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McCain In The Red Zone
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — He's despatching Lindsey and Joe as emissaries to the country immediately. He's on the phone with Sakashvilli daily. He's giving press conferences. He's warning of a new Tsarist empire. You can tell what sends him into high-energy zones: a clear enemy abroad. He knows black and white; and he knows war. It gives him clarity and strength. Up next: Iran and China. Oh, the conflicts we can have ... If this is the dynamic you want to see in the next president, McCain is your man. ...

McCain in charge?
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... I think Greg Sargent is on to something regarding McCain's announcement at his press conference today that Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman — his two closest friends in the Senate — will be heading to Georgia soon. ...

Jesus fucking Christ, who the fuck is "PRESUMPTUOUS" now?
Rising Hegemon — I've certainly heard months of this blather from McCain's minions including Lieberman and Graham about how Obama thinks he's already President. Well, what in the name of Dana Fucking Milbank is this? "The situation in Georgia remains fluid and dangerous. As soon as possible my colleagues senators Lieberman and Graham will be traveling to Georgia. They're both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. I hope that other members of the Armed Services Committee in the Senate will go together." All the years of ...

I Wonder If There Are Some McCain Supporters Thinking The Tsar's Tanks Are Approaching Atlanta And Have Devastated Macon
DownWithTyranny! — ... the coda to this particular presidency has long left the station. Saakasvili says "my people feel let down by the West." Maybe he should have listened to Secretary of State Rice when she warned him last month not to provoke Russia, rather than to his own lobbyists playing a dual game whose purpose is not to protect Georgia but to make sure McCain and the GOP aren't wiped out in November. Condi's back on her way to Tbilisi. No sweets and flowers waiting for her. McCain is sending his two top lieutenants, Holy Joe Lieberman (R-CT) and inveterate rug shopper and ...

McCain To Send Lieberman And Graham To Georgia
Firedoglake — ... As Greg Sargent notes, at the very least it looks like "McCain's announcement of his key campaign allies' trip abroad also seems designed to shoulder Bush aside as the primary GOP leadership figure here." ...

Just askin'
The Reality-Based Community — ... what advice has McCain been giving him? Did he reinforce the urgent advice of the State Department and the White House that Saakashvili avoid allowing himself to be provoked into giving the Russians a pretext for invasion, or was McCain encouraging the imprudence that handed Putin the victory we and the Georgians are now trying to recover from? And is this really a good time for McCain to be sending his own delegation to Tbilisi ? Isn't that a trifle presumptuous? What happened to "one President at a time"?

Political Geography
BAGnewsNotes — ... , the McCain campaign's neocon grandstanding and effective U.S. foreign policy takeover is being driven by McCain's combined foreign policy adviser and lobbyist for Georgian president Saakashvili, Randy Scheunemann (check ...

“Country First”
Firedoglake — ... In a conversation with the Tribune, McCain said he has spoken to the Georgian president every day. Which country it is... The situation in Georgia remains fluid and dangerous. As soon as possible my colleagues senators ...

Okay, which country?
Rising Hegemon — ... MCCAIN: The U.S. could have a military presence anywhere in the world for a long period of time. "Country First" adorns the masthead of McCain's website -- and he's produced commercials with that theme as well. So, like commenter Stony Pillow, I have to wonder... In a conversation with the Tribune, McCain said he has spoken to the Georgian president every day. Which country it is... The situation in Georgia remains fluid and dangerous. As soon ...

Presumptuous Republican nominee sends campaign surrogates to Georgia
Political Animal — When Barack Obama traveled overseas recently, and drew criticism for appearing “presumptuous,” Obama emphasized his belief that we “only have one president at a time.” It’s a point John McCain may have forgotten. At a press conference [yesterday afternoon], 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. […] The idea is to showcase ...

John McCain Speaks Out For US Ally: "We Are All Georgians"
Gateway Pundit — ... John McCain announced yesterday that Senator's Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are going to Georgia to offer support and assess the situation. ...

John McCain: Shadow President?
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... ” in Hawaii and using the crisis in Georgia to showcase his foreign policy prowess. He’s dispatched his minions , Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, to Georgia.  TPM’s ...

