“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” — Benjamin Franklin
The New York Times has rejected an essay that Sen. John McCain wrote defending his Iraq war policy.
Sen. John McCain wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, but the paper said it could not publish it as written.The piece was in response to an op-ed from Sen. Barack Obama that was published in the paper last week.
New York Times rejects McCain essay - CNN.com
Lou Aguilar says that real men vote for John McCain. The gauntlet’s down, men. You wouldn’t want Lou to think you’re a big pussy now would you? That’s right. If you want to prove to Lou and everyone that you’re the biggest prick around, you’ll vote McCain. After all, he spent 5 years as a POW, and God-willing, he’ll see to it that so do a lot of today’s soldiers (what better a way to make sure they re-enlist after all? Lord knows we can’t have them going to school and gettin’ all educated).
Just in case your testosterone levels are wavering, Lou’s got 10 manly reasons for John McCain to get your testicular vote. Read all about it: Lou Aguilar on John McCain on National Review Online
But there’s only one thing you need to know:
Lou Aguilar is a fiction writer
Apparently McCain’s new strategy in Iraq is to redefine success. Success now means an increase in the occurrence in terror attacks. w00t!
John McCain said Friday he expects the presidential election this fall will increase the occurrence of “spectacular” terror attempts in Iraq.
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The comments come a day after the Arizona senator appeared to make a rhetorical shift in how he described conditions the war-torn country, telling reporters aboard his campaign bus that “we have succeeded in Iraq.”
“I repeat my statement that we have succeeded in Iraq. Not ‘We are succeeding.’ We have succeeded in Iraq,” he said Thursday.
CNN Political Ticker: McCain predicts
With every wag in Washington now repeating this tale, we here at Stumper headquarters thought it would be worthwhile to pause, take a deep breath and actually examine the evidence of Obama’s recent “transformation.” What we found is–unsurprisingly–not as simple as the MSM would have you believe.
Stumper : Deconstructing Obama’s ‘Shift to the Center’
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