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firedoglake.com - 8/14/2008
McCain To Send Lieberman And Graham To Georgia
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The war that's broken out between Georgia and Russia is just the international incident that McCain needed to switch the discussion from the economy and healthcare onto national security. Now McCain is dispatching Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman to Georgia (ostensibly as members of the Armed Services Committee). The Bushies insist they knew nothing about what the Georgians were planning , ...

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Political Geography
BAGnewsNotes — ... In yesterday's photo aboard McCain's plane, we see Scheunemann and Lieberman jawboning with McCain, seated behind.  Obviously, the major prop here is the map of Georgia.  As much as McCain accuses Russia of having grand designs, what the map most calls into relief -- with Obama on vacation, Graham and Lieberman packing for Georgia, and Scheunemann dangling the paper in the aisle for the cameras -- is how McCain is milking the crisis for all it's worth. ...

MORNING READ
News — ... bloggers on left but surprising skepticism from a blogger on the right. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has sharp words for one McCain buddy, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), liberal bloggers note. And possible centrist veep picks get blasted by online backers of both candidates. McCain, who will send Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Lieberman to Georgia, is using the Russian invasion to his political advantage while his opponent, Barack Obama, is on vacation, writes Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher . The trip by two of McCain's closest colleagues seems designed to shoulder ...

The Lexicon Of John McCain
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... he told them in his utter reluctance.  I know that I frequently share reluctant stories with a national media that will inevitably cover them, as you can see on my upcoming CNN special, Living With Bedwetting, anchored by John King.  Seriously. His reluctance is so thorough, so absolute, that he trails off for literal seconds, my friends, before he starts ruminating on the experience.  McCain was likewise reluctant to ask Psuedo-Presidential Liaison Joe Lieberman to join his campaign.  He was reluctant to ...

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Jesus fucking Christ, who the fuck is "PRESUMPTUOUS" now?
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At a press conference just now, John McCain redoubled his efforts to thrust himself into a leadership role on the Russia-Georgia crisis front, announcing that two top campaign surrogates, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, are going on a visit to Georgia. McCain said: "The situation in Georgia remains fluid and dangerous. As soon as possible my colleagues senators Lieberman and Graham will ...
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