Pic Of The Moment: Fractious John McCain Townhall Shows Why The GOP Is Doomed

[EarlG]

McCain Jeered At Town Hall After Opposing Mass Deportation

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[Ed Suspicious]

1. Let him reap the discontent his party has sewn. nt

[Voice for Peace]

6. It does seem a bit karmic. John McCain is responsible for opening Pandora's Box, I think

with the Palin selection. She took care of the rest.
Watering the tree of discord and ignorance.
Now he can deal with it.
Bet he retires soon.

[MADem]

37. I don't think he'll retire unless he loses his re-election.

I get the sense Cindy would rather be the wife of a Senator who lives in DC and comes home every now and again, than having to deal with that crotchedy old dude for weeks on end when she comes home from her charitable endeavors.

[Voice for Peace]

39. that sounds like some version of hell from Dante's inferno

Justice divine has weighed: the doom is clear.
All hope renounce, ye lost who enter here

Imagine coming home to McCain, every day for eternity..

<--- John





o smilies, i will sleep more sweetly because of you tonight

[MADem]

40. When she was a young girl and he was a dashing older war hero, I am sure she was

impressed with his bravado and savoir faire--he did cut quite the swathe when he was up on the Hill running OLA, before he stood for Congress with her daddy's backing. He could be charming (when he wasn't berating his staff for not being able to read his changeable mind!) and he did have no small amount of style.

But now, he's an older guy, 76 well-worn years old, a bit broken down, with health problems, he's tired, he's grumpy...and he's reading from his final act while she's coming into her 2nd chapter! She's at the height of her powers--old enough to know better and still young enough to do something about it. She is only 58--she still has a LOT of living to do.

She controls the purse strings, though--he's "not the boss of her"--as the little kids say!

[Voice for Peace]

42. he's just such a creep.

he probably smells horrible. LOLOL

[MADem]

43. He was a Lothario in his post-Hanoi Hilton tour.

He looked pretty sharp in that uniform, and he played that to the max.

He had all his hair back then, and he was--despite his grievous injuries--in decent shape, too.

[Voice for Peace]

45. "Lothario is also a character in the play The Fair Penitent (1703), by Nicholas Rowe. In the play,

Lothario seduces and betrays Calista."

Isn't Calista Newt's wife?

[MADem]

47. Ha ha ha....cue "The Circle of Life" for a musical interlude!!!!!

Calista most certainly IS Newt's third wife--and she managed to make Cindy look very relaxed and natural by comparison!!!

[Voice for Peace]

46. I have always been viscerally creeped out by him.

He has always seemed to be a liar and a poser,
and an angry vicious unscrupulous egomaniac.

I'm sure he loves his daughter and has
human qualities. He's not entirely inhuman,
unlike Cheney. Still I find him foul and wish
he would go away. Perhaps it's not his fault,
we all start out cute and innocent.

[MADem]

48. I think he is bitter at this point, as well.

He had an opportunity some time back to do the "Profile in Courage" thing. He built up a load of good will not just as a result of his conduct as a POW, but on the Hill with his Pork list (after he survived that banking scandal by going on the offensive) and his appeals for comity back in the day, before things got ugly between the parties, but now he's part of the whole partisan divide problem.

And he's just .... mean. And petty.

No one likes that shit!

[nickinSTL]

49. Absolutely.

The nuts were already out there in the ranks of the GOP, but the Palin selection made it possible for them to come out into the light.

That may turn out to be the decision that ultimately makes the GOP irrelevant as a political party.

[unblock]

7. unfortunately, these people will not be satisfied with eating their creators.

we can delight that republican leaders have created a constituency themselves so stoked with fear and hatred and greed that they will eat those very republican leaders who made them what they are, but the sad fact is that the rest of us remain stuck with their problem, at least until they are relegated to the trash bin of history.

[Veri1138]

50. Down but not out...

Seems Democrats are suffering from their own "Hubris" http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9878

In 2008, the Republicans were considered out. Yet, 2010 happened. Yes, President Obama (nice State of the Chamber of Commerce Speech he gave) did win with over 51% of the vote. It is a simple majority. While the Republicans managed to keep the House through gerrymandering in effect until 2020.

