Playing the Age Card? Obama Camp Calls McCain “Confused,” Jumps On McCain Comments on Iraq

McCain is “out of touch”.

The fact that he is confused has nothing to do with age. W has been confused since 2003 when he said Iraq was linked to 9/11.

sb? And why do you think he thinks there are 57 states.

Danzig added, “I don’t think it’s a question of age,” saying McCain was wrong five years ago when he voted to authorize use of force against Iraq, when he was five years younger.
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John McCain was a prisoner of war…he DOES know about WAR.
Five years as a prisoner of War would improve his knowledge of WAR.
I think we owe him 4 years as president.

Because BO says there are 57 states and he’s always right, you are wrong.

Why does Obama engage in personal attacks instead of working the issues?

REMEMBER….Daaaa…remember who got the nomination? He didn’t get it by being stupid. Plus he conducted himself as a gentleman, unlike Hillarys disgusting outpouring of venum…

Why does Obama always engage in personal attacks instead of confronting real issues?

John McCain – “judgement and experience” that only comes with age:
“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]
” I believe that the success will be fairly easy.” [CNN, 9/24/02]
“We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. ” [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 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]
“This is a mission accomplished..” [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]

McCain is a little “out of touch” because he does not know that this year the political winds say “change is everything”… Obama on the other hand knows how to use the “mood of the nation” and pivot to whatever position will please people.
In his litany of “change”, Obama promises to:
Change Washington
Change the War
Change the Economy
Change how we deal with rogue nations
Change immigration reform
and on and on and on…
Between now and November… I hope the American public will finally ask him how, EXACTLY, he will do these things and what experience he has in accomplishing ANYTHING rather than just simply nodding and saying amen.

Briget…you must not have any kids in the war. I have a son over there and he wants out!!! Plus the troops are dwindling and we will need a draft soon. You want to go for that, and make another Vietnam? But then again you are probably too young to remember Vietnam, but I do!!! What to hell are we fighting for anyway.? This country will NEVER be a Democracy!

Obama didn’t engage in a personal attack…he said the Senator is confused on these issues…he is.
How else do you describe it…”mistaken”?
He has been corrected on these several times and he still screws them up.
It’s not once…or even twice he keeps doing this on the same issues.
It may not be age it may be just lack of an ability to get them straight.

In Oregon, the Great Orator: “Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.”

Why is Obama so afraid of town hall meetings?

Nader is 74 years old.

JO…I guess that only proves he is human and makes mistakes, unlike McCain who only get geographics mixed up, and names of the players. ZEEEZzzzzzzzz
I guess that also proves he isn’t the Messiah, just a man…

formerhillary
It’s a common know fact that Obama did not create his web pages and has only a marginal idea of what’s on them. All he knows it that the site is scrubbed every time another of his associates is outed.

A…yes he is because he knows I HATE war in general, and in partucular this one, but I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE TROOPS.

SOODD: Same old Obama, different day!

militarymom
I’m really young and I’m not an American. I live in a country where was communism 18 years ago and now we are a democracy. So I belive Iraq will be Democracy one day.

A…what a LIAR you are….I have been on his site everyday for the last year and it hasn’t changed a bit…He hasn’t changed his ideas or what he believes…You Hillary supporters need to understand IT’S OVER!!!!

Bridget – keep dreaming, democracy eh? It isn’t whether or not Iraq will be better off. The real question is whether or not the US should make itself broke with these foolish interventions.

Sally….that’s McCain….he scares me. He is too weird….Did anyone notice when he is speaking he doesn’t smile ate all but at the end of the sentence he smiles…Almost like a delayed reaction.

pt
Name them!

If we didn’t have war or a threat of war we wouldn’t need troops. It takes a lot of courage to sign up knowing that you may be sent to a war not of your choosing.

McCain would probably do a good job at the Pentagon, but I can’t see him as President. Everything he says and everything he does goes through his military lens. It’s all he’s got.
My four cents (adjusted for Republican inflation)

I’ve noticed this alot with McCain and it troubles me – he seems to get very easily addled by basic facts. I don’t think it’s “age-ism” to say that he’s clearly past his prime.

Senator Obama is showing his stupidity by even mentioning misspeaks by McCain. After all, Obama was selected by 57 states (5 that Clinton did not campaign in) and saw fallen heroes in his audience. Obama’s teleprompters and speech writers are his best assets. He can’t think on his feet. Obama also said that USA was the best nation on earth and he wanted to change it. GO AWAY, OBAMA

Funny that the only “ism” that is not allowed is racism. Apparently both sexism and ageism are perfectly okay with the media and Obama supporters. No outcry over that at all!

Obama wants to ban gun stores within 5 miles of schools and parks.
5 miles????
The most liberal senator ever.
President McCain – get PLENTY use to it!

