{"id":796,"date":"2008-02-14T02:31:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T10:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=796"},"modified":"2008-02-14T08:39:30","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T16:39:30","slug":"a-valentine-for-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=796","title":{"rendered":"A Valentine For John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this special day, Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, can look back fondly on a lifetime of love and romance. And isn&#8217;t that what life&#8217;s really about?<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><strong>Candy McCain&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day Card:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/Pix\/Humor\/mccain-valentine.jpg\" alt=\"Candy McCain\" border=\"1\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s President Bush, Governor Schwarzenegger, Mayor Giuliani, or some poor sap at a rally, Johnny sure loves to pour on the sugar.<\/p>\n<p>Too bad he doesn&#8217;t feel that way about all the soldiers that he&#8217;s so proud to have sent to Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that he thinks it&#8217;s OK for them to be there for the next hundred Valentine&#8217;s Days.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that so many of them will not be celebrating Valentine&#8217;s Day with their sweethearts and families because they have been sent thousands of miles away to police another nation&#8217;s civil war.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that some of them will never come home or will return so damaged that they don&#8217;t even know what Valentine&#8217;s Day is.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that, despite previously condemning torture, Johnny just voted to allow it, perhaps as a gift to the president he is so fond of.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that this <em>&#8220;family values&#8221;<\/em> advocate, who is presently on his second wife, won&#8217;t let others celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day because he disapproves of their gender status.<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s too bad that he thinks that bombing civilians in Iran is joke to be put to the tune of a Beach Boys song.<\/p>\n<p>But other than that, he should have a warm and enriching Valentine&#8217;s Day in the bosom of his family and not let the tragedies for which he is responsible spoil this happy occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this special day, Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain, can look back fondly on a lifetime of love and romance. And isn&#8217;t that what life&#8217;s really about? Candy McCain&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day Card: Whether it&#8217;s President Bush, Governor Schwarzenegger, Mayor Giuliani, or some poor sap at a rally, Johnny sure loves to pour on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,15],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-humor","tag-john-mccain"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-cQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":665,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=665","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":0},"title":"John McCain: The Bitch Is Back","author":"Mark NC","date":"11\/15\/2007","format":false,"excerpt":"When John McCain was asked by a supporter, \"How do we beat the bitch,\" referring to Hillary Clinton, McCain responded by laughing and saying that it was an \"excellent question\" which he then proceeded to answer. 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This program, which Obama did not attend, was to be broadcast on Fox News under an unusual agreement that would have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":974,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=974","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":4},"title":"The New Yorker&#8217;s McCain Cover","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/14\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"After generating much scorn for publishing an over-the-top satire of Barack Obama and his wife Michelle on the cover of the magazine, I thought I would help the New Yorker out by offering them this artwork with John McCain for the cover of next month's issue: I'm sure they will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Election&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Election","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?cat=152"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1071,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1071","url_meta":{"origin":796,"position":5},"title":"This Week With John McCain","author":"Mark NC","date":"9\/29\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems fitting that John McCain sat down with George Stephanopoulos yesterday on a program called \"This Week,\" because the name itself carries the suggestion that what you hear McCain say will only be operative for a limited time. 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