Alternate title: McCain pulls a Plame on Obama's plane
"I believe that either today or tomorrow -- and I'm not privy to his schedule -- Sen. Obama will be landing in Iraq with some other senators" who make up a congressional delegation. John McCain at a campaign fund-raising luncheon. -- Reuters
For the record... Webbies will be well aware that 'to flame' means to post inflammatory remarks about a person. From this day forth, webbies should be aware of the following:
plame
\ˈplām\
Function: verb
Definition: to publicly disclose information regarding a political opponent with the motive of endangering the opponents well-being while simultaneously hindering his/her ability to expose mistakes or manipulation (see Iraq war). Disclosure is often presented as an 'innocent' off the cuff remark and/or through plausibly deniable sources that can always be pardoned.
Etymology: Early Netroots to flame Middle Netroots to politically flame
Date: Ancient cavemen and more recently the GOP.
Seriously, if the guy can't keep basic security info under his hat, should he really be prez?
Other than debating, you can always call McCain's office to try demoralize the staffers. I did...that is I called...can only hope for gnashing of dentures when Johnny listens to voicemail tomorrow. You can add to it by dialing (703) 418-2008