Comments on: McCain: ‘Maybe I’m Digging For The Pony’ In Iraq http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4914102 Chocolate Jesus Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:55:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4914102 >Another story by Yahoo News tell how the Medhi Army is >growing in size Yeah, boy, too bad that Saddam guy is dead, from what I hear he was pretty good at keeping these guys in line.. >Another story by Yahoo News tell how the Medhi Army is >growing in size

Yeah, boy, too bad that Saddam guy is dead, from what I hear he was pretty good at keeping these guys in line..

]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913960 DallasNE Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:06:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913960 The push into Sadr City a month or so ago has completely stalled. Sadly, one needs to go to the foreign press to even hear about current events in Iraq. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/16/africa/16sadr.php Another story by Yahoo News tell how the Medhi Army is growing in size and that the Sadr organization is now the one that is providing services similar to what Hezbolla is doing elsewhere. It seems from these reports that al Sadr is consolidating his political power in Iraq. Why is there no discussion on this issue in the American press. Instead we hear about how successful the surge has been and how that means that an increase American troop presence is need in Iraq as a show of that success. Yes, double and triple speak is what passes for news coming from MSM. And speaking of double and triple speak, did anyone catch McCain's proposal for the economy. Wait, it was so prepostrous that it doesn't deserve to be discussed; just dismissed. The push into Sadr City a month or so ago has completely stalled. Sadly, one needs to go to the foreign press to even hear about current events in Iraq. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/16/africa/16sadr.php

Another story by Yahoo News tell how the Medhi Army is growing in size and that the Sadr organization is now the one that is providing services similar to what Hezbolla is doing elsewhere.

It seems from these reports that al Sadr is consolidating his political power in Iraq. Why is there no discussion on this issue in the American press. Instead we hear about how successful the surge has been and how that means that an increase American troop presence is need in Iraq as a show of that success. Yes, double and triple speak is what passes for news coming from MSM. And speaking of double and triple speak, did anyone catch McCain’s proposal for the economy. Wait, it was so prepostrous that it doesn’t deserve to be discussed; just dismissed.

]]> By: questioneverything http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913838 questioneverything Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:43:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913838 "There’s only 2 other people with a shot at the Whitehouse that are dumber than this moron." #3: Would you care to say who is paying you to make this statement? No? Neither Democratic candidate would say anything as stupid as this (let alone, recognizable, discernible). I guess you have to be a member of the neocon club to have a clue about this junk. So, Karl, is that you? And by the way, White House is two words, capitalized in this case. Shot at the White House? My guess is a 49 state landslide that you and your fellow war criminals can't stop. “There’s only 2 other people with a shot at the Whitehouse that are dumber than this moron.”

#3: Would you care to say who is paying you to make this statement? No? Neither Democratic candidate would say anything as stupid as this (let alone, recognizable, discernible). I guess you have to be a member of the neocon club to have a clue about this junk. So, Karl, is that you? And by the way, White House is two words, capitalized in this case. Shot at the White House? My guess is a 49 state landslide that you and your fellow war criminals can’t stop.

]]> By: Keith H. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913788 Keith H. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:23:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913788 Ummm . . what was McOldtimer doing to the pony again ? Ummm . . what was McOldtimer doing to the pony again ?

]]> By: Otto http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913674 Otto Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:51:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913674 "Digging for the pony" is an old old joke about a mother and her twin sons, one was an extreme optimist the other an extreme pessimist. It was driving her crazy so she went to a head shrink to find a way to balance them out a little. The shrink told her at their next birthday to buy pessimist a roomful of wonderful toys and for the optimist - put a large box of horse manure in his room. He said, "that should do the trick". She did so and watched for the results. She went into the pessimist's room and has he tore open the packages he continually complained these were not the toys he wanted, there were not enough etc. etc. She was dismayed so she went into the optimist's and there he was with a big smile on this face and joyously digging through all that horse manure saying, "with all this horse shit there must be a pony in here someplace"! I hope this clears up "bullshit Mac's" comment. Otto “Digging for the pony” is an old old joke about a mother and her twin sons, one was an extreme optimist the other an extreme pessimist. It was driving her crazy so she went to a head shrink to find a way to balance them out a little. The shrink told her at their next birthday to buy pessimist a roomful of wonderful toys and for the optimist – put a large box of horse manure in his room. He said, “that should do the trick”. She did so and watched for the results. She went into the pessimist’s room and has he tore open the packages he continually complained these were not the toys he wanted, there were not enough etc. etc. She was dismayed so she went into the optimist’s and there he was with a big smile on this face and joyously digging through all that horse manure saying, “with all this horse shit there must be a pony in here someplace”!
I hope this clears up “bullshit Mac’s” comment.
Otto

