Hoisted from comments: Useless Sam Grant
[McCain’s] willing to fight in Iraq for 100 years but not in Michigan for a month? From last night’s veep debate thread. UPDATE: Many commenters have (correctly) noted that this line is unfair to McCain, since he did not mean the “100 years” line in the ways that liberals have used it. This is absolutely ...
[McCain's] willing to fight in Iraq for 100 years but not in Michigan for a month? From last night's veep debate thread. UPDATE: Many commenters have (correctly) noted that this line is unfair to McCain, since he did not mean the "100 years" line in the ways that liberals have used it. This is absolutely correct. The reason I hoisted this line, however, is that it came from an erstwhile McCain supporter -- which found interesting.
[McCain’s] willing to fight in Iraq for 100 years but not in Michigan for a month?
From last night’s veep debate thread. UPDATE: Many commenters have (correctly) noted that this line is unfair to McCain, since he did not mean the “100 years” line in the ways that liberals have used it. This is absolutely correct. The reason I hoisted this line, however, is that it came from an erstwhile McCain supporter — which found interesting.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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