John McCain: 'People Are Telling Me to Run for President Again’

[big_dog]

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Source: Mediaite.com

Senator and former Republican presidential nominee John McCain (R-AZ) told reporters over the weekend that he would likely not attempt another run at the presidency—despite what he called multiple requests to do just that.

“Particularly since the shutdown, I’ve had a spate of emails and letters and phone calls saying, ‘Run for president again,’” McCain said. “As you know, I’m seriously thinking about running for reelection to the Senate. But I think, in the words of the late Morris K. Udall, as far as my presidential ambitions are concerned, ‘The people have spoken—the bastards.’”

McCain, who will be eighty in 2016, said he was not seriously considering a run, though an Arizona pollster said he’d been hearing renewed interest in a McCain campaign, and that the senator emerged from the government shutdown with much higher poll numbers than his more strident colleagues.

“After McCain said he was considering running for reelection in 2016, some headlines might have left the mistaken impression that he was considering another presidential bid rather than simply running for reelection,” Washington Post’s Aaron Blake said. “It’s possible that the questions from out-of-state reporters might have been in response to these misperceptions.”



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[postulater]

1. Yes! Please!

[Scairp]

26. That would be fun

And he should choose Michelle Bachman for his running mate this time. She's even more delightful than the other imbecile he had before.

[Wait Wut]

2. He's got to be lying.

They hate him here in AZ. By 'they' I mean his own friggin' party.

[kardonb]

25. McGrumpus

has an EGO that lets him hear voices telling him to "run" (as if he could ) again .

[underpants]

3. Do these "people' tell you to go out and check your tire pressure at 4 am?

[Scuba]

4. Yes, John, but don't pick Sarah this time. Too divisive.

Go with a unifier like, say, Ann Coulter. Yeah, that's the ticket McCain/Coulter.

[big_dog]

6. or McCain/Bachmann, that will really turn out the unmaried females...

N/T

[Snake Plissken]

5. John, when people told you that you looked good in that dress, they too were lying

[Lindsay]

7. Dear Senator McCain,

Those voices in your head are not people.

[big_dog]

12. John's spidey sense is tingling!!!

[karynnj]

8. His twitter feed was hillarious

with most people saying those people wanting him to run were called "democrats"

[Raine1967]

19. ROFL!

perfection.

He's a sad bitter old man:

“As you know, I’m seriously thinking about running for reelection to the Senate. But I think, in the words of the late Morris K. Udall, as far as my presidential ambitions are concerned, ‘The people have spoken—the bastards.’”

Yes we Dems are bastards, happy proud ones. Good day sir!

[tomm2thumbs]

9. by all means, listen to the people

oh wait, they also told you to not be president on several occasions...

now... which people to listen to, that's the question

[Chipper Chat]

10. I'll only vote for him

if he picks SaraBaraCooda for his runningfate.

[Fuddnik]

11. Don't listen to those people in your head, John.

They're the same ones who told you to pick Palin for a running mate, and to start dating Lindsey Graham.

[big_dog]

21. McCain/ Dole 2016!

back to the future...

[Blue Owl]

13. Run Run Run til' Palin takes the teabag away...

n/t

[2naSalit]

14. Have to ask

were these really people or just people-like voices in your head? Could you see solid objects behind their translucent bodies? Do they cast a shadow, have a reflection in the mirror?

His head has bloated to such a massive size that he now has other people in it and they're telling him to run!

[reddread]

15. Unlike the DLC, the Reps want some stalking horses

for Jeb to rescue them from.
thats who wants McCain to run again.

[Raine1967]

20. Opposition research? n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. America loves zombies

I laugh out loud every time I look at this pic. It's brought so much joy to my life. Can you top this, John?

[libdem4life]

17. This comedy just wrote itself...kudos to those upthread.

[cstanleytech]

18. I wonder when he last had a CAT scan? nt

[TwilightGardener]

22. No. No they're not.

[TroglodyteScholar]

23. Liberal people? n/t

[mulsh]

24. must be the voices in his head telling him this.

n/t

[olddad56]

27. that was my first thought, that he was hearing voices telling him to run, but they weren't people.

[TlalocW]

28. What he's not telling us is...

That these people asking him to run again all call him on the telephone and in the next breath ask him if his refrigerator is running or if he has Prince Albert in a can, etc.

TlalocW

[Journeyman]

29. At least he's keeping a sense of humor about it . . .

and still seems grounded in enough reality to know it's not something he should do.

I just wish he'd realize he should hang it all up and retire. The world would be a better place without his irrational thought influencing so many.

[hrmjustin]

30. Locking-sorry but this article is not LBN material but would go great in GD.

Than you for your understanding.