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    festivusaziliAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:33pm

    Convincing the world his spine exists is the greatest trick McCain ever pulled.

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      Mattfestivusazili
      5/19/16 2:37pm

      I believe it exists, I just think Sarah Palin ripped it out like a goddamn Predator back in 2008.

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      XrdsAlumfestivusazili
      5/19/16 2:37pm

      He’s the most pathetic of them all. Caving to Bush Junior after Rove’s disgusting attacks on his family, caving again on torture of POWs, caving by taking on Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods (ht/ Charlie Pierce) as his running mate, and now caving to the spray tanned draft dodger who mocked his military service.

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    Wayward ApologyAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:47pm

    Also the Sheriff in that video Paul Babeu tried to have his hispanic ex-boyfriend deported for outing him.

    http://gawker.com/5886310/arizon…

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      PetehammerWayward Apology
      5/19/16 2:48pm

      I really hope this is true.

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      crouching tigerWayward Apology
      5/19/16 3:36pm

      Fucking Babeu. Pinal County is not a border county; it’s 2-3 counties in depending on where you start.

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    Ed SpockAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:41pm

    I can understand why McCain wouldn’t want people to come to America in hopes of being able to work at building a better life.

    Real Americans are born into military royalty that they use to get opportunities they never would have achieved on merit and then marry into extreme wealth to help them achieve their political ambitions in later life.

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      Jerry-NetherlandEd Spock
      5/19/16 2:57pm

      And that 2010 commercial was just a youthful indiscretion.

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    PsonicPsunspotAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:36pm

    Indeed he did, Google. Indeed he did.

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      Sid and FinancyPsonicPsunspot
      5/19/16 2:46pm

      I think it means “Come to Dunkin’ Donuts for a Coolatta®!”

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      PavsPsonicPsunspot
      5/19/16 2:57pm

      Just to add visual aids and more context, since the word culata is not common in Spanish (see word on the bottom of the image below):

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    Ed SpockAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:36pm

    So John McCain is backtracking on an earlier statement of his for political gain?

    That is so unlike him.

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      TakahashiEd Spock
      5/19/16 2:47pm

      That’s not fair to McCain. He’s a maverick! Which means you don’t know for sure which statement he’ll backtrack on for political gain. There’s a strategy here, dammit!!!

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      DisinterestedPasserbyEd Spock
      5/19/16 4:49pm

      ...but he’s maverivckin’ in on the Straight Talk Express!

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    Sid and FinancyAndy Cush
    5/19/16 2:38pm

    Never forget just why McCain became “Mr. Reform” — to save his own hide from business-as-usual scandal. Despite his reputation, the man has never had any guiding principle beyond self-promotion.

    McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five

    You’re John McCain, a fallen hero who wanted to become president so desperately that you sold yourself to Charlie Keating, the wealthy con man who bears such an incredible resemblance to The Joker.

    Obviously, Keating thought you could make it to the White House, too.
    He poured $112,000 into your political campaigns. He became your friend. He threw fund raisers in your honor. He even made a sweet shopping-center investment deal for your wife, Cindy. Your father-in-law, Jim Hensley, was cut in on the deal, too.

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      foolyooAndy Cush
      5/19/16 2:45pm

      This is a twofer, Babeau is running for Congresswoman Kirkpatrick’s seat. The sheriff who tried to have his same sex undocumented ex lover deported and won reelection.

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        crouching tigerfoolyoo
        5/19/16 3:37pm

        Don’t forget, he was extorting his undocumented boyfriend for free web development.

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      IskaralPustAndy Cush
      5/19/16 2:39pm

      Some federal circuits have recognized copyright misuse (which includes the use of copyright laws to suppress expression disliked by the copyright owner, apart from the commercial implications of the alleged violation) as an additional defense to a copyright claim, beyond the normal fair use defense that applies in, for example, cases involving parodies. This could be an interesting case if it gets litigated, given the important First Amendment values at stake in political campaign speech.

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        Ned FreyAndy Cush
        5/19/16 2:39pm

        That ad is actually kind of creepy. It was like something out of Breaking Bad. I was half-expecting McCain or the sheriff to say something like, “... and then we kill ‘em.” “Yep.”

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          TakahashiNed Frey
          5/19/16 2:47pm

          I imagine that stuff was in the outtakes.

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          PetehammerTakahashi
          5/19/16 3:29pm

          Sheriff: “Then we put the heads of their babies on pikes on the wall!”

          Director: “Cut! Okay, okay, good energy, good energy. I really like what you’re doing. Remember, though, you are talking about other human beings, so just keep that in mind. Still rolling. Okay, action!”

          McCain: “Complete the danged fence.”

          Sheriff: “The fence around the concentration camps we’re going to...”

          Director: “Cut! Okay, again, great energy. I really like how enthusiastic you are. But, um (long pause) you know what, we’ll make it work in the edit.”

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        MattAndy Cush
        5/19/16 2:36pm

        Ann Kirkpatrick, a Democratic congresswoman from Arizona who is challenging McCain for his Senate seat this year, recently re-uploaded the ad to YouTube with one subtle but stinging modification: the addition of Spanish subtitles.

        She sounds like a stone-cold mofo. I wonder if this constitutes ‘shade’.

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