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Cat. said:
McCain is one of the few Republicans I would have no trouble voting for. I said that in 2004 and 2008. He will speak his mind and tell the truth regardless of the political hot water it puts him in.
# 10 September 2009 at 9:19 am

Annie said:
Aww, now see, that’s the McCain I like seeing. I head somewhere that Wilson did call the White House to apologize for that.
# 10 September 2009 at 10:03 am

Mika said:
It seems to be a common political maneuver to deliberately commit one sort of faux pas or another, and then to publicly apologize for it. I’ll bet in some cases politicians draft up the apology letter before going before the cameras and mouthing off in the first place.
This way what he’s apologizing for is “speaking his mind.” That’s the part that’s going to get emphasized when it’s election year again. Instead what should be underlined is that he clearly isn’t in possession of the facts. If you’re shouting at the President when he’s addressing the House and you don’t even have the facts on your side…well, you don’t belong in public office.
# 10 September 2009 at 11:20 am

Bill, the Wildcat said:
I think Mika is probably right about that. The thought crossed my mind as well. It’s not party-exclusive either. Throughout the election supporters of Obama would make very radical and inflammatory remarks that Obama would apologize for later. It smacked of political strategy then, and it sounds just the same now.
While I’m not a big Obama fan, I do have to wonder what drugs the politicians in South Carolina are drinking these days? I think it was less embarrassing having Strom Thurmond in Congress.
# 11 September 2009 at 1:49 am

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