Comments on: Prior To Iraq War, McCain Political Adviser Charlie Black Helped Chalabi Push WMD Claims http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:20:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: batteries http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5284286 batteries Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:33:33 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-5284286 Over the past week, Democrat Hillary Clinton has proclaimed her potential Republican rival John McCain to be the gold standard of wartime presidents. But lost in Clinton’s fierce barrage against Barack Obama’s national security experience is the inescapable conclusion about John McCain’s own suitability as Commander-in-Chief. McCain’s mistake-filled record, questionable judgment, calamitous misreading of history, nonchalance about American casualties and notorious short fuse all combine to make him a dangerous choice to lead <a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/compaq/evo-n400.htm" rel="nofollow">compaq evo n400 battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batterylaptoppower.com/compaq/nx7000.htm" rel="nofollow">compaq nx7000 battery</a> an America at war. Simply put, John McCain is unfit for command. Over the past week, Democrat Hillary Clinton has proclaimed her potential Republican rival John McCain to be the gold standard of wartime presidents. But lost in Clinton’s fierce barrage against Barack Obama’s national security experience is the inescapable conclusion about John McCain’s own suitability as Commander-in-Chief. McCain’s mistake-filled record, questionable judgment, calamitous misreading of history, nonchalance about American casualties and notorious short fuse all combine to make him a dangerous choice to lead compaq evo n400 battery,compaq nx7000 battery an America at war. Simply put, John McCain is unfit for command.

]]> By: ucsbclassics53 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-5071376 ucsbclassics53 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:02:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-5071376 I was wondering if the GOP could evolve past their "Clintons, Democrats did it too" talking point... I guess I was mistaken... I was wondering if the GOP could evolve past their “Clintons, Democrats did it too” talking point…

I guess I was mistaken…

]]> By: Exley http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4297193 Exley Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:48:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4297193 Ah, Lefty Patriot and Ranting Tommy...It seems you failed to notice that the National Journal and St. Louis Post-Dispatch articles that TP cited are also from 2003... Heh! How embarrassing for you two. Ah, Lefty Patriot and Ranting Tommy…It seems you failed to notice that the National Journal and St. Louis Post-Dispatch articles that TP cited are also from 2003…

Heh! How embarrassing for you two.

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296969 christopher wiwi Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:41:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296969 Old man Johnny must have dementia. He forgets so much.He is so inept at what does now in the senate, my god as a president he will just be another CHIMP.I can hardly wait till United Technologies buy`s Diebold to fix the election for him. Old man Johnny must have dementia. He forgets so much.He is so inept at what does now in the senate, my god as a president he will just be another CHIMP.I can hardly wait till United Technologies buy`s Diebold to fix the election for him.

]]> By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296872 Marie Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:55:55 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296872 A vote for McCain is a vote to continue the administration of GWBush. A vote for McCain is a vote to continue the administration of GWBush.

]]> By: Klem Kiddilehopper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296863 Klem Kiddilehopper Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:53:27 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296863 One would think with all the money Charlie Black has, you'd think he'd at least get his teeth cleaned! His teeth look like a piano keyboard! But not with white and black keys, but black and tabacco-stain-yellow colored keys! One would think with all the money Charlie Black has, you’d think he’d at least get his teeth cleaned! His teeth look like a piano keyboard! But not with white and black keys, but black and tabacco-stain-yellow colored keys!

]]> By: RantingTommy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296762 RantingTommy Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:11:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296762 <em>Exley comes up with a 5-year-old srticle. How relevant. Comment by Lefty Patriot — March 11, 2008 @ 1:05 pm</em> I don't care how old his stricle is. I just wish he'd go stick it in someone else's blog. Exley comes up with a 5-year-old srticle. How relevant.

Comment by Lefty Patriot — March 11, 2008 @ 1:05 pm

I don’t care how old his stricle is. I just wish he’d go stick it in someone else’s blog.

]]> By: Lefty Patriot http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296754 Lefty Patriot Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:05:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296754 Exley comes up with a 5-year-old srticle. How relevant. Exley comes up with a 5-year-old srticle. How relevant.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296669 RUCerious Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:17:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296669 I knew I remembered this assclown from the past. He was pushing Chalabi to Feith and the rest of the NeoCon cabal... I knew I remembered this assclown from the past. He was pushing Chalabi to Feith and the rest of the NeoCon cabal…

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296668 tombaker Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:13:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296668 Exley comes up with an exotic variation on the "Clinton did it, too/first" gambit. Neat. Exley comes up with an exotic variation on the “Clinton did it, too/first” gambit. Neat.

]]> By: AngryOne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296631 AngryOne Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:56:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296631 Over the past week, Democrat Hillary Clinton has proclaimed her potential Republican rival John McCain to be the gold standard of wartime presidents. But lost in Clinton's fierce barrage against Barack Obama's national security experience is the inescapable conclusion about John McCain's own suitability as Commander-in-Chief. McCain's mistake-filled record, questionable judgment, calamitous misreading of history, nonchalance about American casualties and notorious short fuse all combine to make him a dangerous choice to lead an America at war. Simply put, John McCain is unfit for command. For details, see: <b><a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/000972.htm" rel="nofollow">"John McCain: Unfit for Command."</a></b> Over the past week, Democrat Hillary Clinton has proclaimed her potential Republican rival John McCain to be the gold standard of wartime presidents. But lost in Clinton’s fierce barrage against Barack Obama’s national security experience is the inescapable conclusion about John McCain’s own suitability as Commander-in-Chief. McCain’s mistake-filled record, questionable judgment, calamitous misreading of history, nonchalance about American casualties and notorious short fuse all combine to make him a dangerous choice to lead an America at war. Simply put, John McCain is unfit for command.

