John McCain
Town Hall
James Island, SC 12/14/07
TRANSCRIPT:
Q: "I want to find out what your thoughts are on Russian president Vladimir Putin, in between his alliance with the Chinese, now that the Iranians are going on foreign soil to attack members of the administration. What are your thoughts on a leader of such a large ally up to this point. MCCAIN: "First of all, I'm sure you read in the newspaper that he has a hand-picked 42-year old person to take his place. Well, we all knew that it was a puppet-show, we just didn't know who the puppet was, and that, that's basically what is happening. He's ensuring his perpetuation in power. Look, I looked into Mr. Putin's eyes, and I saw three letters, a K, a G, and a B. And if I were president of the United States, if I were president of the United States, I would make sure that he's not invited to the next G8 meeting. I would make it very clear that he's using all his petrodollars to stick his thumb in America's eye. He can't restore the Soviet empire, there's not enough land, there's not enough people, etc. And, my friends, if oil was still ten dollars a barrel, the country would be bankrupt."
JM SC 12-14 (MB#20) ABD-ClipC
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