{"id":1167,"date":"2010-04-15T02:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T09:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2010-04-15T02:48:54","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T09:48:54","slug":"mccain-loses-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/04\/15\/mccain-loses-it\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain Loses It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As part of the GOP response to Obama\u2019s foreign policy triumph, McConJob unveiled the GOP policy for dealing with Iran.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt\"><font size=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/McContrigger.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 2px 0px 5px 10px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"McCon-trigger\" border=\"0\" alt=\"McCon-trigger\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/McContrigger_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a> During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, [<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Faux Noise delinked<\/span>] former GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) complained that United States policy towards Iran is <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2010\/04\/14\/politics\/main6395289.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"4\">not tough enough<\/font><\/a><font size=\"4\">. McCain reportedly said that while the United States keeps pointing a loaded gun at Iran, it has yet \u201c<\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/n\/a\/2010\/04\/14\/national\/w080240D14.DTL\" target=\"_blank\"><font size=\"4\">pull the trigger<\/font><\/a><font size=\"4\">\u201d: <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt\"><font size=\"4\">Senator John McCain says the United States has been backing away from a brewing fight with Iran, while that country moves ever closer to having nuclear weapons.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt\"><font size=\"4\">McCain opened a Senate hearing Wednesday by saying that Iran will get the bomb unless the United States acts more boldly.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.375in; font-family: calibri; font-size: 11pt\"><font size=\"4\">Speaking figuratively, the Arizona Republican <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">says the U.S. keeps pointing a loaded gun at Iran but failing to \u201cpull the trigger.\u201d<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"4\">\u2026[<em>emphasis original<\/em>]<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/04\/14\/mccain-pull-trigger-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Keith Olbermann and John Dean connect the dots.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><object width=\"420\" height=\"245\" id=\"msnbce453d\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0\"><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"launch=36530897&amp;width=420&amp;height=245\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><embed name=\"msnbce453d\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/32545640\" width=\"420\" height=\"245\" FlashVars=\"launch=36530897&#038;width=420&#038;height=245\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/shockwave\/download\/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 5px; width: 420px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; color: #999; font-size: 11px\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\" target=\"_blank\">breaking news<\/a>, <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" target=\"_blank\">world news<\/a>, and <a style=\"border-bottom: #999 1px dotted; height: 13px; color: #5799db !important; font-weight: normal !important; text-decoration: none !important\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" target=\"_blank\">news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now, I am unhappy with Obama about several things, but I ask my fellow progressives who are now opposing Obama to consider where we would be had the GOP been able to steal the last election for McConJob and Mooseolini.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the GOP response to Obama\u2019s foreign policy triumph, McConJob unveiled the GOP policy for dealing with Iran. During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing today, [Faux Noise delinked] former GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) complained that United States policy towards Iran is not tough enough. 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