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John McCain Booed at Conservative Convention (VIDEO)

wonkette.com — John McCain acknowledges controversial illegal immigration voting history at CPAC, gets booed, giggles, then gets cheered!

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  • freecon, on 02/08/2008, -30/+103McCain is the establishment guy chosen to fall on his sword for Hillary. Probably will end up as her Sec. Defense. Hillary and Mrs. McCain are buddies. This stinks. The election is staged. wake up.
    • americangoy, on 02/08/2008, -10/+15Of course the election is staged. It took you folks a bit too much time to figure it out.
      The trick is to make America seem "progressive" to the world by having either a woman or a black man president, while continuing the same policies in Iraq and around the world that we always did.
      • elipabst, on 02/08/2008, -7/+4Proof? Yeah I didn't think so.
        • nospinhere, on 02/08/2008, -4/+2What a misleading title. First of all, he was cheered by all as he entered the room. He made a comment about a position that differs from the conservative view and he had a few playful jeers from the crowd. Hardly booing. But expect more of the spattering of jeers in his speeches as he doesn't always follow the hard party line.
    • floatingpoints, on 02/08/2008, -16/+8I'm gonna laugh my ass off at every political comment you make once Obama wins.
      • MindStalker, on 02/08/2008, -2/+3Dude, you do realize that with the Democratic ticket so evenly split its up the the superdelegates to decide. Sure they might pick Obama, but the decision is no longer ours to make.
        • Alpione, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2What would you prefer to do if voters split down the middle?
        • DogBotherer, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4Even if they picked Obama, so what? Point still holds...
    • waluum, on 02/08/2008, -6/+1I agree with you that it's staged, but he did still get a significant majority of the votes. Perhaps, with the faulty e-voting, the count could be engineered to give him some extra votes, but that doesn't take away from the fact that so many people still voted for him. How do you change THAT? How do you wake THEM up?
      • MindStalker, on 02/08/2008, -3/+1Umm you realize he only got 35% of the vote, it just happened to be larger than the percentages the other guys got in most states.
        If 65% dislike him he won't win in the convention.
    • Picaroon, on 02/08/2008, -13/+3I'd be really happy to have McCain as secdef. Why wouldn't you? He wouldn't make the decisions entirely about the politics of waging war, but I'm confident that he could get ***** done when he needed to.
    • AtomicTheory, on 02/08/2008, -11/+8"McCain is the establishment guy chosen to fall on his sword for Hillary. Probably will end up as her Sec. Defense. Hillary and Mrs. McCain are buddies. This stinks. The election is staged. wake up."

      That is possibly the most ridiculous statement I have ever seen or read. All serious liberals know that even serious liberals wouldn't vote Hillary Clinton into the presidency.
      • tman84, on 02/08/2008, -6/+4This isn't about liberals voting or republicans voting. Hillary is the anointed one. The whole election process is a sham.
      • Alpione, on 02/08/2008, -6/+7There's no such thing as a "serious lliberal..."
    • Malevolant, on 02/08/2008, -1/+9The OP is delusional at best because this is not staged nor would McCain switch parties, especially this late in the game. I can't believe one would argue that Hilary has it in the bag and that this is being staged given Obama's inroads. If anything Obama's election looks staged due to his never speaking on issues. All we hear from people about how inspirational his speaking is, how his books are great, and how he's going to create change. I'm sick of all of this crap because it's just a bunch of hollow words meant to stir up their supporters, or better yet FANS, and not speak on actual issues.

      None of these politicians want to take a stand on anything and it's not on purpose. Why are people so desperate that they run to a candidate that says nothing and act like he is the second coming? What we have here are 3-4 products, i.e., politicians selling their wares in different ways. They are consciously marketing themselves to certain demographics just like a PR firm markets fast food. It's all built on *****, but everyone's eating it up. One thing is certain and that is that the marketing companies know exactly what to do to get the American public to buy into things, no questions asked.
      It's embarrassing
      • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2But OBama is the next JFK!

        He's even got a cult of personality, and he's not eve in office yet.
    • sgglynn, on 02/08/2008, -2/+7Wake up people, our government is purposely planning the downfall of our country. Eventually, we will bring down our neighbors, and will be "forced" into a North American Union. They can't get away with it until we are all in peril, then the move will be accepted.
  • Cybrwolf, on 02/08/2008, -43/+78Hang in their Dr. Paul! At the GOP Convention, when the party realizes that no one but you could confront Obama, you will win the Nomination!
    • kindaintoit, on 02/08/2008, -23/+43Is this a joke?
      • kevlarbaboon, on 02/08/2008, -6/+5Yes.
      • MindStalker, on 02/08/2008, -1/+5Depends.
        If summer campaigning of Obama or Hillary versus McCain makes it plainly obvious (party managers won't ignore polls showing 65% of the country choosing Obama over McCain) The convention WILL choose someone other than McCain. Who I don't know But at this point its Paul or Huckabee, nobody will seriously vote for Romney because hes shown how easily he gives up or can be bought off.
        • madmage, on 02/08/2008, -0/+1The convention can't pick someone else.

          They are PLEDGED delegate, meaning if they break their pledge, their vote is stripped.
        • Big1984Brother, on 02/09/2008, -1/+1The are pledged only for the first few rounds of voting (the number of votes is dfferent in each state). If nobody has a majority after a few rounds, the delegates can vote for ANYBODY they choose, even for somebody who isn't even running yet. (Go to Wikipedia an look up "Dark horse candidate"). If 50% of the delegate refused to nominate McCain, he would not get the nomination no matter what happens. If this situation arises, the delegates would be free to vote for anybody -- including Paul, Huckabee, Thompson, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mickey Mouse... anybody.
        • Big1984Brother, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1No, No, No. They are pledged ONLY for the first few rounds of voting. If no candidate gets a majority after the first round the delegates are released from their pledge. But these rules vary by state. Some states require delegates to keep their pledge for three rounds, while other states don't require delegates to honor their pledge at all!

          http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7224970. ...

          If you think about it, this makes perfect sense. A person can only win the nomination if they get 50% of the votes at the convention. If McCain only gets 40% of the delegates, there would be deadlock unless SOMEBODY was allowed to switch their vote.
    • Ragecloak, on 02/08/2008, -7/+36@kindaintoit: well John "100 more years" McCain certainly cant. Nor can Huckabee who wants desperately to make this country a theocracy. Who's left? The only true conservative who has a BETTER record/solution for Iraq than Obama
      • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -8/+7Ron Paul wants 50 separate theocracies. He even submitted a bill that would do just that, H.R. 300. That bill specifically prohibts individuals from seeking relief from state established religion by prohibiting those cases from being heard by the Supreme Court. He also threw in prohibitions on challenging states from invading privacy and discriminating based on religious doctrine. He is the same as Huckabee, just less honest.
        • arcticsoft, on 02/08/2008, -6/+6Where is the reference to your bs. Onion news doesn't count.
          • JoeVet, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Do you really want me to type in "H.R. 300" in to the Google bar for you?
      • arcticsoft, on 02/08/2008, -3/+3Where is the reference. And onion news doesn't count.
      • Malevolant, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3bury hit wrong button
    • adjustafresh, on 02/08/2008, -16/+3@freecon - Nice one. I actually LOLed when I read that.
    • dan222555, on 02/08/2008, -12/+16And then pigs will fly...
    • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 02/08/2008, -19/+4You mean Dr Ron "Perhaps it would help if we ran away MORE?" Paul is going to fight terrorism?
      • goffy59, on 02/08/2008, -4/+9your a moron. You actually see it that way? Its more like this: Big brother picks on little brother. Little brother is hurt very bad, big brother feels the need to stop picking on him and leave him alone. Goddamnit, this is why America is *****; because of people like you. You think Ron Paul means "run away" when he says pull out. He means this: Stop illegal activities the government is doing and follow our rules. Iraq = Undeclared illegal war. It certainly is not running away! Its saving ourselves from world war 3.
        • jcastillo81, on 02/08/2008, -4/+6And you aren't helping people to understand Ron Paul's principals by calling anyone that disagrees with him an idiot.
        • TheUnlearn, on 02/08/2008, -1/+7congress gave George Bush the power to declare war because they didn't want to do it and have themselves look bad. Republicans and Democrats voted in favor of letting Bush make the decision on Iraq knowing full well what he wanted to do. The blame for this war being unconstitutional falls on Congress because they didn't say no they said "you make the decision, Bush"
    • floatingpoints, on 02/08/2008, -9/+17Um, he can't win.

      There is absolutely, positively no way, at this point in time he can win. Look at his delegates. The convention means dick, to be honest.
      • elipabst, on 02/08/2008, -4/+13Whatever. All he has to do is win 99.4% of the rest of the delegates and it's in the bag. That's completely possible now that Dr Paul has his telepathic powers back on the gold standard. Why do you have to be such a hater?
        • dan222555, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3Even if he won 100% of the remaining delegates, he still wouldn't win.
      • arcticsoft, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4Its easy for Paul to win. Huckabily will drop out then McCain will have a massive coronary and drop dead, that would be a crazy day in the news huh?
      • mlirblur, on 02/08/2008, -2/+0Brokered convention=Ron Paul 2008 GOP Nominee.

        However, brokered convention is probably gone once Romney gives away his delegates.
        • dan222555, on 02/09/2008, -1/+1"Brokered convention=Ron Paul 2008 GOP Nominee."
          Are you off your ***** rocker? The party is not going to nominate the guy....ever. The only chance he had (which was slim to none) was to win the majority of delegates---which he now cannot do. If it came down to the party choosing at convention he would never have a ***** chance.....he has absolutely no support among the mainstream of the Republican party.
          • mlirblur, on 02/10/2008, -0/+0You forget that the only campaign ensuring that the elected pledged delegates support them regardless of who they're pledged to is the Paul campaign. So those 700 some odd McCain delegates and those 200 something each for Romney and Huckabee are actually Paul supporters (if our plan is working). We're infiltrating the convention and hijacking it for liberty. Of course, the party leaders could beat us into a pulp for doing so and then lie about the results of the second ballot, but that would alert America of their true intentions.
    • TopherT, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2I think this primary is out of the question, it might take a libertarian Obama to really turn people's heads. Today's political activists are tinged with libertarianism so even if it takes some time they will become the elites in 5-10 years from now.
    • minorthreat, on 02/08/2008, -14/+9I love how everyone says RP can't win... there's no way he will win, noone will vote for him.

