Just Like a Walk in the Park

Update: Call your senator NOW and tell him/her to vote to bring troops home asap. CSPAN2 has the debate in the Senate. If you are not sure of the Senators telephone number, visit this page for a complete list: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Let those telephones ring and ring! Don't let these senators say they haven't heard from their constituents. I briefly got a little bit of Sen. John "Walk Through Baghdad" McCain's speech. Just now, Sen. Lindsey Graham (SC-R) is on CSPAN 2 and he says that everything is hunky-dorey in Iraq. These guys are just pathetic liars!

>Republican candidate for president, Sen. John McCain, said it is safe to walk in parts of Baghdad (Raw Story). Here are some excerpts:
On Monday morning's "Bill Bennett's Morning in America" radio show, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said that there were parts of Baghdad where he and the host could go for a walk.

"There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today," he said, when asked to highlight something positive about what American forces have been able to accomplish in Iraq....

(By the way, Raw Story even has an audio of the interview at their website.)

Wow! Walking in Baghdad could be just like a walk in the park! Do you think McCain will demonstrate how safe it is to walk in Baghdad? If it is so safe, why are Americans still being killed in Iraq? When I hear McCain and others talk about how terrific things are going in Iraq, I wonder if they realize how their lies are hurting people.

In case you are interested, I did a search at Iraq Casualties and found that McCain is wrong. Since 3/1/07, 32 Americans have been killed just in Baghdad, mostly by IED attacks.