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McCain answers the question: I'm keeping the money

jedreport.com — McCain cancels his attendance at a fundraiser with Clayton Williams, who gave the following advice to rape victims: "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it." It turns out that Williams had already raised $300,000 for McCain, and now McCain says he is keeping it all.

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  • DanHalen, on 06/15/2008, -68/+140I'll comment:

    Insane in the membrane
    Insane McCain
    Insane in the membrane
    Insane McCain

    Insane in the membrane
    Plenty insane
    Got no brain!
    Insane in the membrane
    Insane McCain
    • Zettri, on 06/15/2008, -58/+7Practicing for poetry class eh? Just don't try it or you might get suspended in today's schools.
    • DesignNerd, on 06/15/2008, -57/+9Cypress Hill? C'mon, what is this 1993? Surely you can do better next time.
      • pintomp3, on 06/15/2008, -1/+35old song for an old candidate.
      • shakbhaji, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7Would you prefer "Crank dat McCain" or some other garbage that passes for music nowadays? Don't knock the old school music.
        • TexasShiv, on 06/16/2008, -5/+1Yeah, because the lyrics "insane in the membrane" are incredibly profound.


          dumb *****.
    • Eloosive, on 06/15/2008, -6/+31Nice CYPRESS!

      What's wrong with Cypress Hill? Better than Back Street Boys, DesignNerd.
      • willdiggforfood, on 06/15/2008, -29/+1Listening to Cypress Hill correlates with being on welfare and having low IQ.
        • rotundo, on 06/16/2008, -0/+13That's odd -- Cypress hill was quite honestly introduced to me by a Phd friend of mine.
        • charm803, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5willdiggforfood:

          Diggers commenting on the comment complaining about the song parody instead of the article and chosen topic correlates as being on welfare, and having low IQ......
        • Tulle, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Don't worry willdiggforfood, I too find listening to Cypress Hill to be physically painful.
    • ManImAwesome, on 06/16/2008, -14/+1stfu fag. That's not even close to funny.
  • Spamiclese, on 06/15/2008, -15/+222With stuff like this in the news every day, it scares me that McCain isn't doing worse in the polls...
    • Zettri, on 06/15/2008, -4/+21Depends on who is being polled and who does the polling.
      • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -1/+17I agree what the Media tells us is what serves the Media's interests.

        Why aren't they talking about all the ways the Republicans have F-ed up these past 8 years?

        From the Iraq Occupation -- Wake up! It's not a "war"
        to the disastrous response to Hurricaine Katrine

        to the Banking Fiasco from Bush's foray into Laissez-Faire Capitalism -- the folks who believe business does well when it regulates itself don't understand the lessons of history

        to the Oil "Crisis" due to the Bush innovation of allowing speculators to bid on oil contracts

        to the Occupation of Afghanstan spiralling into another Iraq

        to Bush's all time record low approval rating and McCain taking up his bandwagon

        I just honesty don't see anyway that the election in November won't be a LANDSLIDE for which ever Democrat is running. That is to say that I believe it never mattered whether it was Obama or Hillary or anyone else. When the Republicans fall on their face, the historical rule of thumb gives the rulership to the Democrats.

        Why don't the Media talk about that??
        -- Because it isn't in their interests!
    • goon5000, on 06/15/2008, -38/+2Here's why, with all the whining, complaining and namecalling that has come from democrats over the past few years, people don't want to be associated with the democratic party. I don't have any problem with Obama, but I do have a problem with the bitchy left wingers who seem to hate their country, I will not vote for anyone they vote for. So I'm voting for McCain
      • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -1/+19It seems you took Williams' advice. Bush & Co raped us. Some are fighting back. You're enjoying the inevitable... Sad -man-?
        • goon5000, on 06/15/2008, -20/+2how did Bush rape you?
        • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -2/+9I know, I'm drifting off topic here, but I can't resist the metaphor. It was kind of like when Bush appointed Dr. David Hager to be FDA appointee on reproductive drugs.

          It seems he repeatedly anally raped his wife while she suffered from narcolepsy. Well, in her words:

          "He would say, 'Oh, I didn't mean to have anal sex with you; I can't feel the difference,'" Hager's former wife recalled incredulously to The Nation. "And I would say, 'Well then, you're in the wrong business.'"

          You see, Dr. Hager is a gynecologist.

          It would have been okay to rape her vaginally... but he MISSED... Had Bush had the right "aim," it may have been okay, but he MISSED!

          http://www.gophypocrites.com/2005/05/hyp05022.html
      • cephelo, on 06/15/2008, -1/+13Vengeance voting. How intelligent.
        • goon5000, on 06/15/2008, -8/+1remember "anyone but Bush"?
        • cephelo, on 06/15/2008, -2/+9The "anyone but Bush" was moronic, sure, but not quite the same. People had issues with Bush directly -- you asserted you will be voting simply because of someone's supporters. If someone voted against Bush just because of the people that supported him, then yes, that's ridiculously stupid.
      • catcher6250, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4Republicans tell us left-wingers to leave the country because we hate it so much.
        And I say, its us who want you to leave the country so we can fix it.
    • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -11/+9Yea, I mean a man makes an off color joke 18 years ago, and then nearly 20 years after the joke decides to donate to a campaign, HOW THE ***** DARE HE.
      • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -3/+6If you don't have the sense to make that kind of "joke," in private... well he was probably behind the bus when ___ gave out brains.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -7/+3He DID. It was in private, if you read anything about it, instead of this biased ass article. A reporter overheard it, and thats how it got coverage. He did not say the joke to "rape victims" as this POS article says. Read about it before you comment and look like an *****.
        • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -3/+7"A reporter overheard" I probably would have looked around if I was to tell such a "joke," otherwise, I would have kept my mouth shut. I don't believe that would have made ME look like the *****, *****...

          I don't know dude, you seem to share the same anger and women issues that mY Cane does. Perhaps you should reach out to him and start a group...
        • bashar129, on 06/16/2008, -0/+10Scott McClellan talks about this very incident in his book (he was working for Clayton Williams in his campaign for Texas governor).

          "Much worse, however, was an ill-conceived joke Williams uttered during an informal press session at his ranch. The weather that day was lousy, and Williams quipped to a group of reporters that bad weather "is a little like rape. as long as it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.".....as soon as the words were out of his mouth, William's press secretary quickly spoke up and told the assembled writers, "this is all off the record." But at least one reporter pointed out, quite correctly, that no one had agreed to anything of the kind." -page 35

          William's was running against a woman at the time which made it worse. It cost him the election.
    • deiloot, on 06/15/2008, -1/+3Was feeling the same way lately. Not sure if I am capable of feeling more sick of this than I already do.
    • hasansexy, on 06/15/2008, -1/+17When Ron Paul said he was keeping the money donated by a White Supremacist he was attacked too, he responded saying something like: If someone with bad intentions gives me his money why should i give it back if i have good intentions?

