McCain Campaign Rolls Out "Documentary" About Obama And Iraq
TPM Election Central — Here it is! As promised, the McCain camp has now rolled out its new "documentary" called "The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand." Take a look... Oddly, Senator Jon Kyl doesn't appear; the MSNBC report I linked to below didn't actually say he would. Kyl actually introduced the vid. My mistake. Apologies. More in a sec. ...

Obama vs. Obama On Iraq
GayPatriot — I really can’t add much to this…. -Bruce (GayPatriot)

Obama’s Iraq Policy: Whatever Politics Demand
Say Anything — This is what happens when your foreign policy is based more on political expediency than leadership and sound analysis.

Barack Obama on the Iraq War - “Whatever The Politics Demand”
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — John McCain’s web video - The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand In a townhall meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, this afternoon, John McCain ripped Barack Obama’s Iraq War policy, including his sixteen month artificial timetable to withdraw American ...

“The Obama Iraq Documentary”
Stop The ACLU — “The Obama Iraq Documentary” Posted on July 17, 2008 If people would actually sit through the whole thing they’d learn a lot about how fake Obama is.» Filed Under 1st Amendment , Barack Obama , Iraq , News Trackback URL Comments

McCain Launches New “BITCH SLAP” Video: ‘The Obama Iraq Documentary:
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — THE BITCH SLAP This one is a dozy…. and it will probably piss you off. Here is the video with all text attached. Contact: Press Office, 703-650-5550; www.JohnMcCain.com MEDIA ADVISORY, July 17 /Standard Newswire/ — U.S. Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign today released a new video entitled “The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand.” Examining his many statements on Iraq over the last several years, the video is a timeline of Barack Obama’s political positioning on the most critical national security issue America faces ...

Obama: Nothing But Change!
Say Anything — The myriad mercurial musings of Barak Obama on what he would do in Iraq, should America be foolish enough to put this man in charge of our armed forces! Note around 6:30, Barack’s pledge to leave a ”counterterrorism force to strike Al-Qaeda. Followed immediately by his denial that he ever said such a thing! Can this country gamble on the fact that one of those positions is the one he’d actually carry out and that there’s no way of knowing which one until after he’s elected? Hat tip The Corner ...

McCain's Eight Minute Ad: An Anti-Obama Iraq "Documentary"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Today, John McCain's campaign debuted a slickly produced, nearly 8-minute long video that shows what they perceive to be Barack Obama's constantly shifting positions on Iraq. Featuring selected soundbites from various cable TV appearances that are smash-cut next to inconsistent-sounding other soundbites from speeches or debates (and even local media appearances from before he became a Senator), the video is intended to show that the Illinois Democrat routinely puts political expediency before national security concerns. And while some of the juxtapositions do indeed show Obama taking different positions -- ...

McCain Uses Barack Obama to Slam Barack Obama On Iraq
Gateway Pundit — In Barack Obama's most important foreign policy decision as a US Senator he was wrong. Obama voted against the Bush Surge. OBAMA WAS WRONG. Since the surge began... Iraq has achieved 15 of 18 benchmarks and violent attacks are down by 90% over last year. Al Qaeda in Iraq has been decimated. US fatalities continue to decline. Iraq is looking to have security control of all of its 18 provinces by the end of this year. In the words of ...

I'll Be Back to Blogging Later on Tonight.
Little Miss Attila — I'll Be Back to Blogging Later on Tonight. Right now, though, I have to finish my waffle: h/t: Right Wing News.

The Obama Iraq Documentary
Wizbang — Mr. Hope-Changeyness himself shows us just how unlike a regular politician he is. See, these aren't flip-flops. This is just pandering you can believe in! Like, duh! Of course, the...

Latest McCain YouTube Video: The Obama Iraq Documentary
Nice Deb — Hat tip: Gateway Pundit who likes to remind us, “OBAMA WAS WRONG”.

