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article imageJohn McCain: 'I hate the bloggers'

Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris V. (cgull) in Politics | 12 comments | 472 views
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A YouTube video shows John McCain telling the audience that he hates bloggers in general. But he should know that not all bloggers are malicious.
John McCain in a townhall meeting in Merrimack, NH, said that he hates bloggers. The video recently surfaced thanks to one of the bloggers that he dislikes.

His speech included the following: “Now we’ve got the cables. We’ve got talk radio. We’ve got the bloggers. I hate the bloggers. We’ve got all kinds of sources of information.”

The audience laughs when he said this statement. I am guessing the audience either don't blog or share similar sentiments.

If we consider Digital Journal as a blog medium, you can see almost 90 per cent of the articles here are in favor of John McCain and display mostly anti-Obama sentiments. He can even get some pointers from the writers or articles how to attack Obama in his speeches.

If McCain knows how to use a computer, maybe he could have a different opinion about blogging and not have this general hate towards blogging or bloggers.
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  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  David Silverberg
    #1
    Wow, McCain is really showing his age..and ignorance. To hate all bloggers is the equivalent of despising all newspapers in the world. Sure, some are better than others, and there will always be bad apples in every bunch.

    I think McCain should finally log on to the Internets and careen through its vast series of tubes.
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris V. (cgull)
    #2
    @ David Silverberg
    Wow, McCain is really showing his age..and ignorance. To hate all bloggers is the equivalent of despising all newspapers in the world. Sure, some are better than others, and there will always be bad apples in every bunch.

    I think McCain should finally log on to the Internets and careen through its vast series of tubes.
    He could just read what he likes and skip the rest. If he keeps saying similar things like this then "McCainisms" will become as popular as "Bushisms".
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris Hogg
    #3
    It seems to me this was a joking comment. Bloggers go crazy with political news, so it seemed like a comment made in jest about the fact bloggers are relentless.

    It seemed more playful to me than anything.
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris V. (cgull)
    #4
    @ Chris Hogg
    It seems to me this was a joking comment. Bloggers go crazy with political news, so it seemed like a comment made in jest about the fact bloggers are relentless.

    It seemed more playful to me than anything.
    But his facial expressions doesn't seem to show that. Even his reaction after the joke looks serious as if he is trying to convince that.
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris Hogg
    #5
    @ Chris V. (cgull)
    But his facial expressions doesn't seem to show that. Even his reaction after the joke looks serious as if he is trying to convince that.

    I guess we can agree to disagree then :)

    It looks totally innocent to me.
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Cat Lover
    #6
    Ignorance is bliss and it won't likely cost him votes so why should he care?
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Samantha A. Torrence
    #7
    @ Chris Hogg
    It seems to me this was a joking comment. Bloggers go crazy with political news, so it seemed like a comment made in jest about the fact bloggers are relentless.

    It seemed more playful to me than anything.


    Yes but the bloggers are blogging across the internet right now at this very instant that McCain hates all bloggers and they are vilifying him. Soooo are they proving his motivations wrong? NOPE

    Ya know what? I dun like bloggers either, and I am one of them! lol

    DUDE! he said this on my Birthday! =)
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Bob Ewing
    #8
    Hopefully, he was joking.
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Chris V. (cgull)
    #9
    @ Samantha A. Torrence
    Yes but the bloggers are blogging across the internet right now at this very instant that McCain hates all bloggers and they are vilifying him. Soooo are they proving his motivations wrong? NOPE

    Ya know what? I dun like bloggers either, and I am one of them! lol

    DUDE! he said this on my Birthday! =)
    I am sure you like at least one blogger your husband :).
  • avatar Posted Jul 8, 2008 by  Michael Billy (TRA)
    #10
    John McCain: 'I hate the bloggers'

    What an idiot.
  • avatar Posted Jul 9, 2008 by  Saikat Basu (Maverick)
    #11
    Nothing surprising from a man who doesn't know computers!
  • avatar Posted Jul 9, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel)
    #12
    @ Bob Ewing
    Hopefully, he was joking.


    I agree.

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