Did DUers watch McSame on Blitzer today

[malaise]

He said he knows Maliki very well and Maliki's demand for withdrawal is a politician talking. He said Maliki won't tell him to withdraw the troops in 16 months.

Then he said surge succeeded...bla bla bla...surge gurge surge...bla bla bla...gramps is crazier than Bush and that's saying something.

[AsherHeimermann]

1. Comment from Asher Heimermann

Oh my. I was unable to watch CNN this morning.

[babylonsister]

3. If you get CNN, a repeat is on now. nt

[DesertFlower]

5. i just ate. i want to hold

onto my food.:puke:

[babylonsister]

2. A repeat is on right now; and yes, he's batshit nutso. I do NOT want

this guy as prez! :grr:

[malaise]

4. I'm watching as well

This is one sick arrogant man.

[DesertFlower]

6. but, but, but

haven't you heard, it's obama who's arrogant.

[malaise]

8. Well Wolfie will be playing some of the Obama discussions

from this morning so he'll have plenty of time to tell us about Obama's arrogance.

Great question from the member of the public. WTF is success in Iraq?
There are no flip flops big enough for this jackass' inconsistencies.

[DesertFlower]

11. exactly.

that's what i want to know. what is success? who is the enemy? the enemy has changed over the years.

[Cant trust em]

7. Ah yes. The old "because I know him" argument.

Probably the same argument Stalin used when people at home were concerned about signing pacts with Hitler.

[POAS]

10. He looked into his soul, dontcha know

[malaise]

13. The hubris is breathtaking

given the level of destruction meted out by these goons.

[Chipper Chat]

9. My TV screen is lucky it's still intact.

(Watching repeat now)
McCain says Maliki won't call for a troop withdrawal because "McCain knows him." TRANSLATION: 'Maliki won't call for a troop withdrawal because he is a PUPPET OF GEORGE BUSH a.k.a ME in 2009.'
What a pompous ignoramus.

[DesertFlower]

12. i know that feeling.

i have many times come very close to throwing the remote at the TV. of course, i yell at it.

[ono4pono]

14. Splurge nor surge

Saw this and wondered why no one was talking about this
development
 The S(pl)urge: Of Course It’s Working
by E.R. Bills / July 26th, 2008

Every day John McCain chastises Barrack Obama for his original
stance on the surge. McCain says Obama said the surge wouldn’t
work and was bald-faced wrong. Obama says the surge has been
effective, but there were other factors involved.

What’s suspicious about Obama’s response is that it trusts the
American people to ponder those other factors. Obama could
come right out and enumerate them, and John McCain and even
General David Petraeus would have egg on their faces. The
other factors are not a secret; they’re simply embarrassing
because they expose the success of the surge to ridicule and
pessimism.

I commend Obama for taking the high ground, but there’s not
enough room for all of us in the thin air, and I think it’s
time we spoke frankly about the Bush Administration’s most
effective secret weapon.

All you need to know about the “surge” is that it should have
been called the “splurge.” Sure, we sent 30,000 extra troops
to Iraq, but during the first six months of the operation,
violence went up, not down. As Retired Army Colonel Douglas
McGregor put it, “Up until that point, the surge was simply
providing more targets for the insurgents to shoot at.”

Under extreme pressure to produce results and fill less body
bags, General Petraeus cut deals with armies of enemy
combatants. These deals, now part of what is referred to as
the Concerned Local Citizens program, simply pay insurgents to
become temporary allies of the U. S. military. Approximately
70,000 former enemy combatants are now paid to play nice and
all it costs us is $700,000 a day.

That’s right. For $255 million a year, 70,000 IED-planting,
sniper-firing, roadside-booby-trapping insurgents will be our
friends and the death toll will drop and we can pat ourselves
on the back because the “surge” is working or at least paying
off in better press.

[NMDemDist2]

16. you are so correct and welcome to DU!

:hi:

[malaise]

17. Good post

:hi:

[NJmaverick]

15. More like McSleeze, he has become a real asshole

this past week. Even his republican friends are calling him out.

[pleah]

18. McCrazy claims to have won several wars, too.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&ad


I can't wait for the debates. I want to see him pop his cork on live television.

:hi: :rofl:

[malaise]

19. He may snap before the debates

I only hope I'm watching live.

[pleah]

22. Me too!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Neecy]

20. I saw it

You know, I didn't realize that I could have a stomach-churning, blood-pressure exploding feeling about anyone other than Bush or Cheney. But McCain has now joined their ranks.

Bush is an ignorant puppet. Yes, he's guilty of dereliction of duty in allowing Cheney to run the country but he's an ignorant ass just the same. What galls me about McCain is that he knows better than the crap that's coming out of his mouth. He's running the 1988 campaign, one of the most dishonest in recent history, all over again. And that's just sleazy at a time when the country faces such mortal challenges and deserves an honest debate.

[malaise]

21. He lies more than the worst hacks on M$M

and they cover up for him

[slor]

23. He said THAT on national tv ! That may undermine...

Maliki in Iraq. At least that is what our media should be pointing out.

On Edit: And they would say that, if it had been Obama.

[malaise]

27. Our media?

M$M belongs to Rethug supporters. Ask Katie Couric.

[MadMaddie]

24. So McCain is calling out Malaki and calling him a liar. Wow that's

a great way to court world leaders. But wait McCain and the Rethuglicans never respected Malaki and never ever expected any true leader to emerge. Looks like the Rethuglicans miscalculated again.

[malaise]

25. Never forget that Saddam was their boy

Malaki should be wary of nooses.

[MadMaddie]

26. This is true my friend. I wonder if Malaki is thinking about that

and hedging his bets with Obama?

[spanone]

28. the surge is the only thing cramps has and it's nothing....

[samsingh]

29. i try not to