"Good Morning Iraq. McCain Here, Full Bag Of Moxie In Tow."
[answering a question from the back row] "don't hold your breath for the losers running from the left to show up here any time soon."
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There are many things I do not like about John McCain...and there are a few I even despise. His intestinal fortitude (my second choice of words) is not on either of these lists:
U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain arrived in Iraq on Sunday to assess improved security attributed to a build-up of 30,000 extra troops of which he has been a strong supporter.
McCain arrived in Baghdad and was due to meet Iraqi government leaders and U.S. officials in the heavily fortified "Green Zone" diplomatic and government compound, U.S. embassy spokeswoman Mirembe Nantongo said.
"I can confirm he did arrive," Nantongo said.
Johnny Mac just b-slapped his two defeatist/pacifist opponents while simultaneously showing what a bonafide Commander In Chief wannabe should be doing and lining up what could be the finest campaign ad streams we've ever seen (assuming his peeps are already working on these).
Well done, man...well done.
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mine is snarky and sarcastic (while "based" on a news item).
heh-I like to make fun of them...you like to bring out the good in US...
yours works just fine...
:-)
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
were the attaboys for John Kerry and Chuck Hagel for going to afghanistan, and suviving a helicopter crash?
...but neither is running for President. Now say "I'm sorry that I tried to threadjack, everybody; I won't do it again."
Next post, please.
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first of all, they didn't crash...they touched down hard and got a few bumps-grounding themselves because of bad weather.
second, they aren't running for President. Obama and Clinton are-and I don't see that either of THEM were the first POTUS wannabes to land in IRAQ-you know, the place most hotly debated in the campaign? Yeah-THAT place.
If it'll make you feel better, I can ad an update thanking any NUMBER of Democrats NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, for going to Afghanistan and landing hard in a helicopter during a wind storm...
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
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Leaving its characteristic calling cards everywhere it stops to perch.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
This is his 6th trip to Iraq. He has probably paid more attention and done more due diligence on this than anyone else in the legislature. Also, he had that famous walk through formerly bad neighborhoods in Baghdad. The places where just a short while before you wouldn't expect to see armed convoys let alone an American Senator.
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I know he's been there before...as a Senator. He's STILL a Senator, but NOW he's the GOP Nominee for POTUS. Sure, it's symbolic, but he's talking to our guys AND the Iraqi Government...AND, he's running on MORE than Iraq. Yet he and his peeps are savvy enough to recognize an opportunity to do several things at once.
First, he's continuing what he's always done. Second, he's showing the world that BEING in Iraq goes a whole lot farther in understanding what needs to be done there than listening to the polls and the moveon/code pink screamers.
AND, he can start running ads as soon as he gets home that clearly delineate what a true blue CinC needs to do to understand what's at stake in the decisions they make with our Soldiers and the wars we send them off to fight and win.
I am giving him props (or trying to)...not belittle him at all...
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
And just the same way Obama/Hillary decided to mimic John McCain on the earmark vote, I am certain their campaigns are vigorously debating if they can take time to do a Me Too on this.
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earmarks won't bring down America.
Losing the war against terrorism could. The left can't make a winning argument against the right on bad spending decisions. The right absolutely CAN make a winning argument against the left about capitulation to enemies and the generations-running consequences. Mac was THERE in Viet Nam...and he's still here now. Barry was a toddler back then, Hillary was prancing through her cotillion.
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
To what purpose? They are committed (at least publicly) to getting outta Dodge. I could come up with a fair amount of snark about them going....but the bottom line is, they'd look like fools. (Or would that be "hypocrites"?)
At which point not only would they not be foolish they could lay claim to being heroic. (Yeah not in our universe, but they don't live here anyway)
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They aren't interested in cleaning up the mess. They are interested solely in retrograde maneuver.....at least that's the drivel they're selling.
Well, now wait a minute. To us, cleaning up the mess has to do with winning. To them, retreat, failure and national humiliation may be "cleaning up the mess".
You may have a point.
The obvious bloodbath that would occur in Iraq.
Mess= current situation
Clean up = retreat.
