Griper Blade: Even the Spin is Bad

John McCain's been taken out of context again. That happens a lot. Communist and terrorist bloggers hang on Baghdad Johnny's every word, waiting for a short string of words they can yank out of longer strings and make big headlines with. It happened when McCain said he'd be OK with 100 years in Iraq. That was taken totally out of context. What he meant was that we still have troops in S. Korea and Germany. When John McCain said he was fine with 100 years in Iraq, what he really meant was that he was fine with 100 years in Iraq. It's a subtle nuance.

Likewise, yesterday McCain told the TODAY Show bringing troops home was no big deal. He had this conversation with Matt Lauer:

Q: A lot of people now say the surge is working.

McCAIN: Anyone who knows the facts on the ground say that.

Q: If it’s working, senator, do you now have a better estimate of when American forces can come home from Iraq?

McCAIN: No, but that’s not too important. What’s important is the casualties in Iraq. Americans are in South Korea. Americans are in Japan. American troops are in Germany. That’s all fine.

Seems pretty clear cut -- McCain doesn't really care when troops come home. But wait, Team McCain wants to clarify and debunk what the terrorist and commie bloggers are saying about him. See, he went on to say, "American casualties, and the ability to withdraw. We will be able to withdraw... But the key to it is we don't want any more Americans in harm's way."

So let me get this straight, withdrawing troops isn't all that important; what's important is the ability to withdraw troops. Which, of course, we won't do. Not if Baghad Johnny and his pal George Dubya have their way. Doesn't really clear that whole thing up, does it?...

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