McCain promises voters 'more wars'
By Steve Benen Sunday Jan 27, 2008 8:16amA few weeks ago, John McCain raised a few eyebrows when he said he's prepared to leave U.S. troops in Iraq for another century. Yesterday, he made matters worse, assuring voters that there are more wars on the way.
The presidential candidate who sang "Bomb bomb Iran" is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq.
Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, "It's a tough war we're in. It's not going to be over right away. There's going to be other wars." Offering more of his increasingly bleak "straight talk," he repeated the claim: "I'm sorry to tell you, there's going to be other wars. We will never surrender but there will be other wars."
McCain did not elaborate who the United States would be fighting. But he did warn the crowd to be ready for the ramifications of current and future battles.
As Oliver Willis put it, "There, 'Democratic consultants' is your first ad if he's the GOP nominee."
Ya, John McCain; There's an IQ waiting to happen.
Guess bombing Iran is on the table for John. Jeez, this is the best the repubs have? Hell, if that's the case, my cat should change his party affiliation and run for president.
At least with Ronnie Raygun, he lost it as the years went by during his time in office. Seems McCain would have a head start on Raygun. He's already losing it.
so, you mean, there won't be anymore wars? great! thank god, john mccain is just being silly!
Halliburton and Blackwater will be pleased with John McCain as Preznit.
Thanks mccain for making it perfectly clear even for the idiots.
A vote for the reslugs is a vote for perpetual war.
You know....my wife & I were talking about this at dinner on Friday night...we looked at one another and asked each other, what does this country need more of?
Compassion? Nah. Better Real Wages? Nah. Healthcare for all? Nah. Apollo program for sustainable/renewable energy? Nah. A properly funded education system instead of a defense budget that is more than the next 10 countries combined times two? Nah.
We need more wars. Because a great depression, wouldn't be great without more war.
History Lesson: WWII did not bring us out of a depression, the New Deal did, by creating the world's first ever middle class economy.
HOLY (insert paragraphs here).... If you're planning on voting GOP in '08...just jump now....please.
Radically Moderate @ 4:
OOPS! I mean (would be), he has no chance.
I cannot stand to think about listening to someone begin and end every sentence he says with the words, "my friends" for four or eight years. Please don't let that happen.
In one speech he gave a couple of weeks ago he said had he been the president on 9-11 he would have sent citizens to the malls and power plants to guard them and watch for terrorist.
Think about how that scenario would have played out. Frightened people, some with guns, running all around looking for anyone they thought might be a "bad guy".
He's not running for preznit. He's running for commander in chief.
I think he wants some payback. Watch out Vietnam, we're coming again.
WHAT a turd.
Its sad to hear the election priority is now the economy. If we ended the war, it may not solve the economy but it would put us on a better footing to solve it AND make our country much safer in the process.
Unfortunately, Mccain and the media's dialogue will never make a connection between Iraq and the economy. It's not nearly as obvious as the connection between Iraq and 911, AlQueda, WMD, etc.
I listened to John McCains' mother on C-span late last night. He is not that many years behind her. That is sort of frightening. My friends, war,war, and more wars, my friends. Sounds like he is right up the Republicans alley.
GOP Basket Case waits in the wings.
Nut wants to succeed moron.
Great.
Keep plugging the Vagina and the Negro, Democrats.
This idiot electorate can and will elect a Nut.
"Never Surrender" is the patriotic cry of a defender.
This would be more properly used in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran by their citizens.
"Never surrender" really dosen't mean much when your the attacker and all your defending is your illegal occupation of another nation and your own ass.
Or, howsabout the CEO Candidate, Mitsy ?
Yeah. These last CEOs did a fucking bang-up job.
biff diggerence @ 12:
The Vagina and the Negro. That's a great children's book!
There has been plenty of talk that McCain and Huckabee would ride on each others' tickets should they win the nomination.
So we've got Gramp'a, who is promising us "more wars", and The Huckster, that wants to pursue The Easter Bunny of Mass Destruction into the country of Jordan (an American ally).
