Shock: John McCain More Popular With Democrats Than Republicans After Latest Back-Stab; <i>Jeff Flake's Approval Rate Plummets</i>

Shock: John McCain More Popular With Democrats Than Republicans After Latest Back-Stab; Jeff Flake's Approval Rate Plummets

The Republican Party has been controlled by liberals for a very, very long time.

John McCain is enjoying high levels of approval from many voters -- just not those in his own party.
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A new Quinnipiac poll showed 39% of Republican voters held a positive view of McCain and 49% held a negative view. By contrast, Democratic voters hold a 74% positive view of McCain compared to 18% negative, for a plus-56 net rating.

Meanwhile, Jeff Fake, who's been auditioning to join the Democrat Party and #TheResistance, sees his approval rate plummet in a new PPP poll.

Yes, it's PPP, and yes, they're unreliable. Still -- this is a big shift: He's now at 18% approval, 63% disapproval.

A disaster, one might say. Terrible!

Even the more reliable Morning Consult puts him in dangerous waters, and that was before he began sending in audition tapes to be Keith Olbermann's sidekick:

Morning Consult polled Arizona from early April to mid-June and found Flake at 36/42 approval overall and 51/35 among Republicans.

Sad! And that invites -- begs -- a primary challenger.

Posted by: Ace at 03:10 PM

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1 He's the "Lion of the Senate" you know...

Posted by: tu3031 at August 04, 2017 03:00 PM (qJhUV)

2 I don't live in Arizona--so I can't vote against Flake or McCain next time around. But I can despise them.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at August 04, 2017 03:01 PM (Sda6L)

3 I wonder if, for an encore, McCain can wreck a little girl's lemonade stand and steal her money.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 04, 2017 03:01 PM (ycWCI)

4 F#$@ John McCain.
There, I said it, despite my attempts at not saying something mean about a dying person.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (NOIQH)

5 I'll repeat what I said yesterday. We're a one party system now.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (PY9jH)

6 damn zonies . . . can't drive, can't vote

Posted by: bored383 at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (70HTk)

7 Thanks a lot Arizona.

Posted by: brak at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (VckGX)

8 3 I wonder if, for an encore, McCain can wreck a little girl's lemonade stand and steal her money.

And report her to authorities for not having a business license.

Posted by: East Valley AZ at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (PbH71)

9 Both are stand up rock solid conservatives. I think this poll is caca.

Posted by: McYertle's Girdle at August 04, 2017 03:03 PM (mcI77)

10 Democrats are the reason Murkowski gets elected here. They just love her PP stance and all the pork.

Posted by: Bosk at August 04, 2017 03:03 PM (n2K+4)

11 Nothing will change until there are consequences for misbehavior. Nothing, nada, nil, niechevo, nicht.

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 04, 2017 03:03 PM (RD7QR)

12 Dammit. Just when I had something to say on the other thread a new one pops up. Always a day late and a buck short.

Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:03 PM (0mRoj)

13 And McCain is now running around saying Trump is failing on Afghanistan.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:03 PM (vg8iE)

14 >>I wonder if, for an encore, McCain can wreck a little girl's lemonade stand and steal her money.

That's too small for John McCain - he'd only be happy working with the Dems to outlaw lemonade simply because he heard Trump loves to drink it.
He's a mean, petty prick.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (NOIQH)

15 Hmmm. Pull up quarter section stakes and move to Arizona?

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (e1mEI)

16 Trump has to campaign for primary challengers throughout Congress. I don't know of a time when a sitting President has had to work to unseat incumbent members of his own party before.

Posted by: josephistan at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (ANIFC)

17 the primary challenger is going to have to be a well-heeled outsider. IIRC the AZ Gope is an inside mob.

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (AAbgH)

18 Flake was a wonderfully useful idiot in 2006 running against both sides. got into 60 Minutes just before the election which have us the Pelosi-Reid Congress.

fuck this guy in particular.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (hShTi)

19 1 He's the "Lioness of the Senate" you know...

Posted by: McYertle's Girdle at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (mcI77)

20 In 20 years AZ will pretty much be part of Mexico anyway

Posted by: Bigg7s at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (yEyxB)

21 He is a toomuh.

Posted by: Bad Arnold SockPuppet, Bad! at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (FhXTo)

22 Jeff Flake and Ben Sasse can both eat a BODs.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (KQsg4)

23 And other breaking news, the American Center for Law & Justice released an email dump from the FBI showing collusion between the media the the DOJ over Loretta Lynch's meeting with Bill Clinton.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (jxbfJ)

24 It's LyingAss

Posted by: CSMBigBird at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (jsWA8)

25 I just don't get their end game. I really don't. I know everyone says they want to keep the big government train rolling along but do they really think that's what got DJT elected? It's the antithesis of what he ran on....and won.

How will their current stances get them re-elected?

(Well not McCain of course....and I'll leave it at the.)

Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (Enq6K)

26 "Dubai's Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years..."

An awkward name, that.

Posted by: goodluckduck at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (yqvys)

27 The body politic has cancer.

Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (0mRoj)

28 McCain is a twisted man. Driven by both envy as well as a pretty deep seated need to be loved.

It is kind of bizarre when you look at the presidential candidates of the past several decades. I have said several times that I am kind of disturbed by the glazed eyes of those who desperately want to be president. You can see in them that there is nothing else there. Gore, Hillary!, McCain. As Dennis Miller said, they have the "Glazed over, Prophets of the Caribbean look."

Oddly, Bush, Trump and even Obama did not seem to have that. Obama because he was more in love with himself than the idea of the presidency.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (ycWCI)

29 Jeff Flake's ACU rating is even lower than McShitty's.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (mpXpK)

30
How will their current stances get them re-elected?
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As has been stated before, it doesn't matter if they get re-elected. They still get the pension then they can move to a lobbying group or some other part of the Leviathan to continue to torment humanity.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (vg8iE)

31 John McCain has been a prick his entire life.

I want to know what really happened in the Hanoi Hilton.

I'll bet the Navy whitewashed his behavior because daddy and grandaddy were admirals.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (wYseH)

32 Crashed McPlane and Skin Flake needs to be shown the exit door permanently. Come on AZ voters do the right thing.

Posted by: Strobe at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (Jw8FC)

33 What enormous egos these assholes have.

And Al Franken: "Giant of the Senate"

Shallow, thin-skinned, power-hungry and angry, the lot of them.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (PY9jH)

34 Eh, I drove through Arizona once and that was all I needed of it.

Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (Cee0K)

35 I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (4ErVI)

36 What's the Arizona residency requirement? I could live there a couple months.

Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (hKi6n)

37 22 Jeff Flake and Ben Sasse can both eat a BODs.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (KQsg4)

Ahem.

Posted by: Thom Tillis at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (mcI77)

38 As has been stated before, it doesn't matter if they
get re-elected. They still get the pension then they can move to a
lobbying group or some other part of the Leviathan to continue to
torment humanity.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:06 PM (vg8iE)

Wouldn't retiring accomplish the same thing?

Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (Enq6K)

39 37 22 Jeff Flake and Ben Sasse can both eat a BODs.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (KQsg4)

Ahem.
Posted by: Thom Tillis at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (mcI77)

*sigh*

Let me call my supplier.

Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:08 PM (0mRoj)

40 Got get rid of McCain.. God'd taking care of that.. Lindsay Graham and Flake.. If we ever want to move the narrative away from whatever shit the democrats want... Or it doesn't matter who we elect these assholes just undermine them.. Alaska bitch isn't up for resection until 2022.

Unlike democrats who want purple state senators and congress to be left wingers.. We are getting safe red state senators as democrats in sheeps clothing.

Posted by: Eddy at August 04, 2017 03:08 PM (1ANfd)

41 We have a good friend who is close to someone who was a prisoner in the Hanoi Hilton. His memory of McCain isn't a fond one.

