Category Archives: John McCain

The Measure Of McCain

Elections 2008, Intelligence, John McCain, Republicans

Steve Sailer has IQ on his mind, and so should we:
“Will McCain, who finished 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy and who lost five jets, return competence to the White House? To paraphrase Oscar Wilde (and, no, Oscar was never a fighter pilot), to lose one plane over Vietnam may be regarded as a heroic tragedy; to lose five planes here and there looks like carelessness.
More seriously, what’s the largest organization that McCain has ever managed? And how did he do at it? And is he suddenly going to learn how to be an excellent manager at age 72?
I’m not looking forward to having to choose between one politician who can’t be criticized because he was a POW and to question him is to not support the troops and another candidate who can’t be criticized because he’s black and the perpetually fragile self-esteems of 40 million African-Americans are assumed to depend upon everybody saying nice things about him. The point is not that McCain and Obama aren’t fine fellows, it’s that in a country of 300,000,000, we ought to expect the Presidential candidates to be worthy individuals and that yet they still must undergo corrosive analysis.”
posted by Ilana Mercer on 02.03.08 @ 1:30 am

Update: Readers have pointed to other solid interviews conducted over the months with the candidates, such as MTV’s, of all places. I would add the Google or Yahoo’s executive’s interview with Paul—and the others. Fine stuff. This demonstrates, once again, that if in search for genius, always look outside what I call the Media-Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex. Sycophants and parasites all.

The Manchurian Candidate & The Mindless Twat

Elections 2008, John McCain

He has been endorsed by the New York Times, which has also endorsed Hillary, and Bill says Hill has a crush on him. Need I say more about McCain? That’s enough for now.

What else? Have I told you how much conservative commentators repulse me? There, I’ve said it.

Not so long ago Peggy Noonan labored, in her “responsorial, stream-of-consciousness ramble,” as I wrote in the droll “Lethal Weapons: Neocon Groupies,” to lovingly depict her man Bush’s every inch, from his furrows to his genitals.”

This “Court Courtesan’s high-flown linguistic banalities” were taken as seriously at the time (2004) as her belated condemnation of Bush today (2008), 4 years hence.

The silly twat even wrote a column she titled “He’s Got Two of ‘Em.” Now she accuses her mucho-mucho man of “destroying the Republican Party.”

A society that elevates Noonan and Bush to the heights they’ve achieve sans much merit stands accused.

And do commentators who’re on the ball as the events unfold, not years after the fact, get a bit bitter occasionally? You bet.

Why McCain the Manchurian Candidate: A former POW who was brainwashed by communists to betray his own and worse? Hmmm…

The Manchurian Candidate & The Mindless Twat

Elections 2008, John McCain

He has been endorsed by the New York Times, which has also endorsed Hillary, and Bill says Hill has a crush on him. Need I say more about McCain? That’s enough for now.

What else? Have I told you how much conservative commentators repulse me? There, I’ve said it.

Not so long ago Peggy Noonan labored, in her “responsorial, stream-of-consciousness ramble,” as I wrote in the droll “Lethal Weapons: Neocon Groupies,” to lovingly depict her man Bush’s every inch, from his furrows to his genitals.”

This “Court Courtesan’s high-flown linguistic banalities” were taken as seriously at the time (2004) as her belated condemnation of Bush today (2008), 4 years hence.

The silly twat even wrote a column she titled “He’s Got Two of ‘Em.” Now she accuses her mucho-mucho man of “destroying the Republican Party.”

A society that elevates Noonan and Bush to the heights they’ve achieve sans much merit stands accused.

And do commentators who’re on the ball as the events unfold, not years after the fact, get a bit bitter occasionally? You bet.

Why McCain the Manchurian Candidate: A former POW who was brainwashed by communists to betray his own and worse? Hmmm…

Updated: The Mummified McCain

Elections 2008, John McCain, Politics, Republicans, War

From Crooks and Liars.com:

“John McCain told Wolf Blitzer that he needs to ‘get up to speed’ and stop reporting three-month-old news from Iraq. According to McCain, the surge is working! And the streets of Baghdad are safe for Americans to go strolling down. The only problem? Michael Ware, who is, ya know, in Baghdad, says McCain hasn’t a clue—
Michael Ware: ‘I don’t know what part of Neverland Senator McCain is talking about when he says we can go strolling in Baghdad —Honestly, Wolf, you’ll barely last twenty minutes out there. I don’t know what part of Neverland Senator McCain is talking about when he says we can go strolling in Baghdad.'”

I’ve been watching Ware for years now, and he is without a doubt the finest reporter around. He’s tough (when the girl, Anderson Cooper, interviews him, he doesn’t know how to react to his, “How did it make you feel” fluff) and courageous. He’s a war-time reporter in the old mold. One could only wish the Shrub possessed Ware’s understanding and knowledge of the geopolitical terrain in Iraq.

Update: Mummy McCain visited Iraq. Michael Ware practically lives there. He dared to heckle the Sainted One during the surprise visit McCain made to an undisclosed holiday resort in Iraq. McCain is thinking of buying a bed and breakfast in Baghdad. Drudge reports:

“During a live press conference in Bagdad, Senators McCain and Graham were heckled by CNN reporter Michael Ware. An official at the press conference called Ware’s conduct ‘outrageous,’ saying, ‘here you have two United States Senators in Bagdad giving first-hand reports while Ware is laughing and mocking their comments.'”

No, the two privileged protected senators are not —giving first-hand reports — on life in Bagdad; Ware does that daily.

Because Ware failed to show reverence to the pampered duo that popped in for a visit, the Bush press machine has shifted into smear gear. It’s trying to discredit the tough Ware’s first-rate reporting, citing an incident where Ware referred to this war as a “train wreck.” Omigod! I’ll never listen to his reports in the same way! The guy’s reality testing is shot!

(Ware, by the way, was also briefly held captive by al Qaida.)