Yeah, this is gonna be fun. :-/
Well, let's be painfully honest, folks. We're a warlike people, and if we're not going after some other country we're attacking ourselves or "declaring war" on some kind of social ill that is badly-suited to the rhetoric, like drugs, terrorism or immigration.
Don't think we're warlike? Better start rereading your history books.
I wonder how McCain's temper is when he's around buttons?
Maybe he's still talking about the "War on Christmas"...
He must know the Insurgency will never surrender.
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jonboynemo @ 3:
I believe the goal should be to ensure we don't need one. Not to promise us that Peace is a Hopeless goal, you Luddite.
The Wanderer @ 17:
The democrats are kinder gentler warmongers.
You're right though. Its not going to go away overnight. We might as well invade the rest of the middle east and Venezuela to get the aggression out of our system for a couple years.
curtilingus @ 18:
The Nuke/Nurse button option?
The McCain "appeal" that was the core of his 2000 campaign is diminished greatly. The democrats should have no problem painting him as what he is: a guy whose time has passed. No small irony that Bush destroyed his chances both then and now.
The nurse button is the button that doesn't need a key, Mr McCain.
Don’t think we’re warlike? Better start rereading your history books.
You'd best consult a book on nutrition.
Constipation makes you war-like.
McCain's comment ought to send his "base" fleeing for the border.
McCain never should have had any appeal in 2000. Yes he's a "Maverick" if you define maverick as thief. He was one of the Keating 5 in the S&L scandal, which was the large scale defrauding of the American taxpayers. And we're actually considering this guy to manage our country?
The crazier McCain talks, the more Mittens loves it.
Lieberman is now appearing at speeches with McCain. What a pair they make.
There once was a pasty Old Man
Who kept chanting "bomb, bomb Iran"
His passion for war
One cannot ignore
Is pre-emptive and without a plan.
The Good Doctor @ 19:
I'm sure that within his inner circle they are not referring to:
The War on Public Education
The War on Social Security
The War on the Middle Class
The War on Infrastructure
The War on Net Neutrality
etc.....etc........etc..........
kablooie @ 29:
Nice Limmerick!
biff diggerence @ 25:
Not to mention excessive Testosterone.
straight talk -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI
I'm sorry but a man who spent all those years in the Hanoi Hilton being mercilessly tortured is probably unfit to lead the Nation.
McCain's inability to talk about the economy forced him to change the subject to war.
Romney should take full advantage of McCain's weakness and push aggressively to win Florida.
McCain is creating gold for the Democrat with these war sound bites. a Gold Mine to be used.
People think Billary making a fuss about Obama is a big deal? How about committing to a century of wars?
pissed off patricia @ 28:
Saw Lieberman on C-Span with McCain. What a pair indeed. This I believe is the Republican ticket. After all Joe can run and still hold that Senate seat that the Republicans and a few misguided democrats gave him 2 yrs agos. If they lose, he still has that seat. What a piece of work Lieberman is!
John McCain, unstable warmonger.
-GSD
Ramifications of Mr. Bomb Bomb Iran...UN Inspector Scott Ritter: Fools would Bomb Iran (copy/paste) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQan1qo8T4
andy @ 33:
I'm saving this video. John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" is the only vehicle I know of that can go full speed in one direction, turn on a dime 180 degrees and move in the opposite direction at the drop of a hat. :lol:
My Friends, heres the video of him promising more wars-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZCISY40qns&eurl=http://www.ronpaulwarroo...
"My friends, I come in War"
Saint John of McCain
thank you mccain! this ensures your defeat.
wow, I don't know of a single candidate that promised to get us into wars, ever. Nixon promised "peace in Vietnam", Wilson also campaigned that he kept us out of war, etc.
Anyone know of a historical parallel? Maybe Teddy Roosevelt promised to invade some South American country or something? The Repubs have gone off the deep end. If Hillary's the primary winner, she might try to "out-McCain" McCain by being even "stronger". I think Obama would call him out. I hope.
A MCain and Lieberman ticket ? that would pretty well guarantee a strike on Iran within the first few months of MCains presidency, luckily someone running for president in 08 promising more wars is as likly to win as George Bush scoring over 80 in an IQ test.
