was an impeachment-worthy crime, right?
Or are Tea-baggers just hypocrites?
WPE: Do you realize that there is a difference between “would find him a job” and “offered him a job”? Do you know that a “suggestion” is not the same as an “offer”?
Let me explain. “Would” indicates an uncertain and indefinable future conditional and is not the same as ‘will’; the condition—dropping out of the race—must be satisfied before the second event is realized. Should the ‘if’ part not occur, then the event remains unfulfilled. Since Hayakawa “spurned” the “suggestion,” and not a job offer, the job assistance was not forthcoming and no impeachable offense occurred.
Sestak claimed that the powers that be in the WH ‘offered’ him a job to leave the race. That is not a conditional but is an indicative which means that the offer was made in real time and was not uncertain. Therefore, the offer is an impeachable offense because it establishes a quid pro quo.
THe other point is the difference between a “suggestion” and an “offer.” That is the difference between implicit and explicit. I can suggest, because of your puerile slur against Tea Party people, that you go take a flying leap off a building. My suggestion means nothing unless I take active steps to ensure your leap. lf I pushed you off the building, that’s an offer.
So, before you go up against Conservatives, make sure you check the language and check it twice. We’re all smarter than you not so smart libs.
Is this the same John McCain who told America that we need not fear an Obama presidency?
That same McCain. Cowardly bastard refused to fight then; why should we believe him now? He had nothing to lose by fighting. It’s not like with Palin and those nutty libs running baseless ethics charges that were draining the resources of the State of Alaska as well as that of the Palin family. In a situation like that, you resign, thus doing what is best for the state by letting your second in command do the people’s business without tying up state government and spending the people’s money foolishly. McCain had the POTUS on a golden plate before him. He begged us to fight with him, then he refused to land a glove on Obama, that nattering ninny of incompetence.