McCain: Liberty is "the right to choose among competing brands of designer coffee."

[freedom-maniac]

What a sick freak.

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/mccain-says-many-americans-too-cynical/20080402070109990001

[brandon]

What a sick freak.

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/mccain-says-many-americans-too-cynical/20080402070109990001

You're quoting him out of context.He was complaining that the average American is a sheep and thinks that "liberty is the right to chose coffee".

Read that again. McCain is complaining that Americans are sheep. He's complaining about the dumbing down of the country, which is the only reason he was nominated. I feel like I'm in crazy town.

[Unspun]

What a sick freak.

http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/mccain-says-many-americans-too-cynical/20080402070109990001

Good job talking it out of context.


"Turning to the future, "McCain said Americans are cynical about their country and their idea of liberty is 'the right to choose among competing brands of designer coffee.'

"McCain, who would be the oldest person ever elected to a first presidential term, said Americans need to take up a cause greater than themselves -- join the military, help feed the hungry, seek public office....

"He came close to calling some Americans spoiled, saying they are cynical because their wealth and opportunity have 'led them to the mistaken conclusion that America, and the liberties its system of government is intended to protect, just aren't important to the quality of their lives.'"

[Nirvikalpa]

He complains about it, yet that is the sole reason he received so many votes.

[Banana]

Which is exactly why I write this off as a posturing.

Talk is cheap; McCain will have to start repealing laws before we can take him seriously.

Ha-ha!

[Give me liberty]

But the poor sheeps think he can RUN THE COUNTRY.