TPMtv: McCain, In His Own Words

[babylonsister]

Run time: 07:10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364TL8ohf40   Posted on YouTube: April 29, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 29, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 497

 
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: 100 Years in Iraq? Yes, he really did say it. Again and again. We explain the whole story in today's episode of TPMtv.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Excellent...I just watched this over at the TPM site

K&R

[NewJeffCT]

2. It's not fair to use McCain's own words against him!

Isn't that what the RNC is claiming?

[pedo]

3. this is great

dems are finally playing hardball. the republicans finally get a taste of their own medicine. awesome.


also, he said "no one complains" about american presence in japan or germany or south korea. really? let me be the first to complain then. I DON'T WANT AMERICAN TROOPS IN GERMANY OR JAPAN MR. MCCAIN

[ProfessorPlum]

4. It IS great

but I would point out it is just Dean who is playing hardball, like he always does. "Dems" are still waiting to be shown what to do, apparently.

[ProfessorPlum]

5. Dean, you magnificent bastard!

What a DNC head. What a politician.

Finally, a Democrat who understands how to frame. and re-frame.

[rniel]

6. I love how this is brewing

McCain has to possible way to complain about this and not make it keep on looking like the foolish statement it really is. It's a win win situation here.

For my sake I will never say the name John McCain again without repeating 100 years in Iraq.

John McCain - 100 years in Iraq. Democrats should plant this about 40 times in every speech that they give from here on out till the election.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. The issue that has me wanting to tear my hair out...

is that not only has McCain repeatedly made this "100 years" claim over and over again, he also smugly stated that "there will be MORE wars!"

The DNC hasn't seized on this comment yet and I wonder why. This is what the DNC should have been doing in 2004 with Dumbya's gaffes about Osama bin Laden and when he joked about looking for weapons of mass destruction at a dinner. Why wasn't those soundbites used?

The DNC should be using the "100 years," and the "I don't know much about the economy" sound bite with McCain being caught in a lie by Tim Russert backtracking on these statements.

This is a fantastic start but there is so much more damning material out there to use against John McCain, too!

One last one: McCain constant conflation of Iran with al-Qaeda and LIEberman having to correct him. He's does his over and over again and the media allows him to get away with it.