Max Boot: ‘Iran’s top terrorist is hoping’ U.S. ‘will elect Barack Obama this fall.’
Max Boot: ‘Iran’s top terrorist is hoping’ U.S. ‘will elect Barack Obama this fall.’
Today, conservative columnist Max Boot (who also advises Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]) echoed a favorite right-wing talking point to declare that “Iran’s top terrorist” is hoping for an Obama presidency. Boot repeated an assertion by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius that “the Quds Force commander prefers to run out the clock on the Bush administration,” insisting he hoped Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will win the presidency:
There is, of course, no earthly reason why the Quds Force commander could expect that a John McCain…would be more favorable to his interests. So the implication is that Iran’s top terrorist is hoping that Americans will elect Barack Obama this fall. If this is in fact the case, perhaps the Democratic nominee should ask himself what it is about his candidacy that one of our most dangerous enemies finds so encouraging.
It’s unclear why Boot is so sure the Iranians prefer Obama to McCain. After all, the McCain-backed Iraq war and occupation have immeasurably strengthened the Iranians, as has McCain’s fervent support of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, himself an ally and friend to Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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I guess Max couldn’t get bin laden on the line…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:20 pmMax Boot has no soul.
-GSD
June 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pmIs Max Boot a brother to Das Boot?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pmIf Max Boot (nice name) is communicating with Iran’s top terrorist shouldn’t he be waterboarded until he tells us how?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:25 pmThey could not possibly want McCain…
June 9th, 2008 at 5:26 pmso therefore they are rooting for Obama?
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Where is the logic there?
And you know what?
The mastermind of 9/11 supports McCain and the GOP on gay marriage.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:26 pmBut But …… How many of them are able to legally vote?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:29 pmSo if Min(Boot) is advising McIIIrd, and said Cowboy shoe is claiming crap like this, whatever happened to McIIIrd’s pledge to run an honest campaign…..
(**holding hand over mouth to avoid embarrasingly loud laughter in the office**)
June 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pmWhat’s with all these conservative columnists talking to terrorists?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:30 pmMax Boot would know this because???? Unless he proves me wrong, he must have a direct connection to Iraq’s top terrorist. This means that he would be aiding the enemy and that would be treason. See how easy it is?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pmI betcha over 70% of the United States is hoping that Obama is elected. Are those 70% terra-ists too?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pmupside99 Says:
Is Max Boot a brother to Das Boot?
No, his brother is Jack.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:34 pmgummitch,
Good One!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:35 pmThere’s circular logic:
- Qud Force commander prefers to “run out the clock” on Bush
- Boot assumes Qud Force wouldn’t prefer McCain
therefore,
- Qud Force “turrst” are actively backing Obama!
Only the GOP could come up with these “facts”
PEACE
June 9th, 2008 at 5:35 pmI heard from a highly-placed source that Hamas by a wide margin enjoys ice-cream on hot days.
This is conclusive proof that ice-cream, the favorite desert of terrorists, is un-American. Anyone who harbors ice-cream in their freezer is a terrorist sympathizer.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pmMax Boot is wrong almost as often as Kristol.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:36 pmAnd to complete the circular logic; anyone that votes for Obama in November is a terrorist, right?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:38 pmIt’s unclear why Boot is so sure the Iranians prefer Obama to McCain
– - Because Boot is in the same authoritarian club and gets the same newsletter as “I’m-A-Dinner-Jacket.”
June 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pmShayne @4 Says:
He probably got the info from his psychic, or else from Karl Rove.
By the way, coincidences aside, his name is just the German word for boat.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pmMeanwhile Maliki is talking to Iran.
Whats Boots point again?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:42 pmWould this actually switch someone’s vote?
I was going to vote for Barry, but then I heard MaxBull say….
June 9th, 2008 at 5:44 pmFool Zero Says: By the way, coincidences aside, his name is just the German word for boat.
That makes him a Hull Head then.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:44 pmWell, now that you put it like that… I guess so.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:44 pmmax gives “hack” a bad name. That he should be able to spout this drivel shows what a sorry state the MSM is in. Please max, move to Burma; the junta would welcome you with open arms.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:45 pmHey, we have much more important things to worry about..like Rachel Rays scarf or that Elmer Fudd hat Glen Beck is wearing!!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:45 pm“Boot to the head.”
