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Title: McCain: all Americans back Georgia in struggle
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Yahoo News
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Published: Aug 12, 2008
Author: Charles Babington
Post Date: 2008-08-12 15:48:39 by Rupert_Pupkin
Keywords: McCain, Georgia, Russia
Views: 358
Comments: 24
McCain says all Americans back Georgia in struggle By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 57 minutes ago Republican presidential candidate John McCain phoned Georgia's president Tuesday to tell him all Americans back his country's efforts to thwart military attacks from Russia. McCain told more than 2,000 voters in York, Pa., that he spoke Tuesday morning with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili to make sure he knows "that the thoughts, prayers and support of the American people are with that great little nation as it struggles today" for independence. "I told him that I know I speak for every American when I said to him, today, we are all Georgians," McCain said to loud applause. He said Saakashvili asked him to express his thanks to Americans. McCain said Moscow is using "violence against Georgia to send a signal" to "any country that chooses to associate with the West." Russian leaders, he said, must realize they risk "the benefits they enjoy from being part of the civilized world." Both McCain and his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, have called for a multi-pronged diplomatic approach to pressure Russia to withdraw from Georgia, a former republic of the Soviet Union. Georgia has been trying to keep the pro-Moscow province of South Ossetia from breaking away. Obama, who is vacationing in Hawaii, said in a statement Tuesday: "Now is the time for action not just words. It is past time for the Russian government to immediately sign and implement a cease-fire. Russia must halt its violation of Georgian airspace and withdraw its ground forces from Georgia, with international monitors to verify that these obligations are met."
Poster Comment: Reality check for Mad Mac: I'll bet that 80% of Americans don't know of any "Georgia" except for the one above Florida, and really don't give a damn about how a conflict between Georgia or Russia pans out. So much for "all Americans."
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#1. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
Just 1 guy's perspective I know all about Georgia - not the state here. I hope they survive. However, it's none of our business.
Paris / Rihanna 2008
Georgia needs better leadership, and not Pooty's type either. They need to get away from the Trilats AND the Russkies!
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
I don't associate with those that ambush sleeping civilians, etc. Here there or anywhere. ;-)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
The real conflict is between the Russians and the Trilats (and in this case, the Zionists, who are aligned with the Trilats on every issue except the Middle East), not between Russia and Georgia.
Can we impeach him before he get's nominated? Same goes for Obama.
Yup. And either way we're going to give the world a Rockefeller (Nelson and David) in November.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
They could be sentenced by November if we start now. ;-)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
I'm not sure McCain is going to make it to the nomination process. Lately he has begun to swing his arms in tandem giving him the appearance of a bobble head doll.
LOl! JT, you do have a special way with words.
Who does that ignorant cs think he is, a mind reader or something? He sure doesn't speak for me because I don't know who I "back" in that struggle or if I back anyone in it because I honestly don't know enough about it. If I understand it correctly the people who live in Ossetia want to be independent and I wonder why that is different than Georgia wanting to be independent of Russia. Beyond that, I think you are correct in that most Americans don't even know there is another Georgia besides the one immediately north of Florida.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Be careful of what you wish for. If something happens to Mad Mac, the GOP might nominate Dick Cheney at the convention.
Ditto. This American minds his own business. Reminds of that catch phrase I overhear when my wife watches that 'American Idol' show..."America voted..." Hey, pretty boy...I'm America, I didn't vote, and I couldn't possibly care less...
:P With that navy cap he wears we're watching a full blown circus.
Exactly. I believe that we, and especially our government, should mind our own business and not get involved in everyone else's problems and conflicts.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. galling. these elites make me want to wretch. the last people mcCain is speaking for are Americans.
Do You Know What Freedom Really Means? Freedom4um.com
Cynichrissy, the government loves us, don'cha know? :P
See Jethro Tull's #8 comment - McCain is having a hard time talking period - or maybe it's that McCain is having a hard time walking and talking at the same time - whatever - McCain is definitely shakey these days - JT pretty much nails the problem in a few short pithy sentences.
In 2000, I thought that Bush and Gore were the two most pathetic candidates to run against each other in the general election. McCain and Obama have both of them beat. One is a senile warmonger, the other is a scripted empty suit. I have a feeling every election from now on will have progressively worse candidates. If the trend continues, in 2020, voters will get to choose between a clump of pond scum and a cow paddy.
Fuck you, John. Today I'm an American. Was an American yesterday, and I'll be an American tomorrow. What will you be?
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Did we get tired of being Israelis already?
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
McCain is a man of many hats. A sombrero one day, a yarmulke the next.
$5 says Georgia will be the object of an Iranian "terrorist" attack.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Nothing new there. It has been that way all my life and I have lived through quite a few of the shows they call elections.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.Reality check for Mad Mac: I'll bet that 80% of Americans don't know of any "Georgia" except for the one above Florida, and really don't give a damn about how a conflict between Georgia or Russia pans out. So much for "all Americans."
#2. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
#3. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
"I told him that I know I speak for every American when I said to him, today, we are all Georgians," McCain said to loud applause. He said Saakashvili asked him to express his thanks to Americans.
#4. To: Rotara (#2)
#5. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
Republican presidential candidate John McCain phoned Georgia's president Tuesday to tell him all Americans back his country's efforts to thwart military attacks from Russia.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#6. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#4)
The real conflict is between the Russians and the Trilats
#7. To: FormerLurker (#5)
Can we impeach him before he get's nominated? Same goes for Obama.
#8. To: FormerLurker (#5)
#9. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
I'm not sure McCain is going to make it to the nomination process. Lately he has begun to swing his arms in tandem giving him the appearance of a bobble head doll.
#10. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
McCain: all Americans back Georgia in struggle
Lord Acton
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
I'm not sure McCain is going to make it to the nomination process.
#12. To: James Deffenbach (#10)
McCain: all Americans back Georgia in struggle...
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#13. To: scrapper2 (#9)
#14. To: who knows what evil (#12)
Ditto. This American minds his own business. Reminds of that catch phrase I overhear when my wife watches that 'American Idol' show..."America voted..." Hey, pretty boy...I'm America, I didn't vote, and I couldn't possibly care less...
Lord Acton
#15. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
"I told him that I know I speak for every American when I said to him, today, we are all Georgians," McCain said
#16. To: James Deffenbach, christine, Rupert_Pupkin (#10)
McCain: all Americans back Georgia in struggle
#17. To: christine (#15)
#18. To: christine, Jethro Tull (#15)
galling. these elites make me want to wretch. the last people mcCain is speaking for are Americans.
#19. To: scrapper2 (#18)
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#20. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#0)
"I told him that I know I speak for every American when I said to him, today, we are all Georgians,"
#21. To: christine (#15)
the last people mcCain is speaking for are Americans.
#22. To: Dakmar (#20)
Fuck you, John. Today I'm an American. Was an American yesterday, and I'll be an American tomorrow. What will you be?
#23. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#22)
#24. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#19)
I have a feeling every election from now on will have progressively worse candidates.
Lord Acton
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