October 9, 200818 yr In a campaign with plenty of gaffes to go around, John McCain added one to the mix Wednesday. The Republican vice-presidential candidate addressed a crowd in Pennsylvania as “my fellow prisoners.” McCain made the slip while discussing his plans for the economy, including health care and energy policies. “Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners,” he said. The prepared remarks, which the campaign distributed during the speech, showed he meant to say “citizens.” The Arizona senator was a prisoner of war, spending nearly six years in Vietnam. He often talks about his experiences on the campaign trail, albeit briefly. McCain isn’t the only one to stumble over his words. Democratic candidate Barack Obama said in May he had been to “57 states.” “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it,” he said to a crowd in Oregon. Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden, once asked a Missouri state senator to “stand up”—even though he was in a wheelchair. “Stand up, Chuck, let ‘em see ya,” he said, before realizing the obvious. “Oh, God love ya, what am I talking about?” http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/08/mccain-addresses-my-fellow-prisoners/?mod=rss_WSJBlog God help us all :creepy:
October 9, 200818 yr LOL Maybe he was having a flashback.....Lord I apologize, forgive me and the starving pygmies in New Guinea...Amen.
October 9, 200818 yr In a campaign with plenty of gaffes to go around, John McCain added one to the mix Wednesday. The Republican vice-presidential candidate addressed a crowd in Pennsylvania as “my fellow prisoners.” McCain made the slip while discussing his plans for the economy, including health care and energy policies. “Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners,” he said. The prepared remarks, which the campaign distributed during the speech, showed he meant to say “citizens.” The Arizona senator was a prisoner of war, spending nearly six years in Vietnam. He often talks about his experiences on the campaign trail, albeit briefly. McCain isn’t the only one to stumble over his words. Democratic candidate Barack Obama said in May he had been to “57 states.” “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it,” he said to a crowd in Oregon. Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden, once asked a Missouri state senator to “stand up”—even though he was in a wheelchair. “Stand up, Chuck, let ‘em see ya,” he said, before realizing the obvious. “Oh, God love ya, what am I talking about?” http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/08/mccain-addresses-my-fellow-prisoners/?mod=rss_WSJBlog God help us all :creepy: The writer of that article must really like Palin.
October 9, 200818 yr Author The writer of that article must really like Palin. :laugh: I didn't even catch that.
October 9, 200818 yr :laugh: I didn't even catch that. I don't know why but it was the first thing I noticed.
October 9, 200818 yr I would assume that all of these candidates have to be tired from all the traveling and campaigning they are doing. It has to wear on the mind, and I would expect all of them to make some of these mistakes.
October 9, 200818 yr Author I would assume that all of these candidates have to be tired from all the traveling and campaigning they are doing. It has to wear on the mind, and I would expect all of them to make some of these mistakes. I thought about that. What happens when our country is in a time of real crisis and the President hasn't slept in a couple of days? Do we excuse him when he makes a critical mistake in judgement because he was tired? All this tells me is that neither of these two are up for the job.
October 9, 200818 yr If he becomes President, I sure hope nobody whistles in the Oval Office... "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!!!" (I'm not trying to make fun of PTSD, I'm just saying, it could happen) (...and maybe making fun of PTSD a LITTLE)
October 9, 200818 yr The writer of that article must really like Palin. :laugh: I didn't even catch that. I don't know why but it was the first thing I noticed. Now THAT is a gaffe! Seems to be a lot of this going around, apparently it's transmittable. :lol:
October 9, 200818 yr We have all been prisoners to incompetence and personal grudges over the past 8 years.
October 9, 200818 yr We have all been prisoners to incompetence and personal grudges over the past 8 years.Oh Good Lord.
October 9, 200818 yr Change will be here soon enough.. smile If it's McCain, I will. If it's Obama, after a short while, no one will. :creepy:
October 9, 200818 yr Change will be here soon enough.. smile BTW, why don't you tell me what change you think he will honestly deliver in the Change? thread.
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