Political Bloviation

Lying about it must be congenital for republicans:

The Associated Press: McCain Seals GOP Nod As Romney Suspends
John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign. “I must now stand aside, for our party and our country,” Romney prepared to tell conservatives.

“If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror,” Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Really the irony here is that the only remaining candidate to really state that they would immediately get all troops out of Iraq was Republican Ron Paul. Obama and Clinton both see a long term need for an America troop presence in Iraq for counter-terrorism operations, force protection and training Iraqi forces. To say otherwise is a flat out lie. It’s ugly, mendacious and plays to fears the GOP does their best to nurture. In other words the normal run of the mill Republican rhetoric.

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