With weeks to go before the big political conventions, the McCain campaign appears tired, bitter, and like a bunch of whiners. They are running on the same, old, Bush ideas and they appear to be stuck in the mud.
*Sen. John McCain kept saying that Sen. Barack Obama should go to Iraq and Afghanistan.
*Sen. Obama went to Iraq and Afghanistan and was cheered by our military and welcomed by leaders.
*McCain said that Obama should go and talk to the generals.
*Obama went, asked the right questions, and confirmed his original statement that our troops need to be in Afghanistan, not Iraq.
McCain is a 71 year old man who has ideas that are older than he is. He is not willing to listen and learn. As a result, he is repeating his same tired message, over, and over again. McCain says he cares about our military. However, he has voted against veterans' issues and vets' medical benefits many, many times. He wants to continue to send our military into a war in Iraq, even though McCain can't/won't put a time line on our presence there. We can honor his service to our country, but his plans for our country appear old, and uninspiring.
There is much more to being President than solving Bush's war in Iraq. The Bush administration has ignored many parts of the world while they've poured our tax dollars and efforts into a war of their own making. Our country has a lot of diplomacy to catch up on in the years to come. McCain's bullying tactics and bad temper will not provide the remedy we need to fix problems around the world.
Americans are out of work, and trying to cope with high food/gas prices. I don't think McCain is capable of putting in the effort to solve the myriad of problems we face. McCain, who has claimed he knows nothing about economics, would probably named his BFF, Phil "a nation of whiners" Gramm, as a member of his cabinet.
Frank Rich is on the Stephanie Miller Show right now. He just said that McCain is "like a cranky old guy..." I couldn't have said it better myself!
>>>> In case you're interested, Vetvoice has comments from vets about McCain's recent attacks on Obama. Here is a sampling:
...Senator McCain's comments represent the radical anti-troop, anti-veteran rhetoric his campaign has become known for. I went to combat, and I saw first-hand the damage the failed policies of George W. Bush and John McCain have caused to our American troops. I wonder if this eye-witness knowledge means that I want to lose as well....
....To say that Barack Obama wants to "lose" in Iraq is completely beyond acceptable standards of political discourse. For Senator McCain to impugn the loyalty and patriotism of a sitting United States Senator while he is overseas to gain some short-term political leverage is beneath the dignity of the office which he holds. This is an act of political desperation and moral cowardice. John McCain should be ashamed of himself and immediately apologize....
....To say that Senator Obama wants to lose in Iraq is, in fact, saying that the majority of this country wants to lose. To suggest that every person who has been critical of the Bush-McCain policy favors losing the war is beyond reprehensible and absurd....
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