Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona

[bob]

As I recall from way back then, McCain was invited by Gen. Singlaub to take an honorary board position as a way of padding his CV.

Levy originally posted in the Taitz forum, so I responded there.

[Estiveo]

As I recall from way back then, McCain was invited by Gen. Singlaub to take an honorary board position as a way of padding his CV.

Levy originally posted in the Taitz forum, so I responded there.

Thanks, Bob, that's the stuff!

[cbreitel]

Come on all, you're disappointing me here! McCain just released a campaign ad in which he pictures Hayworth ALONG WITH ORLY. On tv! Berg too! Please tell me PJ has been on the story in some other thread!

I'm traveling and only have a blackberry so can't peruse much, or post much. Cheers to all.

only these three threads here, here and here

Unless the links are screwed, I see no mention of the most glaring news story out there on this issue, which Here is what I'm talking about:

J.D. Hayworth's camp is attacking Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) for putting out a Web ad Wednesday comparing Hayworth to the heads of the so-called "birther" conspiracy theorists.

The ad, titled "Identity," links Hayworth – the former congressman who is challenging McCain in the GOP – with Orly Taitz and Phil Berg, two of the most prominent leaders of lawsuits seeking proof of President Barack Obama's citizenship.

"These are serious economic times. Yet some are consumed by conspiracies," text at the beginning of the ad reads before showing clips of Taitz, Berg and Hayworth.

After showing videos of all the three, an announcer says, "The only difference between these three people? Only one is running for the U.S. Senate."

Folks, this is a United States Senator and former presidential candidate, Republican, who is using an association with birtherism to mock and taunt his opponent. That's huge!

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/ ... itico.html

[cbreitel]

copying this post here for reference:

McCain was a co-chair of an organization that at one time called for the violent overthrow of the US government:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/1 ... 506/634112

I didn't look into it, so I don't know if it was found to be false.

Pardon my French but "fucking ridiculous" is more like it. McCain's Nazi connection? And we complain about delusional birthers?

I will proudly cast my vote for John McCain, assuming the teabaggers don't give the nomination to Hayworth. (Even if that happened, I suspect McCain would pull a Lieberman and just run as an independent, and win the general election handily.)

[bob]

Pardon my French but "fucking ridiculous" is more like it. McCain's Nazi connection? And we complain about delusional birthers?

As noted here, the Daily Kos "article" was written by Levy. (So there's your birther/delusional tie-in.) As many news articles pointed out, McCain's involvement with this group was only after it was purged of such extremist leanings.

And the McCain ad with Taitz and Berg has been posted and discussed on this site.

[mimi]

Pardon my French but "fucking ridiculous" is more like it. McCain's Nazi connection? And we complain about delusional birthers?

As noted here, the Daily Kos "article" was written by Levy. (So there's your birther/delusional tie-in.) As many news articles pointed out, McCain's involvement with this group was only after it was purged of such extremist leanings.

And the McCain ad with Taitz and Berg has been posted and discussed on this site.

Yeah, I saw you posted that over there. Thanks!

[cbreitel]

Pardon my French but "fucking ridiculous" is more like it. McCain's Nazi connection? And we complain about delusional birthers?

As noted here, the Daily Kos "article" was written by Levy. (So there's your birther/delusional tie-in.) As many news articles pointed out, McCain's involvement with this group was only after it was purged of such extremist leanings.

And the McCain ad with Taitz and Berg has been posted and discussed on this site.

Not on often enough to know that. Anyway, I love the ad:

[cnpplc]

Pardon my French but "fucking ridiculous" is more like it. McCain's Nazi connection? And we complain about delusional birthers?

As noted here, the Daily Kos "article" was written by Levy. (So there's your birther/delusional tie-in.) As many news articles pointed out, McCain's involvement with this group was only after it was purged of such extremist leanings.

And the McCain ad with Taitz and Berg has been posted and discussed on this site.

The WACL was never purged of undesirable elements, Co-Chair was General Singlaub? Can you spell "Contra death squad?"

[bob]

Can you spell "Contra death squad?"

C-o-n-t-r-a d-e-a-t-h s-q-u-a-d.

And you're welcome.

[joshaus]

Can you spell ...

Out of interest can your client?

Have you read her latest filing to DC? Looks like you'll be getting more sanctions work from her in the near future. Now if only you weren't working pro-bono for our lady of liberty you might actually get to make some real money out of her clusterf@#ks. Of course if she does decide to start paying a lawyer to defend the growing shitstorm coming down upon her I somehow doubt fellow graduates of Taft Law Skool will be at the top of the list of potential legal counsel sought to be retained.

[cnpplc]

My real spelling troubles started when I got this wireless HP keyboard....it seems to be dyslexic.

