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Either John McCain Doesn’t Know Where Spain Is Or He Wants Us To Be Enemies With NATO Ally Spain
Oliver Willis —
Either way, not someone we want anywhere near the button.
AP: Jose Luis Rodriguez Who?
AP and CNN weigh in on McCain thinking Spain is in Latin America
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Here's AP on the story we've been reporting on all day, in which John McCain appears to believe that Spain is in Latin America, and run by a dictator: Jose Luis Rodriguez Who? John McCain either doesn't want to meet Spain's prime minister any time soon or isn't quite sure who he is. In a radio interview broadcast in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries Thursday, the Republican presidential candidate repeatedly dodged questions as to whether he would invite Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House if McCain wins in November. "All I can tell you is that I have a clear ...
Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal —
THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Talk about a roller-coaster week : "Wall Street rallied Thursday, finding momentum at the end of a tough session, on talk that the government is working on a more permanent solution to absorbing bad debt. Also helping lead the advance: reports that China will cut out taxes on stock purchases. The Dow Jones industrial average added 410 points, or 3.9%. The Standard & Poor's 500 index jumped 4.3% and the Nasdaq composite gained 4.8%." * Things in Afghanistan really aren't going well . * Sen. Chuck Hagel, the Nebraska Republican, pretty much trashed Sarah Palin's ...
The sort of lede we love to read
The Reality-Based Community —
September 18, 2008 [image] The sort of lede we love to read Posted by Mark Kleiman MADRID, Spain (AP) - John McCain either doesn't want to meet Spain's prime minister any time soon or isn't quite sure who he is. Or try this, from CNN . Or Joe Klein : Seems to me that putting a chill in the relationship with one of our NATO allies simply because McCain misheard a question is going a bit far. Posted at 06:13 PM | TrackBack (0) | [image] | Thread: John McCain Comments Post a comment Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. ( sign out ) (If you ...
Senile old fuckwit: "pancakes! walnuts! sapbuckets!"
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Mr Foreign Policy Expert, MCM are slammed on the confused old McThuselah's so-called 'foreign policy expertise' shtick after he confused Spain with some rogue Latin American terrorist state: Let's also not lose sight of the broader pattern. McCain thinks the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia was "the first probably serious crisis ...
Brandon Friedman: McCain's Non-Support for Troops and Veterans: The Master List
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
On Friday, September September 26, 2008, John McCain said the following:
"I know the veterans, I know them well, and I know that they know that I'll take care of them, and I have been proud of their support and their recognition of my service to the veterans, and I love them, and I'll take care of them, and they know that I'll take care of them."
This statement--made near the end of Friday's debate--immediately infuriated veterans across America and overseas. In fact, Senator John McCain has a very clear, long, and illustrious history of not supporting troops and veterans one bit.
Now, I've ...