      Now i'm starting to think of it, McCain doesn't have good intentions so ***** him.
    • Dragular, on 06/16/2008, -2/+5You know what you guys are exactly right. Someone should start a petition. "Dear John McCain, please give that pro-rape guy $300,000. Sincerely, The Democrats."
      • Ravatar, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2/signed
      • johnnyboy239, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2lifetime democrat and I completely agree, this is stupid. I don't like John McCain for plenty of other reasons but this is nonsensical mudslinging
    • ytsejam29, on 06/16/2008, -2/+4I understand what you're saying, but Digg/Huffpost don't qualify as "in the news" for most Americans.
    • rz8472, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4Way to ***** on Ann Richard's grave, Sen. McCain.
    • Sogui, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3(1) People were commending Ron Paul for holding onto a KKK member's donation.

      (2) This money was raised through Clayton, the actual donations came from hundreds of other sources.

      (3) Wasn't canceling the fund raiser enough?
    • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -4/+2Stuff that bad is in the news everyday about Obama too...Digg users just don't digg them up
    • Andrwmorph, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1Its the ***** dual party system in this country. People vote based on their affiliation regardless of how ***** their candidate is.
  • GratefulGroover, on 06/15/2008, -18/+145There goes the female vote...
    • xtinamo, on 06/15/2008, -2/+33..it was never there to begin with.
    • toastybeast, on 06/15/2008, -2/+25we can only hope.
    • ambrosious, on 06/15/2008, -4/+81just the female vote... what about the conscious human vote?
    • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -28/+10If a female chooses not to vote for McCain because someone who made a joke 18 years ago decided to donate to his campaign, she is one dumb bitch.
      • VinceNoir, on 06/15/2008, -5/+23If anyone choses to vote for McCain they're a dumb bitch, male or female. Yourself included. That is all.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -23/+4Why? Sure he isnt the perfect candidate, but he is a ***** better than Obama. Sorry, but I like my guns, my money, and my freedom. I dont need the government to make choices for me. I dont need Obama to take my guns from me, I dont need him to tax me more, I dont need him to increase the corporate tax even more even though its the highest in the world and drive more businesses overseas, I dont need him choosing my healthcare for me, etc.
        • catcher6250, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Why the ***** do you need guns?
          Taxes aren't going to be worse for you unless your extremely rich.
          You do realize McCain called the Habeas Corpus decision the worst in history, and McCain promotes Bush and his wire-tapping? And you think McCain is going to give you more freedom? Especially when he wants to force this country into a war, making you involved whether you like it or not? Universal healthcare is a good thing, do your research. Corporate taxes need to be raised, just look at profits of oil companies... and for the outsourcing comment: businesses will adapt, outsourcing isn't a bad thing, it opens up jobs in 3rd world countries allowing them to evolve, and opens up new, higher paying jobs in the US.
        • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -2/+1Taxing businesses is a tax on the public as a whole catcher. When you tax big business they still need to make a profit, they refuse to move backwards on their profits so they will raise their prices or provide subpar products to keep the price low. The middle class will be hurt by his tax raises more than you can even conceive.

          The Habeus Corpus decision was one of the worst in history because there is not constitutional protection for non-U.S. citizens. Universal healthcare is already failing in MA. You do your research moron. I don't want to have to wait over 2 weeks to make a god damn appointment. In foreign countries the wait is over 3 months. How exactly is that a good thing?

          What is wrong with oil companies making a profit exactly. Think about it this way. You create your own business. You have an amazing product, so good that it goes around the world and just about anyone who is anyone has to have this item. Because you would then be making a major profit, the gov't would step in, ask you why the hell you are making so much money, and then try to take your business into lowering prices. That doesn't make any sense now does it?

          Outsourcing opens up jobs in 3rd world countries. Allowing them to evolve? REALLY? China hasn't exactly evolved since we began putting our factories in their country, in fact they still have one of the world human rights stances in the world.

          We need guns because they aren't going away. Criminals will always have them. They were invented, their production has been perfected and if you really want to get one, outlawed or not, you will get one. Therefore it is my duty, and my right as a U.S. citizen to afford myself the proper protection should a situation arise. We don't want guns to run around shooting people. We want them to protect idiots like you that aren't carrying a gun.
          Next time, before opening your mouth, think about the statement you just read and ask yourself, does it make sense, or am I going to argue with him because I feel obligated as a democrat.
      • pintomp3, on 06/15/2008, -3/+10that's true, there are many substantial reasons for females not to vote for mccain.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -9/+3There is one, abortion. And if that is the only issue that sways your vote either way, republican or democrat, you are a moron.
        • pintomp3, on 06/15/2008, -2/+11it's about rights, moron. the right to not have the government tell you what you can or cannot do with your body.
        • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1instead of claiming that there are many, a f*cking list would be considerate. Oh wait thats because there are not 'many' substantial reasons
    • Blah_Blah_Blah, on 06/16/2008, -1/+7hillary fans are still adamant about voting McCain no matter what (as long as it's not obama). it is really annoying.

      just check out their forum. i almost threw up:
      http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/

      check out their signatures in particular.
      the worst part is when i try to register to argue i've been waiting a week just for admin approval to start posting, and many people who've defended obama were simply banned. what a joke
      • Exbzurq, on 06/16/2008, -0/+7Don't worry about that site. Its run by republicans and half of the members are there attempting to bait the other 50% to go to McCain. I checked the whois and its registered to a company that specializes in keeping registration anonymous. I doubt many real Clinton supporters are falling for that kind of BS.
        • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -7/+1hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..... you sir are very mistaken, but believe what you'd like to believe, McCain wil win in the fall
      • Ravatar, on 06/16/2008, -0/+5From that site:

        "The Obama media phenomenon has caused me to hate the media I used to like, and begin liking the media I used to hate. Suddenly I start agreeing with Fox News.

        The media failed us before Iraq, it failed us during the Bush years and now it's failing us in refusing to investigate Obama properly."

        pure gold
      • catcher6250, on 06/16/2008, -3/+1wow, this is ***** trolling in real life.
    • Sogui, on 06/16/2008, -6/+4(1) People were commending Ron Paul for holding onto a KKK member's donation.

      (2) This money was raised through Clayton, the actual donations came from hundreds of other sources.

