The Carpetbagger Report:
On ABC’s “This Week,” John McCain was in self-congratulatory mode. It was actually kind of embarrassing.
On ABC’s “This Week,” John McCain was in self-congratulatory mode. It was actually kind of embarrassing.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Yet one of them, Governor Richardson — he’s coming up next — says there’s no way, no way the government is finally going to get its act together and make these compromises unless we tell them we’re going to leave and give a date certain.
MCCAIN: No, that was what they said six months ago, that there was no way we were going to succeed militarily unless we told the Iraqi government that we were leaving.
Look, their record is wrong on this. My record is right, of opposition to the failed strategy that former Secretary Rumsfeld was employing, and advocacy of the one that’s succeeding now. (emphasis added)
Now, it’s hard to say whether McCain knows better (in which case he was lying), or whether he actually believes this nonsense (in which case he’s delusional), but either way, for McCain to suggest his record on Iraq has been right all along is just absurd.
Look, their record is wrong on this. My record is right, of opposition to the failed strategy that former Secretary Rumsfeld was employing, and advocacy of the one that’s succeeding now. (emphasis added)
Now, it’s hard to say whether McCain knows better (in which case he was lying), or whether he actually believes this nonsense (in which case he’s delusional), but either way, for McCain to suggest his record on Iraq has been right all along is just absurd.
Sen. McCain on CNN on Sept. 24, 2002: “I believe that the success will be fairly easy.”
Sen. McCain on CNN on Sept. 29, 2002: “We’re not going to have a bloodletting of trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies.”
Sen. McCain on [MSNBC] on Jan. 22, 2003: “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.”
…and his post-invasion assurances. In December 2003, McCain praised Bush’s strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.”
…and his post-invasion assurances. In December 2003, McCain praised Bush’s strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, “I’m confident we’re on the right course.” In December 2005, he said, “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.”
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McCain will say anything now and use anybody. He lost his shot at being President even with the promise by the Bush base. Yes McCain would now go back an ask Satan for help to get in the Oval Office. To bad Satan isn't in the position anymore as God is taking the Satan Worshippers down. But McCain did get his 30 pieces of silver for his support.
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