Like many people who have covered John McCain, I think of him as a deeply serious man, preoccupied with America’s defense and its position in the world.

What’s funny about that quote is that he thinks it makes a point about John McCain.

What it does is highlight the psychological addiction problems of “many people who have covered John McCain.”

The administration is planning today to launch what many people would undoubtedly call a short-sighted and inexcusable act of aggression. In five years, however, I believe that the coming invasion of Iraq will be remembered as an act of profound morality.

– Jeffrey Goldberg, October 3, 2002.

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John Mc..who?

Oh yeah, it’s that guy who drives Sarah Palin’s bus around.

Why does the McCain campaign peddle nonsense?

Because its in high demand from their customer base and the McCain Campaign practically has the supply cornered? Of course, their customer base has no idea how expensive buying McCain Nonsense will ultimately be.

“it’s”, dammit

My morning caffeination regime hasn’t reached my fingers yet so they’re too numb to hang onto those little fucking apostrophes yet.

I HAVE COVERED JOHN MCCAIN

IN HONEY

Goldberg:

The story grapples with John McCain’s philosophy of war, and in particular with the doctrine of preemption, which McCain still endorses. So do I, in certain cases, but that’s not the point. The point is that McCain knows that preemption isn’t the easiest sell these days: “It’s very hard to run for president on this idea right now,” he told me.

It is, in contrast, quite easy to run for vice president without having a clue what that idea is.

Like many people who have covered John McCain, I think of him as a…preoccupied with America’s defense and its position in the world.

Well, that would be one better than Jeffrey Goldberg.

Why, would that be the same Jeffrey Goldberg who told us all the other day that we should all be afraid, very afraid, because al-Qaeda is just one nuclear weapon away from having a nuclear weapon, and that would be the ONLY thing we should elect a President on?

Yes, it would indeed.

Well, that would certainly change the tenor of the campaigns at the moment. That and this idea to tax our health care plans that Obama referenced yesterday. Still, get them talking about preemptive war as well as the current supposedly preemptive war and things might just swing. (hoping…..hoping…)

I am just one Mars rocket ship away from having a rocket ship to Mars.

Bank on It – Kathryn Jean Lopez

With the Lehman meltdown — and whatever’s next — anyone else expect one of the two candidates to announce an impressive treasury secretary ASAP?

09/15 07:12 AM

Saint McCain certainly has a wide array of advisers to choose from. Everyone of whom is in this mess up to their necks.

Harg,

I HAVE THE FIRE ANTS

I HAVE COVERED JOHN MCCAIN

IN HONEY

Heh.

Any of us would be honored to be John McCain’s Treasury Secretary. If our heads weren’t up on these damn pikes.

Fucking folk artists.

I am just one lipstick tube away from being a rabid pit bull.

I have gotten in the habit of editing more before I click “submit” because, while I understand what I’m saying, it’s not always clear to other people. Sometimes, I catch myself in a contradiction. I hope that my points that I do make come across as sharper because I try to go for quality. You’d think that someone at a magazine like The Atlantic would do the same, but I guess not.

The point is that McCain knows that preemption isn’t the easiest sell these days: “It’s very hard to run for president on this idea right now,” he told me.

Why, how could he be so defeatist? The stratergery of “blow shit up until we win” has been working SO well lately.

So I’ve been confused for the past few days, trying to figure out why he’s allowing his campaign to make a circus of this election, leveling unserious and dishonest accusations…

“Hamas Candidate”, Jeremiah Wright, Celebrity, the One, presumptuous, Dr. No, the list goes on. Go visit McCain’s campaign page for his multi-media attacks on Obama campaign ads and you’ll find vapid and pointless attacks stretching back to the beginning of summer. So for large enough values of “few”, say a hundred or so, this statement isn’t totally preposterous.

With the Lehman meltdown — and whatever’s next — anyone else expect one of the two candidates to announce an impressive treasury secretary ASAP?

McC(umst)ain’s already got his guy: Phil Gramm…

If I had five more Bees, I’d have a quarter.

I think it’s fair to say, if only Barack Obama had agreed to those town hall forums, Wall St. wouldn’t be in crisis today. Damn you, Barack Obama!

Following Goldberg’s “certain cases” link:

THE next president must do one thing, and one thing only, if he is to be judged a success: He must prevent Al Qaeda, or a Qaeda imitator, from gaining control of a nuclear device and detonating it in America.

By this criteria, W is already a success. And so am I.

I think we need a bigger criteria.

Goldberg is such a savvy strategist he describes starting more wars as one of the “core ideas’ of the McCain agenda and goes on to say it will resonate with the American public. I agree and I think that, in the future, the wingnuts should modify their chant, “Drill, drill, drill!” to “Kill, kill kill!”

I think we need a bigger criteria.

That’s what I said.

“al-Qaeda is just one nuclear weapon away from having a nuclear weapon”

I deeply love this phrase and will steal it without let or hindrance.

Merci, Pere Ubu!

Who is this pug-nosed idiot?

This isn’t the guy who keeps threatening to slap people in the face with his dick, is it? (He flatters himself unduly. It’d be more like ‘tickle the tips of their noses,’ but I digress).

I just can’t keep my wingnuts straight anymore. Is there a handy program guide somewhere? A cheat sheet?

Clif needs to anthologize NWOTW.

Is Jeffrey Goldberg related to Jonah? They have a bit of a resemblance.

Why, would that be the same Jeffrey Goldberg who told us all the other day that we should all be afraid, very afraid, because al-Qaeda is just one nuclear weapon away from having a nuclear weapon, and that would be the ONLY thing we should elect a President on?

Hrmmm. Fascinating.

Just how Strangelovian must your brain be before you can blithely overlook the fact that the same GOP pulling Yanks’ chains with the boogyman of “Al Qaida + NEW-CLEAR WEAPONZ = DOOOOOOM” is the one that couldn’t be bothered to decapitate it in Tora Bora … with grunts directly ordered to remain inert by Rumsfeld while boxing in their target on 3 of 4 sides, no less?

Then weaponize THAT brain-fart, by frenetically slopping a bullshit topping on their bullshit-burger made of “Dems Will Have Your Kids Beheading Each Other & Reading the Koran 24/7” … & dig right in?

I strongly suspect the evil force of Bad Pharmaceuticals here at work.

21st-Century Yankeestan may need a Mandatory Elected-Member Detox Program even worse than it needs radical electoral reform. Indeed, the lack of the former may inherently render the latter futile.

Word.

“NEW-CLEAR WEAPONZ ”

Excuse me.

The correct GOP pronunciation is “nucular.”

Thank you.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said,

– Jeffrey Goldberg, October 3, 2002.

Be fair. He’s still got 18 days. I’m sure this thing’ll turn right around in that time frame, and Jeffey will be proven 1,000,000% right.

What the fuck is Fred Savage’s brother in The Wonder Years doing writing articles anyway?

Oh. Two thousand and two. Me maths not so good. Better luck next preduction, Jeffey, you wankstain.

Erm… prediciton. Although prediction + duckspeak could = preduction.

I’ll go away now.

Rightwingsnarkle: I believe Jeff GoldSTEIN, of Protein Wisdom, is the wannabe dick-slapper. And I’m sorry that I know this.

Shorter Jeffrey Goldberg

Taking unflattering photos: unserious.
Planning bloody wars: deeply serious.

Jeffrey Goldberg is the best man who I knew

Thanks for this article

Why do you put a picture of a male model in an article about Jeffrey Goldberg?

It looks like one of those photos of the 1930’s movie stars.

I happen to know Jeffrey Goldberg looks more like Fatty Arbuckle.