      (3) Wasn't canceling the fund raiser enough?
      • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Don't make sense on digg...they'll digg you down for that
      • arplayer2k, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2I was going to argue with you, but upon thinking it through, you have made a very solid argument on why this shouldn't be a big deal. Don't some of the Diggtards and their habit of digging down sensible response invalidate your reasonable answer.
  • Manny70, on 06/15/2008, -15/+90Someone suggested he should just have donated the money to women in dire need, which would have been a good move. But, he's keeping it all. The guy's his own albatross.
    • varmit, on 06/15/2008, -0/+12If I remember it correctly, the albatross was a ships good luck until some idiot killed it. And no, I didn't read the poem.
      • Aidje, on 06/15/2008, -8/+4Dugg for slightly botched Serenity reference.
        • jeuhrn, on 06/15/2008, -4/+6Do you perhaps mean The rime of the ancient mariner by Coleridge?
        • bitterbug, on 06/15/2008, -4/+5It's a reference to "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"

          http://etext.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Rime ...

          The albatross is a symbol of good omen that is killed by the main character. His shipmates hang the dead bird around his neck, where it will stay until it rots away and falls off.
        • paidhima, on 06/15/2008, -1/+7Provenance of the phrase notwithstanding, Aidje is correct: varmit's usage was a reference to the movie Serenity, which was a reference to the poem. The actual quote was:

          "Way I remember it, albatross was a ship's good luck, 'til some idiot killed it. Yes, I've read a poem. Try not to faint."
        • Aidje, on 06/15/2008, -2/+1I know that Manny70's reference was to Rime of the Ancient Mariner, but varmit's quote is (sort of) from Serenity, albeit *about* Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
        • Aidje, on 06/15/2008, -1/+1@paidhima I didn't see your post until after I had commented. But yes, you're right. Thanks.
        • DuffyDirect, on 06/15/2008, -2/+5so many english romanticism majors here on digg
        • inkyblue2, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3The very digg did rot : O Christ !
          That ever this should be !
          Yea, slimy things did type with hands
          Upon the slimy keys.
  • gypsi, on 06/15/2008, -14/+56stay classy, repugs
    • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -2/+7Ha Ha! Classy repugs!!! :)
    • withears, on 06/15/2008, -1/+8Smells like desperation on McCain's part.

      He's got no cash.
    • hittnrun, on 06/16/2008, -8/+3Reverend Wright, now THERE is a classy human being.
    • ialwayswin7, on 06/16/2008, -1/+0to be fair, mccain also donates all the royalties he receives from his book sales to charity, which add up to almost 2 million dollars.
  • Zettri, on 06/15/2008, -17/+10If that quote is real, then I hope he gets it good in the ass in the street.
    As for the money, he might as well because he's sure as hell going to need every single penny. Plus maybe some charity, or perhaps a few bank robberies here and there considering the impact money has on our election process. Incase you're wondering about his wife, she descends from Scrooge himself.
  • cakrauss, on 06/15/2008, -34/+67McCain can't control everything everyone says- if he could, you would be bitching about that instead.
    • DesignNerd, on 06/15/2008, -15/+11Well if he gets into office, I'm sure he'll try.
      • cakrauss, on 06/15/2008, -4/+11Why would you say something like that? Either both candidates will do it or neither of them will.
      • DesignNerd, on 06/15/2008, -14/+3This is your mouth: O
        This is your mouth on McCain: ----

        Any questions?


        That's why I would say that. I do not want Line Face. I want O Face.
        O! O! You know what I'm talkin' about, O!
        • zombies187, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1You should try that again somewhere else. Too funny to let die in here.
    • jstohler, on 06/15/2008, -13/+49No but he can control the types of scumbags who contribute to his campaign.
      • cakrauss, on 06/15/2008, -13/+6So, if someone sends him money he's supposed to say "no thanks, you're kind of an ass."
        • pattyman5000, on 06/15/2008, -1/+22Um, YES!
        • ashfish, on 06/15/2008, -1/+6He doesn't have to refuse it but he can do something other than contribute to his campaign fund with the money. It's called PR, his people should learn how to do it better.
        • cephelo, on 06/15/2008, -2/+10Considering Mr. Obama has been doing it since day 1? Yes. Get yourself on the registered federal lobbyist list and try to donate to Mr. Obama. Your check will get returned with a note saying "no thank you."
        • cakrauss, on 06/15/2008, -4/+1Being a lobbyist and a jerk are different, contrary to popular belief.
      • Bamont, on 06/15/2008, -8/+2When it just so happened that Ron Paul had money donated to him from a White Supremest - and he was questioned about that from a news anchor - everyone here got all up in arms about how Ron Paul shouldn't have to check everyone that donates money.

        When the coin flips, it's nice to see that Digg maintains its bias attitude. The reality is, and just like RP said when he was asked (which a majority seemed to agree with) - why would he give the money back? Might as well keep it.
        • john2kx, on 06/15/2008, -4/+6Biased attitude, you mean? I don't understand why so many people make this 2nd grade grammar mistake.

          But to address your point, Ron Paul had an interesting comment when asked about why he wasn't giving the money back to the white supremacist donor.
          He asked why he should want to give money back to a person who might turn around and use it to finance his supremacist agenda, when he (RP) can use it instead to further his own message of liberty.

          And I don't think McCain should have to give money back because some redneck idiot made a terrible joke.
        • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -1/+3The "I'm spending it on good things so they don't spend it on bad things" was one of the most pathetic excuses I've ever heard.
      • dexter411, on 06/16/2008, -3/+4Weren't you against guilt by association when Obama was being hammered about his mentor of 20 years?
    • ashfish, on 06/15/2008, -11/+11No but he could do a little research before hopping on the bandwaggon with the insane. Seriously, HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. The people who back and support you represent you. So in essence it might as well have been McCain that actually said that. God, you would think with as much news coverage as these people get they would realize that everything they say, and everyone they meet, is going to be scrutinized with a microscope so you had better whipe your ass before someone calls you for the ***** on your pants.
      • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -2/+6It's not so much about what others say. It's more about the MONEY he takes... which is his endorsement of Clayton Williams.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -5/+3It was a ***** joke you stupid *****. He made a joke 18 ***** years ago, and has had MORE than his share of retribution for daring to make an off color joke. Get over it you speech obsessed liberal boob.
        • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -5/+5Tell the "joke," to your wife, if any decent woman would have you. That may be a sophomoric locker room "joke," but in public. Why not just pull out your pud. Oh, I see, you can't help yourself.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -4/+3I guarantee, if I was married, and I told that joke to my wife, she would GET OVER IT IN UNDER 18 YEARS. Apparently liberals don't operate on human timescales though.
        • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -5/+3Maybe you're gay? Might want to explore your misogyny. That exploration may save you much gender-bending in the future.
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -6/+2Wait, you are calling me gay now? What is this high school? Please tell me you have a better insult than to question my sexuality. BTW, I am a libertarian and I support gay marraige, so your attempt at branding me a homosexual is not going to garner some typical hardcore republican reaction. I find it VERY curious though how liberals always try and use sexuality as a weapon. They fight tooth and nails to gain gays rights, but the instant they find opposition, the first thing they use as a weapon is calling people "gay", as if its some sort of negative.
        • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -1/+5@Muyoso

          No. She wouldn't "get over it".

