Massive use of chemical weapons in Syria, 1,429 killed including 426 children

[Razgovory]

MCain never got over the treachery of 2000, and went a lil' mental.

Yeah, that push polling thing was shitty.  It's not like he was the only one who went a bit crazy after that election though.

[CountDeMoney]

McCain '08 was a substantially different candidate than he was in 2000, as was Dole '96 from Dole '88.  Running in the middle doesn't work?  Tack hard to the right. 
Even Democrats learn to tack to the right, like Gore 2000, who was much more conservative than his platform in '88, and even the '92 primaries.

[Eddie Teach]

Gore '88 was pro-life.

[CountDeMoney]

That was just an aberration. Sorta like Tipper and hating the music I listened to in junior high school.

[Berkut]

The idea that Viking was ever on the side of a party whose supporters are largely religious strikes me as funny.

I am a classical liberal. McCain was the best man for a classical liberal. He is also a honourable, decent and capable man who identified the agents of intolerance and actively opposed them. He was specifically and explicitly against the "largely religious" nutjobs that have no taken over the party and turned it into a joke. By picking her he shamed himself and compromised his own values.

+1

[Razgovory]

McCain '08 was a substantially different candidate than he was in 2000, as was Dole '96 from Dole '88.  Running in the middle doesn't work?  Tack hard to the right. 
Even Democrats learn to tack to the right, like Gore 2000, who was much more conservative than his platform in '88, and even the '92 primaries.

Yeah, I know.  I liked McCain in 2000.  Campaign finance is one my pet issues.  The constant fund raising is a fucking pain.  If I had my way, we'd do it like the Brits and have the government do it for the short period before the election.

[Neil]

The idea that Viking was ever on the side of a party whose supporters are largely religious strikes me as funny.

I am a classical liberal. McCain was the best man for a classical liberal. He is also a honourable, decent and capable man who identified the agents of intolerance and actively opposed them. He was specifically and explicitly against the "largely religious" nutjobs that have no taken over the party and turned it into a joke. By picking her he shamed himself and compromised his own values.

He believes in a god.  You are utterly incapable of liking him.

[derspiess]

MCain never got over the treachery of 2000, and went a lil' mental.

Went? 

[Razgovory]

Well, now I'm conflicted.  I don't want the US to get involved as I don't see much good coming from it, on the other hand, I get 20 bucks if they do.  This must be how Republicans feel when their "feel good" tax cuts create massive deficits.

[Tonitrus]

Summary:  The "Red Line" has become the "Red State Line".

[CountDeMoney]

MCain never got over the treachery of 2000, and went a lil' mental.

Went? 

He was fine until he ran into the Bush Smear Machine(tm).  Just ask Bob Dole.

[Ed Anger]

From a Brit paper that wants me to pay:

British military chiefs are being ejected from US meetings about Syria in the first direct consequence of David Cameron's refusal to join military action.
The role of senior British officers based at US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, has been downgraded because they cannot be trusted with high-level intelligence about a conflict with which they are no longer involved, military sources say.

[CountDeMoney]

  LOL, fucking awesome.

It's need-to-know information, and you don't need to know.

[Ed Anger]

EMERGERD, TEH SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP!

[CountDeMoney]

What's more, they've changed the continental breakfast spread to croissants.