And I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:08 PM (PY9jH)

42 And on a related note:

http://tinyurl.com/yaqn6bqp

Attorney suing the GOP for fraud over failed Obamacare repeal

Posted by: PAgirlinNC at August 04, 2017 03:09 PM (/5WQL)

43 From the last thread:
The Great White Scotsman ,
I think you just have to check it in at the ticket counter and have a lockable hard case. Obviously it needs to be unloaded and ammo in a different case if you even bring any. I'd double check with the airline though.

Posted by: lin-duh fell at August 04, 2017 03:09 PM (kufk0)

44
Wouldn't retiring accomplish the same thing?
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All but the torment part and the desire of satisfying their greed via large salaries, pay offs, etc from lobbying.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (vg8iE)

45 We're a one party system now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

And we're not invited.

Posted by: Steve Earle Song Ideas at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (PvCxa)

46 Sad! And that invites -- begs -- a primary challenger.

Could this become an AOSHQ Primary Project? A Crusade? Enough readers and fans here, yes?

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (ujg0T)

47 For McCain to have such a low number--even as he fights cancers- is something. It would probably be lower if not for his condition.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 04, 2017 03:11 PM (utsuK)

48 43 From the last thread:
The Great White Scotsman ,
I think you just have to check it in at the ticket counter and have a lockable hard case. Obviously it needs to be unloaded and ammo in a different case if you even bring any. I'd double check with the airline though.
Posted by: lin-duh fell at August 04, 2017 03:09 PM (kufk0)

And be prepared for the possibility of TSA or a baggage handler stealing it.

Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:11 PM (0mRoj)

49 We're a one party system now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

And we're not invited.

Posted by: Steve Earle Song Ideas at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (PvCxa)

======

I bring the meth and ball gags, so they have to let me in! Neener neener neener!

Posted by: Shep! at August 04, 2017 03:11 PM (vg8iE)

50 Sad! And that invites -- begs -- a primary challenger.

Posted by: Ace at 03:10 PM

Olive-complected, rested and READY!!! Seriously, I'd clean his clock-boy loving clock.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (mbhDw)

51 34 Eh, I drove through Arizona once and that was all I needed of it.
Posted by: Banana Splits Guy at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (Cee0K)

I love AZ. It's gorgeous.

Posted by: stace at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (7RvOV)

52 4 F#$@ John McCain.
There, I said it, despite my attempts at not saying something mean about a dying person.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (NOIQH)
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We are all dying.
The only difference is MPH and ETA.

So F#$% John McCain.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (0jtPF)

53 I live and vote in AZ, and I don't know anybody here who has a good opinion of either McCain or Flake.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (gNgc6)

54 49 We're a one party system now.
Posted by: Jane D'oh

And we're not invited.

Posted by: Steve Earle Song Ideas at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (PvCxa)

======

I bring the meth and ball gags, so they have to let me in! Neener neener neener!
Posted by: Shep! at August 04, 2017 03:11 PM (vg8iE)

Not without the poppers we won't.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (0mRoj)

55 Actual small- government conservatives are the true RINOs

Posted by: brak at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (VckGX)

56 I think the WV speech shows that maybe trumpster is going to start primarying some bitches.

I just haven't bothered to figure out which bitchees are up for retribution in 18

Posted by: andrew jarbacka at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (AU4SY)

57 There's still time for McCain to become a hero.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (QQ+il)

58 17 the primary challenger is going to have to be a well-heeled outsider. IIRC the AZ Gope is an inside mob.
Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:04 PM (AAbgH)

Who is the closest person AZ has to Donald Trump?

Sadly, the Goldwater heirs appear to have gone to the RINO pot.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (ujg0T)

59 46 Sad! And that invites -- begs -- a primary challenger.

Could this become an AOSHQ Primary Project? A Crusade? Enough readers and fans here, yes?
Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:10 PM (ujg0T)

See me at 50, although I live in NY so that would kind of not work.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (mbhDw)

60 57 There's still time for McCain to become a hero.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (QQ+il)

We can helicopter him into Aleppo.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:13 PM (mbhDw)

61 >>I love AZ. It's gorgeous.

Me, too!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:13 PM (NOIQH)

62
McCain is wealthy. Period. He views the middle class like some sort of Viet Cong guard, closing in on him, ready to beat his ass into submission.

Start from that point of view, everything he does makes sense.

Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at August 04, 2017 03:13 PM (EgwCt)

63 57 There's still time for McCain to become a hero.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (QQ+il)

Not in his nature.

Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (0mRoj)

64 I believe Dr. Kelli Ward (an excellent conservative), who challenged McCain last year, is going to be challenging Flake next year.

Posted by: ShainS at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (2YmJ0)

65 >>>>>43 From the last thread:

The Great White Scotsman ,

I think you just have to check it in at the ticket counter and have a
lockable hard case. Obviously it needs to be unloaded and ammo in a
different case if you even bring any. I'd double check with the airline
though.

Posted by: lin-duh fell at August 04, 2017 03:09 PM (kufk0)

And be prepared for the possibility of TSA or a baggage handler stealing it.
.
.
.The last part is my worry.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (0pcwX)

66 26 "Dubai's Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years..."

An awkward name, that.
Posted by: goodluckduck at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (yqvys)

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Perhaps they should name it, Pleasedon'tTorchthis Tower.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (Fmupd)

67 >>We are all dying.

The only difference is MPH and ETA.

I know, I know - just trying to not be like lefty ghouls who openly celebrate the illness or death of conservatives.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (NOIQH)

68 "And McCain is now running around saying Trump is failing on Afghanistan."

Wasn't one of Obama " successes" was getting us out Afghanistan, by 2016 we supposed to be out. So unless Trump puts more troops in a war that is going 16 years Trump is failing... Hmm, what happened to Obama's surge of 2010 .. Nothing but more dead US troops..

Posted by: Eddy at August 04, 2017 03:15 PM (1ANfd)

69 63 57 There's still time for McCain to become a hero.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (QQ+il)

Not in his nature.
Posted by: Insomniac - A Cautionary Tale at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (0mRoj)

Satan is already stropping the barbs on his cock. They've been dulled over repeated use on Teddy Kennedy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:15 PM (mbhDw)

70 This war is lost.

Posted by: Roy Harden Chang at August 04, 2017 03:15 PM (m9X4Y)

71 I loved living in AZ. Beautiful state. Shame the voters don't have better sense.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:15 PM (PY9jH)

72 66 26 "Dubai's Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years..."

An awkward name, that.
Posted by: goodluckduck at August 04, 2017 03:05 PM (yqvys)

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Perhaps they should name it, Pleasedon'tTorchthis Tower.
Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (Fmupd)

MC Hammer: Can't Torch This.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (mbhDw)

73 I have family out in AZ & I always like going there. I've thought of it being my "Plan B"

Posted by: josephistan at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (ANIFC)

74 What the hell happened to Jeff Flake? Wasn't he one of the Tea Party wave guys? Fiscal conservative, pledged to serve only two terms, I think, then broke his pledge.

It's like he went mad with power.

Posted by: Indiana Jones at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (Xuv2G)

75 There's still time for McCain to become a hero.
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And by becoming a hero, you mean sell out his base and his country by screwing up another vote by supporting the Democrat, right?

Because he's NEVER going to be a hero to conservatives. EVER.

Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (aT+Bx)

76 Lets get some good candidates in Arizona and make an example out of flake.

Posted by: Iblis at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (ufiYm)

77 Stop picking on my Dad!!!

Posted by: Fatty McCain WHat Has A Permanant Gig On FNC at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (mcI77)

78 McCain is just upset because Trump wouldn't launch a new ground war in Syria.

Nothing gets that man's jollies off like sending Americans to die in unnecessary wars and propping up rebels who turn into enemies.