[muldrake]

My real spelling troubles started when I got this wireless HP keyboard....it seems to be dyslexic.

The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me).

[PatGund]

My real spelling troubles started when I got this wireless HP keyboard....it seems to be dyslexic.

No, that would be a PH keyboard. *chuckle*

[Epectitus]

The WACL was never purged of undesirable elements, Co-Chair was General Singlaub?

Actually... I personally know John. And he is the one credited with the the purge.

[cnpplc]

The WACL was never purged of undesirable elements, Co-Chair was General Singlaub?

Actually... I personally know John. And he is the one credited with the the purge.

I disagree, he replaced old Nazis, Ustashi and White Supremacists with even worse who were able to carry out their some times murderous plans with the blessings of the ethnic office at the Reagan White House - Pat Buchanon and Kathy Chumachenko. Contra operatives simply replaced the Ustasha assets who were by then focusing on going home to Croatia insead of international terrorism and other ops.

http://www.rightweb.irc-online.org/arti ... ist_League

The WACL was and still is under the new name World league for Freedom & Democracy nothing more than a tool of the Kuomintang, another bunch which has supposedly cleaned up its act.

[bob]

I like how the goalpost has shifted from "McCain pals around with Nazis and those who want to overthrow the United States!" to "McCain pals around with Contra sympathizers!"

McCain? Sympathetic to the Contras during the mid-1980s? Alert the media! Get JD Hayworth on the phone!

[elliewyatt]

J.D. Hayworth Rejected by Hispanic Republican Group Over ALIPAC Endorsement- Apparently ALIPAC Supporters Used Words Like "Wetback" and "Pepper Belly"

The Hispanic Republican group Somos Republicans says it's "rejecting" Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth over an endorsement he accepted from the anti-immigration group Americans for Legal Immigration.

ALIPAC is a controversial organization for a few reasons: It has the support of cuddly organizations like the Ku Klux Klan and former "Grand Wizard" David Duke, which has prompted Hayworth's primary opponent, Senator John McCain, to call for Hayworth to "disavow" the endorsement.

Somos Republicans isn't thrilled with the whole Klan association, but its beef is more about some of the language ALIPAC supporters use on the organization's Web site -- namely "wetback," "taco bender," "wetback roundup," and "pepper belly."

Check it out here.

We called ALIPAC organizer William Gheen and had to listen to a blast of profanity and his asking us to contact him by e-mail in the future so he could shove a hard copy of our questions "up [our] ass." He threatened to "sue the shit out of" New Times for even asking about racist language on the Web site.

more:
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valley ... p_reje.php

[TexasFilly]

McCain has given Newsweek an interview in which he states "I have never considered myself a maverick". TPM has the story, complete with one of Johnny's 2008 campaign ads. Additionally, the article notes:

Reader KB points out the subtitle of one of McCain's books: "Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him."

McCain seems to have truly lost it now.

[cbreitel]

Jon Stewart rips McCain a new one...

Trying to post this from a computer that can't view what I'm purportedly posting, so if it's broken someone please redo for me? Episode number 269779, Link here.

[Samuron]

Jon Stewart rips McCain a new one...

Trying to post this from a computer that can't view what I'm purportedly posting, so if it's broken someone please redo for me?

The link works.

As much as I personally dislike McCain, I hope he gets it together soon, or he just might end up throwing it to Hayworth.

[Highlands]

McCain has a new ad out.

For the past few months, Sen. John McCain's reelection campaign has operated on the assumption that if it can depict primary challenger J.D. Hayworth as fundamentally unserious, voters will recoil.

On Monday, the senator kept at it, releasing a new web ad -- presented in the form of a spot created and approved by Hayworth himself -- that can best be described as a "greatest hits" list of bizarre and brash statements by the former representative.

Billed as "A Special Message from J.D. Hayworth," it paints the Tea-Party-favored Senate aspirant as someone more interested in confirming President Obama's birth in Kenya (and stopping man-on-horse marriages) than tackling serious issues. In between, there are gratuitous references to Dracula, space aliens, and a Radar magazine article calling Hayworth one of the least bright members of Congress.

Meh. The concept is a great idea, but the ad falls short of it's full potential. Hayworth is totally NUTS, though.

[realist]

While funny, I don't think it puts forth the message McCain's campaign seems to believe it does.

In fact, I believe this one and the prior one may even backfire on McCain.

[Justin]

I, too, love the concept of the ad. Frankly, I don't think it was over-the-top ENOUGH. It would have been even better and more effective if they took it a step further, REALLY playing up the stupidity. It tried to sound like a serious political ad while wanting to be totally silly. You have to commit to the concept.

[mimi]

Thanks for sharing that.

[joshaus]

New ad from McCain's campaign. They are really going for the mockery angle against Hayworth.