John McCain booed giving speech about MLK

dgandhisays...

McCain's speech writers suck, why even bring up that you voted against MLK day? I understand having an answer if asked,but putting it out here, especially when standing near where the man was shot in the anniversary of his death. Tactical incompetence.

NetRunnersays...

>> ^dgandhi:
McCain's speech writers suck, why even bring up that you voted against MLK day? I understand having an answer if asked,but putting it out here, especially when standing near where the man was shot in the anniversary of his death. Tactical incompetence.


That's the thought I had when I first saw this too. As soon as I saw a member of the right-wing media respond to it, I got it.

The jist of it is that we should all praise McCain for his "bravery" and "honesty", and see how wonderful a person he is for changing his mind.

Juxtapose that with the audacity of how wrong he was. It's not like he voted against it because MLK was some obscure member of some obscure ethnic group he'd never heard of. It's not like there hadn't been enough time for history to reflect on the importance of what MLK did -- MLK was assassinated 15 years before McCain's "no" vote.

Personally, I think it was the same old juvenille hostility I've come to expect from this party. It was an opportunity for McCain to stand before a sea of black faces, and say "I didn't think this was important", while spinning it as lovely self-deprecation that we should respect him for.

quantumushroomsays...

I can understand liberal jadrools' personal contempt for McCain, because with liberals it's ALWAYS personal.

Hey, I don't agree with much of what McCain has done in his career, but implying he's a racist because of a few boos by idiots is just pathetic.

You want a Klan member to boo? Go wiki up Robert KKK Byrd, the Dems' "conscience of the Senate."

Barack X is a phony, a substance-less lightweight unfit for the Oval Office. He aligns himself with a racist "preacher" who Gawd-damns America and no lefty bats an eye, but a Black man holds McCain's umbrella and suddenly it's the Jim Crow south again.

Race- and class-obsessed marxist liberals, a shameful lot and a lot of nothing.

E_Nygmasays...

>> ^quantumushroom:
I can understand liberal jadrools' personal contempt for McCain, because with liberals it's ALWAYS personal.
Hey, I don't agree with much of what McCain has done in his career, but implying he's a racist because of a few boos by idiots is just pathetic.
You want a Klan member to boo? Go wiki up Robert KKK Byrd, the Dems' "conscience of the Senate."
Barack X is a phony, a substance-less lightweight unfit for the Oval Office. He aligns himself with a racist "preacher" who Gawd-damns America and no lefty bats an eye, but a Black man holds McCain's umbrella and suddenly it's the Jim Crow south again.
Race- and class-obsessed marxist liberals, a shameful lot and a lot of nothing.


1. i agree with your point about mccain.

2. if a "preacher" i knew gave up his student deferment in the past to voluntarily join the Marines and subsequently became a Navy valedictorian and corpsman, became a cardiopulmonary technician, was assigned to the Bethesda Naval Hospital as a member of the President's medical team, and after six years of active duty was awarded three letters of commendation by the White House, I'd say he has the right to damn America as much as he wants.

siftbotsays...

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by mas8705.

NetRunnersays...

Fixed, though it's a different camera angle.

Odd that both this and the one with Bush being booed at the nationals is hard to find on Youtube. There were tons out there when I posted 'em.

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