Comments on: What if they gave a presidential debate and nobody came?

By: Vietnamese-American

Vietnamese-American — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:32:47 +0000

Virgil Xenophon:

Obviously not enough.

Wow, you’re a real piece of shit. I’m shocked.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:55:02 +0000

as a fellow fossil I strongly abhor attacks on his physical appearance and the “out-of-touch” thing.

“Out of touch” is somewhat important when voting for a president.

I believe it was P.J. O’Rourke

Another man who would never make such attacks.

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:42:13 +0000

Appros po of my comment about typing pools, I believe it was P.J. O’Rourk who pointed out the savagely ironic fact that the current trend among “the rich” is to spend $90,000 on state of the art kitchens—places where only the servants used to tread.

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:36:50 +0000

You, know, to all who read this exchange here, I feel compelled to state that though I am an unrepentant “man of the right,” McCain has never been my cup of tea for many reasons—his inconsistencies, is obvious lack of understanding of economics, his views on immigration and taxes(what ARE they exactly , anyway) and a slew of other things—but as a fellow fossil I strongly abhor attacks on his physical appearance and the “out-of-touch” thing. If anyone can multi-task, it’s fighter pilots—ex or otherwise. I am rather amused that the sine qua non of the competent executive is whether he has the skills of a clerk typist—they used to have entire “pools” of people to do that kind of scut work.

By: bi -- IJI

bi -- IJI — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:05:46 +0000

I could be wrong about this, but if memory serves he was at first reticent to push the POW thing, but has been more or less drawn out about it

If that’s true, and that’s a very big “if”, I can perfectly understand. McCain was totally against it, before he was totally for it!

All of McCain and Palin’s flip-flops are, of course, the fault of those darn librulz. POW! POW! POW! POW! POW! …

—bi, International Journal of Inactivism

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:59:20 +0000

lemuel pitkin:

Ans: Obviously not enough.

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:54:39 +0000

PS to KAS: Oh, but we’ve already seen the suck-up movie Hollywood made about the exploits of George W. Bush, 41st POTUS and the (volunteer) youngest Navy pilot in WWII, who was shot down and perilously rescued by a Navy sub. Great movie wasn’t it?

By: lemuel pitkin

lemuel pitkin — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:52:32 +0000

332 combat missions will do that.

How many people do you reckon you killed?

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:43:59 +0000

Reply to KAS:

As a USAF Vietnam-era fossil only slightly younger than McCain who was fortunate enough not to be shot down and captured I guess I am a tad sensitive on the subject—332 combat missions will do that. My replacement/roommate was shot down and KIA on his first mission—his unpacked bags still sitting on my/his freshly made bed when I got the news as I awaited transportation to the flight-line to board the commercial bird taking me and everyone else whose tour was up that day home—all blind luck, really, me alive, him dead;his first day, my last one. Sooo———
Now, about your main point. I could be wrong about this, but if memory serves he was at first reticent to push the POW thing, but has been more or less drawn out about it—unlike John Kerry who milked his 3 month tour of dubious accomplishments for all they were worth right from jump street. And as I am of an age to well remember JFK
handing out those tacky PT-109 (a 60kt MTB JFK allowed to be cut in half by a 30kt Destroyer) cuff-links and tie-tacks to White House visitors to the great glee and approval of the press—so I am unimpressed by charges of “stunts” laid against conservative candidates. Gee, I wonder if McCain is elected will Hollywood make a suck-up movie about his war exploits and let him personally pick the actor who will portray him as was done with JFK? To even ask the question is to answer it…….

By: KAS

KAS — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:09:37 +0000

virgil xenophon,

So sorry if I offended you with my sarcasm! I forgot that being a POW was totally off limits! I am a Veteran who knows multiple individuals that were injured or deformed, two that died and I knew a handful of SF guys who were short term POW’s. I was being Cynically humorous about his ridiculous over use of his service and torture that he is using a political stunt combined with the obvious age and ‘out of touch’ persona that a dinosaur implies. Hence the T-Rex ;)

He is the one tarnishing his service by using it to gain votes, now I.

p.s. I am not a Man, I am an adult & I do partake in serious discussion when the post is serious.

KAS

By: Mark Dowling

Mark Dowling — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:32:20 +0000

The obvious substitute is a bowl of pho.

By: bi -- IJI

bi -- IJI — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:43:11 +0000

virgil xenophon gives me an idea:

In McCain’s place, put a big honking record player that repeatedly blares, “I am a POW! I am a POW! I am a POW!” It may also be a good idea to make sure it’s louder than Obama’s voice. End of debate.

—bi, International Journal of Inactivism

By: Rich Puchalsky

Rich Puchalsky — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:36:18 +0000

I would like to sincerely thank John McCain. His inept politicization and attention-grabbing debate cancellation so that he could parachute into Washington appear to have sabotaged the bailout deal. He has done what Senators like Dodd—who, regrettably, are still too focussed on the idea that they have to be responsible, and fix things—could not do.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:13:57 +0000

A Dalek.

Same origin story, same vocabulary.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:38:39 +0000

make fun of a veteran who sacrificed for his country and was physically crippled through torture? John McCain was not tortured.