Sure, the Republican Party is fracturing. However, your masters have decided upon a new strategy of buying certain Democrats - Third-Way Democrats, the New Republicans, a certain DINO, President Obama.

A President Obama and key leaders in the Democratic Party that threw Democrats a few social goodies (gays in the military - about time but reversible with a Republican Congress and President, ACA - a thoroughly Republican health care nightmare, drone wars, assassinating American citizens without even the pretense of a trial, the continuing fraudclosure crisis, the expanding domination of Wall Street in our economy that is costing you money and economic well-being, etc.)

So, while Democrats are gloating over their petty wins while ignoring the co-opting of their party by the very plutocrats who are economically and socially bankrupting you...

You have become a de facto Reagan Republicanism.

Good job. Good job.

Obama and certain Democrats know suckers when they see them. Democratic voters should know a sucker when they look in the mirror.

[still_one]

2. The crowd is only expressing what the republican party has been for a long time

[Ikonoklast]

27. Those people's ancestors used to rail against Catholics, Irish, Italians, and.....JOOOOOOOSSSS!!!!!

Many hated everyone not of English ancestry, but have accepted most immigrants whose skin color looked like theirs.

They have a love/hate relationship with The Joos to this day, however.

[still_one]

29. Actually they do not like Jews either. They only have short periods of

Tolerance for Jews because they believe it will bring them to their end of times sooner, and if the Jews do not subscribe to it, they will burn in hell

[Ikonoklast]

30. And that is the only reason they are tolerated.

I think they are looking forward to the slaughter of all non-converting Jews by their Old Testament Jeebus, the god that hates everyone that isn't a 'Murkin Evangelical White Christian.

[antigone382]

33. A lot of these peoples' ancestors WERE those very groups.

get a listen at my Irish-and-German, family-immigrated-here-within-the-last-150-years Dad some time if you don't believe me. It's really quite astounding.

[Ikonoklast]

34. That's what I find so funny.

I am willing to bet that most of those old farts grandparents were hated immigrants.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. "He who troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind . . . . . "

[bobclark86]

4. Republicans saying Republican things...

the point is what? I'm not shocked by them anymore...

[Ed Suspicious]

5. I was just thinking, If the goal is to decrease immigration, well then republican economic policies

are already working.

http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/23/net-migration-from-mexico-falls-to-zero-and-perhaps-less/

[dbackjon]

8. Scary when McCain is the sanest person in a group.

[oldandhappy]

14. Yikes!

[AndyA]

9. This is why the Republicon Party will continue to shrink

The people who identify with that party are from another age that's quickly becoming extinct. As long as this type of dialogue is tolerated by Republicons, mainstream America will continue to identify these extreme, ancient attitudes with the GOP.

America wants to move forward, and the GOP is attempting to hold the country back, indeed dragging it backward to a time that most would prefer to leave in the past.

[PatSeg]

10. They're just throwing back all

the extremist talking points that have been fed to them for years from republican politicians and right wing radio and TV. Once again the republican party has created a monster that it can no longer control.

Politicians just wanted the votes and talk show hosts wanted the ratings, and they ended up with annoying guest who will never leave!

[kimbutgar]

15. I have a young nephew in Arizona who is 28 and raised on this right wing ideology

We will still have this element in our society but the old people are dying off. My nephew is going to be an bitter lonely young man. He can't even get a girlfriend because he is so negative. I think it has to do with the weather. It is so hot people stay inside 8 months out of the year and get poisoned by Fox and Rump.

[firenewt]

11. Old white man yelling at another old white man. The Repug base is dying off so there still may be

hope for the US.

[calimary]

21. Welcome to DU, firenewt!

Glad you're here. Maybe we're seeing the latter-day dinosaurs in the waning days of their era of dominance. They've created a monster, alright. And now it's broken out of the lab and is running amok all over the countryside. And it's gonna eat them alive before it's done. And calimary says "GOOD!!!! Just desserts!!!!"

