The Huffington Post is an online news website and aggregated weblog that was put together over the past couple of years in order to keep people up to date about the latest news. The good thing about getting news online is that it is in real time. People can see things as they happen and see them over and over again. The bad thing is that some things get overplayed way to much. This can change the way people see a politician or celebrity. Now bloggers are trying to catch anything a candidate says that might be somewhat/somehow politically incorrect.
In the Huffington Post there is an article about how John McCain said "My friends, I will have an energy policy that we will be talking about, which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East that will - that will then prevent us - that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East". It kind of implies that we went into Iraq for Oil interests only. We all know this was at least part of the case. The post is trying to say that McCain said this and then was questioned about the "again" in his statement. He explained that he meant in the Gulf War. But then when later asked he said it was not the Gulf War he was talking about. Good God. I understand that this is a huge contradiction but come on. Its not that big of a deal. Yes, he messed up, but that doesnt mean we have to castrate the man.
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