          She's just learn to "lay back and enjoy it", right?
        • sassip, on 06/16/2008, -0/+4Hey Muyoso, You started replying to me with, "It was a ***** joke you stupid *****." So I do believe you crossed the line of civil discourse first.

          I called you gay because I read your comments on "What does gay look like." You liar. You are a homophobe and I touched a nerve. Your profile supports that dumb ass.

          Can't take the heat, stay out of the hotbox. You are very typical of the gutter mouthed know-it-all that spouts off obscenity and then can't understand why people don't respect the "rules" of common decency. If you're going to argue a point, learn the rules most know instinctively or STFU.
        • bjornski, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Zzzzzzing!

          /friended
      • bradysdaman, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Right...the reasearch happened...the fundraiser was cancelled. So I guess that works out. You can't control everyone that wants to raise money for your campaign.
        • ashfish, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1No but you can do damage control before the ***** hits the fan is what my point was. That's what his people get paid to do.
    • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -2/+12They sure got down on Obama about his pastor. I guess it is McCain's turn now.
      • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -10/+3I hope they try something like that. Compare Obama sitting in the church for 20 years listening to anti-american, anti-white preaching, to a joke some guy told 18 years ago, which he has paid heavily for.

        I have a fealing McCain will come out WAY on top on that one.
    • Stormwern, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Agree, what exactly are the practical implications of this? Anyone who goes to Clayton Williams' fundraiser must be pro-rape, so accepting their donations would be an endorsement of the pro-rape agenda?
  • chicoer2001, on 06/15/2008, -24/+50From the source: The campaign said it would not return money Williams had raised for McCain because the contributions came from other individuals supporting McCain and not from Williams. Williams told his hometown newspaper, the Midland Reporter-Telegram, that he had raised more than $300,000 for McCain.

    So if a KKK raised 300,000 McCain would keep it too because it wasnt a donation by a KKK member.
    • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -6/+7I don't know why you're getting dugg down, but you are exactly right. His keeping the money is McCain's endorsement of the scum...
    • publiclurker, on 06/15/2008, -2/+20No, it's because he wouldn't want to offend his base.
    • tehjai, on 06/15/2008, -3/+8Didn't something like this happen to Ron Paul and he decided to keep the money? I'm no McCain fan nor a Ron Paul fan either but you cant lampoon one and support the other if they both did the same thing.
      • wentwj, on 06/15/2008, -2/+3I think you might be technically correct, though I think in terms of scale the contributions to McCain (of 300k) were significantly higher than the questionable contributions to Ron Paul. Not that the size of the donation should change the principal of the thing.
      • jaymzdean, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2The difference between the two cases would be axed if Clayton Williams was just one of thousands of contributors rather than the catalyst for the entire bulk coming together.
    • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -11/+5Wait, this guy, who made a joke, is now the same as the KKK? You liberals are ***** insane. You are so speech obsessed, its sickening. Why dont you try and get Don Imus fired again, for making a bad joke. So this guy, who made a joke 18 goddamn years ago, can never do anything the rest of his life without everyone around him distancing themselves from him? WTF. I hate liberals.
      • localzuk, on 06/15/2008, -5/+7Please, please, please, learn to read and understand hypothetical situations. Your comprehension skills are appalling!
        • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -5/+5How does this:

          "So if a KKK raised 300,000 McCain would keep it too because it wasnt a donation by a KKK member."

          not equal equating the KKK to Williams?

          You see, Williams raised 300,000 for McCain, just like the KKK did in the above scenario. McCain kept the money from Williams, just like he did from the KKK member. It seems you are either ***** retarded, or have failed miserably in your attempt at reading.
        • pagno, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2So, youre saying a candidates' acceptance of money and endorsements(which, if you accept their money, by default, that is accepting their endorsement) from controversial sources plays no part in people choosing who they vote for. I dont think so. It doesnt ***** matter how long ago he said it, he said it, and no doubt hasnt changed. Given the fact Williams is from Texas, and his portfolio of quotes, I wouldnt put it past him as a member of the KKK. Im just saying.
      • sealink, on 06/15/2008, -3/+3There are some things you just don't joke about. Period.
    • dexter411, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3If I donated money to a politician through an intermediary and then found out the money just went to charity instead of to the purpose I intended, I wouldn't be happy about it.
      • Ravatar, on 06/16/2008, -3/+2It did go to the purpose you intended, supporting your candidate. It's his money to spend however his strategy and moral compass dictates.

        I think its funny that you "donated" money, and wound up angry because it "went to charity".
        • dexter411, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2I think it's (that's its proper spelling) funny that you don't realize that not every person would agree with donating to any specific charity and, as such, wouldn't want money rerouted in such a case. Would a Muslim Obama supporter be happy to find out that their donation went to the Salvation Army instead of to helping their candidate win an election? I doubt it.

        • Ravatar, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I'm aware of the proper usage of its and it's. Sorry if I didn't proofread my brief digg comment for you, teacher. =/

          Like I said before, once you donated the money to the candidate, it's his to spend. Shifting funds to a charity to remove association with a "bad person" could be a pretty good use of the money from a campaign's perspective. Better than yet another pointless campaign commercial, plus it gets you a wealth of free publicity.

          Thanks for reiterating your silly comment without responding to the whole point I was making. Not really sure about the whole "Muslim" comment, it has nothing to do with the situation. A donation is a donation. Not that I'd expect you to understand such basic logic.
    • Sogui, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4Ron Paul didn't return $500 from a KKK member. That hit the front page and everyone was defending him, "better than Paul have it than some rascist" was the most common answer.

      Yet McCain refuses to return this donation, not from Clayton, but money raised THROUGH Clayton by hundreds of other Americans, and Digg blasts him?
      • sinrtb, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2Maybe because morality wise Ron Paul > John McCain.
    • logandurand, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1People: He's taking their money! Every dollar he takes from them is another dollar that they don't have to spend on their own purposes.
    • TheSenator624, on 06/18/2008, -0/+1Wait. Since when is Senator Byrd fundraising for McCain?
  • jstohler, on 06/15/2008, -14/+9Just more fodder for the growing list of McCainisms (http://mccainisms.blogspot.com)
    • dsmx, on 06/15/2008, -2/+4You can file them next to the library of bushisms.
      • cakrauss, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Everyone has isms.
        • dsmx, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Not everyone has a building the size of the pentagon to keep a record of all there ism's a la bush.
        • cakrauss, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1You're ignorant.
  • DeviantDragon, on 06/15/2008, -17/+75I didn't mind when Paul kept money raised from people with deplorable viewpoints and I don't mind now. McCain actually has that extra distance from Williams being that most the money was donated at an event and not from the person in question himself. I really don't think it's such a big deal. Considering that Williams made the comment not even at the fundraiser itself, there's no reason why the people who donated should have their contributions rejected because of something the host said in the past.
    • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -14/+7drag, I completely disagree. McCain's keeping of the money endorses the man and the manner in which it was raised. Williams is an obvious jerk and if McCain wants to be seen to take money from "him" you are correct in that, it is his choice. However, in politics the "appearance of impropriety," is nearly as important as truth. RIP Willie Horton, & Swift Boats.
      • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -4/+7How long do you have to wait after saying something stupid before you can donate to a political campaign? So you are saying that if you EVER said something bad, or made a mistake, your freedom of speech should essentially be revoked?
        • sassip, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4First of all, make no mistake this was no "mistake." It reflects a pov that is pretty hard to sell in a public forum. Yes, I know you want to say it was private, his only mistake was that it was overheard.

