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McCain + “The Bitch” = Manufactured Outrage!

• Posted by Beth on November 14th, 2007 filed in 2008 election, Blogs, Candidates, Funny, General, John McCain, Moonbats, Pakistan, Politics, SCOTUS, Video    

Okay, I finally saw “the” video where the woman asked, “how do we beat the bitch.” Talk about manufactured outrage. If you missed it, here it is.

Remember when John McCain made the “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” joke? Remember his response to the manufactured outrage from the nutroots then? He said, “Get a life.” I think that this is yet again another good time to say “get a life” to the ridiculous hacks on the Left. They’re a joke.

To put it in the words of a leftist hero, “Screw ‘em.” I plan on referring to Hillary as “the bitch” now just to jerk their chains, since they’re so full of feigned heartache about it. This is possibly the world’s silliest “issue” ever.

I mentioned earlier that I listened in on a McCain bloggers call earlier today, and as you might expect, someone asked a question about it. I don’t remember his exact words, but the essence of it was that some people need to lighten up. He actually said he knows Hillary well and doesn’t think of her as “a bitch”–in saying that it was a good question, obviously he was referring to the question of beating Hillary. All I can say is that if a word uttered by a supporter is going to be held against a candidate, then no candidate is above reproach–especially those supported by the nutroots. Liberals are a freaking joke.

Now, about that conference call. I didn’t ask any questions, but I didn’t need to. (Again, here’s Jim Geraghty’s recap.) What stood out for me was what he had to say about foreign policy and the ilitary, particularly with regard to Pakistan. McCain said exactly what *I* would want a President to say. That is, he wants the democratic process to move forward, but emphatically noted that elections in themselves are not always going to give the desired outcome. In particular, he mentioned what few others have the moral courage to say: that Benazir Bhutto is not necessarily the best option either. It must be remembered that the Bhutto administration was obscenely corrupt and Pakistanis weren’t happy with her, either. The stakes are unbelievably high with Pakistan having nukes and a large violent Islamist population, so while McCain is absolutely for Pakistan having a healthy democratic process, he noted that “elections do not always mean democracies.” I think the rest of the region pretty much proves that as fact.

He also discussed Iran and the nuclear situation there, saying that he supports sanctions and believes sanctions could have an effect on Iranian policy. McCain also wants to increase funding (recently cut by the State Department) to the pro-democracy forces in Iran. (I didn’t even know State had made the cuts. Color me unsurprised.)

Like I said, Geraghty has the wrap-up, and I’m glad I did call in–it was a sort of spur of the moment thing, and I was very comfortable with what he had to say and quite impressed. You know, we always hear the candidates in debates and speeches, and this was different. I’ve always thought John McCain came across well in the debates, but this was better. I’m going to see about getting in on all the candidates’ blogger calls who have them (except for you know who–there’s no point) from now on so I can hear them out in that venue as well.

One last thing, so I can gloat about something I knew I was right about at the time (heehee). He mentioned the Gang of 14 deal, and said people still are mad at him about it but he knows it was the right decision. So do I. Can you imagine having the nuclear option available to the Democrats now, especially with The Bitchâ„¢ Hillary looming on the horizon? Notably, McCain said that he doesn’t think a single GOP senator would support the nuclear option now–and that’s what “the Coalition of the Chilling” was saying all along. (Sorry, I can’t resist–I TOLD YOU SO!) :twisted:

So some of you are asking, why am I shilling for John McCain now, right? Put it this way: I am not going to attack any of the Republican candidates; I don’t have reason to do so. I am comfortable with any of them, and will have no problem voting for any of the current candidates should they be the nominee (except, of course, for RP, but I don’t think I need to really even say that–you all know). There are enough people on our side mimicing the nutroots and Paultards right now, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to do it. I can argue honestly for voting for any of them, some more than others, and frankly, I think it would be a travesty if McCain were to not have a good shot at the nomination. Yes, I’ve warmed considerably to him in the last several months, and the order of my preferred candidates changes at least every month or so, so I’m giving all of them a much more serious, in-depth look. I’d encourage y’all to do the same, even for those you think you could never support. (And yes, I have even given RP a very close look, possibly even more than the others in order to understand the online phenomenon. I’m even more strongly anti-RP the more I learn.) Go look around for yourselves.

UPDATE: Well, that didn’t take long. Heeee.