If you can believe John McCain—and let’s face it, why wouldn’t you? He is, after all, a plain speaker and a political maverick™ — then his comments to Sean Hannity seem to back both Drudge and the AFP report in the Michael Ware Hecklegate “scandal”.
—Or, as I like to call it, “the time that one Aussie adrenaline junkie got his load on and disrupted a John McCain presser with inappropriate comments and some slurred giggling” gate.
I don’t much care for McCain, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t mean he hasn’t earned a modicum of respect—particularly from journalists who demand access. Sadly, Ware is less a “journalist” these days than he is a frequently drunk and unfortunately Janus faced activist who likes to hear himself wax controversial.
At least when he sobers up, he has enough sense to deny making a global war on Islamic terror all about him. Though rumor has it his liver is always after him to “say fuck it, and keep sticking it to the Man, mate.”
Isn’t there supposed to be a, you know, post to go with these comments? I’m so confused!
I blame Bush.
For the post being gone.
It helps if you name the post “Shane” and then beg it to come back.
Meantime, I have no idea why Expression Engine is suddenly doing this.
Ah! There it is. Didn’t mean to heckle..
Come back, Shane!
Nope, didn’t work, it’s gone again. ‘Tis odd.
“John McCain”
To the tune of Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”
John McCain,
you think that you should be in the White House.
John McCain,
you think that you should be in the White House, don’t you, don’t you??
Well, you ran back several years ago,
and courted the liberal press.
When you named your bus the “Straight Talk Express”,
it was them that you tried to impress.
But you turned you back on conservatives,
and one of them was me,
I realize you’re a grandstanding RINO,
a grandstanding RINO, and….
John McCain,
You think that you should be in the White House.
John McCain,
you think that you should be in the White House, don’t you, don’t you???
Now you get heckled and jeered,
just for showing your face.
The media types that used to love you,
no longer provide you your base.
Your campaign is floundering,
but I’m not surprised that’s the case.
I realize you’re a grandstanding RINO,
a grandstanding RINO, and…
John McCain,
you think that you belong in the White House
John McCain,
you think that you belong in the White House, don’t you, don’t you…..
I see. When I open comments the post disappears. Fortunately, I can remember what you wrote because I’ve got a mind like steel scrap.. or something like that. But hey! it’s 5 o’clock in Oz.
I think the blog is tired. Maybe it needs a nap or something.
It has to be exhausted from all the stupidity that’s been going on with the recent troll infestation. It’s been working overtime just to keep up.
I say let the cousin take over for a while and post about nothing but baseball. Then we can get a lesson on plotting the trajectory of a foul ball while blindfolded or something. Win-win, am I right?
Yey! Baseball! And can you believe it, seven games into the season and the Rocks are still above 500. It’s a streak, I tell ya!
We have the Japanese showdown in beantown tomorrow night- Ichirio vs. Daisuke. As a Sawx fan I’m pretty psyched. Daisuke has owned Ichiro since he was 18.
A troll infestation? Say it ain’t so! Fortunately the lastest blogger code of conduct (yes, yet another one) says it’s okay to delete trolls.
Trust me, in my blogger code of conduct—and I’m probably the last person who hasn’t proposed one—I’ll come up with something more painful. I’d suggest pantsing, but half of ‘em run around with their pants at their ankles by choice. Which, when you think about it, is a good reason to keep them around.
On the bright side, the post & comments appear to be working again!
The post has disappeared, just like all those drowning polar bears. Damn you Rethuglians.
“Hello, I’m Sgt. Sphincter of the Blog Civility Police, and I’m here today to talk to you young folks about net politeness and why it matters…”
Oh, puh-LEEEESE.
Mojo:
Just wait until Sgt. Sphincter issues his first declaration that Pand*gon has been given, “double secret probation for excessive scatalogical references and general skreeching.”
Double entertainment points if the good Sgt. is a christofascist godbag. I’ll share the pay per view with you.
Hey . . . did someone mention metal bats . . . and hearing the baseball?
Emergency Meme Alert!
In an effort to avoid looking even more silly than we did during the Jamail Hussien incident, the Thought Leaders of the Perpetual War Against the Other Council have issued the following emergency redefinition of the word heckling:
Spontaneous giggling caused by an obviously ludicrous statement made by one of our politicians.
Please post this meme prominently, comrades!
Transmission ends.
No, that was mental bats. I think one just fluttered through. With it’s pants around its ankles..
Journalists have a substantially lower tolerance level for criticism than do politicians, seems to me.
You must have missed it. The reporter who noted the laughter in the background of McCain’s Baghdad news conference noted it was not the correspondent you are pointing too. Everyone found his statements laughable.
Gary, you seem to think this is a site where that matters.
If it were, “david” wouldn’t hang out here.
Obviously.
http://gatorpress.com/stories/page4.html
Your a poser Michael Ware. If you were a real drunk like Hitchens I would save you a place at the bar.
alphie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-ZkUegYXY
Has anyone called Ware out on the fact that he’s trying to act tougher than an ex fighter pilot, Vietnam vet and POW>