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| McCain slams Obama for not having visited Iraq since 2006 |
| 2008-05-27 |
| Republican John McCain on Monday sharply criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for not having been to Iraq since 2006, and said they should visit the war zone together. "Look at what happened in the last two years since Senator Obama visited and declared the war lost," the Republican nominee-in-waiting told The Associated Press in an interview, noting that the Illinois senator's last trip to Iraq came before the military buildup that is credited with curbing violence. "He really has no experience or knowledge or judgment about the issue of Iraq and he has wanted to surrender for a long time," the Arizona senator added. "If there was any other issue before the American people, and you hadn't had anything to do with it in a couple of years, I think the American people would judge that very harshly." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 I been busy with Hildebeast. |
| Posted by: BO 2008-05-27 18:47 |
| #1 Almost appears that McCain is bringing it, as he should. Only compounding the agony of the near-silence of the administration for, oh, I dunno, years and years. The Messiah's last visit was my one and only exposure to him. He was accompanied by two colleagues, one Senate, one House. Some other folks said there was a buzz about Obama, so I made sure to be there when he did his little press gaggle in Bremer's old conference room. Completely unimpressive. Just as empty and superficial and glib as he appears now, daily, on any topic. Pathetic. His Senate colleague snoozed in a chair in the far corner; his House colleague watched alongside me - and I have good reason to believe he wasn't very impressed, either. I was astonished that this unimpressive young guy created any sort of buzz whatsoever. Then there was the time in the prior year where Hillary and others cleaned up a horribly ill-advised statement by McCain to a press conference. Of course, Gen. Casey and others were saying equally disastrous things at the time, so what the hell. But it was interesting to see how deep McCain could step in it, so deep that the Hildebeast (and I think Grahamnesty) had to jump in and muddy the waters for him. But that was simply a low point for McCain. Obama, just as it appears, doesn't know or understand a tenth of the things one needs to work as an underling on the NSC, much less be the boss. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2008-05-27 02:38 |