Fortune Magazine is running a profile on John McCain titled, "The evolution of John McCain." McCain's chief advisor, Charlie Black, is interviewed in the piece. Below is a choice quote from Black on why he thinks another terrorist attack on US soil would help McCain win the presidency.
On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one timely reminder of the chaos lurking in the world, probably saved McCain in New Hampshire, a state he had to win to save his candidacy - this according to McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," says Black. "But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us." As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him," says Black.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/23/m...1_n_108671.html
Fear Fear Fear.......that's all they have left.
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I think it would be a huge disadvantage. It would underscore the failed policies and wars waged under the Bush administration which is John McCain's entire presidential campaign.
Hmmm...where did I hear that theory before. I know! In PNAC's "Rebuilding America's Defenses". Well I guess it worked for Bush, so why not McSame! 
It's sick how these neocons drool for more American blood!
Well hopefully America won't fall for that again.
It's sick how these neocons drool for more American blood!
Well hopefully America won't fall for that again.
QUOTE (fairyduster @ Jun 23 2008, 05:30 PM) 
Fear Fear Fear.......that's all they have left.
That's all the bastards ever had.
It makes me cringe to think that Americans are a bunch of fucking
Well, McCain DID almost instantly reject the suggestion and refute the claim. Let's see if Black is fired.
It's no problem repeatedly implying it, but saying it straight out just isn't the straight-talk express policy.
I failed to add, McCain also said he wants to know the "context of the remarks." 'Cause, you see, apparently there are contexts where Black's words wouldn't have been a problem.
An attack on America's soil would be the terrorist's endorsement of the present regime's direction.
Any wonder why Osama just happened to release a tape prior to your last presidential election? Got the man he wanted to be elected.
Any wonder why Osama just happened to release a tape prior to your last presidential election? Got the man he wanted to be elected.
Here's video of McCain's stirring, passionate, shocked, seething statement of contempt for Black's horrifying words.
(Sorry you have to listen to Wolf blathering excitedly for a few seconds, first.)
He's a doddering old fool. I swear I just don't get how we keep losing to these clowns.
QUOTE (CWV @ Jun 24 2008, 01:14 AM)
He's a doddering old fool. I swear I just don't get how we keep losing to these clowns.
Keep that thought till November and don't let anyone argue otherwise. That's how we'll beat their asses this year. Repeat after me "McCain Will Never Be President!"
Was just listening to Keith Olbermann talk about this. Knowing these fucks, this is only the beginning.
QUOTE (madasheck @ Jun 24 2008, 01:23 AM)
Was just listening to Keith Olbermann talk about this. Knowing these fucks, this is only the beginning.
Raw Story has an update on the story and the Olbermann interview with Robert Wexler:
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Wexler: McCain's 'calculating the value of a terrorist attack' is 'eerie'
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Thursday June 26, 2008
When McCain's top strategist Charlie Black was quoted as saying that a new terrorist attack would "be a big advantage" to the McCain campaign, McCain responded that "I cannot imagine why he would say it. It's not true."
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann pointed out on Wednesday that several examples have now emerged of McCain himself suggesting that terrorism could be good for the GOP. For example, in 2004, a Connecticut paper quoted McCain as saying during a local campaign stop that thanks to the release of an alleged al Qaeda tape, "Bin Laden may have just given us a little boost."
Olbermann asked Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) whether Senator Barack Obama is right when he suggests playing the terror card won't work this time around.
"He is right about the shift," Wexler replied, "The Bush administration and Senator John McCain have lost their credibility -- but still Senator Obama has to go out and aggressively make the argument."
"If this were just one comment by John McCain, or one comment by his chief strategist, that might be forgivable," Wexler continued. "But this is now the second, possibly the third instance in which the mindset of John McCain is becoming quite evident. ... He appears to be calculating the value of a terrorist attack or an assassination to his campaign, and that's quite eerie."
"I don't think we should just focus on Mr. Black," Wexler emphasized. "We ought to focus on Senator McCain himself, because this seems to be a joint effort."
"Why is nobody calling McCain on any one of those remarks?" Olbermann asked.
"When we thought it was only once, you could forgive it," Wexler stated. "But now when I hear you talk about what is the third instance, that's a pattern of attempting to use fear."
Wexler suggested that "Senator Obama needs to go out and say, 'You know what? These guys' credentials on security matters aren't any good anyway. Senator McCain, President Bush, they were wrong on the Iraq War ... taking our sights off Osama bin Laden. ... they put all their eggs in Musharraf's basket. ... The McCain-Bush policies have not made America safer.'"
Wexler concluded by noting that Congress also has an important role to play. "We need to hold the Bush-McCain positions accountable and engage, in my view, in inquiry of impeachment with respect to the lies that the Bush administration foisted on the American people as they took us to war in Iraq."
This video is from MSNBC's Countdown, broadcast June 25, 2008.
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Thursday June 26, 2008
When McCain's top strategist Charlie Black was quoted as saying that a new terrorist attack would "be a big advantage" to the McCain campaign, McCain responded that "I cannot imagine why he would say it. It's not true."
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann pointed out on Wednesday that several examples have now emerged of McCain himself suggesting that terrorism could be good for the GOP. For example, in 2004, a Connecticut paper quoted McCain as saying during a local campaign stop that thanks to the release of an alleged al Qaeda tape, "Bin Laden may have just given us a little boost."
Olbermann asked Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) whether Senator Barack Obama is right when he suggests playing the terror card won't work this time around.
"He is right about the shift," Wexler replied, "The Bush administration and Senator John McCain have lost their credibility -- but still Senator Obama has to go out and aggressively make the argument."
"If this were just one comment by John McCain, or one comment by his chief strategist, that might be forgivable," Wexler continued. "But this is now the second, possibly the third instance in which the mindset of John McCain is becoming quite evident. ... He appears to be calculating the value of a terrorist attack or an assassination to his campaign, and that's quite eerie."
"I don't think we should just focus on Mr. Black," Wexler emphasized. "We ought to focus on Senator McCain himself, because this seems to be a joint effort."
"Why is nobody calling McCain on any one of those remarks?" Olbermann asked.
"When we thought it was only once, you could forgive it," Wexler stated. "But now when I hear you talk about what is the third instance, that's a pattern of attempting to use fear."
Wexler suggested that "Senator Obama needs to go out and say, 'You know what? These guys' credentials on security matters aren't any good anyway. Senator McCain, President Bush, they were wrong on the Iraq War ... taking our sights off Osama bin Laden. ... they put all their eggs in Musharraf's basket. ... The McCain-Bush policies have not made America safer.'"
Wexler concluded by noting that Congress also has an important role to play. "We need to hold the Bush-McCain positions accountable and engage, in my view, in inquiry of impeachment with respect to the lies that the Bush administration foisted on the American people as they took us to war in Iraq."
This video is from MSNBC's Countdown, broadcast June 25, 2008.
Maybe the reason we haven't been attacked again is that Osama realizes that it would prove that Bush has done nothing to make us safer, and that we would then elect a president and congress with some clue what to do about terrorism.
Use that in any conversation you have on the subject.
Use that in any conversation you have on the subject.
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