US Presidential debate: Obama vs. McCain
Russert: Let me stop you for a moment, we’ve just got a confirmation that a bomb went off in LA. Bomb, bomb, Iran (strange whisper)
McCain: We won’t bomb Iran. I repeat, we won’t bomb Iran… yet.
Obama: You bet we won’t. First let’s find out who the perpetrators are. If I was a president, I would be talking to my anti-terrorist team at once, I would by now have restored diplomatic relationships with Iran and every other nation that Bush and his supporters, including you Mr. McCain, have been ignoring for the past 8 years and labeling them the axis of evil members and other nonsensical names. If I was a president the genocide in Darfur would have definitely been contained by now, in other words, I would be focused on fighting terrors not in oil-rich countries, but where it in fact happens to be and kill. So let’s be reasonable, let’s find out if there were any victims first. It’s time to turn the page. It’s time to write the new chapter.
McCain: We WILL, I repeat, we WILL bomb Iran. The Islamo-facism is reigning supreme again. Just look at LA. The terrorists have invaded again. Let’s take the war to them. Whatever that strange whisper was, it was wrong!! Iran, here we come. Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!! (singing)
Russert: Wait a minute, it turns out that it was a steam pipe explosion. I apologize for that.
Obama: I hope Tim that this debate isn’t copyrighted and I will be able to use the last minute or so in my upcoming TV spots.
Russert: Please do. Thank you everyone.
Obama: Yes we can.
McCain: But the bomb just…
Russert: Camera men, please stop. The country have seen enough.
Joe O. @ 39:
You should save it because when/if McCain gets the nomination he's going to have to do a 180 degree turn when he realizes that Americans are sick of war and will not vote in another war monger in 08, it's going to be fun pointing people to these videos when McCain suddenly becomes "anti war".
Knowing McCain he will flip this around as he always does. He will say something like, "No, I was mis-quoted. I did not say I want more wars. I said that I want more stores! See, I was referencing my economic plan there."
I don't mind President McCain starting more wars as long as he comes up with a hilarious 60s song parody for each one.
Take yer fuckin meds you god damn fucktard!
I just want tomorrow to be over so all these crazy republicans will leave my state. As far as I know only one of them has been anywhere close to where I live and that was Rudy. I didn't hear a thing about it until he had been here and gone. Not exactly great advertising by his campaign team. Maybe it was by invitation only as a fund raiser or something. The only signs I see here are Huck's and Ron Paul's.
I just heard on Morning Joe that when the word got out that Ted Kennedy was going to endorse Obama, Bill Clinton called Kennedy and asked him not to do it. Ted was not swayed by Bill's pleading.
Ideally, the Democrats would run ads against McCain showing the maimed, charred bodies of dead babies that happened during the bombing of Iraq in the 1990s and now in the 21st century in Iraq. But this will not happen, since the Democrats are not that far behind the Republicans in condoning American militarism that occurs on a frequent basis around the world.
There once was a pilot from Nam
Who got himself into a jam
But at least he had Kissinger
To be his top messenger
But soon they might be on the lam!
GOP has 2 choices either more war or more Gitmo prison camps. They are both off their rockers! Chuck Norris suggestion that McCain is too old and the VP would end up taking over before his term is finish. I would like to know who their VP is, maybe that is where we should cast the votes.
Democrats have only 2 choices either more sustain wars,.....hmm, ok, make that one choice.
How is it that 70% think this war is a mistake and cast their votes for a change in November , and all we have is choice for more war and no impeachment?????
So, who will actually defeat a McCain-Liebowitz ticket: Clinton or Obama? I've got a vote-by-mail ballot for Super Tuesday and I can't make up my mind.
That has been the plan all along.
