Here goes Mean Old McCain: Clinton raising the 'white flag'

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(Updated at 1:11 pm with Clinton campaign comment)

by Mark Silva

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- McCain, fighting for a victory in Florida's Republican primary election on Tuesday to bolster his victories coming out of New Hampshire and South Carolina, brought a South Carolina senator with him here today. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who said he had "been interpreting for John all through South Carolina,'' urged voters to remember one thing when they vote here.

"When you vote, you are voting for the commander-in-chief of a nation of war,'' said Graham, evoking the image of American troops at war. "The question is who is best able to walk in their shoes, understand their language and lead them to victory.’’

Things are going well in Iraq, McCain maintained, "and now, incredibly, incredibly, in the Democratic debate a couple of nights ago…. incredibly, incredibly Sen. Clinton decided that she wants to surrender, she wants to raise a white flag… We are succeeding, and she is committed to setting a date for withdrawl, for surrender… My friends, I will not let that happen.''

“I'll look forward to this debate with Sen. Clinton or Obama,'' McCain said. "I’ll look forward to this debate with Sen. Clinton about whether we have succeeded or not…''

Responding to McCain, Clinton campaign press spokesman Phil Singer said: "Senator McCain wants to continue the Bush Iraq policy and Senator Clinton wants to end it. It’s sad and unfortunate that he’s using loaded rhetoric instead of making a substantive argument."

Never, in the history of campaigns, he said, “has a candidate for president of the United States wanted to wave the white flag…. I’m not going to let that happen as president of the United States.''

McCain, also vowing as he has before to follow Osama bin Laden "the gates of hell'' if necessary, said "Al Qaeda is on the run.'' They are not defeated, he said, but if the U.S. "raises a white flag'' all the gains made to date will be for naught.


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[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. Hey McCain, what's the weather like up your own ass?

Just keep drinking that kool aid.

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3. "Things are going well in Iraq"

McCain maintained.

[suston96]

2. "When you vote, you are voting for the commander-in-chief of a nation of war,''

What a dumb thing to say - did he say "a nation of war"? What does that mean?

But whatever, doesn't he realize that it is "a nation AT war" because the present commander in chief lied to start it?

I wouldn't be using commander in chief and war in the same sentence.

[Webster Green]

4. A President McCain would likely re-invade Viet Nam to finish his war..

He's completely nuts! He would probably be lobbing nukes at someone within days of his inauguration.

[acmavm]

5. What gains? We're beating al Quaeda? That's news to me.

He's a real tough talker nowdays, isn't he?

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6. absolutely animated

It's only a matter of time before he lets rip one of his classic, bizzare statements.

like this one:

“Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.”

or, this one:

“Just stop at one of these construction sites and look and see who those workers are. They're all Hispanic, ... And I bet you they're illegal.”

and this:

"Katrina did not declare a truce on Iraq."

[acmavm]

7. Just what the world needs. Another demented republican in the

White House