John McCain plagiarizes speech from Wikipedia

There are several reports today that parts of John McCain's speech about the Russian invasion of Georgia were plagiarized from Wikipedia. Are you freaking kidding me? Lifting passages from an online encyclopedia is something we have to teach children not to do, and this elderly man who wants to be President thinks that it's okay to try to pass off Wikipedia's words as his own?

There is reporting of the story at The Washington Independent and AlterNet, but the story apparently originated from CQ Politics.

John McCain is not fit to be President. I have great respect for his service to the country, but being a POW does not by itself qualify him to be President. He demonstrates day after day that he is completely out of touch with reality.

Be courageous, America, and do not vote for this confused man.

McCain continues to be confused, part 2

This morning on Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer asked John McCain whether "the situation is Afghanistan in precarious and urgent", and McCain replied, "I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border."

I'll send you ten bucks if you can show me the Iran/Pakistan border on a map (hint: it doesn't exist). See the video here.

I know that McCain is an intelligent and honorable fellow, but does he really have the sharpness of mind necessary to be President? He's only going to get older over the next four years.

McCain continues to be confused

Earlier today, John McCain described his concerns about Russia's recent action of "reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia." McCain, who wants to be President, apparently doesn't know that there is no such country as Czechoslovakia. It was dissolved politically in 1993. Fifteen years ago.

We shouldn't worry, however, that McCain is uninformed. The New York Times yesterday quoted him as saying that, although he himself has not yet "mastered how to use the Internet," his wife and his aides are there to help him to get online. The story quotes McCain as follows:

“They go on for me,” he said. “I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself. I don’t expect to be a great communicator, I don’t expect to set up my own blog, but I am becoming computer literate to the point where I can get the information that I need.”

So, don't fret about McCain being uninformed or confused by the realities of today's world. He'll be getting online all by himself... fairly soon.

McCain wants civilians dead

Pittsburgh, July 8, 2008:

Reporter: We've learned that the exports to Iran increased by tenfold during the Bush administration. The biggest export was cigarettes. Given that the [McCain looks surprised], yeah, that the, supposedly that the--

John McCain: "Maybe that's a way of killing them." (laughter)

I'm sorry, making jokes about the killing of civilians in another country is just another piece of evidence that McCain does not have the right temperament to be President. Is he also still confusing Shia and Sunni?

Please, potential McCain voters, give your vote some more thought. Don't let the Republicans manipulate you with the fear card.

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A reminder for Americans

George W. Bush will look you in the eye and lie to you. Dick Cheney will look you in the eye and lie to you. Condoleeza Rice will look you in the eye and lie to you.

Actually, none of these liars will ever actually look you in the eye. They don't give a damn about you, or your family, or your neighborhood, or your town.

They're exploiting you, and they're using you, and they're getting richer every day at the expense of this country.

Just a friendly reminder.