      Thats the spirit!!! Follow the herd sheeple. Don't vote for Paul because everyone says he can't win.. A preacher is much more capable of running the country /sarcasm
      • Alpione, on 02/08/2008, -5/+8Why are they "sheeple?" (Even though those that use the word "sheeple" are usually exactly that.) He ran his race - he got his 2% of the vote. Guess what? He can't win, and it had nothing to do with people saying he couldn't win.
      • arcticsoft, on 02/08/2008, -2/+5I think its funny cause I went to the caucus and people were telling me to not to vote for ron paul cause I was wasting my vote. They wanted me to vote for Romney. Ironic.
      • dan222555, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3Do you understand the concept of "mathematically eliminated"?
        • minorthreat, on 02/09/2008, -2/+2Do you understand the delegates don't chose their candidate until the convention? Who does Romney's delegates vote for? When Huckabee is gone, who do his delegates vote for? If he was mathematically eliminated, it would be time to call it quits.
          • dan222555, on 02/09/2008, -1/+1So the Huckabee is going to drop out and then all of sudden for no logical reason McCain---the front runner---is going to drop out and then at that point Romney is going to decide he doesn't want the nomination so he's going to go from a suspended campaign to dropping out completely and then ***** Ron Paul is going to march into the convention with his 14 delegates and say "Look everybody I'm the nominee!"? Sounds likely, moron.

            Ron Paul is mathematically eliminated from getting the majority of delegates which is the only way he was ever going to get the nomination (even though he had no chance before his campaign even began). Even if he went to the convention without a majority of delegates and was the only one left standing, the party would not nominate him.

            Time to sail on home from Peter Pan Land and face up to reality...
    • Dush, on 02/08/2008, -1/+1Romney bowing out pretty much assures there will be no chance for Paul at the convention.
  • cashman57, on 02/08/2008, -12/+67John McCain is a millionaire who doesn't even know what a gallon of milk costs. John McCain is a man who has compromised his principles and violated his oath of office for monetary gain or political expediency.

    Founding Member of the Keating Five

    Back in the old days, defendants in famous trials got numbers -- the Chicago Eight, the Gang of Four, the Dave Clark Five, ... McCain was one of the "Keating Five," congressmen investigated on ethics charges for strenuously helping convicted racketeer Charles Keating after he gave them large campaign contributions and vacation trips. Charles Keating was convicted of racketeering and fraud in both state and federal court after his Lincoln Savings & Loan collapsed, costing the taxpayers $3.4 billion. His convictions were overturned on technicalities; for example, the federal conviction was overturned because jurors had heard about his state conviction, and his state charges because Judge Lance Ito (yes, that judge) screwed up jury instructions. Neither court cleared him, and he faces new trials in both courts.) Though he was not convicted of anything, McCain intervened on behalf of Charles Keating after Keating gave McCain at least $112,00 in contributions. In the mid-1980s, McCain made at least 9 trips on Keating's airplanes, and 3 of those were to Keating's luxurious retreat in the Bahamas. McCain's wife and father-in-law also were the largest investors (at $350,000) in a Keating shopping center; the Phoenix New Times called it a "sweetheart deal." Mafia ties: In 1995, McCain sent birthday regards, and regrets for not attending, to Joseph "Joe Bananas" Bonano, the head of the New York Bonano crime family, who had retired to Arizona. Another politician to send regrets was Governor Fife Symington, who has since been kicked out of office and convicted of 7 felonies relating to fraud and extortion. Family Problems McCain has a reputation as a politician who has difficulty keeping his pants zipped, according to Republican sources. http://www.realchange.org/mccain.htm
    • slapded, on 02/08/2008, -3/+14i dont know how much a gallon of milk costs. im not rich. i just hate milk
      • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 02/08/2008, -0/+4In one store near me it's $2.70 a gallon with a "shoppers club card", at the 7-11 it's $4.50. At the dairy they only sell it in 1/2 gallons with a real glass bottle that requires a dollar deposit unless you bring one in. I would fail that test too.
      • ORMEs, on 02/08/2008, -2/+3There are two minerals important to build calcium. You need to eat magnesium and silicon in order to get the appropriate calcium formed in your bones, in your joints, where you need it.

        Dairy farms keep using hormones on cattle and keep putting forth the message that we should be *buying* drinking lots of milk. Your blood will keep pulling calcium out of the bones to neutralize the acidic level of the blood that is put off balance by the milk. So you actually result in less calcium after animal milk consumption so that your body can balance your blood's pH level.

        Organisms in Milk & Dairy products cause joint inflammatory responses and overburdens the immune system. Milk & Dairy eventually lower our calcium levels.
        • kevlarbaboon, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3What does this have to do with the article or the statement you are responding to other than the word "milk"?
          • ORMEs, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3McCain and Milk both start with the letter M. Calcium and Conservative both start with the letter C.
    • pianomahnn, on 02/08/2008, -4/+1Back in the late 70s my mom worked closely with Keating on some real estate stuff. I grew up in a subdivision built by one his companies.

      Just a little bit o' useless history.
  • JimmySpaza, on 02/08/2008, -17/+52McCain is a scumbag, lying politician. His service to America has been completely overshadowed by his rotten political career.

