McCain says France and Germany want "Revenge" and "the Money!" heh heh!

[KoKo]

Now, I'm not known for these "hit and run" posts. But, this one I'm not going to give the source, but I heard him say it.

We Dems must change this hateful dialog. Think about it: Repug spin by McCain:

France and Germany want "Revenge on America" and to be included in all that "Money to be made in Iraq." --John McCain...

This is considered OKAY for a prominent Repug (and one who ran against Bush and who has been respected here on DU.......by an ever "dwindling" group....but still by some.....

Believe me! McCain said this! Whadda Ya Think? Kind of rhetoric which will fire up the Repug base? Get us to have the UN pitch in and help Bush?

[laura888]

1. very cheap shot

If McCain said this, my opinion of him has dropped big time.

Why should Germany and France want to help the U.S. What's the incentive?

[Anti-fascist]

2. McCain has been offending me...

for quite some time since my mother is French. His attacks are so nasty and bigoted against "Old Europe".

I used to respect him. It turns out he's just a nasty old scumbag.

And no shit there's money to be made in Iraq. The difference is that France and Germany aren't killing people to make that money.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

3. ..what a sicko thing for mc cain to say...this sure will NOT help garnish

French and German help...what a bunch of morons in the GOP...gesssssssh

[JohnKleeb]

5. and this is one of their supposely more enlightened guys

:puke:

[Prodemsouth]

4. KoKo he wants to keep his Senate seat from right wing challangers

That is why he is saying what he is saying. Bush is going to have to beat him away with a stick-he will want to be seen rubbing against W so much.

[Classical_Liberal]

6. Well they may want revenge

but that begs the question, what for?

Just read atrocious threats from Perle, and Rumsfeld. that's what for. I am not getting any money from this deal and neither are most Americans. Most Americans are paying through the nose so Bush cronies who got us into this mess, with no help from the French and the Germans, can make money.

[NashVegas]

7. Revenge for What?

eh?

[Cha]

8. I don't like mccain period and am not surprised that he said

something as sleezy as this.

[lumpy]

9. The ultimate truth.

McCain is not very bright and a lousy politician.

[leftchick]

10. poor John, I believe parts of his brain were removed....

along with that skin cancer. The thinking parts.....

[KoKo]

11. What's sad to me about McCain is that I thought he was a Real Traditional

Repug.......and I could have respected him for that. I could have said: "This person is a Repug in the Old Rockefeeler Fiscal Conservative Tradition of the Repug. Party........so I would try to work with him.

Time and Time Agains.....McCain has disillusioned me! He wasn't what we thought.......we need to look for other Senators/House Members for what the "Old Repug Party" was about.....

McCain seems to be "Gung Ho Bush" when he isn't doing "sneak attacks" on him........

He's a FAKE.......what he said was the final blow to me that McCain would ever be an "Anti-Bush Force!"

[Kellanved]

12. "to be included in all that "Money to be made in Iraq. "

Sounds like a confession to me. Not " want part of the glory of liberating the Iraqi people", but "to be included in all that "Money to be made in Iraq. ".


As we're saying: one always uses his own motives to rationalize the behavior of others.

[JohnKleeb]

13. Kell sorry about this

and as you may know McCain isnt even one of their worse.

[Kellanved]

15. Hey, don't be sorry

:hi:
It is a political smear campaign. Nobody but McCain and his party should be sorry, especially in the current mess.

It's interesting and alarming to see such a thing happening between "western" nations. This is like a bad government/opposition summer-thater; doesn't happen often in "grown up" diplomacy. (however it's usually the opposition resorting to smear)

And: thanks

Edit: and there is some truth to it: Siemens and other German companies would love to rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure (and the US Grid while they're at it). They're traditionally conservative (giving most donations in Germany to the conservatives and, in the US, to the GOP) - the main reason for the schizophrenic party-line of the christian-democrats (the pope is right, but so is the war).

[TheBigGuy]

14. This is really embarassing from someone who shoud know better.

this is just plain old yahoo talk...feeding on xenophobia and stereotypes and such....

McCain...boy he turned into a real jerk didnt he?

[opihimoimoi]

16. He finally revealed himself to be a PUB. Talks like one, sounds like one,

thinks like one.... Damn,

Come, we vote DEM, get the PUBS outta there.

[JanMichael]

17. Every time I hear a DU'er exclaim admiration for McCain I laugh.

He's NOT LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE or a fucking DEMOCRAT, period.

So he fought wiyth Bush...Big fucking deal, who hasn't?

[Ardee]

18. well lets see now

Germany, France, Russia and others begged us not to invade Iraq. Now that we villified them for their intelligence and invaded anyway, now that we are bogged down without a clue as to what to do to extricate us from this mess of our own creation, now we go to the UN hat in hand. Now we ask THEM to place their own troops in harms way because of our govts stupidity.

McCain can commit an anatomically impossible act on himself as far as Im concerned.........