<p>“…McCain denounced the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth…”</p>
<p> Nominating McCain is the gesture of a desperate party . </p>
<p> Republicans are so shell-shocked and demoralized by the success of the Bush Derangement Syndrome, they think they can fool the voters by nominating an open-borders, anti-tax cut, anti-free speech, global-warming hysteric, pro-human experimentation “Republican.” Which is to say, a Democrat .</p>
<p> As the expression goes, given a choice between a Democrat and a Democrat, voters will always choose the Democrat. The only question remaining is: Hillary or Obama </p>
<p> On the litmus test issues of our time …McCain is a liberal .</p>
<p> McCain has called Justice Samuel Alito too conservative . </p>
<p> McCain criticized the federal marriage amendment, saying, it was “antithetical in every way to the core philosophy of Republicans.”</p>
<p>I never objected to Rush, Hannity, etc. before because they never criticized “my guy”. Now that I’ve heard them spout off about McCain I see how “unamerican” some of their comments & attitudes are.</p>
<p>The sooner they are marginalized, the better - esp. Coulter.</p>
<p>Those comments above (some of whch are completely false) are so inflammatory & divisive. We need to be moving toward unity - within the parties, but most of all within the country. Stuff like the above serves no purpose. It will be interesting to see what happens in the media from here on out…</p>
<p>Has McCain explained, in the retrospect of now knowing that Iraq had no WMD and had nothing to do with 9/11, why he still thinks invading Iraq was a good thing?</p>
<p>His website conveniently starts after “Mission Accomplished”, the war was over, and the aggressive, hostile occupation was in full swing. </p>
<p>It would be a respectable position to say the War was a mistake, the President lied, there were no WMD, the lie began with Clinton, but now we must do right by the Iraqi people by occupying their country and helping them rebuild for as long as it takes, and paying them war reparations, and especially helping those who have become refugees as a result, resettling many in the U.S., but also maintaining a long-term military presence to protect our status as a world power.</p>
<p>Yes, there is a catastrophe to try to clean up, but we have a candidate who says he would invade Iraq again, knowing full well that there were no WMD and that Saddam was not involved in 9/11. Some people might find this position disturbing.</p>
<p>Moving forward starts with convincing the Iraqis of your sincerity, and your understanding. If you can’t explain to them why you are there at all, or what you think about having gone there to begin with, you begin with two strikes against you.</p>