]]> By: nofltwlt http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913664 nofltwlt Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:46:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913664 Is "digging for the pony" something only very, very old people will recognize? Is “digging for the pony” something only very, very old people will recognize?

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913650 Chocolate Jesus Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:41:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913650 >There’s only 2 other people with a shot at the Whitehouse >that are dumber than this moron. Wow, mista JDC, let me once again thank you for avoiding the easy trollish way to participate here by playing another game of "how many different ways can I monosylabalically express my displeasure with the lack of a viable fascist dictator running for office?" and instead taking the high road and addressing the substantiative issues raised in this article. Are you happy shia militias are running the show in Iraq? and the government of Iraq is giving royal welcomes to Iranian heads of state? >How Did This Happen! People like you don't see the benefits of birth control. >There’s only 2 other people with a shot at the Whitehouse >that are dumber than this moron.

Wow, mista JDC, let me once again thank you for avoiding the easy trollish way to participate here by playing another game of “how many different ways can I monosylabalically express my displeasure with the lack of a viable fascist dictator running for office?” and instead taking the high road and addressing the substantiative issues raised in this article. Are you happy shia militias are running the show in Iraq? and the government of Iraq is giving royal welcomes to Iranian heads of state?

>How Did This Happen!

People like you don’t see the benefits of birth control.

]]> By: jonny http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913648 jonny Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:40:26 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913648 John Cheney McSame can't find that pony 'cuz he's the back half of the pantomime horse. (Python ref alert!) John Cheney McSame can’t find that pony ‘cuz he’s the back half of the pantomime horse. (Python ref alert!)

]]> By: Fool Zero http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913598 Fool Zero Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:18:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913598 The pony story may very well be quite old but it's far from dead. I've come across it at least twice in the last 10 years. For anyone unfamiliar with it, here's the Wikipedia explanation: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_(slang)" rel="nofollow">Positive outcome</a>. Personally, though, I suspect the last (Cockney rhyming slang) version may apply an awful lot better than McCain seems to realize. The pony story may very well be quite old but it’s far from dead. I’ve come across it at least twice in the last 10 years.

For anyone unfamiliar with it, here’s the Wikipedia explanation: Positive outcome. Personally, though, I suspect the last (Cockney rhyming slang) version may apply an awful lot better than McCain seems to realize.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913596 RUCerious Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:15:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913596 Digging for the rotted corpse of the 'pony' named 'occupation'. How does he stand the smell>? Digging for the rotted corpse of the ‘pony’ named ‘occupation’. How does he stand the smell>?

]]> By: Fool Zero http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913576 Fool Zero Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:10:10 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913576 No, not digging for the pony. Just making the pile deeper where a pony is supposedly concealed. No, not digging for the pony. Just making the pile deeper where a pony is supposedly concealed.

]]> By: Jackie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913544 Jackie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:51:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913544 I'm 61 years old and I heard that phase when I was about 6 years old. An elder friend of my GrandMothers used it so I asked what it meant my GrandMother said it's an old phase and even she didn't know what it meant, she had to ask the elder lady. Just how old is Teflon John McCain anyway? I’m 61 years old and I heard that phase when I was about 6 years old. An elder friend of my GrandMothers used it so I asked what it meant my GrandMother said it’s an old phase and even she didn’t know what it meant, she had to ask the elder lady. Just how old is Teflon John McCain anyway?

