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McCain spent money on an ad to congragulate Obama. Hate? The media hates that McCain's VP pick was a homerun
WE GET IT.

I guess anyone who says ANYTHING that is negative about The Great One must HATE him.

It appears it is the Dems that are so filled with hate.

america*centric

Only one quuestion,

why do people who know her best,
the people of Alaska,
both Dems and Reps
give her an 86% APPROVAL rating?

foodforthought

personal attack in the middle of the speech

while they claim Palin is being attacked for sexist reasons...and they won't let her do interviews

discordant is Palin's reading other people's words and a ticket who won't let the woman who is second in command answer questions on her own...

she is the freakin VP nominee for the UNited States of America and they expect to hide her and limit access that everyone else has had to face...

the worst choice by a Presidential nominee in our history...

they say the press asks why she doesn't believe in man mad effects on global warming...

no you can't ask

why is there an investigation - the campaign puts out a statement and won't let anyone ask hher...and tries to do exactly what they have done for 8 years...

don't ask media...don't do your jobs...

and "we have a right to not answer the press or have the press decide what questions she should answer"

that is what is discordant

why she thinks "intelligent design" and church teachings should be taught in school along scientific facts and calculations and math...

why she thinks contraception is bad for teenagers to know about...

or what expertise she has on energy

or what is the difference between the mujahadeen and Osama Bin Laden (nothing...just time and ideological evolution of a fatwa if she didn't know the answer...did she even know that OBL fought for the mujahadeen.)

does she know the history of the Korean conflicts...

does she know the details of the iranian hostage crisis

what is the constitutional basis for separation of powers...

why did BP pay for your inauguration as you are calling for offshore drilling but not more drilling where they already have access?

that is what it discordant...

the silence from the McCain campaign trying to cover up how bad and ill-equipped Palin is to answer questions and follow ups and details on ANY of the issues we are facing....

questions that Obama and Biden and Mccain and Hutchinson and Clinton and any nationally recognized pol out there actually has had to answer.

what is she going to do when on 9/11 she is in the White House making decisions on whether or not planes should be shot down while the President is indisposed.

will she know the difference between saudi arabian culture and iraqii?

will she know whether a sunni would be friends of Iran or Pakistan vs. Shia?

would she know how Russia would react?

Would she know how NATO would react?

would she know where those terrorist came from and what cultural influences would effect them in southeast asia for instance...

or Africa for instance?

the worst decision in the history of our nation Palin as a vp candidate...the person who like Cheney in the first year had to step in and have an understanding of the complexitites of the world

is this how John McCain is going to run our governemtn.

is this how he makes decision in hiring/appointing?

is this how his government will be ...no interviews...with people other than him...if questions arise.

IS HE SUPPOSED TO LIKE OBAMA? WHY IS IT THAT ANYONE WHO CRITICIZES OBAMA IS JUST AWFUL? ARE YOU LIBERALS SO NAIVE AS TO ASSUME THAT EVEN HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PRAISE OBAMA? TOO MUCH KOOL AID IN THE PRESS.....

Equating Obama to Ghandi is missing the point.

Every problem is not a nail, even if you have the biggest hammer on the planet.

"Stand up and Fight with me

Fight for what’s right for our country.

Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.

Fight for our children’s future.

Fight for justice and opportunity for all.

Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.

Stand up for each other; for beautiful, blessed, bountiful America.

Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. Nothing is inevitable here. We’re Americans, and we never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history. "

- McCain '2008

perfectg!

McCain has spoken that same quote about " . . .history has annointed me . . " before and verbatim. He should have pulled out something more original.

barack in arabic/swahili means blessed doesn't it?

I was disappointed by that pivot to attack. It was the wrong moment and spoiled the effect of his moving words.

"he hates Obama"...

how did you figure that out? Obama has created that image himself and if someone points that out, that means one hates him???? hmmmm.

You media types are strange bunch.....

leonard peltier

Obama is no ghandi... no JFK etc etc etc hes a generic poltician that got very lucky and no amount of money will help him now

Leonard Peltier

George washington was offered effectively a monarchy and he was wise enough to reject it... we need to have electioms with actual electors not the way it is now

staniam,

Additionally, I will make the umpopular assertion that strength and weakness,
substance and lack thereof are often in the eye of the beholder. Was Gandi weak, by many standards he was because he had no need to prove his strength.

As a VN vet I am getting sick of hearing this POW crap, McCain wasn't the only hero to come out of the war. At least he returned to his family alive and drug free. He was the son of a military family and he got a 1st class education on the basis of a promise to serve(but later he had to be pulled kicking and screaming to agree to provide those who had served with simliar benefits). He voluntered to serve and he knew the risks of flying. The real heros were those grunts who were drafted and never returned.

staniam,

I'll take that at face value, but maybe I'm just a bit too cynical to think that a party being told "I don't work for you" won't decide to prove otherwise when the spotlights are off.

He may be War Hero, but he isn't Superman. Unless he is can redefine the Presidency as free of political influence, and even George Washington couldn't make that assertion.

Leonard

its called poltical theater.. he just called in fire on the corrupt republicans but he will remain unscathed ... the american people are serious about gettign corruption in both parties out and Mccain was talking to them!

TomJ

The whole thing isnt sad it was uplifting Mcain is sayi Bush... what made the country fall apart is that Bush convinced people twice that he was going to be moderate and this tough character....but he was weak very weak and no substance.... sortof like Obama eh?

I was reminded that Obama haven't returned the courtesy of a congratulation ad. Seems too preoccupied with himself.

Interesting point,

If McCain had to cave to the party on all of the social issues, how is he going to put anyone but a right winger in a cabinet position or other position of influence without giving up a second term?