Comments on: McCain And Cheney Use O’Hanlon-Pollack Op-Ed To Justify Continuing Escalation http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:51:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3983257 John Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:10:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3983257 hey sounds like Times is back to good old day of Judith miller scan. hey sounds like Times is back to good old day of Judith miller scan.

]]> By: nellieh http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3981005 nellieh Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:34:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3981005 Naturally McCain would agree with them. They are telling him what he wants to hear. No matter how incomplete the report is. Michael Ware has spent the entire war in Iraq with little exceptions. He is the closest thing to Ernie Pyle this war has right now and I would believe his lying eyes before I would believe O'Hanlon and/or Pollock. He has at least been RIGHT more often than not. I can't recall a time, but I don't like to use absolutes. You can't say that about them. Compared to Ware, they are gossip columnists. Naturally McCain would agree with them. They are telling him what he wants to hear. No matter how incomplete the report is. Michael Ware has spent the entire war in Iraq with little exceptions. He is the closest thing to Ernie Pyle this war has right now and I would believe his lying eyes before I would believe O’Hanlon and/or Pollock. He has at least been RIGHT more often than not. I can’t recall a time, but I don’t like to use absolutes. You can’t say that about them. Compared to Ware, they are gossip columnists.

]]> By: old hack http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980597 old hack Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:17:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980597 Who do you think payed those guys to write such an ignorant piece. DUH! Who do you think payed those guys to write such an ignorant piece.

DUH!

]]> By: Milkshake http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980422 Milkshake Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:10:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980422 <blockquote>Write the story, quote the story. Shameless propagandists. Comment by Guido, Lover, OBGYN — July 31, 2007 @ 9:09 pm</blockquote> This is their standard Method of Operation, isn't it.

Write the story, quote the story. Shameless propagandists.

Comment by Guido, Lover, OBGYN — July 31, 2007 @ 9:09 pm

This is their standard Method of Operation, isn’t it.

]]> By: missmolly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980266 missmolly Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:14:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980266 Am I missing something here? Are O'Hanlon and Pollack some kind of gurus who have more credibility than anyone else? Did they get some inside information not available to anyone else who has gone there? Why are we getting all this "if THEY say it's so, it MUST be true" chatter from the right? I suspect that the ONLY reason why these two guys are getting a lot of press (not to mention the fawning by Cheney, et al) is because they somehow managed to market themselves as leftist war critics, despite the fact that nobody can find anything they wrote from that point of view, and PLENTY they wrote supporting the war. Am I missing something here? Are O’Hanlon and Pollack some kind of gurus who have more credibility than anyone else? Did they get some inside information not available to anyone else who has gone there? Why are we getting all this “if THEY say it’s so, it MUST be true” chatter from the right?

I suspect that the ONLY reason why these two guys are getting a lot of press (not to mention the fawning by Cheney, et al) is because they somehow managed to market themselves as leftist war critics, despite the fact that nobody can find anything they wrote from that point of view, and PLENTY they wrote supporting the war.

]]> By: Loonie http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980237 Loonie Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:04:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980237 The only thing I can imagine moer pathetic than this will probably be next: "McCain And Cheney Use Some Guy's Comment On Some Other Guy's Blog To Justify Continuing Escalation" The only thing I can imagine moer pathetic than this will probably be next: “McCain And Cheney Use Some Guy’s Comment On Some Other Guy’s Blog To Justify Continuing Escalation”

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980227 michael Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:59:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980227 Why do these bastards love war so much? What is in people that want to annilate everything in the world? I wish we could remove it from the DNA during conception. Why do these bastards love war so much? What is in people that want to annilate everything in the world? I wish we could remove it from the DNA during conception.

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980154 Devil's Advocate Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:15:51 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980154 McCain is a senile gasbag and Cheney is a monster. Who cares what these pieces of excrement say? McCain is a senile gasbag and Cheney is a monster. Who cares what these pieces of excrement say?

]]> By: Bruno http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980075 Bruno Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:04:35 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980075 It is not about winning or losing, it is about how long you play the game. Follow the money. Blackwater USA, Haliburton, and scores of other contractors and sub-contractors making hundreds of millions and more do not get that money if we win, or if we lose, or if we just end it. They only continue to get the money if the war continues. It is not about winning or losing, it is about how long you play the game. Follow the money. Blackwater USA, Haliburton, and scores of other contractors and sub-contractors making hundreds of millions and more do not get that money if we win, or if we lose, or if we just end it. They only continue to get the money if the war continues.

]]> By: langx http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3980036 langx Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:18:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3980036 The left has used stories in the NYTimes to justify pulling out of the war for over 3 years. Why should we discount the paper now? Comment by paul — July 31, 2007 @ 9:29 pm When you portray two cheerleaders for the war as anti war we have the right to call BULLSHIT> <strong>BULLSHIT!</strong> The left has used stories in the NYTimes to justify pulling out of the war for over 3 years. Why should we discount the paper now?

Comment by paul — July 31, 2007 @ 9:29 pm

When you portray two cheerleaders for the war as anti war we have the right to call BULLSHIT>

BULLSHIT!

]]> By: ipod http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-3/#comment-3979812 ipod Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:57:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979812 speaking of cheney and a little off the topic,i've just read a transcript from larry king's interview - a lot of people here correctly predicted that king would be too soft - but i thought cnn were going to field e-mail and video questions to cheney from the public? - didn't see any in the transcript - did i miss something? speaking of cheney and a little off the topic,i’ve just read a transcript from larry king’s interview – a lot of people here correctly predicted that king would be too soft – but i thought cnn were going to field e-mail and video questions to cheney from the public? – didn’t see any in the transcript – did i miss something?

]]> By: Jake D. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979752 Jake D. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:37:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979752 Devil's Advocate: Not only that, but the 25th Amendment does not prevent Cheney from running for two more terms either ; ) Devil’s Advocate:

Not only that, but the 25th Amendment does not prevent Cheney from running for two more terms either ; )

]]> By: Jeebus Khrist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979718 Jeebus Khrist Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:20:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979718 It’s hard not to have some animosity for these folks who are tearing our country to shreds. -Zehoovey }8@P The media, I say, is resposible for alot of this group think projectionist hate speech we have been seeing/hearing, it's hard not to get drug down into that old insulting rut. Reminds me of years ago and a stint in AOL/MSN chatrooms. It’s hard not to have some animosity for these folks who are tearing our country to shreds. -Zehoovey }8@P

The media, I say, is resposible for alot of this group think projectionist hate speech we have been seeing/hearing, it’s hard not to get drug down into that old insulting rut.

Reminds me of years ago and a stint in AOL/MSN chatrooms.

]]> By: Sandy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979705 Sandy Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:12:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979705 Au contraire, DICK. The New York Times has been VERY VERY friendly to your administration. Ditto The Washington Post. So, go eff yourself, DIck. Au contraire, DICK.

The New York Times has been VERY VERY friendly to your administration. Ditto The Washington Post.

So, go eff yourself, DIck.

]]> By: Jeebus Khrist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979701 Jeebus Khrist Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:10:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979701 I’m doing well, catching up on some reading. How about you? Comment by Zooey I'm good. I bought me a hoop-de from the auto auction for 400 bucks (88 Honda - Good MPG) and been changing belts, hoses, flushing radiator, fixing tailights. {Hotter than who'da thought it outside but we did get some rain later in the day) Ennyhooo, it was on the Home Depot thread. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/home-depot-dumps-oreilly/ I’m doing well, catching up on some reading. How about you?

Comment by Zooey

I’m good. I bought me a hoop-de from the auto auction for 400 bucks (88 Honda – Good MPG) and been changing belts, hoses, flushing radiator, fixing tailights. {Hotter than who’da thought it outside but we did get some rain later in the day)

Ennyhooo, it was on the Home Depot thread. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/home-depot-dumps-oreilly/

]]> By: Egreggious, Esq. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979694 Egreggious, Esq. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:07:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979694 <i>I’m trying to disprove the current hater mythology thats trying to rear it’s ugly head around about these parts. Comment by Jeebus Khrist — August 1, 2007 @ 12:04 am</i> It's hard not to have some animosity for these folks who are tearing our country to shreds. Zooey, We've been just missing each other this evening. Do you happen to know Ms Luna? I’m trying to disprove the current hater mythology thats trying to rear it’s ugly head around about these parts.

Comment by Jeebus Khrist — August 1, 2007 @ 12:04 am

It’s hard not to have some animosity for these folks who are tearing our country to shreds.

Zooey,

We’ve been just missing each other this evening. Do you happen to know Ms Luna?

]]> By: Jeebus Khrist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979686 Jeebus Khrist Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:04:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979686 The old coot from Arizona cannot call it quits. He is a very stupid man Well I won't comment on his intelligence as I'm trying to disprove the current hater mythology thats trying to rear it's ugly head around about these parts. But I have to give McCain a B for effort, even after what happened with his aide(s). Not that hes gonna win, but for being a tireless and energetic older guy. The old coot from Arizona cannot call it quits. He is a very stupid man

Well I won’t comment on his intelligence as I’m trying to disprove the current hater mythology thats trying to rear it’s ugly head around about these parts.

But I have to give McCain a B for effort, even after what happened with his aide(s). Not that hes gonna win, but for being a tireless and energetic older guy.

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979684 Zooey Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:02:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979684 <em>Plus Sgt Ripper a few others [And I helped!!] really hammered them for calling people Nazis and Stalinists earlier. Comment by Jeebus Khrist — July 31, 2007 @ 11:58 pm</em> What thread was that, JK? I really hate that name-calling -- especially since they will whine like mad if someone calls them a name. I'm doing well, catching up on some reading. How about you? Plus Sgt Ripper a few others [And I helped!!] really hammered them for calling people Nazis and Stalinists earlier.
Comment by Jeebus Khrist — July 31, 2007 @ 11:58 pm

What thread was that, JK? I really hate that name-calling — especially since they will whine like mad if someone calls them a name.

I’m doing well, catching up on some reading. How about you?

]]> By: Devil's Advocate http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979681 Devil's Advocate Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:59:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979681 McCain is an old imbecile and Cheney is a monster. McCain is supporting a paranoid dictator -- Cheney--. Does McCain not know that Cheney is the shadow President? Bush is so stupid and ignorant that he cannot make any decision on his own. Cheney has been running the country since 2000. The old coot from Arizona cannot call it quits. He is a very stupid man. McCain is an old imbecile and Cheney is a monster.

McCain is supporting a paranoid dictator — Cheney–. Does McCain not know that Cheney is the shadow President? Bush is so stupid and ignorant that he cannot make any decision on his own. Cheney has been running the country since 2000.

The old coot from Arizona cannot call it quits. He is a very stupid man.

]]> By: Jeebus Khrist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/comment-page-2/#comment-3979680 Jeebus Khrist Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:58:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/07/31/mccain-uses-ohanlon-pollack-op-ed-to-attack-congressional-war-critics/#comment-3979680 Mistress Z~ Yeah, eerily quiet, I’m afraid to mention the lack of trolls for fear of jinxing…! ¶¶Singing¶¶ ¶¶You better knock knock knock on wood¶¶ ¶¶you better knock knock knock on wood¶¶ How are you today Ms Zehoovey =p Plus Sgt Ripper a few others [And I helped!!] really hammered them for calling people Nazis and Stalinists earlier. Mistress Z~ Yeah, eerily quiet, I’m afraid to mention the lack of trolls for fear of jinxing…!

¶¶Singing¶¶

¶¶You better knock knock knock on wood¶¶

¶¶you better knock knock knock on wood¶¶

How are you today Ms Zehoovey =p

Plus Sgt Ripper a few others [And I helped!!] really hammered them for calling people Nazis and Stalinists earlier.

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