Post by midcan5 on Jul 23, 2008 9:06:43 GMT -5
Not only does he flip flop like a gymnast but he has the magical ability to hold completely opposing viewpoints at once. You think maybe it is early dementia. Check out bold print.
I love the line, life isn't fair, I guess for all the dead and damaged that gives great comfort.
In his own words:
"But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." [NBC, 3/20/03]
"It’s clear that the end is very much in sight." [ABC, 4/9/03]
"There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along." [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
"This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation." [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
"I’m confident we’re on the right course." [ABC News, 3/7/04]
"I think the initial phases of it were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise." [CBS, 10/31/04]
"I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq. Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren’t making progress, I’d be despondent." [The Hill, 12/8/05]
With people like John McCain, Michael O’Hanlon, and Ken Pollack now claiming to be war “critics,” that term is fast becoming a description for people who support the war but aren’t George Bush.
UPDATE: Atrios writes, “Even before the war, ‘war critics’ were almost entirely limited to those who criticized the timing, or the degree to which the UN or international community generally was on board. That was the respectable position. Just saying ’stop!’ was not.”
Transcript:
Chetry: It seems you’ve been painted as being a huge supporter of the president’s Iraq strategy. Is that an inaccurate portrayal?
McCain: It’s entertaining, in that I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, three and a half years. I came back from my first trip to Iraq and said, This is going to fail. We’ve got to change the strategy to the one we’re using now. But life isn’t fair.
But I do believe that this general, who will report back in the middle of September, as you know, and this strategy is succeeding.
thinkprogress.org/2007/08/18/mccain-greatest-critic/
howinsaneisjohnmccain.blogspot.com/2008/03/mccain-never-met-position-he-didnt-like.html
www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9111.html
I love the line, life isn't fair, I guess for all the dead and damaged that gives great comfort.
In his own words:
"But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." [NBC, 3/20/03]
"It’s clear that the end is very much in sight." [ABC, 4/9/03]
"There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along." [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
"This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation." [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
"I’m confident we’re on the right course." [ABC News, 3/7/04]
"I think the initial phases of it were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise." [CBS, 10/31/04]
"I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq. Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren’t making progress, I’d be despondent." [The Hill, 12/8/05]
With people like John McCain, Michael O’Hanlon, and Ken Pollack now claiming to be war “critics,” that term is fast becoming a description for people who support the war but aren’t George Bush.
UPDATE: Atrios writes, “Even before the war, ‘war critics’ were almost entirely limited to those who criticized the timing, or the degree to which the UN or international community generally was on board. That was the respectable position. Just saying ’stop!’ was not.”
Transcript:
Chetry: It seems you’ve been painted as being a huge supporter of the president’s Iraq strategy. Is that an inaccurate portrayal?
McCain: It’s entertaining, in that I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, three and a half years. I came back from my first trip to Iraq and said, This is going to fail. We’ve got to change the strategy to the one we’re using now. But life isn’t fair.
But I do believe that this general, who will report back in the middle of September, as you know, and this strategy is succeeding.
thinkprogress.org/2007/08/18/mccain-greatest-critic/
howinsaneisjohnmccain.blogspot.com/2008/03/mccain-never-met-position-he-didnt-like.html
www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9111.html