GOP Candidates

While Iraq spirals deeper into a bloody civil war, the Republican presidential candidates offer four more years of the same failed policy that got us to where we are now. The American people sent a clear message in the midterm elections that they wanted a change in course, but the GOP candidates only offer more of the same.

And as they attempt to one-up each other, trying to sound more and more like Vice President Dick Cheney when it comes to this unpopular war, they continue to isolate themselves from the majority of the American public that understands our brave men and women should not be policing a civil war.

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DID YOU KNOW?

  • Rudy Giuliani resigned from the Iraq Study Group, and then criticized their findings.
  • When John McCain took his famous stroll through a Baghdad market, he was joined by 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, and 2 Apache Gunships.
  • Mitt Romney once claimed he couldn't weigh in on Iraq because he was "still a Governor."
  • Duncan Hunter stalled hearings on the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal, even though members of both parties agreed that Congress should do more to investigate the abuse of prisoners.
  • Asked what he would do in Iraq, Fred Thompson replied, "I would do essentially what the president's doing."

He Must Have Missed The Memo

McCain's Iraq policy is out of touch:

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McCain Watch: Iraq: McCain Has Been Wrong From the Start -- Just Like Bush

Today, more McCain surrogates and a web video attacking Barack Obama which could have been produced on "Fantasy Island," will be trotted out in an effort to distract attention from John McCain's real record on Iraq--a record of being inconsistent and being wrong, just like President Bush.

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When Will McCain Bring Them Home?

It's the question that our latest ad, as Greg Sargent at TPM Election Central points out, seeks to answer:

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McCain: Bringing Troops Home "Not Too Important"

This is a pretty shocking statement for a lot of reasons. First, the story and video, from TPM Election Central:

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McCain's 100 Year Pledge... of Unlimited Troops

Brian Williams asked McCain about his support for 100 years in Iraq and whether he will support "however many U.S. troops are required."

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McCain Defends "Mission Accomplished"

Just how far will John McCain go to defend Bush? Even further than Bush's spokesperson, apparently. This just in, from the Associated Press: "Republican John McCain says President Bush should not be held responsible for the much-criticized "mission accomplished" banner five years ago, but he should be blamed for bungling the early months of the Iraq war."

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Maliciously Quoting?

MoveOn.org launched an ad targeting John McCain's 100-years-in-Iraq line to coincide with the 5 year anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech.

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