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- shawnfassett, on 10/12/2007, -4/+78John McCain should have to prove what he says. I'd like to see that video diary of him walking around Baghdad to showcase all of the excellent progress being made. Since the media only shows the bad stuff...I'd say its up to the Republicans to prove their points. I heard David Frum had a bit of trouble reconciling the reality of Baghdad with his talking points once he got to see it all for himself. Axis of Evil my ass.
- sibbano, on 10/12/2007, -5/+65why not send Bush instead? He was rattling more than anyone that Iraq is successful, and that Iraqi would greet americans with open arms. Why does'nt anyone tell him to walk the streets... oh I forgot, he can't evn do that in AMERICA~!
- LOLDOORS, on 10/12/2007, -2/+60Better get some boots on, the ***** is getting deep.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47McCain used to be a reasonably honorable guy, but that same honor cost him two elections. So now he's decided that the only way to get the Republican nomination is to play himself up as the next George W. Bush. If McCain looks like a complete moron (and indeed he does), it's because he'd deliberately playing a moron. Just look at his treatment of Falwell--back in 2000, McCain described Falwell as an "agent of intolerance". Now, instead of admitting that Falwell is, if anything, an agent of outright bigotry, McCain has actually rescinded his remarks!
- mindracer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+39wow McCain looks like a complete moron now, wow
- brufleth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+31What happened to the McCain that ran against Bush way back when. He seemed smart, he had an excellent military background which assured he understood military action and the consequences, and he seemed to talk straight rather than spinning everything for one party or the other. Rove distributed fliers which implied McCain had an illegitimate child of another race and that was the end of it.
Now he just seems to be a mouth piece for (excuse my cliche) the military industrial complex. Saying such things as "The war is going great!" whenever anyone asks. There was a time I thought you would make a great president, now it feels like you're Tony Snow with a round face. - KKWhite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Follow up in USA Today (link found on think progress)
"Green Zone attack kills two Americans". posted only 2 hours ago.
link --http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-03-27-soldier-contractor_N.htm?csp=34 - loki440, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Ahh yes it's a new day in Baghdad. The surge has restored the peace and children are laughing again. . .birds are singing. . . street merchants are selling flowers and baskets of puppies. Best of all Americans are free to travel the once terror-filled streets without the fear of death or dismemberment.
Look here's a nice Iraqi driving up to us now. He probably wants to thank us for liberating his country. Hey buddy no need to thank me, I'm just doing my. . .why do you have all of those pipes strapped to your chest?
uh oh...... - thefirelane, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31>What do these jaded reporters want? Leave the country to al Qaida?
The reason you're being dugg down is because you are rehashing the same old tired republican logical fallacy: If you don't do it our way, you want to do it the terrorist's way
The world is coming to realize, that there are other, smarter, and more successful ways to combat the terrorists. Saying the current method isn't working and we need a change doesn't mean we want to "leave the country to al Qaida" - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21McCain's an American hero and a pretty decent guy but he's totally lost it. He will never be president.
- ecorona, on 10/12/2007, -5/+22Poor McCain. He used to be the one Republican I respected. I actually used to say that I'd vote for him. First the Falwell thing and now he's just spewing Bush-style rhetoric. *sigh*, he was a good man.
- sibbano, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18McCain is trying to muster hard core republican support, the whole moron thing worked for Bush in getting him votes, apparently the more stupid a guy is the more republican support he gets. I think McCain is a nice guy though, and he said this because he thinks it can't get any worse, especially with more troops. I think he fails to understand the whole concept of us not being wanted there, and we are just adding more oil to the fire.
- Verchiel77, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21"Even if we were making progress - the media and Leftist ideals have already convinced most Diggsters and net-goers that we're losing." -- Bamont
Key part being, "even if we were." Since we're not, a pretty useless criticism, no? - Alfyx, on 11/07/2008, -4/+18McCain is right. Just ask UN Sec. Gen. Ban Ki-moon...
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13seriously, i would love to see mccain, bush and cheney have a stroll through bagdad...
put your money where your mouth is, right pal? - Shiftyeyedgoat, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18Why would we send a politician to Iraq to walk the streets? That would most assuredly put a giant target on his back, endangering his safety and he would quickly be kil... oh.