June 9th, 2008 at 5:46 pmBoot also thinks Sen. Hothead McCains bellicosity is a good thing.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:47 pmIf there were peace on earth, Max Boot would have no audience, no job, no career, no future. His only mechanism for keeping his livelyhood afloat is to gin up more war – as along as he or his don’t have to fight it. How on earth can a troll be ok with that?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:47 pm““Iran’s top terrorist” is hoping for an Obama presidency.”
so? george w. dumbass, the world’s top terrorist officially endorsed McCain.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pmAnd Max Boot figures that Americans are going to make their voting decisions based on the alleged opinions of “Iran’s top terrorist”?
Most of the world hopes we elect Obama — friend and foe alike. How does Max Boot reconcile that without his head exploding?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:48 pmI hear the mullahs of Iran have a government policy of good anal hygeine, i wonder when McCain will speak out against whiping your nether regions on a regular basis .
Yeah, Mccain, your threats and any possible action you take will be as bad for the warmongers in Tehran as the attacks on 9-11 were for the marwongers in WAshington…their appoval ratings will sink to 90 percent and any violent action they will take in retaliation will be approved of by a large part of their population…
Sorry McCain, we know your a morAn (sic), but dont you realize violence against a population typically causes them to rally around their leaders?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:51 pmI hear the mullahs of Iran have a government policy of good anaal hygeine, i wonder when McCain will speak out against whiping your nether regions on a regular basis .
Yeah, Mccain, your threats and any possible action you take will be as bad for the warmongers in Tehran as the attacks on 9-11 were for the marwongers in WAshington…their appoval ratings will sink to 90 percent and any violent action they will take in retaliation will be approved of by a large part of their population…
Sorry McCain, we know your a morAan(sic), but dont you realize violence against a population typically causes them to rally around their leaders?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:52 pmby the way, TP, your troll filter totally blows. you need to come up with something better than blocking completely legitimate words
June 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pmGod, I’m so bloody SICK of these $#%%&^#@#$^ reichwing IDIOTS!!!!
June 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pmWhy would a Quds commander want peace? Is Boot losing it? Why, McCain would be exactly what a military man wants. Somebody to fight with. Boots logic is irrational
Vote McQuds.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pmMost of the world hopes we elect Obama — friend and foe alike. How does Max Boot reconcile that without his head exploding?
He doesn’t. Max is conting on the incredible durability of the GOP lie. You know the deal: Repeat it over and over again. Everytime you repeat the lie, the GOP has an additional Low Information Voter (LIV) in its ranks. 75-80% of the planet knows it is a lie, but that is not Boot’s audience.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pmThe people this numb argument works on would welcome a third bush term. They will grudgingly vote for McCain since bush isn’t on the ticket, because they sure as hell won’t vote for a black Muslim.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pmBoot means Boat?
Well that explains the bilge pump.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:55 pmIn finally acknowledging the success of the Baghdad troop surge, Nancy Pelosi chose to heap praise on the Iranian hierarchy rather than General Petraeus. That alone shows one how much Democrats have invested in America’s defeat and humiliation in Iraq.
Well, nitwittles, Maliki, the current admins poodle, is meeting with Iran. Oh, and BTW, the Iraq Operation wasnt about defeating Iraq, George said its about freeing a oppressed people and spreading democracy. Oh, and remember when George wrote some time ago after Condi handed him a not saying “Iraq is sovereign”?
June 9th, 2008 at 5:59 pm*not = note
June 9th, 2008 at 6:00 pmIn finally acknowledging the success of the Baghdad troop surge -Nitwittles.
The surge was about creating political goals, not defeating Iraq. And if you look at it politically the surge has not, to this day, passed those benchmarks.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:02 pmZed:
June 9th, 2008 at 6:03 pmYou might be on to something. A little idealistic but still what a wonderful idea. You’ve convinced me. Obama it is!!
I am not sure I follow you nettles. Wasn’t this about the Iraqis standing up and building a democracy. I get so confused when we keep shifting the premises. So is it now just about the US manipulating what goes on elsewhere and the US miltary leaders who execute these assertions of US might upon sovereign nations?
