McCain on ‘The Daily Show’ with Jon Stewart

That is possibly the weirdest little exchange I have ever seen in a blog’s comments.

i make political comments that noone will read!

I am with U guys!
GO MCCAIN!
I don’t want Hillary to tell me what to do!
She may back Obama but the majority of Americans won’t!

I voted for mrs. Clinton in NC and I am a black man!
What is this called if it is not racisim!
I was asked who I voted for at the exit polls and , my brothers were almost gonna kill me when they found out that I voted for HILL!
I will vote for John MCCAIN in November!

I would not voet for Obama regardless!
and there are so many out there thinks the same as I do!

McCain will be your president
Too bad but get used to it we will be in Iraq for another 4 more years!!!
I hope he will manage this war much better than Bush though!

Desert Storm was just to get our foot in the door, we’ve been there ever since, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be pulling out anytime soon.

There are two Independents in this house who will probably not vote in 2008…We don’t like McCain but we cant stand Obama even more..A vote for him is a vote for milti-billions of dollars in REPARATIONS..To every black in this country including those is prison’s, sick,lame and lazy,and on welfare. They just can NOT wait to get their hands of the U.S. CHECK BOOK. They all think they are “OWED”..something and this is the message Obama has been feeding them. NO THANKS..

After what the republicans have done to our country it is unconscionable to vote for them again. They have to sit out of office for a while and repent. They invaded Iraq for oil, sacrificed four thousand of our fine men and women for greed and dug a hole for our economy while giving away tax breaks to the rich and powerful. They sat idle as well paying jobs left our country. After all this to vote republican again this year is betraying our country.

Few thoughts:
1) Racism sucks. However, many racists are southern democrats and democrats from midwestern states.
2) Hillary has too much baggage
3) Obama has no experience
4) The newness and excitement will wear off when Obama gets barraged by negative ads by special interests. The naive Obama disappears and people will get disillusioned.
5) Them on the same ticket will be only way to keep diehards from going to McCain…but will make for an horribly awkward main campain.
6) Obama is too liberal, and a “change” motto doesn’t change that.
7) It’s the Economy stupid. (Obama has no clue, as is evident by his policy ideas)
I welcome an Obama Ticket. I don’t like McCain much, but I’m voting for him because he’s the best option of the 3 liberals. I prefer McCain’s experience, common sense, honor, and policies over corruption and socialism which is what is put forth by the democratic ticket. Obama may be a great guy, but he’s not a good candidate. Neither democrat is a good choice for this nation.
Heaven help our country.

I read through the comments with a mixture of amusement, disgust, a few small smiles, and fascination.
7 years ago, when I became an expat living in the UK, and now Europe, I watched with concern as Bush won once (under some pretty dodgy circumstances, I might add), the sickening events of 9/11 (and more sickening, how the event was used to skew facts and control people with fear), Afghanistan, Iraq…then when he won his SECOND term, I actually cried, sitting up late, feeling so aghast that the country of my birth would be so short-sighted, so easily MANIPULATED into making this buffoon and his tribe of fatcats (NEWSFLASH: When your gas prices go up, WHO DO YOU THINK IS GETTING RICH OFF OF YOU? HELLO???)your designated leaders once AGAIN. To those of you whom so flippantly say you’d rather vote for ‘stuffed animals’ than Obama, you do reap what you sow.
And now, as food prices soar, weather gets worse, the economy skitters at the edge, Americans lose their homes and jobs, you actually have the idiocy and audacity to make these silly little comments, judging TINY things against the whole of the situation. Trust me when I tell you – the longer you let the Republicans win – the worse your lives will become.
And why? Because they do not – TRULY DO NOT – give a rat’s ass about any of you. They came, they saw, they got rich, and on YOUR backs. WAKE UP!!!
Christ on a bike, its depressing to think of you guys screwing it up again.

all you haters keep hating. mccain will never win . anybody can run for the democrats and win. Mccain is to much like BUSH

For a Constitutional Conservative like me, McCain is least worst. At least he understands, like President Bush, the need to defend America and our superior Western culture from the medieval totalitarian forces that want to destroy us. The great theme of most of the posts in this thread are the product of the mainstream, left-leaning, Democrat supporting media, and you people have fallen for their garbage, hook, line, and sinker. Some of us can still think for ourselves and do not need John Stewart to tell us what is happening in the world. I bet most of you believe in man-made global warming too. Sheesh…

Adrian, let it go man no one is going to take your government support when McCain is our new president.

These were softball questions. First, suupose there are casualties in Iraq — then McCain is prepared to cut and run, is that what he is saying? Second, like Brer Rabbit, terrorists organizations KNOW that their “endorsements” do not help but hurt a candidate. They want a reactionary president in the US, like Bush, who responds in an exagerated and ultimately self-prejudicial way to their attacks. Here McCain and the interviewer gloat about what should be an object of great concern.

these sound like comments from the typical american idiot who lacks insight, imagination, and understanding of what “life” should mean for everyone!

DDS SAID:
“The Republicans could run a stuffed animal and I would vote for it before I would ever vote for Obama.”
Hey Great Idea…8 more years of Reagan!!

