As many may have seen this morning, Josh Marshall at TPM has a brief nugget on John McCain's newest "key advisor and campaign surrogate", Max Boot.
Josh states that Boot is one crazy dude who has said some insane things over the years and fits in perfectly with the McCain camp. One such noteable from Marshall...
My favorite is when he told me -- circa 2002 -- that the US should seize and confiscate the Saudi oil fields and run them as a protectorate.
According to Josh, there are plenty of these types of "quotes" floating around over the years. I guess now's a good time to delve into the title of my diary.
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