So what is the Democrats' reply to McCain's "They Want to Surrender!" talking point?

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All I hear McCain say these days is, "The Democrats want to Surrender!" (meaning in Iraq of course). What is the Democrats' counter-argument?

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1. how can we surrender in a civil war? n/t

[Jed Dilligan]

2. I can see Obama saying, "Um, no, we don't"

and getting a laugh. I can see Clinton twisting up a lot of rhetoric and ending up with her foot in her mouth. Hopefully it ends up with Obama debating McCain and Clinton debating his veep.

[wake.up.america]

3. I would say - McCain wants to continue the killing...

Surrender to common sense might be the proper reply.

[GainesT1958]

4. Our reply:

We want to defeat Osama--you want to avoid fighting the REAL enemy and keep us in a quagmire.

In other words: WE want to WIN!

Plus...we don't want to stay in Iraq for 100 years...you, obviously, do.

Old v. new, past v. future; McCain v. Obama (hopefully). The choice couldn't be more stark, or more clear.

B-)

[Johonny]

5. Obama pointed out again

the 100 years point. No wants to lose 30-70 soldiers a month for 100 years at 200 billion a year.

[Dawggie]

6. Presidential debate reply: "Oh, John. Shut the fuck up and don't speak again until you make sense."

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8. The funny thing is, I can hear Hillary's voice saying those exact words.

[rwenos]

7. It's Not Our War to Surrender

As has been pointed out by others, this is a civil war. We're trying to control a population that DOES NOT WANT TO BE CONTROLLED. They want to kill each other. They WANT a civil war, to sort out their own religious and social karma.

The whole idea that we could stop that process by military intervention is utter nonsense.

Another idea: Brag about our support for getting out. "Surrender? No. Withdrawal? HELL YES."

Broadly, the tone we want to strike is that we HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE REPUBLICAN'S MESS.

[NuttyFluffers]

9. "Aw, there goes Gramps McCain again, that crazy ol' coot!"

western lingo definition:

Coot - An idiot, simpleton, a ninny.

and it can technically be applied to every single thing he says, too. yeah, it's not very nice, but who cares? :7

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10. Depends on our nom

Clinton's response would be "No, I will..." and then a well-detailed outline of her plan to change the force posture
Obama's response would be "So 'straight talk' means making stuff up now?"

Or something like that.

[eridani]

11. There is nobody to surrender to n/t