John McCain is making my head spin

[Cocoa]

he seems to have declared a jihad on his own credibility.


http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/2007/01/john-mccains-war-against-reality.html

John McCain was interviewed by Bill Bennett yesterday and this is the claim McCain made about American public opinion on the Iraq war:


: I reject the notion that all Americans, or the majority of Americans just want us out of Iraq. Joe Lieberman would not have been re-elected in a very liberal state if that were the case.

BB: Right.

<snip>

UPDATE III: As FDM notes in Comments, John McCain previously made the exact opposite point -- literally -- as the one he is making now. After the midterm elections, McCain went on CNN and said this about why the Republicans lost the election:


And, so, there was a number of factors, including corruption, including our spending practices, including these continued scandals, that, along with Iraq, contributed to our downfall. And, if it had just been Iraq, Joe Lieberman would have never been reelected in Connecticut, a liberal state, where he supported the president on the war.


So just weeks ago, McCain was admitting that Lieberman won in Connecticut because that election was not about Iraq. In fact, McCain expressly admitted that had the election been about Iraq, Lieberman would have lost. But now that he is desperate to show that Americans still support the war, McCain saying exactly the opposite by claiming that the Connecticut election was about Iraq and that Lieberman's victory therefore proves that Americans haven't turned against the war.

[WiseButAngrySara]

1. Liars and hypocrites do that to one's mind... Minds spin from SPIN! ..n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Yeah, That's Why LIE-berman Cynically Distanced Himself Away From The War

during the campaign, only to rise again like a shitbird phoenix to fully support it again.

[babylonsister]

3. McCain is delusional but thinks he's playing the 'surge' intelligently.

He keeps upping his numbers as the admin does; when McCain's numbers aren't met, he will say he had the solution but no one listened. The thing is, we are listening, and he sounds crazy as a loon.
And don't get me started on Lieberman!
These two stand out tremendously for the nonsense they're spewing, and that will cause their downfall imo. At least, I hope!

[xkenx]

4. Mc Cain is Bush's ho, nothing more, nothing less.

Nobody should stand too close to him when he speaks; his mouth and tongue have been in some really awful places. As Arianna put it, the straight-talking express got derailed a long time ago. In his desperate quest for the rethug nomination, he has become a caricature. Let him dig his own political grave. As I see it, we need only to make sure the word is out to Dems. who don't pay attention what McCain is all about.