The Democratic Party

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."

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.

100 Years

Josh Marshall hits all the key points:

Another McCain Foreign Policy Error, With Video

I mentioned this earlier, but I wanted to post again with the video. McCain's latest display of his lack of foreign policy understanding came today when he wouldn't divert troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to keep his promise to chase bin Laden to the gates of hell unless Gen. Petraeus said it was necessary.

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McCain Gets It Wrong - One More Time!

Here's the latest example of McCain's failure to understand American foreign policy. He was just asked if he'd divert troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to keep his promise to chase bin Laden "to the gates of hell." No, McCain said, unless Gen. Petraeus said it was necessary.

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Redstate: Iraq Just Like Occupying... Alabama

If I were to make a list of places that have some sort of connection to American presence in Iraq -- places that were remotely similar -- somehow I don't think the US being in Alabama, and the South in general, would be anywhere on that list. It's hard to even begin where to start.

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McCain Gets It Wrong - Again!

With General Petreaus testifying before Congress, Senator McCain once again got basic facts wrong about the situation on the ground in Iraq. During his questioning, he referred to al Qaeda as an "an obscure sect of the Shi'ites." This has become a rather frequent problem for the GOP nominee.

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