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John McCain: Trump Is ‘Having A Lot Of Fun’ But We Have ‘Serious Candidates’

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The man still on everyone’s mind (Donald Trump, of course) came up during an interview with Republican Senator John McCain. Bob Schieffer asked McCain whether President Obama is trying to make Trump the face of the Republican party? McCain doubted that would happen, since he thought “Trump is having a lot of fun” and reminded Schieffer “we have very serious candidates.”

Just last week McCain revealed that he liked Trump but wouldn’t be endorsing anyone. However, now it seems like McCain is hinting towards preferring a more “serious” candidate. Regardless, McCain wasn’t eager to spend time talking about Trump and urged that attention should be focused on the debt limit and other important issues.

However, before we get to those topics, Schieffer squeezed in another question about Trump, wondering if McCain thought Trump was playing the race card (like Schieffer previously thought) by suggesting Obama only got into Harvard because he was black? McCain replied “I wouldn’t accuse him of that” and didn’t see the benefit of having a national conversation over such trivial issues.

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  • Thelonious Funk

    (crickets)

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Luckily the lefty “journalist” cabal have no agenda at all .

    What, do McCain , Graham , Schumer and Frank hang around the networks on weekends pleading to go on TV ? The same guys all the time .

  • notsofast

    Poor Bobby- he likes to play the race card, don’t he.

    BTW, I saw on a thread here today that the libs have now categorized the words “Kool-Aid” as racist.

    My, my, seems they now ant to prevent people from saying the voters are drinking the Obama “Kool-Aid.”

    They have already started their 2012 campaigned by resorting again to their only defense of a failed presidency- racism.

    They can not address :

    8.8% unemployment
    Record monthly deficits
    Record debt
    Record # of foreclosures
    Record # on welfare
    Record # living in poverty
    Record job losses in 2009
    Record high gas prices
    Lied about Gitmo
    Lied about rendition
    Lied about immigration legislation in 1st. year in office

  • writer

    Aw, we’ve had enough dour ones. Let’s have a fun one.

  • Upper Plateau

    Dear Bob Schieffer,

    After years of your fair interviews, giving the Democrats the same introspective and probing in-depth treatment that you vigorously apply to Republicans I can only say to you one thing. Don’t go away mad. Just go away.

  • Barack Must Go

    Because these two guys, McCain and Schieffer are both equally full of crap, and even though we would really prefer not to, we’re going to turn to which ones diaper is more full of crap to determine the winner of this debate.

    ]My money is on McCain but it all ” Depends “.

  • stephenpyle

    I couldn’t agree more with McCain. Let’s focus on Allen West, Mitch Daniels, Romney, etc…guys who are actually serious candidates and not media players.

    Also, for all who want Schieffer to go away so badly, take a history of journalism class at your local community college and you’ll see he was one of the all time greats.

  • Robbin Harper

    Thank you McCain. You make so much sense. Let’s hope the majority of people out there listen to the common sense you have so clearly presented to us. When I hear someone like McCain talk I realize that I can’t give up all hope in the Republican party.

  • Robbin Harper

    Trump’s bully approach would never not be tolerated by foreign leaders and that includes our allies. This guy thinks the world works like the Apprentice. Furthermore his stated strategies in our foreign affairs are extremely delusional and dangerous. When even jackasses like Bill O’Reilly are openly stating that Trump’s lunatic, delusional approach to foreign affairs would lead to World War III (a conclusion that would be reached by any second grader) you better take notice. The scary thing is there are lots of stupid gullible people (in both parties) who might buy into his “easy solutions” that are delusional and dangerous. It’s time to stop laughing. Dangerous leaders have come into power in the past and can again. Those who promise easy answers and rile up the egos of the small-minded with talk about glory/respect for their nation are the truly dangerous ones. Trump 2012 is such a horrible prospect for our country and the world. Wake up people. If he is elected it will be the stupidity of the people to be blamed more so than the delusional Trump.

    So O’Reilly (even numb nuts Glenn Beck is disgusted and laughing at Trumps lunatic “ideas” about foreign policy) has the sense to say that Trump’s approach to foreign affairs would cause World War III… but the idiot goes on to say that Trump MUST know this, and concludes that he is therefore saying these things to be provocative… as part of a grand strategy. And he somehow finds this acceptable. The Republican party is a whole lot crazier than we thought.

    You tube video “Donald Trump Closer to Running for President?? – FOX O’Reilly 04-20-2011″ is just one source of the insanity

  • gottosay

    not any more dude not any more

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