]]> By: Badger http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913524 Badger Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:43:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913524 From NPR's Morning Edition today: "There are nearly 3 million internally displaced people in Iraq ,and the government has done little to help them. A new report by Refugees International indicates militias, like the one loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are stepping in to help displaced communities. The militias also find this a fertile recruiting field." Maybe the Iraqi Govt. should "pony up" for a little help to those 3 million desperate Iraqi's before they change horses in Midstream. Thanks to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro for some EXCELLENT reporting from the ground in IRAQ. From NPR’s Morning Edition today:

“There are nearly 3 million internally displaced people in Iraq ,and the government has done little to help them. A new report by Refugees International indicates militias, like the one loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, are stepping in to help displaced communities. The militias also find this a fertile recruiting field.”

Maybe the Iraqi Govt. should “pony up” for a little help to those 3 million desperate Iraqi’s before they change horses in Midstream.

Thanks to NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro for some EXCELLENT reporting from the ground in IRAQ.

]]> By: Wayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913500 Wayne Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:27:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913500 If someone gives him a pony, will he go away? I have a friend the has the meanest dang pony I have ever seen in my life. More like a guard dog, a Doberman on steroids. LOL Those miniature horses seem to try to make up for their small size in attitude, kinda like trolls. =) If someone gives him a pony, will he go away?

I have a friend the has the meanest dang pony I have ever seen in my life. More like a guard dog, a Doberman on steroids. LOL

Those miniature horses seem to try to make up for their small size in attitude, kinda like trolls.
=)

]]> By: cerberus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913490 cerberus Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:25:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913490 Can a Candidate running for president be impeached in advance - just in case? This guy's a certified nut and will tank this country into dementia-land if he's ever elected. Impeach McSame before he has a chance to get in and immediately be impeached. Can a Candidate running for president be impeached in advance – just in case? This guy’s a certified nut and will tank this country into dementia-land if he’s ever elected.

Impeach McSame before he has a chance to get in and immediately be impeached.

]]> By: cerberus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913488 cerberus Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:24:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913488 And he knows the pony's somewhere in there because he's stepping in it's fecal material with each speech and faux pas! And he knows the pony’s somewhere in there because he’s stepping in it’s fecal material with each speech and faux pas!

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913444 impeachcheneythenbush Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:04:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913444 More "pony digging" BAGHDAD — In two Iraqi cities that American forces say they have largely taken back from Sunni insurgents, deadly suicide bombs exploded within hours of each other on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin More “pony digging”

BAGHDAD — In two Iraqi cities that American forces say they have largely taken back from Sunni insurgents, deadly suicide bombs exploded within hours of each other on Tuesday, killing at least 53 people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

]]> By: impeachcheneythenbush http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913438 impeachcheneythenbush Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:02:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913438 Sorry John, but your jocular "digging for a pony" translates into dead and wounded soldiers and civilians. And over $2 billion per week added to our deficit. Sorry John, but your jocular “digging for a pony” translates into dead and wounded soldiers and civilians. And over $2 billion per week added to our deficit.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913434 tarazan Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:58:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913434 'McCain:"....We Did Secure The Port Of Basra". We have been five years already in this war, over 700 billion dollars spent,thousands of soldiers killed , hundreds of thousands of civliians killed...and now we are trying to secure port of Basra,the second largest city in Iraq. We still unable to secure City of Baghdad,and city of Mosel the third largest city in the north,yet McCain talks in length of great succeses... No wonder McWar plans to stay in Iraq another 100 years. ‘McCain:”….We Did Secure The Port Of Basra”.

We have been five years already in this war, over 700 billion dollars spent,thousands of soldiers killed , hundreds of thousands of civliians killed…and now we are trying to secure port of Basra,the second largest city in Iraq.
We still unable to secure City of Baghdad,and city of Mosel the third largest city in the north,yet McCain talks in length of great succeses…
No wonder McWar plans to stay in Iraq another 100 years.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-4913430 tombaker Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:56:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-digging-for-pony/#comment-4913430 Maybe McMaverick's pony is buried in the same hole as Dubbie's WMD's, huh? Maybe McMaverick’s pony is buried in the same hole as Dubbie’s WMD’s, huh?

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