Posted by: JC at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (3GSgE)

79 58
Sadly, the Goldwater heirs appear to have gone to the RINO pot.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (ujg0T)

Brent Bozell I believe is related to Goldwater and he went off on Flake for absconding with "Conscience of a Conservative."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (mbhDw)

80 It's like he went mad with power.
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Or was lying....

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (vg8iE)

81 I like the moniker "Former war hero John McCain"

Posted by: josephistan at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (ANIFC)

82 Got fundraising note from RNC today. Will reply my donations on hold until I see demonstrable support from senators for PDT agenda.

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (AAbgH)

83 Tanned, rested, and ready.

Posted by: JD Hayworth at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (mcI77)

84 67
- just trying to not be like lefty ghouls who openly celebrate the illness or death of conservatives.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (NOIQH)
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I know.
I was just waxing philosophical --- or trying to come up with an excuse to ease any guilt we might feel!

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (0jtPF)

85 McCain has become the Republican equivalent of John Murtha.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (gfKOD)

86 Glioblastoma.

Either get off your ass and take McStain out over the next few days or put on your jammies and go watch "Marcus Welby, M.D." and get outta the way.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (5VlCp)

87 83 Tanned, rested, and ready.
Posted by: JD Hayworth at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (mcI77)

J.D. actually is really a good guy. I think he might even have a chance considering the mood of the nation.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (mbhDw)

88 The last part is my worry.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (0pcwX)

Flying with a weapon ? I do it all the time.

Need any help ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (fiGNd)

89 Primarying these fucktards never does anything.

These farking cockholsters will just talk real conservative and throw up commercials talking about how they will repeal Obamacare and build a wall, and then once the primary is over, they will start talking about "repeal and replace" and "immigration reform" and then after the general election, "fuck you GOP voters, I lurve me some big government Obamacare and you are racists for not opening the borders to anyone that wants to come in".

The majority of the rank and file GOP voters will continue to vote for it.

Much like Wil E. Coyote continues to purchase from the Acme Corporation.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac asks at August 04, 2017 03:19 PM (1JnAL)

90 80- or was purchased.

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:19 PM (AAbgH)

91 "Sad! And that invites -- begs -- a primary challenger."

I'd contribute to Ima Tumor if she runs against Flake. Polymorphic Cells doing the job Americans won't do.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 04, 2017 03:19 PM (H8S+R)

92 35 "I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you."

I hope so. With R side getting the Governor of WVA, we come out ahead... maybe. Actually, losing McCain and gaining a kick in the balls is still a good trade for that POS.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (4hIeD)

93 80 It's like he went mad with power.
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Or was lying....
Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (vg8iE)

Well, when you've got the one....

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (mbhDw)

94 Yes, but Murtha didn't stab his own party or party's president in the back at every opportunity...

Posted by: JoeF. at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (utsuK)

95 Depending on the type of treatment used, those under 50 and in otherwise general good health only live on average 17 months with a glioblastoma.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (vg8iE)

96 Perhaps they should name it, Pleasedon'tTorchthis Tower.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM

Nah. beggin' for it. Sort of like Dontgonearthe Castle.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (p+Wdc)

97 >>--- or trying to come up with an excuse to ease any guilt we might feel!

No worries, McCain is taking care of that!!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (NOIQH)

98 McCain also popular with life-long bachelors from South Carolina.

Posted by: Dr Spank at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (4e+hS)

99 92 35 "I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you."

I hope so. With R side getting the Governor of WVA, we come out ahead... maybe. Actually, losing McCain and gaining a kick in the balls is still a good trade for that POS.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (4hIeD)

I was hoping Joe Manchins of Glory would step up and be a hero. But, no. Too much money gouging people on their insulin.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:21 PM (mbhDw)

100 I wish he would retire or run as a Democrat, but not my call I can't vote for him.

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:21 PM (pPKG5)

101 89 Primarying these fucktards never does anything.

These farking cockholsters will just talk real conservative and throw up commercials talking about how they will repeal Obamacare and build a wall, and then once the primary is over, they will start talking about "repeal and replace" and "immigration reform" and then after the general election, "fuck you GOP voters, I lurve me some big government Obamacare and you are racists for not opening the borders to anyone that wants to come in".

The majority of the rank and file GOP voters will continue to vote for it.

Much like Wil E. Coyote continues to purchase from the Acme Corporation.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac asks at August 04, 2017 03:19 PM (1JnAL)

I understand that feeling. However, the whole Trump phenomenon is living proof that maybe, just maybe, enough of the GOP voters are "Woke" (Yes, I denounce myself for using the term).

Come to think of it, so is the Ted Cruz phenomenon.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (ujg0T)

102 Brent Bozell I believe is related to Goldwater and he went off on Flake for absconding with "Conscience of a Conservative."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:17 PM (mbhDw)

Oh I saw that! Damn near copied the front cover altogether.

Posted by: Tami at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (Enq6K)

103 The majority of the rank and file GOP voters will continue to vote for it.

Much like Wil E. Coyote continues to purchase from the Acme Corporation.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac asks at August 04, 2017 03:19 PM (1JnAL)

We need a viable third party...

Posted by: Don Q. at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (NgKpN)

104 35 I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (4ErVI)

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Not only Juan, but Collins and Murskrunski too. That would change the majority.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (Fmupd)

105 Is it to early on the east coast for happy hour?

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (pPKG5)

106 Flake came very close to being murdered by a Democrat. I would think that a normal person would be repelled by the Dems' behavior since the election. Go figure.

Posted by: stace at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (7RvOV)

107
McCain also popular with life-long bachelors from South Carolina.

Posted by: Dr Spank at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (4e+hS)

I'm guessing they share a love for the music of Abba. That and war.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (PY9jH)

108 Manchin will switch when the time is right-- for Manchin.
But switch he will...

Posted by: JoeF. at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (utsuK)

109
Kelli Ward

Kelli Ward

Kelli Ward

Deport

Deport

Deport

Repeal

Repeal

Repeal

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (mbhDw)

110 56 I think the WV speech shows that maybe trumpster is going to start primarying some bitches.

I just haven't bothered to figure out which bitchees are up for retribution in 18
Posted by: andrew jarbacka at August 04, 2017 03:12 PM (AU4SY)

That rally and announcement was a direct shot across the bow of Joe Manchin. Trump is telling him to play ball.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper, aka MrCaniac asks at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (1JnAL)

111 Or maybe for sadness hour?

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (pPKG5)

112 Got fundraising note from RNC today. Will reply my donations on hold until I see demonstrable support from senators for PDT agenda.
Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:18 PM (AAbgH)
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Here, print this out and send the letter back: http://ge.tt/6Ja8H2m2

Posted by: JC at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (3GSgE)

113 98 McCain also popular with life-long bachelors from South Carolina.
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 04, 2017 03:20 PM (4e+hS)

As a euphemism, I've always been partial to "lifelong bachelor" and "confirmed bachelor." It's even better than "masculine woman" and "softball umpire."

Posted by: joncelli, Ray of Freakin' Sunshine at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (RD7QR)

114 The majority of the rank and file GOP voters will continue to vote for it.

Much like Wil E. Coyote continues to purchase from the Acme Corporation.

**

#GOPisLucy

#WeAreAllCharlieBrown

Posted by: dananjcon at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (WLK0w)

115 108 Manchin will switch when the time is right-- for Manchin.
But switch he will...
Posted by: JoeF. at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (utsuK)

When he can suffer nothing from the Democrats and do nothing for us.

Got it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (mbhDw)

116 i'll wait for jim acostas' take on this. dude's a baller.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:23 PM (KP5rU)

117 I live in Arizona, Jeff lake is very vulnerable. He doesn't have the POW protection that McCain has. The problem is the grassroots is always so disorganized

Arizona is a great state and is definitely conservative leaning. For whatever reason though the establishment it's just really strong here. Seems like South Carolina has the same problem.

