McCain On 60 Minutes Says Something Interesting

Email Print posted by ihavenobias 03/09/2008 08:23:56 PM EST

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As I and others have pointed out in previous threads, Hillary's latest tactics are damaging not only to Obama, but to herself in the long run.
Of course Obama-Bashers dismiss this idea, but if John McCain's words on 60 minutes tonight are any indication, they're dead wrong.

"If the phone rings at 3 a.m., I think the American people would want me to answer it first,’’-John McCain on 60 minutes

I'm surprised he didn't personally thank Hillary for giving him the opportunity to clobber both her and Obama using Hillary's short-sighted argument s.

Now we just have to wait for McCain's 3am commercials, and better yet, the commercials where he references this in a way that damages both Obama AND Hillary over and over again leading up to the general election.
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Surprise surprise (none / 0)

Who would have guessed that a Republican would be comfortable fighting on the "national security" playing field?  Answer: Everybody.

This is just another example of how the Clintons "know how to play politics", cause this sure is a winning strategy.  GO TEAM!

by Spencer on 03/09/2008 08:54:06 PM EST

I know it should be obvious (none / 0)
but to a lot of people, it's not apparently.

Luckily more and more people are starting to notice...

But Hillary Clinton seems to have learned the wrong lesson from her Senatorial success. The lesson she has learned is that Republicans such as McCain are more her friends than Senators with progressive principles. As a result, it now appears that Clinton and McCain stand together on one side of a divide, and Barack Obama stands on the other side of that divide.

The divide is between the inside-the-beltway ruling class, who can see no reason of any kind that they should give up the power they have accumulated and the avenue to wealth that it represents, and the citizenry of the country, who in every poll insist that the country is headed in the wrong direction. In the last week, Clinton has put herself on McCain's ticket, attacking the change that Obama promises and seems poised to deliver (whether or not he can remains an open question), and promising more more more of the same of what we have had for the last thirty years.

More of the same is exactly what almost everyone does not want, but Clinton tells us everyday in every way that that is what we will get -- what we have had is what she touts as her "experience". What we see in her campaign is that we will get the same old same old with an added measure of chaos.

Clinton, of course, is not Cheney. Dick Cheney is the mad master of corruption, a person who literally doesn't know what integrity is. But Hillary is too smart not to know, and she has made up her mind to shelve her integrity for the sake of ambition. And let me be clear what I mean by corruption -- I have no idea what her financial gains have been over the years, and I don't care. What I mean by corruption is any and all support of the criminal policies of the Republicans while calling herself a Democrat, in order to gain power.

by ihavenobias on 03/09/2008 11:11:48 PM EST

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If Obama is really smart (none / 0)

he should start airing ads that feature both Hillary and McCain as if they are running on the same Republican ticket.

That would be a nice smack in the face. 

by bfaul on 03/10/2008 11:29:51 AM EST

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Rah, Rah (none / 0)
Somebody gets it.

How about fighting back, what a concept.

If he won't fight back now, he won't in the general and he will lose. and his supporters will blame Clinton

by LORD FOUL on 03/11/2008 08:02:04 PM EST

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Too easy. (none / 0)

If McCain was awakened at 3am, how long would it take him to get his mind going?  How long would it take him to get out of bed?  How long could he last without a full night's sleep?  As old as he is, I'm not sure that at 3am -- or at any other time -- he'd be any more competent than Bush.  We already knows that he wants to continue Bush's policies.  Why would anyone want him answering the phone at 3am?

The only candidate who can make this case is Obama.  Hillary already has confessed to preferring McCain.  I am now absolutely convinced that Hillary cannot win against McCain, but that Obama can.

I'm also convinced that Hillary won't be the nominee.  Her tactics can only be dispiriting to her followers, who really do want someone ethical to be their President.

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 01:53:31 AM EST

Question for Hillary Haters. (none / 0)
"Her tactics can only be dispiriting to her followers, who really do want someone ethical to be their President."

So if Hillary wins the nomination, are you voting for McCain?

It ceratinly sounds like Hillary is endorsing McCain if Obama wins the nomination.

by KenTX on 03/10/2008 03:02:32 AM EST

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Sorry, I thought I was clear. (none / 0)

As I said, I'm convinced that Hillary will not be the nominee.

Of course there must be an alternate timeline in a parallel universe where she does become the nominee.  My other self is voting for her in that universe because anyone, even a left-wing nutcase like Kucinich, would be better than a Republican, and it really isn't hard to improve on McCain.

But there may also be an alternate universe where she is the nominee and I don't vote for her -- or anyone at all.  Heck, there might even be an alternate universe where I'm a Republican.

But I doubt it.

by EveningStarNM on 03/10/2008 03:50:39 AM EST

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Is she daft? (none / 0)


It ceratinly sounds like Hillary is endorsing McCain if Obama wins the nomination.

That's a really dumb thing to do, unless Hillary is reasonably sure that reverse psychology will work on the majority of Republicans. Then again, "really dumb" is the bread and butter of the GOP, isn't it?

by OneHitKill on 03/11/2008 09:07:04 PM EST

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If McCain answers the phone at 3AM... (none / 0)

Will they be able to understand his orders when he doesn't have his teeth in?

Side note:  The little girl from the 3AM ad is an Obama supporter.   I thought that was vaguely amusing.

by Spencer on 03/10/2008 03:45:30 AM EST

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