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2000 GOP Primary - McCain Backs Out of Debate In California

sfgate.com — "With new polls showing his campaign dead in the water among California Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain has pulled out of a long-scheduled debate with Texas Gov. George Bush, set for Thursday in Los Angeles... Top campaign officials attributed McCain's decision to Bush's earlier reluctance to appear at the debate." Mavricky!

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  • BishkekBuddy, on 09/25/2008, -5/+157Am I smelling a pattern here?
    • chrome327, on 09/25/2008, -2/+43Does it smell like sweaty desperation? Because I'm noticing a distinct odor, My Friends.
    • cg4et, on 09/25/2008, -2/+34ahh . . . the smell of burning pants with just a hint of cowardice.
      • saranac7, on 09/25/2008, -1/+13what now JJJJhhhhhhoooooonnnnnniiiiieeeeeee?
    • jstohler, on 09/26/2008, -1/+9No, that's just McCain's Depends undergarments.
    • Eagle193, on 09/26/2008, -1/+8Last time, he ended up losing the election. Hopefully the pattern holds true...
    • TheFunnyDigger, on 09/26/2008, -1/+8Yes. It smells like B-B-B-B-Bull *****. Stack in a patter that reads ***** you Citizens.

      I said it before he's the Marauder of the Ideas of Others , not a Maverick of his Own.
    • kennyROAR, on 09/26/2008, -2/+4How do you smell a pattern?
  • JenniferInMO, on 09/25/2008, -5/+174This is ridiculous. He is afraid to debate, but not afraid to send our troops to war. That is mentally incompetent or unstable. What is wrong with McCain supporters?
    • 471776, on 09/25/2008, -1/+34Ignorance and ***** party-first mentalities.
      • patpl22391, on 09/26/2008, -13/+1DEMOCRATS ONLY CARE ABOUT THE COUNTRY! REPUBLICANS HATE IT AND ARE ALL STUPID RED NECK RACISTS!
      • orbitaldiamonds, on 09/26/2008, -1/+11reply to patpl22391: Democrats support the troops. Republicans support the war.
    • Taiyoryu, on 09/26/2008, -2/+6Ideology trumps facts. Keep in mind it cuts both ways.
    • Optiks, on 09/26/2008, -11/+2You make it sound as if McCain's vote was the only one that mattered when it ultimately came down to authorizing the war resolution, and the subsequent funding bills.

      Are you trying to rewrite history as you know it? Or are you just repeating things you read through your RSS feeds?
      • schroeder, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4His influence will be stronger if he becomes president. He's in strong support for perpetual war, so he will push for it.
    • Br3ach, on 09/26/2008, -1/+2I'd guess his supports are also mentally incompetent and unstable, much like he is.
    • normalkid0615, on 09/26/2008, -4/+4Whats wring wif Obomba Supporders? They r all muslom tear-or-wrists.
    • SpenderH, on 09/26/2008, -2/+1If I were a liberal, I'd say "Him too afwaid. Him just a little guy." But I'm not a liberal so I'll say "This is ridiculous. He isn't afraid to debate, and wants to keep our troops and our country safe. He is mentally competent and stable. There is nothing wrong with McCain supporters."
      • Cybermaul, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2...and...how is that relevant to McCain refusing to talk about his stances and running from every conflict presented to him?
      • SpenderH, on 09/26/2008, -1/+1Can you cite some examples, please?
      • normalkid0615, on 09/29/2008, -0/+1examples:

        birth control - ehhh i uhhh
        ties to freddie and fannie - ehh uhh
        300 billion tax plan paid for by reducing 18 billion in earmarks - uhh
        steve schmidt working for freddie up to LAST MONTH
        asked him and his wife about abortion - ehh uhh

        I can go on, but my fingers are tired.I DARE YOU TO RESPOND! I can provide youtube clips if u want... now take your foot, bring it to your face, and insert it into your mouth
  • ChessPieceFace, on 09/25/2008, -2/+129Cut-and-Run McCain!
    • maj0rm0j0, on 09/26/2008, -0/+12This needs to be an ad!

      *in best James Earl Jones voice*
      At a time when our country needed bipartisanship and cool heads to keep our country afloat, McCain ran from the faces of the American people and Barack Obama was left to explain to them why the boat was leaking and where John McCain had ran. But it wasn't the first time old Cut-and-Run McCain had left a sinking ship to try and save his career...
    • richmomz, on 09/26/2008, -0/+7"Bailout McCain" is more like it! He bailed out of 5 aircraft during his Air Force career, is all for bailing out Wall Street with your money, and now wants to bail on the debate. This man has more bailout expereince than anybody in Washington! I wonder if he realizes that if he does become President, there's no ejection seat in the Oval Office if things get tough...
    • skellener, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3McCut-and-Run !!!
  • sullivanst, on 09/25/2008, -2/+76It's deja-vu all over again.
    • jeffvvisoft, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3Looks like another Obama Town-Hall meeting...

