This is a fucking outrage. The media needs to cover McCain's gaffe in Jordan today

[NJSecularist]

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/18/a_mccain_gaffe_in_jordan.html

AMMAN, Jordan -- Sen. John McCain, traveling in the Middle East to promote his foreign policy expertise, misidentified in remarks Tuesday which broad category of Iraqi extremists are allegedly receiving support from Iran.

He said several times that Iran, a predominately Shiite country, was supplying the mostly Sunni militant group, al-Qaeda. In fact, officials have said they believe Iran is helping Shiite extremists in Iraq.

Speaking to reporters in Amman, the Jordanian capital, McCain said he and two Senate colleagues traveling with him continue to be concerned about Iranian operatives "taking al-Qaeda into Iran, training them and sending them back."

Pressed to elaborate, McCain said it was "common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving training and are coming back into Iraq from Iran, that's well known. And it's unfortunate." A few moments later, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, standing just behind McCain, stepped forward and whispered in the presidential candidate's ear. McCain then said: "I'm sorry, the Iranians are training extremists, not al-Qaeda."

Iraq and the war is the meats and bones of his candidacy and he doesn't know this relatively rudimentary detail? Imagine if Obama said something like this. The wolves would be out. So much for McCain's "experience".

The media instead would rather focus on a week old story about Reverend Wright.

[niyad]

1. on the other hand, maybe they are too stupid to know it was a gaffe

[Johnny__Motown]

2. CNN showed it

[goodgd_yall]

21. Did they point out the inaccuracies? n/t

[Vinca]

3. That reminds me of Nancy Reagan prompting her husband who

was probably in early stage Alzheimer's.

[tekisui]

4. And effin Lieberman playing back-up.

[thoughtcrime1984]

6. That's Vice-Presidential candidate yet again Lieberman to you!

:puke:

[tekisui]

7. Will that be a record?

Only person to lose as the VP-nominee in Two Parties.

McSame and Lieberman can drag each other to oblivion.

[xxqqqzme]

I'm thinking it will get him onto KO worst person list- again!

[Berry Cool]

11. You were right! n/t

[xxqqqzme]

16. I am flattered.

[ColbertWatcher]

5. This is equivalent to Bush's...

...not knowing who Musharraf was/is.

But of course, the media is too busy chasing racist/sexist ghosts to be concerned with a mere GOP photo op, right?

[zulchzulu]

8. McCain probably thinks they are called Sunni because there's a lot of sun there

Grandpa McCain't still doesn't know the chess pieces after five years of war. Actually, he's a Republican. They don't know the difference between a Sunni and a Shiite. They're the Evildoers to these fuckshits.

[Berry Cool]

12. Actually, he thinks they are called Sunni because they're from the State University of New York.

You know, SUNY.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. send email to the rest of the media

[Jane Austin]

10. He's a confused, old man.

And I say that as someone who is within ten years of his age, myself.

[Doctor_J]

13. Obama will get no help from the media

once the nomination is in the bank, he'll have to do their jobs for them, bringing up stuff like this and the affair with the lobbyist and the flip-flops and every issue.

[ecstatic]

14. That type of misspeak can start WARS! Correct. This IS an outrage

The MSM is covering for him, after he repeated the same false information SEVERAL times without even realizing what he had done (Lieberman, of all people had to correct him).

[annie1]

15. no worries, he's going down. doesn't have a chance.

[grantcart]

17. Youtube will allow us to enjoy it over and over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flQrLKw3W5E

[thevoiceofreason]

18. Olbermann nailed it

[better tomorrow]

19. I'm sure they will come back to it and several others he will make between

now and the GE. Don't get frustrated. There will be plenty more.....

[kentuck]

20. Remember. He is the Middle East expert.

Don't forget that.

[IDemo]

22. The thing is, this is only symptomatic of the entire "surge is working" bs

It needs to be used to headline a short set of talking points to counter the lie of the 'working surge' that McCain, Bush, and the media are successfully pulling over on the people.