Patrick: I've tried to mend fences with McCain. I don't think he's necessarily a bad man. I have not retracted and never will retract my belief that the statement I criticized him for was racist. But I still don't know that he is A racist. Full disclosure me: I mean, I know you don't know all of it me: I don't dislike him me: we talk occasionally me: I talk to most of my enemies me: but, yeah, he has some beliefs that he won't admit to Patrick: Do I fall in that category? :) Patrick: I don't think so me: well, he did write that article for American Renaissance me: now, the article itself is not anti-black Patrick: Not so sure about that me: remember that I'm not a liberal me: I don't cry racism over nothing me: and I don't refer to him as racist Patrick: I researched his kids and I think it didn't quite add up me: dude me: I'm from Texas Patrick: The number of kids he had, that is me: wait, what? Patrick: The American Renaissance article me: no, that was him Patrick: The person who wrote it talked about how many kids he had me: he hasn't said otherwise himself Patrick: Wasn't it under a pen name? me: yes me: the one he used elsewhere me: I put this in my book, man Patrick: I don't think it's the same number of kids me: it went through fact checkers and lawyers