# Put a fork in McCain: He's forked **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558 "2012-01-15T01:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/1 "2012-01-15T01:49:09Z")
How’s McCain going to recover from this one-- [“Rick Santorum: John McCain a fiscal fraud.”](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71388.html) Santorum is really going for the jugular on this one. He’s not taking any chances anymore. So all you McCain supporters, how do you spin your way out of this one? Can the McCain camp come back from this attack by \*the \*social conservative candidate? I say not. Where else can he go from here? How’s Palin going to fix this one for the ticket? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/2 "2012-01-15T02:01:51Z")
Uhhhhh what? Palin? McCain camp? what ticket? I’m being whooshed I guess, because I simply haven’t a clue what this OP is on about. Roddy eta: I’m not a McCain supporter so maybe that’s why… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/3 "2012-01-15T02:04:52Z")
Crap, I think I stumbled and fell into an alternate universe again. In my home dimension, McCain won the nomination in 2008, but lost because the economy was falling apart. He also picked a nincompoop VP candidate who… you know what, you don’t want to hear it. Your heads might explode. Anyway, does someone here have directions to the nearest wormhole? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/4 "2012-01-15T02:33:28Z")
Sorry bud, three’s my limit for reading something and not having a clue as to what’s being said. ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/5 "2012-01-15T02:36:48Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > what? Palin? McCain camp? what ticket? Periodically over the last four years, someone in a politics thread will wisecrack ‘This is just the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for’, presumably satirising the desperation that campaign went through back when it actually mattered, i.e. 2008. I assume the OP is riffing on that. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/6 "2012-01-15T02:40:23Z")
_You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead — your next stop, the **Twilight Zone**._ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/7 "2012-01-15T02:47:11Z")
Don’t knock it too hard–at least his campaign strategy is more up-to-date than his concept of morality. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/8 "2012-01-15T02:54:45Z")
Yes. McCain has virtually no chance to win the GOP nomination now. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/9 "2012-01-15T02:57:59Z")
Here’s irony for you. McCain was running for President in 2008 and Santorum pissed him off by endorsing rival candidate Mitt Romney. Now it’s 2012. Santorum is running for President. And McCain paid him back by endorsing rival candidate Mitt Romney. ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/10 "2012-01-15T03:32:32Z")
McCain’s been forked… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/11 "2012-01-15T03:47:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Here’s irony for you. McCain was running for President in 2008 and Santorum pissed him off by endorsing rival candidate Mitt Romney. > > Now it’s 2012. Santorum is running for President. And McCain paid him back by endorsing rival candidate Mitt Romney. Sounds more like payback’s-a-bitch than irony. At least to me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/12 "2012-01-15T04:38:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sounds more like payback’s-a-bitch than irony. At least to me. The irony is them both screwing each other over by endorsing the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/13 "2012-01-15T04:57:07Z")
> [@Nancarrow](#): > > Periodically over the last four years, someone in a politics thread will wisecrack ‘This is just the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for’, presumably satirising the desperation that campaign went through back when it actually mattered, i.e. 2008. I assume the OP is riffing on that. I like the cut of your jib, son. Santorum saw an opportunity, and he took it. These kind of headlines just can’t be good for McCain’s chances. This just might be the break the Santorum camp has been looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/14 "2012-01-15T05:05:52Z")
This is just the thread the McCain campaign has been waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/15 "2012-01-15T05:08:02Z")
I’m going to move this to the Elections forum and let \*\*Marley \*\*decide whether to leave it open or not. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/16 "2012-01-15T14:08:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m going to move this to the Elections forum and let \*\*Marley \*\*decide whether to leave it open or not. > > **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator This could be just the break **Happy Lendervedder** has been waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/17 "2012-01-15T16:10:30Z")
You’re all looking at this the wrong way. **Happy Lendervedder** has invented time travel! **Happy** , the winning numbers for the February 22nd Mega Millions jackpot are 7-12-13-19-22 mega ball is 10. The jackpot will be worth $275 million. Take about half of this and reinvest by shorting shares of all the major banks and home lending services. You can cut me in for 10% for my services. I’ll take the money and buy the governorship of Florida instead of Rick Scott, who is essentially doing the same thing. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/18 "2012-01-15T17:33:39Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > McCain’s been forked… We know exactly [when it happened](http://www.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/mccainfork.jpg), too… ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/19 "2012-01-15T17:45:41Z")
This is great news!!! For Hillary! ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/20 "2012-01-15T17:49:15Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > You’re all looking at this the wrong way. **Happy Lendervedder** has invented time travel! > > **Happy** , the winning numbers for the February 22nd Mega Millions jackpot are 7-12-13-19-22 mega ball is 10. The jackpot will be worth $275 million. Take about half of this and reinvest by shorting shares of all the major banks and home lending services. You can cut me in for 10% for my services. I’ll take the money and buy the governorship of Florida instead of Rick Scott, who is essentially doing the same thing. > > Thanks! How did you do that? You were … uh… funny. I sure wish I could do that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558.md?page=2)