[SCVDem]

12. Campaign 08 redux

This is the same element who supported gramps and Batcrap Crazy!

That group was also bent on violence, racism and "He, he, he's an Arab!

[Flashmann]

19. Batcrap Crazy!

Isn't that an old Ted "Pantload" Nugent song??...

Or was it Catcrap Fever??....

[SCVDem]

24. I didn't want to mention human filth

But I was thinking of the tune with different words.

So fitting!

[oldandhappy]

13. T-pubs did this to Dems

Coming home to roost. Where I live we now have town hall on the phone!!

[alp227]

16. So when will these town hall attendees go out and pick vegetables in the summer Arizona heat?

If they're so concerned about those ILLEGAL! IMMIGRANTS! they should realize WHY there are "jobs Americans won't do"...yet they turn around and keep voting for union-busting cheap labor pols like McCain.

[xtraxritical]

20. Well, that's their plan, to bankrupt the system and take it private.

Wait till FedEX delivers the mail.

[lexw]

17. That is hilarious! Right back at cha, McCain.

[BlueCaliDem]

18. Just deserts. He's reaping what the Palin seed has sowed. Unless and until

Libertarian/Rightwing Corporate America crushes these haters, bigots, and racists, this will continue and the GOP will be ripped to shreds.

[Historic NY]

22. Its that illiterate part....all part of the GOP dumbing down their base....

via FOX and GOP'er soothsayer's.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. We can all thank FOX "News" and Limbaugh for this....

They are the ones who claim McCain lost because he was "too moderate".

What they want is to have a white only Amercia.

[Third Doctor]

25. Anytime I see this douchebag

have trouble with his nutty base just makes my day. The asshole deserves all of this after his recent stunts.

[nolabear]

26. Piss in the air it'll land in your face.

Seems apropos.

[UtahLib]

28. What a devastating price we've had to pay for the rotten shenanigans of the repukes.

I hope that beyond being able to point and snicker, we will see the demise of the current configuration of the republican party. Sad to say, they've certainly revealed the scum that still exists in America.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

31. "Get off my lawn!" "No, you get off my lawn!" "No, you get off my lawn!"

"No, you get off my lawn!"

Sort of a gumpy old man lovefest, the opposite of the Seinfeld "You're schmoopy, no you're schmoopy" bit.

[kairos12]

51. Now, that is funny.

[jjewell]

32. America will survive...

the demise of the GOP, just as it survived the demise of the Federalist Party and the Whig Party.
Don't help or advise them, let them complete the formation of their circular firing squad and kill themselves.

Good riddance...

[Vinnie From Indy]

35. The right wing hate media machine chickens coming home to roost

Limbaugh and the rest of the army of right wing punditry are responsible for this insanity. Ultimately, Rush Limbaugh doesn't give a shit if his zombie horde relegates the GOP to permanent minority party. As long as the dollars keep flowing he is fine with it.

[underpants]

55. Yep they were dashboard believers repeating what they hear everyday

Spot on Vinnie

[Zoeisright]

36. Nice to see that fucking Gramps McCain get his.

God, I hope he retires. He's completely useless.

[Nightjock]

38. These are the 23%

that still approve of GW.
The people of the tea party.
The audience of Faux News.
The people who primary any republican that dares to work with the President.
They make me sick to my stomach and the only thing that gives me hope is they are dying away like the dinosaurs.

[jjewell]

54. Well put...

and well said...

[truebluegreen]

41. Dear John, "What goes around comes around."

Actually, that's true for the entire party. And boy is it nice to see!

[Ash_F]

44. Look at what pubs have allied themselves with.

Those quotes are pathetic.

[pacalo]

52. Look at the frustration on his face!

He did his part to create those monsters &, no doubt, after they got home they turned on Fixed News to get even more charged up.

[King_Klonopin]

53. Once again, they sowed the seeds

of hate, paranoia, racism, etc. Now, they are faced
with the task of caging the beast they made.

Good Luck, assholes.

[Squaredeal]

56. McCain was too nice to these bigoted A**h***s

Have some fortitude and tell them what you really think, John.