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I don't believe Obama or Hillary will follow McCain's political stunt in Iraq. It was a good move for him as he needs to do whatever he can to stay relevant and in the media spotlight. News coverage 24/7 is focusing on the Obama/Hillary match up, McCain is kinda left out in right field twiddling his thumbs until the Dem nominee is finalized.
Keep it going all the way to the convention, Democrats. All y'all have House seats we want back.
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It seems all the ones we get are Democrats.
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If they object, ask them how they voted the last few elections. Leaves them sputtering.
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Seems we could discuss the topic of the post but if you want to throw personal critisisms thats your perogative.
But if you style yourself an independent then take far left positions it is noticeable.
*Depends on the type of democrat
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you use the democrat label as a personal attack to debase the original comment.
I think we all can agree comments should try and stay on topic.
That your belief is Dem dogma. Not all media attention is good. What Hillary and Obama are getting now isn't good. If I were McCain I would be trying to look presidential and competent now.
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No you weren't. You were doing exactly what I stated in my previous response.
I'll ask if you bill yourself and independent why the talking points ?
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
The Democrats prolonged primary keeps them in the media spotlight, keeps their supporters donating money, keeps them buying advertising on local media outlets and forces them to mobilize/organize their campaigns in the remaining primary states.
As much as you want to believe it is hurting them, it isn't.
Yes, yes, of course the Democrats are pleased that they've got to actively run an internal campaign for far longer than anybody's been used to, with no reliable winner in sight, and they've got to hit up all of their contributors for primary donations, all the while giving the opposition reams of data on suitably effective attacks, and secure in the knowledge that their most dedicated supporters will make heroic efforts on a primary race that roughly half of them will lose, then be expected to support the campaign of the person whose smug supporters have been calling them names for the last six months.
Yes. This is precisely why we've had down- to- the- wire- and- fight- at- the- convention contested primaries on both sides for the last forty years. Because it's superior to winning quick and having the luxury of being able to plan for the general campaign.
Moe
PS: On second thought, ignore all of that. You just keep thinking what you're thinking. Please.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
Interesting logic there, since its been done the same way for forty years then it must be the best way. I'll go out on a limb here and guess you're probably a pretty old guy :)
Can you name an effective attack learned from the primary that McCain can use on either Obama or Hillary come November?
Which I suspect you'd treat as a "Yes" answer to your guess.
As for your question:
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Yes!
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The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
...but I think that you've had enough time this go-round, retread. Don't worry, though: I'm sure that you can make it to your Special Time without our help.
Enjoy your primary season. :)
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
We always appreciate chatting with you too.
Dkos gives us $$$ per account here, half your users are fake too. Grow some thicker skins old dudes cause it'll be a loooong general election of this stuff.
P.S.
ban this account too :)
We do need to watch you for signs of anarcho-syndicalism though.
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Also need to ask hillary how she is enjoying things
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In February:
Obama raised $50 million.
Hillary raised $35 million.
McCain raised $12 million.
I bet they'd say they are doing pretty well.
I'm a proud independent. Neither party platform covers my ideals 100% by any means.
I refer to myself as a liberal constitutionalist... liberal in the classical sense of limited government being restrained to allow as much liberty as possible and limiting the scope so self-government can thrive without larger regions forcing smaller ones to adapt to densely populated viewpoints on how they should manage their own affairs.
But my allegiance to liberty above all else puts me at odds with folks that think that gays having a marriage somehow makes the world a worse place for everybody else even though it never extends to the tip of their nose. My allegiance to self-government even though it may not be popular nationally puts me at odds with those that would restrict the liberty of those who'd rather have a national policy on morals.
I'm an independent, no doubt about it. But I'm a liberal who appreciates the ideals set forth by the founders. Which makes me wonder about the marxist "neo-cons" if you will that want to adhere to dated and disastrous political philosophies that killed more people than almost any war known to man.
Class warfare ain't liberal thinking. It's conservative thinking of Eastern Europe and other commie states that ended up starving more people to death than Hitler could have ever systematically murdered in his third Reich.