      Which begs the question: How did this guy win the NOMINATION OVER the likes of Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani, or Paul?


      ***** THE RNC!
    • iNoles, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1There is a glitch in Matrix.
  • saranac7, on 09/25/2008, -2/+63I'll bet he doesn't even remember this!

    If he did he would deny, my dear friends!

    "Get Outta Dodge First"
    • davidlow, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3In all fairness, McCain might not remember this because it happened in the year ZERO. Look at the dateline. McCain is even older than we thought.
  • thejimmyo, on 09/25/2008, -2/+42In 2000, McCain also told a lot of lies:
    http://dailyhowler.com/dh092508.shtml
  • supermouse35, on 09/25/2008, -2/+51Yeah, this is the kind of guy we want for President. He's not at all reckless or impulsive in his decision-making. I will feel totally confident knowing this guy has his finger on the red button. Even better, if his cancer comes back and he kicks off halfway through his first term, I will sleep peacefully in my bed at night knowing the completely qualified Sarah Palin is in charge.

    Oh wait. I seem to be lying just as much as McCain and Palin here.
  • u2wedge, on 09/26/2008, -2/+36McCutandrun
  • soforizo, on 09/26/2008, -5/+14Maybe they misprinted the date of this article.....
  • greatgran1, on 09/26/2008, -2/+16So there is a pattern of lying,and not completing commitments.Too bad his claim to fame is having been a POW.I wonder if he had not been captured,what his life path would have been?
    • bjornski, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1Interesting question.

      He probably would have crashed a few more planes and retired as a "non-hero".
  • dildoolielly, on 09/26/2008, -2/+27McCain/Palin = Chocolate covered turd
    • hooah212002, on 09/26/2008, -0/+6Filled with glass shavings.
    • orbitaldiamonds, on 09/26/2008, -8/+3But if McCain is a turd sandwich, wouldn't that make Obama a giant douche?

      Equal in my smartassery,
      An Army wife for Obama.

      P.S. Well, at least a douche is for cleaning. ***** is just *****.
    • meirav, on 09/26/2008, -0/+3Stop it. You're being unkind to turds.
  • kelstock, on 09/26/2008, -2/+16McCain: More of the Same
  • kelstock, on 09/26/2008, -1/+13Only time I've ever heard McCain not afraid to state his position: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-GfRmfb274
  • algaeturd, on 09/26/2008, -2/+15Interesting! It's remarkable how much this 'maverick' never seems to change his colors. Same old McCain, same old tricks, same old lies and same old hoax. WAKE UP. This guy shouldn't be running ANYTHING, much less this country with Palin by his side. We're doomed if that happens.
  • JohnTheRevel, on 09/26/2008, -2/+49He was afraid of debating with Bush? Jesus! No wonder he's afraid of Obama.
  • MikeMitchell, on 09/26/2008, -2/+9Oh, what a bunch of McCrap!

    see what i did there?

  • pauls88, on 09/26/2008, -2/+18chicken
    • bjornski, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1No, use the word that "war heroes" hate the most.

      Coward.
  • MikeMitchell, on 09/26/2008, -2/+15Somebody needs to McChange his Diapers.
  • TheWriteGuy, on 09/26/2008, -0/+11A vote for McCain
    is four more years of the same.

    • 8213981283, on 09/26/2008, -2/+1first of all i'm not a McCain supporter, but what change will Obama bring?
  • SifuMoKung, on 09/26/2008, -2/+3Ha ha ha ha ha ha!
    *whew*
    That was funny.
  • smacksaw, on 09/26/2008, -3/+8I'm going to go in a different direction here. It's interesting to read the tone/style of the article. Journalism just isn't the same quality nowadays. That's a great article. That's journalism.

    It only took us 8 years to go into the crapper. Oh well, at least there's still the BBC.
  • Vorphlack, on 09/26/2008, -2/+16So, he's been a COWARD for some time now.
  • sapphire9488, on 09/26/2008, -1/+10history is repeating itself yet again.
  • marshallpeck, on 09/26/2008, -1/+9McMuffin
    • BelatedHero, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1McChicken
      McNugget
      McGriddle

      I'm sure there are more...
  • kontraire, on 09/26/2008, -2/+6Maverick!
    • orbitaldiamonds, on 09/26/2008, -2/+0Maverick-rolled.
    • Noodleson, on 09/26/2008, -1/+1Tom Cruise is the REAL original maverick
      • rodon, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1Would that make Palin Goose? or shall we call her Moose?
    • chrispix, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
      mav·er·ick [mav-er-ik, mav-rik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
      –noun
      1. Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, esp. an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
      2. a lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
      3. (initial capital letter) an electro-optically guided U.S. air-to-ground tactical missile for destroying tanks and other hardened targets at ranges up to 15 mi. (24 km).

      So is he an unbranded calf, a lone dissenter or an air-to-ground missile?
  • argaen21, on 09/26/2008, -1/+15Mcchicken and caribou barbie are just about done.
    • jerbaker, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2I prefer Pravda's label of something like "the shrieking cow from Alaska."
  • bg2500, on 09/26/2008, -1/+13He was a afraid to debate Bush! That says something. That should have been an easy one.