    Dude, why do you think that so many Republicans are ticked off. I, for one, am voting third party...or maybe Ron Paul. Maybe.
    • InSectWar, on 02/08/2008, -6/+19I, for one, welcome our third party overlords
    • cphelps, on 02/08/2008, -6/+4It's amazing to see myself typing this, but I logged in just to digg you up.
    • eviltandem, on 02/08/2008, -14/+7More wisdom from the Spaza!

      Lots of spiting vile, and no actual content or points. I expect nothing less from you!

      McCain is a true republican. So sad to see the neo-con boat has sailed...
    • Alegoo92, on 02/08/2008, -10/+5Why? Why is he in any way scum? He's done nothing wrong at all, and you're just an idiotic sheep of a liberal who has no idea why he hates republicans so much, but still does.
      • TheUnlearn, on 02/08/2008, -0/+5looks like you don't know anything about Jimmy's comment history.
      • eviltandem, on 02/08/2008, -3/+6Spaza is one of the more crazy neo-cons on this site. He makes Ganghis Khan look liberal.
        • Jlaugh, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2omg Spaza is so not a liberal, your silly Alegoo92.
      • DogBotherer, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3He refers to Asians (specifically Vietnamese) as "gooks", says he hates them all and always will. That's akin to someone who was in a war against an army in Africa, captured and mistreated (allegedly) saying he hates all "*****" and always will... I'd say that qualifies for scum status.
      • JimmySpaza, on 02/09/2008, -1/+1LOL. I have been called many things here in Diggland. This is the first time that someone has called me a liberal...which really is an insult. :-)
    • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -8/+6McCain is the worst possible person to represent the Republicans. He is a moderate who works with people across the isle. He doesn't use God in every sentence. He wants to reform government spending. How much more vile can he get. /s
      • sonicdevo, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4He lies about what he intends to do when in office, denies his voting record, attacks the first amendment... oh, and betrays his political party. He's responsible for just as much spending as the rest of that rotten lot. Of course we Conservatives don't want him as our candidate.
  • dunderballer, on 02/08/2008, -15/+15McCain is too conservative too be elected yet not "conservative" enough for the Republican party. The neocons, starved of reason, are making final preparations for their own death.
    • goffy59, on 02/08/2008, -4/+4Dugg!
    • NonLeftistDiggr, on 02/08/2008, -1/+8He's too conservative? That's scary to hear that.
      • elipabst, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4He actually has an ~82% conservative rating by the American Conservative Union, which would put him in the moderate conservative range. For reference, Olympia Snowe is ~45%,Chuck Hagel 85%, Orin Hatch 90%, Jeff Sessions is 97%.
        • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2His work wil Kennedy, Feingold, and Liberman earn him a 0% rating, period.

          I don't care if he passes the fair tax, repeals the 17th amendment, returns Senators to state appointment, and ends the war on drugs/poverty and kills the 'progressive' social welfare programs that are bankrupting us, he will STILL be the man who nearly sold us out to Mexico, cripple us with global warming *****, and engineered the greatest first amendment assault in US history.
    • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+3Who the ***** calls McCain too conservative? Even Liberals that don't talk out of their asses (all 3 of them), don't say that.
  • sunyata76, on 02/08/2008, -7/+8Ann Coulter sums up the neocon view chillingly: http://anncoulter.com/cgi-local/printer_friendly.c ...
    • eviltandem, on 02/08/2008, -2/+5Nothing like crazy for lunch...

      The only thing funnier than watching her fight widows of Iraq is listening to her spit and foam at the mouth that McCain doesn't think we should all go back to living in caves.

      He doesn't think god hates people for sleeping with members of the same sex! Surely the fall of society is nigh!
    • floatingpoints, on 02/08/2008, -5/+10LOL

      If she hates him and calls him bad, then you know he's actually a decent candidate :)

    • inajeep, on 02/08/2008, -3/+7Her opinions on anything do not remotely interest me.
      • sunyata76, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3They interest me in that they reflect the neocon mindset. I had a poor understanding of why conservatives are anti-McCain until I read the above.
        • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1She is most definitely NOT a "neocon."
    • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2I can't believe that isn't the most buried comment in digg history. Ann Coulter? Are you kidding me? I'm a conservative and I hate her guts!
      • sunyata76, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1OK-- this word I'm using is sending you into fits. Is it because of the original definition (coined by a liberal) that neocons are ex-liberals who have moved to the right?

        I respect that as its origin, but I think the word has evolved over time to distinguish a certain class of conservatives from the "traditional" conservatives (which you probably identify with, I'm guessing?) or "classical liberals". That aforementioned class includes conservatives who take a defensive stance regarding their country, divide other countries along "friend" and "enemy" lines, are pro-theocracy, and so on. I'm not wording it eloquently, I realize... but understand that I'm a *fiscal* conservative (though social liberal) who considers herself to have little in common with neoconservatives, but a fair amount with traditional conservatives.

