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Five years after Mission Accomplished, McCain and Porter ready for 100 more |
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 Five years after Mission Accomplished, McCain and Porter ready for 100 more
Five years ago today, President Bush landed on the deck of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln and declared that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” in front of an enormous banner that read, “Mission Accomplished.”
Now — 4,000 lost lives and at least $500 billion later — we know Bush was sticking his head in the sand about the challenges of occupying Iraq, and John McCain and Jon Porter are still as unrealistic in their support of another country’s civil war. In fact, McCain said he is “fine” with leaving troops in Iraq for another 100 years, and Porter is sticking with Bush’s failed policies in Iraq and refuses to talk about bringing our troops home.
“On the Fifth Anniversary of Mission Accomplished, Nevada Democrats call on Jon Porter to talk about real solutions in Iraq, instead of trying to change the subject from an unpopular war with misleading attacks on his potential opponent,” said Kirsten Searer, deputy executive director of the Nevada Democratic Party.
“Let’s talk about using some of the $12 billion a month we currently spend in Iraq to address the real threats to America’s security and invest in confronting the challenges we face right here at home,” Searer said. “McCain and Porter represent more of the same — and Nevadans are clearly ready for a change in leadership.”
Background on McCain
January 2008: McCain Said US May Stay In Iraq For 100 Years, Long Term American Presence In Iraq Analogous To South Korea. At a New Hampshire town hall when McCain was asked "President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years." McCain responded: "Maybe 100" and "that would be fine with me." McCain explained his 100 year remark by drawing an analogy to the long-term American presence in South Korea: "We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That'd be fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed." [McCain Town Hall, Derry NH Opera House, 1/3/2008; New York Times, "The Caucus," 1/11/2008]
The DNC has an ad running now on “More of the Same” McCain’s position on Iraq: http://www.democrats.org/a/2008/04/dnc_ad_on_mccai.php.
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Congressional District 3 is poised for a change in 2008
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Representing the 37th District in Clark County and serves as Assistant Majority Floor Leader, as well as Vice-Chair of the Commerce and Labor Committee. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Elections, Procedures, Ethics, and Constitutional Amendments Committee. 
Nevada State Senate Minority Leader, Professor of Political Science at UNLV and candidate for Congressional District 3