          Second, I don't know if you've ever personally known a woman that has been raped. It doesn't "go away," all that easily. You're making it sound like he said, I don't like blacks. That would be a generalization and rape is a very personal thing, I assure you. Saying, "They really enjoy it," is a rationalization of maybe the worst kind of dehumanization one human can perpetrate on another... Think about your mother being raped and you telling her to, "Ma', just lay back and enjoy it." How soon would you forget?
        • sassip, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4Don't know if you've ever personally known a woman that has been raped. It doesn't "go away," in a certain time period just because you think that would be fair. Rape is a violent crime.

          What if your mother was raped would you soon forget the guy that told her to, "Just lay back and enjoy it, ma" it's okay?
      • Zap2, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2no....but it doesn't send a message of McCain disagreeing with it.

        Did Williams ever say he made a mistake?
    • rald84, on 06/15/2008, -5/+3ron paul does it so it must be ok!
    • wolfie8914, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Well then we should apply this logic to things like Reverend Wright.
      • SkittlesUSA, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2Do you think there is any similarity whatsoever?

        Reverend Wright, as Obama put it, was his spiritual mentor for 20 years. He baptised his children and married his wife. He joined his church and listened to him speak every weekend. Williams makes a bad joke and you think that's equivalent to saying "God Damn America" or "US of KKK" or claiming that the government invented the aids virus to kill back people?

        Seriously, get your head checked.
  • Linh, on 06/15/2008, -3/+7does anyone have the full context of the rape victim quote?
    • musleypope, on 06/15/2008, -2/+17The man is just a loudmouth. He was running against Ann Richards for gov of Texas and compared the foggy weather of his texas ranch to rape, saying "if it's inevitable, just lie back and enjoy it."
      In that same campaign he also said he would do well with Mexican-American voters because he liked Mexican food and music.
      There were also rumors that on his ranch he had "hunny hunts," where prostitutes were hidden on the grounds and guests had to find them."
      Just an odd dude in general.
      • AresDiggs, on 06/15/2008, -3/+15haha oh god... hunny hunt? am i the only one that wants to try that?
      • ashfish, on 06/15/2008, -0/+8I also read in another article that he said that he would do what he does to his cows with his opponent Richards: "Williams -- who was planning to hold a reception for McCain at his home Monday -- also suggested at the time that he would campaign against Richards the way he treated the cattle he owned, vowing to "head her and hoof her and drag her through the dirt" like a cow on his ranch."

        Article: http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/1 ...

        This guy is just ever so slightly off his rocker.
      • ferrariman60, on 06/15/2008, -2/+6Lol, that's better to have context, I guess. Oh wait, no it isn't, because comparing foggy weather to rape is probably worse than what he said. What an idiot!
    • varmit, on 06/15/2008, -3/+10Mr. Williams made the remark on Saturday while preparing for a cattle roundup at his West Texas ranch. He compared the cold, foggy weather spoiling the event to a rape, telling ranch hands, campaign workers and reporters around a campfire, ''If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.''

      http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0 ...
      • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -11/+4He made a joke that reporters overheard, he didnt say it to them. That was 18 years ago, get the ***** it.
    • wentwj, on 06/15/2008, -2/+15You know.. normally I'd agree. I'd go "Hmmm... I wonder what hte context of that quote is", but... I really can't think of a possible context in which "Rape is like weather, if it's inevitable, just lie back and enjoy it" could possible be anything less than absolutely horrifying.
      • mattlohkamp, on 06/15/2008, -8/+0you have a very limited imagination.
    • deathsythe, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3Of course they don't this is Digg, only what can be taken out of context and misconstrued into the caption of the article gets posted.

      The vast majority of users don't read the articles anyway, they read the caption and then go straight for the comment section to voice their likeminded leftist digg sheep opinion, and bury anything that says contrary.
  • bxblox, on 06/15/2008, -15/+23I don't like McCain.... but I think he should keep the money.
    • sconnor, on 06/15/2008, -2/+5I agree.
    • twinklyJesus, on 06/15/2008, -4/+5Another non-news "spin" story. The money was raised as a campaign donation, regardless of attending or not, it would be given to him. Any candidate would do this. Obama and Clinton have both committed to being places for campaign $$$ and then had to cancel. They still keep the money.
      • drh8, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2I don't remember the specific cases, but Obama did donate money given to him to charity several times. I know some were because the money came from lobbyists, but I think some was from some oddballs.
    • jaymzdean, on 06/15/2008, -3/+4I don't like McCain AND I think he should keep the money.
      Let's let the public see what kind American supports this sick puke of a presidential candidate.
  • xtinamo, on 06/15/2008, -9/+55I wonder if Williams would follow his own advice if he were on the receiving end of some anal rape..
    • PabloMac, on 06/15/2008, -1/+10I'm sure there are people who would be happy to run a test on that.
    • sassip, on 06/15/2008, -4/+21Or his wife or daughter? Maybe he would recommend that they "enjoy it?"
    • pintomp3, on 06/15/2008, -2/+14he's a republican. he probably pays extra for it.
    • cvindustries, on 06/15/2008, -5/+1Hard to say. He's dead.
    • czeman, on 06/16/2008, -1/+9You can't rape the willing.
  • DangerCollie, on 06/15/2008, -5/+7McCain is so screwed at this stage that he needs the money worse than a few votes either way. It'll make great fodder for an attack ad but McCain has already provided so much material that it will be difficult to pick and choose. It's possible this one won't even make the cut. I've never seen anyone so determined to hose their campaign.
    • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -1/+3Maybe McCain understands that he is destined to lose in November. (That is more than the Media will admit to -- why they would have to find something else to talk about all day long!)

      Nothing he can do or say will counteract all the ways the Republicans have F-ed up these past 8 years. Now add the failing American economy and I say he is toast!
  • fas2, on 06/15/2008, -2/+10Clayton Williams is despicable!
  • JackSchittt, on 06/15/2008, -10/+6I wonder if McCain would have the same attitude of some psycho pulled him into a back alley and tried to have his way with him.