Old people have turned the U.S. into a hot mess. Both Hillary and McCain are old. So is Bush and most other politicians. We dont need experience. We need a fresh Hip-Hop additude. Obama will bring cool to the white house.

I’m not worried about my gun but I’ll be damned if I’ll vote for mc-more-war who wants to veto my beer :)

Bridget – not all former dictatorships make the transition to democracy successfully. Look at Russia. I would hardly call Putin’s autocracy a successful democracy. And most Americans doubt that Iraq can make the transition as well.

He outlined in 2003
precisely what Gen.
Petraeus has done so
successfully in Iraq.
Sen. McCain knows enough about Iraq — from his many
visits there
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All the above says is
that McCain has formed
his Iraq opinions from
the many “dog-and-pony”
shows he has participated
in while in Iraq.
He never strayed outside
of the “company line”.

Pt: Your point is what?

McCain is too old. Obama is young. We dont need experience. We need Obama’s fresh hip-hop additude in the white house.

The point is clear; McCain has no exit strategy from Iraq because he plans no exit. He does not define “victory” because that would actually be a metric that he would be held accountable against (and if he does define it, you can bet it will be an unachievable metric). So use whatever adjective you like, it doesn’t change where he stands.
And since when doesn’t age matter? Obama’s “inexperience” is basically saying the same thing in reverse. And for those of you who actually supported McCain in 2000, like me, there is a difference that 8 years makes. Just look at his speeches and speaking style.

Len…so how long to you suggest we stay? Maybe until your gradnchildrn or great-gradnchildren die there? These countrys have been fighting for 100′s and 100′s of years. Do you think just because the US is there that suddenly we will have a Democracy?

This is such bull… just because they used the word “confused”? John McCain has confused many of the issues, which has nothing to do with his age.

Has Obama been asked about the possibility of increased US casualties in a poorly-timed withdrawal?
If *when* the troops come home is the most important thing, that increases the possibility that *how* it is done will not be the most strategically wise and would increase US Troop vulnerability.
Obama could argue on behalf of his plan, and explain how he plans to bring the troops home safely and quickly.
He could also explain how many troops he plans to leave behind in support positions, for how long, and how he intends to guarantee their safety.
That would be an interesting debate between Obama and McCain. This misrepresentation of McCain’s position is neither interesting nor a new kind of uniting politics.

McCain makes another Iraq miscalculation, and the author is saying that those pointing it out, are connecting it to his age. It sounds like the author is the only one making it about his age. This authors simplified/talk radio minded innuendos are getting so obvious. Is this guy making you money, is that why you let him talk?

Jo…I would like to hear the quote about Chavez you are quoting. I don’t believe you. I know Obama spoke of Chavez being honored for this work during the Bush admin.

Obama does stumble a lot when he speaks. I believe his problem is that he is actually thinking about the question posed; he needs to be a better politician and turn off his brain and ears like most of them do.

“REMEMBER NOVEMBER”
If being a prisoner of war was qualifications for presidency my brother & at least 100 bearded homeless veterans from nam should have been in the White House

ReaganWasRight!
But most Americans supported the war in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Now they are saying it’s not true because the things not looking so good in Iraq. I don’t like this double-dealing.

@telltruth:
I want to hear what the people who are paying the price have to say about the purchase, not what the insurance salesman say about the terms of the contract.
We started with Travers, Stookey and Yarrow singing about the Cruel War to Andy Williams. We ended with the Who singing Won’t Get Fooled Again to a festival. Did we accomplish anything or just make ourselves feel righteous?
So before we try to reinvigorate the Sixties, I want to hear from the boots on the ground who are there making the difference what difference it makes.
Then we can talk schedules.

formerhillary
Being human is a better reason than being a puppet.

Bridget – Americans were lied too about a host of issues. That is why a majority supported the war when it happened and now a majority do not.

This is a greatr statement:
If we pull out before the country is stabilized..
So what is the criteria?

When is Obama going to release his state senate notes?

Obama is a secret closet Muslim!
He joined to Rev Wright;s church to hide his Muslim religion! Obama’s church has 400 Muslim members!
because the Trinity church of Christ help Palestenians!
Barrack Obama MUST release his BIRTH CERTIFICATE!
Obama a secret closet Muslim!
Joe Lieberman is so right!

I think it is Obama who is confused. He still thinks US has 57 or 58 states. He thinks that Rev. Wright became a lunatic only yesterday. He thinks “Lay off my wife” comments shows his strength.
Is Obama confused or affirmative action by Harvard did not help this opportunist, racist liberal politician?

what? we need hip hop in office??? stop with the crazy crap. McCain is the only real choice we have. I’m not voting for any wet behind the ears know it all

Why is Obama so afraid of town hall meetings? Posted by: Just Curious | Jun 11, 2008 12:30:04 PM
Why would Obama give McInsane an avenue for free press? If McInsane wants the American people to see him on TV, let him pay for ads.

