john mc cain just doesn't get it ...

i’m watching the fox sunday morning talking heads political show when they feature a segment where john mc cain is interviewed by chris wallace . (that annoying little right wing shill is mike wallace’s son ? )

though clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer, mc cain seems like a sincere grandfatherly type. i admit after he confessed that he made a mistake when he voted against establishing a holiday for dr king , it was not easy to dislike him despite the goofy grin he repeatedly flashed at inappropriate points during the interview .

from what i saw , at first i thought he was simply a bad liar, but was later forced to believe that mc cain honestly just does not get it.

he reminded the audience that he had supported the "surge" and he insisted that the surge has been a "big success" so we need to stay the course.

even after the rightwing reporter pointed out that it was the sunni stand down and muktada al sadr’s six month ceasefire, and not the surge that resulted in violence levels in iraq reducing to the levels they were at in 2005, mc cain seemed as if he didn't hear it.

also mc cain needed to be reminded that reducing violence to 2005 levels does not really add up to progress since saying that you’re only as broke as you were in 2005 still means broke as hell --thus it couldn’t be honestly counted as "progress" .

mc cain again flashed that goofy grin like the lounge lizard singer who falls off the piano, yet doesn’t miss an off-key note , and went right on to say that the recent iraqi government offensive was a big success and showed the al maliki government’s growing strength.

even the right wing fox guy is incredulous at this remark and blurts out that one thousand al maliki soldiers defected almost en mass, turning over weapons and vehicles to al sadr’s forces during that campaign --how can you say the al maliki government was successful ?

another shit-faced grin from mc cain the gold lame-wearing lounge lizard who from the floor , segues right into his next cover tune, "al sadr lost because HE called for the cease fire, not al maliki"-- followed by that top 40s oldie but goody hit , " only losers call for ceasefires in war, not winners."

that’s when i knew --the guy is clueless .

the interview ended and like one of many fox network featured silverhaired elvis-imitators who’ve played "the world famous tuxedo lounge here in beautiful downtown boise " --mc cain grinned , and said goodbye .

"you’ve been a wonderful audience --thank you very much !"