Those Bastards Waited Until McCain Got The Nod

Update: I just want to add this - it's part of the real problem with McCain, aside from his being in DC way too long. Because of his bad rep with the Right, many people won't have his back, the way they might with a decent nominee. Frankly, I hope they bring the guy down before it's too late to make a change. Sure, the usual rubes will cover for McCain now, as I see on Fox, but this guy's real rep is hardly a secret. He's damaged goods. Thanks GOP for giving us a loser for 2008. Amanda Carpenter is on Fox saying it's a non-story for the NY Times to defend. LMAO Clue - it's in the paper, Amanda. That makes it a story, whether you like it or not.

I remember Ed at CQ bragging that this story was going nowhere.

Yeah, right, Ed. That's why McCain lawyer-ed up back then, I suppose. A little less fawning over candidates and some skepticism might do Righty blogs some good. When it falls to your lawyers to defend you on Fox, as Bennett is doing now for McCain, you're screwed. McCain can survive it. But on top of Keating Five and who knows what else, this faux conservative is a flawed, old candidate. Dammit! And we're stuck with the jerk. McCain's womanizing past was never a big secret. Hell, he dumped his first wife.

When you carry water for the GOP establishment, you get wet. You watch, this story won't end here. They've only just begun.

WASHINGTON — Early in Senator John McCain’s first run for the White House eight years ago, waves of anxiety swept through his small circle of advisers.

A female lobbyist had been turning up with him at fund-raisers, visiting his offices and accompanying him on a client’s corporate jet. Convinced the relationship had become romantic, some of his top advisers intervened to protect the candidate from himself — instructing staff members to block the woman’s access, privately warning her away and repeatedly confronting him, several people involved in the campaign said on the condition of anonymity.

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[Yoda]

Predictable as sunrise, this was.

[syn]

NY Times and McCain: First they came to praise him now they've come to smear him.

[seekeronos]

Yup, here comes the other shoe dropping...

[seekeronos]

Perhaps it is not too late to hope that this blows up large enough to wreck J-Mac's chances for getting the last 100 delegates he needs to seal the nomination... unless of course, there is something so hugely disqualifying that it could result in the invocation of some arcane party discipline that triggers a brokered convention even if he gets that magical 1,191th delegate.

[BobInStamford]

Cheer up, God-FEARING patriots! At least it was a woman for a change and he wasn't paying for it! You cons are making progress!

[shunha7878]

I wonder if Obama has any female lobbyist in his life? This could get fun now that the ny slime has opened up this can of worms. I did think the MSM would wait until McClain had all the delegates to be nominated.

[Fred Beloit]

I'd bet the ranch, er trailor, that there is at least one other lady who has recently received the royal seed in some form or fashion.

[Fred Beloit]

As Boob knows, the temptations surrounding the godlike celebrity are many and almost irresistible...simply irrisistible.

[AndyB]

I read this article by Dr. Jack Wheeler: (http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3068/2/) It was rather defamatory and I didn't think the allegations would go anywhere. I thought it was insider hub bub and only the conspiratorial types would swallow this stuff. But after today I have reassessed my take on the piece. Now, whether the rest of the allegations in this article come to fruition remains to be seen, but one things for sure. Dr. Wheeler is dead on about at least one prognostication in his article. What's next?

Also see: (http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/3077/2/)

Here's the pull quote:

"How in the world can the Republican Party get saddled with a nutcase whack-job who knows nothing about economics, is so anti-capitalist he uses "profit" as a term of derision, has never run a business or had any job outside of government, will raise taxes, is so stupid that he believes "stopping global warming" is worth destroying the American economy, won't drill ANWR, won't appoint strict constructionist justices, won't protect marriage, will give amnesty to 20 million illegal aliens, is beloved by the New York Times, and lives in a delusionary world of vanity and rage?"

[Miklo]

But have we come to expect anything less from the New York Times?

NEW MOTTO:

"Elevating political bias above the truth"

[Miklo]

The Old Gray Mare Ain't What She Used To Be!

[Fred Beloit]

In an effort to be perfectly clear, "the godlike celebrity" referred to above is Obama.

[templar knight]

Well, Fred, to clarify it further, if the "godlike celebrity" has had sex with a white woman, then he is still "godlike". At least to some people. If he cheated on his wife with a black woman, then not so much. Of course, this is all theoretical. I'm not starting any rumors, mind you.

[seekeronos]

Heh. Rumours are the stuff of dirty campaigning though (although leave it to the press to do the Dem's dirty work for them).

Here's one the Big "O" that should be banked up in time for the seemingly inevitable Obama 'nom...

(take with a heavy dose of salt, as with most things on WorldNetDaily and YouTube ...)

WND link: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56626

YT link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVeFVtcdSYY&eurl=http:%2F%2Fwww.anorak.co.uk%2Fpoliticians%2F179725.html

[templar knight]

Ha, that guy sounds like a Billary plant, seek. Obama had best watch his back when dealing with the Clintons. Dirty tricks are in their campaign repertoire.

[chris]

Personally, I think that the people who brought us Levitra and Cialis and the like should be applauded for allowing a broken 86 year old man to carry on an affair.

