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- inactive, on 10/07/2008, -29/+162John Sidney McCain III seems to pal around with an awful lot of felons, racists, Nazi collaborators, and unrepentant secessionists.
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -17/+99He also kills puppies and makes fun of handicapped people.
- JenniferInMO, on 10/07/2008, -21/+93It seems that McCain doesn't have very good judgment in who he "pals around with." In contrast to Obama's 3 tangental associations, and in contrast to Obama's open condemnation of these 3 men's actions McCain has a lifetime record of picking those who are corrupt and unethical all in an attempt to gain power. All McCain has ever wanted was to best his grandfather and father by becoming President. He admits this in one of his books. He has never openly denounced Keating, rather he talks about what a tough time it was for him when he was exposed. He doesn't even acknowledge many of his extreme relationships and others, like Hagee and Gramm he actually embraces because they can help him with his campaigns. McCain, after being in trouble with corrupt bankers has over 100 lobbyists on his campaign payroll who have represented financial clients. He just can't get away from these people!
- Echota, on 01/05/2009, -40/+104The more we see comming to light about McCain the more dangerous it is to elect him POTUS!
Obama/Biden 08! - johnnr2, on 10/07/2008, -18/+66Nice to see MSM picking up on this.
- StumpHarvey, on 10/08/2008, -18/+52Wow... there go the Jews in Florida for you. This was the guy that was just toting that "we cant have another holocaust on our hands" when talking about the threat of Iran attacking Israel... then come to find out... he is in cahoots with Nazi-backed death squads and Palin is tied to the Alaska Independence Party which tried to pursue sponsorship from the government of IRAN.... This is absolutely bat-***** insane. Obama tied to Ayers at age 8 is the least of my ***** worries... I could give a ***** less. But McCain and Palin? There are really still people who want to hand these nut-jobs the launch codes?
- dn11, on 10/08/2008, -10/+44They may have been fascist Nazi death squads - but they were our fascist Nazi death squads....
- Mujokan, on 10/08/2008, -5/+31Lol, if the French Revolution was fascism, you'd better send the Statue of Liberty back to France. It was partly a symbol of France's determination not to return to monarchy.
Please quote where Hitler praised Karl Marx. Not that it is relevant to this discussion.
You also fail for "soc med" and "global warmism". And general rampant paranoia. - birdly, on 10/08/2008, -12/+38Wow, I guess the Ayers can of worms should have stayed shut, huh?
- cfrog7, on 10/08/2008, -14/+38this isn't even guilt by association
this is just pure guilt
I wonder who influenced McCain when he was 8 years old. - Volatile36, on 10/08/2008, -6/+29What backwoods "survivalist" pamphlet did you pull that from?
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -1/+24you might want to learn more about the history of Central America; I know it might seem over the top but they really are / were Nazis and terrorists. Also, death squads (again, believe it or not) are used by many Latin American governments. Really.
- klooper, on 10/08/2008, -5/+27I think that McCain's support of an anti-semetic extremist group is definitely newsworthy, even harkening back to 1984. People change, sure. But if it's legitimate for the McCain campaign to dredge up Obama associations with a University of Chicago professor who was a radical when Obama was eight years old, then supporting a group that was rabidly anti-semetic AT THE TIME YOU SUPPORTED THEM is, I think, fair game.
- LilRabbitFooFoo, on 10/08/2008, -3/+23hehe
So was Manuel Noriega
and the Shah of Iran
and Saddam Hussein
etc. etc.
We only take them out AFTER they go off OUR reservation. - melison, on 10/08/2008, -4/+24/facepalm
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -10/+29After watching the latest debate I can say this guy is a total lying bastard. Death squads? He is already part of one, they are called Neocons. They will not destroy America directly, but so subtly we may not even notice until it is too late.
- heystoopid, on 10/08/2008, -11/+28What a total loser , rolling stone certainly had him pegged dead to rights
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/23316912/ma ... - Suricou, on 10/08/2008, -10/+26He served on the board of an organisation that has ties to the nazi death-squad organisation. It's a rather indirect association.
