Obama on the Brink
Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging, the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror," which substitutes hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country faces.
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McCain keeps forgetting that the war in Afghanistan was and is the war on terror resulting from 9/11. Iraq was a little tag-a-log war/occupation that Bush did on his own.
at least the headline writers have it easy- "Another John McCain Gaffe..."
just fill in the end and you're done (until tomorrow)
It's getting harder and harder to keep track of all McCain's gaffes. There are too many to write these off as simple misspoken moments. He seriously doesn't seem to be able to keep track, or maybe doesn't even understand, basic facts of history. Is it because he's too old and forgot the details?? Or is because he never grasped the details ever?? I don't know the answer, but he's making Bush look like a master of policy.
Ah Jeez! You just can't make this stuff up!! This is wonderful! LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Imagine the feelings of all those in the military today who were stirred to patriotism BECAUSE OF 9/11!
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