Sort by Think Progress (Free subscription) - 07/21/2008 - YouTube
On Good Morning America, McCain warned of the "hard struggle," "particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border." Ira...
Sort by Think Progress (Free subscription) - 07/21/2008
Today on Good Morning America, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) refused to call the situation in Afghanistan “precarious and urgent,” but admitted that “We have a lot of work to do.” He warned of a “very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border.” Watch it: Of course, Iraq is nowhere [...]
Sort by The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) - 07/21/2008
Remember, the entire premise of John McCain’s campaign pitch is that he has an unrivaled expertise in foreign policy. For those of you who can’t watch clips online, McCain appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” a few hours ago, and Diane Sawyer asked if he believed “the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent.” McCain, carefully [...]
Sort by YesButNoButYes (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Granted, this is a bigger story because it is a slow news cycle right now. Barack Obama is touring Iraqi and Afghan war-zones with 97% of the media in tow. The depleted media needs to report something John McCain is...
Sort by Kicking Ass (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
A good Senate race week in review . Bush knows about YouTube . McCain, however, clearly hasn't learned his lesson . Speaking of the tubes, Ted Stevens has a blog ?
Sort by Hoffmania! (Free subscription) - 07/21/2008
For God's sake, this is getting seriously troublesome. While criticizing Obama's lack of foreign policy experience, the human gaffe factory told us there's trouble on the Iraq-Pakistan border.
Sort by Blue Mass. Group - Front Page (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Foreign affairs "expert" McCain, who continues by the way to refer to Czechoslovakia, has now complained about problems on the Iraq-Pakistan border: The trouble is there's this thing called "Iran" that lies between Iraq and Pakistan. Note that he also isn't too clear on the Sunni/Shia distinction either.
Sort by The Richmond Democrat (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Senator John McCain can relax. The Richmond Democrat actually has a correspondent embedded along the Iraq-Pakistan border, and I can personally assure the senator that the border remains quiet tonight. On the other hand, there may be some trouble shaping up in Czechoslovakia.
Sort by Pushing Rope (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Take a long hard look at the map. Can someone explain to me where Pakistan and Iraq border each other? John McCain cited an imaginary border where much works needs to done. Perhaps this work is physically moving the two countries next to each other. Q: Do you agree the situation in Afghanistan is precarious and urgent? McCain: Oh, I think it's very serious... Q: Not precarious and urgent? McCain: Oh,...
Sort by You Decide 2008 (Free subscription) - 07/26/2008
Politicians that successfully maneuver themselves into the limelight often get there through exploiting their successes. This is not a new practice. In the sixteenth century, Italian philosopher Niccolò di Bernardo [...]
Sort by politburo diktat 2.0 (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
If he meant the “Iran-Pakistan” border, I wouldn’t have bothered to linked it. But he’s talking about the “Afghanistan-Pakistan” border.
Sort by Big Brass Blog (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Reality map Foreign Policy Expert McCain: Iraq-Pakistan Border Extremely Dangerous : How many more of these will it take before we finally dispense with the idea that John McCain is some sort of foreign policy genius who is uniquely qualified to be commander-in-chief? Today on Good Morning America, John McCain was asked whether he agreed with Barack Obama when he says the situation in Afghanistan...
Sort by The Road to Surfdom (Free subscription) - 07/23/2008
Is it politically incorrect in the USA to point out that a candidate for the presidency appears to have early signs of dementia? I mean how obvious do the signs have to be before it’s acceptable for serious commentators to mention them? Maybe the answer is “Never”; these days the crude rude blogosphere can be [...]
Sort by My left wing (Free subscription) - 07/28/2008
There's no denying the extraordinary power of the traditional media in driving a narrative. CHICAGO, IL (SNRK News) -- In the wake of two weeks filled with one blunder after another on basic facts of national security from geography to recent history, Barack Obama's campaign is reeling and taking hits from all sides. The once ascendant Obama campaign is now struggling to regain its footing in the...
Sort by Life is a street car named Desire (Free subscription) - 07/22/2008
Iraq: courtesy John McCain. Considering Pakistan’s record, Iraqis will be well justified in suing John McCain. And that is after McCain invented Czechoslovakia. ROFL. Cut the guy some slack. He is 72. See this for proof. (via)
Sort by Phronesisaical (Free subscription) - 07/24/2008
Ouch . ...the big nail-biter: Would Obama, the first-term senator and foreign-policy newbie, utter an irrevocably damaging gaffe? The nightmare scenarios were endless. Maybe he would refer to " the Iraq-Pakistan border ," or call the Czech Republic " Czechoslovakia " (three times), or confuse Sunni with Shiite , or say that the U.S. troop surge preceded (and therefore caused) the Sunni Awakening in...