Obama on Iraq: A Long and Winding Road
Power Line — Barack Obama is a politician who doesn't seem to care much about any of the issues. He is a pure political machine, devoted to fundraising, the media spotlight, and personal ambition. Like Bill Clinton, as someone said, without the girlfriends. Only more cold-blooded. If the early Obama--Obama 1.0--had a signature issue, it was Iraq. But those days are long gone. The McCain campaign has dug through the archives and done an admirable job of tracing Obama's unacknowledged contradictions on the issue:

"The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand."
The New Editor — From John McCain's presidential campaign:

So What is Obama's Position On Iraq?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — The Short answer is "Whatever the Politics Demand." Watch the following video documentary released by the McCain's presidential campaign entitled "The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand." The documentary examines Obama's multitude of inconsistent statements on Iraq over the last several years and presents a timeline of Obama's political positioning on Iraq, including Obama's incorrect judgment that the surge would fail. ...

The “Multiple Personalities” Of Hussein … A ‘Deadly’ Sickness For Us All
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — foxops holy crap I just realized that I misspelled the link at the end of the movie… wow I’m a dumb ass July 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm alert Be respectful of others and their opinions. Inflammatory remarks and inane leftist drivel will be deleted. It ain’t about free speech, remember you’re in a private domain. My website, my prerogative. alert If you can't handle using your real email address, don't bother posting a comment. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website :mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :arrow: :shock: :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :idea: :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: :!: :?: :beer: :beer: ...

ABC News: Is McCain Subliminally Linking Obama To Al Qaeda In His Campaign Ad?
Say Anything — Allegedly this screen capture from McCain’s latest campaign commercial is proof of a subliminal message the nefarious McCain advertising people put in to make people link Obama with al Qaeda. Here’s the explanation from ABC News: At the very beginning, the title—“The Obama Iraq Documentary”—flashes into place in a blaze of orange. And for a single frame—a tiny fraction of a second—Obama’s face is framed by the following prominent letters: “a l q D.” Some caveats: “al qD” is meaningless by itself. The “l” is actually the capital “I” in “Iraq,” ...

Brainster's Blog — She's Baaaa--Aaack! If you thought Hillary was going gently into that good night .... Big news folks - it looks like our efforts in contacting those Superdelegates are starting to pay off, so keep on writing to them (ok, maybe Donna B's a waste of time). There are unconfirmed reports, based on phone banking efforts to reach out to Super Ds, that eight previously Obama SDs expressed that, given the opportunity, they would vote for Hillary at the convention. I doubt if they really have a chance in hell of pulling it off, but it may make for some drama: I heard about an interview Will Bower of PUMA did recently, where he said delegates are starting to say they'll ...

Just runnin' scared each place we go
SteveAudio — As the McCain campaign deconstructs into flip-flopping, hypocrisy, and general hackery, a truly horrible video (above) has been presented on the McCain web site, criticizing Barack Obama. In the opening sequence, these letters appear on the screen, below Obama's picture: A L Q D C MT RY Not clear enough? Al Qaeda Documentary? Or Al Qaeda Commentary? It quickly morphs into The Obama Iraq Documentary. Nice. There is speculation in the blogosphere that Alex Castellanos is behind this video. Who? This guy: The Republican media consultant ...

Hussein’s Political Schizophrenia
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —

That Kool-Aid Must Be Pretty Dang Tasty
Ace of Spades HQ — That Kool-Aid Must Be Pretty Dang Tasty What do lefties do when faced with incontrovertible proof of what a wretched flip-flopping liar Captain Bullshit is? Bury, obfuscate, misdirect. Very nice tip from republicangirl: Seems someone 'athomeboy2000' has hijacked the new McCain video and added it to digg with a new title. 'McCain's pretty lame' and added it to the 'offbeat' catagory pets and animals. Very dirty trick. Pathetic and sad. Here's the video of Obama earning his AOSHQ nick.