Posted by: Utopia at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (LHzKO)

118 I heard John McCain saying transphobic stuff at Dulles Airport at 2:30 in the morning one night! But he was talking to himself, so I don't know if that counts...

Posted by: Lena Dunham: Famous Fat Girl at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (qJhUV)

119 "I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you."
--

Nope. Not going to happen.

IMHO, he's really REALLY messed up psychologically. Probably from the war, but there might be other stuff going on as well.

My guess is that he doesn't seem himself as a traitor, and instead, is hell bent on making republicans into democrats. So he must remain a republican so he, and he alone, can be the "hero" that "saves" republicans and conservatives.

/"Stockholm Syndrome" 50 years later

Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (aT+Bx)

120 105 Is it to early on the east coast for happy hour?
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (pPKG5)

Oh hell no !!!

*trying to shove tall boy can through USB to skip*

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (fiGNd)

121 We don't need party fillers. We need free agents. Across the board. I think it could be argued rather easily that Political Parties are wholly undemocratic.

This essentially dual-party entrenchment we are locked in to is a sham. And don't even mention the duopoly of the Federal Elections Committee. It's the Crips and the Bloods dictating which outsider will be allowed to hone in on their most profitable territory and how deep to bury the bodies.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 04, 2017 03:25 PM (H8S+R)

122 This is going around but didn't see anything here yet.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/08/blabbermouth-speaks.php

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:25 PM (pPKG5)

123 117 Seems like South Carolina has the same problem.
Posted by: Utopia at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (LHzKO)

Open primary in SC that yields Democrats voting for Grahamaphrodite.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:25 PM (mbhDw)

124 Obama blew a huge opportunity to heal the country. Now the Repunklicans have blown a huge opportunity to make America great again and dominate for decades. Two of a kind losers.

Meanwhile, the middle class is on a deathwatch.

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (Nwg0u)

125 @3: "
I wonder if, for an encore, McCain can wreck a little girl's lemonade stand and steal her money."

The Navy still has some aircraft left for ol' Songbird to destroy.

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (rznWS)

126 I don't hold it against McCain for having different opinions than me . I hold against him for trying to sabotage the Party that he pretends to belong to and stab his voters in the back ( though they keep voting him in) . It's the traitor within that is disgusting and the narcissism that allows him to ignore it.
Change parties already so you can at least die being honest with the public.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (/8r1I)

127 Seems D-WS is doubling down on She didn't do nothing wrong

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (pPKG5)

128 manchin hasnt flipped because he thinks Trump is getting kicked out - as do most of the Swamp creatures.

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (AAbgH)

129 122 This is going around but didn't see anything here yet.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/08/blabbermouth-speaks.php
Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:25 PM (pPKG5)

We talked about it an earlier thread. Maybe one of the cobs will give it its own.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (mbhDw)

130 If Flake manages to "Cochran" his way to re-election next year, I'ma lose it. Big time.

Posted by: southcentralpa at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (Xs9BT)

131 Is it to early on the east coast for happy hour?

NOPE!

Posted by: deplorable Jewells45 at August 04, 2017 03:27 PM (zRZaJ)

132 Since we're past 100 comments, Crazy Aunt Esther Waters and Joyless Behar call WH leakers "whistle blowers" and chant "Lock him up!" on The View.

http://tinyurl.com/yb7qcntj

Aunt Esther sez after Trump is impeached, they'll go after Putin. Then corrects herself and sez "Pence."

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:27 PM (PY9jH)

133 When and why did open primary become a thing?

Posted by: A dude in MI at August 04, 2017 03:27 PM (CDETr)

134 I could work with "lifelong bachelor" but I'd prefer not to suck any dick if I can help it.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 04, 2017 03:27 PM (IJRiV)

135 Is it to early on the east coast for happy hour?

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:22 PM (pPKG5)

No.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (aMlLZ)

136 121 We don't need party fillers. We need free agents. Across the board. I think it could be argued rather easily that Political Parties are wholly undemocratic.

This essentially dual-party entrenchment we are locked in to is a sham. And don't even mention the duopoly of the Federal Elections Committee. It's the Crips and the Bloods dictating which outsider will be allowed to hone in on their most profitable territory and how deep to bury the bodies.
Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 04, 2017 03:25 PM (H8S+R)

From the Federalists vs. the Anti-Federalists, history shows we have always been a two-party system. :-(

3rd Parties are either (1) co-opted and absorbed, or (2) fizzle out when their Cult Of Personality leader passes.

Sure the Whigs imploded, upon which the Republican's immediately emerged as Party #2, but that was a long long time ago, in a time when Senators were not directly elected and the voting franchise was much more restricted.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (ujg0T)

137 McCain's been on my list for a long time. Added McMasters today.

Posted by: RI Red - Making a List at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (hzyoi)

138 I don't hold it against McCain for having different opinions than me . I hold against him for trying to sabotage the Party that he pretends to belong to and stab his voters in the back ( though they keep voting him in) . It's the traitor within that is disgusting and the narcissism that allows him to ignore it.
Change parties already so you can at least die being honest with the public.
--

I'm sure in his mind he's the savior of the Republican party and his voters, and is leading by example in terms of who he believes they should be.

As for being honest... LOL. Not sure if that's even psychologically possible with this guy.

Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (aT+Bx)

139
OT:

I actually laughed. Over at Breitbart, Saudis issue a travel warning about going to London because, get this, acid attacks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:29 PM (mbhDw)

140 In case you were somehow unaware, August 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at August 04, 2017 03:29 PM (e8kgV)

141 replace McCain this fall (his health may well demand it)
replace Flake next year (I guess he is up in 2018?)

Congress has like 10% approval,
it seems Trump must campaign (carefully) on cleaning up the corruption
and point out how the elite are served at the expense of the American worker

he's doing that at rallies ... needs a clear message daily, clear themes, stay on target.

Posted by: Illiniwek at August 04, 2017 03:29 PM (b+0FS)

142 As some noted at the time, decent case that McCain (reminder: dumber than you think, more psycho than you think) did everyone a favor with his stupid vote. Not that it will help much.

Just read JJ's morning link to the O-care/GOP piece (Hillyer). Jaw-dropping. The author's idea sounds like something discussed between Gruber and the other authoritarian fantasists with dumb-shit Hill staffers, before they said "nah, let's just dump everything into a 2,000 page bill and cram it down the country's throat."

Tax credits and tax shenanigans to game the idiotic CBO "estimates", because yeah right incumbents will just get swept from power due to CBO estimates relating to a program whose unpopularity transformed the political landscape since it was enacted. F***ing unbelievable.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (QDnY+)

143
Seems D-WS is doubling down on She didn't do nothing wrong
---

Rush said that he expects her to get away with everything.

Because Democrats are always too big to jail.

Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (aT+Bx)

144 138
As for being honest... LOL. Not sure if that's even psychologically possible with this guy.
Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (aT+Bx)

3 words: Keating 5

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (mbhDw)

145 Arizona is a great state and is definitely conservative leaning. For whatever reason though the establishment it's just really strong here. Seems like South Carolina has the same problem.
Posted by: Utopia at August 04, 2017 03:24 PM (LHzKO)

I can't criticize. We gave y'all Mike Pence. You'll learn to hate us for that after Trump.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (fiGNd)

146 139; werewolves of london, again.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (KP5rU)

147 139
OT:

I actually laughed. Over at Breitbart, Saudis issue a travel warning about going to London because, get this, acid attacks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:29 PM (mbhDw)

Can we get them to do one for us? Even better would be a travel ban. It's simply too dangerous for any Saudi to come to the United States.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (4ErVI)

148 Saudis are warning people away from the city of my birth because it is too strict for Saudi Muslimahs.

that... sucks. don't let it happen to your city, morons.

Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (IJRiV)

149 @25: "I just don't get their end game. I really don't. I know everyone says
they want to keep the big government train rolling along but do they
really think that's what got DJT elected? It's the antithesis of what he
ran on....and won."

