The innate decency of John McCain (though it can be frustrating during an election) is a wonder to behold. Asked - by his opponent - to tone down the crowds at his rallies, he goes out before his own fans and complies. Amazing. Despite the wild-eyed claims of the other side, he is truly an honest man.
Now, compare that to Barack Obama. For over a year he's been told his rhetoric, and that of his NewAge fans, has people behaving in an outrageous, and clearly cultish manner, but has he done anything to change his supporter's behavior? Not a chance. Recklessly ignoring the truth of his alliances is all they know - and will continue to demand we accept.
The choice is clear.
I always respected McCain. I read a biography about him here at
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Its obviously written by someone who doesn't like him, but I did a fact check on the details, and they appear to be true.
Sorry, but the link didn't work.
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I was wrong - it did work - but it's Rolling Stone (Jann Wenner, who thought John and Yoko laying in bed for a week would change the world - go figure.).
ReplyDeleteI've read part of it, and will read the whole thing (I've got time constraints right now) but, honestly, have they done a serious hatchet job on Obama, featuring a writer who (clearly) hates his guts? No. They're still caught up in their Left-wing hippie crusade. Obama's indications of previous anti-Americanism, alliances with crooks and racists, and lies and evasions are of absolutely no concern. I mean, anybody who can suggest that Barack's rapid rise - never staying with any position, just to advance closer to the next one - isn't, also, an indicator of selfishness and blind ambition just isn't being fair.
Like I said, I'll read this story (believe it or not, I read everything) but if this is true, "a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty" could be applied to both men, no? Even people who have no previous dislike of Obama - no axe to grind what-so-ever - people like (conservative) Stanley Kurtz and (liberal) Steve Diamond are continually finding stuff that can keep one up at night, wondering about the fate of our country.
All I can say for sure, right now, is I know what side McCain is on and have, at least, seen many displays of honor already - and, as this article may indicate, he's an open book - while Obama's been extremely evasive (can you really say you know him or, really, anything about him? Even at this late date?) has been busted countless times for lying, and everybody Obama's associated with screams socialism, communism, and anti-Americanism.
That, alone, disqualifies him for me.
Hmmmm... it seems to me that what happened here is that MccCain doesn't have a strategy, so he played the only card he has left, which is whipping up the wingnut Freeper-AM radio-TMR types, who are ignorant of economic issues but obsessed with race, religion, "socialism," etc - in other words, the fringe.
ReplyDeleteThat started a bad media cycle for McCain - editorials are using words like "mobocracy" and "firebrand" - McCain still is a decent guy at the core, plus he doesnt want it to look like he can't control his own supporters. He's not really a demogogue at heart. So, realizing how terrible this all looks, he started trying to tamp things back down.
Sow the wind, reap the whirlwind, etc.
By contrast, nobody is at Obama rallies shouting "kill him" or "off with his head" - Obama just hasn't been running that kind of campaign.
You're still ignoring the point that he has been running a campaign that has people worried - and done nothing to stop it: he hasn't spoken to his supporters to "cool it", he doesn't directly answer the most troubling questions about his career (Ayers, etc.)and he has been busted - countless times now - outright lying.
ReplyDeleteExcept for his word (which isn't worth much at this point) those who aren't onboard in a knee-jerk fashion have nothing to weigh: he's an enigma.
I just read Christopher Buckley's piece, saying he's voting for Obama (he's the son of William F. Buckley) and towards the end, he says this:
"Having a first-class temperament and a first-class intellect, President Obama will (I pray, secularly) surely understand that traditional left-politics aren’t going to get us out of this pit we’ve dug for ourselves. If he raises taxes and throws up tariff walls and opens the coffers of the DNC to bribe-money from the special interest groups against whom he has (somewhat disingenuously) railed during the campaign trail, then he will almost certainly reap a whirlwind that will make Katrina look like a balmy summer zephyr."
Since I don't pray, secularly or otherwise, this kind of wing-and-a-prayer voting is not the way I do things. No Democrat I know of is demanding the media answer the questions I need answered. No one is acting like all the racists in Obama's campaign are a problem. They're just hoping it all works out while all these dirty characters sit in the background, waiting to see how it turns out. None of them have changed their stripes - and assisting Obama will certainly require payback. He's done it before and there's no reason to think he won't do it again.
To ignore all that, when the issue is as important as the presidency, just strikes me as crazy as a cat tied to tin cans.