Comments on: The Future According to McCain http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:33:07 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stephen Voss http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-407462 Stephen Voss Fri, 16 May 2008 23:03:16 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5660#comment-407462 I’m not surprised that John McCain pictures “most” US troops out of Iraq 5 years from now. What astonishes me is that the media criticize his wish list for being "rosy". Others, like Alan Stewart Carl, find it just peachy: "who wouldn't support" McCain's goal? What Mr Carl forgets to tell his reader is that the goal is to end the war by 2013. Most Americans want this war concluded long before 2013. Very few of us are prepared for a President who tells them in 2013 "Of course my wish list wasn't a timetable, my hope of just 5 more years of war did turn out to be too rosy, but if you re-elect me I really hope that by the end of my second term in 2017 most of the troops will be withdrawn. If not, my good friend Jeb Bush has already assured me that he'll take over; he's kinda sure that he can achieve victory by 2021 ... or thereabouts." Any President who drags this war out one day longer than necessary will have the people to deal with, and anyone in the media who says it should drag on that long needs his press credentials removed. I’m not surprised that John McCain pictures “most” US troops out of Iraq 5 years from now. What astonishes me is that the media criticize his wish list for being “rosy”. Others, like Alan Stewart Carl, find it just peachy: “who wouldn’t support” McCain’s goal?

What Mr Carl forgets to tell his reader is that the goal is to end the war by 2013. Most Americans want this war concluded long before 2013. Very few of us are prepared for a President who tells them in 2013 “Of course my wish list wasn’t a timetable, my hope of just 5 more years of war did turn out to be too rosy, but if you re-elect me I really hope that by the end of my second term in 2017 most of the troops will be withdrawn. If not, my good friend Jeb Bush has already assured me that he’ll take over; he’s kinda sure that he can achieve victory by 2021 … or thereabouts.”

Any President who drags this war out one day longer than necessary will have the people to deal with, and anyone in the media who says it should drag on that long needs his press credentials removed.

]]> By: MsSwin http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-407300 MsSwin Thu, 15 May 2008 22:36:50 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5660#comment-407300 McCain: “And I believe that the success will be fairly easy” and “There's no doubt in my mind that... we will be welcomed as liberators.” [CNN, Larry King Live, 9/24/02. MSNBC, Hardball, 3/24/03] “I think we could go in with much smaller numbers than we had to do in the past... I don't believe it's going to be nearly the size and scope that it was in 1991.” [Face the Nation, 9/15/02] “There's not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03] When McCain was asked “at what point will America be able to say the war was won?” He responded, “...it’s clear that the end is, is, is very much in sight.” [ABC, “Good Morning America,” 4/9/03] “Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.” [The Hill, 12/8/05 (Exactly one year before violence in Iraq peaked)] McDENIAL McCain:

“And I believe that the success will be fairly easy” and “There’s no doubt in my mind that… we will be welcomed as liberators.” [CNN, Larry King Live, 9/24/02. MSNBC, Hardball, 3/24/03]

“I think we could go in with much smaller numbers than we had to do in the past… I don’t believe it’s going to be nearly the size and scope that it was in 1991.” [Face the Nation, 9/15/02]

“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shias. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]

When McCain was asked “at what point will America be able to say the war was won?” He responded, “…it’s clear that the end is, is, is very much in sight.” [ABC, “Good Morning America,” 4/9/03]

“Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course.” [The Hill, 12/8/05 (Exactly one year before violence in Iraq peaked)]

McDENIAL

]]> By: John McCain — 2013 | THE GUN TOTING LIBERALâ„¢ http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-407249 John McCain — 2013 | THE GUN TOTING LIBERALâ„¢ Thu, 15 May 2008 16:27:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5660#comment-407249 [...] Drum (The Washington Monthly); Michelle Malkin (Right); Drudge Retort; The Other McCain (Right); Donklephant; Matthew [...] [...] Drum (The Washington Monthly); Michelle Malkin (Right); Drudge Retort; The Other McCain (Right); Donklephant; Matthew [...]

]]> By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » Video: McCain Sees The Future http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-407238 Donklephant » Blog Archive » Video: McCain Sees The Future Thu, 15 May 2008 15:36:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5660#comment-407238 [...] a followup to Alan’s excellent rundown of what McCain thinks the future will look like under his guidance, here’s a video from the [...] [...] a followup to Alan’s excellent rundown of what McCain thinks the future will look like under his guidance, here’s a video from the [...]

]]> By: Grant Gould http://donklephant.com/2008/05/15/the-future-according-to-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-407229 Grant Gould Thu, 15 May 2008 14:29:21 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5660#comment-407229 ...Also free ponies rain from the sky every Tuesday. I do notice that he's entirely omitted the whole universe of cultural issues that his base cares about; I find that much at least quite promising. …Also free ponies rain from the sky every Tuesday.

I do notice that he’s entirely omitted the whole universe of cultural issues that his base cares about; I find that much at least quite promising.

]]>