McCain boasts: ‘No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have’

Joanne98

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McCain boasts: ‘No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have’

McCain boasts: ‘No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have’
Posted April 6th, 2008 at 10:11 am
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The AP had an item the other day noting that John McCain is walking a fine line between running on Bush’s ideas and keeping some distance from a wildly unpopular president.

The senator told ABC News on Monday, “The point is, I’m not running on the Bush presidency, I’m running on my own service to the country, my own record in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate and my vision for the future.”

McCain sometimes makes it easy, though, to connect him to the president with a 28% approval rating.

n right-wing radio talker Mike Gallagher’s show this past Friday, McCain struck a different tone, proudly declaring that “no one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.” “Let me emphasize that there are many national security issues that I have strongly supported the president and steadfastly so,” added McCain.

Later in the interview, McCain reiterated that he has “agreed with the president on many issues,” though he said “there are some issues” they have not agreed on.

“No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.” Be prepared to hear that quote quite a bit in the fall. Indeed, I’d argue that it’s nearly as damaging as his stated willingness to keep U.S. troops in Iraq for 100 years.

McCain just doesn’t seem to know what kind of message he should embrace. Consider this exchange from last August, during a CNN interview.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15127.html

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stellanoir

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:24 AM
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1. "vote for me. . .I supported the most disastrous folly in our history."

sheesh

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MidwestTransplant

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:26 AM
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2. And I still do.

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RazBerryBeret

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:29 AM
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3. I really hope someone

other than me....
is keeping track of this crap he is spewing.

come GE, this is all good stuff!

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VP505

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:36 AM
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7. Once again it

never ceases to amaze me that some politicos just don't get that literally EVERYTHING they say is recorded somewhere with the potential to come back and bite them.

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SammyWinstonJack

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:38 AM
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9. It only comes back to bite the Democrats, ya know? Repugs came sure of that, while the Democrats

just apologize. :shrug:

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stray cat

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:33 AM
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4. and he considers that a good thing?

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doc03

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:33 AM
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5. And that was a good thing? n/t

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lonestarnot

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:34 AM
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6. Fine now release you medical records LUMPY!

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asjr

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Sun Apr-06-08 11:37 AM
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8. I have to wonder. Is this man real? He

comes across as much a cartoon character as anyone I have seen so far. Is it his ego? Is he so in love with himself that he really thinks he is right and everyone else is wrong? I am reminded of the pictures of Il Duce crossing his arms with his lower lip stuck out in pictures during WW2. Smug, self-satisfied, and totally in a different world.

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blm

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Sun Apr-06-08 12:13 PM
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10. I disagree - during his June2004 book tour NO ONE supported Bush on Iraq more than BILL CLINTON.

Edited on Sun Apr-06-08 12:14 PM by blm

and NO ONE did it more PUBLICLY than Bill did throughout those three weeks.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/19/clinton.iraq/

The way he would never mention Kerry's years of work tracking terror networks and on national security issues, one would think Bill completely forgot there was a Dem nominee in 2004 as he heaped praise upon and defended the Bushboy.

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Bonhomme Richard

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Sun Apr-06-08 12:39 PM
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11. That's another thing he has in common with Osama. n/t

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rcsl1998

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Mon Apr-07-08 06:08 PM
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12. Kick

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