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Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:00 AM

McCain on Iran: Bush all over again

An alarmist John McCain is using Iran as a political weapon against Barack Obama -- even as he misjudges our Middle East adversary.

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2008 09:33 PM

    Booga Booga Booga

    You're the tools who swear we're going to bomb Iran 5 years ago. The only people actually using Iran as a political weapon are the Salons of the world.

    Factoid: did you know that the guy who created the anti Goldwater ad with the atomic bomb that is so famous died yesterday or the day before. It should be a day of mourning here. I mean as far you're concerned, in Bizarro World, Goldwater won, we really did nuke the earth, and all of us are living on Cattlecar Galactica right now.

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