McCain Derails Straight Talk Express

I do not like to take up valuable space talking about what conservatives are up to, but this was on my turf, so to speak, and therefore fair game.

In Urbandale yesterday, John McCain told reporters he would not address his faltering campaign saying "I am happy about the state of our campaign. We will do fine… I will not discuss it any further as much as you want me to.” I'm sure the captain of the Titanic said something similar.

However, the really irksome thing that he said related to the debate on putting a time line in place for removing troops from Iraq that occurred last week. According to CNN, "before McCain opened the event up to reporters, he began by commenting on Tuesday’s all-night debate over troop withdrawal from Iraq, something he likely knew would not be the subject of many questions.

“It was a joke and waste of the taxpayers’ money,” he said. “We can not set a date for withdrawal, and if we do, it will guarantee failure and it will guarantee the loss of additional brave young Americans’ lives. I will hold that stand no matter what, and that is the correct stand for the future of this mission.”"

There is no joke in this Senator McCain, as you would know having been in the Vietnam War. And as far as a waste of taxpayer's money, well how about the cost of a war that should have never been waged? And the preposterous idea that removing the troops will make them more unsafe, what the hell are you thinking? I'm glad that people are going off the rails on the Crazy Train that once passed for the Straight Talk Express.