McCain surrogate causes stir
There's another surrogate controversy.
This time, it's Bud Day, who was a POW with Republican John McCain in Vietnam, and now supports his presidential bid.
In a conference call with reporters yesterday organized by the Florida Republican Party, Day defended the Iraq war by saying, "the Muslims have said either we kneel, or they're going to kill us." "I don't intend to kneel, and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn't advocate that we kneel," Day added, according to audio posted by the Miami Herald.
An official with the Council on American-Islamic Relations told CNN that McCain should repudiate the remarks. The McCain campaign issued a short statement to CNN saying, "The threat we face is from radical Islamic extremism."
Day was also in Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which in the 2004 presidential race condemned Senator John F. Kerry's antiwar activities and tried to discredit his war record.
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Bush throws McCain off the Bus!
The presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, has said he would pull most American combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. Obama's Republican counterpart, Senator John McCain of Arizona, rejects a timetable for withdrawal and says U.S. forces must remain for as long as necessary to stabilize the country.
Maliki last week called for agreements between US and Iraq to include a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. American officials initially rejected that demand. On Friday July 18, 2008 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed that a ``general time horizon'' is needed for a phased reduction of U.S. combat troops in Iraq.
Bush throws McCain off the Bus!
The presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, has said he would pull most American combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office. Obama's Republican counterpart, Senator John McCain of Arizona, rejects a timetable for withdrawal and says U.S. forces must remain for as long as necessary to stabilize the country.
Maliki last week called for agreements between US and Iraq to include a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces. American officials initially rejected that demand. On Friday July 18, 2008 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki agreed that a ``general time horizon'' is needed for a phased reduction of U.S. combat troops in Iraq.
The biggest enemy of the United States is the GOP.
Why is mr. mcCAIN associating himself with a group that he supposedly denounced (the Swiftboat Veterans) ??
And it's not just Bud Day.
It's Charlie Black.
It's Phil Gramm.
It's Richard Quinn. (When will Quinn start making the news???)
I have to agree with every single one of the people who say that the McCain of 2000 would -NEVER- vote for the McCain of 2008!!
Well, I live in a state with the motto: "Live Free or Die" and to me, kneeling because I am being forced to is Not Acceptable. I would hope anyone not a muslim would feel the same way. there are three things worth dying for, (my opinion only) and they are: Family, Country, Freedom !
How old is this guy? My neighbor was a Muslim and he mowed his lawn every weekend. Must have been a plot to spread biological weapons to kill us Americans!
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