The Official McCain Flip-Flop List (part 1 of 10) (563 hits)
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Submitted by Roy L. Hampton <royl.at.internet.com> (View user info) at 2008-07-16 12:13:55 EDT
Here's the list.
National Security Policy
1. McCain thought Bush's warrantless-wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite.
2. McCain insisted that everyone, even "terrible killers," "the worst kind of scum of humanity," and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, "deserve to have some adjudication of their cases," even if that means "releasing some of them." McCain now believes the opposite.
3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country."
4. In February 2008, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding.
5. McCain was for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it.
6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with predators, McCain criticized him for it. He's since come to the opposite conclusion.
User Reviews
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-07-17 13:24:51 EDT (#)
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Sir Lancelot: We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril.
Sir Galahad: I don't think I was.
Sir Lancelot: Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril.
Sir Galahad: Look, let me go back in there and face the peril.
Sir Lancelot: No, it's too perilous.
Sir Galahad: Look, it's my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.
Sir Lancelot: No, we've got to find the Holy Grail. Come on.
Sir Galahad: Oh, let me have just a little bit of peril?
Sir Lancelot: No. It's unhealthy.
Sir Galahad: I bet you're gay.
Sir Lancelot: Am not.
Submitted by CarterPFly (user info) at 2008-07-17 11:56:41 EDT (#)
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I dont understand what any of this has to do with oven chips or crappy shoes?
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-07-17 10:18:01 EDT (#)
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That's it. It's time for my campaign to take off.
Vote Drake in '08!
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2008-07-17 09:09:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-16 15:31:35 CDT (#)
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I'm fine with the Drake's position on these issues, with the caveat that flipping a cigbutt out the car window and bouncing it off of me or my motorcycle will result in forfeiture of the aforementioned tax break and the smoker's immediate termination with extreme prejudice.
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Uh, I'm with Skrap on this one for obvious reasons.
I'm also for non-prosecution of motorcyclists who maybe have a pocket of ball bearings and are forced to throw them over their shoulder at say, a major douchebag in the car behind them.
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2008-07-17 08:29:41 EDT (#)
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John McCain kicked ass in Die Hard.
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2008-07-17 06:24:38 EDT (#)
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there's nothing inherently wrong with changing ones mind on a subject, or "flip flopping" as you say.
if at one point, you believe something to be true based on the available evidence, and then at some point in the future, better evidence arises that leads you to believe the opposite, there's nothing wrong with that.
that being said, mcain sucks, and so do you and your posts.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-07-17 04:19:14 EDT (#)
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I was hoping this was a post regarding footwear which is dangerous at high speeds.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:45:36 EDT (#)
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have i started a movement here?
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:40:06 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:31:35 EDT (#)
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I'm fine with the Drake's position on these issues, with the caveat that flipping a cigbutt out the car window and bouncing it off of me or my motorcycle will result in forfeiture of the aforementioned tax break and the smoker's immediate termination with extreme prejudice.
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So be it.
Submitted by cuberat (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:38:19 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:35:44 EDT (#)
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VOTE SEACREST/DOBBS IN '08
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:31:35 EDT (#)
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I'm fine with the Drake's position on these issues, with the caveat that flipping a cigbutt out the car window and bouncing it off of me or my motorcycle will result in forfeiture of the aforementioned tax break and the smoker's immediate termination with extreme prejudice.
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-07-16 16:28:03 EDT (#)
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at least he's white
Submitted by precision (user info) at 2008-07-16 15:54:39 EDT (#)
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Yeah, but Obama thinks we have 57 states.
Submitted by FATMANTPK (user info) at 2008-07-16 15:22:51 EDT (#)
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The_Drake has my vote.
This post does not.
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-07-16 14:07:24 EDT (#)
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I would rule with an iron fist.
My opinions would sound across the fruited plain.
Old people would be no more.
Blacks would get reparations, in the form of a boat ride.
Illegal immigrants would suddenly disappear.
American companies would stay in america.
Smokers would receive tax breaks for having to put up with non-smokers bullshit.
I accept your nomination, EI, with excitement and pride.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-07-16 13:52:22 EDT (#)
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I think they should shoot the loser, in Texas or somewhere. Shoot the winner too.
Let The Drake rule.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2008-07-16 13:49:35 EDT (#)
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Youre still going to vote him in, arent you, lets face it.
Submitted by FilledwithHate (user info) at 2008-07-16 13:36:23 EDT (#)
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I'm an Obama supporter and I am bored with this. It feels like you just copied and pasted something from the Obama web site (not saying you actually did that, though).
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2008-07-16 13:13:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:21:02 EDT (#)
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So, you're saying we shouldn't vote for McCain since he's exercised his right to change his mind and is therefore a woman? Or what exactly are you saying?
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That's exactly what he's saying. Well done, reading for meaning instead of for content.
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2008-07-16 13:01:07 EDT (#)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI&feature=related
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:44:18 EDT (#)
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Can you site sources for this information? I'm not being an ass, I am genuinely interested.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:26:53 EDT (#)
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Tim: Well, that's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!
