Critics Pile On As McCain Gaffes Pile Up [Iraq/Pakistan border???]

Politico via CBS News ^ | 2008-07-22 | Jim Vande Hei & Mike Allen

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Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said “Iraq” when he apparently meant “Afghanistan” on Monday, adding to a string of mixed-up word choices that is giving ammunition to the opposition.

Just in the past three weeks, McCain has mixed up Iraq and Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan, and even football’s Packers and Steelers.

Ironically, the errors have been concentrated in what should be his area of expertise - foreign affairs.

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McCain responded: “I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," McCain said. The ABC posting added: “Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border. Afghanistan and Pakistan do.”

[rabscuttle385]

Thanks for the heads up. I saw this story earlier but didn’t actually read it.

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[mnehring]

If the press showed the same scrutiny to Obama, they would need more than the 24 hour coverage they give him to cover all his gaffes.. Instead, they put a little halo over his head and bow down to the Obamessiah.

[TomGuy]

Every McCain gaffe will be added up and built upon to make a point about his age and mental state.

And the more he accumulates, the more impact they will have.

[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]

[DuncanWaring]

Iraq and Pakistan do not share a border.

In the fullness of time, perhaps.

[Miss Didi]

Oh, puleeze...if the Drive-Bys played Little Barry's “uh, uh, uh” presser today the election would be over tomorrow.

[Dante3]

McCain is too confused and ill informed to be POTUS. One can expect an occasional gaffe. I recall the media going wild over Ford’s Poland statement - the only gaffe he made. Bush made minor ones and MSM made a big deal of them. McCain keeps on making them and nothing much happens. MSM probably fears the GOP might turn to somebody else or pressure him to resign.

[mnehring]

[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]

I think you are mixing up McCain's and Obama's gaffes.

[Williams]

Obama missed how many US states there are. Candidates do this stuff all the time. If I mean Afghan and I say Iraq, just what is the accusation? That I don’t really know the difference? Please.

[ElkGroveDan]

Meanwhile Obama talks about “The Bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor.”

[mewzilla]

That’s okay. Wait ‘til that eight minute tape Limbaugh culled from ObamUH’s Jordanian presser today makes its way on-line...

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"[Nevermind that we are closing in on having 60 states.]"

I trust you are counting Baja California, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Michooacan, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, and Zacatecas in McCain's column.

[mickey finn]

After listening to the Audacity of Dope stammer for minutes at a time on Rush today, McCain seems brilliant by comparison.

McCain will get my vote reluctantly, but he will get it.

[Miss Didi]

RUSH: Seven and a half minutes of this.

OBAMA: -- uh, uh, uh, you know, uh, uh, uh, uhh, is...? Uh, is of -- of their work, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, we, uh, uh, I called, uh, uh, and I'm -- I'm -- Uh, with, uh, uh, as, uh, that, uh, and uh, uh, um, uh -- And we have to do this, uh, uh. As -- as well as, eh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Well, uh. I, uh, uh, uh, um. We, uh, and, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh. Uh, now, uh, right now and then identify if -- if, uh, you want to, uh, uh, uhhhh. Ummmm. That's -- that's a bunch. Umm, so let me tick these off. Um, it is true that, uh, uh, uh, uhhh, uh, uh. What, uh, uhhh, uh, and, uh, uh, in I-iraq, uh, uh, are seen as, uh -- and so, uh, uh, uhhh, uh, uh, and if I was -- i-if I were in his shoes, uh, uh, uhh, and so, uh, a, uh, um, uh, from some -- someplace else, uh, theeee, uh -- and, uh, t'see, uhhh, that, uhhh --



The Messi-Uh Press Conference: "Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh, Uh"

[Shermy]

Maybe McCain makes more mistakes,

but nothing can beat Obama’s “8 to 10 years” statement for a combination of error and arrogance.

[hp1025]

demo underground is spamming google in order to attach mccain with the word ‘gaffe‘ in their search engine.

d/u also acknowledges that obama’s name continues to be attached to ‘stutter’, ‘uh’ and ‘muslim’.

[mnehring]

If I mean Afghan and I say Iraq, just what is the accusation?

I can't tell you how many times I've heard these guys in the press say Iraq when talking about Iran (and vice versa).

[mnehring]

McCain will get my vote reluctantly, but he will get it.

Initially, I was just looking forward to voting against Obama, thus for McCain by default, but now I also am looking forward to voting against the MSM (thus McCain by default.) The way they are propping up the Obamessiah, I more and more want that unholy union to lose.

[y6162]

Iraq and Pakistan border.

Sure they do, it’s the 58th state Obambi visited.