McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
#1McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/14/08 at 6:42pm
I cannot believe this. Today he voted against the bill banning waterboarding, among other things.
He, as a former POW, has long been a believer in making sure the United States doesn't torture. It was one of the few stances for which I still somewhat respected him.
This literally shocks me. Pandering to the extreme. You know that vote was not how he really felt.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#2re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/14/08 at 7:55pmTo think eight years ago, I liked him. He such a complete sellout.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
#2re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:18amWexy, I agree with you there. I used to really like him. Even 4 years ago I would have possibly supported him. Now...not so much
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:28am
When have votes ever been about what was right? He voted the way he did because he's getting a lot of heat from conservatives who may not elect him POTUS. He can now say to the conservatives "See I am for your interests".
At least he voted. Clinton and Obama skipped this very important vote.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#4re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 10:58am
"At least he voted. Clinton and Obama skipped this very important vote."
And that makes him president material? Another straw to grasp at.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
blueroses
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/18/04
#5re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 11:27am
Well, don't hold him up on a a pedestal. So far he's missed more votes than Obama AND Hillary.
"McCain has missed 255 of 450 votes cast in the Senate since January including every vote this year. That's according to the Democratic National Committee, which keeps a tally.
Obama has missed about 40 percent, or 170 votes, and Clinton has missed 24 percent, or 108 votes, according to the DNC tally."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8ULK8PO0&show_article=1
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#6re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 12:04pm
"So far he's missed more votes than Obama AND Hillary."
Yes, but we know that some votes are more important than others. Missing a vote on defining torture is more important than missing a vote on whether restaurants should list transfat.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#7re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 1:21pm
Since you seem to have no idea of the IMPORTANT votes that McCain has missed you may want to do some reading rather than just spouting political rhetoric.
Just one example
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#8re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 1:24pm
McCain missed a vote on Iraq?
So, according to Goth's logic in another thread, anything that McCain has to say about Iraq from now on is pointless and has no merit.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
#9re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 1:26pm
Here it is, in the Goth's words:
"And what do you have to say about the two Democrat POTUS nominees skipping such an important vote? From this moment on everything they say about torture will be meaningless because they had a chance to vote and didn't."
By simple extension, his quote might as well be, "And what do you have to say about the Republican POTUS nominee skipping such an important vote? From this moment on everything he says about Iraq will be meaningless because he had a chance to vote and didn't."
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#10re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:19pm
This will be a thread that Goth will probably never return to. He has away of simply disappearing when the questions get to hard.
For example:
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.cfm?thread=957316&boardname=off&dt=20&boardid=2
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
Updated On: 2/15/08 at 02:19 PM
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#11re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:20pm
"He has away of simply disappearing when the questions get to hard."
No, I just choose to ignore you.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#12re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:25pmThat, or he's a grammar purist.
#13re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:26pm
Well, answer this simple question:
Will you apply your line of thinking to McCain, and state that McCain has no more credibility when it comes to Iraq? Or does that particular line of thinking apply solely to Democratic candidates?
Because it is the exact same situation.
"One no longer loves one's insight enough once one communicates it."
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
The opposite of creation isn't war, it's stagnation.
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#14re: McCain finally sells the last portion of his soul.
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:31pm
"No, I just choose to ignore you."
Obviously not, since you responded.
But you do choose to ignore the question.
"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
#15mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 2:51pm
key phrase: "among other things"
like outlawing all enhanced interrogation techniques and forcing the cia to adhere to the military's policy. maybe johnny mac, like me, don't think that's the best policy going forward for america. the cia is not the united states army and should not be treated as such. there are things that go bump in the night, and someone must be there to bump back.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
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pray to st. jude
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he was the gimmicky sort
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#16mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:03pm
well.. that just proves that McCain is not really a nice person. he will be willing to compromise just to get the nomination or to win the election.. I dont know why i thought before..that he might be OKAY... I guess you can't really trust a Republican Politician at all.....my bad! for thinking that he was somehow different..sad sad sad ..
J*
Updated On: 2/15/08 at 03:03 PM
#17mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:07pm
Do you REALLY value any information garnered through torture?
I wouldn't. Think of all of the false "confessions" police are able to get through their techniques which are leagues away from torture.
What's that quote about a man who gains the world but loses his soul?
JustAGuy
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/03
#18mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:17pm
Papa, back in 2005 McCain was pretty clear on how he felt about torture being used, by any agency of the US including the CIA.
Here's a quote from a 2005 article:
"McCain responded: 'I don't know how you protect your life by torturing somebody. I've never understood that scenario."
McCain's proposal would do two things. First, it would restrict military interrogators to using only techniques authorized in the Army Field Guide, imposing firmer limits on military prisons.
Second, it would prohibit torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of detainees in US custody anywhere in the world. That rule would extend to CIA agents and officials from allied governments."
The rest of the article can be found here:
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"Just a Guy. Your feelings are touching. I am gladdened by the thought that you will one day wind up 6 feet under as we all do." - MrRoxy ------
"I do not suggest you walk out the door onto a New York street with your vulnerable child part exposed and not protected..." - Jason Bennett
#19mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:37pmhey as far as i'm concerned, i am upset we're not doing public beheadings. i want people hooked up to car batteries. i want them pulling out fingernails, toenails and eyeballs. i want us to be the scariest mofos on the planet.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#20mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 3:43pmI was thinking more of a naked pile of Middle Eastern men and some dogs and a butch girl pointing to my Charlie Browns.
#21mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 4:39pmyou say potayto, i say potahto.
r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#22mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 7:43pm
As you all so casually talk about torture here are a few names to remember:
Paul Johnson Jr.
Eugene Armstrong
Nick Berg
Daniel Pearl
Just remember that some people actually have the testicular fortitude to carry things out. What goes around comes around.
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
wexy
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/05
#23mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 7:46pm
Exactly PAB, We're the United States, we don't do that sh*t.
That makes us strong and not weak.
'Take me out tonight where's there's music and there's people and they're young and alive.'
#24mccain votes to alow cia to remain independent of military policy
Posted: 2/15/08 at 7:50pmactually papa, i say torture, you say potahto
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