It is bothersome that John McCain can make such a "slip of the tongue". We are looking at a possible future President. Does he realistically have the right stuff? One might gather that he is a zealot leading a Holy War against the infidel. At best,

one wonders about his knowlege of Middle East fundamentals. Do we want a leader that paints the entire Muslim world with the same brush? That display of naivete is hardly what we need in a very complicated and senstive Middle East dynamic. I am proud and repectful of his service to our country. I am also extremely concerned of his ability to be Commander in Chief.

McCain's "mix-up" + McCain's legendary temper + Mccain's willingness to stay in Iraq for 100 years = *very* bad news for America! Let's just hope that a significant portion of those who are leaning toward McCain in November are paying attention to stories like this. If they aren't paying attention, buckle your seatbelt...we may all be in for a really bumpy four-year (or eight-year) ride!

John McCain is old. His memory doesn't work anymore. I don't know if he says these mistakes because it's a position he's taking or because he's actually befuddled. I'm not so young myself so I know he's showing his age. With all due respect to the aged, he's no longer sharp enough to run the country or the military.

He freely confesses that he was not the brightest boy at the Naval Academy by a long shot. Combine that with his age, and the only conclusion is, we can do better. We have to do better because it's a very complicated world out there. We've had 7 years and counting of a major dumbbell as president; it's time to get somebody who can balance multiple ideas at the same time.

Both of the Democrats have shown they can do that.

Five times in less than a week is no "gaffe," it's what used to be called a "lie."

On NPR this evening, Matthew Continetti of The Weekly Standard (house organ of Moonies and the Washington Republicans) insisted that it was not a gaffe or even a misstatement, because, he claimed, there was solid proof going back many years to back up the connection between Al Qaida and Iran's ayatollahs. You can hear the piece at

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88689984

There's no transcript yet, but I've taken the liberty to transcribe it myself -- enjoy:

Continetti: "McCain's statement that Iran is aiding Sunni terrorists has been treated as a gaffe in the media, but I think it isn't a gaffe. I think if you look at the 9-11 Commission, I think if you look at the Washington Post's own reporting on some things that Major General William B. Cauldwell has said, there IS a pattern of Iranian assistance to Al Qaida -- not just since the Iraq War began but even in the 1990s. We can't forget that Imad Muniyah, the terrorist who was recently killed in Syria, was allied with the Iranians, and of course also helped Al Qaida when it was becoming an organization."

Robert Siegel: "He was Lebanese."

Continetti: "He was Lebanese."

Siegel: "So you think he believed it, you think he meant it when he said it."

Continetti: "McCain believed it, and I think the facts, under strict scrutiny, bear him out."

Siegel: "Matt Continetti, E.J. Dionne, thanks so much."

End of show. Follow-up? None. Amazing.

Don't matter none. Majority of voters conflate time-in-cage/melanoma-scar man with Napoleanic toughness 'gainst

Islamic terrorismo.