McCain vs. Obama

[Burf]

Well, let's hope Murdock's empire successfully elects McCain so that your head will explode and we can all get a good laugh.

[Ronne]

I'm gonna keep saying it: McCain is too fucking old to be president.

Also, lol at Byrd. Was it him or Stevens that was in the KKK? I always get them confused.

[Manseed]

Originally Posted by Ronne

I'm gonna keep saying it: McCain is too fucking old to be president.

Also, lol at Byrd. Was it him or Stevens that was in the KKK? I always get them confused.

What does his age have to do with it? He's no older than Reagan was in his second term.

[Sharmai]

Originally Posted by Manseed

What does his age have to do with it? He's no older than Reagan was in his second term.

See Video Edit* Memory Loss is a common sign of old age.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

[Manseed]

Originally Posted by Sharmai

See Video Edit* Memory Loss is a common sign of old age.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

I already saw that video. Wasn't anything that astounding. Nothing that I'd put past any other presidential candidate.

[Soriak]

Originally Posted by Sharmai

See Video Edit* Memory Loss is a common sign of old age.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

He's not losing his memory, he's just playing politics.

[Zitar]

Originally Posted by Manseed

What does his age have to do with it? He's no older than Reagan was in his second term.

Just like Reagan he seems to be developing alzheimer's. He is not even close to being as sharp as he was even a few years ago. Now he stammers non stop and gets confused easily.

I use to like McCain and even voted for him as a senator, but the new broken down sell out not so much.

[Sharmai]

Originally Posted by Soriak

He's not losing his memory, he's just playing politics.

Ah I see. Lying. Same old politics. Well ok. So what are his positions again? Oh I guess it doesn't really matter what they are since no one knows if he means it or not. It's not like hes telling the truth.....

Memory loss sounds better imo..........

[Tristinn]

renaissance.. you are from Canada.

IRB has clearly lived through the past 8 years in the USA.. as a liberal who paid attention to what happened.

For the longest time we actually feared that if we said anything that seemed in any way, "unpatriotic", we were branded as Terrorists.

The Bush years has fucked with our heads.. and IBR has every right to feel the way he does with good god damn reason.

[Manseed]

Originally Posted by Tristinn

For the longest time we actually feared that if we said anything that seemed in any way, "unpatriotic", we were branded as Terrorists.

The fuck? I've never felt that way. The majority of the United States has not felt that way. Just because you're a moron doesn't mean everyone is.

[GrobbeeTrull2.0]

Are you kidding me? Of course it happened. If you didn't fall lockstep inline with the administration after 9/11 you were a terrorist, terrorist sympathizer, or you hated America and were told "If you don't like it, leave" etc.

Infact, you (the right) still say those same things - it's just people aren't afraid to call bullshit anymore.

[Mist]

Originally Posted by Manseed

The fuck? I've never felt that way. The majority of the United States has not felt that way. Just because you're a moron doesn't mean everyone is.

Obviously you didn't pay the fuck attention. The goddamn Vice President of the United States said that anyone who criticizes the President during a time of war is aiding the enemy. Granted no one has ever listened to Dick Cheney but he did say it.

[Havelock]

Originally Posted by Mist

Obviously you didn't pay the fuck attention. The goddamn Vice President of the United States said that anyone who criticizes the President during a time of war is aiding the enemy. Granted no one has ever listened to Dick Cheney but he did say it.

So for seven years Americans have been terrified that Dick Cheney will say nasty things about them if they disagree with him? Suck it up, wusses.

[Zora]

Originally Posted by Ronne

I'm gonna keep saying it: McCain is too fucking old to be president.

Also, lol at Byrd. Was it him or Stevens that was in the KKK? I always get them confused.

Byrd was in the KKK; don't know about Stevens

From Wiki--

Participation in the Ku Klux Klan

In 1942, 24-year-old Byrd joined the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), whose parades in Matoaka, West Virginia, he had witnessed in his childhood. He was unanimously elected Exalted Cyclops, or leader, of his local chapter.[4]

Byrd, in his autobiography, attributed the beginnings of his political career to this incident, although he lamented that they involved the Klan. According to Byrd, a KKK official told him "You have a talent for leadership, Bob... The country needs young men like you in the leadership of the nation." Byrd recalls that "suddenly lights flashed in my mind! Someone important had recognized my abilities! I was only 23 or 24 years old, and the thought of a political career had never really hit me. But strike me that night, it did."[4] He participated in the KKK during World War II, holding the titles Kleagle (recruiter) and Exalted Cyclops. He did not serve in the military during the war, working instead as a welder in a Baltimore, Maryland shipyard, where he helped build warships.[citation needed]

Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy about racially integrating the military. Byrd, when he was 28 years old, wrote to segregationist Senator Theodore Bilbo, of Mississippi, vowing never to serve in such a military:

Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.[5]

He had earlier written "I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side".[6][7]

When running for the United States House of Representatives in 1952, he announced "After about a year, I became disinterested, quit paying my dues, and dropped my membership in the organization. During the nine years that have followed, I have never been interested in the Klan." During this campaign, he acknowledged in a radio interview that he had belonged to the Klan in the 1942-1943 period, because it offered excitement and was anti-communist.[4] However, as late as 1946 or 1947, he was still at least somewhat involved in promoting the KKK, as evidenced by a letter that he wrote to a Grand Wizard stating "The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the nation."[8]

In 1997, he told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics, but to "Be sure you avoid the Ku Klux Klan. Don't get that albatross around your neck. Once you've made that mistake, you inhibit your operations in the political arena."[9] In his latest autobiography, Byrd explained that he was a member because he "was sorely afflicted with tunnel vision—a jejune and immature outlook—seeing only what I wanted to see because I thought the Klan could provide an outlet for my talents and ambitions."[10] Byrd also said, in 2005,

I know now I was wrong. Intolerance had no place in America. I apologized a thousand times... and I don't mind apologizing over and over again. I can't erase what happened.[

[Manseed]

Originally Posted by Mist

Obviously you didn't pay the fuck attention. The goddamn Vice President of the United States said that anyone who criticizes the President during a time of war is aiding the enemy. Granted no one has ever listened to Dick Cheney but he did say it.

Obviously you didn't pay the fuck attention. Seems to be a growing trend when you post.

Havelock summed it up though.