It wasn't like Trump won it in a walk. A big percentage of the electorate was firmly against his positions, so it's not like going against him comes at an overly high price, and it's not like there's a real high rate of turnover in Congress anyway. And even if they lose the next election, so what? They will end up making more money out of office.

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (rznWS)

150 Flake might be even dumber than McCain which is borderline unpossible.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (y7DUB)

151 Obama blew a huge opportunity to heal the country. Now the Repunklicans have blown a huge opportunity to make America great again and dominate for decades. Two of a kind losers.

Meanwhile, the middle class is on a deathwatch.

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (Nwg0u)

You could have stopped at Obama blew.

Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (aMlLZ)

152 The war is not lost because it can't be won or lost.

The struggle never, ever stops. Sacks and touchdown dances are always fleeting. There is no final spike of the balll.

'The Devil's Pleasure Palace" covers this concept well.

Posted by: JT in KC at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (FoSz+)

153 142 Posted by: rhomboid at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (QDnY+)

Note/Disclaimer: My linking something does not mean I agree with it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (mbhDw)

154 To the Dems, the only good Republican is a dead Republican, but they're willing to accept "Dying Republican who is going Ahab on the whole party" as favorable.

Posted by: Sporkatus at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (eXSOZ)

155 152 The war is not lost because it can't be won or lost.

The struggle never, ever stops. Sacks and touchdown dances are always fleeting. There is no final spike of the balll.

'The Devil's Pleasure Palace" covers this concept well.
Posted by: JT in KC at August 04, 2017 03:31 PM (FoSz+)

Yep. There is no "End Of History".

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:32 PM (ujg0T)

156 My parents both still live in Scottsdale - and they tell me that Flake has a unique talent for pissing off *everyone* on all sides. He thinks that shows he's an independent thinker, or something. He doesn't get that this is what leaves you with 18% support - 4 out 5 of his constituents can name something he's done that they hate him for, and that covers both left and right.

Add to that the fact that he's never really accomplished much in a positive way for anyone, and it ain't hard to see a guy who's in the fast track out of his senate seat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2017 03:32 PM (k1TUh)

157 112 . TY .--- I must say I do enjoy the use of the word "bitches" when describing unAmerican GOPes

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (AAbgH)

158 I live in Arizona, Jeff lake is very vulnerable. He doesn't have the POW protection that McCain has. The problem is the grassroots is always so disorganized

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Well yeah, it's a desert - hardly any grass there.

Posted by: josephistan at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (ANIFC)

159 if anybody here is waiting for the boom to lowered on wash machine shultz, get your shit in order, going to be a long wait. infinity even. never, fucking happen. paki will be the fall guy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (KP5rU)

160 "Dubai's Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years..."

An awkward name, that.

-
I was always amused that one of the least successful fighter planes of all time, the Brewster F2A, was named after the sleek, graceful, swift buffalo.

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (Nwg0u)

161 >>Over at Breitbart, Saudis issue a travel warning about going to London because, get this, acid attacks.

Heh. Can't imagine they like London's Pakistani mayor - did not feel any love for Pakistanis when I visited Dubai. Locals said some really colorful stuff about that particular group of foreign workers.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (NOIQH)

162 Sure the Whigs imploded, upon which the Republican's immediately emerged as Party #2, but that was a long long time ago, in a time when Senators were not directly elected and the voting franchise was much more restricted.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (ujg0T)

-------------

A time before women could vote.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (Fmupd)

163 @40: "Unlike democrats who want purple state senators and congress to be left
wingers.. We are getting safe red state senators as democrats in sheeps
clothing."

But keep voting - because it totally works!

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (rznWS)

164 Thanks a lot Arizona.

Posted by: brak at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (VckGX)
...........

Borders California. Must be contagious.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (HgMAr)

165 143
Seems D-WS is doubling down on She didn't do nothing wrong
---

Rush said that he expects her to get away with everything.

Because Democrats are always too big to jail.
Posted by: shibumi at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM (aT+Bx)

You could hear the tone of his voice and he actually deflated. And the last comment before a weekend. Rush is usually pretty upbeat even when the chips are down. And he's always a realist, but to hear him say it the way he said it was kind of depressing.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (mbhDw)

166 McCain is a pathetic little man that has spent his life building a monument to his own ego.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (oVJmc)

167 >>"Dubai's Torch Tower catches fire for second time in two years..."

UAE and Saudi Arabia are both targets for ISIS, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (NOIQH)

168 Since we're past 100 comments, Crazy Aunt Esther Waters and Joyless Behar call WH leakers "whistle blowers" and chant "Lock him up!" on The View.

=======

Send the coordinates of the studio to Kim Jong Un.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (vg8iE)

169 >>>>
The last part is my worry.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 04, 2017 03:14 PM (0pcwX)

Flying with a weapon ? I do it all the time.

Need any help ?
.
.
.Flying with a hand gun specifically.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (0pcwX)

170 McCain is an attention whore.
That's about it.
me me me me me

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (0jtPF)

171 The problem is, When you talk to actual conservative voters, they just get fooled by the commercials that these candidates run. John McCain's main message last time around was how he was going to repeal Obamacare.

So basically it seems whoever gets a lot of money fundraising ends up getting a message out and conservatives that don't follow blogs all that closely get sucked in thinking somebody running as a conservative is going to govern as a conservative.

And all the pretend conservative organizations like the Koch brothers help these establishment candidates get elected

Posted by: Utopia at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (LHzKO)

172 160 I was always amused that one of the least successful fighter planes of all time, the Brewster F2A, was named after the sleek, graceful, swift buffalo.
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (Nwg0u)

Buffalo has another meaning; to deceive.

Actually the Brewster story kind of reminds me of the play "All My Sons." They really bamboozled Uncle Sam and in time of war no less. A sad tale.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (mbhDw)

173 Fat under-the-bridge troll sock off.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (oVJmc)

174 UAE and Saudi Arabia are both targets for ISIS, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (NOIQH)

It makes sense for Dubai and the UAE to be. Imagine an Arab Hong Kong with Vegas glitz, and that's Dubai. Still has British Colonial Law rather than Islamic Law, IIRC.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (ujg0T)

175 Let's hope the AZ GOP allows a challenger.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (3OIiX)

176 You could hear the tone of his voice and he actually deflated.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (mbhDw)

Rush always strikes me as a cat that believes in the system. Times like this have to be tough on those types of peeps.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (fiGNd)

177 Sigh.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (oVJmc)

178 @62: "McCain is wealthy. Period."

It pays to marry well.

Posted by: John Kerry at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (rznWS)

179
Fat under-the-bridge troll sock off.

Posted by: Lena Dunham at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (oVJmc)

Lol. Sock removal fail #2.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (PY9jH)

180 I just sent McCain an email. I requested he switch parties .

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (/8r1I)

181 Lol. Sock removal fail #2.

Not my day.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 04, 2017 03:37 PM (oVJmc)

182 Jeebus, someone is defending that vile POS Murtha? Dumbshit was as stupid, and as vile, and as anti-American as they come. His idiot constituents sort of exemplify how America has done this to itself.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 04, 2017 03:37 PM (QDnY+)

183 Borders California. Must be contagious.
Posted by: wth at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (HgMAr)

Driving along Interstate 40 you get the feeling, a peaceful easy feeling, why the Eagles liked it there. Winslow, which is on 40, has a corner dedicated to them.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 04, 2017 03:37 PM (y7DUB)

184 What the hell happened to Jeff Flake? Wasn't he one of the Tea Party wave guys? Fiscal conservative, pledged to serve only two terms, I think, then broke his pledge.
It's like he went mad with power.
Posted by: Indiana Jones at August 04, 2017 03:16 PM (Xuv2G)

He was Scarboroughed. Power, pussy and money are a helluva drug.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 04, 2017 03:37 PM (5VlCp)

185 134 I could work with "lifelong bachelor" but I'd prefer not to suck any dick if I can help it.
Posted by: Boulder terlit hobo at August 04, 2017 03:27 PM (IJRiV)

My mom's older cousin who passed away last year was a confirmed bachelor, but very hetero. He was very set in his ways and didn't want a spouse or children. Fortunately for him, his sister and my mom reproduced, and he was seen through his last years by a troop of nieces plus my two sisters in law.

