McCain and Palin Are Playing With Fire

What I find most unconscionable is the refusal of the McCain-Palin tandem to publicly condemn the cries of "traitor," "liar," "terrorist" and (worst of all) "kill him!" that could be heard at recent rallies. McCain is perfectly capable of telling hecklers off. But not once did he or his running mate bother to admonish the people yelling these obscene -- and potentially dangerous -- words. They may not have been able to hear the slurs at the rallies, but surely they have had ample time since to get on camera and warn that this sort of ugliness has no place in an election season. But they have not. Simply calling Obama "a decent person" is not enough.

Country First?

Americans might have expected that a candidate who claims “it’s over for the special interests” would refuse to play the lobbyists’ game. Just the opposite: John McCain seems to think that foreign agents make ideal advisers. So it should come as no surprise that, from Tbilisi to Tel Aviv, he has trouble distinguishing other countries’ interests from our own.

U.S. 2008: Obama 49.3%, McCain 43.1%

Democrat Barack Obama has extended his lead over Republican John McCain in the United States presidential race, according to a review of 14 voting intention surveys conducted over the past 11 days. 49.3 per cent of voters would support the Illinois senator in the election, while 43.1 per cent would back the Arizona senator.

See my comments on this post. Expect the gap between Obama and McCain to widen as Palin continues to confess her love for Israel and the Jewish people, and the American people realize that in a McCain/Palin "America First" administration, Israel really comes first...

McCain pulling out of Michigan

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., boards his campaign plane in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

McCain will go off TV in Michigan, stop dropping mail there and send most of his staff to more competitive states, including Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. Wisconsin went for Kerry in 2004, Ohio and Florida for Bush.

The article makes it sound like the economy is the main reason why McCain can't gain traction with the voters in Michigan. But, another reason might be the fact that Michigan is home to the largest US Arab/Muslim population, and they're not happy with the McCain/Palin positions on the three I's - Iran, Iraq and Israel. Of course, the Zionist controlled main-stream media will never mention this possibility because they would be admitting to the growing Arab and Muslim political influence in the United States.

McCain and Obama spar in first debate

US presidential rivals Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have attacked each other over foreign policy and the economy, in their first debate.

The Rising Cost of the Iraq 'Surge'

"Since Jan. 10, 2007, when George W. Bush announced his troop “surge,” more than 1,000 U.S. soldiers have died in the Iraq War – about a quarter of the total war dead – but now an even higher cost may loom ahead, the indefinite continuation of the conflict under President John McCain."

McCain Should Know Better

"More than any other leading politician, McCain should know that peace talks can be stronger and smarter than bombs, that withdrawing American soldiers can be the best way to achieve stability, and that the best way to protect American troops is to bring them home from the war zone."

McCain takes lead in latest national poll

"Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed."

McCain-Palin up by 4

"The McCain/Palin ticket wins 49.7% support, compared to 45.9% backing for the Obama/Biden ticket, this latest online survey shows. Another 4.4% either favored someone else or were unsure."

McCain disavows aide's comment about terrorism

"A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate, drawing a sharp rebuke Monday from both the presumed GOP nominee and Democrat Barack Obama."

McCain's Energy Drill

"Behold, a miracle: Public anger over $4 gas is forcing at least some of our political class to confront their energy contradictions. Last week, Republicans Jim Walsh of New York and Roscoe Bartlett of Maryland -- two longstanding opponents of offshore drilling -- asked for a mulligan. We can now add John McCain to the roll: In a speech in Houston yesterday, the Senator finally came out in favor of increasing domestic energy supplies."

Bush to urge Congress to allow offshore drilling

"President Bush plans to make a renewed push Wednesday to get Congress to end a long-standing ban on offshore oil and gas drilling, echoing a call by GOP presidential candidate John McCain."

McCain-Lieberman - the dream team of right-wing Jews

"In a campaign that they say is filled with adulterers, fundamentalists, crooks, bigots and wildcards, the GOP senator from Arizona is the only candidate both men say they could endorse -- especially if his running mate were Senator Joe Lieberman, the Sabbath-observant Democrat-turned-Independent who crossed party lines last week to endorse the Republican war hero."

McCain: Iraq Pullout Bad For Israel

Former Conference of Presidents chairmen Mortimer Zuckerman, left, and James Tisch with Sen. John McCain at Tuesday’s event. Jennifer Weisbord

Success of peace process linked to war’s outcome, GOP White House hopeful tells Presidents Conference.

by Adam Dickter - Oct 31, 2007

In a message to the majority of American Jews who oppose continued U.S. presence in Iraq, Arizona Sen. John McCain on Tuesday told the community’s largest umbrella group that a “surrender” now would harm Israel’s security.

“If you believe that the State of Israel is going to be more secure if the U.S. fails in Iraq, we have an honest difference of opinion,” McCain told leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

The presidential candidate, who is lagging in polls behind frontrunner Rudolph Giuliani for the Republican nomination, noted that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a vehement enemy of Israel, had recently declared an intention to “fill the void” in Iraq following a U.S. withdrawal.

“They would make progress in attaining the many-thousand-year-old ambition of Persian influence in the region,” said McCain. “And what happens in Egypt, where they have extremist Islamic difficulties?”

Progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, success in Iraq and the war on terrorism are inextricably linked, McCain insisted.

“If we succeed, these other nations, like Saudi Arabia and Jordan, will be more inclined to help us, to take pressure off Israel, and things can go in a different direction,” he said. “There will be intense and much greater support for the peace process and efforts with elements throughout the Middle East to help resolve outstanding issues between Palestinians and Israel.

