McCain today in Michigan…
“I repeat my statement that we have succeeded in Iraq. Not ‘We are succeeding.’ We have succeeded in Iraq,” he said Thursday.
What a bonehead! His views rest with a tiny minority of Bush Administration apologists.
Here, Joe Lieberman incites fear by insinuating that America will be attacked in 2009 because terrorists like to test new presidents. Huh? His distasteful suggestion that Americans need to elect someone who is battle ready because terrorists will “test” the new president was obviously a fear tactic designed to scare voters into voting for McCain. Still, I go back to a simple point that goes unanswered, why do these tough guy freedom fighter Republicans think they have an advantage by playing the terrorism card? The people who attacked us are in Afghanistan/Pakistan growing their movement, yet Republicans advocate staying in Iraq forever. It’s an interesting strategy, isn’t it?
So here we have John McCain and Lieberman saying, “the U.S. is safer from terrorism today than before 9/11,” yet now they are telling us we’ll be attacked again and soon, so because we’re tougher on terrorism you need to stick with us to be safe. Huh? Okay, so we are safer from terrorism today because Republicans are tougher on terror, but we’ll be attacked again soon, so you need to vote Republican because we need to stay in Iraq where the terrorist group who attacked us does not exist. Got it? Okay, good.