Posted by: stace at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (7RvOV)

186 If you want to name one thing that messes up the conservative movement in Utah and Arizona, it's the Mormon Church.

Jeff Flake
Glenn Beck
Evan McMuffin
Orrin Hatch
Mitt Romney
Harry Friggin' Reid, my his descendants be cursed forever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (k1TUh)

187 werewolves of london, again.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM

Werewolves?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (p+Wdc)

188 Jeebus, someone is defending that vile POS Murtha? Dumbshit was as stupid, and as vile, and as anti-American as they come. His idiot constituents sort of exemplify how America has done this to itself.
======

He called them a bunch of inbred racists and they still voted for him.

Posted by: bicentennialguy at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (vg8iE)

189 Jeff Flake hasn't murdered an intern yet, has he?

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (PY9jH)

190 Illiniwek: "he's doing that at rallies ... needs a clear message daily, clear themes, stay on target."

Absolutely. The further and more often he can avoid D.C. and travel Main Street, the better. His direct political enemies will smother him in Washington, and the MFM will bury his message everywhere. Trump must stay visible and prominent on tour around every state. Take it to the people as they say.

Plus, he likes going to rallies. Win-Win.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (H8S+R)

191 I've been thinking about running in the Republican primary (or as an independent) to contest the Joe Donnelly senate seat in Indiana. I'm not a lawyer and I don't have the typical requisite "experience" to be a candidate. However, maybe not this cycle, but hopefully soon, we'll see more "average Joes" running and winning elections.

I don't really like either of the Republican frontrunners for the GOP nomination. Typical politicians...

Posted by: Running in IN at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (f04Jh)

192 176 You could hear the tone of his voice and he actually deflated.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:34 PM (mbhDw)

Rush always strikes me as a cat that believes in the system. Times like this have to be tough on those types of peeps.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (fiGNd)

My comments from the day before yesterday I believe summed it up. You could sense that he knows that there is no more a two party system yet he still clung desperately to the quaint notion that the GOP still differed from the Democrats. He even contradicted himself by saying something like, they'll stick to their principles except on matters that threaten the Deep State. Well, Rush old boy, hate to break it to you but the alleged traditional GOP principles are by nature anti-Deep State. So get with the program, dude. Love you, but really.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (mbhDw)

193 @74: "What the hell happened to Jeff Flake? Wasn't he one of the Tea Party
wave guys? Fiscal conservative, pledged to serve only two terms, I
think, then broke his pledge.

It's like he went mad with power."

Happens with an awful lot of conservative heroes.

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:39 PM (rznWS)

194 160 I was always amused that one of the least successful fighter planes of all time, the Brewster F2A, was named after the sleek, graceful, swift buffalo.
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:33 PM (Nwg0u)

It's hard to believe that it actually won the competition against the F4F Wildcat. But the Finns made good use of them against the Soviets.

Posted by: josephistan at August 04, 2017 03:39 PM (ANIFC)

195 Saudis are warning people away from the city of my birth because it is too strict for Saudi Muslimahs.

-
Didja see that CAIR is demanding that Amazon refuse to sell the book No Go Zones: How Sharia Law Is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You by Breitbart London editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam? Any guesses on which way Bezos will bounce?

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:39 PM (Nwg0u)

196 C-suckers. GOPe website is replete with Trump and Trump swag. They have no problem raising money off his name but they wouldn't pee on him if he was on fire.

**spit**

Posted by: dananjcon at August 04, 2017 03:40 PM (WLK0w)

197 191 I've been thinking about running in the Republican primary (or as an independent) to contest the Joe Donnelly senate seat in Indiana. I'm not a lawyer and I don't have the typical requisite "experience" to be a candidate. However, maybe not this cycle, but hopefully soon, we'll see more "average Joes" running and winning elections.

I don't really like either of the Republican frontrunners for the GOP nomination. Typical politicians...
Posted by: Running in IN at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (f04Jh)

G-d bless you and be with you and your family because you are going to get a figurative anal probing and smear campaign that will curl your hair.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:40 PM (mbhDw)

198 I just sent McCain an email. I requested he switch parties .

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (/8r1I)
............

Maybe I should send him one, too. But I'll ask him to switch genders.

Posted by: wth at August 04, 2017 03:40 PM (HgMAr)

199 Another thread worthy was a first up Dennis Prager story.
At Bondi Beach near Sydney Australia a Jewish group wanted to build a Synagogue but the city then a court struck that down as being to much of a target. Dennis wondered if a mosque was the object of this would they also disallow the construction or would that be ok as not a target for harassment of terrorism?
He thought this was the surrender of western civilization.

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:40 PM (pPKG5)

200 manchin hasnt flipped because he thinks Trump is getting kicked out - as do most of the Swamp creatures.
Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:26 PM (AAbgH)

Manchin hasn't flipped because he is a Democrat.

I heard or read yesterday that the gov. of WV was a lifelong Republican, who switched to Democrat to get elected, and is now switching back.

Real reliable , that one.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (halqh)

201 Posted by: JoeF. at August 04, 2017 03:11 PM

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sad but true, how much of an ass do you have to be not not get one iota of empathy from the general public ....for dying?

Posted by: auscolpyr at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (suO/a)

202 195 Saudis are warning people away from the city of my birth because it is too strict for Saudi Muslimahs.

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Didja see that CAIR is demanding that Amazon refuse to sell the book No Go Zones: How Sharia Law Is Coming to a Neighborhood Near You by Breitbart London editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam? Any guesses on which way Bezos will bounce?
Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:39 PM (Nwg0u)

Another reason to be grateful Trump won: Ajit Pai. Imagine what the FCC would do to the internet or the IRS to anyone selling that book.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (mbhDw)

203 @86: "
Glioblastoma.

Either get off your ass and take McStain out over the next few day"

Here we go, cancer; here we go! *clap* *clap*
Here we go, cancer; here we go! *clap* *clap*

Let's go, cancer! *clap* *clap* *clap clap clap*
Let's go, cancer! *clap* *clap* *clap clap clap*

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (rznWS)

204 137 McCain's been on my list for a long time. Added McMasters today.

Posted by: RI Red - Making a List at August 04, 2017 03:28 PM (hzyoi)

I hope PDT is going to open a hurt locker on McMasters this weekend. I hope won't be there by Monday morning.

Posted by: Under Fire at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (mcI77)

205 hannity says the gop is too stupid to do anything about the unmasking, etc. no sean, you idiot, they are part of it. they are perfectly fine with everything going on.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (KP5rU)

206 187 werewolves of london, again.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM

Werewolves?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (p+Wdc)

And I thought the late Warren Zevon was mandatory AOSHQ listening. Probably a leftist, but a clever lyricist and definitely not a trendy cause follower.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:42 PM (ujg0T)

207
My mom's older cousin who passed away last year
was a confirmed bachelor, but very hetero. He was very set in his ways
and didn't want a spouse or children. Fortunately for him, his sister
and my mom reproduced, and he was seen through his last years by a troop
of nieces plus my two sisters in law.

