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The Lexicon Of John McCain

imageIs John McCain seriously reluctant to talk about Vietnam, my friends, seriously? 

We are, after all, repeatedly told that he is, my friends, to the point where supporters seriously - can I - seriously implore him to - seriously, really - talk about it more. 

My friends, even when John McCain travels overseas - and partisanship does end at the water’s edge, at least, seriously, for the person that’s overseas - he’s reluctant to talk about it, as national media will tell you after relating the story that he told them in his utter reluctance.  I know that I frequently share reluctant stories with a national media that will inevitably cover them, as you can see on my upcoming CNN special, Living With Bedwetting, anchored by John King.  Seriously.

His reluctance is so thorough, so absolute, that he trails off for literal seconds, my friends, before he starts ruminating on the experience. 

McCain was likewise reluctant to ask Psuedo-Presidential Liaison Joe Lieberman to join his campaign.  He was reluctant to engage in personal criticism of Hillary Clinton.  He was reluctant about his support for George W. Bush. 

I don’t think it’s less possible for the word “reluctant” to mean “reluctant”, short of a wholesale rewrite of the dictionary.

 

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Posted by Jesse Taylor on 11:31 AM • (6) Comments

Well if he didn’t tell you how reluctant he is to talk about it, then how would you know?!

HOW ABOUT THAT, LIE-BERAL?

Comment #1: dan  on  08/18  at  01:16 PM

Inconceivable.

Comment #2: Samantha Vimes  on  08/18  at  04:01 PM

It’s just part of John McCain’s heroism: It’s agonizingly embarrassing and painful for him to talk about being a POW, but he keeps on fighting through his own reluctance to talk about it. Because if we’re not all reminded of his time as a POW every five minutes then the terrorists have already won.

Comment #3: Brian Z  on  08/18  at  08:07 PM

You keep on using that word. . .I do not think it means what you think it means.

Comment #4: Hal  on  08/18  at  09:46 PM

McCain=Bashful?

Nonono… a Grumpy/Dopey hybrid at best.

Comment #5: louise  on  08/18  at  10:07 PM

John McCain loves ABBA because he was a prisoner of war:

http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/08/9286_mccain_war_service_pow_abba.html

I think that officially makes him impossible to parody on this subject.

Comment #6: Jen R  on  08/19  at  01:52 PM
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