Comments on: McCain-Obama Flak-Flack Flap

By: Jabba the Tutt

Jabba the Tutt — Sun, 27 May 2007 12:25:37 +0000

The answer is FLugAbwehrKannone FLAK = Flight (or air) Defense Artillery

By: Anjin-San

Anjin-San — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:22:24 +0000

I used to respect McCain, but he has gotten to the point where he needs to think about retiring from public life before he embarrasses himself further...

By: Beldar

Beldar — Sat, 26 May 2007 18:09:34 +0000

I agree with Dr. Joyner's scoring here. McCain and his supporters ought never have to get into reminding people of his military/war hero background. He's got massive name recognition, and it's the A#1 fact that everyone knows about him. It's a trump suit that will play and play if they'll just let it; but deliberately flashing it now is a sign of desperation. He's not going to be the nominee. In fact, I actually don't think he'll still be in the race come Thanksgiving.

By: Jabba the Tutt

Jabba the Tutt — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:07:51 +0000

@William: Man, you have a future in Rap.

@Spencer: Bzzzzt. Wrong. Close but wrong.

@Randall: McCain's comment at least was funny. But wrong. I'm positive Obama knows what a bong is, he's admitted to cocaine use and everyone know pot is a gateway drug.

By: randall

randall — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:46:05 +0000

Pug, I don't think I'm sniveling, I'm so disgusted with some in the republican party that I'm thinking about getting on Obama band wagon. I was trying to point out that when it comes to what should be a trivial issue, the media seems to pay more negative attention to persons on the political right than the left. As for the bong comment, someone needs to apologize to Sen. Obama and his family.

By: spencer

spencer — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:22:47 +0000

Etymology: German, from Fliegerabwehrkanonen, from Flieger flyer + Abwehr defense + Kanonen cannons

By: The RBC: Discussion on Flak and flackery

The RBC: Discussion on Flak and flackery — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:05:43 +0000

[...] Continuing the discussion... TrackBack URL for this entry:http://www.samefacts.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-t.cgi/3856 Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Flak and flackery' from The RBC. McCain-Obama Flak-Flack Flap Excerpt: A silly exchange between the candidates currently in second place for their respective party nominations, Barack Obama and John McCain, is getting plenty of attention in the blogosphere. McCain said that Obama’s vote against the supplemental war... Weblog: Outside The Beltway | OTB Tracked: May 26, 2007 05:23 AM [...]

By: William d'Inger

William d'Inger — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:05:14 +0000

Obama's flack misspelled flak, and James wants to cut 'em some slack, but I think they oughta sack that hack and get back on track to blunt McCain's attack on what they lack.

By: Jabba the Tutt

Jabba the Tutt — Sat, 26 May 2007 15:00:26 +0000

I'd like to help Obama out here. The 'flack jacket' he was talking about, were the reporters surrounding McCain in Baghdad. No, no, don't thank me, Senator Obama. Oh, 25 brownie points to the first person, who can post where the word 'flak' came from.

By: Pug

Pug — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:51:29 +0000

Misspelling or misspeaking are really only newsworthy when it's done by someone of republican party. Randall, why do Republicans whine so much? If you think Democrats never get attacked perhaps you should check with Bill Clinton, John Kerry or Al Gore. Be a big boy and quit sniveling. In fact, the anonymous bong comment was as gratuitous a cheap shot as you'll see published by an allegedly respectable news organization. The sleaze who made the comment shouldn't have allowed to make it anonymously. That's just poor journalism. Of course, it is Politico, so no surprise there. These guys prefer to write about haircuts.

By: Triumph

Triumph — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:16:59 +0000

A silly exchange between the candidates currently in second place for their respective party nominations, Barack Obama and John McCain, is getting plenty of attention in the blogosphere.

It's not a silly exchange between the candidates--rather its a couple of desperate cheap shots by McCain. Remember, this isn't the first time that McCain went after Obama. In February of last year McCain levied another highly-publicized and unwarranted attack on Obama that had no basis in reality. Randall, by the way, as James says Obama's people DIDN'T misspell "flack"--so your Quayle analogy doesn't hold.

By: randall

randall — Sat, 26 May 2007 13:13:33 +0000

It may seem silly to try and gain political points over a miss-spelling. Does anyone remember the potatoe/potato misspelling incident with Dan Quayle? The left is still getting mileage out of that one. And did he not claim that he was given flash cards with the words on them provided by the school that he was at? Misspelling or misspeaking are really only newsworthy when it's done by someone of republican party.