A…so I guess when Hillary cried,and had to take 4 days to conceded, that wasn’t human….and when McCain broke under the torture that wasn’t human….?

As we have known for some time now, Barack Obama is just another calculating hardball playing politician—dispite his branding.
In contrast, the only reason that John McCain is doing so well in the face of George W’s historically low approval ratings is precisely that the American people believe that John McCain tells them the truth—even if that truth is not politically expedient.
Unlike Obama, our image of John McCain was not crafted 18 months ago by some highly paid campaign consultant. Rather, McCain built it by talking straight for decades.
McCain’s reputation is not going to be harmed by these petty and ineffectual ad hominem attacks from Team Obama.
We can all see McCain on TV—including the town hall meetings that Barack Obama is afraid to attend with McCain to debate the issues—and make up our own minds if at age 71 (which is not especially old these days) McCain is senile.
Nice try Mr. Obama, no cigar. But thank you for playing.

Now Obama is hiding his passport.
Why? Too many secrets with this guy and too many bad judgments and associations.
“This isn’t the Tony Rezko I knew” had to be the staw that broke the camel’s back.
This guy is an idiot.

McCain has said “young man” in speeches when refering to Obama a number of times. As a media darling not a word has EVER been said. When anyone remotely attached to Obama says “confused” “mispeak” or anything about McCain the country cries ageism

JO…he got into the academy because his dad was a General…plus he graduated second from the bottom…A REAL SCHOLAR….ZZEEEzzzz

Obama can just stay in the senate and count his lucky stars he made it that far being the radical that he is.
President? No way. This isn’t a radical nation and we don’t want him.

McSame’s status is not a question of age but a real question of IQ and level pof education, McSame has a low IQ and is less educated and less intelligent than WBush. America has to understand that reality and make the right choice in November 08.

Jo – remember, McSame was the last in his class at Anapolis. Alot of his classmates felt that if he wasn’t a “legacy” he never would have gotten in. Kinda reminds me of Bush that way – a guy who never would have made the cut without Daddy’s influence taking up the slot that could have gone to someone who actually earned it. Maybe if McCain had been a better student and paid more attention at the academy, he wouldn’t have gotten himself shot down in Vietnam. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not questioning his heroism – just his basic competence.

Geevil, Barack’s grammatical slip is better than McCain promising to “veto every beer!”
Moral of the story is, nobody’s perfect, even the presidential candidates, so lighten up.

TO ALL: Forget the Age Issue just stay with the Facts.
Obama is running for the Second Term of Carter. He is going to RAISE TAXES by the largest margin since WWII. I repeat Sen. Obama is going to raise taxes by the largest margin since WWII. Huh?
He intends to sit down with notorious world leaders without preconditions, yet refuses to meet with American generals in Iraq concerning the progress on the ground. Huh?
His campaign touts his great judgment, but how is it that he took 20 years to distance himself from the controversial figures of Rev. Wright and Catholic priest Rev. Pfleger, when it takes most people (many without a Harvard Law degree) 20 seconds? Huh?
The Obama campaign consistently tries to play the age issue with Sen. McCain, a P.O.W., who served the military when America needed him most, and did not hide behind an Ivy League education.
Sen. McCain is a WAR HERO but more importantly he is an American Hero to all ages, races, and religions, and this is not bound by any barriers including age, it is timeless.
Every voter must ask this question for their own benefit:
Can anyone name an accomplishment of Sen. Obama as a senator?
Wake up America.
This is not change we can believe in; it is most definitely something else.

RE: “President McCain will do just fine. Anyone who got into the Academy is tops.”
Jimmy Carter will be thrilled to read that comment. Carter finished 59th out of his Academy class of 820.
McCain finished 894th out of 899.
Guess what: there isn’t going to be any President McCain. America isn’t goiing to replace one mediocrity with another in the Oval Office.

When 911 happened, 1.5 million Iranians had a vigil in(Tehran)Iran to honor American Victims. Than came George Bush making them out to be the cause of his problems. Does history ever stop repeating itself. Check the facts. George reacted, than Irans neo-conservatives took back over Iran, and now you have two reactionary goverments, calling each other names, while the people are caught in the middle. The average Iranian is just like you or me, get hip to the world folks. Don’t be a pawn

Mack – maybe we just have to come to grips with the fact that the Iraqs need to stand up and save themselves. Besides, we’ve got enough problems here at home that need fixing. Think of it this way, how can we save anyone else if we can’t save ourselves? It’s like when you’re in a plane that’s going down and the oxygen masks pass out and the parents have to put their own masks on before they can save their children.