Lets put this accurately for a change
McCain.. Honest man, good man, republican war machine ideals tho (ICK!)
Clinton.. dirty. .pure dirty.. that’s how they rise to power.. but the country was very good under the last one
obama CLUELESS.. that man is all talk and no action.. and will lose in a landslide
I’ll take the dirty one who can actually improve the country

You folks on the left don’t seem to realize it but most of the world loves America. The Brits elected conservatives, France elected Sarkozy, and Italy re-elected Berlusconi. Eastern Europe, formerly behind the Iron Curtain, love America because we had the most to do with their becoming free people. Africans love America because we do more for them than anyone else. The people who hate America are the ones who want to control the world; like Chavez, Achmadenijad, etc. Oh, and many left-wing Americans who take their freedom for granted and see only America’s flaws.

Thanks Gus for the reminder that there are still people in the world who remember us fondly. Reguardless of the outcome thanks for your prayers!!

I am so tired of the same old politics–from the Democrats! They have been whining and fighting and clawing and complaining for the last 8 years. Every negative thing in the country and in the world they blam on President Bush. So what are they responsible for? The Democratically controlled Congress has done nothing but complain and “investigate” and stall. If they can’t do anything in Congress, how the heck do they thing they can accomplish anything in the White House? Most of Congress and the majority of the American people supported the invasion of Iraq. Bush got elected twice. Somehow the Democratic mantra that the US and everything in it is terrible and it’s all Bush’s fault gets repeated in the media all the time but I hope somewhere there are humans who don’t buy the Democratic crap (Remember Harry Reid publically said that improvement in Iraq would be bad news for Democrats. They want failure in order to get themselves more votes). The “compassionate” Democratic congress also let food aid for school children in third world countries die –took it right out of the farm bill. Why? Cause all they care about is votes and poor malnourished children don’t vote.

I will lease my backyard to build a refinery. Plough down my house too and expand that refinery. That would be sweet. Bring on the dough. I’ll buy a mansion down the road a bit.

re: laughing at the dems. i guess that germany falls into “nowhere” and “never”, since it has been a highly successful sociast state for the past 50 years. i guess throw sweden in there too, since it’s citizens have one of the highest qualities of life of anywhere in the world (much higher than the U.S.), and it’s been socialist for the past 75 years.
being affable and having a sense of humor do not make you a good president=mccain. i guess you can say the same thing about obama, but when his personality has other world leaders excited about him, i think it’s a little more than being affable.

What exactly have Germany and Sweden contributed to the world in the past fifty years? They are both relatively small and homogeneous countries that have benefited from the US defense umbrella. They have stagnant economies and huge segments of their populations are dependent on government for everything. That does not sound like a high quality of life to me.

Despite all of the stupid uninformed straight-up hate from all over the political spectrum that is on the post, hopefully some meaningful political discussion can take place.
I just don’t trust McCain. He seems like an alright guy, until you start to read up on him more. There definitely is a unhealthy temper there…one not really fitting for a modern day president. Also I do not know how a man with a full-fledged affair and divorce plus a major political scandal involving hundreds of thousands of dollars can be the Republican Party nominee!! What has happened to a party that used to represent so much…oh yay terrible Regan and the Neo-Cons….
John McCain likes to boast about his long experience, unfortunately for him that means we also get to judge him on that experience…and I say its a no go.
At least Obama has mostly right ideas, listens to people who know what they are talking about when making policy, will try and restore American rights by repealing the unconstitutional patriot act crap and obviously can run a clean administration as demonstrated by his campaign. John McCain cant even keep his campaign in the black, how is he going to fix this countries economic problems?
Obama obviously has his problems (Patriotism and Wright not included for they are idiotic issues) but at least he seems an honest man, with a clear head, a knack for leadership and a good track record for surrounding himself with excellence.

granted, Mike, you did not say this, but mr. laughing writes “why would anyone care what ‘the rest of the world’ thinks?…Let the rest of the world take care of themselves.” which is why i pointed out that there are two great examples of socialist states (his other point) that in terms of ‘taking care of themselves’ do a much better job than the U.S.
as to your post, your points do not directly refer to the points i was aiming to make. i’m not trying to disqualify yours, but i’m not really here to argue the relative merits of these european countries ‘contributions’ to the ‘world.’ if you’re actually wondering, you seem plenty smart enough to find this information on your own. if you have strong feelings about these countries and want to debate them–i don’t have such feelings and must decline your debate.

It’s truly nice to see such calm, rational comments. I’m glad no one is bitter and that there is a ground for compromise of competing views.
Now back to reality:
While you are talking about “big oil,” don’t forget that in the Clinton administration FOUR big oil companies were allowed to merge out of existence. Texaco merged into Chevron, Mobil merged into Exxon, Esso merged into ARCO and both were merged into British Petroleum. I think Union Oil got merged also, but not sure. So – if you want to blame the Republicans and Pres. Bush for the fact the Saudis and OPEC are raising prices, go ahead, but remember Pres. Clinton really reduced the competitive playing field – That, my Democratic friends, is a fact – but don’t let that interfere with your hatred.

The one great think about all these crazy comments is that it shows how much we are involved in politics. How each one of us wants the country to change and move into a better direction.
What happened to working for the common good.
United we stand.
I have been listening to all the candidates and while I like McKain as a person. I think his values and direction of the US is completely off. I would hate to have a McBush.
Unfortunately I don’t trust HIlary.
I actually generally enjoy listening to Obama and I agree with what he says.
I hope Obama wins!

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