Slog - Comments on McCain's Rose Colored Glasses http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses Over at Americablog, John McCain is getting skewered for saying, on CNN, that the new top American general in Iraq is able to ride around in an unarmed Humvee these days: General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed Humvee. I think you oughta catch up. You see, you are giving the old line of three months ago. I understand it. We certainly don't get it through the filter of some of the media. McCain also said: There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today. To which a CNN correspondent... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:07:53 -0800 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:36:28 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey I would like McCain to prove it by going for a nice long unescorted walk in said safe Bagdad neighborhood.

I can't help but wonder if he doesn't sabotage his own presidential campaigns on purpose.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685359 Politics Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:19:08 -0800 Comment by ellarosa the guy is obviously in a confused desperate panic to get elected. it's just sad. i hope he doesn't blow it and lose the repug nomination--i'd hate to see the repugs have another crack at the white house.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685361 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685361 Politics Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:28:13 -0800 Comment by Brendan Man how I'd love to see a McCain-Obama race.

]]> Brendan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685370 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685370 Politics Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:35:35 -0800 Comment by Chris “We cannot give up,” Mr. McCain said, “just as we are starting to turn things around in Iraq.”

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685434 Politics Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:58:18 -0800 Comment by him Wow, I've often lamented that Bush got the 2000 GOP nomination instead of McCain (if I had to live with either one foisted upon me in a stolen election), but now I don't know...

No, I'd still rather have had McCain than Bush. But his once-promising presidential aspirations are going down in flames, thanks to the shoe-bomb with the fuse he lit.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/mccains_rose_colored_glasses#c685711 Politics Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:36:28 -0800