Something must have really riled Republican Presidential Candidate Sen. John McCain. After the Iraq supplemental budget request to fund George Bush’s (and increasingly John McCain’s) Iraq war, McCain lashed out in a prepared statement Friday morning -- which was a poke in the eye and slap in the face right out of the Three Stooges playbook against a pair of prominent Democrats (Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama) who happen to be seeking the same White House office he does and said no thanks with their votes.

“I was very disappointed to see Senator Obama and Senator Clinton embrace the policy of surrender by voting against funds to support our brave men and women fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan,” McCain said. “This vote may win favor with MoveOn and liberal primary voters, but it’s the equivalent of waving a white flag to al Qaeda.”

Well, well...no white glove treatment there. Surprised he didn’t throw in a reference to Jane Fonda for good effect.

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Oh Barack, where art thou?

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois wasn’t in New Hampshire at a national fire fighter’s convention, to the annoyance of some.

At the recent political mating call ritual in Portsmouth -- at stake is a late summer endorsement for a Democratic presidential hopeful by the powerful and well-organized International Association of Fire Fighters -- at least three fire fighters from different states told me were less than impressed with the effort of Obama who phoned in from the campaign trail in Iowa Friday morning.

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Here’s what $20 million in the bank can do for you -- If you’re GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney it buys the ability to create slick television ads wrapping conservative themes and a strong military policy together into a neat patriotic package.

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Here's an excerpt of an e-mail I received from a Portsmouth reader I met at a recent Hampton appearance of Hillary Clinton.

"I found it interesting after talking to a few other men (in particular) who attended Hillary's appearance in Hampton, that they were more impressed by her after seeing her in person. As I said, I was not that interested in
seeing her at first but I was glad that I attended.

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