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Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 3:09:15 AM   
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Back in 1996 and 1997, before John McCain was a presidential candidate or object of media fascination, Michael Lewis followed the Arizona senator around as he campaigned for Bob Dole and worked to reform campaign-finance laws. Lewis' pieces for the New Republic and the New York Times Magazine portrayed McCain as a passionate, cantankerous, astonishingly honest political character who frequently acted in ways that brought him no political gain. In the recent back-and-forth over whether McCain is a regular politician or a true outlier, we remembered a wonderful moment from Lewis' 1997 New York Times Magazine profile of McCain, "The Subversive." The passage below comes at the very end of Lewis' article.

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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 3:55:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		good article...but i wonder, do people think politicians are all robots without feeling?  It wouldn't surprise me if ANYONE remembered an old friend in a special way. (i am a bit wierded out that he brought a stranger along for the visit, but i have learned that everyone has a different sense of propriety, and i don't know all the history behind that decision.) What does surprise me is that a politician (Udall) would choose a VA hospital rather than a private hospital...

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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 4:01:55 AM   
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good article...but i wonder, do people think politicians are all robots without feeling? 


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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 4:20:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		i have no strings to hold me down.....that's actually a pretty depressing song for us s-types, come to think of it....

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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 4:24:04 AM   
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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 7:18:34 AM   
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As much as I despise that piece of shit this article shows that there is some good in everyone.
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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 7:29:23 AM   
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John McCain's temper is well documented. He's called opponents and colleagues "shitheads," "assholes" and in at least one case "a fucking jerk."...

Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.



The Huffington Post




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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 7:36:07 AM   
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Or is it the hypocrisy? Claiming one thing and being another...

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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 8:07:59 AM   
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RE: Story on McCain and an old friend - 4/10/2008 8:12:41 AM   
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John McCain's temper is well documented. He's called opponents and colleagues "shitheads," "assholes" and in at least one case "a fucking jerk."...

Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.



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Are you saying that she is not a fucking cunt who paints her face like a trollop?





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