McCain concedes presidency

Okay, it's not quite that bad, but if ever there was a presidential candidate who was cooked this early, it's gotta be this guy. Of course, there are still some polls that show him hanging in there, but I really don't expect that will continue. Judas John has joined the ranks of Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney in the Axis of Feeble - men who won't become president. We'll see, but that's my prediction. At this point, it would be a political miracle for McCain to even get the nomination.

Here's Part I of last night's John McCain piece on 60 Minutes...



And Part II...



John McCain wounded himself so badly in Iraq, maybe he should be given a Purple Heart by a grinning President Bush in a spit-shined Walter Reed Hospital ward. However, his hubris and arrogance have not abated in the wake of his Mission McComplished trip to Baghdad.

The only breathtaking part about this interview is that he steadfastly refuses to admit he was wrong and a lack of contrition for his pandering for cheap political points.

"Of course I'm gonna misspeak," McCain said. "I've done it on numerous occasions. And I probably will in the future. I regret that when I divert attention to something that I've said from my message. But that's just life. And I'm happy, frankly, with the way I operate. Otherwise it'd be a lot less fun."

You know what else is going to be a lot less fun, Senator? Getting the living !@#$%$$@#&!#!! kicked out of you in next year's primaries.

I just can't believe the willful ignorance and arrogance. Yea, he's a maverick all right.

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Sidebar! Here's my updated list on the stupidest people in America:

1. President Bush & Dick Cheney (Tie) - I don't have enough time
3. John McCain - see above
4. People who still believe that McCain is a "straight talking maverick"
5. RushLimbaughAnnCoulterGlennBeckSeanHannityMichaelSavage - if you need to ask...
6. Joe Lieberman - for drinking the GOP Kool Aid. Just go, Joe - run don't walk to the GOP. We hardly knew ye.
7. Newt Gingrich - no bueno
8. Bill O'Lielly - needs to be on any list
9. Don Imus - you got off easy
10. Rudy Giuliani - the 411 on 9/11 - there was more to your two terms as mayor, wasn't there? Will have to answer some questions sooner or later. Has had a fistful of gaffes already.
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I also got a bit of a kick out of McCain's "offense" at being asked questions about his age. You're going to be 71 years old by November 2008, Senator, so you're going to be asked lots more questions about your age. Get used to it.

Here's an addendum of sorts to McCain's stupidity:

Yesterday, McCain said this about Moqtada al-Sadr in a WaPo column:

Extremist Shiite militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr is in hiding, his followers are not contesting American forces, sectarian violence has dropped in Baghdad and we are working with the Shiite mayor of Sadr City.

In a statement released today, this is what al-Sadr said:

"You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don't walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy." He urged his followers to avoid attacking fellow Iraqis and to focus all their resources on American forces. "God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them - not against the sons of Iraq," the statement said.

Think Progress has more.

Here are some pictures over the weekend of things getting better in Iraq...

No word from Dick Cheney yet if he still thinks we're being greeted as liberators.

I hate to rain on McCain's victory parade through Baghdad, but Baghdad isn't the only place where the killing of Americans and innocent civilians is happening. Just because the sun is shining in Baghdad behind your sea of troops doesn't mean things are just as wonderful throughout the country.

This from an AP report, last Friday:

A suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in western Ramadi on Friday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens, police in the Anbar provincial capital said.

In the deep south of the country, the Basra police commander said the type of roadside bomb used in an attack that killed four British soldiers on Thursday had not been seen in the region previously. Maj. Gen. Mohammed al-Moussawi's description of the deadly weapon indicated it was a feared Iranian-designed explosively formed penetrator.

Today in Iraq, 25 people were found dead, including five Americans.

This is a photo of the aftermath of a car bomb that exploded just outside of Baghdad on April 5.

Things are looking up all right, McCain - for your political opponents.

Bottom Photo from AP