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McGaffe: "We are in the Middle East For Oil"
McCain say's we are in the Middle East just for Oil.
Here's the money Quote:
My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will - that will then prevent us - that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East.
So, in other words: Once we are energy independent, those crazy bastards over there in the Middle East can just kill each other and we can ignore it and go on not giving two shits just like Darfur and Rowanda.
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Comments (11)
Obama said the same yesterday in ahref"http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/obama-says-that-part-of-us-int.php"> south Bend IN. He was discussing energy policy and the middle east, comparing it to our inaction in Dafur and Tibet, the difference being our security concerns which code for oil.
May 2, 2008 7:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
One more time. Obama said the same yesterday in south Bend IN. He was discussing energy policy and the middle east, comparing it to our inaction in Dafur and Tibet, the difference being our security concerns which code for oil.
May 2, 2008 7:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Third times a charm? Obama said the same yesterday in south Bend IN. He was discussing energy policy and the middle east, comparing it to our inaction in Dafur and Tibet, the difference being our security concerns which code for oil.
May 2, 2008 7:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
yeah, I heard that.
Is it still considered a gaffe when someone states the obvious?
Also, a tpm technical question. how do you turn a link into one or two words?
May 2, 2008 8:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here is how you do it. You type the following without the opening and closing quotes. " Highlighted text goes here. "
Here it is again without the opening and closing quotes. Now the code is hidden from view. Highlighted text goes here.
May 2, 2008 8:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whoops. Let me try again. a href="http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/05/obama-says-that-part-of-us-int.php"> south Bend IN.
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May 2, 2008 8:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
THe problem is that I don't know how to show you without the browser turning it into a link. I think it will work now; I purposely made an error in order to get it to show. The
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May 2, 2008 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
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May 2, 2008 9:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
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May 2, 2008 9:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
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May 2, 2008 9:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is it.
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Finally.
May 2, 2008 9:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
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