[Wahoo Willie Sez:]

"Personally, I think that the people who brought us Levitra and Cialis and the like should be applauded for allowing a broken 86 year old man to carry on an affair."

Sounds like personal experience talking.

[Fred Beloit]

I don't blame Obama for this. As anyone can see, Larry is simply irresistible.

[Gary Gulrud]

What bothers me is the dinosaur has plausibly won a battle to delight its fading clientele. Like Coulter alludes, the 2008 battle now pits media darlings staged according to their script, speaking at their prompting--no need to read to the end.
America can eat cake!
Captain Ed and the GOP are just useful idiots.

[scarshapedstar]

Hmm. Now if only there were another Republican who - bizarrely enough - remained in the race and would stand to benefit from this!

That's right - y'all forgot about Huckabee, bitchez.

[seekeronos]

Hmmm. I reckon it will come down to putting a want-ad in the NYT after this election cycle:

"Wanted: One President (and suitable Vice-President) for the United States of America.

Men of character need not apply."

This year, it will be the contest between the Harpy, the Islamo-Marxist, and the Vindictive but Horny War Hero.

[Wahoo Willie Sez:]

Seeker I've worse news for you and especially our left leaning friends. Obamarama has declared his "absolute" backing of the second amendment. What the hell are we gonna do now!!

[chris]

Even worse news for the scarlet-necked gun-lovers out there. I believe that Future President Obama declared his backing for a well-regulated militia and for the masses to be allowed to have a shotgun or two.

[Wahoo Willie Sez:]

Wow chrissy, you said the exact same thing I did..........with different words.

[Wahoo Willie Sez:]

Pretending she'd answer. I wonder what chrissy would say "well-regulated militia" means.

[chris]

I would say that each state's National Guard would qualify as a well-regulated militia.

[Mark]

First off, CQ was instrumental in blowing up Dan Rather's MS Word '72 memo and validating several of the swifter's claims. Those were very important achievements - Shame on Gary for calling Capt. Ed a useful idiot.

You guys are going off the cliff on this. I felt the same way for a few days (until the anger wore off) but I've turned the corner now that Hillary is toast. (Ding Dong - Flick is dead)!!!

1. Isn't it more conservative to reform the party from within than to hope for vindication and bragging rites after a world class crackup? Are you really prepared to bet that Obama is a one termer that will lead to a GOP majority in 2010?

2. Is it really more conservative to pretend that an economic illiterate that leans right is worse than a die hard socialist that will actively target programs to cripple freemarket capitalism?

3. Isn't it possible that a Pres. McCain can more easily be held back on amnesty by the base that supported him rather than the base that spurned him? Didn't we just hold back a sitting president that ALSO was in favor of amnesty? Doesn't a President McCain == GOP gains in the Congress, or at least the 40+ necessary to maintain deadlock that stopped the first attempt? Doesn't a President Obama == an expanded majority, maybe even a filibuster proof majority?

4. This idea that Hillary would have been the better opposition candidate sounds good, but it is probably bull. She's devisive, she's hated... in other words, she would have made everyone choose up sides and we'd be 50/50 again by November. If you actually watched the Dem debates, you'd see (if you could ignore the harpy's shrill cacaws) that (if prepared) she can be pretty good at beating up on an opponent and dodging rhetorical attacks and that Obama is... not even close. (Watch the Rezko/Walmart exchange again.)

5. Obama is a candidate that John McCain could actually beat. Yeah, I whined about the old man stuff too, but get real: 1/6 of the most loopy Lever Pulling Morons (LPM's) in recent memory did the job we couldn't do. They have permanently dispatched the ruthless candidate that could have mopped the floor with McCain, put the country on the road to socialist ruin, and brazenly brainwashed the electorate with how great the 90's were, in favor of a candidate that has no experience and has so far refused to stake out any real position because he makes them FEEL GOOD and no one has actually forced him to elaborate on his well-stuffed closet of loopy ideas.

The most delicious aspect of the hillary crackup is watching her increasingly desperate pleas which are being ignored (like Cassandra's warnings of doom) She is absolutely right about him being a vapid candidate that won't hold up to scrutiny, but she's tainted herself so badly that they will never listen to her again. Right now he's a Rorschach test for libs: They see what they want. That sweet taste will evaporate like cotton candy once he actually has to stake out his positions. Half of the LPM's will not like what they hear, because it's not what they want (just look at the backtracking on pulling out of Iraq). Most of the country believes in free market capitalism, and will actually DEMAND answers or vote for the Other guy. You know, the certified WAR HERO who actually knows something about Foreign policy and has spent years building up a reputation for swearing off pork? (Yeah, the amnesty would be the largest welfare expansion ever, but only if it passes, WHICH IT WILL with Pres. Barrack)

6. Isn't it more philosophically consistent with conservatism to embrace and support McCain's stand on spending and pork, which could be a major coup for Conservatives? Isn't this a SOLID way to reset the clock and reclaim the mantle of fiscal responsibility squandered by the idiots in the GOP that gave us 2006? (And this INSANE primary that allowed the blue states to pick our nominee).

