McCain's mom just basically dissed Romney for being Morman (on Hardball)

[MidwestTransplant]

McCain was squirming pretty badly! She's a feisty old lady, that's for sure.

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. So much for religious freedom.

:silly:

[WinkyDink]

16. People also have free speech.

[SammyWinstonJack]

19. Do we? I sometimes wonder.

:shrug: I guess that depends on who is speaking.

Free speech zones come too mind. I wasn't dissing McCain's mother . She can say whatever she wants. I just think it's rather amusing that she is dissing Romney for being a Mormon.

Ya know, that whole freedom of religion thing.

Personally, I think organized religion stinks. But that's just me.

[bluestateguy]

2. Arizona has a lot of Mormons

Yet I know what she was trying to say.

[polichick]

3. She's pretty cool...

When McCain tried to distance himself from that, she pointed out that Chris had asked her.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. I just finished watching the segment and didn't notice that she said he had asked the question.

Maybe they edited that part?

[polichick]

9. Maybe they cut it, but she sort of squeezed it in when the guys...

...were already moving on. You could tell she was peeved, as my grandma would say.

[Amy6627]

5. His mom? What is she like 600? n/t

[polichick]

11. She's really lovely and vibrant...

...he looks quite a bit like her.

[NC_Nurse]

6. What did she say? I missed it.

[EST]

7. While it's admirable that someone might luck out and reach

the age of ninety-four, she is just about as classy as he is.

[Beaverhausen]

8. He should be dissed. I'm sorry but Mormons are scary

OK, I keep saying this, but I'm reading 'Under the Banner of Heaven' and just the basis of the religion is too wacked to be believed.

[bjorkfan]

10. Is that any different from dissing candidates who don't believe in Darwinian evolution?

[Pirate Smile]

12. McCain tried to walk it back later. I liked his Mom.

[poiuytsister]

13. I caught at least 2 times during the interview

when Matthews referred to her as his wife instead of Mom. She even called him on it and he still didn't know what he'd said.

[polichick]

22. I noticed that too...

How strange that interview must've been for Mrs. McCain!

[dancingme]

14. I wanted her to diss Rudy but she wouldn't do it

Tweety tried to get her to say what she thought of Giuliani. She didn't bite. She was a very bright 95 year old. Tough and intelligent.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

15. I guess bigotry runs in that family.

[WinkyDink]

17. Why is it bigotry to believe one's faith is THE faith? I'm a very lapsed Catholic, but we're taught

that Catholicism is the "true and apostolic faith"!

I think Mormonism is a cult, just as I think Moonies belong to one.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

18. Yeah, that's what you crazy, child molesting papists would say.

:shrug:

[flordehinojos]

20. i wonder if he's got her on the campaign trail because she resembles in some slight way perhaps

that first lady known as barbara bush... i mean, is mccain sending some subliminal message by having his MOM on the campaign trail.

[farmboy]

21. The Way She Said Romney Was A "MORMON" Showed Her Real Disgust For Them!

And then she went on to say that him being a MORMON form SALT LAKE CITY, and them being the ones who owned the SCANDAL from the Olympics, well, it wasn't much for him to have fixed it since he was one of them in the first place. I mean, wow, I have never seen such blatant prejudice on live TV before. Of course, you'd know that her son, McCain, would immediately try to back away from her comments, but for Hardball host Chris Matthews to say (paraphrasing) "he hoped no Mormons in Utah took offense to little ol' 95 yr old Ms. McCain's harmless little comments.... Who is he to smooth over prejudice comments just spewed on his show. So she's an old lady. She was trotted out to show that McCain might live another 20 years or so. Seems she's fair game to further explore just what prejudices are alive and well in his immediate family.

[polichick]

23. The first thing I thought when I saw that McCain would be on with his mom was...

That's pretty risky of him. People that age often say exactly what they're thinking, even if it's shocking or rude. My mom once took my grandma (who was in her late 90s) to the doctor's office and, after the nurse had taken her vitals and had turned to go out the door, my grandma says, "My, that's quite a wide hiney!" lol