TPMtv: 100 Years of Quietude?

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: John McCain won't stop trying to change the subject. And the RNC just won't stop lying on his behalf about his 100 years in Iraq remark. In today's episode we run through the record. That one townhall event wasn't the only time he said this. At other points he said 1000 years, 10,000 years, even a million years. In other words, he was saying this all the time. Now he wants to run away from it, change the subject, change what he meant and generally bully anybody who wants to bring it up.

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[thehatbloke]

No, I think he 'gets it' very well indeed. McCain says "We can stay in Iraq for 100 years - like 60 years in Japan and Germany etc - as long as we are not sustaining casualties".

The presenter's point is (concentrate please) that as long as any Western occupying force has remained in the Middle East, they've been targets. The French in Algeria. The British in Mesopotamia.

His point is valid. As long as US troops are there, US troops will be killed. And to that, McCain has no sensible answer.

[proteanview]

'Conservative' isn't defined by whatever a republican politician does. If you support the Bush regime & McCain's continuance of it, you aren't even remotely conservative. Many people who claim to be only do so an image, to fit in where they live, or because their parents were. They have little understanding of what a conservative is. They believe that conservativism is whatever a republican politician does. This simply is not the case. See McCain morph to the slate of Norman Podhoretz & Feith

[LunaCat59]

Very sad that this man is the best the republicans could do. How can he possibly be their best choice? How did this man get the nomination?  How can any intelligent republican actually cast a vote for him? He is so obviously out of it that even they must see it.

[kevski11]

Is this really the Republican's presumptive nominee? McCain supporters must scream and cry in their pillows late at night when they're all alone. Is this the best they've got... really? Sad and pathetic. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. Tell John "Mr. Magoo" McCain he's going to lose by a landslide in November. Stevie Wonder could see that.

[000100010]

No you can't. Fuck off.

[feanorack]

"We can stay in Iraq for 100 years - like 60 years in Japan and Germany etc - as long as we are not sustaining casualties"

Yes, and we can solve the world food crisis by going back to the moon - as long as it's made of cheese.

[gobee53]

Yeah I agree, I am open to any facts I'm not aware of. Tell me when I can catch it and we'll compare interpretations. Good Lord! It seems politness has broken out. Whats next? A rational exchange of ideas? Lol.

[Psuedogenius]

my bad, it is featured on the PBS online news source. Ill get to it this weeked. Good to have an exchange of views.

[dualatdawn]

DIE!!!!

[gobee53]

Whats the show and when is it on? The Iraq study groups conclusions can be googled, I need something more specific to look up, and I will. Todays news said Mcain has drawn even with Obama. Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory every time.

[els7410]

this guy is an idiot, he doesn't get it either. Thanks for making this video explaining how you can't interpret a simple statement. Great use of a green screen also...