You all remember Baghdad Bob, don't you?







Baghdad Bob was the Iraqi Minister of (mis)Information. This was the cat that held regular press conferences to explain that the buildings exploding all around him were actually not from US bombings, but planned demolitions and things like that. The next true statement that falls out of his piehole is going to be the first. Well, with the fall of Saddam's regime and the resulting chaos that's currently ravaging Iraq, poor Baghdad Bob found himself without a job and probably living in exile somewhere. At the very least, Baghdad Bob was good for a laugh or two. So ever since W declared "Mission Accomplished" we've been without that comic relief, without that absurd, wanna-be propagandist, Baghdad Bob. And the world has been a little less colorful, hasn't it?

Well lucky for us, somebody has stepped forward to fill that breach. That's right, Baghdad Bob is back... new and improved. And here he is...







Yes, that's right... John McCain is the new Baghdad Bob. You're familiar with John McCain, aren't you? McCain, you might recall is the flip-flopping, morally bankrupt, hypocritical, spineless sell-out, Republican presidential hopeful for '08. Of course, he's currently getting waxed in the polls by that cross-dressing failed ex-Mayor of New York, Rudy Guiliani. But that's beside the point.

On with Wolf Blitzer on CNN today, McCain painted the rosiest of pictures of life in Iraq...

That’s where you ought to catch up on things, Wolf. General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee. I think you oughta catch up. You are giving the old line of three months ago. I understand it. We certainly don’t get it through the filter of some of the media. But I know for a fact that much of the success we’re experiencing, including the ability of Americans in many parts.

The old line, huh John? Three months ago? And I think General Petraeus goes out in an unarmored humvee not because things are safer, but because you people didn't equip the troops with enough properly armored humvees!

But let's hear from somebody who is actually on the ground, shall we?

Wolf Blitzer, next spoke with Michael Ware, a CNN correspondent who is in... Baghdad.

Well, I’d certainly like to bring Sen. McCain up to speed if he ever gives me the opportunity. And if I have any difficulty hearing you right now Wolf, that’s because of the helicopters circling overhead and the gun battle that is blazing away just a few blocks down the road.

Ware went on to say...

To suggest that there’s any neighborhood in this city where an American can walk freely is beyond ludicrous. I’d love Sen. McCain to tell me where that neighborhood is and he and I can go for a stroll. And to think that Gen. David Petraeus travels this city in an unarmed humvee? I mean, in the hour since Sen. McCain’s said this, I’ve spoken to military sources and there was laughter down the line. I mean, certainly the general travels in a humvee. There’s multiple humvees around it, heavily armed. There’s attack helicopters, predator drones, sniper teams, all sorts of layers of protection. So, no, Sen. McCain is way off base on this one.

So just like Baghdad Bob, denying the presence of American troops in the Iraqi capital while the buildings explode around him, McCain is doing the exact same thing. The old line, the one McCain says we need to "catch up on" is unfortunately the same as the current line. People are dying and violence is still raging out of control. There's been no change in the least no matter how many times McCain and Bush say there has been.

Did somebody say fu**ing delusional? I guess the only question I have at this moment is, is he stoned or simply senile? This just goes to show how out of touch with reality McCain is. He's so incredibly dishonest that he can't acknowledge the simple reality of the situation in Iraq. You know, I know and nearly 70% of the American people know that the situation in Iraq has deterioriated and there is no fixing it. Period.

But Baghdad Bob McCain, Bush-toadie extraordinairre is insisting that there are no troops in the city while the buildings explode around him. And he wants to be the next president. I can't think of anything scarier. Can you?