However, if Obama had even the remotest and most dubious of connections to nazi death squads, I have no doubt that McCain would be shouting it from the rooftops with great exageration - and, when the claims are shown to be highly doubtful, Palin would take over with a bit of "Well, 'they' say Obama isn't a nazi..." and her widely-publicised wink.
Politics is a dirty game. McCain is the second dirtiest candidate we have seen in the 2008 runup, after Hillary. - internetcoward, on 10/08/2008, -30/+45cant wait for the r-tard 'possibly inaccurate' brigade.
- unitedkronos, on 10/08/2008, -5/+20It's Godwin's law and I think we can let it slide this one time as it brings up a valid point more than something like "Well, Hitler was a vegetarian."
- spartan777, on 10/08/2008, -6/+20actually the US government was heavily involved in supporting Neo-Nazi resistance movements and regimes throughout the world. Look at the Greek civil war, Chile and Pinochet, and so on. The US started supporting Fascist and Neo-Nazi groups immedeatly after the end of WWII. To those leaders, Nazis were preferred over socialists. Nazis would merely slaughter masses of their own people (again, go back to Pinochet), but socialists were far worse, they threatened to cause economic, social and political change around the world by way of a good example (others call it the "Domino Effect"). This is far bigger than just Mccain, and this all has been known for some time.
anyways, i'm shocked the diggercons haven't done their duty and marked this innacurate yet. - ChangeIsGood, on 10/07/2008, -22/+36"And you will know their names!"
Baaahhhhhh - flashback99, on 10/08/2008, -5/+18LOL at the half hearted attempt to support Mccain and denounce "liberalism".
You guys are just little jokes now. - Suricou, on 10/08/2008, -4/+16It's interesting that both left and right try to say the nazis are on the other side.
Those on the left look at the nazis, and see moral crusaders with a strong christian influence, extreme homophobia, some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in europe (other than that exception for jews), and calls to support the 'traditional family' and for women to not enter the workforce. Clearly, the nazis were to the far right.
Those on the right though will look at the nazis, and see a collectivist ideology and an all-controlling government micromanaging economic affairs and personal life. Clearly, the nazis were to the far left.
In truth, they just don't fit on the modern spectrum. They are sort of far-left economically, super-extreme-right socially, unclassifyable politically, and with a level of cult-like fanaticism that defies analysis. - unitedkronos, on 10/08/2008, -4/+16I second that motion.
- bbtweb, on 10/08/2008, -3/+15I actually agree with you. We don't need these stories. McCain did a good enough job last night acting like a pompous ass with his snide remarks and showed America that he has no real ideas, just the same canned responses over and over again "my friends"
- USArugula, on 10/08/2008, -2/+14citizen782:
FTA: "The council created by retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub was the U.S. chapter of the World Anti-Communist League, an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America."
Miss that part? - BradHAWK, on 10/08/2008, -1/+12And divorces them.
- jchrome, on 10/08/2008, -2/+13RTFA?
"...an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America." - Azerael, on 10/08/2008, -1/+11Suricou, think of the right/left system not so much as a straight line but a circle folding back in on itself. On one side you have moderate rationalism, and on the other side you have extreme ideological purism.
Assuming you start from the the side opposite the 'extreme' (which would be the 'centre' in the traditional left/right measure), you can take the left path or the right path. These are different journeys, but ultimately end up in the same place. The Nazis took the right path, the USSR took the left, but they both ultimately turned into the same thing.
That is why people should be wary of identifying soully with 'left' or 'right' ideologies, as the freest, most prosperous societies have taken elements from both sides. - Mujokan, on 10/08/2008, -5/+15Lol, if the French Revolution was fascism, you'd better send the Statue of Liberty back to France. It was partly a symbol of France's determination not to return to monarchy.
