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Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Putin Accuses Bush of Prodding Georgia to Help McCain
I am not much of a conspiracy buff these days but our President has done far worse things than this that have been proven:
In an exclusive interview with CNN's Matthew Chance in the Black Sea city of Sochi Thursday, Putin said the U.S. had encouraged Georgia to attack the autonomous region of South Ossetia.
Putin told CNN his defense officials had told him it was done to benefit a presidential candidate -- Republican John McCain ...
"U.S. citizens were indeed in the area in conflict," Putin said. "They were acting in implementing those orders doing as they were ordered, and the only one who can give such orders is their leader."
Remember this story about Cheney trying to artificially foment war with Iran?
There [were] a dozen ideas proffered [by Cheney] about how to trigger a war. The one that interested me the most was why don’t we build — we in our shipyard — build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats. Put Navy seals on them with a lot of arms. And next time one of our boats goes to the Straits of Hormuz, start a shoot-up.Might cost some lives. And it was rejected because you can’t have Americans killing Americans. That’s the kind of — that’s the level of stuff we’re talking about. Provocation. But that was rejected.
Posted by Metavirus at 8/28/2008 01:41:00 PM 0 comments
Tags: Bush , Election 2008 , General Election , Georgia , John McCain , Russia
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
British Foreign Secretary Calls BS on McCain
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the top diplomat of one of our closest allies, derided John McCain's bellicose rhetoric, calling his excessively provocative proposal to kick Russia out of the G8 "knee-jerk":
In a tough speech delivered in Kiev, Ukraine, Miliband said Russia will face consequences for its actions in Georgia. But he added: "In all international institutions, we need to review our relations with Russia. I do not apologize for rejecting knee-jerk calls for Russia to be expelled from the G8, or for EU-Russia or NATO-Russia relations to be broken. But we do need to examine the nature, depth and breadth of relations with Russia."
Posted by Metavirus at 8/27/2008 07:52:00 PM 0 comments
Tags: Election 2008 , Foreign Policy , General Election , Georgia , John McCain , Rebuttals , Russia , Warmongering
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Jimmy Carter Strongly Hints at Obama Endorsement
If this isn't as good of an example of an almost-endorsement, I don't know what is:
Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter has hinted that he might cast his vote for Senator Barack Obama to aid his emergence as the candidate for the Democrats in America’s bid to elect a new President.
Carter, who is a Super Delegate from Georgia State, gave this hint at a media interaction after the Carter Center Awards for Guinea Worm Eradication in Abuja yesterday.
Carter, who was accompanied by his wife Rosalynn, did not profess a direct support for Obama but rather choose to make a veiled statement.
“We are very interested in the primaries. Don’t forget that Obama won in my state of Georgia. My town which is home to 625 people is for Obama, my children and their spouses are pro- Obama.
My grandchildren are also pro-Obama. As a Super Delegate, I would not disclose who I am rooting for but I leave you to make that guess," he said.
Posted by Metavirus at 4/03/2008 11:20:00 AM 0 comments
Tags: Barack Obama , Electability , Election 2008 , Endorsements , Georgia , Primaries , Superdelegates
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Super Tuesday Live Blog
12:40: One last bit. 13 states for Obama: Missouri, Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
12:30: I'm done for the night. Here's a quote from Andrew Sullivan: "[Obama's] speech - just so glaringly, embarrassingly, surpassingly superior to his opponent's - has a theme of national unity and an end to identity politics. He actually rebukes voting on the basis of race whereas Clinton championed her role as a woman in politics. That's the difference." Read more.
12:15: 12 states for Obama, a majority of the states voting on Super Tuesday: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
11:55: 11 states now in the Obama camp (1/2 of the Super Tuesday States!) Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
10:57 - 10 states now for Obama. Idaho, Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
10:55 - Up to 9 states: Minnesota, Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
10:22 - Good sign! Now 8 states! Obama has Connecticut, Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
10:18 - Seven States! Obama has Kansas, Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
10:06 - Obama now has Illinois, Alabama, Delaware, Utah, North Dakota and Georgia.
9:54 - I love that the Clinton camp is successfully spinning that Massachusetts is a "big win" for them. The Kennedys were brought in to broaden Obama's national appeal among working class people. There wasn't much of a chance of Obama to win Mass but, there goes the Clinton camp spinning it like they triumphed over the Kennedy endorsements. I'm more than a bit melancholy right now. If Hillary ultimately triumphs in this primary, I give up. I will never care about politics again.
9:26 - Alabama is in. Obama now has Alabama, Delaware, Illinois and Georgia.
9:04 - Obama wins Delaware, adding to his wins today in Illinois, Georgia, and Indonesia :)
9:00 - Top of the hour and no more projections for Obama! Grr.
8:51 - Wolf definitely says "pre-jected" rather than "projected" (with a schwa). Just flipped to Bill Richardson pontificating. He's a got a new beard after he dropped out. Unfortunately the five-lb jowl is not working with the beard.
8:47 - Ok, so I'm biased but yawn! I wish I had something interesting to say but the last near-hour has been all about Republican theorizing.
8:33 - Is it me or does Wolf Blitzer pronounce "projected" as "pre-jected"? Tsk.
8:30 - Nothing more terribly interesting going on yet. McCain... Huckabee... yawn.
8:00 - Just got in from work. Here are the states Obama's won thus far: Illinois, Georgia, and Indonesia :)
Posted by Metavirus at 2/05/2008 07:59:00 PM 0 comments
Tags: Alabama , Barack Obama , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Georgia , Idaho , Illinois , Kansas , Minnesota , North Dakota , Primaries , Super Tuesday , Utah
Sunday, February 3, 2008
New Zogby Polls Show Obama Ahead in CA
More great polling news. According to a new Zogby tracking poll:
[I]t's very good news for Barack Obama. Zogby has Obama up by 4 points in California, down by one in Missouri, up by 20 in Georgia, and down by one in New Jersey. Meanwhile, on the Republican side, like pretty much everyone else, has John McCain set for big wins across the country, with the exception weirdly enough of California, the biggest prize of the night. Zogby has Mitt up by 3.
Read More: McCain on a Roll; Clinton, Obama Neck-and-Neck in Key Super Tuesday States via TPM
Posted by Metavirus at 2/03/2008 11:51:00 AM 0 comments
Tags: Barack Obama , California , Georgia , Missouri , New Jersey , Polls
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