Comments on: McCain gets taste of freedom at biker convention

By: Longroses

Longroses — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:24:26 +0000

The amazing thing about McCain & the Sturgis rally is the amazing double standard that exists in this presidentail campaign. Can you imagine what the press would have done if Obama showed up at an event like that, with naked women, bikers, Kid Rock, etc. He would have been run out of town, by both the Republicans and the Press. Not John McCain. He even offered up his wife for a (semi) nude beauty contest.

In contrast, when Obama goes to Germany and 200,000 people show up to see/hear him, the Repubs and the media castigate him for staging an “empty headed” event.

John McCain… you should take a few tips from Obama and start thinking Presidential (if that’s even possible). Maybe the bikers and the biker girls will vote for you, but you just lost a zillion other votes, with your “empty headed”, tasteless pandering.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:05:19 +0000

On a funnier note, the comedy website 236.com had a really great feature/photo gallery about McCain in Sturgis: http://www.236.com/news/2008/08/05/mccai n_goes_to_sturgis_because_8135.php

By: BushGuiltyAsSin

BushGuiltyAsSin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:38:37 +0000

McBush can easily get cheers from drunk bikers with standard empty catch phrase lines but can he offer jobs and health care to those bikers? No. Only more deficits and same old same old republican BS.

Vote Obama, vote for freedom, vote for America!

By: Carbonic

Carbonic — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:48:51 +0000

I ride a Harley myself, and I think John McCain is as incompetent as Bush. If you like America, why vote for another Republican who will continue to drive it into the ground? Fell for that trick in 2000. Never again.

By: Dori

Dori — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:46:32 +0000

McCain trying to sell the idea of “freedom” as if he has the corner on the market of “freedom”-HA! Just read up and educate yourself on the political party that has done the MOST to eliminate MORE of our freedoms than any other political party in America! GET EDUCATED sheeple!

By: Dori

Dori — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:39:46 +0000

“Hundreds of thousands of people”—Can we call McSame McCain an empty-headed “celebrity” now or would that be dirty tactics that he’s dead-set against-HA!–LOL!!

By: tforeman

tforeman — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:28:38 +0000

Hey Matthew (Reuters writer)
Did those Harley riders scare you or what? Your story was a bit timid.

By: MsSwin

MsSwin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:26:34 +0000

A better way to honor the vets would be for John McCain to support medical benefits and funding for VA. When VA was recently busted for pushing lower diagnosis on vets in order to say money, John McCain said ‘it’s not important’. Visit http://www.vetsforcommonsense.org or http://www.votevets.org to learn about his poor vet voting record.

Or you can check out how McCain and Kerry shut down remaining MIA/POW investigations in order to open up trade with Nam. McCain’s father-in-law immediately opened up a beer industry there.

John McCain likes to run on a platform of being of vet, yet doesn’t support them.

By: Grant Ray

Grant Ray — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:24:43 +0000

Dear John,

Your Harley is about as “American made” as a Toyota Corolla. Everything but the engine is outsourced.

By: john dinneny

john dinneny — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:48:50 +0000

My American made Harley not only means FREEDOM to me but it gets over 45MPG and has a high resale value over the rice burners. Harley John