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TUESDAY APRIL 8 2008 6:00 AM

Submitted by FearTheReaper. Edited By erin_broadley.

TAGS: John McCain The surge Iraq

The time has come to fear a McCain presidency. Hillary Clinton is doing everything she can to make Barack Obama unelectable, clearing the way for the time worn Senator from Arizona to march into the White House. But over the past few weeks McCain has shown himself to be either a confused old man or a lying sack of shit. Either way, it�s bad news.

Some of the old man�s mistakes have been harmless. For instance, a couple of weeks ago in Israel, he made this blunder while touring the city of Sderot with Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barack.

McCain was discussing the numerous rock attacks on the city. "Nine hundred rocket attacks in less than three months, an average of one every one to two hours. Obviously this puts an enormous and hard to understand strain on the people here, especially the children. As they celebrate their version of Halloween here, they are somewhere close to a 15-second warning, which is the amount of time they have from the time the rocket is launched to get to safety. That's not a way for people to live obviously."

Uh. Purim commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from execution. So, not at all close. Thank God there was a Jewish guy there to save McCain�s babbling ass.

"I had a brief exchange with one of the mothers whose children was in there in a costume for Purim," Lieberman, who is Jewish and celebrates the holiday, said. "And it's my fault that I said to Senator McCain that this is the Israeli version of Halloween. It is in the sense because the kids dress up and it's a very happy holiday and actually it is in the sense that the sweets are very important of both holidays."

And fail. Joe wants us to believe that he lied to McCain about the holiday. Bullshit. McCain is a crazy old fuck who blurts shit out. This Purim mistake would be no big deal if it weren�t a pattern of an old man fucking up, over and over and over. His best old man or blatant liar moments had to do with Iran and al Qaeda on a recent Middle East trip.

First, in February, he burted out this gem.

And my friends, if we left, they (al-Qaeda) wouldn't be establishing a base. They'd be taking a country, and I'm not going to allow that to happen, my friends. I will not surrender. I will not surrender to al-Qaeda.

Right. Hey, really old man who wants to be president, Iraq is the birthplace of the Shiite religion. Shiites make up the majority of people in Iraq. Shiites and Sunnis hate each other. Al Qaeda are Sunnis. See how your idiotic statement doesn�t work?

But gramps wasn�t done there. A few days later, he blurted out this lie or old man brain misstatement.

Today in Iraq, America and our allies stand on the precipice of winning a major victory against radical Islamic extremism. The security gains over the past year have been dramatic and undeniable. Al Qaeda and Shiite extremists -- with support from external powers such as Iran -- are on the run but not defeated.

Well, not so much. Actually, not at all. See, Iran is controlled by a Shiite government. The Shiites would not fund a Sunni group, like al Qaeda. They are actually enemies. Sorry. You�re either losing your mind or a dirty fucking liar.

Oh, and the �undeniable security gains� turned into a big pile of steaming shit last week. Now, totally deniable security gains.

But John Boy wasn�t done being old or lying just yet. A week later...

It was, he said, "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate."

He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda.

Sen. Joseph Lieberman, who was accompanying McCain on the trip, was forced to lean over and whisper in McCain's ear that it was Shiite extremists, not Sunni al-Qaeda, that was going to predominantly Shiite Iran.

Now this moment makes me think gramps wasn�t lying. If it was a lie, Lieberman would have let it go. He didn�t. Gramps doesn�t know who is who, because he is old and losing his mind.

�We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says. I've seen the facts on the ground," the Arizona senator insisted a day after a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed four U.S. soldiers and rockets pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone there, and a wave of attacks left at least 61 Iraqis dead nationwide.

