CNN catches McCain making contradictory statements about Sadr.»

[babylonsister]

And this is supposedly McCain's area of strength? :scared:


http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/01/cnn-catches-mccain-making-contradictory-statements-about-sadr/

CNN catches McCain making contradictory statements about Sadr.»

In an interview with CNN earlier today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) claimed that he has long understood the influence of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr:

I said he was still a major player and his influence is going to have to be reduced and gradually eliminated.

But in a report on The Situation Room today, the network noted that just two weeks ago McCain — trying to paint a rosy picture of Iraq — described Sadr very differently while speaking to CNN’s John King in Baghdad:

His {Sadr’s} influence has been on the wane for a long time.

Watch it at link~

This isn’t the first time McCain has inaccurately characterized Sadr’s influence in Iraq. In April 2007, McCain claimed that Sadr’s forces were “not contesting American forces,” at the same time Sadr’s urged his loyalists to “turn all their efforts on American forces.”

[gateley]

1. He's giving us soooooooo much ammo

for the GE! Keep it up, Senator!

[annabanana]

2. What he knows and doesn't know about this is immaterial...

It's clear he's talking to "handlers" and "advisers" on the B*sh/neocon team, and he isn't getting the "shading" on the talking points exactly right.

The fact that he's a clumsy dissembler (maybe even more so than the idiot son himself) should tell everyone what they need to know about a potential McCain administration. He'd tie himself in helpless knots.

[NewJeffCT]

3. No wonder they call him "Free Ride" McCain

this is awful that he is so out of touch on his bread & butter issue.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Is this what Hillary means when she describes McCain as experienced?