AZ Sen. john mccain, in a (supposed) effort to boost his poll ratings--proudly demonstrated his mental midgetry and temper-tantrum problems before a crowd of
high school students in New Hampshire. . .
In an opening remark, the Senator lost his cool, calling a student a jerk. . .
Later, mccain responded to a question about gays in the military, never really addressing the issue, claiming instead that he would enforce his own personal beliefs, then attempted a weak comeback when a student had the audacity to concisely rephrase what he meant. . .
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"I believe that the sanctity of marriage between man and woman is unique and should be preserved, and I understand the controversy that swirls around that issue, and that debate needs to be continued to be held, but I support that position," McCain said.
"You want to take away someone's rights because you believe it's wrong," Sleaster followed up.
"I don't put that interpretation on my position, but I understand yours," McCain responded, seeming to enjoy the back and forth.
"I came here looking to see a good leader. I don't," Sleaster said before leaving the microphone to some boos and gasps from the audience and an eventual scolding by a school administrator.
High schoolers pitch hardballs at McCain - CNN.com
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Of course, the senile (sorry, senior) senator is certainly well-versed in the sociopolitical terminology of the day. . .
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Another student then asked McCain a question about what he would do for rights for "LGBTs" -- lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. McCain was confused by the question and acknowledged to the audience that he did not know what the initials meant.
High schoolers pitch hardballs at McCain - CNN.com
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To be true, there are young people that (fortunately) just take it to him. . .
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“The senator does not reflect the ideals upon which this university was founded,” Rohe proclaimed to loud cheers, with McCain sitting just a few feet away.
She added that she knew what McCain would be saying to the graduates since he had promised to deliver the same speech he gave at Rev. Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University last weekend and Columbia University on Tuesday.
“He will tell us we are young and too naive to have valid opinions,” Rohe said. “I am young and though I don’t possess the wisdom that time affords us, I do know that pre-emptive war is dangerous. And I know that despite all the havoc that my country has wrought overseas in my name, Osama bin Laden still has not been found, nor have those weapons of mass destruction.”
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