“If there is failure in Iraq and chaos and genocide there, we’re going to have one heck of a time having any progress in the Mideast.”

While faulting the stewardship of President George W. Bush and his secretary of defense during most of the war, Donald Rumsfeld, McCain has remained optimistic about success in Iraq.

“The war was badly mismanaged and the American people are saddened and frustrated and angry after four years of failure,” said McCain, a 22-year Navy veteran and former prisoner of the Viet Cong. “But that doesn’t mean we aren’t going to be successful.”

He displayed a bracelet bearing the name of Matthew Stanley, a fallen soldier from his home state and said the man’s mother gave it to him and asked him not to allow her son’s death to have been in vain.

McCain said the complicated issues between Israel and the Arabs required a “step-by-step” approach, noting that the “all-encompassing steps tried by former President Clinton” had failed. He also noted that the “much celebrated” peace treaty between Israel and Egypt was based solely on Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai in exchange for Egyptian recognition of Israel — a process far simpler than that between Israel and the Palestinians.

When later asked by an audience member to outline his version of the necessary steps, McCain was short on specifics but said he would start with addressing the “flashpoint” of the Israel-Lebanon border. “I would hope there would be some progress in that situation, which means carrying out and implementing the UN Security Council resolution on the disarming of Hezbollah,” he said.

In a jab at the Bush administration’s efforts to jumpstart peace talks, McCain said “I applaud the secretary of state for her efforts, but I notice that she is not at this moment, nor is either side, setting specific cases.”

Discussing his view of Palestinian statehood, McCain agreed with his rival, Giuliani, who opposes such a state under current conditions. “The first thing you have to have is peace and a Palestinian Authority dedicated to peace and that certainly isn’t the case in Gaza today .... the Israeli government has reiterated many times that at the end of the process there would be a Palestinian state, but first they want people they can sit down with.”

Asked about widespread criticism of his statement in a September interview with BeliefNet, the online religion journal, that “the Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation,” McCain told The Jewish Week “I have said a thousand times that the U.S. is a country that was founded on Judeo-Christian values. That’s my position, that’s always been my position. They took one quote out of context.”

On homeland security, McCain said his first priority would be to increase “human intelligence assets” to spy on terrorists. “Satellites can tell you what people are doing, not what their intentions are,” he said.

McCain, who endured years of torture as a Vietnam POW, also told reporters he believed a president might face a “million to one chance for which the president has to take responsibility” for using drastic measures to extract information from a terror suspect. But he added, “to condone torture as Pol Pot did and as is happening to Burmese monks as we speak ... waterboarding is an unacceptable thing to do and its morally wrong. If America wants the moral high ground in the world, we cannot torture people.”

Giuliani, McCain: U.S. should prepare to use force against Iran

The only word that comes to mind is "IDIOTS"

by Associated Press - Oct 16, 2007

Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Sen. John McCain said Tuesday they would be prepared as president to use military force against Iran to prevent it from getting nuclear weapons.

Giuliani characterized Iran as a state sponsor of terror that is seeking nuclear weapons and said Tehran needs to understand how the United States would respond to that development.

"Anybody who wants to be president of the United States would say a prayer at the beginning that you would never have to use American military power," the former New York City mayor said. "But as president, you can't hesitate to do that, if it's in the best interest of the United States."

"You have to stand up to dictators and tyrants and terrorists," he added. "Weakness invites attack. Strength keeps you safe."

On Iran specifically, Giuliani said, "We've seen what Iran will do with ordinary weapons. If I'm president, I guarantee you we will never find out what they would do with nuclear weapons because they're not going to get them."

Said McCain, "At the end of the day, we cannot allow the Iranians to acquire nuclear weapons."

The presidential candidates spoke to the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Last week, Giuliani reiterated during a presidential debate his stance in favor of a military option against a nuclear Iran.

On another subject, Giuliani said he would not negotiate with the Palestinians on the situation in the Middle East until two conditions are met: acknowledgment of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state and a good-faith effort to stop terror.

"If they do those two things and mean it, then of course we can negotiate," Giuliani said. "We would like to have peace. But we don't want to have a peace in which we are taken advantage of. We don't want to have a peace in which Americans and Israelis are getting killed. And we certainly don't want to create another terrorist-supporting state. We have too many of them already."

McCain's latest rescue attempt

Wander if McCain still thinks his song "Bomb-Iran, Bomb-Iran, Bomb-Bomb Iran," is funny?

Capital Hill Blue - July 29, 2007

When the going gets tough the weak head for New Hampshire. So John McCain is in Manchester, hoping to somehow rescue his failing campaign. The odds are long against the former front runner for the GOP Presidential nomination. If he fails in New Hampshire, it's over. Reports The Washington Post:

Sickly. Weak. Feeble. Pick your choice. Any one of those words could be used to describe the campaign aura that's surrounded John McCain over the past couple of months. The one-time front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has disappointing poll numbers and deathly results from the second quarter of fundraising. His failed effort to push through a comprehensive immigration bill has alienated him from many conservative Republican voters.

The Supreme Court has smacked around his campaign finance reform. Out of luck and money, he's a man looking for love. And so the McCain for President reclamation project begins early the morning of July 25 in the lobby of a law firm here. He's back home at the site of his greatest political triumph -- his win over George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary seven years ago. It was here where Mr. Straight Talk Express shook hands with everyone and won over the press. It was here where he was happy.