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McCain Loses It: Calls Americans 'My Fellow Prisoners'

Posted by Jed Lewison, Huffington Post at 1:40 PM on October 8, 2008.

Gaffe tops off already controversial campaign rally.

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This is the kind of mental mix-up that really makes you wonder what is truly going on inside of John McCain's mind. Here he is, campaigning in Pennsylvania, accidentally calling Americans "my fellow prisoners."

McCain was talking about his domestic policies, and clearly meant to say "Americans" or "countrymen" or somesuch.

HuffPo's Sam Stein has more.

Tagged as: john mccain, prisoners, gaffe

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How utterly bizarre [Report this comment] Posted by: helenahanbasquet on Oct 8, 2008 4:29 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] He didn't even realize he said it. Early sign of dementia or Alzheimers? A brain tumor? Either is possible. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] PTSD [Report this comment] Posted by: Tokyo Tuds on Oct 8, 2008 4:42 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] WTF?! His untreated PTSD is mixing with a little early onset Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. Mix that with his temper as "Senator Hothead", and you have a volatile and dangerous person coming close to getting elected president. Don't do it, America. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: PTSD Posted by: Zipadeduda FEMA concentration camps forewarning? [Report this comment] Posted by: nochicagoboys on Oct 8, 2008 6:04 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Maybe it wasn't a slip. Maybe he knows what's planned, and it was purely a matter of what's on his mind ended-up on his lips. Something to think about. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: FEMA concentration camps forewarning? Posted by: Godfather89 » RE: FEMA concentration camps forewarning? Posted by: kimbari Dementia [Report this comment] Posted by: kiel on Oct 8, 2008 6:05 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I have been saying for a long time that McCain displays signs of early dementia. Seems like it's getting worse. His behavior during the debate was borderline bizarre. The US public deserves access to his health records. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Dementia Posted by: Zipadeduda » RE: Dementia Posted by: kimbari » RE: Dementia Posted by: DEBKAMAINE I think he meant to say [Report this comment] Posted by: aalif ba ta tha on Oct 8, 2008 6:11 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] my fellow anti-science jingoist fascists [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Freudian slip...of what's to come..! [Report this comment] Posted by: TJColatrella on Oct 8, 2008 7:36 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] McCain's comment may not be as bizarre as we think the GOP may be planning Martial law after they steal the election and people react to the coming coup.. Stalag Amerika may not be far off..! NSPD-51, HSPD-20, The Warner Defense Act.. KBR has built the prisons already.. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » "Freudian slip"??? Posted by: ~Fiona~ His "I took the initiative in creating the interwibble" moment? [Report this comment] Posted by: ABetterFuture on Oct 8, 2008 9:00 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Likely as not. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] From the Mouths of Babes... [Report this comment] Posted by: grumble-bum on Oct 8, 2008 10:34 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Maybe he's just "gotta give [us] straight talk". It's pretty much true, what with the monkeying with our basic civil rights & the deployment of troops on our own soil for preemptive strikes against "insurrection". & in the context of his speech topic, I think it isn't too much of a stretch for us to consider ourselves prisoners of our own economic system. Even the most compulsive liar tells the truth by accident. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Could It Have Been Intentional??? [Report this comment] Posted by: artie on Oct 9, 2008 12:05 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Given the filth he/Palin spew, the patronizing demagoguery they spin, is it too far afield to assume that he intended to use the word? Perhaps, the two degenerates believe or were given to believe that when Six-pack Joe hears the word "prisoners," the neural mechanism responsible for the fallacy of 'guilt by association' would trigger the sentiment that McFilth tries to exploit when he reminds us of his former POW status! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Could It Have Been Intentional??? Freudian slip. Posted by: Lauren » RE: Could It Have Been Intentional??? Freudian slip. Posted by: annekarina » RE: Could It Have Been Intentional??? Freudian slip. Posted by: pjnaltykins Can't see it! [Report this comment] Posted by: maxomus on Oct 9, 2008 2:57 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] It's not working. It's like it disapeared. Thought you might want to know. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Napoleon complex? [Report this comment] Posted by: deschain on Oct 9, 2008 3:31 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I like how he briefly stands on his toes at the end of the clip to accentuate "opponent", as if trying to briefly attain the same height as said opponent. Granted, it has nothing to do with his policies, it's just funny! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] showing his true colors [Report this comment] Posted by: DEBKAMAINE on Oct 9, 2008 6:06 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] When I heard this, I absolutely felt that it was a Freudian slip. I am certain that he is a follow up of the Bush regime. I am certain that there are plans to shut up those who disagree. I mean, just a few weeks before the first debate there came an article about how Bush had claimed the right to dramatically increase his spying power, on Americans. There is so much of a shift taking place as we concentrate on this election; I am sure we would be frightened. Since when did ANYONE come up missing as a result of government action, yet nobody talks about what is happening to illegal aliens. I read an article about how a prisoner has been tortured so much that s/he is considered to be insane or near. McCain has plans that would amaze all of us. McCain is bought and sold and is only a puppet of an administration that has many more plans for us. It was a Freudian slip, I am certain. We sit around talking about these things and I am absolutely certain that their motivation to steal an election is even greater than the last two. We did nothing then and I do not know what we can do now, but we have better do it!! What is at stake for them is imprisonment for war crimes, belated impeachment, and all sorts of penalties for crimes. WHY WOULD THEY NOT STEAL IT!?!? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Run It Backwards [Report this comment] Posted by: annekarina on Oct 9, 2008 6:19 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Mercy, folks, just run it backwards and see what he really said. :) [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] police state [Report this comment] Posted by: sherman on Oct 9, 2008 9:41 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] perhaps a prophetic freudian slip, considering the threat of the oncoming police state. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Fellow prisoners [Report this comment] Posted by: shedreamsofpeace on Oct 9, 2008 10:35 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Sen. McCain is still suffering from PTSD...that wasn't a senile slip. He is back in Viet Nam in his head. Hasn't any one noticed this before? It is typical PTSD behavior and it means that he is definitely not in any condition to be President. What do you think he is going to do when the phone rings at three o'clock in the morning? PTSD untreated doesn't go away on its own. As he gets older it gets more serious and is nothing to joke about. Neither of the Republican candidates are Presidential material. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Fellow prisoners Posted by: babs "Prisoners' Dilemma" [Report this comment] Posted by: BlueBerry PickN on Oct 14, 2008 11:30 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] can you see the OBVIOUS problem here? McCain has internalized the 'prisoner' mentality from his incarceration & the abuses of the Rove Machine. Do some homework on: - *"zero-sum game"* (Kkkarl Rove's mantra) & - *"prisoners' dilemma"'. indeed, this is the ultimate in 'NeoCon' submission to Authority & the 'Learned Helplessness' model that Amerika sells for corporate serfdom. " lay back & think of the 'Republic' Empire... it hurts less!"* ...forgive us if the REST of the Globe's billions struggle a bit harder? We simply have more self-esteem, respect & determination for humanist values than that... Spread Love, not corporate dependence... BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ ThisCanadian ~~~ "... tolerance of intolerance is cowardice..." ~ Ayaan Hirsi Ali. "We, two, form a Multitude" ~ Ovid. "Violence can only be concealed by a Lie, & the Lie can only be maintained by Violence." ... "Any man who has once proclaimed violence as his method is inevitably forced to take the lie as his principle" – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn " Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire ~~~ "Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced" [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]