When your father and grandfather were both high ranking Admirals, as McCain’s were, getting into the Naval Academy is easy, even for a student with a lousy high school transcript and a wild social life, as with McCain.

Don’t vote
It only encourages the inbreds.

Just to settle the questions. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug 4 1961…

John McCain misspoke and corrected himself, this is easy to do for anyone who is speaking about so many places in the middle east, BUT AT LEAST HE KNOWS HOW MANY STATES THERE ARE IN THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!!!!! BHO thinks there are 57….he wants to be president of…….

Hope – If McCain has mispoken then so has Obama with the states thing.

more innuendo from Jake Tapper

Sometimes it makes me mad that the standard answer from WH is “We will wait for Gen Petreus’s comment on when to withdraw”. If we are waiting on him to tell the american people when to withdraw, why don’t we make him the Commander In Chief?

dixie…have you checked to see what Bush is doing this week?….He he

mack asks: “From a humanitarian prospective, if we pull out and the country spirals into chaos, who is going to be screaming for us to go back in? ”
We didn’t go back into Saigon. We didn’t go back into Tehran. So if history is the example, no we won’t. We’ll let the Iraquis decide if they really want to continue their civil war.
The harsh reality is if we withdraw and there is not a reasonable semblance of a government, chaos is likely for sometime then a ruling power will emerge. It might be run from Tehran and Damascus. Those that are saying ‘these countries have been fighting for hundreds of years’, these ‘countries’ didn’t exist before 1921. They were part of the Ottoman Empire.
So the question is still what price will be paid as occupiers and is it worth it, or do we come home as prudently fast as possible and turn off CNN World so we don’t have to watch.
This much is certain. Once Bush is out of office, the restraints on the news organizations that saved us from watching a lot of the carnage will be gone. Then we will be seeing it in living color 24x7x365.
Choose wisely, because that screaming will be live.

If John McCain can talk about Barack Obama being inexperienced, then Barack Obama can talk about John McCain being too old.
The fact of the matter is – McCain is too old, half the time he doesn’t know or remember what he’s talking about. He’ll make America look real smart when he goes blank during his first State of the Union address.

Jo – Keep dreaming. I predict that Obama will run the tables on McCain. You republicans should have adopted Ron Paul’s noninterventionalist foreign policy. A majority of US citizens do not want another war in the middle east funded by China.

Older people are NOT voting for Obama. They remember the Carter years all too well. Carter ran on hope and change.
Been there. Done that. Won’t be that stupid again.

I think McCain knows what’s going on just fine.

JO…if McCain is president…which I pray he isn’t…we may as well just move to another country. We will have another depression, gas at $5.00 a gallon, everyone loosing their home…
Good luck sweetie, dream on..

Taking a chance on someone with a thicker resume and less questionable associations might be good…but we all know Obama does not fit into that category.
I personally do not see much difference with how quickly we could get out of Iraq between these two. But I do know that I trust McCain a heck of a lot more to get the job done…and well.

McCain’s a jerk but you can’t tag him with this one. Hell, even ABC misquoted him, but then again, ABC is hardly objective – its entire news team are ardent Obama supporters – one of their people even went to work for his campaign! That’s real objective, right?
I don’t much like McCain, but unlike Obama he doesn’t think there is 57 states. And he didn’t attend a church with an anti-semetic, rascist pastor for 20 years. Or to put it another way, if McCain had been going to a church with a pastor that was as rascist as Obama’s pastor, would he even be allowed to run? Heck no – he would not only have failed at his presidential bid he would have been run out of the Senate as well.
How is it Obama gets a pass? Answer: the mainstream media i.e. the networks, the NY Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Newsweek, CNN and on and on loves him, so he can do no wrong – he can make gaffe after gaffe, admit to using cocaine, or whatever – there is nothing he could do or have done that wouldn’t be excused. Look what they did for Ted Kennedy, that drunken murderer, or Bill Clinton, the misogynist abuser of women. Nothing fazes the mainstream press, if they decide they like you. (and they can discard you if they find something better, as Hillory found out!)
On the other hand, what has Obama done? Answer, not much, and we don’t know much about him because he hasn’t accomplished much of anything. He’s a demagogue, plain and simple, and if he is elected, he won’t know how to govern simply because he hasn’t done it before, never governed, never even run a business. Obama is going to take America right over a cliff, and at this point, I could care less – we are getting what we deserve for not only electing such utter incompetents but allowing ourselves to be led by the nose by a media that is completely and totally amoral, if not overtly sociopathic.

s.b. – Bring our troops home. They can contribute soemthing to our local economies here. Germany, Korea, and Japan can take care of themselves.

sb…it was 57 states.
Hmm..kinda strange Obama said that since there are 57 Islam states.
Now who can’t get their facts straight?
Obama can’t even get his lies straight…because there are SO many.

