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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:38 PM
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Weathervane McCain: If we leave Iraq, "these people will follow us home"!
ALTON, Iowa -- On the 34th anniversary of his departure from a Hanoi prison camp, U.S. Sen. John McCain said Wednesday the war in Iraq has been "badly mismanaged" and that the withdrawal of U.S. troops there will lead to chaos, genocide and redeployment.

"These people will follow us home," he said. "If you leave (Abu Musab) al-Zarqawi, if you leave (Osama) bin Laden, if you see what they're after -- this is now part of this titanic struggle between good and evil which will consume us for the rest of this century."

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/03/15/news/local/24d4e6464b783d4e8625729f0014b573.txt

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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:39 PM
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1. Weathervane McCain, you got that one right
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:41 PM
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2. The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:42 PM
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3. Driving those Toyota pick-ups across the Atlantic won't be easy
for the insurgents.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:44 PM
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5. Exactly, how are they supposed to "follow us home"?
An Air Iraq charter? On the Queen Mary 2?
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TheConstantGardener Donating Member (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:43 PM
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4. Brzenski (err, carter's NSA guy)
was right on this on the Daily Show the other night, "These people believe that if we leave Iraq that the Iraqis will swim across the ocean and attack us here!"
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:58 PM
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9. I thought that was funny then - it is really
funny when viewed from this context - actually being used.
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TheConstantGardener Donating Member (264 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:59 PM
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11. He came to my university a few months ago
along with a Carter Presidency conference. He was by far the most brilliant speaker there. He says Bush has committed "historical suicide" and is behaving in an "imperial" and "colonial" manner.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:46 PM
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6. "Mom, look what followed me home"
How juvenile of Mccain.. He's too old and too desperate. he needs to hang it up, serve up what time as senator he has left, and retire:puke:
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:46 PM
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7. when I leave, my puppy tries to follow me, too. ergo,
Iraqis are dogs. ergo,
Iraqis cannot be housebroken. ergo
Iraqis wish to spot my carpet and crap in the corner, like my 9 month old did last week.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:55 PM
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8. McLame is reeking of desperation.
He should retire now and go spend some time with his family.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 05:58 PM
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10. Pentagon: "Okay, who's been dropping breadcrumbs?!?"
:eyes:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 06:00 PM
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12. Just like all those Vietnamese did, right?
Tell the doctor to up your dosage, McCain.
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Disturbed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-16-07 06:08 PM
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13. McLame didn't get the memo.
Sen. Clinton and B. Ob ama have stated that US Troops will stay in Iraq indefinitely albeit at a reduced level. The Dems will not support complete US Troops & Merc deployment from Iraq. No matter who is in the WH in '09 US Troops & Mercs will be in Iraq.
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