McCain refuses to attack Obama’s foreign policy ["I’m not against a dialogue with the Iranians"]

Financial Times ^ | 2009-03-20 | Edward Luce & Demetri Sevastopulo

[rabscuttle385]

It was almost as if last autumn’s bitterly fought presidential election never happened. En route to Brussels, where he will give a keynote speech on Saturday at a security conference, John McCain sounds supportive of the man who defeated him.

Asked whether Barack Obama will return next month empty-handed from Strasbourg, where he will request more support from his Nato counterparts in Afghanistan, Mr McCain said: “There is enormous goodwill in Europe towards the new president.”

In an interview with the Financial Times, Mr McCain, who retained his Senate seat when he became his party’s nominee, repeatedly declined to criticise Mr Obama’s foreign policy stances, including the decision to explore the possibilities of talks with Iran. “I’m not against a dialogue with the Iranians,” he said. “What I was opposed to in the campaign was a one-to-one dialogue with characters dedicated to the extermination of Israel [Mahmoud Ahmedi-Nejad, Iran’s president].”

[rabscuttle385]

So many exploding McCainiacs, so little time.

[rabscuttle385]

The Juan McCain Truth File. "I have great respect for Al Gore." —John McCain, October 2, 2008 FR Keywords: mccaintruthfile, mcqueeg, mcbama Please tag all relevant threads with the aforementioned keywords. This can be a very high-volume ping list at times. To join the ping list: FReepmail rabscuttle385 with the subject line add  mccaintruthfile. (Stop getting pings by sending the subject line drop mccaintruthfile.) Republican Commissar’s Warning: By joining this ping list, you may be subjected to the delusional rants and ramblings of McCainiacs, of "moderate" Republicans, of pragmatic conservatives resigned to voting for the lesser of two Democrats, and of countless GOP shills who simply want to meet a new overlord.

[rabscuttle385]

[exist]

So that’s what David Frum means when he says we should be more moderate. How can we lose if we have the exact same policies as Obama? David Frum = Political genius.

[ottersnot]

In McCain's defense. Obama's video is pretty awesome

[EyeGuy]

“...bitterly fought presidential election...”

#####

Guess I was out of the solar system when that occured....

[Blue State Insurgent]

What Would Sarah Do?

[hinckley buzzard]

I wonder if we could trade this jerk back to the North Vietnamese for a draft choice or player to be named later. In light of his incessant backstabbing one is justified in asking where and when this pattern emerged, and to wonder what really may have happened in Hanoi.

[Jay Thomas]

What the heck motivates these people? Can’t he just go away?

[justa-hairyape]

So exactly what would have been different if McNugget had won ? McCain seems pleased with Obamas performance so far. To think millions of Americans were brainwashed to think these crooks were actually members of opposing parties. Hey that’s it. Instead of calling them the Ruling Party or Big Government Party, lets just call them the Crooked Party.

[Fred]

Ahhh, there is a foreign policy? Wash that part of the Jay Leno show???

[LibLieSlayer]

mcamnesty is still pi$$ing me off every time he opens his mouth.

LLS

[AlexW]

With a dork like McStain, we deserved to loose.
We will now pay dearly and probably loose the USA
as we knew it.

[Stepan12]

In light of his incessant backstabbing one is justified in asking where and when this pattern emerged, and to wonder what really may have happened in Hanoi.

Maybe he was brainwashed there. With his attacks on Capitalism against Mitt Romney it sounds like it.

[dandiegirl]

John McCain just keeps showing us why he is a loser and always will be. He just has no sense at all.

[Semper Mark]

“What the heck motivates these people?”

Money and power...power and money.

[swatbuznik]

What happened to “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran?”

[LiberConservative]

“My friends. Palin never understood: Once you go socialist you'll never go back”.

[catbertz]

[RtWngr]

So the drive-by media has decide we have but two choices to be their “official” representatives of the Republican party. McCain and Rush. I'll take Rush thanks.