Mark Salter, a top adviser to McCain, said McCain hasn’t been remotely confused on the big picture in Iraq. “He saw it with unbelievable prescience and unbelievable clarity,”
Well, the “unbelievable” part is correct. McCain can’t be trusted with the responsiblity that comes with the presidency. Do you really want his trigger happy finger on the button.

McCain’s a jerk but you can’t tag him with this one. Hell, even ABC misquoted him, but then again, ABC is hardly objective – its entire news team are ardent Obama supporters – one of their people even went to work for his campaign! That’s real objective, right?
I don’t much like McCain, but unlike Obama he doesn’t think there is 57 states. And he didn’t attend a church with an anti-semetic, rascist pastor for 20 years. Or to put it another way, if McCain had been going to a church with a pastor that was as rascist as Obama’s pastor, would he even be allowed to run? Heck no – he would not only have failed at his presidential bid he would have been run out of the Senate as well.
How is it Obama gets a pass? Answer: the mainstream media i.e. the networks, the NY Times, the Washington Post, Time Magazine, Newsweek, CNN and on and on loves him, so he can do no wrong – he can make gaffe after gaffe, admit to using cocaine, or whatever – there is nothing he could do or have done that wouldn’t be excused. Look what they did for Ted Kennedy, that drunken murderer, or Bill Clinton, the misogynist abuser of women. Nothing fazes the mainstream press, if they decide they like you. (and they can discard you if they find something better, as Hillory found out!)
On the other hand, what has Obama done? Answer, not much, and we don’t know much about him because he hasn’t accomplished much of anything. He’s a demagogue, plain and simple, and if he is elected, he won’t know how to govern simply because he hasn’t done it before, never governed, never even run a business. Obama is going to take America right over a cliff, and at this point, I could care less – we are getting what we deserve for not only electing such utter incompetents but allowing ourselves to be led by the nose by a media that is completely and totally amoral, if not overtly sociopathic.

lol can this guy go a day… just ONE DAY without putting his foot up his own butt and then sticking it in his mouth
and someone said above that if the candidates went head to head in gaffes mccian would win
LOL
i dont think so
you need to get news from other sources besides just fox
mccain has flip flopped and gone back on things and blatently lied eveyr day this week
this guy is a gaffe a minute
makes you wonder about everything he says
100 years then by end of term and now not important
doesnt support tax cuts, supports tax cuts
for hte environment agains the environment
promises the world for the economy and has no idea what hes saying other then, no new taxes read his lips, mroe money for everyone, ill get us out of debt, youll all get new cars, ill give you free cash, well reduce the deficit
i mean he might as well promise unicorns as well
LOL
mcinsane
a leader you can gaffe at!

I don’t think Obama and Kerry are trying to pull an “Age” card or attack McCain’s age – though the media will try to make it seem so as will many posters. Truth is that Obama needs the old folks vote too. No, they were trying to distort words to try to cover a big weakness – McCain is better on foreign policy than Obama. In the end, they should just stick to beating up McCain on the bad economy – not his fault, but that should get Obama elected. And McCain needs to quit selling the surge. It is working, but the public doesn’t really care. They want the war over and the economy improving. Both candidates need to focus on what they are going to do about energy specifically and the economy in general. Obama can keep selling that he will bring the troops home fastest – as that is popular -, but should shy away from trying to match military and foreign policy prowess against McCain. McCain needs to play in the economic playground as this is what the election will be about in November – hey, its just my opinion.

B.S Davis
From the words coming out of their mouths (and the ones in their policy proposals that you have obviously not read)Obama seems to know a lot more about governing this country then McCain does.

At least McCain’s been to Iraq recently – sheesh!! Get real!

