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Thank you George, you answered my question. Try a google search for Al Anbar province – it's only been reported on just about every major news outlet in the free world as one of the great success stories for political reconciliation in Iraq. I know its hard for most liberals to accept this truth. So please do some homework and see for yourself, instead of spending time disrespecting an honorable man, and hero, such as John McCain.

We have heard this from the current administration as well: "the surge has succeeded.". It has gotten us nowhere. Has it? Then what new about McCain's mantra about the surge except you are towing the failed policies of Bush-Cheney era.

What's new John McCain? The American population wants a NEW direction. Remember the routing in 2006 elections?

The Iraqi political process this year has been on par with our own 110th Congress's partisian performance. Why do we expect more from them than from ourselves??

All anyone knows how to do anymore is CRITICIZE!!! You hear it on the Left and on the Right. Not one of these comments slandering McCain has given any sort of solution for the problems. DO you actually believe that electing another Slick Willy snake oil saleswoman or man will automatically make the country better? NO. There is no Instant gratification in fixing things or in fixing base-superstructures in countries. Maybe if more of you would have paid more attention in HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY CLASS, you would understand. But I guess, most of all like to esteem rock stars and celebrities over the everyday hard working American. This is what I think – Pull your heads out of the hole and realize that CHANGE requires COMMITMENT. It doesn't just change overnight. And Isolationism is NOT the answer.

Chuck in Jax, FL,

Tell me the political progress that's been made since the surge. I'm very curious to hear what they are. And don't lie like McCain.

MEDIA FIREWORKS: MCCAIN PLEADS WITH NY TIMES TO SPIKE STORY
Thu Dec 20 2007 10:56:57 ET

Just weeks away from a possible surprise victory in the primaries, Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz has been waging a ferocious behind the scenes battle with the NEW YORK TIMES, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, and has hired DC power lawyer Bob Bennett to mount a bold defense against charges of giving special treatment to a lobbyist!

McCain has personally pleaded with NY TIMES editor Bill Keller not to publish the high-impact report involving key telecom legislation before the Senate Commerce Committee, newsroom insiders tell the DRUDGE REPORT.

The paper's Jim Rutenberg has been leading the investigation and is described as beyond frustrated with McCain's aggressive and angry efforts to stop any and all publication.

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The drama involves a woman lobbyist who may have helped to write key telecom legislation.

The woman in question has retained counsel and strongly denies receiving any special treatment from McCain.

Rutenberg, along with reporter David Kirkpatrick, has been developing the story for the last 6 weeks.

Rutenberg had hoped to break the story before the Christmas holiday, sources reveal, but editor Keller expressed serious reservations about journalism ethics and issuing a damaging story so close to an election.

McCain campaign officials Rick Davis, Charlie Black and Mark Salter are also said to have met with the NEW YORK TIMES in an effort to halt publication.

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"The surge is working we are getting closer and closer to controlling Iraqi oil." – THOMAS BILLIS, las vegas nv.

If you use electricity, drive a car or heat your house, you probably should not criticize our government for going around the world to collect oil for you. You can't honestly complain about any gasoline or heating oil price hike as you post this message with a computer that needs electricity to run.

Alternative energy is the long-term solution, which requires a better education in math, physics and chemistry. We can also lower emission as we reduce dependence on foreign oil.

I still believe in the Tooth Fairy, too.

McCain's 'consistant stand' is doing nothing but getting more troops killed and wounded while further indenturing this nation to China to pay for it.

He SHOULD have said, "I didn't go to Washington to win Mr. Congeniality. I went there to ill-serve my country."

mccain touts alright.,.,hes been lying with bush all this time about the destrution of iraq ,.of corse he says it working so does bush n they both lie like bad rugs.,,.txtj

To the Aggressors expressing thoughts here:
Obviously some of you neither listen nor read what McCain has to say and what he has done. Perhaps you need to get off the computer games and do your homework. The vicious nature of the comments made here indicates aggressive, fighting personalities. You won't be hearing that from Senator McCain, WHY are we hearing it from some of you? Now who exactly is itching for a war? Most of you people with such hateful aggression have most likely never experienced combat. Guys that have will tell you it isn't fun and it isn't pretty, but it is necessary at times. Maybe Bush pulled us into Iraq but many of your state reps approved of that action. John McCain is going to get us out. You think Romney can do that? No, you silly campers, he'll delegate, dismiss, blame, demand apologies and then move on for the next paddy-cake event. And you feel safe with that? Here you are attacking McCain and you have no clue as to the truth about other candidates. Shame on you. All of you really need to take a very hard look at what you are saying and about whom you are saying these things. John McCain is not going to walk us into war, he is going to get us out of one. As a reminder, I think most of you should be quite a bit more concerned about the largest city in the world just a bit south of our border. There is a drug problem in American, fuelled, and I use that term precisely, most of it coming from the south to supply the problem. Perhaps some of you commentators may be a party to that, but there's your next war front. It won’t be much longer until the problem becomes obvious, even to inert brains. You better get a heads up pretty quick and stop this silly attacking of an obviously extraordinary gentleman Senator from Arizona.

I was upset about reading the negative commentary here. Then I realized that most of the people writing the negative comments were unreformed leftists who won't be voting in the Republican primary anyway.

