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- TexMurphy, on 10/12/2007, -9/+183Thank god none off our soldiers died making Sen. McCains Political point. What a idiot...
- thewump, on 10/12/2007, -11/+179He then went home and added a blog entry to his myspace page titled: "OMFG - I went 2 Iraq today and totally OWNED it - LOL"
- ZWash300, on 10/12/2007, -14/+133Yeah, you can really just take a stroll through Baghdad...
...with 100 troops, 3 Blackhawks, and a bulletproof vest.
Sounds like a really safe place to me. What a ***** joke these Republicans are that are trying to spin the war as positive. I can't believe they still have a following. - JCSaint, on 10/12/2007, -12/+100What a dick. Why not stroll through one of those Baghdad neighborhoods where you don't need protection just like you said?
- Salgat, on 10/12/2007, -5/+78All this does is make me more pissed that McCain is wasting all those damn resources to prove a point that contradicts itself. The fuel alone from the copters could probably put me through college.
- pagit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+71If I had 100 troops and 3 blackhawk and 2 Apache gunships flying overhead covering my flack jacketed butt in my hood -
I'd feel safe too - greatblackowl, on 10/12/2007, -6/+74@quomen
He went from being a genuine maverick free-thinking politician to one of the political puppets ruled by peer pressure to support Bush and by the masses of sheep voters that make up the republican "base" (i.e. people who will just push the "republican" button on their voting machines and then go home). - thelastdyingday, on 10/12/2007, -7/+71our tax dollars hard at work...
- quomen, on 10/12/2007, -15/+76I really liked McCain way back..
Now he's gonna be the Kerry of the 2008 elections.
(flip flop)..the dems are going to slaughter him for that. - signal15, on 10/12/2007, -6/+64If this guy gets elected, we'll just be continuing along our path of idiocy. Our government is a dangerous joke. We need a DRASTIC change. Whether it's Obama or someone else, I don't know. But damn, we really need to change things dramatically.
- ignorance0, on 10/12/2007, -3/+57McCain is looking more and more like Bush.
It began with pampering to the religious right (Falwell and company) and now he's ignoring the facts on the ground.
McCain, you're doing a heckava job! - d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -4/+57"AS big a joke as your life has turned out to be?"
"Just like you have at everything you have ever done in life."
"And just like your mom and dad did at their abortion attempt."
Classic. Are any of you right-wing loyalists capable of intellectual discourse... or thought, for that matter? Do you not understand how stupid you guys sound when you use these 2nd grader tactics? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+56100 troops, 3 blackhawks, a vest.... and...
300 SPARTAN WARRIORS!!!!!!!!!!!!! - MrFlesh, on 10/12/2007, -9/+56I would never vote republican in a million years but when I first heard mccain was running I was like "Finally someone from the right who isn't an a) stark raving lunatic tough guy b) christian fundamentalist who wants everyone to quit school to read the bible............I figured sense would return to the politcal arguments and we could once againt start moving into the future...............then he started his campaign of "I'm Bush the sequel."
- Verchiel77, on 10/12/2007, -4/+50Watching Sen. Pander Bear stumble through pathetic photo ops like this, you *have* to hope he gets the GOP nomination.
The commercials will just write themselves. - streak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41Thank you, John, for giving us a clear picture of just how bad it still is in Iraq.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36THIS! IS! BAGHDAD!!!
- balerhgae, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41Man, tell me about it.
Seriously, McCain spouts double-talk you don't normally hear until after the first 100 days. I hope people aren't stupid enough to elect him... - superal1394, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35don't forget the two Apache gunships
- MrFlesh, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35Yes Mcaine is double plus ungood
- razrielle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32well he is inbred......
- Fumz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27hdtvdust,
I am not sure why you brought up Hillary, she was not stupid enough to make the statements John did. What are you not getting about that? - SlvrEagle23, on 10/12/2007, -3/+26[3 Years Later...]
balerhgae: *****! They were! - NSMike, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24hdtvdust = blocked.
- PATSCRU, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19totally, a few years ago, i really respected mccain for being one of the few republicans who was willing to break ranks with the party and their constituents to support what he believes in....however, in the past few months, i've seen him waddle to the far right with his tail between his legs....another one bites the dust.
- glitch47, on 10/12/2007, -8/+25
@Eonblue
"Grammer" is spelled "grammar". - Cam_86, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20I don't even understand the thought process behind McCain anymore. I mean you don't even need to look at the polls to see bush's policy's are NOT supported by the majority of republicans(let alone all Americans) so why is he acting like a bush supporter. Sure it'll win him some points in the more hard lined states during the primaries, but that'll only pay off in the long term, if the more moderate free thinking republicans DON'T know about these flat out moronic statements.... And making them in front of all the major news channels is getting the message out the those places just as fast as it is to Kansas and Alabama.
- fatfinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Truthiness
- Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -11/+27I totally agree that what the Republicans are saying about the war is just political crap, and we were totally mislead on it. However, realize that the Democrats are exploiting the war as well for their own ends. One of the pitfalls of a two-party system--the other side is always the enemy.
- MrFlesh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17We don't need to want Iraq to be a failure...........it already is.......it has been for a loooooooooooong time. Iraq war being a failure is only news to the right.
- browwiw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12"War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality." - Senator John McCain
Well, at least we can say he has first hand knowledge on what a fool and a fraud are. - guimonkey, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Jon Stewart just had another pitch lobbed to him.
- Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Of course you can walk around Baghdad when you have an escort like that. Mccain is such a tard. I find it funny that hes blindly supporting the war just like Bush.
- gonegoogling, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/John_McCain_gets_owned_by_Wolf_Blitzer_and_others
- JCSaint, on 10/12/2007, -8/+18Dude, that was kind of ***** up.
- Sil369, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Maybe it was all an April Fools joke - he actually got killed on their streets and was replaced by one of his clones.
- Mardala, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11This is worse than the fake downtown Baghdad picture on Kaloogian's web site. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8d/Kaloogian_Iraq_Website.jpg
If any US city had 100-500 violent deaths, 9-12 car bombs going off in 1 day, it would be a disaster. Why then are people like McCain painting a rosey picture of this? - tcquad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12"Sounds like a really safe place to me. "
-zwash300
They mentioned in the piece that 1800 Iraqis were killed last month by insurgents. That would be about 60 *per day*.
To put that in perspective, California, which is slightly smaller but with a larger population, had 2500 murders in the entire year of 2005. That's 7 per day. - SmokeyBong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I like how they finish the segment by saying "oh also 6 U.S. troops were killed over the weekend" must be real peaceful over in Iraq.
/sarcasm - RapidFireGT, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wow. Our soldiers could be out patrolling, gathering info on local insurgents, etc., but no, they have to follow a VIP around and make sure he is safe during his visit to Iraq.
I read in a letter sent back to US from Iraq by a US soldier (I think the letter was posted here on digg) and in that letter he wrote that one of the worst annoyances was when a US celebrity of VIP came to visit Iraq, and the troops would have to give them a tour through a safe neighborhood. - jimbo92107, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The hundred soldiers? Hey, playahz gotta have their posse, homie!
The flack jacket? Hey, this is just a barbecue bib, man...you know, the new Kevlar one. It's cool!
The Apache helicopters overhead? Hey, they was just in the neighborhood, doods.
I'm just havin' me a casual stroll in this nice little market. See? Couldn't be safer, the surge is working!
Cameras off? Good, let's get the ***** outta here! - tearor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9While we are burning the witch,,
McCain skips third of votes in Senate.
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0331missedvotes0331.html - danconia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I think our $2 trillion+ could have been spent on something a little more useful. McCain just might be kissing his presidential potential goodbye with these shenanigans. IT'S OKAY TO ADMIT YOUR WRONG MCCAIN, IN FACT PEOPLE WILL LIKE YOU MORE WHEN YOU AREN'T IN DENIAL. McCain already got called out for claiming the generals stroll in the humvees that are unarmored. Riiiiight, so if the generals aren't using the armored vehicles then who the hell is? What a dunce.
Ron Paul '08 - Fhionnlaoch, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11Someone needs to give him a swift kick in the balls.
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Is McCain trying to win the douche bag of the year award?
- D34DC311, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8what are you all talking about. I go shopping accompanied by 100 soldiers, 3 black hawks and 2 Apache gunships. Nothing new.
- RatTrap, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Waste of time money and resources.
- idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I thought it was "lies".
- nickdngr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10@sibanno
this is like my biggest pet-peeve ever: how many iraqis have you talked to that have told you their extremely afraid of friendly fire? what are your sources for said information? unless you've actually been to iraq and have talked to iraqis about the subject, do not try to express what they are saying. my credentials for this comment are that i'm there and i talk with them daily. but, i do agree, it's safe to walk anywhere with 100 armed soldiers, 3 blackhawks...2 turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree. - Fumz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Cleanlyness,
Why would anyone in Congress, or for that matter anyone in their right mind CHOOSE to walk through a war zone? This stunt doesn't prove he has guts, it only proves that he's willing to put soldiers lives at risk in a vain attempt to back up his absurd assertions that it's safe. Does anyone actually believe him now that he's given his little demonstration? -
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