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Ever since John McCain said at a town hall meeting in Januray that he could see U.S. troops staying in Iraq for a hundred years, the Democrats have been trying to use the quote to paint the Arizona senator as a dangerous warmonger. And lately, Barack Obama in particular has stepped up his attacks on McCain's "100 years" notion. But in doing so, Obama is seriously misleading voters - if not outright lying to them - about exactly what Mccain said. And some in the press are failing to call him on it. Here's McCain's full quote, in context, from...

The left, the Democrats, and soldier death porn In addition to the "100 years" lie, the DNC ad in question also shows a serious lack of respect to our servicemen and women by showing imagery of some of them blowing up: The Democratic National Committee has sparked outrage among veterans and others across the internet by running an anti-John McCain ad that shows U.S. soldiers being blown up. After the new ad’s voice-over castigated McCain for suggesting that the United States may stay in Iraq for “maybe 100� years, the footage becomes shocking. The DNC ad then shows an explosive...

A growing number of Democrats have falsely accused Sen. John McCain of “promising” 100 years of war in Iraq. In fact, McCain’s point was that the presence of American forces promotes stability. That’s been the case in Europe and Asia, where Americans have been stationed for more than half a century. It’s been true in the Balkans since the 1990s, when President Clinton sent troops there. America’s military plays a beneficial role when it eliminates America’s enemies; it does so also when it stays on to prevent those enemies from reemerging. But there is a hard truth that McCain did...

SIERRA VISTA — Boy Scout leader James Larsen of the Catalina Council’s Cochise District made the trip last month to the 100th anniversary of Scouting jamboree in southern England. The theme of the Scouting’s century celebration was “One World, One Promise.” Larsen said about 36,000 scouts and adult leaders attended the event to join in the spirit international unity. Six scouts from the Catalina Council went, all from the Tucson area. On Aug. 1, 1907, Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Scouting for Boys camping event at Poole Harbour in southern England. It is recognized as the origin of the worldwide...

Retired United States Senator Strom Thurmond is set to fly to his first public appearance since returning to the state-on the private jet of a Hooters Air executive.No, there won't be any 'Hooter's Girls' on next month's flight to the 'Strom Thurmond Family Picnic' in Conway, not even a Hooters insignia-that owl with the bulging eyes- on the plane.But not this flight.'No, no, no -this is not a Hooters flight this is the private CEO's plane,' said picnic organizer and Horry Coutry GOP chairman Duane Oliver. 'There are no Hooters Girls.'Hooters Air is a spinoff of the restaurant chain famous...