There could be something on the ticker that says that McCain (or Rudy, or Romney) saves life of 10,000 orphans, and you still would attack him.

As for the coward who said that McCain was a failure because he "allowed himself to get captured in Vietnam" how about saying that to the Senator's face? You are a coward behind your monitor and should be pitied.

Check out his NH mailer. I was trying to figure out who the guy was in the picture. Well the dude is MC himself...30 years ago. Time for you to finish your nap and find a nice place in the "great state of Texas" to retire.

Oh what the heck just give me the oil! I have no problem profiting after 9/11.And as soon as I cash in I'll be able to help out veterans and their families better than my government.Why should people who continously spit on Americas kindness and desire to better their country profit from oil.I I wouldn't think Saddam is truly missed, they just don't seem to get along over there.Muslims don't even like muslims.I volunteer to accept the oil.

I love it that a right-wing-nut would label (libel?) himslef "the realist". If we have learned anything from the right-wing followers of Rove, Cheney, and their pet poodle Bush, it is that they will lable and title things/events to be the opposite of what they really are. So it doesn't take a stretch to figure out what "therealist" stands for.

As for the "looney left" following the lead of Harry and Nancy, once again a fairytale substitutes for reality. People like ME put them in office to do MY bidding. And I'm not a looney leftwinger....but then again, you are too confused, or too wrapped up the Rove/Cheney fairytale, to even get your own name right. How can you be expected to label me correctly?

So we spent a 6 Trillion Dollars to secure a 1 mile area ?

There is no surge success, get this lunatic out of here.

GO get em McCain,, the surge has been working from day one, short term success is all we need to acheive while we work with iraqi leaders to get up to speed so we can get out !!! our operatives are most likely in place well entrenched and working by now, somthing that has been cut from the cia budget in other presidents time in office (not mentioning any names,,, starts with a C ) we can deal with the trouble makers in the region from afganistan. why do you think iraq keeps asking us to stay a little longer ? they know there on there own soon as they have a government up and running

Thank you, John McCain, for doing what is best, and not in the interests of political correctness!!!

McCain is as qualified to comment about Iraq success as my cat. He's a failed soilder for allowing himself to get captured in Vietnam. He couldn't get himself out of that mess. How can he get us out of Iraq with victory?

George from SC,
Do you even read the news? And no, moveon.org does not qualify as news. There HAS BEEN PROVEN PROGRESS both politically and militarily in Iraq. Even the most liberal of media outlets have admitted that. I know the far left liberal freaks will never admit that, but your denial only strengthens the resolve of those Americans who actually want to win this war.

CHARGE CHESTER CHARGE, ON STANLEY ON;
what's happened Mc. have you run out of steam?

By far, I believe McCain is the best choice, by far, to lead our country, I supported him in 2000 and will do again in 2008. Go for it Senator!!!

the problem, senator,was never your unwavering support for success, the problem is that you supported a commander in chief who seems to have lost (or just never HAD) all sense of knowing UP from DOWN in his WAGING of the war (ya think rumsfeld resigned cuz all his success was too much for him?).
I wonder what your thoughts are,senator, on how the world views the foreign policy disaster bush has created...and the fact that he is going down as the most incompetent, clueless prez ever; and how to go about fixing all of this in a world made more ANTI-U.S. than ever before from cowboy politics.

care to comment on that?

This definition of success as being a short term decrease in violence is absurd. The surge cannot and willnot work. This war will never be a success because no matter what we do it is going to breed resentment in the middle east. We need to pull our troops out, and start working with Iraq diplomatically and economically. They have a government and constitution, and we are only performing Iraqi police duties. Give them there country back, and begin to bring investment and prosperity to both Iraq, and us, and Iraq would be a lot better off. RON PAUL IN 2008!

I'm sure it did... tailor the ad to fit the demographic rather than the truth.

Rather than bragging about the success of the surge, McCain would better serve his country by helping to get us out of this ill conceived, illegal and deadly war. Does anyone in the entire world think anything at all will change after we finally get out? Only the lives of our men/women and the taxpayers money.

Want more wars, endless wars?

McCain-Lieberman 08

I'm so glad that embarrassment Joe Lieberman is out of our party. If only the biased pro-war media wouldn't have campaigned so hard for him, maybe Ned Lamont would be senator instead.

I am an independent who will be supporting McCain. He has the most integrity of all the candidates. I came to this conclusion by watching him continously supporting positions that aren't popular but probably ultimtely correct.

Imagine if people had taken McCain's advice earlier... Iraq would not have become the quagmire that it is, and Bush would have much greater approval in the United States. Of course, the usual haters on the left would still be raising a fuss, but what else is new?

Harry and Nancy chose to lose but luckily only the looney left followed their lead..

71 is too old to be starting a presidency.

PLEASE!! There is STILL no political solution in Iraq and that was the reason for the surge you idiot. Don't try to change history. We all know the reason for the surge and you are not the correct one since the Iraqi government has failed at all political solutions.

McCain, stop the lies and retire.

The surge is working we are getting closer and closer to controlling Iraqi oil.Once we have done that we can start to focus on other countries whose natural resources we need.