Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington appeared on The Colbert Report to promote her latest book, The Right is Wrong and speak to the particular metamorphosis of John McCain’s candidacy.
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Colbert: So (McCain) changed his opinions from 2000 to 2008. People do that.
Huffington: He has not changed his opinions. He has replaced his mind with George Bush’s mind. I wouldn’t be surprised if right now, he’s somewhere at the Texas ranch, clearing brush, like George Bush.
Colbert: Perhaps he knows that that’s what he has to do to get elected. He was ”The Maverick” in 2000; that did not get him elected. But if he toes the party line in 2008, maybe that…he’s just doing what he needs to do to get elected. What’s so wrong with that?
Huffington: You mean selling his soul in order to get elected?
Huffington: He was a real reformer. And now, he’s basically completely surrendered on everything. He wants us all to stay in Iraq of course indefinitely. And here’s the one little problem: that he has this kind of passion for Iraq. [..] Because he has this passion for Iraq, that’s his Viagra.
Colbert: He has…I guess the warning on that should be, if your erection last more than a hundred years, pull out.
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Actually, the McCain of 2000 wasn’t exactly any great shakes either. Arianna should not hold that up as if it was some kind of ideal.
McCain Has Also Denied That He Voted Against Lincoln
That’s actually the best explanation as to why McCain isn’t the moderate people think he is (was).
What did McCain do so heroic dur the war?
Busy day for the old gal.
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I love how she treats it as if Colbert’s show isn’t a comedy. It’s wonderful. Solid interview.
Ariana should know about switching political parties to get what you want.
c127 @ 4:
He almost sank the USS Forrester. Though he failed to sink the ship, 132 US Service members died in the fire he started.
He got shot down.
He was a POW.
Didn’t McSame say we’d be in Iraq forever. That’s some Viagra.
When I watch her in an interview, I’m tempted say sexist and flattering things about her.
She’s smart, witty, attractive and has a sexy accent.
Weaseldog @ 10:
What’s sexist about that?
Leslie [Hussein] @ 11:
Like I said. I’m tempted. :)
Weaseldog @ 10:
You need to get out more.
Does anybody know any republicans who actually think Colbert’s schtick is
not a joke?
You know there are conservatives that are stupid enough.
He’s commenting on his wanton lust towards objectifying her as solely a sexual pleasure device. The awareness of such a sexist desire is very new age of you. I bet you also practice tantra and recite pages from the Kama Sutra.
c127 @ 4:
He sold General Ulysses S. Grant whiskey and opium, and he was a lop dog for General Robert E. Lee. That was the beginnings of his maverickyness. He showed early on in his 30’s that he could reach across the aisle and call his wife a c*nt.
L.A. Confidential @ 13:
Maybe. but i don’t think that’ll change way I feel about smart women.
He almost sank the USS Forrester. Though he failed to sink the ship, 132 US Service members died in the fire he started.
He got shot down.
He was a POW.
let’s all just pretend that mccain was a democrat for a second. tell me you wouldn’t be
seeing ads about the Forrester (wasn’t it the Forrestal?) explosion.
And tell me you wouldn’t be seeing ads about the POW confession of warcrimes… on repeat,
all the time.
and Obama should further employ her Flip-Flop charges against McSame as examples of how he’s “…lost his bearings…” , and is no longer on the course he’s historically set .
and this is why McFlip-Flop no longer deserves to be called a “maverick” !
And @ 15:
There you go. My generation lived through the period when feminists were teaching us that if a man feels any emotions towards a women, it’s the same as rape.
By that definition, I’ve been spent my life as sexist pig. And I’m leanring to take pride in it.
Am I the only guy here who finds her deliciously MILFy?
The Dems will keep funding Iraq for 100 years so they own it too.
This woman’s first site was calling for the resignation of President Clinton but gives w and cheney a free pass.
Like kos, she is still gop and has divided the party with their hatred of the Clintons.
More on “hero” mcCain:
http://www.wcltam.com/news/spe.....leid=23261
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lyleleander @ 14:
Well … I suspect, given his deft handling of the talking head meme, it’s still funny to conservatives. Except that they think “it’s funny ’cause it’s true!” Hence Colbert’s rise …
OK you guys, does it make me sexist if I find Colbert sexy, attractive and smart and wouldn’t mind jumping his bones? Sheesh.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 24:
Women can’t be sexist. It’s a guy thing.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 24:
No, because your a woman. However; did I tell you how much I look and sound like Colbert?
;)
Really tired of hash slingers out to sell their books … books can be real cash cows, ya know! Get your stuff out there. It was also very very amusing to watch Fareed Zakaria out HO’in his wares with Glenn Beck. Priceless. But, nothing compares to the hypocrisy of Arianna Huffington. Go peruse her blog to understand true pandering and yellow journalism for the new millennium.
Leslie [Hussein] @ 24:
Not at all. It’s what most men want. Lots of women willing to jump their bones.
Let me ask you this, would you jump the bones of a guy sexier then Colbert, more attractive and intelligent then Colbert but not doing very well in world of status and money?
Huffington rules. She plays this seriously like Colbert is a Repug. And… she’s hot.
LOL!
L.A. Confidential @ 29:
Jon Stewart, is that you?
Pol Pot-O-Cheesesauce @ 27:
PS I’m a MO, and I find Colbert irresistable. Go figure.
If your erection lasts forever, call EMS. Seriously, is McSame going to volunteer his kids to fight in Iraq forever.
Pickles @ 33:
You’re from Missouri?
Huffington is correct. There is an awful lot to hate about McCain’s current policies because they are in large part Bush’s but it should be painfully obvious even to his supporters that McCain will turn on a dime when he politically needs to. He has shown this many times in the past and he will do it again. McCain simply can not be trusted. If I were a McCain supporter (which I am not) I would keep one eye on that man at all times. Backing or supporting McCain is like playing with the tail of a rattlesnake.
c127 @ 4:
i dont care for mccain but the answer to your question is he was there!
Adriana Huffington? Didn’t she used to be Newt Gingrich’s BFF? Then didn’t she discover that hubby, who she was pushing so hard for in the Repub Senate race a few years back and spent 25 million to do so, was pitching for the other side? Boy, she sure has had a lot of “awakenings” in the course of her career or whatever she calls what she does.
miguel @ 7:
Switching from the GOP to Democrats is common, logical and rampant.
Switching from Dem to GOP has never been documented.
tyree @ 37:
was Bush ?
lyleleander @ 14:
I think quite a few did until he roasted bush at the white house press correspondents dinner in 2006.
Pat J @ 38:
The current administartion is the driving force behind the millions who have defected the GOP since 2000.
Is there anyone funnier in entertainment than Colbert ?
no chance.
GOP’ers dont find him funny because they just dont do satire or humor for that matter.
Trey @ 21:
No, Trey, you’re not.
;)
lyleleander @ 18:
Now that We the People have the power of the net
It’s up to us.
My party has been spineless enablers for so long, i think maybe there really is just one party.
But if they won’t fight fire with fire
I Will!
Politics is a dirty sport.
Chico Hussein @ 40:
Perhaps Bush is better than McCain, he didn’t kill any US soldiers during Vietnam. He only fried his own brain.
Chico Hussein @ 43:
They get pissed when they finally catch on that he’s a satirical character. I’ve seen it happen.
Chico Hussein @ 40:
that wasnt the question! was it?
Hillary ObamacCain @ 45: