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I think Jerusalem should be undivided as a holy city.

As a political matter it has to be divided because of the number of people who claim it.

John McCain's opportunistic commentary is dead on: Obama should have known better.

Get Real,

"YES! That is the best reason to chose a President - to "get even" with journalists who don't know, and will never know you exist. Real smart thinking."

You hit the nail right on the head. There is a common theme running in all the anti-obama posts, which is to get even. It seems that Hillary and McCain bring out the worst in their people.

Anybody that votes to "get even" with somebody else is the epitome of "bitterness".

Obama '08!

Quotes from John McCain from a news article on March 18th, 2008:

"I support Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," [...] "I know that the people of Israel and the Palestinian people want to see a peaceful settlement as both sides suffered enormously."
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Quotes from John McCain, June 6th, 2008:

"Jerusalem is undivided. Jerusalem is the capital. And we should move our embassy to Jerusalem before anything else happens. The subject of Jerusalem itself will be addressed in negotiations by the Israeli government and people."
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So, how exactly is McCain's position any different from Obama's?

Didn't McCain say that that he supports Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but that "the subject of Jerusalem itself will be addressed in negotiations by the Israeli government and people," and that he looks forward to a peaceful settlement for "both sides."

How is that any different from what Obama has said? Why is McCain criticizing Obama for saying the same thing he has said?

I can't wait to see the 527s unleash a flurry of ads showing Obama flip-flopping over and over and over again. I hope they're sure to mention which audience he was pandering to with each flip and every flop. This is going to be sweet!

Posted by: jo | Jun 6, 2008 8:07:09 PM

If you did not see the difference between McCain statement and BO's, we won't help you. It's time to get you education and we surely do not want to take up the responsibility of educating a BO viper.

used to be Hillary supporters, didn't they promise they would go for Mc Cain?
Seems like they hold their promise.

McCain wants to bring up Obama's supposed flip-flops?

McCain? Really?

The guy who said his conscience prevented him from voting for Bush's tax breaks, but now says they should be permanent?

The guy who WAS a women's choice advocate, but is now against all abortions?

The guy who supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. Then, he abandoned his own legislation?

A guy who was was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol?

Same guy who took a firm line in opposition to torture, and then caved to White House demands?

The guy who accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign, but now asked them for support?

The guy who was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it?

The guy who said about the Iraq war "We will win this conflict. We will win it easily"?

Mr Maverick turned Mr Tool wants to talk about flip-flopping?

I really don't think McSame should go there.

It's a great idea to let children and grandchildren persuade an adult to choose Obama--because he is cool
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Just when I thought the whining couldn't get any lamer.

Yes Cindy, that's it! We ALL voted for Obama because our kids told us they like him. The MAJORITY of Democrats are all voting the way their kids say. There's no other reason.

I do agree you should go to Canada if our country bothers you so much.

See ya!

It's a great idea to let children and grandchildren persuade an adult to choose Obama--because he is cool.

This country is in big trouble.
Maybe I'll try Canada.

You know he might be shifty on this but what he said is true. You cannot dictate the outcome of negotiations as a foreign partner. Israel is not the 51st or 57th state.

He said J-town (not the best way to phrase it ABC) should be one city. It should be doesn't mean it would stay that way if you want Muslim access to its holy site.

I agree. You can spot a REAL Hillary supporter anywhere but on this site there are many disguised republicans acting as Hillary supporters.

I don't have much faith in anything McCain has to say regarding foreign policy, particulary since this is the same guy who doesn't know the difference between a Shia and a Sunni.

Let us not forget. We should teach a lesson to MSNBC's Keith and Chris and every other rogue MSM analyst.

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YES! That is the best reason to chose a President - to "get even" with journalists who don't know, and will never know you exist. Real smart thinking.

John McCain War Quotes - this is "experience" talking:

"Because I know that as successful as I believe we will be, and I believe that the success will be fairly easy, we will still lose some American young men or women." [CNN, 9/24/02]

"We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. We may have to take out buildings, but we’re not going to have a bloodletting of trading American bodies for Iraqi bodies." [CNN, 9/29/02]

"But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily." [MSNBC, 1/22/03]

"But I believe, Katie, that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators." [NBC, 3/20/03]

"It’s clear that the end is very much in sight." [ABC, 4/9/03]

"There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along." [MSNBC, 4/23/03]

"This is a mission accomplished. They know how much influence Saddam Hussein had on the Iraqi people, how much more difficult it made to get their cooperation." [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]

"I’m confident we’re on the right course." [ABC News, 3/7/04]

"I do think that progress is being made in a lot of Iraq. Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course. If I thought we weren’t making progress, I’d be despondent." [The Hill, 12/8/05]

Of course HRC was the best candidate because she is a moderate Democrat, but they have ruled her out, what ever way you want to call it, it doesn't matter.
Now focusing on BO versus Mc Cain, I read an article in the Daily Telegraph "Look at what happened to Jimmy Carter", and I came to the conclusion that a BO presidency means pushing the leftist agenda of the Democratic Party.
That has to be given more thought and scrutiny. The leftist which are the generations of Boomers, are the ones who are still caught in the nostalgia of an idealistic world. Many Boomers have evolved in life and their views are more pragmatic. Many of them are now moderate.
The leftist have not evolved at all.
They are stuck in ideology. Their vision of the world is simplicist and they put all their energy into pushing their agenda, look at what they have done in the primary election (pushing out a moderate candidate whom they have always blamed for being a centrist).
Geopolitics have always been a specialized field so many voters don't realize to what extent the implication of foreign affair policy relates to domestic economy.
I trusted Hillary Clinton on this matter because of her centrist approach, but BO and the leftist legacy from now on of the Democratic Party may be an overturn of American foreign policy which may not be such a good idea; knowing that a good knowledge of history (which I acknowledge as a failure liable for american failure in some circumstances, for instance not knowing that Iran is chiite and Sadam Hussein was Sunite) with a tremendous amount of wisdom can only help America keep its impact in the world map with a sense of balance.
Which makes me skeptical of foreign policy stemming from pure ideology, left or right wing. I hope that Mc Cain is a truly moderate politician, in which case he is a good alternative to the left wing Democrat candidate.

We are in massive debt because of congress loading up bills with waste.

Obama is fine with that while McCain is against that.

Obama is fine with massive debt in our economy by congress playing political games and loading up popular bills with massive pork spending.
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Who was it that proposed the largest budgit deficit in American history? How about the largest debt in American history? More International borrowing than any any administration in history?

HINT: McCain supported the guy's policy 95% of the time with his votes.

It's the trillion dollar war that has fueled our massive debt. It never occured to you that the war costs money?

It never occured to Bush or McSame either.

Interesting that McCain is trying to lock up the Florida vote now. I think the interesting thing though is that if the GOP sees Florida as crucial then they are cooked pretty much now. Even in the knife edge elections of 2000 and 2004 the GOP won Florida (I am just talking here about electoral college votes and the actuality of the maths of that not the votes!) I don't in the end see how McCain gets more voters to vote for him than Bush did in those elecetions and I do think Obama will get new voters to vote Democrat. I still expect a 54-46 win for the Democrats, translating to something like 370-170 eectoral college win in the end.

Hillary supporters

Don't be fooled by disguised republicans who want to mislead you. Hillary has nothing to do with Mccain. A vote for Mccain would be an insult to Hillary and all she fought for for many years.

i think jackie has things clearly in perspective...sounds like she has her head in the game and on the ball......

Hillary voters,

Don't forget that Obama tried to paint Hillary, Bill, Ferraro and others as racist.

Let us show Obama and the DNC that African Americans are not the only ones who will sit out or vote against the democratic nominee. WE should too. Otherwise, we will get no respect.

It would be a sweet revenge when Obama loses in a landslide in November.

Let us not forget. We should teach a lesson to MSNBC's Keith and Chris and every other rogue MSM analyst.