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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: HPilot who wrote (400463)7/21/2008 11:32:44 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1578436
 
FIRST GAFFE OF OBAMA TRIP GOES TO... MCCAIN

huffingtonpost.com

McCain Owns First Foreign Policy Gaffe During Obama's Iraq Trip (VIDEO)

ABC News | July 21, 2008 09:34 AM

John McCain made ANOTHER geography gaffe this morning on Good Morning America while trying to debunk Barack Obama's trip to Iraq. Just last week, McCain repeatedly reffered to Czechoslovakia, a country that hasn't existed since 1993.

Watch it here and read the transcript under the video:

And it was McCain who owns the first big gaffe of the trip -- appearing to confuse Iraq and Afghanistan.

Asked by ABC's Diane Sawyer Monday morning whether the "the situation in Afghanistan in precarious and urgent," McCain responded:

"I think it's serious. . . . It's a serious situation, but there's a lot of things we need to do. We have a lot of work to do and I'm afraid it's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq/Pakistan border," said McCain, R-Ariz., said on "Good Morning America

For those that missed it....THERE IS NO IRAQ/PAKISTAN BORDER!!! NONE!!! ZERO!!! ZILTCH!!!!
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