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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:29 PM Original message |
McCain calls for Iraq-style "surge" in US neighborhoods battling high crime |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. surge! apply directly to the forehead. surge! apply directly to the forehead. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. totally |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I really think he's worse than Bush. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. He is truly insane |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Agreed. McCain is as nutty as they come and his "clever" ideas |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. So McInsane is calling for a police state? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. OMG. |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cool. Can we bomb schools, churches and neighborhoods too? |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Not casualty of war. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah, let's build walls and checkpoints, let's make all the inner-city |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. How will he pay for it? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. He and bush's policies over the years have caused a lot of the problems... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. McCain's America - A police state. |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. What does that mean? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yes. He's talking about a police state. |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Noun, verb, SURGE! |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. A term someone needs to explain to McSame: |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. What a fucking loon Gramps is turning out to be |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. He's obsessed with proving how tough he is. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Torches and Pitchforks for Everyone! eom |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. Citizen Patrols, Community Associations, |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. So, McCain is in favor of turning military tactics against civilians. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. What do you think he means by "clamping down" on these neighborhoods? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'd guess something like the broken-window theory: send in a bunch of cops, |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't think that was what he was talking about. Because increasing |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I think that, on the tactical level, |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Will we use cops or army for the surge? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. A part of the Surge was paying off warring factions & providing them |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They can pay me off |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. it's too bad this is illegal |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
31. A broken clock is right twice a day... |
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ellacott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. And citizens shouldn't have to worry about being gunned down by an overzealous cop |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
33. Did CSPAN air this? |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-01-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Never mind I found a link |
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