If the GOP can accept John McCain, it might even be able to accept an independent like me. It was a close call with McCain in a limited field (probably due to the suicide run theories for 2008) so I'm not sure. But if the GOP can come closer to the ideals preached of by Madison and Jay... I might consider ending my stance as an independent.
Until then you got my support for 2008, just as you did for 2004 and 2000 as the best of the bunch/lesser evil. I donate, I harass, and I vote... and I drag a lot of independents down the rabbit hole with me.
McCain 2008, because America kicks, not kisses, @$$.
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Amongst those ads showing McCain as CINC should be a simple one of he and a group of supporters singing God Bless America.
After 9/11, as George Bush flew to a bunker the bi-partisan leaders on Capitol Hill sang God Bless America. That was the single most moving thing I've heard in ten years. W standing on the rubble saying "Those who knocked down these building will hear from the United States of America" is close behind.
McCain staking his career on the safety of this country is hard to put into a single ad. But I hope they figure out how, because it is on the same level as the above.
May God Bless us all on this Palm Sunday.
Steve Willis
Professor of Law
University of Florida College of Law
Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium, non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida.
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
We need God's blessings as much now as ever.
Tim Schieferecke
& wins the nomination:
2 competing views of America - McCain & others singing God Bless America v. a photo of Rev. Wright & Obama with the background of God D@&^ America. May be a little to politically incorrect - How just about McCain & others singing God Bless America without Obama???
It's beginning to get annoying.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
disrespectful, at all.
It's me being lazy. Nothing more.
Find other topics to write about if you're too lazy to write out his name. This is not a suggestion.
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I feel like I mean need to sleep the rest of the day now.
Goes to show how tiring that is.
...the comparison numbers for trips to Iraq? With Obama on the Foreign Relations Committee and Hillary on the Armed Services Committee I'd imagine they've both gone at least once, but I can't remember if they have or how often.
O...because I'm lazy.
Although, I don't respect him anyway.
Really enjoyed his show on fox. I also love that he donates the proceeds from the website to charities.
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HUGE contrast to what's going on on the other side right now. As with you, haystack, I'm no big fan of John McCain, but he shines like the sun in comparison to Obama and Hillary. In a week in which one candidate's minister is finally revealed nationwide for the bigoted America-hater that he is and always has been, our guy is with the troops in a war zone. What could be a greater contrast than THAT! I understand that he has also gained at least 6 points in the polls in head to heads with either of the Dem candidates. Go, Johnny, Go!
Do you lecture other posters for using abbreviations?
i.e. W or B. Obama?
Aren't there more important things to focus on?
I'm a moderator.
If you begin using Reply To This, and cease referring to Sen. McCain that way, all will be well.
If you continue to disrupt threads by failing to use Reply To This, and insult our nominee by calling him the name of one of the Bible's more notorious villains, I will ban you for disruptive behavior, per the Posting Rules.
Is that clear?
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Know what else is clear?
You have issues related to power/control.
Why do you find it necessary to talk to people as if they're your children?
Again, it's not an insult, sorry *you* see it that way.
I'm over it, throw me to the cornfields.
Sorry to spoil your dramatic exit, but I think that it's only fair to ask that people be accurate in their pop culture references.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
Pretty well said. But I think the McCain Girls will have to have the last word.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MaP9eiWuX3s
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And the peanut gallery weighs in.
Pay special attention to Leahy. What a tool!
"He's entitled to go as a member of the Armed Services Committee, in fact its ranking member. I think it would have probably have been better if he took members who were not so closely identified with his campaign. But this is indicated to be a congressional visit," said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who supports New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
"Obviously the world's going to watch it, and we'll know whether it's exploited for other reasons. I don't believe it will be, but we'll see," added Feinstein, who appeared on CNN's "Late Edition" with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who supports Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for president.
I'm sure leaky Leahy will have another pair.
Tim Schieferecke
says Leahy called the trip a photo op...
pfffffffffffffffffttttt...
what a bunch of...well-never mind, this is a family site!
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-Quintus Horatius Flaccus
It's Raining McCain:
Maybe I should delete mine? Let me know.