Really, gramps? Did you take a drive to the Syrian border and stop in Mosul for lunch? Then turn around and head on down to Sunni Ramadi? Maybe take sunset stroll through the city and talk to the peeps? After that, did you grab a Vespa and putter on down to Najaf to see the Shiites? They love us there! But, you know that because you were �on the ground.� I�m sure you then took a nice drive down to Basra to see the oil rich countryside, right? And then, I assume, you hopped on a boat and enjoyed a nice ride up the Tigris to Baghdad? And then your threw on your old fighter plane jacket and strolled the streets of Sadr City, meeting and shaking hands with the good folks? No? Oh, then you don�t know shit. You were a well-protected, isolated asshole who saw what they wanted you to see. That�s why one week after your �we�re succeeding� declaration everything went to shit.

His clueless bullshit has continued and continued. After the recent flare up in Iraq, that left the government of Maliki greatly weakened, McCain continued to spew nonsense.

What a stupid old man. The history of cease-fires is meaningless because we know the truth of this specific instance. Sadr was clearly the victor. The Maliki government went crawling on its knees to Iran, begging them to get Sadr to stop.

The backdrop to Sadr's dramatic statement was a secret trip Friday by Iraqi lawmakers to Qom, Iran's holy city and headquarters for the Iranian clergy who run the country.

There the Iraqi lawmakers held talks with Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Qods (Jerusalem) brigades of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and signed an agreement with Sadr, which formed the basis of his statement Sunday, members of parliament said.

"We asked Iranian officials to help us persuade him that we were not cracking down on the Sadr group," said an Iraqi official, who asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.

McCain is a fool. He has a profound lack of understanding of the region and its people. His multiple claims over a period of a month that Iran is training al Qaeda is disturbing. It�s like claiming that Republicans are funding and training Democratic candidates. It�s moronic. And this wasn�t a momentary slip, like his campaign would have us believe. He said it over and over and over. Five years into this disaster of a war and McCain doesn�t know the simplest � and most important facts.

This video from yesterday sums it up.

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67 Comments

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flownogard

Youngstown, OH

April 2008

APR 08, 2008 06:28 AM

...but won't he make a perfect fall guy for all the accountability that will come after the Bush regime is out of the white house? damn, its all fucked up, but you hit the nail on the head.

Mr_Matt_

Hollywood, FL

July 2005

APR 08, 2008 06:33 AM

McCain is so tied to the war he has to run on it. He has no choice (politically) but to spin this lovely war into another example of fear mongering, win or defeat, them vs. us, beat terrorism ideology.

What I find truly terrifying is today's poll numbers (Gallup) as listed in the Miami Herald:

McCain vs. Clinton

McCain 47%
Clinton 45%

McCain vs. Obama

McCain 45%
Obama 45%

mingol

Singapore

July 2005

APR 08, 2008 06:49 AM

Those numbers are depressing.

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA

July 2004

APR 08, 2008 08:06 AM

mingol said:
Those numbers are depressing.

Remember: Dukakis had a 16 point lead over Bush Sr after the primaries. Don't fret. Those numbers are pretty meaningless.

BlastProcessing

Knoxville, TN

OLD SKOOL

APR 08, 2008 08:47 AM

Flair up? Do you mean flare up, or do you mean that Iraq's fabulous?

Coyotemike

Kearney, NE

May 2006

APR 08, 2008 08:49 AM

McCain makes me worried enough that my stomach hurts

RanusStudios

Boston, MA

July 2007

APR 08, 2008 09:44 AM

The real trick here, I suppose, is that the vast majority of people don't know the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, so what we might consider to be a big deal just flies right over other peoples' heads. Like many other things.

Arbiter_Morrison

Abilene, TX

August 2007

APR 08, 2008 10:06 AM

why oh why did he EVER get a single vote in this whole mess it makes me want to leave this fucking country because you know that the media is STILL playing the garbage that has been thrown at the dems(Obama in particular) to play the favor of the republicans yet again we're being staged for another republican in the white house by news networks that have and are still playing the republican side *cough fox news cough* and the day that douche bag mccain takes office seems like its inevitable although i sure as hell hope it NEVER occurs

carpenterguy

Livermore, CA

April 2007

APR 08, 2008 10:12 AM

Like McCain said: "We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says."

