"Back in 1996 and 1997, before John McCain was a presidential candidate or object of media fascination, Michael Lewis followed the Arizona senator around as he campaigned for Bob Dole and worked to reform campaign-finance laws. Lewis' pieces for the New Republic and the New York Times Magazine portrayed McCain as a passionate, cantankerous, astonishingly honest political character who frequently acted in ways that brought him no political gain. In the recent back-and-forth over whether McCain is a regular politician or a true outlier, we remembered a wonderful moment from Lewis' 1997 New York Times Magazine profile of McCain, 'The Subversive'."-- Michael Lewis, revealing how morality, honesty, and integrity can hurt you amongst the politically cynical and soulless, on Slate.com.
Ladies and Gentlemen, take a pass on this man and you take a pass on history - real history - a chance to bring integrity to the highest office in the land. Fuck a "black" candidate - we need an honest one - and if race didn't matter before this election then, damn it, it shouldn't matter now. I challenge you to be color-blind and care about your country:
Vote John McCain.
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I admired McCain ten years ago, too. But the guy in this campaign isn't the same man by a long shot. He gave up talking issues and spent his time making ugly and mostly false accusations against his opponent. Then his choice of a running mate was the last straw. Country First became McCain First, and that's why he is going to lose this election.
ReplyDeleteIf being an idiot means I can make a point without having to resort to calling you an idiot, I'd rather be an idiot.
ReplyDeleteEven many of the people who have known and worked with McCain over the years are disappointed in his desperate campaign tactics and don't think he is suited for the presidency. His ambitions obviously mean more to him than the principles he claims to have.
Before you start calling Obama a bald faced liar, you might want to do some fact checking on what both of them have been saying. McCain easily beats Obama in the falsehoods and misleading claims race.
You want to be an idiot who doesn't call names? Fine, be my guest. As far as who's the bigger liar, Obama or McCain, please, there's no contest:
ReplyDeletehttp://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2E0ZjM5ZWE0Y2Y3ODA1YmQzMzliZTE4ZWFkNGJkNjg=
Have a look at factcheck.org. They look at both sides the same, and don't have their own dog in the hunt, unlike the National Review - and you.
ReplyDeleteNot true, my friend:
ReplyDeleteThey're liberals, trying to be fair. FOX News did an expose on them a couple of weeks ago and the guy behind Factcheck admitted it.
Look, there's nothing wrong with being liberal or conservative if your political bias is upfront and you have a healthy respect for the truth. FOX News is a perfect example, continually coming out as "fair and balanced" in study after study, despite their obvious conservatism. It's when you hide your bias (as Factcheck and the mainstream media does) claiming to be fair but showing no respect for the truth - as we've seen, over and over, in this election - that there's a problem.
Having been a Democrat for most of my life, I don't think I have a problem being fair to them, but I see the party - especially now - having lost it's way. It's not the party of Kennedy (who was a national security hawk) or any of the Dems I admire; it's the hypocritical NewAge party of Oprah now, and has been since the NewAge Clintons, which is nothing to celebrate. Actually, it's something to despair over, and I have. (As the old saying goes, I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.) I just can't stand the BSD, and disrespect for truth, that Bush's election(s) engendered in the Left.
Anyway, my point is you got to watch the watchers, and as much as you're on my nuts, I know you will (LOL).
You stay up, Lee:
You might have a good night tonight.
Well, Obama has won. Now people who didn't vote for him (including me) have to hope that he works with the other parties and gets issues done. The next four years is going to be extremely difficult. If he doesn't perform well, it will open a door for another Republican to win.
ReplyDeleteI've recently heard about Bobby Jindal and did some research on him. He'll be the "Republican Obama" except with more substance and experience. Check him out.