I’m a Veteran (USAF), proud black man and waning Democrat. This exchange disgusts me to my core. When BO makes a mistake his cronies are quick to point out the fact that he made a mistake, I mean before the ink dries on the story they’ve already issued a statement correcting this imbecile. I would like to point out a character flaw in “Mr. BO”. He’s only just learned to distance himself from divisive, inflammatory hate mongers. I would’ve expected him to have learned a lesson from the first idiot, Rev. Wright, but no he had to go and do it a second time. This is more disturbing to me more than anything else. It proves this guy is just in this thing for the historical shot in the arm. At the end of the day, he and his family will care no more, do no more or lose sleep at night while the rest of us suffer behind his ignorance and stupidity. He doesn’t have the wherewithal to get out of a wet paper bag that’s been soaking in water for as long as he’s been a Senator. BO’s platform on change disturbs me. He hasn’t formulated a definitive plan on exactly how he’s going to “Change” Washington. His speeches are filled with a bunch of empty promises and useless rhetoric geared at getting a crowd of folks to clap so we can’t really hear what he’s saying. He and his wife are only just now “proud to be Americans”. Words like these give White Supremacists the grounds to say, “I told you so”. Michelle, needs to wake up and realize the land she stands on is America. If you don’t like it, the get the HELL off. You and your imbecile of a husband. I’ve already decided to cross party lines and vote for Senator McCain. I will be able to at least sleep at night knowing the my fellow Americans in uniform are going to be able to kick ass and ask questions later. We’re Americans for goodness sakes, when did we start giving a damn what the rest of the world thought. BO is going to hold a slumber party and ask them how the feel about us, BS! Don’t ask them, tell them, let’s make our country what it used to be, STRONG!

Jo – I just hope that you are not a beer drinker. You know he meant it deep down. When you get older it gets harder to keep such engrained feelings down. I bet Cindy is pisssed.

In a 1992 visit to Hanoi, McCain warmly greeted Vietnam Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, who had been a ranking Communist Party member of the secret Viet Cong National Liberation Front Central Committee during the Vietnam War.
As a senior Central Committee member, Kiet was responsible for helping formulate Viet Cong policy, which included ordering American POWs to be punished by execution.
On orders issued by Kiet’s Viet Cong Central Committee, three U.S POWs, Special Forces Capt. “Rocky” Versace, Special Forces Sgt. Kenneth Mills Roraback and Army Sgt. Harold Bennett were publicly executed by the Viet Cong on Sunday, Sept. 26, 1965

Election is a moron…
I read many blogs and it is obvious that Obama’s bloggers are coordinating to attack McCain age.
Most voters won’t care in the long run. Heck, his mom is 98.
It is a shame that Obama’s supporters poke fun at age. It is mean spirited and shows the true character of some of his supporters…and lack of maturity.

Marie says “And I do not agree with the surge. Of course it worked. You put more troops in the violence will go down.”
You do not agree, becuase you do not want to win I suppose. You note of course it worked, yet your candidate said it would not work.
“OBAMA: We cannot impose a military solution on what has effectively become a civil war. And until we acknowledge that reality, uh, we can send 15,000 more troops; 20,000 more troops; 30,000 more troops. Uh, I don’t know any, uh, expert on the region or any military officer that I’ve spoken to, uh, privately that believes that that is gonna make a substantial difference on the situation on the ground”.

I am voting McCain because he wants to kill more people. We all know the world is too populated. Save the resources vote McCain!!!

President McCain will do just fine. Anyone who got into the Academy is tops.
McCain got into the Academy because his father and grandfather was Admirals and he still managed to graduate 894th out of 899.

If I see Obama do one more phony knuckle bump, I am going to puke. We don’t need some who is cool and hip-hop. We need someone who can clean this mess up and neither of these two have a clue. McCain is out of touch, but Obama has never been in touch except with his own coolness. He’s worried about getting the Independents and Republicans when he couldn’t even get half of the Democrats to vote for him.

jpt – mccain called obama “confused” in a speech on 2/19, yet no one claimed ageism then. what’s with all the free passes and right wing water carrying?

So McCain says something stupid, but now it’s Obama’s fault?
lol
My, we are getting desperate, aren’t we?
Obama/Biden ’08/’12

Change by mind control should be Obama’s mantra.

yomama – Cheney and Rumsfeld have a wealth of experience and we see where that has taken us. Obama and Ron Paul were on the correct side of the war issue. There is no disputing that unless you are a delusional.

linda – Calling people morons says more about the caller than the subject – but feel free. It amuses me. By the way, I stand by what I said – Obama needs the old folks votes too. Oh yes, I am probably voting for McCain as well – so you Obama bloggers feel free to call me a Moron as well. :)

B.S. Davis…Obama gets a pass because we have different rules for blacks….hands off everybody. Ageism towards McCain will be tolerated, as was blatent sexism towards Hillary. I will not stand by and watch someone get elected just BECAUSE he is black.
Obama could have a criminall record and they would still pass him through. Just as all the blacks I knew thought O.J. was innocent…and look how that turned out.
NO WAY OBAMA….POOR JUDGEMENT OBAMA.
McCain would have been forced out of this race if he had RELATIONSHIPS with Wright, Trinity, Pfleger, Ayers, Rezko…and his angry militant wife Michelle, doesn’t help him much in my eyes, either.