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/44.html
Bush clearly stated that he saw the first plane hit the building, and yet to this day no media has the guts to ask anything about that comments directly to his face. The whole premises of going to war was deeply flawed from the beginning. If anything if you had to stand back and put your feet in the eyes of the other countries, you could see how barbaric we have become. The world don't just hate us, but deeply regard us as the great menace as Hitler was once viewed. Any govt that could endorse genocide to a whole country and even plan on going after another country with the same agenda, has got to have no conscience to regard your own rights. No more bill of rights, no more Habeus Corpus, and no more freedom that was once observe by the Constitution.
http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/
So we can grieve some more over stories like the one above , you stupid old retard ?
Go to hell.............
Maybe Mc Cain can borrow that old mushroom cloud ad from 1964 only adding the statement--unlike Goldwater, I'm not kidding. Why waste our investment in nuclear weapons? Mc Cain---the cost effective candidate.
Bomb bomb bomb Iran!
Everybody! Sing now!
John (the Manchurin Candidate) McCain.
At least the democrats are clever enough to run on an anti war platform, however phoney it is, but McCainiac is out there promising more wars if you vote for him, what a deluded idiot, seriously is he in a good mental condition ? Im serious. If McCain runs on a pro war platform then he is toast, heck even a large portion of Repubs are against the war now, and here McCainiac promising more.
Who would vote for this idiot? He is on the wrong side of most issues.
John "Loser" McCain
Pres Bush was very frank and honest at the beginning of the war in Iraq saying that the war could take many years and cover many areas. We are dealing with the growing threat of Islamofascism, and when we control them i one area, they will probrolly pop up in another. The fact is as heroic as the war in Iraq has been- it's been too restrained- We need to do to the middle east what we did to Hiroshima, Dresden or Nagasaki- i.e bomb the crap out of them- Our troops fight for freedom, and they know they may die in the fight for freedom- thats their job, and we need to support them in this aim. Islamofascists know ONLY violence- if we give up and use koombuya hippie peacenick methods- they will see us as weak- Only by bombing them will they respect us, because they will know we are not weak-They will be less inclined to attack us if they know we are strong. They'll be angry, but that's to damn bad. I hope if John McCain is elected, he will turn the Islamofascists lands into glass parking lots....They kill one of ours, we kill 50 of theirs. They kill 10 of ours, we should kill 10,000 of theirs. I don't give a damn if islamo civilians bite the big one- this is war, and in war, civilians die-Preferable theirs, and not ours.
so MaCain says there will be more war
more fighting and dying for sure
bombs fallin', blood spurtin'
meanwhile Haliburton
just bought them a new
White House wh*re
And Romney touts the McCain-Finegold as violating the 'first amendment' for limiting the 'free speach' of those that seek to control elections through their money (it's been the fundies that have brayed the most about this to my knowledge).
You get the worst of the wing nut ideas in each and every GOP candidate and some of the same in the democratic candidates.
Huckabee's 24% national sales tax is going to be a straight out full bore disaster for this country and he can't see past his own ambitions for president to see it.
Either way you look at it, if *ANY* GOP candidate wins and enacts *ANYTHING* that they say right now the decline in this country will accelerate. I'm not so sure that Hillary could have the brains and guts to say no to those that wish ill on this country. Ironic that those that wish ill on this country swore to uphold it's values and constitution...
It's obvious; he's building up and eventually he's finally going to go after those #$@(_#&$)(*^!!! Vietnamese.
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Very sick!
Jim Spence @ 62:
"An eye for an eye and we both go blind."
Jim Spence @ 62:
Look how well that has worked for Israel and the middle east...
It's bad to be dealing with an enemy that is unafraid of death. It's worse when dealing with a country that isn't afraid to kill indiscriminately.
McCain says we will never surrender in Iraq. How does one surrender to a county one has invaded, occurpied, and seen engage in a nasty, religious civil war? No one thinks Iraq will ever embrace democracy. How does he envision success?
Jim Spence @ 62:
So, our soldiers fight for the "freedom" of whom? The civilians that we should kill indiscriminately? Btw, if you haven't heard, the "war" was declared over years ago. We are in the middle of an occupation. Maybe you should read up on the Geneva Conventions pertaining to the treatment of civilians and civilian populations during an occupation. You sound like a terrorist. I thought it was "terrorists" that deliberately killed civilians to scare a population into compliance? Isn't that what you are suggesting?
