McCain mangles Obama's 'bitter' quote

McSame's obviously taking lessons from Curious George on mangling his speech and the English language, along with the truth. But then again, mangling the truth is something a person has to do in order to be a republical, as evidenced by McSame's direct lies concerning Senator Obama's economic plans yesterday.

McCain is old. Would you start a career change at 72 years old? I wouldnt. He should retire, play golf and fish. Running the country is not what he should be doing. Im not sure if a school would hire him to drive a bus at age 72. Why should he be President.

Senator McCain, during combat operations in Viet Nam, was shot down, captured and held as a POW for some years. Additionally, it was reported that he was tortured during his captivity. Understandably, the mental stress and duress of his ordeal took their toll upon him physically and mentally. Post traumatic stress, in varying degrees, is the lot of many, who have been in combat. In McCain’s case, add the circumstance of being a POW accompanied with torture. On top of all of this, add a good measure of fiery temper without outlet during captivity. During a campaign stop McCain called a youthful questioner: “you little jerk.” Was that the POW (McCain) suddenly freed and able to strike back? I think it was. We might also understand that typically, age does not heal maladies; rather, it tends to exacerbate them.

In view of the bewildering physical and mental experiences suffered by McCain, as a candidate for President of the United States of America, the state of his mental health should rightfully be of grave concern to all Americans. It is rational for a Navy Officer, who is rather wealthy, to be of the judgment that the sacrifices being made by our troops in Iraq are not worth the price of a college education?

In the not to distant past, the former Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri was put forth as a potential VP candidate. After the fact, his mental state was discovered and revealed. The country needs to know if Senator John McCain was given ample mental screenings by competent medical personnel subsequent to his being freed. How many, how often, by what competent medical entities and when was the last screening performed? What were the results? Are those results going to be made public well before the elections in November? A mushroom cloud and fifty million casualties later will be too late to ask!!! Won’t it?

It's okay grandpa we still love you, now go eat your jello and watch Gunsmoke.

Obviously McCain was talking about the Second Amendment - guns - when he referred to the Constitution. I am surprised the author of this article is ignorant of the way right wingers talk about guns, which they always pair with the Constitution. McCain's use of the term is not a slip but a deliberate use of terms.

Blatant bias of author masquerading as news. What, is a constitutional amendment NOT part of the constitution in the fantasy-land you live in? "Cling to guns" = support 2nd CONSTITUTIONAL amendment.

Well obviously when he said "constitution" he was making a point about the constitutional right to bear arms. Glad to see there's no bias in the reportage of this ... he said it on purpose to make a point. Obviously. As for him misspeaking the other day ... so what? He slipped on a consonent. It happens.

Just more Clinton Chronicles (youtube.com it) techniques.

the double standard you hold you candidate too whilre vilifying a great man, Obama, is amazing.

"Well obviously when he said "constitution" he was making a point about the constitutional right to bear arms. Glad to see there's no bias in the reportage of this ... he said it on purpose to make a point. Obviously. As for him misspeaking the other day ... so what? He slipped on a consonent. It happens."

Hi folks,

I a 100% Democrat, and will of course be voting for Obama.

That said, I see no reason to belittle McCain the way that some bloggers are doing. It's mean spirited and not needed, so let's lay off those kind of arguments and together focus on the issues that really matter...the ones that will allow us to win the election in November.

Thanks,

Leigh

Although ol John had denied saying it, on December 17, 2007 in New Hampshire, McCain said: "The issue of economics is not something I''ve understood as well as I should..." Then in April 2008 he proved his point by saying “I think if you look at the overall record and millions of jobs have been created… you can make an argument that there’s been great progress economically since president Bush took office”

It's worth remembering that Obama was also talking about focusing more energy on solving the economic problems in Pennsylvania when, in this same speech, he said

"So, it depends on where you are, but I think it’s fair to say that the places where we are going to have to do the most work are the places where people feel most cynical about government ... Here’s how it is: in a lot of these communities in big industrial states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, people have been beaten down so long, and they feel so betrayed by government ... But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there’s not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

This does not strike me as someone who is looking down on the unfortunate citizens in Pennsylvania. Rather it appears to that Obama is trying to understand the issues and solve the problems. Remember, Obama said "the places where we are going to have to do the most work" at the beginning of the speech. Context matters. Also, note that Obama never talked about the Constitution in this speech at all. He has, however, taught the history of the Constitution to college students while working at the University of Chicago. I bet Obama understands the Constitution much better than McCain does.

I'm shocked that you folks at the Globe are so ignorant of the Constitution that you would believe that McCain "mangled" Obama's words. He's said what he said quite deliberately. The Constitution protects the right to bear arms. That's his point, guys. I hope you're embarrassed, because you certainly should be.

A few days ago Obama had a very long, painful moment in the middle of a speech in which he lost his train of thought. It was no big deal in the grand scheme of things, but a number of conservatives expressed the opinion that if it had been McCain, the media would have had a field day pointing it out. Now we learn that McCain doesn't even have to make a mistake for the media to go into attack gear.

What a disgusting display. First we see an ignorant writer who misses the point due to his own stupidity, and lays that off on Mccain. And then we get the Obama-bigots to come and pass their trash about McCain being too old or too damaged by his service. What a despicable group.

Over at the cable news network whose name must not be mentioned, there is a short videotape of the statement that has confused you so much. It's 42 seconds long. Only 15 seconds after the statement about "the Constitution," Sen. McCain specifically said "the Second Amendment." Perhaps you didn't hear that part, since the audience was clapping and cheering loudly by then. The microphone picked it up quite well -- Sen. McCain's reference to "the Constitution" was obviously intentional, not a slip. Try again.