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McCain Regrets Saying Soldiers Wasted In Iraq

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 04:58:41 PM EST
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Malkin still silent, but McCain is sorry:

Last evening, I referred to American casualties in Iraq as wasted. I should have used the word, sacrificed, as I have in the past.

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    McCain Regrets Saying Soldiers Wasted In Iraq | 9 comments (9 topical)

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    I expect that (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 05:41:11 PM EST
    the right will be all over McCain like melanoma on a sunny day - just like they were when Obama misspoke himself.

    their sacrifice (none / 0) (#2)
    by cpinva on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 05:42:13 PM EST
    has been wasted. why is it everyone's afraid to state the obvious? these people have been misused by this administration, in pursuit of their failed foreign policy.

    there is no shame to our men/women in uniform, all shame is on those that sent them.

    Hopefully...... (none / 0) (#4)
    by kdog on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 05:46:12 PM EST
    the next person to say it won't cower and apologize.

    You gotta hand it to the war-mongers....they can bury any serious discussion about Iraq being a serious waste of heroic humanity like nobody's business.

    Sacrificed (none / 0) (#5)
    by Dick Durata on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 06:23:12 PM EST
    Someone should ask McCain, 'sacrificed' for what? Maybe he'll go back to saying 'wasted'.

    Silent no more. (none / 0) (#6)
    by Gabriel Malor on Thu Mar 01, 2007 at 11:32:17 PM EST
    Malkin has now commented on McCain's "wasted" moment. She says of the Maverick:

    McCain is hurtling, hurtling, hurtling.

    Oh, and I feel vindicated to discover that her prior "silence" on the topic was nothing more than CPAC-related preoccupation.

    Where is all (none / 0) (#7)
    by Edger on Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 03:27:24 PM EST
    the outrage from the right over his use of the word "wasted"?

    We should (none / 0) (#8)
    by jondee on Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 03:37:49 PM EST
    all be so easily "vindicated" Gabe. Malkin quotes an ambiguous, barely in context, three words (one word actually), from someone else reacting to McCain, and that counts in your world as some kind of (presumably) meaningful commentary.

    Glad you feel vindicated.

    Reminds (none / 0) (#9)
    by jondee on Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 03:43:51 PM EST
    me of the WMD "vindication" provided by the thirty+ year old gas cannisters.

    But, if these guys weren't easy to please, we'd have someone else as President.

    the scary part ... (none / 0) (#10)
    by Sailor on Fri Mar 02, 2007 at 03:46:11 PM EST
    ... is he reads malkin.

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