  • mocherz, on 06/15/2008, -8/+2yeah! Robing Williangs too!
  • unclerichard, on 06/15/2008, -10/+10McCain reminds me a lizard.
    • maadmonkey, on 06/17/2008, -0/+1Uuuh... a lizard that makes rape jokes?
  • coldfingaz, on 06/15/2008, -2/+18For Linh... from the Houston Chronicle today:

    For those who weren’t in Texas in 1990 or are too young to remember, Clayton Williams ran an unsuccessful campaign against Ann Richards here in that year. One of the major reasons he lost was a stupid attempt at humor he made during the campaign. When asked about his thoughts on rape, Mr .Williams said, "It’s like the weather, as long as it’s inevitable you might as well lie back and enjoy it."
    • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -1/+6Thanks for giving us the context of the remark.
    • RoccoMcTaco, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3Yeah, I'm out of the loop on this and I was wondering the credibility of this story.
      Who cares about the McCain part? This Williams guy is a sleazy *****.
  • diggdiggerid, on 06/15/2008, -28/+2to be quite honest that's a pretty funny quote and I totally agree with it and so would you guys if it came from someone who wasn't a republican
    • publiclurker, on 06/15/2008, -1/+18Please don't assume that the rest of us are as pathetic as you are.
  • chopsky, on 06/15/2008, -11/+3He has every moral right to keep the money.
    If hypothetically a Robert Mugabe or Adolf Hitler offers to give you all their money (which would be used for immoral purposes), would you refuse it and tell them to keep it rather? No. If someone wants to freely give me their money, Id rather use it for my own good reasons than give it back to them so they can use it for their bad ones.
    • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -1/+2That's the most pathetic excuse for keeping the money ever.

      It was stupid for Ron Paul to say, and it's stupid for you to say.

      "I kept it so they couldn't use it for BAD things!"

      LOL
      • chopsky, on 06/16/2008, -2/+0That's not what I'm saying at all. He shouldn't keep it for that purpose. That's merely one of the effects of taking it. If someone chooses to give you their money for your own purposes, you have no good reason not to take it. There's no such thing as 'tainted money'. With or without their money your actions will stay the same. If by accepting their money, you acted differently to preserve the doners interest, that would be different. But you aren't. You're merely acting in your own interests, according to what you believe to be right, only now with extra money. Whoever gives it to you should be of no difference.
      • Pritchard, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1How is that stupid?
  • ashfish, on 06/15/2008, -6/+5This is all pretty crazy. One would think that when you're running to become president that your PR team would do a little more research before signing you up with the loons. I understand that the donations didn't come from Williams himself, but its still tainted. The MSM nor the American people will hear that they weren't directly from him, it would be better now to save face and donate the funds to some women's organization. Especially with the other comments by McCain that are floating around the net now I would think that his people would be scrambling to get SOME kind of good press out on him. I guess no matter what though you're always going to have the people who are diehards for you party and don't have to worry about losing their votes.
  • coldfingaz, on 06/15/2008, -3/+6I'm not sure if many female comedians could even make that quote "funny", but considering the source it's despicable. Even more amazing is he obviously felt comfortable enough to say this while on the campaign trail.
  • Carv, on 06/15/2008, -5/+9When the news broke on Tony Rezko's indictment, Obama donated all the money Rezko gave him to charity. That only seems like the right thing for McCain to do.
    • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -6/+7Did he donate his house? You know, the one Rezko got him in a shady ass deal?
      • WarBiscuit, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Doesn't look so shady... or like Rezko was even involved in Obama's part of the purchase.
        Read the Q/A at the end of this article:

        http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/124171,CST-N ...

        Although the fact that he says he knew Rezko since 1990 is troubling,
        in a "guilt by association" kinda way, but I try to avoid those kind of accusations
        without evidence of something more... and the house ain't it.
  • aphexcoil, on 06/15/2008, -2/+23 "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it."

    My god, if that isn't a 10/10 real life trolling statement ...
    • Jennefah, on 06/15/2008, -1/+12It made me recall something one of my managers once said about rape that was similarly ridiculous.

      "It's easy to avoid getting raped. She should just spin around and around and he won't be able to get it in".
  • DaDrake, on 06/15/2008, -9/+5"As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it."

    I didn't know digg members were part of McCain campaign.... I thought they all favor Obama =)

    Seriously tho... sounds like a digg comment.
  • shibainu, on 06/15/2008, -7/+23"I hated the gooks,'' he said. ``And I will hate them for as long as I live.''

    women -1
    asian americans -1
    • Muyoso, on 06/15/2008, -16/+5He has every right to hate them first of all. And second of all, he clarified this immediately, but you are too much of a biased ass to quote the rest.
      • shibainu, on 06/15/2008, -1/+11explain that to them "gooks" that wont vote for him. he should have taken his torture like rape. "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it."

        just like the weather. motherfuker!
      • deathsythe, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3Hi, welcome to Digg, you must be new here.

        These are the leftist digg-sheep. Anything that goes against their political mindset gets buried, get used to it.

        I came to terms with it long ago. There is a small population of users who doesn't agree with the digg sheep, but not nearly enough to ever do anything about it.

  • carpeclunes, on 06/15/2008, -6/+31When something like this happened to Ron Paul, everyone on digg was on his side.
    • BuzzFriendly, on 06/15/2008, -9/+4True, but Ron wasn't scheduled to speak at one of their meetings nor I am aware he had personal relations with any of those folks. This is my opinion only but from my observations most people on Digg don't seem to have any love for republicans. Yes I know Ron Paul is running as a republican but like him or not he isn't like most republicans.
      • fadeout, on 06/15/2008, -5/+6"True, but Ron wasn't scheduled to speak at one of their meetings nor I am aware he had personal relations with any of those folks."

        Ron Paul with the neo-nazi campaign contributors: http://www.mediamouse.org/features/photos/122807-r ...
        • BuzzFriendly, on 06/15/2008, -2/+1Point taken, but until I know more of the story I won't throw him under the bus just yet.
        • BuzzFriendly, on 06/16/2008, -2/+3Just as I thought, there is always more to the story.
          http://themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/26/edit ...

          And while the picture does show a personal interaction it doesn't show a relationship. I will admit it does change my feelings a little about Ron Paul. While I understand you can't possibly research the background of each donor but when you know and still keep the money then it just tells me your just another politician.
        • Arahail, on 06/16/2008, -3/+2If I know you irl, I would get a rapist that you don't know to stand next to you and take a picture of you two. Then I'm going to try to get the cops to arrest you because you were working with the rapist and helping him rape people. Yup, a photo is proof, and only one story behind a photo. -End Sarcasm
          You're retarded.
    • fadeout, on 06/15/2008, -14/+10Many of us sure as hell weren't.