Obama is the Dem version of Bush..
An inexperienced idiot who surrounds himself by experienced idiots who use him to further their own aspirations of Power…
and screw up the country in the process

Dear Mr Tapper,
Again you choose to stir up controversy on something trivial and avoid to tackle the real issue. The question is about the nature of country . Senator Mc Cain here just as Vice-president has done before is making misleading comparison between Iraq, Korea and even Germany.
Yes, he mentioned July as when General Petraeus will recommend a reduction of our troops presence. However, there is no antagonism here, after the war in Korea, some of our troops came back while we kept our military presence there.
Anyway, to compare Korea or Germany to Iraq shows a lack of historical and cultural perspective. Iraq is a fractured society that has been kept together by a ruthless power. We are now policing the fight for power between the tribal factions there. Worse, we have put somme of our former enemies on our payroll (300 dollars/month for former sunnis insurgents now members of the sons of Iraq)to have some peace. On the other hand, we strengthened our worse enemy, since Maliki who is our man can do nothing without the tacit approval of Iran, who has outplayed us by backing all the factions in the shia-shia intra-fighting. Maliki, was in Iran this week, where Khameni who is the only person with real executive power and not Ahmajenidjad (tell that to Senator Mc Cain!!!) told him that the problem is the US presence, our government request of 58 bases is now opposed even by some members of the Dawa Party (Maliki’s party).
The real issue here is: should we agree for colonial adventuring in the Middle East? The mighty British Empire tried and miserably failed. Worse, there is no country or empire in the history who has kept his military powerful while his economy was declining. This is the first war that is entirely financed by debt. So much for fiscal responsibility. Senator Mc Cain will keep the tax cuts that he opposed for reasons of war before he decided to run for presidency, but sees nothing wrong on spending 12 billions a month with our credit card, jeopardizing the future generations who will have to pay for this. No journalist will ask him, how the younger generations will pay for this at the same time when our economy is losing jobs. 70% of Americans are homeowners, for the first in 70 years home equities have gone down. The middle class is being squeezed, while the cost of food, gas, Healthcare have gone up. Senator Mc Cain is proposing that we keep on spending money that we don’t have in Iraq while opposing any policy to spend money on rebuilding our own country and investing in future generations who will have to pay for this war

The worst thing that will happen to this country will be McCain’s presidency,I am better0ff letting the blacks have their first taste of the presindency than to have McCain continue from where bush stopped. Down the drain.

Obama is the Dem version of Bush..
An inexperienced idiot who surrounds himself by experienced idiots who use him to further their own aspirations of Power…
and screw up the country in the process

If John McCain can make comments that are “confusing” to us, what will happen when he needs to communicate with people who are trying to figure out what he means in other languages and from other cultures? It seems to me that one of the most important qualifications our next president should have is that he/she be able to communicate clearly with all comers.

Hillary Clinton tried that “Obama is too inexperienced” approach. It’s a losing tactic. If you want “experience”, write in Cheney’s name.
Obama is going to tie McCain closely to the man more unpopular than Jeremiah Wright: George W. Bush. That will be decisive.
No exaggeration. Accoring to RasmussenReports.com, 58% of Americans are opposed to Wright, 67% are opposed to Bush.

Imagine this guy answering the 3 oclock call. He would probably do something unimaginable in this kind of state of mind.
Confuses sunni with shia, don’t know who trains sunnu and shia, doesn’t know if Iran is a sunni or shia, wants to stay in iraq for 100 years, again wants to withdraw in 2013, again he doesn’t mean setting time table. We are at pre-surge level, oh no almost at pre-surge level, hold on we will be at pre surge level. Damn stop him. I better stop, my head hurts when I think about everything he says.

erb – I would be curious to see the percentages on Hagee. I bet it is up there with Bush.

Everybody who’s saying Obama will raise taxes. Do you realize how much the war is costing us? Every single American citizen owes around a couple hundred bucks for the WAR. I’d rather use my couple hundred bucks to invest in education, health care, alternative energy and the environment.
I think everybody supporting the war should foot the bill and have to explain to military families why exactly their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, dads, moms, brothers, sisters and friends are dying in Iraq.

Lesson 101 – Senator Obama would not be in the Senate and given access to classified documents or sensitive material without a security clearance or some form of background investigation. So the notion to think Senator Obama is an operative for the Arab world is ridiculous and foolish. We should be concerned about this fool in office and anyone willing to follow his lead…

It’s not important was the correct answer to the question! He, McCain was asked if “he” McCain” had a better feeling of when troops would be coming home following the successful surge. How is his guess at this point in time of any importance? Should he say “real soon” soon? Ten years? No matter what answer he gives, it has no impact and by definition is not important. He is not CIC…yet, and does not dictate military movements. Sending any message at this point can do no good for the troops or Iraq’s view of what we may or may not be willing to do.

