Posted by
tohu.vavohu on Saturday, February 02, 2008 3:16:22 AM
On the local KKNT the Patriot 960 radio station I heard a clip of McCain saying he would get Osama bin Laden:
"He promised to capture the leader of Al-Qaeda. 'And my friends, I want to look you in the eye and tell you, 'I will get Osama bin Laden.' McCain said, 'I will bring him to justice. I know how to do it.'"
I think it actually had a little more in the clip. McCain, if I remember right, went on to say he was the ONLY ONE who could do it.
Soooooooooooo... you want to help us out here McCain or you going to leave us hanging? Why are you leaving this ace in your pocket? Aren't you the man for national security despite the fact that you want to close Guantanimo and make waterboarding illegal [very good article about McCain's stance on issues]?
"McCain said 'restoring America’s sullied reputation abroad will be ‘a top priority’ if he wins the White House.' How would McCain do this? He has a 'series of measures to roll back Bush policies':
'I would immediately close Guantanamo Bay, move all the prisoners to Ft. Leavenworth and truly expedite the judicial proceedings in their cases.'
McCain also has repeatedly railed against water-boarding, calling the practice torture -- even though it does no lasting physical or mental damage. Water-boarding is one of the most effective interrogation methods we have and was used successfully on Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who confessed to a number of ongoing plots against the U.S. and gave up information that helped authorities arrest at least six major terrorists.
McCain even teamed with Senate Democrats in using the water-boarding issue to delay the confirmation of Michael Mukasey to be attorney general. He told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in a Nov. 4, 2007, interview:
'I am confident that [Mukasey] will declare that practice illegal, and therefore, I will vote to support his nomination.'"
If you know how to get him why haven't you told Bush? You know the current President!?! A fellow Republican other than name only!?! You know, fellow conservative, in the looses sense!?! That guy - you remember him. The guy you been pissed off at since the 2000 election, along with the majority of the liberals. Why now talky-talky to him of how to get him? Wouldn't it be better to get Osama sooner rather than latter? Maybe curtail some violence? Or is that your ace in the whole of the presidency? How about a hint? Can you give a general area idea? Maybe get the bin Laden construction company to build a neon sign pointing to the cave he's sipping on goats milk with his islamo facist buddies? The guys were are fighting? The ones you keep mentioning you'll get? You know? Give us a Tommy Boy discription: "He's not so much here, or here, but he's really more in this general location."
So I got a question, let's say Romney picks up the Republican node and Romney wins the general, are you going to share it then? Ok, let's go the other route, let's say Obama or Clinton win the nod and go on to win the general, are you going to share this golden nugget of information with them? Or are you going to still keep it in your secret vault for when you run the next time, or the next time, or the next time, till 2052? Should I trust you on the ability to fight and win this war if you are not willing to share the ball every now and then with those that can make use of it because it's not you throwing the ball? Wipe the tears kid, play the game. So what you are saying is if I want to get Osama bin Laden, I've got to elect you and only you? SOLD. I'm in. Boy that wasn't hard. See you conservatives, that's all it takes. McCain + President = Capture of Osama bin Laden. Romney / Obama / Clinton + President = No Capture of Osama bin Laden. New McCain bumper sticker [if you develop it, I get royalties unless McCain takes that possibility away]: McCain 2008: Only one who can catch Osama bin Laden.
Homer Simpson: "Oh, if you couldn't tell, I was being sarCASTic!"
Marge Simpson: "Well, duh!!"
I remember McCain bringing up this in a debate and when asked he said something to the effect of building up the spying capabilities and something else. It was hard to catch what he was saying because he kind of fumbled and mumbled the answer. I think he was unprepared to have someone ask exactly how he was going to do it. But the Wall Street Journal got to the bottom of it:
"John McCain says in almost every stump speech that he knows how to capture Osama bin Laden and that he’d follow the al Qaeda leader to the 'Gates of Hell.'
So Washington Wire was wondering, what does McCain know that President Bush and the Pentagon don’t about how to sweep up America’s most elusive enemy.
'One thing I will not do is telegraph my punches. Osama bin Laden will be the last to know,' he said today while riding on the back of his bus between Florida events. In other words: he’s not telling. Why not share his strategy with the current occupant of the White House? 'Because I have my own ideas and it would require implementation of certain policies and procedures that only as the president of the United States can be taken.'
That response, of course, echoes Richard Nixon’s campaign promise in 1968 to stop the Vietnam War. Nixon also declined to say what his plan was. America’s involvement in the Vietnam war continued until 1973.
As for the Gates of Hell themselves, McCain says he knows all about them. 'I think I’ve been close,' he joked."
Bet you have Mr. Senator McCain. If you say so. Not only will Osama be the last to know, everyone else will be too.
So i was looking up info for this and came across a site called answerbag.com were you can pose a question and get a response. I found someone who posed this question:
"John McCain vowed to capture Osama Bin Laden. Do you think he could get the job done?"
And for right now this is the top answer out of three [and my personal all time favorite]:
"I doubt John McCain could find a dog in a 20x20 square foot room with a GPS device and a rifle+scope."
McCain, great hero, great man, lousy senator, lousy conservative/Republican.
~tohu.va.vohu