09-18-2008, 10:07 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Would you be willing to meet with the head of our government, Mr. Zapatero?" the questioner asked, in an exchange now being reported by several Spanish outlets.
McCain proceeded to launch into what appeared to be a boilerplate declaration about Mexico and Latin America -- but not Spain -- pressing the need to stand up to world leaders who want to harm America.
"I will meet with those leaders who are our friends and who want to work with us cooperatively," according to one translation. <b>The reporter repeated the question two more times, apparently trying to clarify, but McCain referred again to Latin America.</b>
Finally, the questioner said, "Okay, but I'm talking about Europe - the president of Spain, would you meet with him?" The Senator offered only a slight variance to his initial comment. "I will reunite with any leader that has the same principles and philosophy that we do: human rights, democracy, and liberty. And I will confront those that don't [have them]."
The implication seemed fairly clear: McCain was refusing to commit to meet with Zapatero, the "socialist" party leader, whose country is a member of NATO and intricately involved in many of America's global financial and national security objectives.
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I can understand a rookie like Palin making such gaffes, given Spain's not sharing border with Alaska, but John-26-years-in-Senate-McCain????
This on a day when Palin's putting out 'stump-the-candidate on foreign policy' challenge.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Would you be willing to meet with the head of our government, Mr. Zapatero?" the questioner asked, in an exchange now being reported by several Spanish outlets.
McCain proceeded to launch into what appeared to be a boilerplate declaration about Mexico and Latin America -- but not Spain -- pressing the need to stand up to world leaders who want to harm America.
"I will meet with those leaders who are our friends and who want to work with us cooperatively," according to one translation. <b>The reporter repeated the question two more times, apparently trying to clarify, but McCain referred again to Latin America.</b>
Finally, the questioner said, "Okay, but I'm talking about Europe - the president of Spain, would you meet with him?" The Senator offered only a slight variance to his initial comment. "I will reunite with any leader that has the same principles and philosophy that we do: human rights, democracy, and liberty. And I will confront those that don't [have them]."
The implication seemed fairly clear: McCain was refusing to commit to meet with Zapatero, the "socialist" party leader, whose country is a member of NATO and intricately involved in many of America's global financial and national security objectives.
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I can understand a rookie like Palin making such gaffes, given Spain's not sharing border with Alaska, but John-26-years-in-Senate-McCain????
This on a day when Palin's putting out 'stump-the-candidate on foreign policy' challenge.