Touche, salesman. - ubuntuedgy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9@redmonkey
Actually, yes. When was the last time you heard of a Palestinian killing an American? It is in their best interest to not attack Americans, and they know it. Strictly an image thing. They may not like us, but their politics keep them away from us. Trying to get sympathy. - sizzzzlerz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9McCain is a whore. He has gone far right to try and collect the wingnut and fundy whackjob vote at the cost of his earlier principles. Consider what the bushies did to him during the 2000 primaries to see him sucking on bush's tit now is simply disgusting. I might have been interested in voting for him 8 years ago but in '08, I lump him in the crazed, GOP category along with alan keyes and sam brownback. He is as loony as bush but with half the evil.
- dftpnkezln, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8If you watch the video, Ware (the correspondent) says that after speaking with some of his military contacts, McCain's comments were greeted with laughter. Therefore, the title/summary is fairly correct, if a little imprecise.
Really, if you consider what McCain said (ie. that Petraeus drives around Baghdad in an unarmoured HumVee,) it isn't surprising at all that it would be ridiculed. - KKWhite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9From CNN (via crooks and liars) around March 26, 2006.
Another report from correspondent Lara Logan, who was actually living in Baghdad, having to defend media coverage of Iraq, against charges by politicians that "great progress" wasn't being reported by the media.. Same tune different year.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/03/26/lara-logan-smacked-down-the-quotnegative-iraq-war-coveragequot-charges/ - WinnerS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I was watching this live on CNN, and just burst into laughter. McCain needs a reality check.
- Yazilliclick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I love how the government doesn't even try to claim places other than baghdad are getting better.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/03/28/shia-revenge-070328.html yup things are awesome. Almost perfect. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Well, I’d certainly like to bring Sen. McCain up to speed if he ever gives me the opportunity. And if I have any difficulty hearing you right now Wolf, that’s because of the helicopters circling overhead and the gun battle that is blazing away just a few blocks down the road."
This reporter has just made McCain look like the biggest moron on Earth. Holy *****. - davesbrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6No, not a smack in the face, let him drive around in an un-armored Humvee so he can see, and feel, how safe it is now that they've escalated the occupation.
- ubuntuedgy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Typical politician saying what he needs to to further his own agenda. Anyone surprised?
- Alyre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What is it with the USA and your concept of left and right? From were I sit it looks like you are squabling over centre-right and right. You don't have a left wing party, when will you figure that out. The US has been stuck in their 2 party system so long they don't even know what the full political spectrum looks like.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@Bamont
I tend to listen to people like General Petraeus, the military commander in Iraq, who says there is no military solution to the insurgency. Or I listen to the body count that rises nearly every day. Or I listen to my friends who have returned from Iraq and say the place is a total disaster and is getting worse.
I used to be a Bush supporter. I voted for him in 2000. As it became clear how horrible his presidency was, I KNEW I would have to admit that I was wrong. I just wish that others would stop worrying about saving face and take a good hard look at the evidence. - BigManOnCampus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I didn't know the surge was supposed to make Baghdad safe for Americans. Why are we trying to make a foreign country safe for Americans to walk in? Isn't it more important that Iraqi's be able to walk around and do their business?
- zammo1234, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Hey SLuM . Is your opening line a Celine Dion song?
I guess you've got one thing right: we *did* ***** Iraq good and hard. - Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"So, it’s when the military can accommodate us, if the military can accommodate us, then we can go out and see."
"Oh, sorry, we can’t show this reconstruction project because then that’s going to expose it to sabotage"
What the *crap*? - slashdotted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5John Bolton faces Iraqis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-zAAsaZPrg - Tawni, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6McCain is clueless. I am so glad that everyday he is letting the whole country see what Arizona has known for too many years. McCain only gets elected because of big business funding and his votes to protect them. He is fed everything he says by his staff and if they do not prepare it he fumbles and bumbles inacurately through what he is saying. McCain stil will not read his own emails but has them printed by staffers. He does not know half the tools online that his staff is using to promote him including my space. He does not even use the internet. In this day and age elected officials need to know technology and use their brains and not staffers to do their job. McCain will never do that.
- kurttrail, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Don't forget to add Joe Lieberman to that list. All the insane idiots against reality in Iraq aren't just Republicans.
- dftpnkezln, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Michael Ware is one of the most believable and *hands-on* correspondents in Iraq and has been for years. With all due respect to McCain for his previous service and what he went through in Vietnam, the man appears to be going senile.
