McCain's Gaffe

Disclaimer: I'm currently re-adjusting from the heavily politically oriented life of a DC resident and Hill intern to the life I left behind last December, that of a UCI student striving for good grades and a little free time. We'll see how that goes.


With that aside, here's what's new on my political radar:

McCain's Foreign Policy Gaffe(youtube)

McCain refers to Iranian extremists as Al Qaeda. He recants after being corrected by Sen. Lieberman.
You know you've messed up when Lieberman is calling you out on it.
What's even worse, is that he continued to make the same mistake. According to the Washington Post, "The Arizona senator made this claim at least twice, first in an interview with conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt and then at a press briefing the following the day." Although we really should be more forgiving of these slips, it could be early stage dementia.

What I take issue with here is the fact that when Obama or Hillary "messes up", so to speak, (such as Obama's pastor fiasco, and Hillary claiming she avoided sniper fire in Bosnia) they both get tons of media attention. Yet when McCain shows that he is at best confused, at worst completely uninformed on issues of the Middle East and foreign relations, it never gets brought up in the press.

Although maybe I'm just making a bigger deal out of this than it really is. Afterall, McCain isn't really getting ANY press as of late. He's doing anything to get attention these days...