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Commentary: Is McCain another George W. Bush?
Commentary: Is McCain another George W. Bush?
Jack Cafferty says John McCain shows virtually no intellectual curiosity, emulating President Bush
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EschatonNo likey McCain: It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president. When asked what his Christian faith means to him, his answer was a one-liner. "It means I'm saved and forgiven." Great scholars have wrestled with the meaning of faith for centuries. McCain then retold a story we've all heard a hundred times about a guard in Vietnam drawing a cross in the sand. Asked about his greatest moral failure, he cited his first marriage, which ended in divorce. While saying it was his greatest moral failing, he offered nothing ...

Cafertty on McSame
Newshoggers.com — ... meant he'd never make admiral, so he turned his sights to a career in politics. With the help of his new wife's wealth, his new father-in-law's business connections and some powerful friends had made as a lobbyist for the Navy, he was elected in 1982 to a Congress in a district that he didn't reside in until the day the seat opened up. A few years later, he succeeded Barry Goldwater as a senator. Today it's acid tonged Jack Cafertty of CNN's turn.  He asks, Is McCain another George W. Bush? One after another, McCain's answers were ...

CNN's Jack Cafferty: McCain 'as Intellectually Shallow' as Bush
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... An excerpt from “Is McCain another George W. Bush?”, a commentary by Jack Cafferty which carries the posting time of “updated 9:18 a.m. EDT, Tue August 19, 2008." ...

Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday
Daily Kos — From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE... Breakfast...served up by Jack Cafferty on a silver platter (See also czardingus's diary. And then remind me again why Obama's surrogates rarely speak this plainly.) Start with a juicy melon wedge: It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president. When asked what his Christian faith means to him, his answer was a one-liner. "It means I'm saved and forgiven." Great scholars have wrestled with the meaning of faith for centuries. ...

He Gets Paid to Write This Crap???
California Conservative — ... If the network news wasn’t as awful as it is, Jack Cafferty would be THE laughinstock of the news industry. As it is, he’s just ONE of the laughingstocks. Imagine my surprise when I read Cafferty’s article claiming that John McCain is intellectually shallow: ...

McSenile as stupid and vacuous as Bush
WTF Is It Now?!? — "I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing me." CNN's Jack Cafferty comments on McCheater's interview with his good buddy Pastor Whatever (who ...

FMB - Friday McBush Bashing
Discourse.net — ... (And that was before the next item below!) (Cindy) McCain family values, via NPR: Cindy McCain’s Half Sister ‘Angry’ She’s Hidden DNC, Five Million McCain’s Iraq (cartoon) Via Crooks & Liars Jack Cafferty, CNN, Is McCain another George W. Bush? Kos, McCain Campaign “Clarifies” His ...

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