McCain: Des Moines Register 09/30/08

John McCain Speaks with the Des Moines Register's Editorial Board
09/30/08

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MCCAIN: If I were dictator, which I always aspire to be, I would write [the bailout bill] very different. [...] People can't reach across the aisle and we give poison speeches [...]. I have obviously been on the phone with people. I talked with the president this morning and continue to have conversations with people to move it forward. [...] Let's not point the finger of blame for a while. There's plenty of time to do that.

JM JM DMR 09-30-08 (JR#508)

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• McCain
• economy
• bailout
• bi-partisanship
• tracking

[SmolderingRuin]

"If I were dictator, which I always aspire to be..." He's not kidding. Be warned. He means it.

[ingridelisabet]

"If I were a dictator, which I always aspire to be..." Say what??? Not the kind of thing that you want a potential president to say.

[apparition2]

Senile, ugly old asshole.

[arki7777]

As an important political figure, doing jokes or saying things out of context should not be done. This was a serious interview. Bush jokes all the time and he himself is a joke. Palin is another joker. AMERICA! wow, you really have stooped way below the level of a world power. Now you are no. 1 in jOKE POWER. bwahahahahah!!!

[southcoaster]

what kind of asshole aspires to be a dictator?

um, who could vote for that? he just lost my vote...

[anvilheaded]

rofl. you honestly think he aspired to be a dictator? I'm an obama supporter and even I can see that he wasn't serious.

[sheburns12]

ROFL

"If I were a dictator!"

[HillaryfansforBarack]

No Way, No How, No McSame!

[indapop]

Obama '08

[tstevens20]

"If I were dictator, as I always aspired to be..." -- yeah, we knew that, John.

[Innerdeity]

It was on MSNBC and on CNN yesterday. He is such an ass.

[atrios28]

It's astonishing that no media outlet has reported on this. This is time to be extra grateful for the Web, and send this to everyone you know