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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:46 PM
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John McCain Doesn't Know the Price of Gas/Can't Remember the Last Time He Bought Any
Edited on Fri Jun-27-08 02:51 PM by FLDem5
... although I think he did give a speech in front of a pump ... once.

Seriously, check out how Mr. Cindy's money drifts from topic to topic in a decidely "I'm old and I forget things" kind of way?? It'd be funny if it weren't so serious.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/john-mccain-doesnt-know-t_b_109601.html

WISCKOL: I'd like to ask you a couple questions suggested by voters here. They're not reporter-type questions.

McCAIN: Sure. It'd be a pleasure.

WISCKOL: When was the last time you pumped your own gas and how much did it cost? 


McCAIN: Oh, I don't remember. Now there's Secret Service protection. But I've done it for many, many years. I don't recall and frankly, I don't see how it matters. I've had hundreds and hundreds of town hall meetings, many as short a time ago as yesterday. I communicate with the people and they communicate with me very effectively.


Okay. A few things here.

1) John McCain doesn't know what gas costs, because the Secret Service protects him from finding out, possibly because they're afraid the knowledge will kill him. Not a healthy man.

2) John McCain isn't an elitist or a big government bureaucrat. He's a maverick who has certainly pumped his own gas at some point in his life, perhaps during the single 18-month period when he wasn't in the navy or in congress, but was living off his wife.

3) It doesn't matter. How do we know it doesn't matter? Because John McCain says it doesn't matter.

4) John McCain may not know what gas costs or when he last pumped any, or performed any other act not connected to politics or outpatient care, but he's had hundreds of town hall meetings, many as short a time ago as yesterday. Which somehow answers questions about gas prices, but it's not clear exactly how.

5) John McCain communicates with people and they communicate with him very effectively.

6) John McCain is an excellent driver. Dad lets him drive slow down the driveway every Saturday.

7) Fifteen minutes to Wapner.







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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:50 PM
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1. He's toast
I always think of the guy on the tricycle on Laugh-In when I think of McCain.....

Bring on more town halls John - let the people see how out of touch you really are.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 03:21 PM
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10. Does he even know what a loaf of bread costs?
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 03:22 PM
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11. bread? expensive?
let them eat cake!
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jazzjunkysue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:53 PM
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2. For me, I see the film Millennium, where the last people are kept alive in
giant test tubes.

I bet Obama knows how much everything costs and how much it really should cost.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:55 PM
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3. The whole article is a hoot but seriously, McSame's ramblings worry me--like this
Edited on Fri Jun-27-08 02:56 PM by blondeatlast
(also from the link):

HILLER: No sir, but I would say to that, I'm not running for president.

BUSH: What I'm suggesting to you is, if you can't name the foreign minister of Mexico, therefore, you know, you're not capable about what you do. But the truth of the matter is you are, whether you can or not.


:wtf:
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madaboutharry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:56 PM
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4. I don't understand what is going on in the picture
with the shoe. What is that about?

I have said this before, the McCains live a privileged life removed from anything you or I experience. He doesn't give a crap about Americans. He would be the president of big business and people who hate taxes and aren't too fond of black people. After living for many years of living in Arizona, I can tell you that this is the truth.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:59 PM
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7. its actually a security check,
but I thought he was looking a little privileged and waited-upon in the photo, so I added it.
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:56 PM
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5. Erm... Is that John McCain that they're wanding with the magnetometer?
The guy charters the jet... I don't think you have to worry about him.
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gatorboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:59 PM
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6. Yes please spare us from those "reporter-type" questions.
What the fuck does that even mean? :rofl:




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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 03:00 PM
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8. This type of statement sunk the first Bush, the media will make sure and ignore this
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panAmerican Donating Member (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 03:12 PM
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9. Is the lady-in-waiting to the right of Cindy Anderson Cooper?
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 03:22 PM
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12. Yes, it is
FYI - I didn't create it, just found it... priceless!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 06:43 PM
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13. "The people can't afford gas, m'lady!" "So let them ride in limousines..." nt
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 08:17 PM
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17. lol!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 07:09 PM
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14. Rec'd ..I guess mccain won't be getting any of
the Log Cabin Support?
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rndmprsn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 07:13 PM
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15. a barcode scanner moment for sure...
too bad the corp media won't pick up on it.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-28-08 12:21 PM
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18. I love your graphic!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 08:01 PM
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16. How is this not the biggest story in GDP?
It should be. This is a bread and butter issue, and somehow it has sunk.

How does McCain not know the price of gas? He's on a permanent road trip. He drives by gas stations day and night. He should have guessed 10 cents higher than the highest number he has ever seen. He's amazingly out of touch.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-28-08 12:34 PM
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19. He's part of the DC elite now so why would he know? Reminds me of the
clip of Clinton showing her to be clueless about how to use a cappuccino machine in the qwikee mart. It's telling of course, but pretty common I would venture to guess amongst DC establishment types. Now Kucinich on the other hand? I bet you he'd be able to fill his car AND go into the qwikee mart for a veggie-cappuccino while his tank is filling up.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-28-08 12:37 PM
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20. It's time to deconstruct the myth of this man
Five minutes to Wapner indeed.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-28-08 12:44 PM
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21. All mcCain knows is that he wants to be president, end of story!
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