7. Isn't McCain sort of like Sarkozy in that he is an incumbant party candidate running away from a president that represents an unpopular status quo? Isn't it possible that we can, like Sarkozy, paint the out of power opposition (Royale/Barack) as the candidate that talks change but really will give more status quo? If McCain is the politically expedient foothold back to respectability in the eyes of the general electorate, than conservatives will have an easier time convincing voters to try other conservative ideas in four years. Who really wants to find out if the majority of voters will be ready to forgive an unadulterated conservative by November?

Senator McCain, show us that your skilled tactics against your only real primary opponent can be used for good: Choose Romney for your VP.

8. Let go of the gloom. We get to see Hillary implode, one angry, hairbrush throwing outburst at a time. We will probably get to see the moonbat's go apeshit when the general electorate says, "um, thanks but... no, we don't think he's qualified" to their golden boy. Even if Obama wins, do you really think O-ether would be any good at dismantling the free market? Considering the low point of the last few years, we probably won't get to see much better before 2012. I suggest we enjoy it while it's here.

[Mark]

Er, that should be "skilled, RUTHLESS tactics" ...can be used for good.

[templar knight]

"I would say that each state's National Guard would qualify as a well-regulated militia."

Of course you would say that. You and Adolf Hitler. That's exactly what Hitler did as soon as he took power. He disarmed the public, and the rest is history. The fact that you liberals and Hitler take the same position on gun ownership is telling. And why I won't give up my guns, to anybody or any entity.

[seekeronos]

"--- I would say that each state's National Guard would qualify as a well-regulated militia. ---"

And don't forget police and other authorized paramilitary and if ya *really* want to stretch it... organizations like the New York State (not National) Guard.

But anything beyond a .22 pop gun or a shotgun (which you'll have to have registered and get a license to own anyway) you'll have to turn in - without any compensation.

Yup, that's the Marxist's (and apparently chris's) definition of a nicely defanged populace compliant with his reading of the second amendment's "well regulated militia".

Never mind that pesky second part about "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

That just means that the Big Mama Gummint (the people) gets to take our guns away and lock them away in a "lockbox", until such time as we get the proper level of permissions and pay enough taxes and fees to take our little .22's out for some plinkin' at a Gummint-Approved™ plinkin' range... right Chrissy?

Too bad the crooks and criminals and rapists and drug traffickers and gangsters don't play by your nice rules.

Nosiree... and if they do get caught, they just get to spend all day watching cable TV porn, lifting weights, shivving each other in the showers and chowing down on my tax money.

[Wahoo Willie Sez:]

""I would say that each state's National Guard would qualify as a well-regulated militia.""

chrissy you did better than I expected but I was asking if you knew what "well regulated" means. The National Guard are not descended from militia, it's semantics mostly but they were "state" troops and have been federalized more than once for use against citizens. But you tried.

[templar knight]

The National Guard receives its pay from the US Government. The entity that pays you is ultimately your boss. Why do you think the National Guard is constantly serving in Iraq, chris? Can any state prevent its National Guard from being controlled by the Federal Government?

[seekeronos]

"--- Can any state prevent its National Guard from being controlled by the Federal Government? ---"

Under normal (peacetime) circumstances, an NG unit answers to its state governor as its executive. During wartime, or under unusual circumstances such as a national disaster or some other emergency, they can be activated by Presidential executive order. At that point, they are organized under some active-duty command.

State Guards/State Defense Forces, on the other hand, are largely exempt from federalization (such as the New York Guard is) and would come close to being a "well regulated" militia in the classic sense.

Then of course, there is the "unorganized militia", which consists of every able-bodied male citizen from 18-45. Typically, this is the sort of militia that many of the "Patriot Movement" militia folks claimed to be formed up as, and it is the viability of this largest pool of "the people" that many jurists are concerned with vis-a-vis the applicability of the right to keep and bear arms -- meaning that any adult has the right to own a firearm.

[Fred Beloit]

What the right to fire arms really is: The right to effective self-defense. H/T Mr. Heston: if you want them, pry my weapons from my cold dead hands.

We all know, don't we, that nobody has ever been shot in a gun-free zone.

[templar knight]

"We all know, don't we, that nobody has ever been shot in a gun-free zone."

And we also know that criminals are not allowed to possess firearms. Cause, you know, that would be against the law, and we know that criminals are not known to break the law. Right?

[BobInStamford]

Mr. Heston is an alcoholic wig-wearer with the mind of a 3 year old. Typical gun nut.

[templar knight]

And BoobinStamford is a meth-smoking, cocaine-sniffing idiot without a mind. Charlton Heston was a great actor(especially in Ben-Hur, my favorite Heston movie, but Will Penny was a dandy, also), a great leader(he actually did march in the Civil Rights movement), and a great American.

I was fortunate enough to get to meet Mr. Heston at an NRA event, and found him to be quite an imposing figure. He ordered all movie cameras and tape recorders turned off, and then proceeded to give an oration like none have heard since the 1800s. I was quite impressed with his ability to command the press. They were putty in his hands.