No-one with any shred of credibility or integrity regarding Iraq would say those things. I'll put this one down to a bit of hyperbole, but really, I think its time to start looking for a nursing home. - reaganite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4i think it's time for mccain to go on a fact finding mission.
- Osjpr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Bolton really needs a punch to the face. It would sure wipe that smirk off his face real quick
- labmouse42, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Bolton is just a talking head for Bush, Cheney, and Wolfowitz.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4McCain really put his foot in his mouth this time. If he wants to take on CNN or any other news outlet for that matter, he should at least choose a point that he can back up with fact. He's not the brightest bulb in the store. Does he really think that he can win back credibility with the Republican base after he's been acting more like a liberal for the last several years? McCain actually believed some of the hype that he was electable because he was appealing to both Dems and Republicans. Now, however he sees it's simply not true. The Democrats don't care about him and the Republicans will never trust him again.
- vblvbl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4McCain used to be the straight talker. Now he's the pandering douche.
Bummer for him. - dftpnkezln, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Maybe a little misleading, but the substance of McCain's claim that the surge was working was that people could now walk around the streets of Baghdad without fear. I don't find it hard to believe that some military personnel would find that humorous. The other thing McCain cited as proof of the effectiveness of the surge was Petraeus driving around in an unarmoured HumVee, which is even more hilarious.
So I think on balance, the summary is reasonably fair given the space constraints. - pgoetz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6This is ridiculous:
1. How is Clinton pandering to the "loony left"?
2. McCain's "few stupid things" amount to just about everything coming out of his mouth these days.
You right wing pansies are so far out of line it's become comical; much funnier than if you completely disconnected your brains from your mouth and just started babbling randomly, which is the only frontier left for you to conquer. Don't go there, we're enjoying your *almost* completely nonsensical babbling. - whiskeysquared, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6@HUKI365: If you think the invasion of Iraq wasn't about oil and money (which the "president" has even acknowledged partly now: http://tinyurl.com/yheyfw ) you are an idiot. My guess is Iran is next. Look at it with even a speck of logic and it becomes pretty obvious. Here's a brief overview, since you seem to want to deny the facts. Oil is traded in the dollar and in November of 2000, Iraq switched to the Euro. The dollar declines (even more) and the value of the Euro increases. So, the Bush administration conjures up the weapons of mass destruction claim and sends our military to invade. Once the country was in chaos, the first thing that changed was that oil trade from Iraq was switched back to the dollar. Iran is following in the footsteps and has already made plans for a new oil pipeline and to setup their own oil exchange sold not in the dollar, but the Euro. So now they need an "in" for Iran. First nuclear weapons, no they can't back that up. Next, they're supplying weapons to "insurgents", no they won't buy that either. Hey Tony Blair can you have one of your boats go into Iranian waters stir up a mess and then we can invade in the name of peace? The facts are out on the table, the question is if you're too stupid to face them. You want sources?
- madpoet, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This is misleading. It's not that they responded with laughter about McCain's comment that the surge is working. They responded that way to McCain's claim that Petraeus is driving around in an unarmored humvee.
- pirashkee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why politicians are not held liable for their lies. It would be a better world otherwise.
Wao, Didn't that sound rhythmic? - labmouse42, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5@corporate
"Opinions are not facts."
Alas, 24 hour news channels today have little to do with facts and a lot more to do with entertainment.
Gotta keep those ratings up somehow, eh? - Grumps, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3[edited: first post didnt display after refresh, sorry for d.post]
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Yeah, thats pretty ignorant to claim, especially in sight of the fact that you really can't even waltz around many of our own cities without expecting problem areas...
- lowbot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I dont feel he's even be a good candidate. You can lookup his voting record at various sites and you'll find he's a right-wing loyalist. He's never been moderate or a 'free thinker.' All these mentions of 'straight talk' is proof that PR and ads work, nothing more.
- Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Yeah, to you I'm probably a "right wing pansy". I'm guessing pretty much everyone is, according to you. Much like pretty much everyone is a muslim-hugging libbural to the LGF crowd. That's the perspective people on the extreme edges get.
- worldsbestgamer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Everything that once made McCain respectable has been thrown out in an effort to protect his party in hopes of winning the primaries. The best part is, the Republicans still will not let him have a shot at President.
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