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McCain Leaves Open An Olympic Boycott

09 Apr 2008 06:34 pm

Responding to British PM Gordon Brown announcement, Sen. John McCain told Sean Hannity today that President Bush should preserve the option of boycotting the opening ceremony at the Olympics.

HANNITY: "Is it a bad idea to boycott the Opening Ceremony?" MCCAIN: "I think the President ought to keep his options open and use that as a pressure lever, and he has plenty of time to decide that. Obviously, we don't want the Chinese to continue this kind of behavior."

John McCain: "I think the President ought to evaluate the situation as it evolves and see what the Chinese do in response to perhaps granting more autonomy, perhaps getting into conversations with the Dali Lama, who we all know is a world figure. I think the President ought to keep his options open here and decide as we see the situation and the threat evolving. All of us condemn the brutal repression that the Chinese inflicted upon Tibetans and protesters. We're very concerned about it. If I were him, I'd keep all my options open." (Fox News' "America's Election HQ," 4/9/08)

Comments (2)


Just wait until the Chinese boycott Treasury Bill auctions to retaliate....

A 2% rise in long term interest rates to 8-10% range would just about wipe out the economy.

If inflation rises to 6%, make that 10 to 12% for mortgages.

So much for McCain and his experience.

Bill Clinton wouldn't have made that blunder in the heat of an election.

Uh, the headline says “McCain leaves open possibility of Olympic opening boycott”.

But the story actually is McCain says Bush should keep HIS options open?

Actually, McCain actually says the same thing 4 times in a row. WTF kind of lameass story is this?

The only thing worth reporting on is McCain managed to not fu** up and call it Nepal.