john "Life isn't fair" mc cain.

[Philosoraptor]

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mccain-life-isnt-fair-2007-08-17.html

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) painted a positive picture of his presidential campaign Friday, saying that “Money is coming in OK” and expressing his conviction that voters will consider him the right man to lead the country in dangerous times.

McCain, who began the campaign as a favorite to win the Republican nomination, has struggled in the polls and with fundraising. He has fallen behind former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Sen. Fred Thompson (Tenn.), who still has not formally announced his decision to run. McCain currently is competing for third place in national polls with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who runs a surging campaign that is much better funded.

“It’s entertaining, in that I was the greatest critic of the initial four years, three and a half years,” McCain said. “I came back from my first trip to Iraq and said, ‘This is going to fail. We’ve got to change the strategy’ to the one we’re using now. But life isn’t fair.”

[H2O Man]

1. It is sad

to watch this guy. His "campaign" is a pathetic fall from grace.

[Flubadubya]

2. Not undeservedly, however...

:thumbsup:

[H2O Man]

3. Right.

He has brought this upon himself.

[Heidi]

4. I seriously doubt that he has been "the greatest critic."

In fact, he has seemed to me at times to be a cheerleader.

From a Salon article, April 2007 (emphasis mine):

In the past two weeks, McCain has produced a trove of Iraq-related images and quotes that are sure to dog his faltering bid for the presidency. On March 26, during an interview with conservative radio host Bill Bennett, McCain said, "There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today." The next day, he insisted to CNN's Wolf Blitzer that Gen. Petraeus was driving around armorless. Then, on April 1, in an attempt to back up his words, McCain went on his infamous Baghdad shopping trip. The Internet was soon awash with mocking photos of McCain strolling blithely through the Shurja market in a Kevlar vest. On Sunday, "60 Minutes" ran footage of McCain dickering over a rug with a merchant, then pulled back to show the senator surrounded by heavily armed and armored U.S. troops, and also mentioned that attack helicopters were hovering overhead. In the past year, only the image of Israeli Minister of Defense Amir Peretz looking out on the battlefield through binoculars with the caps still over the lenses has made a politician look more foolish.