Jim Spence @ 62:
Hows that working out for you so far? You and the so called islamofascists have one thing in common. War and killing and hatered is good.
Must be that "independent" streak showing again.................
I am hoping that people listen to this man, as he is giving you a fair warning.
With McCain, he knows nothing else. It's all about war !!!
JimSpence@62 Hey this clown is proof that righty's can be funny. Man, I hope you're joking because that is some sad dumb shit.
All the chickenhawks will flock to McCain.
http://www.symbolman.com/chickenhawks.html
Draft their asses and watch them change their tune.
Jim Spence @ 62:
Oh sure , lying about the capabilities and weapons a 3rd world country possesses is certainly being "frank and honest"..........
I don't give a damn if you Chimpy leg humpers bite the big one ; you are the morons who foisted the imbecile upon us.
You all deserve to share cells with him and his equally useless administration members ..........
He's insane. Let's hope he is the Rethug nominee and that the Dem nominee has the smarts to expose his insanity.
At least we know what his foreign (maybe domestic too) policy will be. War, war, war. War on the colored people and the poor, here and abroad.
Jim Spence @ 62:
Who are "they" just anyone with brown skin ? Bearing in mind al qeada only has roughly 5 thousand members world wide.
Jim Spence @ 62:
Absolutely true. Since 9/11 I have had nothing but respect for Al Qaeda. I am also much less inclined to attack them back, which is why I completely approved of the Bush Admin's decision to retaliate against the wrong country. Thank you, Jim, for being the voice of reason and putting into words what many of us only dare to think.
Now where the heck is that nurse with my meds?
People who vote for this senile old geezer, should all be drafted ASAP
I guess spence can't stick around to back up his bullshit. He's just a hit and run kinda guy.
McCain is right! Canada has oil, water, and women. I mean, why the hell not? It'd be easy. After all, who's ever heard of a Canadian suicide bomber?
Jim Spence @ 62:
Enemies will sprout up in every country we invade. So obviously every country in the world is our enemy. The USA may eventually have to kill all the people of the world for Freedom.
Oh yeah. Canada has Annoyed Canuck, too. Boy, if ever a nom de plume fit, huh? If you asked me, it would be worth an invasion just to wipe the superior smirk off his/her face.
andy @ 77:
The Republicans understand that we have to nuke any nation in which there are Al Qaeda members at large.
Which is a bummer when you combine that with the belief that this organization has sleeper cells in the US. That leaves us no choice but to nuke our own cities. We must turn America into a sheet of radioactive glass to promote Freedom!
I just read on Andrew Sullivan's site that independents will not be able to vote in the California primary again. That surprises me because I thought the rule had been changed. Does anyone know for sure? Once again, this will be how the Republicans will be able to keep McCain from getting the nomination if true.
I will not vote for any Republican, but I have to say that if push came to shove, I would prefer Romney getting the presidency over McCain. They are all shits about the war, Gitmo, internal spying etc. But I really don't know what expertise McCain brings to the table other than saber-rattling and playing a hero on tv. He admits he doesn't know anything about economics, perhaps the biggest challenge for us ahead. He will be depending on 80 year old Phil Gramm to see him through, and he is reading Greenspan's book (!!!). He is not a lawyer either and has no "executive experience". Romney at least has a background of being financially successful and managing the state of Mass. Again, all this with the disclaimer that I am not for any of them.
The kind of strength America can benefit from on the world stage concerns a strong economy and strong moral stance. Well, thanks to the current administration we shredded that, I guess, but it is still worth more than bombing the sh*t out of everybody. Let's re-define strength, shall we? It would be nice to regain a leadership position instead of the bully pulpit we currently occupy.
I might become one LOOP just for you
If you need further proof that McCain's shell is cracked, after he's nominated, he plans to run on the campaign slogan, 'Eight More years of Bush', featuring the photo of The Dummy and him kissing in all his ads.
He plans to make Bush his running mate, if Cheney turns down another term. If Cheney accepts, he's going to offer The Dummy his choice of Attorney General or Secretary of State.