Posted by: stace at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (7RvOV)

We have a friend like that. He dated a girlfriend of mine (once). She got in his car and a book was on the front seat: "Dating for Dummies" or something. Swearsies. Anyhow, he's a nice guy, but really eccentric. At this point in his life, he's pretty much married to his cat.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:42 PM (PY9jH)

208 Bruster Buffalo
https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=143

Posted by: Skip at August 04, 2017 03:42 PM (pPKG5)

209 Posted by: wth at August 04, 2017 03:40 PM (HgMAr)

I thought when you reached 80 the genders start to melt into one.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:42 PM (/8r1I)

210 .Flying with a hand gun specifically.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 04, 2017 03:35 PM (0pcwX)

Yep. GP-100, stainless, 4", 357 Magnum.

Not that that matters - I'm just so proud of the old girl. She's a beauty. Would you like to see my pictures of her ? She just got new sights. Call me crazy - but that ol' gal still gives me a thrill fifteen years later.

Sorry - yes, I check a hand-gun all the time. Out of Louisville. It works much like Weasel described in the previous thread. Bring a hard-case that's good - can't be pried open. I use a Boyt with two pad-locks. TSA locks aren't required anymore. Declare it - check it - get your receipt - and go.

Everywhere I've flown it just comes out with baggage. Someone COULD carry it off. But they can't open it. Your call on how you feel about that.

Don't go anywhere that doesn't honor your permit, of course.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:43 PM (fiGNd)

211 I just sent McCain an email. I requested he switch parties .

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (/8r1I)

Why? Don't forget , guys, the party in power via numbers is who gets to organize committees and select their agenda.

It may make someone feel smug for a few days for McCain to switch parties until he croaks, but in reality, that is one more number closer to no majority and having Chuck Schumer as the Senate Majority leader.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 04, 2017 03:43 PM (halqh)

212 @89: "Primarying these fucktards never does anything.

These farking cockholsters will just talk real conservative and
throw up commercials talking about how they will repeal Obamacare and
build a wall, and then once the primary is over, they will start talking
about "repeal and replace" and "immigration reform" and then after the
general election, "fuck you GOP voters, I lurve me some big government
Obamacare and you are racists for not opening the borders to anyone that
wants to come in".

The majority of the rank and file GOP voters will continue to vote for it."

That's the GOP for you - equal parts Stockholm Syndrome and Milgram Experiment

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:43 PM (rznWS)

213 51 Republicans vote for health care but Mr Douchebag knows better. You know, chairman of the Mensa Club.

His legacy is betraying the entire country and then selling out his constituents.

Mr Liberal Darling.

Posted by: Marcus T Robespierre at August 04, 2017 03:43 PM (7XQES)

214 FaCubeItches
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Damn, you have me laughing at cancer, specifically glioblastoma, since my FIL has it too.

Posted by: lin-duh fell at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (kufk0)

215 139
OT:

I actually laughed. Over at Breitbart, Saudis issue a travel warning about going to London because, get this, acid attacks.
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I saw that. I thought I mis-read at first.

But hey, it's not the new arrivals. Acid attacks have been happening in London for 100 years/S.

Religion of peace & acid & murder & pedophilia, for $400 Alex.

Posted by: Mel at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (1l8jw)

216 Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (rznWS)

Curse you. I did the actual cheer in my head.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (/8r1I)

217 Oh JJ you should know that was no criticism. You did everyone who bothered to read it a favor. To edumucate them on just how far, far gone it all is. Even "conservative" policy wonk types are barfing up warmed over 2004-ish far left kooky House Dem "progressive" "ideas" as a response to O-care.

Tax distortion is the original root cause of America's absurd health care financial cancer. So let's fix that by spinning ever more complex tax-based "incentives" and the like. WTFFF?

Posted by: rhomboid at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (QDnY+)

218 The Democrats and Republicans are like professional wrestlers or the Harlem Globetrotters and Washington Generals. After the match/game they go to the same cocktail party, slap each other on the back and laugh at the suckers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (IqV8l)

219 Harry Friggin' Reid, my his descendants be cursed forever.

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Reid is Mormon the way Pelosi is Catholic and Schumer is Jewish.

Posted by: I'm Anonosaurus Wrecks and I approved this message at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (Nwg0u)

220
Rush always strikes me as a cat that believes in the system. Times like this have to be tough on those types of peeps.
Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:36 PM (fiGNd)

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If you mean "system" like the US Constitution, then yes, he totally believes in it.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (Fmupd)

221
What really sunk Brewster Aircraft was a plane called the Bermuda. It was a torpedo bomber which was supposed to be lend-leased to the Brits but it was such a lemon that it was rejected, led to government investigations, threats of jail for the company executives and the ultimate dissolution of Brewster.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (mbhDw)

222 217 Posted by: rhomboid at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (QDnY+)

The first clue was that it was written by Quinn Hillyer who is of the Beltway.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:45 PM (mbhDw)

223 werewolves of london, again.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:30 PM

Werewolves?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (p+Wdc)

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (3OIiX)

224 I went to Boy's State with Jeff flake and he once flipped over a table with an erection in the boys locker room.

Posted by: ShainS at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (2dzCY)

225 I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (3OIiX)

...and his hair was perfect! (Yah!)

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (ujg0T)

226 223: and his hair was perfect.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (KP5rU)

227 Posted by: Jen the original at August 04, 2017 03:43 PM (ha

I don't feel smug. I feel anger and want that bastard to admit who he really is. IMO , He's doing more harm than good by remaining in the GOP. Besides if he switched we would still have 53 GOP Senators.

Posted by: Jack Sock at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (/8r1I)

228 207 At this point in his life, he's pretty much married to his cat.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:42 PM (PY9jH)

My brother is finally getting married for the first time at age 60. You never know!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (mbhDw)

229 Trader Vic has no party.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (IqV8l)

230 Morons rock

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (3OIiX)

231
I went to Boy's State with Jeff flake and he once flipped over a table with an erection in the boys locker room.

Posted by: ShainS at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (2dzCY)

I guess we're not using phrasing here anymore.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (PY9jH)

232 4 F#$@ John McCain.
There, I said it, despite my attempts at not saying something mean about a dying person.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 04, 2017 03:02 PM (NOIQH)

We're all dying, and will eventually be dead.

With some it is a sad occasion. With others, who are treacherous scumbags, it is a relief.

Posted by: Minuteman at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (A3b6q)

233 How much of Arizona is under federal control?

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (oVJmc)

234 225; missed by that...... much.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 04, 2017 03:48 PM (KP5rU)

235 "I would have pushed the button. I would have annihilated all of you."

-John McCain's last words

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 04, 2017 03:48 PM (4ErVI)

236 198 . Lol. A good Friday prank would be for all of us to write him to switch something. I'll urge him to switch underwear.

Posted by: kallisto at August 04, 2017 03:48 PM (AAbgH)

237 229 Trader Vic has no party.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (IqV8l)

*Hic-hic*

Wha?

- - Hillary and Vic's neighbor

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:48 PM (mbhDw)

238 180.
Please don't encourage him. Though I fully expect the bastardly bastard to do so. Given the shenanigans from Mr. Deep state Muller, we don't need McCain to cast the deciding vote to impeach PDT.

Come to think of it, he will do so regardless of party affiliation.

Oh dear, God tells me we are f*ed!

Posted by: Martell at August 04, 2017 03:48 PM (N08Ht)

239 NOOD.

Posted by: johnd01 at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (ukNFU)

240 If you mean "system" like the US Constitution, then yes, he totally believes in it.
Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:44 PM (Fmupd)

The US Constitution has about as much in common with our current System of Government as I've got in common with Peter North.

Not a whole damn lot, but it makes me feel better to think I do.

Posted by: ScoggDog at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (fiGNd)

241 My brother is finally getting married for the first time at age 60. You never know!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:47 PM (mbhDw)

My NYC SiL married her third husband, a lifelong NY Joo, when he was 70. He just turned 80. I guess he wanted to live out his days in misery. Heh.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (PY9jH)

242
The kittehs be demanding teh foodz.

BBS

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (mbhDw)

243 @155: "Yep. There is no "End Of History"."