So he's the same as the rest of them. Except Ron Paul. :-) kisses!

lovetolook

I'm lost

March 2007

APR 08, 2008 10:20 AM

You know....really it is not the age - it is the person. This is not in defense of McCain but in defense of indivuality and ability of a person that seems to disolve in so many of our eyes because of a person's age. Kind of like standing in line with no possible way out of that line knowing you are going to be hanged but laughing and pointing at the swinging dumb asses as your line shortens.

We are all going there.....there being inevitable aging. So pointing and judging by mere age is really not that intelligent. Oh you can say that you will willingly give up the reins when it is your turn......sorry, but your survival instincts and self worth will kick in and you will change the rules as you go just like George Bush...is that who you want to be like?

I had a 93 year old woman, who was as sharp as at tack tell me what it was like inside of her mind and I have to tell you, had I not seen the outside of the package, she could have been in her twenties.

So we need to be careful of what opinions, policies, rules, and beliefs that we implement towards the older people in the world, as it is our generation that will be in the driver's seat soon, because one day our own guns will be pointed at us.

McCain scary? Simply as McCain, he was scary 20 years ago. Not becuase he is an old man.

Is your hand blinking Red yet.....will you go to Carousel to be renewed?

Tallboy66

USA

January 2005

APR 08, 2008 10:27 AM

RanusStudios said:
The real trick here, I suppose, is that the vast majority of people don't know the difference between Shiites and Sunnis, so what we might consider to be a big deal just flies right over other peoples' heads. Like many other things.

I never knew,or cared actually, until the war but after 5 years of it being almost daily news he should at least know something.

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

APR 08, 2008 10:33 AM

lovetolook said:
You know....really it is not the age - it is the person. This is not in defense of McCain but in defense of indivuality and ability of a person that seems to disolve in so many of our eyes because of a person's age. Kind of like standing in line with no possible way out of that line knowing you are going to be hanged but laughing and pointing at the swinging dumb asses as your line shortens.

We are all going there.....there being inevitable aging. So pointing and judging by mere age is really not that intelligent. Oh you can say that you will willingly give up the reins when it is your turn......sorry, but your survival instincts and self worth will kick in and you will change the rules as you go just like George Bush...is that who you want to be like?

I had a 93 year old woman, who was as sharp as at tack tell me what it was like inside of her mind and I have to tell you, had I not seen the outside of the package, she could have been in her twenties.

So we need to be careful of what opinions, policies, rules, and beliefs that we implement towards the older people in the world, as it is our generation that will be in the driver's seat soon, because one day our own guns will be pointed at us.

McCain scary? Simply as McCain, he was scary 20 years ago. Not becuase he is an old man.

Is your hand blinking Red yet.....will you go to Carousel to be renewed?

fail

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA

February 2006

APR 08, 2008 10:34 AM

Great point, lovetolook. And I am going to be laughing at the "swinging dumb asses" comment for a long time.

JunkyardAngel

San Gabriel, CA

February 2006

APR 08, 2008 10:43 AM

Golly! Does that mean all Sunnis are Al Qaeda? WHO KNEW?

Isn't there anyone around here who can actually write an arti. . . write?? Or is this in "Humor" and I am just confused? No, it says, "News," right up there at the top of the page.

Well, that's it. Gotta comment on this banal nastiness every once in a while. Not sure why. Now, I'm gonna go water my plants, 'nuff said.

ericwine

Charlotte Hall, MD

January 2007

APR 08, 2008 10:44 AM

Israeli SG Katya has also made the Purim-Halloween comparison, so I don't think McCain or Lieberman can be criticized for that one.
Can't really argue with the rest of it, though. I'm looking forward to similar articles about the empty suit and the personification of dishonesty. God, what a depressing election this is turning out to be.

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