        "I can't believe that isn't the most buried comment in digg history. "

        Charming. Historically, Digg hasn't been that political. :)
  • slapded, on 02/08/2008, -13/+10if he gets elected im moving to canada
    • cwings, on 02/08/2008, -0/+12Why wait?
      • UnkelJethro, on 02/08/2008, -0/+1Because Canada doesn't want you. Try Mexico.
    • eviltandem, on 02/08/2008, -5/+4How could he possibly be worse than Bush? I'm not crazy for McCain, but I'm not opposed either. At least he's a brand of republican I can get behind. I just don't understand what the republicans think they are selling.

      Nobody votes for someone based on all the things they will not do. Or all the discrimination they will reign down. People want someone to sell them a happy rosey future.
      • TheUnlearn, on 02/08/2008, -3/+4"At least he's a brand of republican I can get behind"
        you mean a.... democrat?
      • eviltandem, on 02/08/2008, -2/+5No, I mean a true republican. When I grew up there were 2 parties.

        The democrats were basically hippies. Lots of taxes, lots of social programs, reign down money on the poor. Fun ideals, but not very practical. Not many good ideas came from the party. Not all their fault, the only thing really tying democrats together is that they aren't republican...

        Then there were the republican. Mostly business types. They understand money and budgets. They tried to keep taxes and spending low, and for the most part ignored the social issues the democrats spent all their time on. I really liked this party. We all get together for defense and other social needs, but for the most part they adimately were against any unnecessary laws interfering with the individuals rights.

        Then Bush came along. Suddenly the republicans were reigning down money like it was water. Suddenly the only thing they talked about anymore was how they were going to take away all my rights to impose some bizarre christian ideal they felt sure just had to happen. The world would end unless the federal government took a stand on things like marriage.

        What? Suddenly my party was being run by whack jobs. McCain is more like what I like. Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. It's not the governments jobs to police every little aspect of our life. Remember small government and all that jazz?
        • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -7/+4Hate to rain on your pity parade but Republicans raining down money and promoting whack job religious programs is nothing new. Just look at Ronnie Raygunz's presidency. It took a Democrat to restore fiscal responsibility which Clinton did without stomping on the middle class. If you really looking for fiscal conservatism then you belong with the Democrats. If you want borrow and spend with a religious theme then the GOP is for you. The sixties are long gone and the days of hippies stopped 40 years ago. You need to look at the realities of each party today and quit dreaming about the past.
        • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Well, you had me reading until you destroyed your credibility by saying it's Bush who brought out social conservatives. What are you, 18?
  • FishHammer, on 02/08/2008, -7/+41this is going to be giant douche vs turd sandwich all over again.
    • holycrapitsed, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2Yeah. Giant Douche vs. Turd Sandwich... that was a funny south park episode, but really, do you think it represented the 2004 election? I mean. Sure, Kerry didn't have that much personality... but... I'm reasonably certain that it would've been loads better than 4 more years of bush.

      Btw, who are you referring to as the Turd Sandwich to McCain's Giant Douche? Obama? Because disagree with him as you might, he has strong policy, strong personality, and is a symbol of change-- something that we haven't seen in a frontrunning/close to frontrunning candidate in years.

      This kind of political apathy is what got us into bush for 8 years, is what got us into iraq, and will continue to persist with such shallow and laid-back analysis of electoral candidates.
      • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1"Btw, who are you referring to as the Turd Sandwich to McCain's Giant Douche? Obama? Because disagree with him as you might, he has strong policy, strong personality, and is a symbol of change-- something that we haven't seen in a frontrunning/close to frontrunning candidate in years."

        Strong policy? He never talks about policy, he just plays his charisma and harps on about 'hope' and 'change' while the idiots eat it like fat kids eating chocolate. Despite his idiotic claims, a total lack of leadership experience is NOT A GOOD THING FOR THE POTUS.
      • Kriegskamerad, on 02/09/2008, -0/+0I think they were joking...
  • dienaked, on 02/08/2008, -15/+5Everyone pray that Huckabee drops out and McCain has a heart attack. Then, go Ron Paul!!!
    • zioxide, on 02/08/2008, -2/+26If that happened, Romney would just resume his campaign and get the nomination before Ron Paul.
    • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -0/+2And if frogs grew wings and learned to fly they wouldn't bump there butts ahoppin'.
    • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2That is quite possibly one of the stupidest comments ever. Coming from a Paultard, I'm not surprised.
  • bethehammer, on 02/08/2008, -4/+6Say hello to the republican presidential nominee - Meet the new boss
    Same as the old boss
    There's nothing in the street, Looks any different to me, And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
    And the parting on the left, Is now the parting on the right... ,Then I'll get on my knees and pray, We don't get fooled again
    - fyi: This is nothing new - some day we will wake up - maybe
  • jodyfisher, on 02/08/2008, -4/+3"I stood my ground..." And I'm still here, you silly little morons! I will conquer you all! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
  • Misinformant, on 02/08/2008, -4/+4Deja vu all over again
  • THE4IRON, on 02/08/2008, -7/+9I've said it before, I'll say it again...
    Douchebag.
  • DesignerDave, on 02/08/2008, -2/+5Didn't we just see this hit the front page?
    http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/VIDEO_McCain_Boo ...
    • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Yes, and that's why I buried it. Do we really need two of the same video on the front page?
  • moolaismyfriend, on 02/08/2008, -12/+1Who cares he is a republican.

