Comments on: McCain Just Had His “Mission Accomplished” Moment

By: yellowdog jim

yellowdog jim — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:11:33 +0000

McCain/Cheney ‘08

By: marshen

marshen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:44:54 +0000

Is’nt it about time George W. get out on the campaign trail with McCain so the voters can see what they would be getting in a McCain presidency? After all Bush did endorse him and it would really hit home what this act is all about.

By: Arnie

Arnie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:57:00 +0000

The gift of intelligence is a many faceted subject, based on developed abilities, some have mathematical abilities, others have developed muscular strength, others have gone for skilled movements of their bodies or hand-eye coordination, others develop mental skills, reading, analytical, creative, memory, lingual, and a host of others. No matter what way development has gone, every bit of it is a learned activity and there are precious few of the species that have not learned to do do something well, although it may be simple compared to others. All learning should be acknowledged and applauded regardless of sophistication. It does no one harm to refrain from denigrating another’s failure to operate at a maximum level in all things, few can meet such a challenge. Einstein could hold the universe in his head but had only modest map-reading abilities, and no one called him an idiot for not knowing what street he was on.

Does this count as an EPU?

By: manonfyre

manonfyre — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:28:01 +0000

THREAD HIJACK ALERT!

more related “oil grab” links here.

also, McCain a “neocon” before Bush: Most Dangerous Man

and from our lovable pal, Patrick Buchanan: “John McCain will make Cheney look like Gandhi.”

By: puravida

puravida — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:24:52 +0000

Somewhere the blatherings coming out of McCain’s mouth make some sort of sense. I suppose David Brooks could explain it to me.

Maybe it’s just political campaign talk, but even the “serious” people can’t possibly understand what the fuck St. John is talking about.

By: EvilParallelUniverse

EvilParallelUniverse — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:18:18 +0000

This still does not qualify me as a serious commentator:

The fact that he is “smart” or “good” in one area or one subject matter is immaterial to whether he is “smart” or “good” in another area or subject matter; It is not immaterial to whether he (or anyone else for that matter) would make a good preznit - in fact it’s very material.

By: GregB

GregB — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:17:18 +0000

The Democrat Party needs better cheaply made in China chtotchkes on their lapels or they aint getting my vote.

-G

By: Crosstimbers

Crosstimbers — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:14:48 +0000

I agree with that, except to say that someone is smart or good at something else is meaningless doesn’t make sense to me. The argument was that he was dumb because he favors the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq. I think he’s wrong about that. But he’s running for President, how can it be irrelevant that he may be smart or good at a number of areas reaquired for that office?

By: Raven

Raven — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:11:51 +0000

Multiple intelligences. Of course we all know that the “right” thinks we are all totally fucking stupid.

By: voicevote

voicevote — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:11:03 +0000

Iraq is not our country. We don’t live there. We don’t speak the language. The food is unfamiliar. The culture is theirs not ours. What is the very best we could do for the Iraquis? We can’t stay there forever. We shouldn’t consign our military to a foreign land indefinitely especially where it is unclear whether we are welcome. But even if we are, it is unfair to ask our military to be endlessly present there, doing rotation after rotation after rotation at a cost in life and health that is literally incalcuable and which seems to be all but forgotten. One thing that I will not forget: Senatory McCain’s comment that we will be there for a 100 years if that’s what it takes. I admire Senatory McCain but I think he is dead wrong, or rather that he is wrong and others are and will be dead as a result of the 100 year policy. We need to allow our military to regroup and our foreign policy to reinvent itself so that we act like a decent citizen on the planet and not like an imperial power.