McCain Calls Middle East Pro-Democracy Movement a ‘Virus’

By Monday February 14, 2011

Found by Cinàedh.



38 Comments
  1. Special Ed says:
    2/14/2011 at 7:28 pm

    Iraq canceled their 16 fighter jets today and decided to feed the poor.

    McCain needs to be kicked in the nuts.

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  2. MikeN says:
    2/14/2011 at 8:55 pm

    So people on here disagreeing, I guess are in favor of having Israel surrounded by countries with regimes opposed to her existence?

    As for neo-cons setting back democracy, William Kristol at neocon HQ The Weekly Standard is in support of ousting Mubarak.

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  3. Improbus says:
    2/14/2011 at 9:56 pm

    @MikeN

    Israel has always been surrounded by regimes opposed to her existence and William Kristol is a tool.

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  4. MikeN says:
    2/14/2011 at 10:52 pm

    The Mubarak regime is not opposed to Israel’s existence, and has been at peace since the Camp David Accords. Jordan is also at peace with Israel.

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  5. bobbo, you all are a bunch of sheep says:
    2/14/2011 at 11:22 pm

    FYI ya’all: Israel’s “fear”/concern is that the populations of the average people around her will be in a mood to throw of their dictatorships for some other form of tyranny. The tyrants so affects will attempt to distract them by appeals to patriotism and antisemitism as well as anti-Zionism. “The People” will be whipped up into an anti-foreigner fog of self destruction ((just like the USA Sheep regarding Sadam)) and tricked into invading Israel for the 10th straight time losing again.

    The Mubarak regime is: gone. His handlers are still in place: Close but different set of issues.

    Jordan: another illegitimate dictatorship playing the populous off against the Jews.

    Maybe all y’all can understand the geo-political situation this way: its like High School Football. Ya gotta support the home team.

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  6. Bobbo's mental healthcare caregiver says:
    2/15/2011 at 2:48 am

    McCain’s speech on the Senate floor during debate of Federal Housing Regulatory Act Of 2005:
    “OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay. I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.”

    McCain also correct here in his assessment of the potential downside risk.

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  7. pedro says:
    2/15/2011 at 3:38 am

    #18 It was disastrous. But does that mean you think the current US foreign policy is good? Man, what warped-minded people populate this blog.

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  8. Smartalix says:
    2/15/2011 at 5:37 am

    So it’s only a “real” democratic effort if the people agree with our policies?

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  9. jman says:
    2/15/2011 at 5:40 am

    these damn liberals like McCain are always against democracy

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  10. Alfred Persson says:
    2/15/2011 at 11:53 am

    The analogy in context, is accurate and innocuous…democracy is spreading like a virus…from host to host.

    You progressives have no credibility attacking anyone for analogies, or misstatements…your Messiah said “my Muslim faith” and “I’ve campaigned in all 57 states”…and Biden “I’ second in line for the presidency.”

    Did ANY of you comment what dolts they were for saying it…noooo, of course not.

    “You gotta pass it to see what’s in it”

    Har de har har, what numskulls progressives are!

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  11. Improbus says:
    2/15/2011 at 3:07 pm

    Alfred,

    You are so good at building straw men and lighting them on fire. Bravo.

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  12. Alfred Persson says:
    2/15/2011 at 3:40 pm

    #31 That was satire, its juvenile idiocy illustrates this blog against McCain…

    Because Progressives have only smear to advance their causes, and not logic, they can’t distinguish a sound analogy from a smear.

    Had McCain said Democracy was like a virus, that is an insult.

    The point of likeness is not in nature of the virus, but in how it spreads, hence there is no smear intended by McCain…he is simply likening the quick spread of unrest, to the quick spread of a virus…period.

    Progressives are critically challenged, their doctrines are believed true “because they feel right,” and they react to reality in similar manner…how they “feel” about it.

    Critical thinking is the answer, but that allows “facts on the ground” influence and inform conclusions…something Progressives never do.

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  13. chris says:
    2/15/2011 at 7:35 pm

    #30

    “The analogy in context, is accurate and innocuous…democracy is spreading like a virus…from host to host.”

    It’s twice in two days, but I gotta agree with you again. You’re working very hard.

    I agree with the darker interpretation too, which puts me squarely at odds of every political booster on both sides. Maybe when they all line up together that’s the best sign it’s a load of crap.

    We heard about how highly educated the Iraqi population was too, but it didn’t end up mattering. Don’t forget that this isn’t a problem within a state, but a problem within two regions: North Africa AND the Middle East.

    Also don’t forget that crime traditionally goes up during the summer as it gets hotter.

    Also also don’t forget that Islam explicitly disagrees with a separation of religion and political/administrative control of territory.

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  14. Rick says:
    2/15/2011 at 8:47 pm

    I think he meant “Viral”. A 70+ year old man should never attempt to use trendy internet social media terms.

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  15. MikeN says:
    2/15/2011 at 10:01 pm

    Liberals have no credibility claiming to support democracy. In the last decade we go from ‘The difference between Bush and Saddam is that Saddam was elected.” to Syriana to Obama hosting a state dinner for the jailer of the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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  16. Animal Mother says:
    2/16/2011 at 1:39 pm

    #9 ditto.

    We are doomed.

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  17. Rick says:
    2/16/2011 at 10:30 pm

    Liberals were complaining about Saddam back in the 1980′s, while conservative darling Ronald Reagan was guaranteeing Saddam more loans just months after he bombed 4 Kurdish villages in his own country with poison gas.

    I think its conservatives that have no credibility when they show how bad a memory hole they have in their head when it comes to historical events, note message #35

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  18. pedro says:
    2/17/2011 at 4:20 am

    Well, it reached Iran and I see no one bitching on how the government kicked the protester’s asses

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