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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Glass Houses Part XXXIV

It's funny what you find when you actually do some reporting,
It turns out that presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain has attended even fewer Afghanistan-related Senate hearings over the past two years than Obama's one.....

The findings are surprising given the fact that the McCain campaign loudly criticized Obama this week for failing to schedule any hearings on Afghanistan in the last year and a half.....


A review of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearings as listed on the committee Web site for the past two years reveals that McCain's committee has held six hearings that included the word "Afghanistan" in the title or Central Command -- which overseas U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

McCain missed them all.



And don't miss the McCain campaign's response. Facts? What facts? We don't campaign on facts....
McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers, in a statement to ABC News, argued that McCain's years of previous foreign policy experience make up for his recent lack of attendance at hearings....
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2 Comments:

  • John McCain: He was a Vietnam War POW. So shut the f' up and make him President, damn it. 'Nuff said.

    By Blogger -epm, at 8:17 PM  

  • I know its a movie and not real life, but I keep thinking about the movie Top Gun.

    Which one of those guys was qualified to be president?

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 9:48 PM  

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