June 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pmMy dog supports Obama, does that make my dog a terrorist?
After all he does like getting in fights with other dogs.
See Boot, I can pull made up news out of my butt also.
Sounds like Boot stepped in some dog crap to me, hopefully my dog’s crap.
Good boy Dart, good boy, go bite a republican’t.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:15 pmNettles –> Yankee 3rd baseman, pretty good.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:21 pmNettles –> Political logician, not so hot.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Men like Boot are quite familiar with the phrase “tell a lie often enough and people will believe it”. It’s a page right out of the Nazi propaganda playbook and Boot and his ilk are quite comfortable going even THAT low. And Republicans wonder why their party is tanking?? People woke up…that’s why.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pmNettles Says:
In finally acknowledging the success of the Baghdad troop surge, Nancy Pelosi chose to heap praise on the Iranian hierarchy rather than General Petraeus. That alone shows one how much Democrats have invested in America’s defeat and humiliation in Iraq.
It actually demonstrates that Democrats live in reality, rather than in the land of demons.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pmIranians, any of them, would have to be pretty stupid to want the man who sang “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Iran” with a big freakin’ smile on his faces elected as president. In fact, anybody in this country who wanted him elected would have to be even more stupid.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:24 pmThat alone shows one how much Democrats have invested in America’s defeat and humiliation in Iraq.
We all know you guys are just waiting for the handoff to Obama, so you can whine about how ineffective he is, and how much better it would have been with McCain in charge, forgetting that McBush would be doing exactly nothing if he were in charge, since he’s waiting for the Iraqis to do all the heavy lifting.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pmAmerica’s ‘defeat and humiliation’ in Iraq have everything to do with an illegal invasion and occupation, not anything the Democratic party, its members or legislators have done.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:25 pmYup you betcha…and Bin Laden too…cause these monkeys in Washington have really killed him….and Quadaffi….him too…how about Pol Pot…oh he’sw dead …ah him too.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:48 pmI kind of think of the Bush Group as “The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” and “The Keystone Cops”…..
Really scare the bad guys….bah !!!!
It’s too bad we have become a society where slapping the sh*t out of a dumbass troublemaker is looked down upon. Used to be it was considered “getting what you deserved” and we didn’t have to deal with people like Boot for long after the first time his bell got rung. The word got out and a lot of Boot-like people were more careful with what they said. We just didn’t have this kind of talk back in the day.
But then I’m a conservative Democrat…
June 9th, 2008 at 6:49 pmThe conservative idiot talking heads are really loosing it, since they’ve nothing to point back as success. “Failed liberal policies” doesn’t work anymore, and they know it. The vitriol will continue and anyone watching them will realize they’re just hateful old white men.
(And I’m also an old white man, but not hateful)
June 9th, 2008 at 7:51 pmA few moments ago, (approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT), Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich took to the floor of the House of Representatives to present 35 Articles of Impeachment against George W. Bush. The House session is being televised live on C-SPAN.
June 9th, 2008 at 7:58 pmMax Boot needs a serious Max Boot is his a** right about now!
June 9th, 2008 at 9:06 pmMaybe the Republican candidate should ask what it is about him that makes citizens of France, UK, Germany, Italy, Russia, India, etc etc etc support Obama and in some cases by 50+ points.
June 9th, 2008 at 9:26 pmNo one has benefitted the terrorists more than Bush. No one benefitted the Nazis more than his grandpapa.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:20 pmOBAMA ‘08
Another gutless and cowardice remark coming from the Reich, once again if it`s not Reich it ain`t right. I wish these talking heads would have enough brass to tell this to Obama`s face…….
June 9th, 2008 at 10:59 pmThe Reich is looking more and more unamerican every time they open their mouths and spew the hatred they have for Obama with their implying rhetoric.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, untill Boot proves this Max otherwise, that Max is a Fascist.
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June 10th, 2008 at 1:55 ammaybe boot can also explain why isn’t iran’s top terrorist on the fbi’s most wanted list? – in fact there are no iranians listed there – a few saudis,yemenis,lebanese,egyptians,kenyans and even a couple of americans – so why is iran such a major threat in the eyes of the neocons?
June 11th, 2008 at 12:32 am