McCain Says Democrats "Wrong" About "Success" in Iraq

By: Andante Higgins
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' Dante Higgins:

SPRING LAKE, MICH. -- With the news that the Iraqi government passed a law allowing Saddam Hussein's ex-officials to return to public life, John McCain called out Democrats today saying they were wrong about success in Iraq.

McCain says he won't require an apology from Democrats - alternating between naming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton in his speeches - but wants them to acknowledge the success on the ground in Iraq.

"I'm sure you noticed in the last few days there was a law passed that's important to re-integrate people into Iraqi society. My Democrat friends were wrong. I'm not going to ask them to apologize. I am going to ask them to recognize that success, reach across the aisle go back to the old American tradition that partisanship stops at the water's edge," McCain said.

"Join together, defeat Al-Qaeda, victory in Iraq, bring our troops home with honor. Let's work together for a change rather than putting partisanship and party before country."

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by think4aminut January 15, 2008 3:06 PM EST: Malcolm X was a Muslim, yet according to your candidate he would have no place in the Oval Office. Benazir Bhutto was Muslim, your candidate pretended to care when she died, and would not want a person like her in the Oval office. You''re a black man for God''s sake! How can you provide coverage for this racist bigot! It''s popular these days to insult Muslims in this country, but you know what, it was popular to hate black people too not so long ago.; Reply to this comment


by darew1956 January 15, 2008 3:47 AM EST: -McCain-Feingold %u2014 the most brazen frontal assault on political speech since Buckley v. Valeo.
-McCain-Kennedy %u2014 the most far-reaching amnesty program in American history.
-McCain-Lieberman %u2014 the most onerous and intrusive attack on American industry %u2014 through reporting, regulating, and taxing Authority of greenhouse gases %u2014 in American history.
-McCain-Kennedy-Edwards %u2014 the biggest boon to the trial bar since the tobacco settlement, under the rubric of a patients%u2019 bill of rights.
-McCain-Re-importation of Drugs %u2014 a significant blow to pharmaceutical research and development, not to mention consumer safety.
-Let''s not forget the Gang of 14 http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/74897dbc-8491-49fb-a5ff-e7ca7b1c9ac5

John McCain is a not a genuine Republican; he''s a RINO centrist at best and certainly is no friend to social conservatives. He has made a name for himself by knifing conservatives time and time again for the amusement of his liberal pals in the mainstream media. A McCain nomination would kill any chance of a Republican win in November and a sure victory for the socialists. Personally however, McCain cannot lose because he plays both sides of the aisle! He can be Hillary''s hero.

"Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction." Ronald Reagan
PLEASE VOTE WISELY
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/01/14/a_conservative_nightmare_republican_nominee,_john_mccain; Reply to this comment


by think4aminut January 15, 2008 1:26 AM EST: Oh yea, vote Ron Paul. How about you stop censoring him and get someone covering him on this blog page too.; Reply to this comment


by think4aminut January 15, 2008 1:23 AM EST: I have a question for you. When McCain says "I dont want to trade with al queda, they only want to trade birkas; I don''t want to travel with them, they only buy one-way tickets," does it not make you feel absolutely soul-less to be wasting your time covering him? Just because it''s popular these days to dislike Iraqies, doesn''t make that comment completely racist. What if he said instead, "I don''t want to do business with Vietkong, they only want to climb trees and shoot Americans." That would be out of taste because the same people in Vietnam who were pissed off at us for being there in the sixties, we now are quite amiable with. Plain and simple, he''s a bigot who''s abusing America''s nationalism to create more bigots.; Reply to this comment


by giantrobot2 January 14, 2008 11:50 PM EST: Alert *** Alert *** Alert ***

Question:
Would you like to own a brand new high definition 60" LCD / Plasma TV with reclining chair with large cup holder for your cold beverage of your choice?

Answer:
Huckabee! He is the ONLY candidate out of the presidential field willing to implement the "Fair-Tax" system.

Look at your paycheck and see how much they are taking out of your paycheck for taxes... go ahead go look at it now.

Now take the cost of a brand new 60" LCD / Plasma high def TV and reclining chair (& cup holder) and divide that number by how much taxes they are taking out.

Example:
$3,000 (TV cost, chair) / $325 tax holding each week = 8 weeks

That''''s it, only 8 weeks to get this great deal!!!

But if you vote for any other candidate it will take years to save up for this! Say you put away $10 each week, well that''''s 4 years!

So if you want to become poorer then vote for McCain, Romney, Thompson, Guiliani, Paul, Clinton, Obama, Edwards..... but if you want to become richer vote for Huckabee!; Reply to this comment