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McCain raises specter of nuclear war
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by Dave Keating | October 22, 2008 at 12:51 am
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John McCain's campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the wall in the waning days of the campaign, hoping something will stick. Now McCain has brought up nuclear war.
John McCain raised the specter of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival Barack Obama's widening lead in the polls with just 14 days left in the epic race to the White House.
Warning voters that the United States faces "many challenges here at home, and many enemies abroad in this dangerous world," McCain returned to the attack line that Obama has poor judgment and is not ready to lead the United States.
The next president "won't have time to get used to the office," the Republican said at a rally on Tuesday.
"I sat in the cockpit on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise off of Cuba. I had a target," McCain said, referring to the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis.
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at 01:21 on October 22nd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff. Wait a minute. Isn't that the plane that crashed or something? And didn't a president already play the "dangerous world" song too many times? Did anyone ask Sen. McCain exactly why "the next president 'won't have time to get used to the office'"? As my favorite rabbit used to say, "What's up, doc?"
at 10:36 on October 22nd, 2008
Dave Keating, I like this story. It's good stuff. McCain will say anything to get another vote. Not unlike George Bush.
at 14:46 on October 22nd, 2008
Get a break. Amadjihad is the one who keeps raising that specter of Nuclear War, dave. You know, the president of Iran and his ayatollahs. don't take that seriously?
at 15:11 on October 22nd, 2008
"I sat in the cockpit on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise off of Cuba. I had a target," McCain said, referring to the 1962 Cuban Missile crisis.
Thank God they didn't launch him. There's no telling where he would have crashed.
at 16:27 on October 22nd, 2008
I believe in all he crashed at least two planes, with a max of three.
at 16:28 on October 22nd, 2008
You are bad :)
at 16:30 on October 22nd, 2008
McCain is further quoted in the story as follows - ""I know how close we came to a nuclear war and I will not be a president that needs to be tested. I have been tested."
He was tested. And tested. And tested again. And it all resulted in him finishing fifth from the bottom of his class.