For details, see:
“John McCain: Unfit for Command.”

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296607 jb Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:39:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296607 Chalabi would be the perfect running mate for Grampa McCain. The no scruples, say anything ticket. Chalabi would be the perfect running mate for Grampa McCain. The no scruples, say anything ticket.

]]> By: Exley http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296601 Exley Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:36:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296601 ThinkProgress has failed to mention that the chief campaign strategist for TP's candidate -- Hillary Clinton -- is Mark Penn, the CEO of Burson-Marsteller....Burson-Marsteller has close ties to Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress: "Burson-Marsteller is working to enhance the credibility of the Iraqi National Congress as it seeks to establish itself as a legitimate force in postinvasion Iraq,’ writes the Holmes Report, a PR trade publication. ‘B-M has been working with the Congress, led by highprofile Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi, since 1999, under a state department contract. Chalabi and the Congress have close ties with the Bush administration, but some critics are concerned that their support within Iraq is shallow. “We’ve been the communications vehicle on the outside as the INC moved into northern Iraq, then to Nasiriya, and to Baghdad,” K. Riva Levinson, who heads the INC account for Burson out of Washington, told reporters. “We were helping the INC get out statements and videos that made clear that the exiled opposition was consolidating and moving. It’s been a tremendous ride for them and for us.”’ Source: The Holmes Report (www.holmesreport.com), May 5, 2003" ThinkProgress has failed to mention that the chief campaign strategist for TP’s candidate — Hillary Clinton — is Mark Penn, the CEO of Burson-Marsteller….Burson-Marsteller has close ties to Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress:

“Burson-Marsteller is working to enhance the credibility of the Iraqi National Congress as it seeks to establish itself as a legitimate force in postinvasion Iraq,’ writes the Holmes Report, a PR trade publication. ‘B-M has been working with the Congress, led by highprofile Iraqi exile Ahmed Chalabi, since 1999, under a state department contract. Chalabi and the Congress have close ties with the Bush administration, but some critics are concerned that their support within Iraq is shallow. “We’ve been the communications vehicle on the outside as the INC moved into northern Iraq, then to Nasiriya, and to Baghdad,” K. Riva Levinson, who heads the INC account for Burson out of Washington, told reporters. “We were helping the INC get out statements and videos that made clear that the exiled opposition was consolidating and moving. It’s been a tremendous ride for them and for us.”’

Source: The Holmes Report (www.holmesreport.com), May 5, 2003″

]]> By: The Dogfather http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296593 The Dogfather Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:30:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296593 Be careful, TP -- Glenn Beck will pick this post up and edit it to indicate that "TP now is sliming John McCain, saying that his chief political advisor helped Ahmed Chalabi 'score . . . in First Lady Laura Bush’s . . . box at the 2004 SOTU address.'" Of course, Chalabi screwed our country and his, and obviously was screwing Dumbya, so perhaps this Beck-esque editing isn't so far off... Be careful, TP — Glenn Beck will pick this post up and edit it to indicate that “TP now is sliming John McCain, saying that his chief political advisor helped Ahmed Chalabi ’score . . . in First Lady Laura Bush’s . . . box at the 2004 SOTU address.’”

Of course, Chalabi screwed our country and his, and obviously was screwing Dumbya, so perhaps this Beck-esque editing isn’t so far off…

]]> By: katy HUSSEIN katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296591 katy HUSSEIN katy Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:28:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296591 <em>BKSH and Associates.</em> is that russian? i'm sorry... hey... spring it getting here... my first chore of the season: chop down the ornamentaly grasses... a little late this year... out to the garden for a while... play fair! BKSH and Associates.

is that russian?

i’m sorry…

hey… spring it getting here… my first chore of the season: chop down the ornamentaly grasses… a little late this year…
out to the garden for a while…
play fair!

]]> By: Xisithrus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296583 Xisithrus Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:21:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296583 Always about the money with these guys. No wonder 7 trillion [of 9+trillion] of our debt has been compiled under the GOP. Always about the money with these guys. No wonder 7 trillion [of 9+trillion] of our debt has been compiled under the GOP.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296584 Keith Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:21:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296584 Didn't Chalabi receive about 0.3% of the vote in the last election? Isn't he wanted in Jordan for $100 million bank fraud? Didn’t Chalabi receive about 0.3% of the vote in the last election?

Isn’t he wanted in Jordan for $100 million bank fraud?

]]> By: desaparecido http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296572 desaparecido Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:15:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296572 I'd almost forgotten about Chalabi. hehe. which means 92% of America has forgotten about Chalabi. Good times. Still the Best War Ever. http://tshirtinsurgency.com/best-war-ever-t-shirt I’d almost forgotten about Chalabi. hehe. which means 92% of America has forgotten about Chalabi.
Good times. Still the Best War Ever.
http://tshirtinsurgency.com/best-war-ever-t-shirt

]]> By: Winski http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296552 Winski Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:01:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296552 And these hacks just collect the money and go home.... paid to perpetuate a lie...story of ALL the bushies.... AND the slime balls that put him there. And these hacks just collect the money and go home…. paid to perpetuate a lie…story of ALL the bushies….

AND the slime balls that put him there.

]]> By: Frosty Cupcake http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/comment-page-1/#comment-4296547 Frosty Cupcake Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:58:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/03/11/chalabi-black/#comment-4296547 McCain: Scary for so many reasons. McCain: Scary for so many reasons.

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