Kerry: There was no al-Qaeda in Iraq before the war. McCain's response:

[ProSense]

McCain: What John is advocating is a going back to a failed tactic!

What the hell is the failed tactic: before the war????

McCain is a lunatic!

[BOSSHOG]

1. Right mccain, lets continue on with a successfull tactic

like finding wmd, being greeted as liberators and having Iraqi Oil pay for everything.

[The Witch]

2. Is it just me, or is Kerry..

absolutely mopping the floor with McCain? I tuned in somewhat hesitantly but OH MY GOD he's kicking him to the curb!

ROCKIN!

[BlueIris]

3. Right, because THIS tactic is working so well at achieving what McCain is implying it achieves.

Lunatic, yes. Asshole, also yes.

[The Cleaner]

4. I wanted so SCREAM at McCain: YOU ARE SUPPORTING BUSH'S FAILED TACTIC!!

I have a new HD TV so I resisted chucking nearby objects at it. Otherwise...

[jobycom]

5. It's not meant to make sense, it's a meme.

McCain had no good response, so he chose the best meme from his arsenal. Republicans are pavlovian programmed to see red at these words, so it effectively shuts down any chance they would actually think about Kerry's words. Mission accomplished.

Despicable people, every damn one of them.

[Vinca]

6. Why, oh why, oh why didn't we have a President Kerry?

The world would have been so much better off. McCain came off as a raving loony.

[wisteria]

7. McCain is desperate and spinning. It is a shame he doesn't have

an original thought to make.

[kurth]

8. McCain: Heaven is Bush's rectum

[iamahaingttta]

9. Here's what I wish would happen...

Seriously, the Dems who go on these shows need to all get on the same page and start doing this very simple tactic. It's something that doesn't take much effort, and if it happens enough times, it might actually make a difference.

When "debating" against a wingnut and one of them says something outlandish like that, the Dems need to simply laugh. AND THEN DO NOT TRY TO RESPOND TO THEM!

"Heh. Ha, ha. Oh, man, ho, ho, ha, ha. Do you really believe that? OK, John, I'm not going to even... ha, ha, ha! OK, well as I was saying..."

A few weeks of that on the political talk shows, and the GOP will be dead and gone forever...

[ljm2002]

13. Totally agree!

It's time to laugh these bozos off the stage. The majority of Americans have woken up to the disaster that is Iraq, although many are not yet aware of its true magnitude. But they want us out, they know they've been lied to, and the right kind of reinforcement can really make a difference right now. I hope some of our guys and gals do exactly as you suggest!

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. McCain also said, "It doesn't matter that they weren't there before the war, they're there NOW!"

Lunatic is putting it mildly! He now condones attacking a country that was NOT a threat to the U.S. It doesn't matter that Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq before the war????? The hell it doesn't! That was one of the excuses used to invade! Damn warmonger.

[librechik]

11. see, Kerry wants to hunt down terrorists using police and prosecutors and foreign officials

that is the failed tactic. I'm serious. They actually think that while we were putzing around with the FBI and such, Al Qaeda hit us. If only we were just bombing the hell out of every brown country in the world with our gigantic ejaculating armies, the attack would never have happened.

I'm utterly serious. That is the RW beef against Kerry and the rest of us in a nutshell.

[ProSense]

12. Except for the little note that Bush ignored:

August 6, 2001 PDB (real intelligence)

Failed strategy: Video