    Move along and let the pond scum alone...
    • moonshn, on 02/08/2008, -2/+7you are what is wrong with this country IMHO. The problems we face as a nation cannot be solved with the simple logic of Democrat vs. Republican. people who vote solely on the letter next to a candidate's name are admitting to the world that they do not posses the powers of reason unnecessary to make in informed choice for themselves.

      Especially once you realize that the republicans and democrats are all working from the same play book.
    • moonshn, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2edit: damn, 1 second too late
      *necessary
  • zenerdiode, on 02/08/2008, -8/+16Seriously folks, if Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh are AGAINST him, how bad can he be? :D

    BTW, I'm sure I'm not the first to think this, but has anybody considered the possibility that Coulter's "endorsement" of Clinton over McCain is actually a slam on Clinton? Perhaps she feels the Republicans have a better chance if it's McCain vs. Obama instead of McCain vs. Clinton, thus she's trying to steer the vote in the Democratic primaries towards Obama by painting Clinton as a neocon ally. The primaries have shown that Hillary can indeed get the moderate votes which spells trouble for McCain. Hillary may be all kinds of nastiness, but she's still far left of Coulter's world. I doubt one can take Coulter's words at face value...she is a conduit for people like Rove and such, after all.
    • mikerand, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4Coulter and Limbaugh genuinely dislike McCain, probably more than they dislike Hillary. They're simply illustrating that McCain is pretty much the same as Hillary, but in Republican clothing.
      • diggduggDOOM, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4Ann Coulter will say whatever is most extreme for shock value. That's why she's invited to speak and why people buy her books. It's how she makes her money. Her opinion and endorsement are worthless except as a measure of the maximum offense allowable for television.
        • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2Well, they're worth SOMETHING, at least to the Left. She drives people away from the Right with her ugly pitbull schtick.
    • diggduggDOOM, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3"The primaries have shown that Hillary can indeed get the moderate votes which spells trouble for McCain"

      Moderate? Yes. Independent? No. McCain gets the Independent vote in a match-up against Clinton. That's bad news for Clinton. Obama and McCain split the Independent vote, with a slight edge to Obama.

      As much as Republicans might not be motivated to vote for McCain, they WILL be motivated to vote AGAINST Hillary Clinton.
      • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -1/+1Looks more like Republicans will sit this one out unless Obama win the Democratic nomination then they will vote for him. If its Hilary and McCain then Hilary will be elected because the radical right wing of the Republican party will not vote for either.
    • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Rush doesn't like McCain because Rush is a Conservative that looks for a Goldwater/Reagan type, whereas McCain is a big government/establishment republican like Gerald Ford, HW Bush, and Nixon.
  • Bravesguy18, on 02/08/2008, -3/+10That's okay. McCain can just have his hot wife comfort him. Schwing!
  • Groovel76, on 02/08/2008, -4/+21WTF made the crowd change from booing to cheering? Was the crowd a bunch of lemmings? Someone boos, the rest start to boo as well. Then someone cheers and the rest follow suit again? The crowd sounds like a bunch of morons who don't really give a ***** one way or another. Just my opinion.
    • Sogui, on 02/08/2008, -0/+7or conservatives has split opinions on him? Booing starts... anti-McCain'ers follow suit, then pro-McCain'ers start cheering and the rest of them follow suit
    • dildoolielly, on 02/09/2008, -4/+1You forget these are the same assholes that believe DICTATING, ONE-LINER, HUCKSTER, DRUNK, DESERTING, GRANDSTANDING IDIOT CRIMINAL PUPPET PRESIDENTS who pause for applause at each catch phrase recited from scripted speeches of empty promises and platitudes written by unbridled corporate whore lobbyists!!

      I mean, just look at the idiocy of these speeches that are obviously prepped for our own president (because, Lord knows, he couldn't string a coherent thought together in public to save his own ass) and strewn with the psychological buzzwords, "freedom," "democracy," and other abstractions that are molded to serve autocratic/plutocratic ends.

