Comments on: Jonah Goldberg Falsely Claims McCain Has Been ‘Consistently Right About The War’ In Iraq

By: moondancer

moondancer — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:18:53 +0000

Doughy Pantload is appalling. I wouldn’t waste time on his crap, consider the source and walk away.

By: Fool Zero

Fool Zero — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:00:04 +0000

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this. Uncle Ho @ 44 and kasinca @ 67 ask about Goldberg’s military service (or lack of). Someone else brought up the same question in February 2005:

He [Goldberg] looks to be of military age. Ask him why his sorry ass isn’t in the kill zone.

Jonah explained (here):

As for why my sorry a** isn’t in the kill zone, lots of people think this is a searingly pertinent question. No answer I could give — I’m 35 years old, my family couldn’t afford the lost income, I have a baby daughter, my a** is, er, sorry, are a few — ever seem to suffice.

You may remember that this same chickenhawk once wrote (The Cowboy Way, 1/29/03):

In the weeks prior to the war to liberate Afghanistan, a good friend of mine would ask me almost every day, “Why aren’t we killing people yet?” And I never had a good answer for him. Because one of the most important and vital things the United States could do after 9/11 was to kill people. Call it a “forceful response,” “decisive action” — whatever. Those are all nice euphemisms for killing people. And the world is a better place because America saw the necessity of putting steel beneath the velvet of those euphemisms.

I think he, Cheney and many others are saying that they’re far too valuable as cheerleaders to ever actually expose themselves to enemy fire.

By: dixie blood

dixie blood — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:05:34 +0000

Jonah Goldberg?

That reminds me…I gotta clean a couple closets ’round here.

By: shoeless

shoeless — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:07:09 +0000

kasinca Says:

Why don’t warmongering, chicksh!t, chickenhawks like Jonah Goldberg enlist and help with this illegal, immoral, occupation instead of lying all the time?

Look at him. Do you think he looks like military material? We have enough problems in Iraq without soft, nerdy, miscreants getting in the way.

By: Paul W

Paul W — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:59:12 +0000

Ah, but Goldberg forgets so much about McCain’s record and rhetoric on Iraq.

What is so remarkable about Goldberg and his kind is that while they have been wrong about virtually everything, they continue to talk as if they actually have a clue. Even worse, they’re still considered foreign policy “experts” by the main stream media.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:37:49 +0000

Goldberg would never be where he is today if it were not for family money and name. Like Kristol, he is full of himself – believing his own bullsh!t.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:22:48 +0000

katy Says:
there is a new tv show being promoted that will be about
1970s wife swapping parties… kinda weird…

something like that should be on HBO, not primetime network…

gonna make a bunch of republican-family-values-parents squirm.

June 3rd, 2008 at 1:55 pm

Yeah, they’ll squirm when they see themselves on the teevee screen. :D

By: rmwarnick

rmwarnick — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:17:43 +0000

Maybe Goldberg could look at the facts. The Iraqis are close to being united in their opposition to the U.S. occupation, and the U.N. “mandate” expires at the end of the year. There’s no way McCain’s permanent occupation is going to happen.

By: kasinca

kasinca — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:08:56 +0000

Why don’t warmongering, chicksh!t, chickenhawks like Jonah Goldberg enlist and help with this illegal, immoral, occupation instead of lying all the time? I think he would have much more credibility and as a Vietnam Veteran, I think he would have a different point of view.

By: regular_joe

regular_joe — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:56:08 +0000

As usual, Goldberg is half right. McSame has been consistent: CONSISTENTLY WRONG! Just like Jonah.

By: A Patriot Acting

A Patriot Acting — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:55:31 +0000

Jonah Goldberg Falsely Claims McCain Has Been ‘Consistently Right About The War’ In Iraq

McCain HAS been consistently right…Right Wingnut crazy!

By: katy

katy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:55:14 +0000

Zooey Says:

katy Says:
it’s a 3-way!!! …at 1:32 pm

Oh, how very modern. Naughty! ;)

there is a new tv show being promoted that will be about
1970s wife swapping parties… kinda weird…

something like that should be on HBO, not primetime network…

gonna make a bunch of republican-family-values-parents squirm.

By: katy

katy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:49:44 +0000

BREAKING

ed just reported that the clinton camp is reporting
that the AP report is wrong…

oh, ok…

By: katy

katy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:42:46 +0000

AP tally: Obama clinches Democratic nomination

The Associated Press - 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama effectively clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, based on an Associated Press tally of convention …

1:37pm eastern.

it’s HISTORY folks…

not in stone… but that’s the first report…

and when i heard ed read that, i got teary…

such mixed emotions…

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:34:40 +0000

katy Says:
it’s a 3-way!!!

June 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm

Oh, how very modern. Naughty! ;)

By: PatrioticLiberalChristian

PatrioticLiberalChristian — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:33:25 +0000

What a picture! Goldberg, the LazyBoy General.

By: katy

katy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:32:48 +0000

*
McCain plans major speech tonight -Boston Globe

’twill be interesting to see how the “mccain media” handle this one…

it’s a 3-way!!!

By: DallasNE

DallasNE — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:27:00 +0000

These McCain quotes parrot what Dick Cheney was saying at the same time. Both assumed we would be greeted as liberators rather than occupiers. Neither had a plan for what happened after Baghdad fell. At this point McCain was in complete agreement with Donald Rumsfeld. It was only later that McCain started to second-guess Rumsfeld mildly. The only Republican that has been right on Iraq is Chuck Hagel and he may end up endorsing Barack Obama.

By: Zooey

Zooey — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:26:18 +0000

McWars Says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm

The Obamas better be prepared for this never-ending parade of vicious stupidity.

By: thirdparty

thirdparty — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:24:36 +0000

McCain’s emphasis is clearly on the combat stage of US vs. Iraqi forces. In September 02 and even January 03, we did not know that the Bush administration would go to war with far too few troops and preparation, thereby leading to a security vacuum that facilitated the insurgency.