    Obama is going to destroy McCain if Obama can get him to debate.
  • CKR600, on 09/26/2008, -3/+21A 65 year-old female from Austin TX (US) who joined Digg on September 26th, 2008

    I always though older people were suppose to be wise, humble and not completely ***** insane until at least 80ish.

    EDIT: @ carolitt
    • CharlesDance, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1I replied to you using the 'Reply' option at the bottom of your post.
  • digitalmischief, on 09/26/2008, -2/+15Dear carolitt:

    the lab called, your new brain is ready.
  • salter84, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4Is it just me or does McCain look like a ***** wrinkly T-rex when he holds a mic? ***** douce cake can't multi task for *****. Gald I'm a Canadian.
  • Culero, on 09/26/2008, -1/+4I've been craving McDonald's these past couple of months for some strange reason...
    • h3llscaper, on 09/26/2008, -0/+2Dude, same here, I've gone like once a week for the past 2 months now. I usually hate mcdonald's. :(
      • bjornski, on 09/26/2008, -1/+1It's because you're easily manipulated by stimulus you aren't even paying attention to.
    • Mpwns, on 09/26/2008, -1/+3i could go for some carl's jr or in and out.
  • yerlamow, on 09/26/2008, -1/+5It's because he wants more time to get a dictionary to know the standard definition of economic depression.
  • AdInventive, on 09/26/2008, -0/+9He'll show up. If he does not he will become even more of a laughing stock then he currently is if that is even possible.
  • LucasKane, on 09/26/2008, -1/+5LOL
  • Hillsfar, on 09/26/2008, -1/+11If you're expected to show up and debate, but you don't, is that called being a maverick?
  • jdelator, on 09/26/2008, -1/+10Someone alert the MSM, this needs to be made talking points
  • thePTS, on 09/26/2008, -2/+25The real question is, does he run in a Crisis?
  • LoneRanger85, on 09/26/2008, -1/+5Why go to a debate when you know your campaign is finished? Think of the carbon footprint!!!
  • heystoopid, on 09/26/2008, -1/+5What a "Turd blossom" how low can he go ?
  • Br3ach, on 09/26/2008, -3/+4P U S S Y
  • SimmaDownNow, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7McCain's campaign said the candidate confirmed to CNN on Thursday that he would not appear. But until yesterday afternoon, when rumors swirled about the pullout, McCain -- who has touted his ``straight talk'' politics -- gave no public indication that he intended to duck the nationally televised showdown.

    The bait and switch on the debate left the Arizona senator -- whose favorite campaign line is ``I'll always tell you the truth'' -- wide open to blistering criticism from his rivals.

    ``Clearly, this is more double-talk from the McCain campaign,'' said Alixe Mattingly, a spokeswoman for Bush. ``Pulling out of this debate at the last minute is an indication that they're pulling out of California, where McCain's antagonistic message clearly isn't working.''

    This guy is a ***** coward that once did something great for his country seemingly by accident. Which now leads me to believe what many of his fellow POWs had been trying to tell us, this Manchurian Candidate is no hero.
    • MixMastaKooz, on 09/26/2008, -0/+1Double Speak?

      I wouldn't give him so much credit. John McCain has taken so many sides on an issue, there's no polygon that can describe it! His limit approaches infinity...
  • Quicksilver4648, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7You got to love the date the article was published "Monday, February 28, 0" What happened with the rest of the digits in the year?
  • HappyScrappy, on 09/26/2008, -1/+11I guess the "No Talk Express" leave the depot a lot earlier than we thought.
  • xman8, on 09/26/2008, -0/+5"Call me if you need me".
  • WayneCA, on 09/26/2008, -1/+8In 2000 he knew he couldn't win California so he backed out of the debate. He just backed out of a national debate.. does that mean he knows he can't win the country?
  • DFutureIsNow, on 09/26/2008, -1/+7John McChicken!
  • idreamwideyed, on 09/26/2008, -1/+10"John McCain believes it's important for the people of California to see and hear the candidates talk about the issues,''

    oh john, contradicting yourself again. when are you going learn that kinda ***** doesnt fly with us, silly!
  • Fubeman, on 09/26/2008, -0/+7My favorite line in the article:

    "Although McCain's backers insisted that a devastating series of polls had no effect on the decision, the senator's chances of winning a Republicans-only primary in California have grown increasingly dim in recent days."

    Déjà vu anyone?
  • redmannine, on 09/26/2008, -0/+4John McCain's campaign will be committing political suicide if he doesn't show up tonight, and he'll likely get stomped by Obama if he does, so what can McCain do? keep whining about how he wanted ten town-hall style set-ups that could get stuck full of plants and operatives.
  • ATLien74, on 09/26/2008, -0/+4I guess McCain learned one thing well in the armed forces.... RETREAT! RETREAT!
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