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Well che, I consider myself to be an anarchist in terms of how I view power. For the past couple years, I've defined the term with respect making narrow ethical judgments instead of a broad political program. But absent empirical evidence significantly validating a more traditional anarcho-syndicalist model of society and revolution, I'm closer to (but very different from) a traditional social democrat in terms of specific policy.
Being partisan doesn't mean you have to make all of your posts positively reek of spin.
There are certainly a few issues where I'm not at all sympathetic to the Dems. Like trade, where Obama and Clinton were being demagogic in OH, and McCain actually had an admirable stance when campaigning in MI.
Iran and Iraq policy are obviously not any of these issues.
Except that he didn't correct himself. His comments simply don't make sense if you substitute, say, "the Mahdi Army" for "AQ," due to the Mosul comment. They only make sense if you substitute "Muslims we don't like" for "AQ."
I think it's silly to dismiss, out of hand, the significance of that.
As for materially affecting his capacity to do the job, it does impact policy judgment. Being confused about the data obviously can lead to bad policy. It has been leading to bad policy, and I think would continue leading to bad policy under a McCain Admin. I don't think it's coincidental that McCain is confused about such things, and also believes that we shouldn't be talking with Iran and that we should maintain our presence in Iraq.
And more than that, being ignorant of such important distinctions at this point indicates troubling lack of willingness to learn.
Being partisan doesn't mean you have to make all of your posts positively reek of spin.
Iran and Iraq policy are obviously not any of these issues.
Your argument only seems important to people already sympathetic to your POV. To me (a non-partisan independent), it sounds silly and pointless. A gaffe like this just doesn't seem to materially impact his ability to do the job, and that he acknowledged the mistake when corrected is only to McCain's credit, IMO.
I think it's silly to dismiss, out of hand, the significance of that.
As for materially affecting his capacity to do the job, it does impact policy judgment. Being confused about the data obviously can lead to bad policy. It has been leading to bad policy, and I think would continue leading to bad policy under a McCain Admin. I don't think it's coincidental that McCain is confused about such things, and also believes that we shouldn't be talking with Iran and that we should maintain our presence in Iraq.
And more than that, being ignorant of such important distinctions at this point indicates troubling lack of willingness to learn.
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