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calfoxwc Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
McCain visiting motorcycle rally, nuke power plant By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer
Mon Aug 4, 10:42 PM ET STURGIS, S.D. - Thousands of motorcyclists greeted Republican presidential candidate John McCain with an approving roar Monday as he sought blue-collar and heartland support by visiting a giant motorcycle rally. "As you may know, not long ago a couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent. I'll take the roar of 50,000 Harleys any day," McCain said, referring to Democrat Barack Obama's recent visit to the German capital. Billed as the largest event of its kind in the world, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has become something of an annual bikers' Woodstock during the past 70 years. It features nine nights of entertainment, with bands including Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd and REO Speedwagon. McCain played to a crowd that paused for a veterans salute. He criticized Obama for supporting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq while opposing efforts to reduce record-high energy prices. "My opponent wants to set a date to come home. I want us to come home with victory and honor so we will never go back again," the Arizona senator said. McCain also criticized Congress for adjourning for a five-week recess without approving a new energy plan. "Tell em' to come back and get to work," McCain said, yelling into the microphone. "When I'm president of the United States, I'm not going to let them go on vacation. They're gonna become energy independent." McCain was accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., who has been mentioned as a potential running mate. He had warned the McCain campaign that a politician might receive an unfriendly welcome, but McCain relished the warm embrace. His wife, Cindy, also paid tribute to the crowd, saying: "I'd like to thank all of you for your support of our troops, and here's why: I'm many things in my life, and one thing I'd like to be is your first lady. But more importantly, I'm Jack McCain's mother and Jimmy McCain's mother, one in the U.S. Navy and another one in the Marine Corps, an Iraqi vet." Taking back the microphone, McCain joked that he wanted her to enter the beauty contest held at the site, the Buffalo Chip campground on the edge of town. "I told her with a little luck, she could be the only woman ever to serve as both the first lady and Miss Buffalo Chip," McCain quipped. Before landing in South Dakota, McCain visited the National Label Co. in Lafayette Hill, Pa. The 97-year-old, family owned business makes labels for products from medicines such as Tylenol to shampoos in the Suave family. There, McCain focused on energy policy, telling reporters he has outlined an "all-of-the-above" strategy and mocking Obama's suggestion last week for improving automobile mileage, saying: "We're not going to achieve energy independence by inflating our tires." On Tuesday, McCain aims to underscore his call for expanded nuclear power in the U.S. by touring a nuclear power plant in the battleground state of Michigan. That trip comes a day after Obama laid out his energy vision in a speech, also in Michigan. ___ On the Net: McCain: http://www.johnmccain.com |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
LOL, ouch! |
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Good article about how McCain's top surrogates have talked up the importance of tire inflation in the past.
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
It's an ouch because it's as juvenile as a campaign ad with Britney Spears, spinning an out of context line like an eighth grader.
Obama answered the question of ONE WOMAN who wondered how she personally could get more fuel efficiency. And his answer was one hundred percent correct. McCain has jumped the shark. |
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Hall of Famer |
They were probably cheering McCain because he offered to turn his wife into a (EDIT:
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Such a lovely relationship. They got married only weeks after his divorce from his previous wife! Awwww.
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calfoxwc Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
In 2004, at some event, Obama himself compared himself with Spears:
"I am so over-exposed, that I make Britney Spears look like a recluse" And since Shep is so upset about calling Michelle Obama names, why isn't he complaining referring to McCain's wife as a dirty whore? See? You want to own the right to crap on Republicans, and you manipulate your "anger" at the same thing when we do the same toward Dems. This is where it all started. You think you are allowed to keep it up? Let me know how it works. |
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Come on, Cal. I know you and Shep have been bashing each other, but do you need to drag me into it? And do you really think that my post was objectionable? I wasn't saying that Cindy McCain is a dirty whore; I was saying that McCain (unknowingly) offered up his wife for a beauty contest that often involves nudity. He "offered to turn his wife" into something that she clearly isn't. I even used the strikeout thingy so that it wouldn't be taken too seriously. By contrast, you've said that Michelle Obama is a bitch. That's completely different, and something that ought to be condemned. |
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Skipper of the Lake Erie Booze Patrol Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters  |
From now on refer to her as the potential first Baby Mama. WSS |
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 I guess that's like saying MoveOn is |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Wow, that's tough: You say dreadful, insulting, hateful things about people and I don't? I've never called Cindy McCain a name. Or Laura Bush. Or anybody's wife. I've never called any of them by infantile nicknames, either. The things you've said about Michelle Obama are disgusting, Cal. Seriously disgusting. |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
That was pretty farging funny, Tim. Wait... the strikeout doesn't appear on the quote. |
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It's funny that you're so upset about this, Steve. Cal himself admitted that he was wrong; he just thinks that Shep has been just as bad.
Apparently, you were the only person here who thought things were going smoothly. By the way, I've edited the "offending" post so that's there no confusion about what is or isn't objectionable. |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
Which proves, once again, that Cal is the single least self-aware human on Earth. No doubt about it. |
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Fair enough. I'd note, however, that the context was McCain offering to have his wife participate in something he thought was a beauty pageant, but was actually My attempt to be cute clearly failed. And I probably should have been clear that I don't think McCain knew what the contest was about, but that wasn't Cal's complaint. |
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Pro Bowl Player |
Hey, no sweat man....I was just bustin' your chops. It's just that in my experience, the whole strikethrough deal is usually used in the manner in which I did it. I understood your intention....I was just being a smartass. |
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Jesse Taylor makes an interesting point:
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 Seriously though....if he did do that, would anyone other than FoxNews and the conservative blogosphere give it time? |
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Numbers Retired and hangs in the rafters |
They wouldn't have to, Tim. The McCain Campaign would be handing out bananas and g-strings with an Obama quote the next day and producing a spot blending Michelle with famous porn stars.
"But... is she ready to do a horse?" I keep wondering where the gutter is for these guys. And it ain't just the left saying that. |
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Where's the gutter for you, Shep? McCain gave Obama an "ouch" sound-byte with the tire gauges (which somewhat took a statement out of context, but that NEVER happens in campaigns,) and now you suggest that McCain (or the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy) would link Michelle Obama to bestialty? You don't need to continue wondering about the gutter anymore....you're in it. I get the hyperbole....but if you're going to toss that Favre out there, don't follow it up with a comment about the gutter. It really is an extremely transparent and childish tactic. |
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