McCain's Lack Of Secret Service Protection

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Why the fuck should McCain be expected to have protection? There are hundreds of important leaders, businessmen and sports stars who attract just as many nutters as McCain if not more, and don't have protection. It's not as if the fabric of society would fall apart if he was killed. It is his choice if he doesn't want protection. I suspect though that most of the whining about this is bullshit party politics.
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It's brave, but he should read up on Julius Caesar :P
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ExarKun wrote:It's brave, but he should read up on Julius Caesar :P
Don't give him any bloody ideas :P. What's next, Caligula for Obama? Nero for Clinton?
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This seriously comes off as if the flip-flopping hothead is just playing macho. Or perhaps SS guard is withdrawn if there's serious questions about whether you can legally run(Two issues remain unresolved; the entirely semantic 'Born in the US' one, and the bill he wrote that he's defying with the FEC).
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DEATH wrote:
ExarKun wrote:It's brave, but he should read up on Julius Caesar :P
Don't give him any bloody ideas :P. What's next, Caligula for Obama? Nero for Clinton?
Kerry for Caligula's horse senator?






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ExarKun wrote:
DEATH wrote:
ExarKun wrote:It's brave, but he should read up on Julius Caesar :P
Don't give him any bloody ideas :P. What's next, Caligula for Obama? Nero for Clinton?
Kerry for Caligula's horse senator?






PS I'll get my coat!
That does however mean that Dubya can be Heliogabalus, who makes Caligula look like the guy you want to do your tax returns ;)
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SirNitram wrote:This seriously comes off as if the flip-flopping hothead is just playing macho. Or perhaps SS guard is withdrawn if there's serious questions about whether you can legally run(Two issues remain unresolved; the entirely semantic 'Born in the US' one, and the bill he wrote that he's defying with the FEC).
Or maybe he just doesn't like goons following him around all day long? I don't think a guy who lived in a PoW camp needs to 'act tough' by dismissing some SS goons.
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Ubiquitous wrote:
SirNitram wrote:This seriously comes off as if the flip-flopping hothead is just playing macho. Or perhaps SS guard is withdrawn if there's serious questions about whether you can legally run(Two issues remain unresolved; the entirely semantic 'Born in the US' one, and the bill he wrote that he's defying with the FEC).
Or maybe he just doesn't like goons following him around all day long? I don't think a guy who lived in a PoW camp needs to 'act tough' by dismissing some SS goons.
And there it is, any criticism of McCain brings out someone mentioning the fact he's been a PoW.

He plays the 'Rar, end of world, knife fight Preisdent of Iran' bullshit like all the rest of teh GOP prez candidates did. Why assume he's stopping now.
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Keevan_Colton wrote:That does however mean that Dubya can be Heliogabalus, who makes Caligula look like the guy you want to do your tax returns ;)
Wasn't Heliogabalus the emperor with the pet rock?
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