Well, I can say for sure that he did not sleep with Falwell. Falwell knew with absolute certainty at the age of thirteen that he liked girls (“in that way”), not boys, and certainly not manly men like McCain. Yeah, everybody “hos themselves a little”, but I judge a person who sells themselves on straight talk more harshly when they start pandering, and especially to poisonous characters like Falwell and Rove.

is that the racist, homophobic, trickle-downy, mommy-loving way?

i agree that mccain is the least likely to go dirty, though this stuff is hard to stop b/c it does often happen without the knowledge of the candidate.

awww, poor nice little georgie-porgy’s campaign ran away from him.

btw, often the more moderate politicians, clinton and nixon for example, are the dirtiest, b/c the lack principle… in contrast to the ideologues.

sure, and it is osama who is steadfast compared to the moderate muslims. because adherence to principle is everything independent of what the principle is. and no politician, however dirty, deserves to be compared to nixon.

don’t ya think that Mccain is the most moderate of the bunch

i’m rooting for mccain, though i think he’s the most conservative in a reagan sort of way, with guilliani being the most authoritarian. i agree that mccain is the least likely to go dirty, though this stuff is hard to stop b/c it does often happen without the knowledge of the candidate.

it was rahul, btw, who slammed mccain for sleeping with falwell. he’s a young idealist. me? i know one has to ho themselves a little.

btw, often the more moderate politicians, clinton and nixon for example, are the dirtiest, b/c the lack principle… in contrast to the ideologues.

I never said the clintons weren’t guilty of the same slander as Mccain or that democrats were any less capable of dirty politics. And you’re right about Mccain caving to Dubya after that slander. But of all the choices on the republican side, don’t ya think that Mccain is the most moderate of the bunch. (Giuliani is not an option for me from what I know him in his time in NY). I know Mccain panders to the religious right, however, I always get the impression that he does that simply to placate them but that his personal beliefs skew more to the middle.

I want moderates to come out of both camps so I don’t walk into another election year trying to pick the better of two evils.

Another reason to dislike the George Bush era.

george bush era? we’re seeing the Clinton’s doing it as we speak. madrassa, drug dealer, islamic manchurain candidate. before that they tried to swift boat george I by doubting his WWII hero status (i think dan rather bought it as he did the fake george II docs). just ask juanita broderick, paula jones, or kathleen willey how destructive the clintons can get, and they’re all democrats. jerry falwell’s a radfem compared to these characters.

and it doesn’t stop at clinton. it was kerry who doubted bush patriotism, not vice versa. his wife suggested OBL was caught and bush was going to spring an oct surprise. he max clelanded dean b/f cleland was clelanded himself. i think acorn was busted on some voter fraud, among other dem dirty trick, reminiscent of JFK’s tricking of nixon.

but of course nixon and bush are the dirty tricksters b/c the other stuff doesn’t fit the favored narrative.

Manju, you might not be a Karl Rove in strategy, but you can start by giving yourself a bum rap.

I lost all respect for McCain after he sucked up to Dubya even after this vile slander, as well as to Falwell, going so far as to speak at Libery U’s graduation ceremony, after calling him an “agent of intolerance”. The Straight talk express seems to have taken a detour through Bullshittown.

Don’t vote for Obama! He fathered a black baby!

Heh Heh Heh. Can’t believe i didn’t think of that

Another reason to dislike the George Bush era. What he did to John Mccain was unseemly and immoral. If Mccain isn’t the republican nominee (personally, I hope he is), one can expect a lot more of this, especially, if Obama is the democratic nominee.