Please quote where Hitler praised Karl Marx. Not that it is relevant to this discussion.
You also fail for "soc med" and "global warmism". And general rampant paranoia. - garblefung, on 10/08/2008, -2/+12***WARNING FACTUAL HISTORY""" without facts it isn't history!
BY THE WAY YOU ARE THE MORON..... YOU are BLOCKED AND DUGG DOWN.
And not because I'm a liberal, but because you do not have a working knowledge of history and current events. You can't be reasoned or even argued with if you just make things up. CIAO! - Jeepy, on 10/08/2008, -8/+18The point, you've missed it.
- SpinningHead, on 10/08/2008, -3/+13Read a history book. Hitler used socialist rhetoric because it was a popular philosophy in Germany at the time. His government model was, however, fascism. thats why he allied with Franco and Mussolini. Franco would not have even taken power and destroyed the socialist forces had not Hitler lent him arms and transport back to Spain.
- RainNIU, on 10/08/2008, -2/+11"BY THE WAY YOU LEFTIST MORONS.....NAZIS are YOU."
The Nazis were a right-wing party, buddy. - roho76, on 10/08/2008, -7/+16This doesn't surprise me at all. I have always wondered how this guy can go to an AIPAC conference and praise Israel then make a stop over a pastor Hagee's shindigg and praise him after he has said stuff like "Hitler was doing Gods work." He is playing both sides of the fence right in front of everybodies faces and nobody realizes this? WTF? Short of shooting these guys in the face , nothing will ever change. They give the American people just enough cheese to make it till the next incident then follow that up with somemore cheese to get them through till the next one. Rinse and Repeat.
- tonberryqueen, on 10/08/2008, -1/+10Read some Marx and Althusser.
And take off the tin foil hat. - SisyphusFragmnt, on 10/08/2008, -0/+9Hitler was a Catholic, very Catholic in fact..
- bman1984, on 10/08/2008, -0/+8I think too late has already passed.
- lhbaker, on 10/08/2008, -2/+10Yup. The banner should say 'buried as accurate'.
- W16three, on 10/08/2008, -1/+9They've struck.
- x2cube, on 10/08/2008, -17/+25looks like the tables have turned mr mcain
you can thank karma for that - inactive, on 10/08/2008, -8/+16Okay, this is just stupid. Whoever is going to vote for McCain, or believes he could ever be a good president has a seriously low IQ.
- xBarium, on 10/08/2008, -1/+9Hitler also gave credit to God for his inspiration...
Also, stable and thriving socialist democracies exist and 10 bucks says you can't name a single one off them. - ZenMojo, on 10/08/2008, -1/+9Indirect? He served on the board of an organization that BOUGHT WEAPONS for the nazi death squads. How the ***** is that indirect? And a year after he had his name taken off the letterhead, he was at a board dinner.
Other people tied to this endeavor? Oliver North (Fox News host) and G. Gordon Liddy (Fox News commentator).
What the ***** is wrong with my country? - inactive, on 10/08/2008, -2/+10I agree.
The problem with America is leaning too much to the right in general. Even Obama is not really left, he's "right"... but closer to the center.
Americans have spent the last centuries living with what's technically a far right society, and because of that, at this point the Daily Kos is more "fair and balanced" than Fox News. People were already misguided before, not just now. - Reynardine, on 10/08/2008, -3/+10Fox, the Drudge Report, and every one of their pimply-faced children have Obama-Ayers plastered over their front pages so hard you'd think Ayers was his VP choice. They aren't even *trying* to spin this information, or the Keating Five, or the debate. Something's going very, very wrong for McCain.
- griz, on 10/08/2008, -0/+7At least it's from CBS and not from some random blog.
- inactive, on 10/08/2008, -0/+7you forgot the biggest one! (nowadays)
Osama bin Laden - bzooty, on 10/08/2008, -1/+8I saw him park in some handicapped places while handicapped people made handicapped faces.
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