“There was unqualified people in charge, there was a total misreading
of the dimensions of the disaster, there was a failure of communications.”
– John McCain standing in New Orleans discussing a list
of mistakes made by the White House in response to the
Hurricane Katrina Disaster, April 24, 2008
“That old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran… bomb, bomb, bomb,”
“I’m going to be honest, I know a lot less about economics than I do
about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.”
– John McCain in an interview with Stephen Moore
of the Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2005
“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood
as well as I should. I’ve got Greenspan’s book.”
– John McCain on the campaign trail in
New Hampshire, December 17, 2007
“I understand that Senator Obama said that if al-Qaida established
a base in Iraq that he would send troops back in militarily. Al-Qaida
already has a base in Iraq. It’s called al-Qaida in Iraq.”
– John McCain commenting to a crowd in Tyler, Texas about Barack
Obama’s answer to whether a president should enter Iraq to suppress
an insurrection after removing U.S. troops, February 27, 2008
“I will fight every moment of every day in this
campaign to make sure Americans are not deceived
by an eloquent but empty call for change.”
– John McCain in his Wisconsin GOP primary
victory speech, February 19, 2008