Well, you say that....

Posted by: The Sun, reminding you that it will go Red Giant at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (rznWS)

244 35 I expect McCain to defect to the Democrat party any day now. It will be the final fuck you.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 04, 2017 03:07 PM (4ErVI)

He doesn't have long. A GBM variant (specifically gliosarcoma) killed my dad, and it can be hereditary so let's just say I've read everything I can get my hands on about it as it is my likely fate as well if something else doesn't get me first. If you have tumors that are at the point they are causing symptomatic blood clots, it is quite advanced. If John McCain is alive at Christmas I will eat my hat.

Don't give me the "he's a fighter" shit either. The old man was a Seabee at the battles of Iwo Jima, Tinian and Saipan. He was a bit scrappy too and this shit killed him in 3 months and he was 10 years younger than John McCain.

Posted by: DanInMN at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (h5ffp)

245 224 I went to Boy's State with Jeff flake and he once flipped over a table with an erection in the boys locker room.
Posted by: ShainS at August 04, 2017 03:46 PM (2dzCY)
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Whose?
Whose erection, I mean, not whose table.

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at August 04, 2017 03:50 PM (0jtPF)

246 163"""" GTFYH .. Sure, just give the left the country on a plater and once they have that they'll want whatever you have next

Why not become more like the left, organized and up for a fight instead taking your toys and going home.. But probably a troll anyways.

Posted by: Eddy at August 04, 2017 03:51 PM (1ANfd)

247 243 @155: "Yep. There is no "End Of History"."

Well, you say that....
Posted by: The Sun, reminding you that it will go Red Giant at August 04, 2017 03:49 PM (rznWS)

Heh. I am reminded of a debate I had with a "Peak Oil" nutter.

I explained economics has caused searches for new sources and improved extraction methods, and how proven reserves have increased and are still increasing, but he admantly said he did not care, as it would one day happen.

To which I could only reply, "Peak Solar."

If something is not going to happen in our lifetimes, we should not worry about it, or worry about much more pressing problems.

Posted by: Curmudgeon at August 04, 2017 03:53 PM (ujg0T)

248 "Let me call my supplier."

That's so pure even driven snow is jealous!

Posted by: Afroman at August 04, 2017 03:53 PM (507Eg)

249 @86: "
Glioblastoma.
Either get off your ass and take McStain out over the next few day"
Here we go, cancer; here we go! *clap* *clap*
Here we go, cancer; here we go! *clap* *clap*
Let's go, cancer! *clap* *clap* *clap clap clap*
Let's go, cancer! *clap* *clap* *clap clap clap*
Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 03:41 PM (rznWS)

Knute Acne and Lou Saban would be proud!....

"Give me a G!, give me an L! give me a I!....."

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at August 04, 2017 03:53 PM (5VlCp)

250 Death where is thy sting, and why is it taking so danged long?

Posted by: Regular joe at August 04, 2017 03:54 PM (7PllL)

251 Death where is thy sting, and why is it taking so danged long?

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Only the good die young.

Posted by: auscolpyr at August 04, 2017 03:57 PM (suO/a)

252 Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that if McCain was to switch to the Democratic side (officially), the Governor of Arizona would have to appoint a Democrat to take his place until elections take place.

Not good.

Posted by: Martell at August 04, 2017 03:59 PM (N08Ht)

253 My comments from the day before yesterday I believe summed it up. You could sense that he knows that there is no more a two party system yet he still clung desperately to the quaint notion that the GOP still differed from the Democrats. He even contradicted himself by saying something like, they'll stick to their principles except on matters that threaten the Deep State. Well, Rush old boy, hate to break it to you but the alleged traditional GOP principles are by nature anti-Deep State. So get with the program, dude. Love you, but really.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 03:38 PM (mbhDw)

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You need to listen more becuase he acquiesced to the uniparty idea as far back as 2015. He does still think the repub party has to be wrested from the establishment and that a third party is a bad idea right now.

I agree.

Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:59 PM (Fmupd)

254 Occurs to me that the stock market and Joe Biden have something in common. Impeachment insurance.

Don't even lowlife scum like Schemer realize that if they destroy Trump, they destroy the savings of whatever percentage of Americans who save? Don't they comprehend what we will DO to anyone who does that? Maybe it's time for the Dems to call a party-wide retreat somewhere remote, and for whoever among them still has several functioning neurons to give "the talk" about what could happen to all of them if they "win".

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 04, 2017 04:00 PM (4hIeD)

255 253
You need to listen more becuase he acquiesced to the uniparty idea as far back as 2015. He does still think the repub party has to be wrested from the establishment and that a third party is a bad idea right now.

I agree.
Posted by: Soona at August 04, 2017 03:59 PM (Fmupd)

Third party is a whole other issue. My observation was that he was conflicted about the idea of the uniparty or that he was trying not to openly concede it on the air. I think even with him, who is an eternal optimist, the pretense has fallen.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 04, 2017 04:02 PM (mbhDw)

256 @194: "It's hard to believe that it actually won the competition against
the F4F Wildcat. But the Finns made good use of them against the
Soviets."

The Buffalo actually was a good *pre-war* fighter. Against its contemporaries, it did well (Finns vs. Russians being a good example). It just had the bad luck of going up against a newer generation of fighters once the war started.

Posted by: FaCubeItches at August 04, 2017 04:04 PM (rznWS)

257 Well, as far as Murtha goes...I mentioned the similarity to McCain based on self-importance and worthlessness as a result.

Murtha used to set up shop on the Floor and basically do deals all day for earmarks that he used to solidify his importance. In his home district he set up an very costly airport with tax payer money, named it after himself, and it was used by a whopping total of 500 people for the entire year.

Then there was ABSCAM...

My only real point is that John McCain doesn't give a flying f**K about you, me, the Republicans or the Democrats. He cares about John McCain. And, right about now he wants to exit with glowing eulogies filled with words like courageous, maverick, and stalwart. To do that he needs to suck up to the Left, the media. He has no problem doing that.

Posted by: Orson at August 04, 2017 04:13 PM (BB/1p)

258 So if McStain switches parties to D, then dies while in office, does the Governor have to appoint a Dem to take his place? I can see him doing that just to piss off all us kookoo birds.
Miss Lindsay, Collins and Murkoskovininskiwhatever from AK would follow suit and suddenly you have a Dem Anti Trump senate.
Of course we've pretty much got that now.

Posted by: The real Henderson James at August 04, 2017 04:19 PM (7A6l6)

259 Hey, with the hard left completely dominating the Democrats, wimpy leftists need somewhere to go, so naturally they go to a party with no standards whatsoever.

Posted by: George LeS at August 04, 2017 04:39 PM (+TcCF)

260 Fuck those guys in particular (and throw in Thom Tillis, too).

Posted by: redbanzai at August 04, 2017 04:41 PM (9nCnN)

261 John McCain can eat shit and howl at the moon.

Posted by: Rolf the Dog at August 04, 2017 04:51 PM (SJ184)

262 What cracks me up is...these politico's...esp in the GOP...are supposedly 'very smart'....supposedly. How in hell do they really think they are going to win anytime soon with the complete turtle act that they've been doing since last Nov? They have been doing the tuck since Trump won. For the most part anyways. One thing he has done is expose to many more people, I hope, just how useless all of the politco's are. Esp in the GOP. At least with the commies, you know what you're getting and they will vote party line every time, as if Uncle Joe Stalin were still in charge of them. The GOP have no idea on how to rule, win and fight. None. And thats the problem. Theyve been so cowed for so long that its ingrained in them. Pathetic.

Posted by: johny boy at August 04, 2017 05:41 PM (UNXWZ)

263 He has been a Democrat for years why the surprise? His near death experience only emboldened him to express it.

Posted by: Shortlink at August 04, 2017 06:35 PM (Mc64H)

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