McCain says Obama should visit South America

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

McCain says Obama should visit South America
By Steve Holland
12 minutes ago



PHOENIX (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has hectored Democratic rival Barack Obama to visit Iraq, now says Obama should go to South America as well.

McCain, an Arizona senator, is to make the case in a speech on Monday in San Diego to the National Council of La Raza, one of the most important advocacy groups in the United States for Hispanic Americans.

McCain, who needs support from Hispanic Americans in his battle against Obama in the November 4 presidential election, will tell the group about his support for a stalled free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia and a hemispheric trade pact.

"And while it is surely not my intention to become my opponent's scheduler, I hope Sen. Obama soon visits some of the other countries of the Americas for the first time," McCain is to say, according to excerpts released by his campaign. "Were he to do so, I think he, too, would see that stronger economic bonds with our neighbors and the closer friendships they encourage, are a great benefit in many ways to our country."


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[DarthDem]

1. And I think . . .

McCain should go visit New York and California. Spend all his time there, in fact. Or better yet, go back to Latin America and court all those electoral votes.

[curious one]

Is McSame is travel agent now?

[Sherman A1]

39. Well,

It's always good to expand your resume in these troubled economic times..... Oh, that's right it's just the whiners out there that are saying that.


.... Time for a nap now Johnnie.........

[Alexander]

2. Bad idea, Johnny - all these foreign visits make Obama look more presidential.

[Dr.Phool]

3. And I think McCain should go to hell.

What? Did Cindy buy a travel agency franchise, and he's shilling for her?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

30. it's NOT true that McCain claimed South America is in Mexico.

[skids]

4. Stronger economic bonds?

Doesn't he mean stronger economic bondage?

Seriously, though, if there's one candidate who can get on the good side of all the new progressive leaders down in South America, it's Obama.

[Dr.Phool]

6. Haven't we tried that already?

And they started electing more populist, left- wing leaders.

[truthisfreedom]

5. Why? So he can step into a rovian trick?

I don't think so. Obama's doing well.

[Demeter]

12. I'm Worried About an Assassination

I wouldn't put it past these people to try to set one up with their "clients" who run Death Squads, Black Ops, and Rendition/Torture package deals.

[THale2]

7. How about you visit

all of the other 40 states you missed during the primaries sinced you wrapped up your nomination in 1902

[THale2]

8. Oh yeah

and go check out Afghanistan while your at it since you seem to forget we do have 2 fronts going on...

[THale2]

9. I hope the folks in Michigan

and all of the other states affected by NAFTA and CAFTA and every other AFTA remember when he was in Columbia trying to employ there people instead of his own...what a dunce he has to be one of the worse candidates ever...if Obama looses to him its rigged

[Vinca]

10. McBush must be looking at a new career as a travel consultant.

If he paid half as much attention to his own campaign as he does to O's, he might have a chance.

[Island Blue]

11. McCain should visit 2008. n/t

[DRoseDARs]

13. And that, senator, is another trip Sen. Obama will be making WITHOUT you, fuck you very much.

Sod off. :)

[MrBlueSky]

14. Finally, McBush is making sense...

As a DU'er currently vacationing in Brazil, I wholeheartedly agree with McSame.

Obama would gain some good foreign policy creds and strengthen his ties with Latinos at home.

For Barack... it's a win win situation... what could be better??

[rateyes]

15. And, McCain should accept my invitation to

KISS MY ASS!!

[skooooo]

16. McCain should visit the inner cities of the US.

[Crowman1979]

29. How about McCain visit the 9'th ward of N.O. without armed escort!

or the west side of Montgomery, AL; in order to see what the reddest state in the country has done for this community.

[santamargarita]

17. This crazy old bastard doesn't get to tell Obama anything!

Fuck him and every other Goddamn Republican!

[DavidDvorkin]

18. Perhaps one day McCain will visit the Senate.

[Zorra]

38. Yep. Last time he voted in Senate was April 8. But since he always votes with Bu*h,

maybe it's better that he stays away.

[HughBeaumont]

19. Great idea Johnny.

Then, he'll be able to see where America is headed should we continue to run as a corptocracy rather than a government FOR the people BY the people.

[mwb970]

20. What a piece of crap mccain is.

My God. I can't believe how many screwups he and his clueless "surrogates" made just last week alone. (He takes places 1 through 9 in this week's Conservative Idiots!)

Idiotic remarks about Social Security. Radio ads in Spanish consisting entirely of lies. Flip-flops and contradictions on every subject imaginable. And this was all in one week, early in the campaign!

I wonder what we have to look forward to from mcIdiot and his merrie fooles this week!

[bemildred]

21. Yeah, visit Colombia, fly in lots of small planes there, right.

:puke:

[PATRICK]

22. Puzzling

Sure they want him out of the country as much as possible to launch some new dirt while he's gone, but is their anything more sinister in the challenge? McCain went to Columbia, a pesthole of black bag operations and violence. At the least he may have set up some PR traps in the US tyranny circuit and some stateside reaction in the independent socialist circuit.

I would ignore this time wasting high road endeavor because they WANT Obama disengaged from the home ground for some length of time when the MSM can cut him off and pump the newest swiftboat scheme. Visit the barrios and the border and US communities. Plenty to do here without acting presidential over there somewhere. The Iraq trip is necessary and will attract the main attention for the main issue. The temptation to whip up huge crowds in friendlier countries I don't think was ever exploited by first time presidential candidates during the campaign?

[MasonJar]

23. McSame/Lame cannot even begin to cover his own campaign. He

better concentrate on that instead of booking Obama's itinerary.

[YOY]

24. and I think if Obama met with Hugo Chavez the right would play it to the hilt

n/t

[Betsy Ross]

25. American Latinos want more jobs going off-shore?

Somehow free trade with Columbia will improve job opportunities and wages in the United States for Latinos or anyone else? WTF is he thinking? Oh, never mind.

[Alcibiades]

26. Oh, and he should meet with General Petraeus

Who is McCain to keep telling Obama what to do, where to go and who to meet with? As if he has his best interests at heart.

I think McCain has a meeting with Charles Keating.

[cstanleytech]

27. McCain needs to take a trip as well, to Uranus....................

........../calmly waits for the Falwell jokes to commence.

[Wizard777]

28. Is Mc Cain running for President or trying to get a job as a travel agent?

[Indenturedebtor]

31. McDousche needs to go see the Wizard

Maybe he can get a brain and a colon that doesn't evacuate unintentionally.

[caledesi]

32. The "cadaver" should STFU! NT

[otohara]

33. I Think McCain Should Visit

Vietnam and apologize for dropping bombs on them.

[livetohike]

34. McCain is quite the travel advisor these days

Maybe he's interning for his next career.

[fascisthunter]

35. this coming from a "Know-Nothing but what my handlers tell me..."

real impressive :sarcasm:

[cap]

36. bad move for McCain

Obama visiting South America could be great for Obama if he can draw the same kind of crowds that he draws in the US.

[Solly Mack]

37. Solly says McCain can shove his paternalism up his ass

[Vidar]

40. Great idea! Maybe he could pick up some pointers from Chavez,

though I doubt that's what Johnny had in mind.