      Wilkommen to Amerika fools!....
    • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1The poo-flinging monkeys were simply (thankfully) outnumbered. Did you even see the video?
  • RJD262, on 02/08/2008, -3/+12This country is going to hell in a hand basket.
    • FeloniusMonkey, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2"...and at least I'm (not) enjoyin' the ride."
  • waluum, on 02/08/2008, -3/+11What a great shame that the least Conservatives candidate is favored by Republican voters to be their party's candidate! Something smells HORRIBLY fishy!
    • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1There's nothing fishy about it. GOP primaries are open to anyone (which instantly kills their purpose) and we've had years of moveon.org-type groups telling members to join the GOP and vote for the liberal candidates.
  • givemereplay, on 02/08/2008, -12/+7I have never seen a thread so full of idiots. Jesus Christ.
    • sgglynn, on 02/08/2008, -3/+2Yeah, Jesus Christ was a ***** idiot. And he convinced a whole ***** load of idiots to follow him
  • RJD262, on 02/08/2008, -1/+25Why is it that everyone hates him, yet he destroyed all the other candidates? Something doesn't feel right about this one...
    • WildTurkey00, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4Maybe the neocon media [fat-fu*k-rush Limbaugh, IQ85 Hannity] are losing their influence over mainstream conservatives.
      • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2You know, I'm digging that up because it's true, but I'm sick of seeing "neocon" used to describe any old conservative someone doesn't like. They aren't neocons.
      • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Burying you because you don't know what the ***** a neocon is.
    • hierophantus, on 02/08/2008, -1/+6That's similar to how I feel about Hillary, but that could be just from spending too much time on Digg. With Hillary, I've found that a lot of people in real life "support" her more or less by default, without having thought too much about their choice. She just feels like the establishment candidate and enjoys huge name recognition. With McCain, I think it's largely name recognition too (how many had heard of Romney, Huckabee or Paul before the campaign started?). Most of your average voters don't exactly go over the candidates with a fine-toothed comb. I've found it's fairly disheartening to find out the real reasons why most people pick the candidate they do.
      • doyadigg, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2Rush said the other day that he thinks the primaries were held earlier this year to ensure only an establishment candidate had enough time to get known to the public. He said that it ensured a Washington insider would get both tickets. So far it's looking correct for the republicans. Although Obama is a senator so I'm not too sure how it's playing out for the Democrats. I don't like McCain and I'm so ashamed at the media in this country for not giving Paul the time and respect he deserved in the debates.
    • bamapachyderm, on 02/09/2008, -0/+2Everyone DOESN'T hate him. Just the loudmouths in talk radio and blogs. And predictably, Ann Coulter (who also has said she'd vote for Pervez Musharraf before she'd vote for Romney just a few months ago).
  • Raiderkid6, on 02/08/2008, -5/+9He was booed only for his immigration policy. I watched it live and at the end everyone was cheering. Buried for inaccuracy and the Anti-McCain/Antifrontrunner bandwagon that resides her on digg
    • diggduggDOOM, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2Too true.

      McCain's position hasn't changed much. Now he wants to make sure the borders are closed BEFORE he grants amnesty to the illegals.
      • Raiderkid6, on 02/08/2008, -1/+8Thats what I like about him. He won't change his policies (that much) just to get ahead. He sticks by his principles, even against horrible opposition. Can't say the same about Mr. Flip-flo-I mean Romney
      • WildTurkey00, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2McCain is against amnesty
      • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1John McCain's Hispanic outreach head is one of the loudest Mexican nationals in the world. He's not going to close the borders.
    • WildTurkey00, on 02/08/2008, -0/+1deleted
  • footodors, on 02/08/2008, -7/+2McCain is 71....Dammmm, that's old.
    Best the Democrats can come up with is a mean woman and an inexperienced black guy!
    Well....hmmmm....go McCain!
    • WildTurkey00, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2NO . . . WIRE . . . HANGERS . . . . AHHHHHHHH !!!
    • JedicodeWarrior, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2It's a damn shame your daddy's condom broke.
    • thrallie, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2Obama has more senate experience than Hillary, you ***** idiot.
  • ivandir, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4BOOOOOOOOOO!
  • joeykilluv, on 02/08/2008, -11/+15McCain has no chance against Hillary or Obama, Ron Paul is the Republican party's only shot, and im voting for Ron Paul 2008! Stay in there Ron!
    • Sogui, on 02/08/2008, -1/+10You know that McCain has the highest approval ratings of ALL Republicans right, and he's the only one who has ever beaten Hillary or Obama in "polling elections"

      You could argue that once people "find" Ron Paul that he would be higher, but the fact is he hasn't and he won't ever be.
    • WildTurkey00, on 02/08/2008, -3/+7Quite an imagination you have there.
    • nextyoyoma, on 02/08/2008, -1/+4Why does everybody find it necessary to talk about how small of a chance Paul has? If Paul doesn't win, it should be because people truly know his platform and don't agree with him. I have some friends who do know it, and don't agree with it, so I'm not of the opinion that everyone in the world should agree with him. But I think people saying "There's no way he'll win" do more to hurt his chances than people actually disagreeing with him.
  • Mom2GIQM, on 02/08/2008, -10/+8My husband and I are going to write in Rush Limbaugh because we cannot vote for McCain or Obama and definitely NEVER EVER vote for Hiltery. The way we see it, we don't want any of them and will not vote for any of them...so we're not going to vote for any of them.
    • sunyata76, on 02/08/2008, -5/+3Ron Paul didn't do it for you?