Robin: You tit! I soiled my armor, I was so scared!
Tim: Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide, it's a killer!
Galahad: Get stuffed!
Tim: He'll do you up a treat, mate.
Galahad: Oh, yeah?
Robin: Mangy Scots git!
Tim: I'm warning you!
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:24:00 EDT (#)
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thanks
Submitted by The_Drake (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:22:24 EDT (#)
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Hello, little man. Boy, I sure heard a bunch about you. See, I was a good friend of your dad's. We were in that Hanoi pit of hell together for over five years. Hopefully, you'll never have to experience this yourself, but when two men are in a situation like me and your dad were, for as long as we were, you take on certain responsibilities of the other. If it had been me who had not made it, Major Coolidge would be talking right now to my son Jim. But the way it turned out is I'm talking to you, Butch. I got something for ya. [Holds up watch] This watch I got here was first purchased by your great-grandfather during the first world war. It was bought in a little general store in Knoxville, Tennessee, made by the first company to ever make wrist watches. Up until then, people just carried pocket watches. It was bought by Private Doughboy Ryan Coolidge the day he set sail for Paris. This was your great-grandfather's war watch, and he wore it every day he was in the war. Then when he had done his duty, he went home to your great-grandmother, took the watch and put it in an old coffee can. And in that can it stayed 'til your granddad Dane Coolidge was called upon by his country to go overseas and fight the Germans once again. This time they called it World War Two. Your great-granddad gave this watch to your granddad for good luck. Unfortunately, Dane's luck wasn't as good as his old man's. Dane was a Marine and he was killed along with all the other Marines at the battle of Wake Island. Your granddad was facing death, and he knew it. None of those boys had any illusions about ever leaving that island alive. So three days before the Japanese took the island, your granddad asked a gunner on an Air Force transport named Winocki, a man he had never met before in his life, to deliver to his infant son, who he had never seen in the flesh, his gold watch. Three days later, your grandfather was dead. But Winocki kept his word. After the war was over, he paid a visit to your grandmother, delivering to your infant father, his Dad's gold watch. This watch. This watch was on your Daddy's wrist when he was shot down over Hanoi. He was captured and put in a Vietnamese prison camp. He knew if the gooks ever saw the watch that it'd be confiscated; taken away. The way your Dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes were gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something. His ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
Submitted by Doodles (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:22:24 EDT (#)
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Galahad: There it is!
Arthur: The Bridge of Death!
Robin: Oh, great.
Arthur: Look! There's the old man from scene twenty-four!
Bedevere: What is he doing here?
Arthur: He is the keeper of the Bridge of Death. He asks each traveller five questions--
Galahad: Three questions.
Arthur: Three questions. He who answers the five questions--
Galahad: Three questions.
Arthur: Three questions may cross in safety.
Robin: What if you get a question wrong?
Arthur: Then you are cast into the Gorge of Eternal Peril.
Robin: Oh, I won't go.
Galahad: Who's going to answer the questions?
Arthur: Sir Robin!
Robin: Yes?
Arthur: Brave Sir Robin, you go.
Robin: Hey! I've got a great idea. Why doesn't Launcelot go?
Launcelot: Yes. Let me go, my liege. I will take him single-handed. I shall make a feint to the north-east that s--
Arthur: No, no. No. Hang on! Hang on! Hang on! Just answer the five questions--
Galahad: Three questions.
Arthur: Three questions as best you can, and we shall watch... and pray.
Launcelot: I understand, my liege.
Arthur: Good luck, brave Sir Launcelot. God be with you.
Bridgekeeper: Stop! Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
Launcelot: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?
Launcelot: My name is 'Sir Launcelot of Camelot'.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Launcelot: To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?
Launcelot: Blue.
Bridgekeeper: Right. Off you go.
Launcelot: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
Robin: That's easy!
Bridgekeeper: Stop! Who approacheth the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.
Robin: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?
Robin: 'Sir Robin of Camelot'.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Robin: To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is the capital of Assyria?
[pause]
Robin: I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!
Bridgekeeper: Stop! What... is your name?
Galahad: 'Sir Galahad of Camelot'.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Galahad: I seek the Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?
Galahad: Blue. No, yel-- auuuuuuuugh!
Bridgekeeper: Hee hee heh. Stop! What... is your name?
Arthur: It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.
Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?
Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail.
Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Arthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Bridgekeeper: Huh? I-- I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!
Bedevere: How do know so much about swallows?
Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:21:02 EDT (#)
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So, you're saying we shouldn't vote for McCain since he's exercised his right to change his mind and is therefore a woman? Or what exactly are you saying?
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:18:22 EDT (#)
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Cite sources or GTFO.
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-07-16 12:16:07 EDT (#)
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King Arthur: I am your king.
Woman: Well I didn't vote for you.
King Arthur: You don't vote for kings.
Woman: Well how'd you become king then?
[Angelic music plays... ]
King Arthur: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.