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# Santa Monica Might as well vote for Bush
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-might-as-well-vote-for-bush-editor/
- Published: 2008-06-14T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:54:33.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Doug Long Rio Rancho, N.M. What a waste of space Editor:*

When can our troops come home from Iraq? “ … that’s not too important,” said John McCain when he was asked this month on NBC’s “Today” show. But how does that sound to families who have a loved one serving in Iraq, who live for the day when they can see their child, spouse, or parent again, alive and in one piece?

From what McCain has said about continuing his war in Iraq, he does not care one bit about what most of us want. Most Iraqis want us out of their country, too. But he has said he would keep us in Iraq for another five years, or as he excitedly told one reporter, maybe “a hundred years” or “a thousand or million years.” What mood swings the man has.

McCain said in March of this year, “No one has supported President Bush on Iraq more than I have.” Yet now he conveniently tries to distance himself from Bush. If McCain is elected president, we will be dragged down by another four years of Bush policies.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 14, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/061408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)