McCain: It can be “tough” to be proud of USA

[kskiska]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain admitted on Saturday it can be difficult at times to be proud of the United States.

“I’ll admit to you … that it’s tough in some respects,” McCain said when asked by a questioner at a town hall meeting how to be proud of the country.

“We have not always done things right and we mismanaged the war in Iraq very badly for nearly four years.”

McCain’s wife, Cindy, pounced on Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, for saying in February that she was proud of her country “for the first time in my adult life.”

Read more: http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/06/14/mccain-it-can-be-tough-to-be-proud-of-usa/

[slinkerwink]

1. it's ok if you're a republican

[PM7nj]

2. And white.

:/

[havocmom]

7. and male?

Havocdad read that and pondered why he can say the same thing as Michelle Obama and it's OK from him.

[Number23]

35. Ding! Ding! Ding!

You win! Would you like the washer/dryer or the shiny new Mini Cooper??

:hi:

[Supersedeas]

39. apparently, the Free Ride Media can't connect (are not supposed to connect) the dots

[Frustratedlady]

3. He can say that if he's wearing his flag pin.

The pin negates any bad feelings toward the U.S.

[Kolesar]

16. And puts his hand over his heart during the Star Spangled Pledge of Allegiance

politics is easy

[progdonkey]

30. but he's not wearing a flag pin... ;-)

But this is really just a "senior moment," which you can't hold against him at all. That's why, when Michelle Obama said something similar, the RW said it proved she was an America-hating, latte-sipping, pinko commie Muslimonazi. She's young and still has a clear head, so she knew what she was saying. McCain doesn't know what he's saying (but if you say that disqualifies him to be president, then you're an age-ist).

[dennis4868]

4. The media....

would pounce on Obama if he ever would come close to saying:

“We have not always done things right......"

But a repub says it and all is okay :-(

[wtmusic]

5. It can also be "tough" to be proud of a wife who plagiarizes. nt

[iaviate1]

6. At least the media picked it up. n/t

[Fridays Child]

8. k/r

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. oh what cometh before the fall!

[Tutonic]

10. Cindy the "C"

Was that McCain’s wife, "the trollop that applies her makeup with a spackling knife", the "C" word that pounced on Michelle? I'm sure that she must be proud to hear her man refer to her lovingly as a "C."

[mwb970]

13. Am I the only one that's creeped out by "Cindy"?

She looks like a Cylon to me. I think we should keep an eye on her.

[rurallib]

14. She is the epitome of the 'me' culture

whereas Michelle is a wonderful example of what a human being should be.
The Cindy incident with her 'charity' just so she could skim drugs is really ugly both for her and her boy toy.

[lonestarnot]

27. and shop while on house arrest.

[dbt]

15. Reptile.

Same as bu$hler, chee-knee, Rumsferatu and Condo Lizard Reissssssssssss, to name but a few.

:freak:

[mwb970]

22. "Reptilian" is the perfect word, thanks.

Has anyone ever seen her tongue?

[Vyan]

23. That's an Insult

to Tricia Helfer.

Vyan

[NYC Liberal]

11. If he's including himself in the group that mismanaged the war,

then why should he be elected? Especially if he's also trying to claim to be about "change"?

[truthisfreedom]

12. "It can be tough" but "buck up and do it anyway, you unpatriotic pieces of shit."

[minnesota_liberal]

17. Sometimes a little truth slips out

But hypocrisy will never stop a freeper from attacking someone if the opportunity presents itself.

Why? Because capturing the sound bite is easy, as is using it in commercials or repeating it over and over in speeches.

But explaining anything takes time and money and requires an audience willing to listen for more than 15 seconds.

[mcollier]

18. OOOPPPPPSSSS!

Let's see the media jump all over that!

[NewJeffCT]

19. Imagine if Barack or Michelle Obama had said that?

It would be in the media headlines for a week and an issue up until election day.

[progressoid]

31. I heard some RW hack bleating on about Michelle just a couple days ago.

No doubt they will attack with as much vigor...:eyes:

:sarcasm:

[krkaufman]

20. Reuters missed the best part, highlighted by Politico

Politico: McCain doesn't pick up on Michelle Obama joke

So a man finally got a question into McCain and he had a very different sort of question.

The questioner noted that he had been educated at Princeton and Harvard and made more than $300,000 a year.

"How can I be proud of my country?" he asked.

Get it — he was mocking Michelle Obama and her statement earlier this year that her husband had for the first time in her life made her proud of her country.

How hilariously ironic that the questioner was being overly clever in trying to deride Michelle Obama, so clever that his dim-witted candidate didn't pick up on it and jumped into the hole that the questioner *thought* he was digging for Michelle.

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Audio link at this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6364409&mesg_id=6364409

[Frances]

21. How does Cindy feel about being courted by a man who

dumped his wife even though she remained loyal to him during his POW years, but was 4" shorter than when he left because of operations due to a tragic auto accident? This first wife had multiple operations and still finds it difficult to walk. As far as I know, the first wife never got addicted to pain medication in spite of her pain and her disfigurement.

[LawyersGunsandMoney]

24. Can you imagine if Obama said that?

The Fox News heads woudl all explode.

[NewJeffCT]

25. welcome to DU

if only they really did explode...

[gratuitous]

37. No, a vacuum IMplodes

There'd have to be something inside their silly little heads for an explosion. The far more likely scenario is an implosion.

[Eagle_Eye]

28. Fox News would be like sharks smelling blood in the water

But their buddy (100 years of war) McCain gets a pass.

BTW - Welcome to DU LawyersGunsandMoney.

[Eagle_Eye]

26. Why does McCain hate America

Some people just cannot get enough saying bad things about the country they live in.

Of course, he is talking about the things his republican party have done in the last eight years.

He is talking about the things his friend and president have done.

[AngryOldDem]

29. You can't have it both ways, John.

You can't on one hand laud the war as being a success and then turn around and call it mismanaged.

[az chela]

32. Cindy,take some more drugs and get over it

[bitchkitty]

33. Lee Greenwood fans will not be happy. n/t

[Towlie]

34. McCain: "we will be proud of America because of what we’re going to do.”

Exactly, and what we're going to do is elect Barack Obama!

[sofa king]

36. Only if you don't want to change it.

If we do want to change it, and we succeed, then we'll finally have something to be proud of again.

[KittyWampus]

38. is there video or audio?

[Orsino]

40. Fortunately, Cognitive and Dissonance are two of his middle names.

As one of the managers of his precious war, McCain has a lot of gall to run for president after admitting the terrible job he's done.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. Where is the outrage?

Such hypocrisy - this is exactly why I detest the media and the Repukes (but not necessarily in that order).