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Opinion - Joe Conason

A Cut-and-Paste Foreign Policy

Thu Aug 14, 3:00 AM ET

Creators Syndicate - The discovery that John McCain's remarks on Georgia were derived from Wikipedia, to put it politely, is disturbing and even depressing — but not surprising. Under the tutelage of the neoconservatives, who revealed their superficial understanding of Iraq both before and after the invasion, he favors bellicose grandstanding over strategic thinking. So why delve deeper than a quick Google search?

  • His Drilling Plan Full of Holes Thu Aug 7, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - Touring America's oilrigs and nuclear plants, John McCain sometimes sounds as if he'll produce enough wind to power the nation all by himself. So strongly does his current rhetoric smell of methane — the gas emanating from manure — that he might even qualify for an alternative energy tax incentive.

  • McCain's Oil Drilling Hoax Thu Jul 31, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - Forced to cancel a planned visit to an oil platform off the Mississippi coast last week because of inclement weather — and the untimely leaking of hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil by a shipwreck in the vicinity — John McCain finally got his photo op at a Bakersfield derrick on July 28.

  • Washington's Overrated "Old Hands" Thu Jul 24, 3:00 AM ET

    Creators Syndicate - Barack Obama knows which countries border Iraq; he understands the difference between Shia and Sunni; and he is probably aware that Czechoslovakia no longer exists — but as John McCain complains, the young senator has "no military experience whatsoever." Indeed, like both of the last two presidents, Sen. Obama possesses scant credentials in national security and foreign policy.