      Ron Paul is a hypocritical douchebag racist and I will be happy to share that info every time his name comes up.
      • sindex, on 06/16/2008, -3/+8You're confusing information with opinion.
      • dankpants, on 06/16/2008, -4/+5you're a ***** moron

        and I will be happy to share that info every time your name comes up
      • Arahail, on 06/16/2008, -3/+4You're just a ***** retarded douchebag.
    • TonyLocNE, on 06/16/2008, -5/+3Who's this "everyone" person I keep hearing about from these selective-minded people? Not everyone supported Paul, just as everyone doesn't support Obama..
      Please show me evidence of:
      1) "Everyone" on Digg supporting Ron Paul
      2) "Everyone" that supported Paul's decision not supporting McCain's decision.
      Until then, keep spittin your ad hominem, it just solidifies more my decision to never return to the Democratic Party.
    • chillypacman, on 06/16/2008, -3/+2I'm surprised you're not getting burried for that obvious remark, paultards have trouble handling the truth...
    • deathsythe, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2Back in the winter, Ron Paul received a donation from a prominent white supremacist. His spokesperson said, "If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money." Almost everyone on digg rallied behind Paul and said that he was completely right to keep the donation (despite some criticism in the press). Now the same situation happens with McCain, and everyone is outraged - outraged! - that he would keep the money. digg sheep at their finest.
  • whimmel, on 06/15/2008, -7/+0The money is likely already spent.
    • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -0/+2Well I guess that makes it okay then!
  • jbrand45, on 06/15/2008, -9/+12That figures . . . why would he do anything to support women? He didn't support his first wife, calls his current wife a ***** in front of reporters, and now this. What's next?
    • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -0/+5Taking away their reproductive choice.
      • jbrand45, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2True, which I'm sure he would do if given the chance.
  • Jeremyz0r, on 06/15/2008, -17/+2If he was cute and my age.. I'd lay back and enjoy it.
  • SpoBo, on 06/15/2008, -11/+6lol seriously ... if he becomes president ... there will be the following quote next to 'Americans' in the oxford English dictionary. "Most stupid race on the face of the earth. Recognizable by their lack of common sense.".

    McCain is a sad sad man .. and everybody who supports him should have their possessions confiscated and forced to battle it out in a TV show called 'Survival of the Greediest'.
    • RRJackson, on 06/15/2008, -5/+5It already says that next to, 'Democrats.'
      • papipablo, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Wait, aren't you a Democrat? Oh that's right, you were just pretending for the primaries. Child molesters can't vote anyway so I guess it's moot.
        • RRJackson, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1Reported. Another case of my stalker making libelous statements.

          And I've been a life-long Democrat. But this election cycle we've all seen how pathetic the party has become. As soon as Clinton suspended her campaign I asked to be removed from the DNC mailing list. Haven't asked to be added to an RNC mailing list, but McCain will still get my vote this time out. If the party hasn't straightened up by the next election cycle I'll start thinking about whether or not I want to continue to be a registered Democrat.
  • louiebaur, on 06/15/2008, -6/+4Teflon John has a nice ring to it
  • BuzzFriendly, on 06/15/2008, -5/+8I am shocked. I can't seem to find this story over a Fox News. Maybe I am just not looking in the right place.
    • Jeremyz0r, on 06/15/2008, -5/+4That's because they're spending their time telling Americans that impeaching Bush will accomplish nothing.
    • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -2/+2That's because Fox News tells the stories that serve the interests of FoxNews -- those that lean stauntly to ultra-conservatism!
  • DuffyDirect, on 06/15/2008, -5/+14The same exact scandal happened with Ron Paul getting a donation from a white supremacist, and everyone on digg took Ron Paul's side...
    • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -3/+4The Ronbots, sure.

      I sure the hell didn't.
      • faskippy, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3The difference...One was a small donation by a private citizen, unknown by the recipient. The other was a very large donation by a person who orchestrated a fundraiser for the man, who is very close to him, has been for years, and is very much active within his campaign. Surely, even you could see the difference? It aint rocket science.
        • bjornski, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I'll admit you're right on that point.
    • faskippy, on 06/16/2008, -3/+3You're full of *****. And I mean right up to the tip top of your pointy little skull.
  • Conguent, on 06/15/2008, -9/+6Such compassion McCain. You know just what to say.

    You ***** sadist.
    • cakrauss, on 06/16/2008, -3/+2You're ignorant.
      • Conguent, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2McCain is ignorant.
        • cakrauss, on 06/16/2008, -0/+2On what basis?
        • toker200, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3On the basis that he knows nothing about what the American public either needs or wants
    • czeman, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I think you need to read the description again...McCain didn't make that statement; Clayton Williams did.
      • Conguent, on 06/17/2008, -1/+1Ah *****. I'm an ass. Thanks for pointing that out.

        I guess I just would expect something like that from McCain.
  • Swarms, on 06/15/2008, -9/+16Ron Paul does it, he's a hero, McCain does it, he's scum. I get it digg, thanks for clarifying.
    • toker200, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2Nah McCain is just scum period, who cares about the money he took from an idiot that was probably just an idiot.
    • TonyLocNE, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2Can you cite this, or is this just your opinion? I'm 100% sure you can't.
    • Ymeg, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3Ron Paul says he is going to keep the money for the Campaign for Liberty. I believe it was on digg a few days ago.
  • blackjack75, on 06/15/2008, -5/+11Oh come on, a donator made bad taste joke, comparing weather in texas to rape, 18 freaking years ago. There are other things to complain about McCain that have much more importance.
    • tehsilentcircus, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1If Obama can get months of bad press over Wright's comments that in no way reflect his own, then why can't McCain deal with some of this crap as well. I think McCain is getting it pretty easy, considering no one seems to be bringing this latest up in the MSM as far as I have seen. McCain got around a week or so with the Hagee thing, which imho, was WAY more offensive than anything Obama had to deal with.

      I'm sure these morons are a dime a dozen around McCain. I wont be surprised to hear a little more of this coming around in the next 5 months or so.
  • Myakka, on 06/15/2008, -5/+4McCain is toast in November.

