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.
Through one of his bloggers, Obama responded on Friday afternoon around 1:45 p.m. with his own two-for karate chop against McCain and former Gov. Mitt Romney who aspires to be the GOP national security tough guy.
“This country is united in our support for our troops, but we also owe them a plan to relieve them of the burden of policing someone else’s civil war. Governor Romney and Senator McCain clearly believe the course we are on in Iraq is working, but I do not.
And if there ever was a reflection of that it’s the fact that Senator McCain required a flack jacket, ten armored Humvees, two Apache attack helicopters, and 100 soldiers with rifles by his side to stroll through a market in Baghdad just a few weeks ago.
Governor Romney and Senator McCain are still supporting a war that has cost us thousands of lives, made us less safe in the world, and resulted in a resurgence of al-Qaeda. It is time to end this war so that we can redeploy our forces to focus on the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and all those who plan to do us harm.”
As usual, Obama cut rather obliquely but cut he did.
McCain wasted no time in playing the role of chagrined grammar teacher and within minutes, he shot back.
“While Senator Obama’s two years in the U.S. Senate certainly entitle him to vote against funding our troops, my service and experience combined with conversations with military leaders on the ground in Iraq lead me to believe that we must give this new strategy a chance to succeed because the consequences of failure would be catastrophic to our nation’s security.
“By the way, Senator Obama, it’s a ‘flak’ jacket, not a ‘flack’ jacket.”
Wow, we should get these guys into the ring. Call it Ultimate Fighting, political weight class.
(More updates as they unfold.)
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