Photo Ops and ‘Fake Interviews’: Obama’s Excellent Overseas Adventure
Pajamas Media — Great pictures and fawning media coverage? Yes. Real evidence of foreign policy competence? Not yet. [image] Barack Obama’s campaign trip abroad was thought to be an effort to show him operating freely on the world stage. Instead, it has been a carefully managed exercise, designed to expose Obama to no contrary or potentially embarrassing viewpoints, and most of all, to shield him against the possibility that the media might capture a gaffe. THE PREGAME Obama had a rocky week before his overseas trip. He settled on a unique approach to national security: shoot first and ask questions later. Before his major overseas adventure he set his views in stone with a New York ...

The New and Improved John McCain
Pajamas Media — The arrival of ex-Bush campaign wiz Steve Schmidt has breathed new life into the candidate's moribund efforts. [image] A month ago Republican insiders were in a tizzy about the McCain campaign. They complained that John McCain had no winning domestic message, lacked focus and had come up with a decentralized structure destined to flounder. Rather than maximizing his relations with the media, McCain seemed in a losing war with the MSM. McCain did make a change, but not one that most Republicans expected. Campaign Manager Charlie Black was kicked upstairs to a general oversight role and Steve Schmidt, former communications director, was given daily ...

Barack Obama On Iraq
Dean's World — As consistent as Jell-O.

Cindy McCain: "My Husband Is Absolutley Opposed To Any Negative Campaigning At All"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — In a recently unearthed clip of Cindy McCain she makes the claim "none of this negative stuff, you won't see that come out of our side at all." This statement would prove untrue, as the Senator would release not, one, not two, not three, but four negative ads. Watch Mrs. McCain and the negative ads below:

Test Your Damned McCain Narratives
Open Left - Front Page — Various insiders are now fretting about Obama's campaign strategy going off course, and are doing what insiders do, which is to recommend shifts in how the campaign operates.  My guess is that, as with Gore and Kerry, at this point no one is in charge of the Obama campaign, there are too many competing fiefdoms for message discipline to work.  That's why lobbying on the inside doesn't really work for things like message changes on a Presidential level. ...

Bill Ayers latest bomb
Pundit Review — Bill Ayers latest bomb This is not the way the Obama campaign wanted to spend day one of the convention, responding to negative ads. We will be hearing a lot about “dirty politics” in the coming days. I asked Jeff Jacoby last night if raising the Obama- Ayers connection was fair game or dirty politics, here’s that cut, Strangely Timed Obama Response Ad on William Ayers ABC News’ Tahman Bradley Reports: As Michelle Obama prepares for a primetime speech that will talk about her and Barack Obama’s American values, the Obama campaign is using a new television ad to take on the issue of Obama’s association with a 1970s radical who bombed the ...

A new low in moral equivalence courtesy of Tom Hayden
Pundit Review — A new low in moral equivalence courtesy of Tom Hayden Wikipedia says, Moral equivalence is a term used in political debate, usually to criticize any denial that a moral hierarchy can be assessed of two sides in a conflict, or in the actions or tactics of two sides. It could be considered a form of the rhetorical fallacy of equivocation In this case, we are talking about comparing John McCain’s military service in the United States Air Force with Bill Ayers “military service” in the Weather Underground. What you say, nobody could possibly be that moronic? Meet washed up, burnt out 60’s counterculture creature Tom Hayden. He’s IS that moronic. USA TODAY: ...

A Video Perspective On The Real Barack Obama
Hyscience — Is Barack Hussein Obama the moderate-leaning liberal he is now pretending to be or is he this arrogant Barack Obama in his own words? His own words provide evidence that he's an arrogant leftist pretending to be a moderate-leaning liberal: The Obama Iraq Documentary: Whatever the Politics Demand. And for those who may have believed Barack Obama when he has said that he was against the war in Iraq from the beginning, you won't after watching this video! ...