Why John McCain's "Surge" Success Story is a Lie
McCain's belief that the surge "won the war" contradicts the substance of the "status of force" agreement the Bush administration has been trying to ram down the Iraqi government's throat.
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Not a Gaffe: A Fundamental Misunderstanding of Iraq
This is not controversial history. It is history that anyone trying out for president must understand when there are 150,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq. It is an essential element to the story of the past two years.
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Don't keep insisting to the Arabs that you're not a Muslim. They already know that, and they don't care.
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McCain's Got 99 Problems
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Well done.
You forgot something.
37. His 2008 opposition to the G.I. Bill.
He then took credit for the GI Bill. Seriously, I can't believe that McCain taking full credit for something that obviously was someone else's work hasn't completely hit home with Independents. He didn't even credit Webb at all.
I'm a little confused: What's the difference between reasons #1 & #2?
Good point. I got a chuckle out of that one. It is bang-on!
#19 should be the eye opener for McCain,,,,,,In 17 of the largest states Obama and Clinton's combined primary votes were 23,413,113, whereas ALL GOP candidates got a total of 11,416,808. The writing is definitely on the wall.
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McCain may have LOTS of problems but Obama is not pulling away from him in the polling. This means a close election UNLESS Obama is able to bring so many new voters into the process (%5-7%) that absolutely blows up the polling data.
Are you implying that racism is raising its ugly head again?
The reason Obama is not pulling away from him in the pollings has nothing to do with McCain. The truth is that some people are just not ready and never will be ready for a black president.
Not to mention forged interviews such as those on CBS.
Maybe we should wait for #100 to be an all time big time gaffe by McCain. At his present rate of gaffes, I am sure he will indicate that he will give a speech at the Common border of Czechoslovakia, Iraq & Pakistan. This speech will be covered and heavily edited by CBS 's Curic and ABC's Gibson . The speech will have to be heavily edited because Curic, Gibson and McCain will be on a long plane flight to nowhere attempting to find this "Common border". They will not give up and will find this Mythical border . They all will use this alleged discovered common border as an opportunity to crow about McCain's National Security credentials.
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