John McCain hit the trail with a strong defense of the troop surge in Iraq under the banner "No Surrender." He is traveling to Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina to rally support for our troops and their mission in Iraq.
New York Times' Caucus Blog: General David Petraeus, who's leading our forces and doing a superb job right now because of John Mccain's support ...": "[Robert C. McFarlane] said that Mr. McCain, for his entire career, had been, 'standing up for what's right, criticizing the Pentagon when it's wrong, criticizing the president when he hasn't got the right strategy or enough troops - standing alone until we get somebody like Dave Petraeus, whose leading our forces and doing a superb job right now because of John McCain's support.''
The New York Times: "Enthusiastic Crowds … Cheered." "The veterans in the packed hall, who wore blue 'No Surrender' stickers, cheered. … On the road, the campaign is drawing enthusiastic crowds."
Hotline Blog: McCain's Message "Prompting Applause And Shouts Of 'Amen' From The Audience... "'I believe that we should not choose to lose in Iraq,' McCain said, prompting applause and shouts of 'Amen' from the audience of about a hundred veterans."
Radio Iowa Reports Vietnam Veteran Frank Rinehart “Rode His Motorcycle From Missouri To Iowa To Meet McCain On The Campaign Trail” And Praised McCain’s Foreign Policy Stance. “But Vietnam veteran Frank Rinehart is more focused on McCain’s foreign policy credentials. ‘My reason for supporting him is we have to win,’ Rinehart says. ‘The implications of us losing and radical Islam winning are gigantic.’ Rinehart rode his motorcycle from Missouri to Iowa to meet McCain on the campaign trail.”
Former CIA Director James Woolsey: “There has been one person in prominent public life who has been right about this war in Iraq from the beginning. John McCain was advocating the surge over four years ago in the summer of 2003. And if we had followed the strategy he told us we should at the time, and he certainly saw it before most anybody else, including before me, we would not be in the difficult situation that we now are digging ourselves out of. But with this surge, as he has supported we can, I think, pull this out in Iraq. And most importantly with the kind of leadership that John McCain shows, we can pull out victory in this long war against international terrorism as a whole.”
To learn more about John McCain's leadership on Iraq and in the larger fight against Islamic extremists, go to the "McCain on Iraq Timeline." The timeline details John McCain's unrelenting call for a new strategy for victory in Iraq -- the strategy currently showing signs of success on the ground.
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Taking on the Democrats
Senator Clinton said recently that believing General Petraeus' testimony requires a 'willing suspension of disbelief.' This week, MoveOn.org attacked and dishonored General Petraeus, a man of integrity who has served his nation with dedication all of his life.
Watch this video as John McCain forcefully denounces the shameless propaganda put forth by the extreme left.
American Spectator's Jennifer Rubin: "He takes a big whack at Hillary using her own words and saying that it 'must take the willing suspension of disbelief to not repudiate an advertisement run by a radical left wing organization' that impugns General Petraeus. His zinger: 'If you're not tough enough to repudiate an attack like that, you're not tough enough to be president.'"
Hotline Blog: "At both events yesterday, he held up an oversized poster of MoveOn's 'General Betray Us' graphic, slamming it as 'one of the worst things I've seen in my life.' He had tough words too for Hillary Clinton, who -like all of her Democratic colleagues - has stayed mum about the ad. In Waterloo, he challenged Clinton to speak out against MoveOn's message; in Des Moines, he criticized her comment in Tuesday's hearing that rosy outlooks of success in Iraq require "willing suspension of disbelief." McCain shot back, 'It's a 'willing suspension of disbelief' that Senator Clinton knows more than General Petraeus does about events on the ground in Iraq.'"
Watch Senator McCain Address Senator Hillary Clinton's Refusal To Condemn Disgraceful Moveon.Org Ad
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