MORNING READ
News — ... . The trip by two of McCain's closest colleagues seems designed to shoulder President Bush aside as the primary Republican leader, writes TPM Election Central's Greg Sargent . But a mission by senators, who can receive State and Defense department briefings, appears to be an attempt to squeeze a photo op out of a crisis that the White House doesn't need distractions on, writes Hot Air's ...

Did You Say Something Stupid?
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... Could it be any more obvious that McCain would have leapt on any conflict anywhere in the world to play make-believe George W. Bush circa September 2001?  Shadow ambassadors, ...

A Preview of the McCain Administration?
The Corner on National Review Online — [image] [image] NRO BLOG ROW | THE CORNER | ARCHIVES SEARCH E-MAIL PRINT RSS [image] [image] Thursday, August 14, 2008 [image] A Preview of the McCain Administration? [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] Joe and Lindsey are off to Georgia. 08/14 08:50 AM [image] [image] [image] © National Review Online 2008. All Rights Reserved. Home | Search | NR / Digital | Donate | Media Kit | Contact Us This page loaded in 0.007616 seconds. ...

Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for August 14, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... background that mainstream corporate media isn’t saying much about! And if you’re wondering just who started this mess “in Europe” have a look see at this one -- “The Georgians started it.” * * * In an attempt to appear presidential, McCain is taking us out of the frying pan and smack-dab straight into the fire!!! “McCain Announces That Lieberman And Graham Are Going To Georgia.” Actually this is a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth! And you just have to wonder ...

Presumptuous? Who, Me?
Daily Kos — Via Greg Sargent: 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. So if merely giving a speech in Germany is "presumptuous", how freakin' "presumptuous" is it for a candidate to send their own diplomatic team into a foreign conflict? Isn't that, you know, a job for the President, not a candidate? Why no ...

Cold War Mentality + Lobbyists + Hypocrisy = Foreign Policy: McCain is our GOP Hypocrite Again
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... on CNN that the United States' international right to aggression does not apply to Russia:"In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations. And we will decide in subsequent days... who was right and who was wrong."And, of course, when McCain says "we," he means "me." As if that statement weren't presumptuous enough, McCain is sending surrogates to the region so as to trump the sitting president, Condi Rice, and Sen. Barack Obama all at once.  McCain is seeing this conflict with a Cold War lens, threatening to do all kinds of mean, nasty things to Russia that Europe ...

Talk About Presumptuous . . . Oh, I Forgot, We Call it “Strength” When McCain Does It
The Latest on Air America — ... the President=GOOD??? You’d think the mainstream media might ask whether McCain’s tough talk is a little . . . I don’t know . . . presumptuous? Instead the media has said very little, allowing McCain to escalate his political rhetoric without asking whether his words might have unanticipated consequences. And, unlike Obama’s trip over seas, few in the media have the audacity to question McCain’s motives or intentions despite the sense of political opportunism at play. As noted by TPM : The idea is to showcase himself [McCain] as a man of action during a time of international ...

8/14: How Many Electoral Votes Does Georgia Have?
Blogometer — ... there is a sizable Russian population in Georgia. Russia is recovering from one of the most precipitous declines in power in world history; the US stood athwart the globe in 2003 with no serious competitors. The Russian intervention has not toppled the Georgian government and has been halted after a few days. The American intervention in Iraq is now in its fifth year, with the administration doing all it can to stay longer." MCCAIN II: Maverick Sends Wingmen To Check Out The Bogeys Talking Points Memo 's Greg Sargent : "At a press conference just now, John McCain redoubled his ...

MCM's man-of-action to send asskissers to war zone
WTF Is It Now?!? — With our own country in a mess, elder (heh) statesman and America's American American Jowls McGrumpypants has decided to send his own delegation -- to Georgia. The one some 8700 miles away. The one that our own government (such as it is) has sent envoys to. ...

Can you imagine if Obama sent Biden and Levin to Georgia?
Crooks and Liars — ... I think Greg Sargent is on to something regarding McCain’s announcement at his press conference today that Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman — his two closest friends in the Senate — will be heading to Georgia soon. ...