      "Hiltery"? A sword handle?
    • bobbarkerbilly, on 02/08/2008, -4/+5"My husband and I are going to write in Rush Limbaugh" speaks volumes. At least I can count on your vote being thrown away.
      • sunyata76, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3I think "will not vote for any of them...so we're not going to vote for any of them" speaks even more volumes, but yes.
    • wild, on 02/08/2008, -4/+5Its fun to see Republicans upset about the potential candidates for once.
    • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -2/+4God help us if a centrist were to win. Next thing we would be compromising and writing laws for the benifit of everyone. No! We want only a right wing extremist who will only support a narrow slice of the people. Splitting the country up along political and religious lines has done us so well we should continue the trend.
      • Xenufield, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1McCain would have to actually work with Republicans on Republican/conservative issues to be a centrist. He's a leftist.
        • JoeVet, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1To a neo-con, anything left or far right is liberal. McCain has views that encompass both sides of the isle making him a centrist. The fact that he does not pander to the far right does not make him a liberal it makes him a moderate.
    • mtjohnson, on 02/08/2008, -0/+3lol u r dumb
  • lookythere, on 02/08/2008, -7/+6McCain loves Bush. You like Bush; You will love McCain.
  • stephenjames716, on 02/08/2008, -3/+2has the skin fallen off his face yet?
  • LemonDefragger, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2I love the juxtaposition of the false laughter and the story in the ticker of the man who shot his family.
  • frostbyt, on 02/08/2008, -10/+6Ron just give up now. The media, other candidates, and 97% of the public don't know who you are.
  • JedicodeWarrior, on 02/08/2008, -2/+1Why does this suprise anyone. Frankly, I'd think he'd be used to it by now.
  • Hootiehoo, on 02/08/2008, -1/+1http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/What_I_have_ ...
  • gcsmit6, on 02/08/2008, -4/+4Fear is the easiest thing in the world to sell and the American majority are morons. (fish in a barrel) Is it really a mystery how assholes like these win elections? American's are on a slippery slope until we smarten up. go Ron Paul.
  • tierpinho, on 02/08/2008, -7/+7mccain is a hack, so is hitlery and obama too. all bought and paid for by the corporations and elite. wake up u fools. election has been rigged. clear the way for the death of america
    • TheUnlearn, on 02/08/2008, -2/+6Goddamn, stop using hitlery. you lose any respect anyone may have had for you, instantly.
  • mrrm, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2From Europe at least one sees an election with 3 (maybe 4, judging from many Americans enthusiasms on Ron Paul - a candidate we do not know anything about) respectable people. We couldn't say the same on the last election.
    Anyway, it's up to you, people. Get out and vote!
  • Vash3001, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3We don't like McCain very much
  • NonLeftistDiggr, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3Any conservative that cheers for any modern day republicans, is not really a conservative.
  • JoeVet, on 02/08/2008, -3/+3Boo hoo, a moderate is taking over the Republican party. Its interesting to see who the real Republicans are voting for now that the extremists are staying home to cry.
  • DSharp318, on 02/08/2008, -1/+2I've said it before and I'll say it again. Conservatives: If John McCain is good enough for Orange County, then he's good enough for you. Limbaugh, Coulter, Dobson, STFU.
    • Powder211, on 02/09/2008, -0/+1Dobson has endorsed Mike Huckabee for President.
  • Blasphemous88, on 02/08/2008, -4/+5McCain is definitely the Manchurian Candidate. George Bush is seeking a 3rd term. He plans to do it using McCain's body.
  • Alexandru25, on 02/08/2008, -2/+1This is actually a good thing, everytime I see something on how the far right hates McCain it makes me happy. Think about it retards, the right wing nutbags that are pro-torture, pro-theocracy, are foaming at the mouth because the moderate anti-torture candidate is sweeping the race. THIS IS A GOOD SIGN! When the primaries started a year ago, I was sure that the republicans would of voted for that born-again nut job Huckabee, instead I am actually surprised.
    • hixxy, on 02/08/2008, -2/+0Anti-Torture? FFS, if McCain ever gets the opportunity to get some Viet's captive, I'm sure he'll smack them silly.
      He already cries about them enough.
  • Zlorp, on 02/08/2008, -3/+2dont you just love how the "moral" right are actually the most selfish greedy merciless douchebags in our country? the liberals want to make things better for people, how can the right claim moral superiority for any reason other than the fact that most of them are evangelical goons? im pretty sure the bibles main points (especially the new testament) are about helping others, not helping yourself.
  • JohnCommunity, on 02/08/2008, -1/+1All that matters is that we vote and the candidates follow threw on there commitments. I just came across "The Leagues" page on Facebook. They ask you to vote for your favorite candidate and your three top issues. After you vote they give you the results of your city. The results actually surprised me. Check this out heres the link Apps.Facebook.com/theleague
  • heypetray, on 02/08/2008, -2/+2***** Fox. That cheering must have been edited in... Somebody got fired.
  • solodan1000, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3I was there at CPAC and the CPAC members booed, but the McCain supporters overuled the crowd and started cheering. It was my first convention and i met Breitbart. I was so happy. Im such a web nerd.
  • Danial, on 02/08/2008, -6/+2Man as much as I disagree with McCain on a lot of things, I would not boo a man who had more balls to serve his country proudly, not to mention being a POW at the notorious Hanoi Hilton.
    • Qtip42, on 02/08/2008, -1/+3Boo him for leading this country to it's downfall then.....He's not a leader, he's a soldier who thinks he can lead. His understanding of economics shows you just how obtuse the guy is.
  • mikedub1219, on 02/08/2008, -2/+1this has nothing to do with my political views. but when he puts his hands up i can just imagine him being like peter griffin, "C'mon.....C'monnn"
  • Yage2006, on 02/08/2008, -3/+2Bush seems moderate next to this senile bastard.
    John McCain is gonna bring you back to the dark ages.
    And whats sad is of the candidates left he is the least crazy.
  • monkeysurf, on 02/08/2008, -2/+0Digg users are so predictable. Republican bad. Democrat good. Me like Obama. I sometimes wonder if any of you actually study the issues in detail rather than just following your inclinations. Kind of reminds me of slashdot in which every user favors linux and hates microsoft.
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