Joe Watkins on Abrams, defending McCain's "housing" matter with "he's a war hero."

[Sparkly]

What ELSE can be defended with, "He's a war hero, he was a POW, he got beaten up, he stayed in the Hanoi Hilton," etc..?

It was the defense for his affair, it's the defense for his forgetting how many houses he owns, etc...

And, Watkins segues directly from McCain's quote, to POW, to Rezko. Amazing. :eyes:

Edited to post this again: "John McCain's Protective Barrier" --
http://mediamatters.org/items/200807030012?f=s_search

[NewJeffCT]

1. Noun Verb POW

Just like Giuliani was Noun Verb 9/11

[polichick]

4. It was great Roy said that!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I saw it ..... the spin just doesn't work does it?

This is bad news for the McCain campaign and I love it.

[Sparkly]

5. It's starting to seem like an SNL skit. nt

[glowing]

10. SNL is losing viewers... The McCain campaign is providing all the amusement.

Guess he liked hosting way too much and decided to take the show on the road.

[C_U_L8R]

3. the smell of desperate republikans panicking in the evening.

it smells like victory.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. McCain's campaign is really cheapening the POW thing.

Pretty soon it will be a pathetic joke, like Rudy Giuliani flogging 9/11. Will they use it to respond to criticisms about his adultery? "Well, he didn't have ANY hot young heiresses to bone while he was a POW!"

[Sparkly]

9. They did use it to defend his adultery, yes!!

There's a clip of Hannity doing just that...

I think it's this one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x168904

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. I'm waiting for veteran and POW groups to lay into him...

That would be the proverbial torpedo at the water line.

[Sparkly]

19. It'd be great if a general would point out that being a POW doesn't bestow judgment on someone

and isn't an automatic qualification for the presidency.

Oh wait.... ;)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. He's my pick for VP

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear that it's going to happen.

[GoesTo11]

33. It will be his excuse for being a bad president

June 2009: McCain exposed for lying country into war. Press secretary responds: He lied to the guards was a POW.
November 2009: McCain no-bid contracts under executive order revealed to cost $500B for toy parts. Press secretary responds: He wished he could have toy parts when he was a POW.

etc.

Nope, even though it may work sometimes, I can't see wanting to give a president a free pass on screwing up the country, just because he was a POW.

[glowing]

7. Joe Watkins is a waste of money. He is such a shill. For the love of money...

This man takes the cake.. he might as well be wearing a sheet sitting next to Pat Buchanan

[polichick]

8. Agreed - he is the worst! I usually mute him.

[burythehatchet]

13. the MUTE button was invented for Joe Watkins

[polichick]

14. Yeah, he's a great example of one who "takes pride in being ignorant."

[virgdem]

16. More than that...

he's a total waste of space. A complete shill, an empty suit with a permanent smirk on his face. The mute button was made for creeps like him.

[glowing]

21. Yep, he makes me want to puke. He's worse than Pat Buchanan...

He doesn't listen at all. He has no respect. He's full of ego. AND he smirks through it all. He just goes out and shouts louder and louder.. and looks like a complete ignoramus.

[chieftain]

11. If there was any doubt that the houses gaffe has the GOP thugs

panic stricken, Watkins confirmed how worried they are. Joe was stuttering, blustering and interrupting at record levels.

[Epiphany4z]

12. This just in McCain

got up this morning drank a 5th of jack , slapped his mother around , kicked the dog, drove drunk to a bank, robbed it...ran his car into woman with a baby carriage..then got out of his car and peed on a homeless vet...


fox republican views
Ya so.... he was a P.O.W.:eyes: and he was desivie..he did not hesitate once.

[DesertFlower]

15. i can't stand joe watkins.

he should stick to preaching the bible.

[bluedeminredstate]

18. That dude was a human talking point

and I use the word "human" very loosely.
republiCON tool!

[Coexist]

20. he's gonna wear that card out soon.

[BlueIdaho]

22. I hope they keep this up...

Pretty soon his POW experience will have absolutely no value what so ever.

"Hey John McCain doesn't have to floss cuz he was a POW."

"John McCain likes ball point pens cuz he was a POW."

"POWs like John McCain only eat red pistachios."

"John POW McCain puts sour cream on his baked potatoes."

[Sparkly]

24. "That whole 'my friends' thing? Somethin' POWs say."

"His dog doesn't say 'bow wow,' it says 'POW wow.'"

"He likes POWer tools, too, ya know. He doesn't use them, but that's because he's a war hero and was a POW."

[ContinentalOp]

23. You know, at first I thought that Democrats were repeating the "hero" nonsense too often.

But now I think we should just parrot it as often as they do. "He's a war hero, but..." It's getting to the point where it's completely meaningless. I'm not sure that people even hear it anymore. I think soon every American is going to be as sick of hearing that as we are. Especially since people are already aware of the Rudy 9/11 effect.

[mitchum]

25. Petulant Old Wackjob

[Stagecoach]

26. What astonished me

Is when Watkins started out by saying that John McCain was no different than the average American, in that they have difficulty remembering all the investments and losing track of everything they own. That goes to show how out of touch the GOP is! They honestly think the average American is like that? I think not!

[lamp_shade]

28. Watkins is a masochist.

He keeps making assinine remarks, gets the shit beaten out of him, and then comes back for more.

[City Lights]

29. On Countdown, Fineman referred to the playing of the POW card as a crutch.

And at the rate McMansions is using it, it'll be worn out by the time he really needs it.

[lamp_shade]

30. Good on Fineman for strapping on the old gonads.

I hope we hear more on this "sensitive" issue. Nobody wants to touch it.

[goclark]

31. "We award medals for POW's not the Presidency"

Heard that from a caller on Air America

[polichick]

32. Watkins is the ultimate partisan whore - and proud of it. His whacked grin makes me ill.

[moriah]

34. Wish all of our war heroes could have upwards of five homes. n/t

[Virginia Dare]

35. They're going to trot that tired excuse out one too many times...n/t