EPPING, New Hampshire - Though his rival may be on another continent at the moment, John McCain isn’t holding back from taking shots against Barack Obama.
The Republican presidential candidate came out on Tuesday with one of his sharpest attacks yet on Obama’s policies regarding the Iraq war, shortly after the Illinois senator wrapped up a visit to Baghdad.
McCain pounded the Democratic presidential hopeful for opposing an increase in U.S. troop levels in Iraq — known as the “surge” — which has been credited with helping stabilize the country.
”When we adopted the surge, we were losing the war in Iraq, and I stood up and said I would rather lose a campaign than lose a war,” McCain told reporters.
”Apparently Sen. Obama, who does not understand what’s happening in Iraq or fails to acknowledge the success in Iraq, would rather lose a war than lose a campaign.”
Fighting words — and ones he apparently intends to keep using. The Arizona senator debuted the same line at a town-hall meeting earlier in the day, repeated it at a brief news conference, and said it again during a network television interview.
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Photo credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder (McCain and former President George Bush speak to reporters in Kennebunkport, Maine July 21, 2008)
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McSame don’t have to worry…..He is going to loose the Election and we are going to win the war. Dont worry McBush you will get you wish old man!
- Posted by Joe[...] Barack Obama, [...]
- Posted by Fun Fact About McCain #2: Attacking The Character of His Opponents - 2parse/blog[...] 09 2008 Perhaps McCain wasn’t so far off in his remarks about Obama, the election and Iraq. Though Obama might not want to lose a war to win an election, [...]
- Posted by BlowhardMcCain, would rather loose an election than see his country lose a war
that is someone who cares about his country,
character humility
I want someone with character to win this election
- Posted by MBeard[...] Jump to Comments John McCain, in an attack on Barack Obama’s patriotism, says that Obama would rather lose a war than risk losing an election. He also frequently says that [...]
- Posted by McCain Would Rather Win an Election… « Nachon Blog[...] Support our troops: [...]
- Posted by Repeat after me, “support our troops.” « mireille + mischa[...] does not understand what’s happening in Iraq or fails to acknowledge the success in Iraq, would rather lose a war than lose a campaign.” Obama is not a [...]
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