# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/21 "2012-02-28T15:26:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 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? Well, the way I see it, Reagan is going to be the upset, and Carter is going down! Then, we’ll get the hostages back. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/22 "2012-02-28T16:52:31Z")
Well, Arizona heads to the polls today, and McCain’s [not even blipping the radar there](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/az/arizona_republican_presidential_primary-1622.html)! He’s totally forked! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/23 "2012-02-28T18:45:07Z")
_snort_😛 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/24 "2012-02-28T19:21:54Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Well, Arizona heads to the polls today, and McCain’s [not even blipping the radar there](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/az/arizona_republican_presidential_primary-1622.html)! He’s totally forked! You made the call! Tell me, do you think the Bull Moose party has a chance? I’ve got $50 riding on this… would love your input. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/25 "2012-02-28T19:52:43Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You made the call! > > Tell me, do you think the Bull Moose party has a chance? I’ve got $50 riding on this… would love your input. If McCain decides to run a third-party candidacy, as a Bull Moose, well, let’s just say this may be the break the Roosevelt campaign is looking for. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/26 "2012-02-28T20:07:43Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > If McCain decides to run a third-party candidacy, as a Bull Moose, well, let’s just say this may be the break the Roosevelt campaign is looking for. Damn - a Teddy/John ticket. Taft will be _so_ screwed. Do they just want to give the election to Wilson? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/27 "2012-02-28T23:46:09Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Damn - a Teddy/John ticket. Taft will be _so_ screwed. Do they just want to give the election to Wilson? What’s wrong with that? He kept us out of the war, didn’t he??? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/28 "2012-02-29T04:13:45Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Well, the way I see it, Reagan is going to be the upset, and Carter is going down! Then, we’ll get the hostages back. Ronald Reagan?!? The ACTOR!?! Pfft. You might as well elect Gopher from the _Love Boat_ or Cooter from _Dukes of Hazzard_ to Congress! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/29 "2012-02-29T04:31:30Z")
And Jerry Lewis as Secretary of State no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/30 "2012-02-29T05:10:02Z")
On an inappropriately serious note, there were a bunch of Republican who voted for McCain, both in the general and in the GOP primary. Is it a wise tactic to try to convince them that they were successfully flimflammed by a “fraud”? Even a forked fraud? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/31 "2012-03-01T00:32:32Z")
Yes. Fighting ignorance, and all. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/32 "2012-03-01T03:02:56Z")
Sad thing is, Santorum has a point. Earmarks are small potatoes compared to entitlements. The difference is that entitlements are seen as necessary and earmarks as undebated, unvetted, and possibly frivolous. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/33 "2012-03-01T04:17:44Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > On an inappropriately serious note, there were a bunch of Republican who voted for McCain, both in the general and in the GOP primary. Is it a wise tactic to try to convince them that they were successfully flimflammed by a “fraud”? Even a forked fraud? You’re assuming the electorate has a four-year memory. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/34 "2012-03-02T02:24:50Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Ronald Reagan?!? The ACTOR!?! Pfft. You might as well elect Gopher from the _Love Boat_ or Cooter from _Dukes of Hazzard_ to Congress! :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/35 "2012-03-07T06:52:39Z")
So, how did McCain do on Super Tuesday? A sweep? No, as a matter of fact, I \*can’t \*let it rest! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/36 "2012-03-07T07:24:29Z")
McCain was one of the few Republicans to openly denounce Rush Limbaugh this week. Ron Paul was another. Not surprisingly, both have crossed swords with him in the past. Rush being a very vengeful overlord (as Michael Steele and Phil Gingrey and a sprinkling of others have found) I’ve been wondering if he’s going to launch into an anti-McCain rant soon. (Ironically if Rush called McCain a prostitute and a slut who wants others to pay for his sex I have no doubts there are millions who’d echo “He’s right! Because Bill Maher never apologized [STROPHE]!”) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/37 "2012-03-07T15:11:35Z")
Yet another Wednesday morning with McCain failing to notch a vote the day before. I’m telling you: Santorum calling McCain a fiscal fraud three years after McCain lost all presidential relevance really put a damper on McCain’s chances for the presidency. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/38 "2012-03-07T18:45:18Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > McCain was one of the few Republicans to openly denounce Rush Limbaugh this week. Ron Paul was another. Not surprisingly, both have crossed swords with him in the past. Rush being a very vengeful overlord (as Michael Steele and Phil Gingrey and a sprinkling of others have found) I’ve been wondering if he’s going to launch into an anti-McCain rant soon. (Ironically if Rush called McCain a prostitute and a slut who wants others to pay for his sex I have no doubts there are millions who’d echo “He’s right! Because Bill Maher never apologized [STROPHE]!”) During the 2008 primary, Rush stated in no uncertain terms: “If McCain gets the nomination, it will destroy the [Republican] party!” After McCain got the nom, Rush’s support was rather non-committal, choosing to focus mainly on trying to sabotage the ongoing Democratic primary with his Operation: Chaos drones. After Palin was tapped for VP, Rush praised her highly but rarely mentioned McCain. So, I imagine that John has been waiting for Oxycontin Boy to trip over his own flab. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Eumenes\_II\_of\_Pergamum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@King\_Eumenes\_II\_of\_Pergamum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Eumenes_II_of_Pergamum)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/39 "2012-03-17T22:57:53Z")
McCain was on Letterman the other night and made a lot more sense than the candidates. The convention may not have a pick on the first round, and become brokered. Maybe they should draft him. After all, many of the delegates, once freed of primary first round rules, would think “well, I voted for him before and he almost won” ---
**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:** [March 17, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558/40 "2012-03-17T23:00:52Z")
> [@King\_Eumenes\_II\_of\_Pergamum](#): > > McCain was on Letterman the other night and made a lot more sense than the candidates. This might be the turning point for his campaign! Take it to Tampa, John Boy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-a-fork-in-mccain-hes-forked/609558.md?page=3)