    The only people who don't know that are the Media "Experts" who are duty bound to keep talking about the election for the next 5 months!!
  • banido, on 06/15/2008, -11/+4If Obama had done it, you would praise him.
    • MikeFallopian, on 06/15/2008, -2/+3When Ron Paul did it, digg DID praise him - repeatedly and enthusiastically.
      • TonyLocNE, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I supported Ron Paul's decision then, and I support John McCain's now.. I despise McCain, but in reality, all this is is a smear story just as it was with Paul. Case closed.
        By the way... Who is this "digg" person? I know that the Digg community as a unified whole did not support Ron Paul. To state that only Ron Paul supporters are the ones crying foul here is to say that Digg has never heard of Obama.
        STFU and GTFO
    • cakrauss, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2You're exactly right, he'd be called a generous receiver.
  • WheezyMustafa, on 06/15/2008, -7/+3Is this for real? If so, there should be no way he gets presidency with that kind of ignorant thinking

    And no, if Obama had said it, we wouldn't praise him. :p
  • toytoyota, on 06/15/2008, -5/+1Would you rather the money go back to someone like that? I wouldn't give that man $300,000 more dollars...
    • charm803, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3Obama has given back money and distanced himself from getting any from lobbyists. He also rejects endorsements based on actions and reputations, which is commendable.

      This is just terrible judgment on McCain's part.
  • toytoyota, on 06/15/2008, -5/+1Would you rather the money go back to someone like that? I wouldn't give that man $300,000 more dollars...
  • MikeFallopian, on 06/15/2008, -4/+9Back in the winter, Ron Paul received a donation from a prominent white supremacist. His spokesperson said, "If someone with small ideologies happens to contribute money to Ron, thinking he can influence Ron in any way, he's wasted his money." Almost everyone on digg rallied behind Paul and said that he was completely right to keep the donation (despite some criticism in the press). Now the same situation happens with McCain, and everyone is outraged - outraged! - that he would keep the money. Groupthink at its finest.
    • bjornski, on 06/15/2008, -6/+1No, not "almost everyone".

      The very VERY vocal minority of Ron Paul supporters did. Many with accounts created just to comment and support their savior.

      Most THINKING people felt he should have rejected that money.
    • Lavarock, on 06/16/2008, -1/+7He had a completely logical reason for keeping it. If the KKK wants to give Ron Paul money, then that's money Ron Paul has to support his beliefs and his goals, and money that the KKK no longer has for its own. To give back the money would actually be worse. They're not tainted bills, on the contrary, it's money that has been taken from bastards to support a good cause. Willingly or not, it's a positive transaction.
      • MikeFallopian, on 06/16/2008, -3/+1Agreed. My problem is with the people who supported Ron Paul's decision whole-heartedly but are now bashing McCain's very similar decision, for reasons that were thoroughly mocked and dismissed a few months ago.
        • TonyLocNE, on 06/16/2008, -2/+1And from this single comment board here you can deduce that the SAME exact people that supported Ron Paul how ever many months ago are the SAME exact ones against John McCain on this one? Please do tell how you gathered this hard fact evidence.
          ***** retarded Obamafanistas showing the depth of their intelligence..
    • TonyLocNE, on 06/16/2008, -1/+3Did you ever stop to think that the SAME people that compose of "almost everyone on Digg" are indeed not the same people whatsoever?
      Of course you didn't, that's thinking too logically.
  • ryanjanssen, on 06/15/2008, -4/+4if he gets elected the U.S is screwed
    • czeman, on 06/16/2008, -4/+1We're screwed whether McCain or Obama gets elected..
    • ryanjanssen, on 06/16/2008, -0/+0i still think Obama would be better
  • d4v312345, on 06/15/2008, -6/+0It's all a *****. They've already done what they need to do, rigging-wise, to ensure McCain wins. They're just setting him up to be an even more scary, evil president than Bush and co, and since the votes don't matter they're already starting at it.

    Obama will not win... I stake my nuts upon it. USA is *****. Go Canada!
    • czeman, on 06/16/2008, -0/+1I was hoping Obama was going to lose in November, but now that you bet your nuts on it...
  • allengeer, on 06/15/2008, -7/+12Okay, seriously, this is stupid. A fundraiser made a bad joke in 1990? This is an issue?
    • sealink, on 06/15/2008, -4/+9You're on digg. If you ever hope to see vaginas other than the ones on the internet, you need to learn two things about women: One, we're people too and we deserve the respect that comes with being human. Williams wouldn't have compared the weather to the anal rape of a man; he made that comment because in his mind, women are objects undeserving of a second moment's consideration.

      Two, we have long memories and you will NOT get away with saying random *****, no matter HOW long ago it was.
      • Lavarock, on 06/16/2008, -6/+5Oh yeah, women have long memories. Women also have ten fingers, ten toes. They may be struck by meteors, they breathe oxygen and tigers scare them. I hope we all have a better idea of women now.
      • dexter411, on 06/16/2008, -6/+5"Williams wouldn't have compared the weather to the anal rape of a man"

        Nor did he compare it to the vaginal rape of a woman. He just said rape. Get over yourself, Gloria.
      • m0neybags, on 06/16/2008, -1/+2You're on digg, making women look bad. That women's studies teacher of yours just MIGHT have brainwashed you into being a man-hating reactionary.
      • HotSaucePanCake, on 06/16/2008, -1/+1yep you can't make a mistake at all
      • allengeer, on 06/16/2008, -2/+2Right, and you can condemn the man all you want because hearing the word RAPE freaks you out and puts you in to a tither. But this has nothing to do with John McCain. NOTHING! I really think this hyper sensitivity bull ***** has gone way overboard. Talk about the candidates. Talk about their close advisors. Who the preacher is at their church, who held a fundraiser in their name, who got a good deal on their mortgage (by switching to Geico?), who knows a lobbyist, who screwed up the teleprompter reading. . . these are not issues. They really have little to no bearing on the persons ability to be an effective President (although speech giving is important).

        Can we focus on something that is really worth our time and reflects the sort of intelligent reasoning we are capable of? These latest issues are like ***** high school. "GUESS WHAT JOHN SAID!", "OH NO HE DIDN'T", "GIRL, YES HE DID" "GUESS WHO BARACK'S HANGING OUT WITH?" "OH NO HE'S NOT" "I THOUGHT HE WAS ALL INTO DRUG DEALING" "THAT WOMAN HES WITH LOOKS LIKE A TOTAL PROSTITUTE" (I like big butts and I cannot lie)
  • synarchy, on 06/16/2008, -1/+4Seems to be a pattern here. Sounds like what the Republican party is telling the rank and file about McCain...

    He's your candidate; may as well just tow the line and support him.

    Blechhhhh.
  • sindex, on 06/16/2008, -0/+3This is non-news. McCain could, potentially, do a lot of good with that money, and should keep it. Keeping the money is NOT the issue. The issue is HOW he spends money and ON WHAT. I personally think he'll waste it on horrible fund raisers and political posturing and deceit, because that's what he's done for the last 6 years. THAT is unfortunate, and potentially news-worthy: the failing of America's politicians.

    I understand jumping on the "I hate McCain" bandwagon, because frankly... I rather hate McCain, but don't confuse real reasons with non-reasons.
  • slightlygifted, on 06/16/2008, -4/+3lets all go and digg up dirt on obama shall we? oh i forget he's the 2nd coming so he cant have any.
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