These are McCains own words on july 31 2000 in an interview with Jim Lehrer about his ability to run in 2008:
JIM LEHRER: Finally, for the record, you have not lost your desire to be President of the United States, have you?
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: Certainly it’s been put in deep cold storage.
JIM LEHRER: But you haven’t lost it?
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: Well, in 2004, I expect to be campaigning for the reelection of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
8 years ago he understood he would be to old to run for president, yet here he is.

Older people are NOT voting for Obama. They remember the Carter years all too well. Carter ran on hope and change.
Been there. Done that. Won’t be that stupid again.
Posted by: Jo | Jun 11, 2008 1:19:44 PM
Carter won because Nixon was a corrupt, lying pol, who used illegal practices for political gain. Sounds just like the last 8 years under Bush.

Yeah Joe..
looked what happened with Kerry and Gore…nice try with Dole though…not

“Older people are NOT voting for Obama.”
Actually, new polling shows he leads McCain with older women, 51-44

I would rather have an old american hero than a young anti american in the white house.

Obama’s no better please!!!!
Obama wouldn’t know honesty if it jumped up and bit him…He’s nothing more than gutter trash.
He sat in the pews of a church and heard nothing in reference to his illustrious pastor that was derogatory……He realized how STUPID that sounded so, he launched this master speech that would set the record straight.. Even had the audacity(love this word) to tell US that WE had racial issues. I like that touch! I guess he would know coming from a racially charged atmosphere for two decades. Made this bit production of Hillary’s tax information which revealed nothing we didn’t already probably know. But, have received campaign contributions far exceeding their total 8 year gross income…Oh my goodness that one is crazy.
Took questionable donations from none other Tony Rezko……But was the only living soul in Chicago that didn’t know the dynamics associated to him. Didn’t know him still even though he sold you the house and lived right next door…… I love it!
Can’t be held responsible you were oblivious of everything that was going on around you. Receiving money from unregistered lobbyist, their families, as well as other business associates….. But, because they were unregistered it was OK……. Call that a little double standard wouldn’t you say? Didn’t understand the voting process while in the Senate and oops my Senate records mysteriously disappeared.. Yeah right! EVERYBODY is looking at him like maybe we have a nut loose.
He made this great BIG issue oh my god Hillary has embellished her trip to Bosnia she is not to be trusted…But you on the other hand…..This next one is one of my personal favorites he truly should be nominated for an award……….
Your father was airlifted into America by way of the Kennedy’s in 1959. Story brought a tear to my eye of how your parents were able to meet through the kindness of the Kennedy’s…….Unfortunately your father came here in 1960 the air lift had already occurred……So that says…. It never happened!

john
Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson & FDR, Eisenhour, all great Presidents that lacked long term office. Your argument has just crumbled.

Obama enlisted in the black liberation army 20 years ago.

DOES ANYONE know who Obama is?? In the history of all elections, I have never encountered a candidate so void of substance who allows his handlers free reign. This “higher life form” of politician, portraying himself as “ABOVE” political slandering, simply allows his handlers to do the hatchet jobs. China, Israel and many other countries that venerate age have no problem with older leaders. Nor should we. Obama has ZERO experience. Shame Hillary didn’t take the nomination.

DO YOU WANT OPRAH (WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IN BIBLE)
DO YOU WANT FARRAHKHAN (ANTI-WHITE)
DO YOU WANT PASTOR WRIGHT(GOD DA*N*AMERICA)
DO YOU WANT MICHELLE OBAMA(PROUD OF USA FOR 1ST TIME)
DO YOU WANT REZKO
DO YOU WANT WILLIAM AYERS
DO YOU WANT LARRY SINCLAIR
DO YOU WANT TED KENNEDY
DO YOU WANT KERRY
DO YOU WANT BLACK PANTHER
DO YOU WANT HAMMAS
DO YOU WANT JESSE JACKSON
DO YOU WANT AL SHARPTON
DO YOU WANT THESE PEOPLE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
IF NOT ,,
THEN GET TO WORK
VOTE FOR MCCAIN!

Yes James, remember Katrina? It sure wasn’t BO down there helping raise money!! I believe it was a Clinton!

MCCAIN WALKED OUT ON THE POW/MIA FAMILIES AND CALLED THEM ‘NUTS’.
HE MADE 32 PROPAGANDA FILMS WITH THE PAVN CALLING HIMSELF A WAR CRIMINAL.
HE WAS DEBRIEFED BY VO NGUYEN GIAP, AND GAVE UP US BOMBING STRATEGY…
THE MAN ONLY ESCAPED COUTRS-MARTIAL BECAUSE HIS DADDY WAS COMMANDER OF US NAVAL FORCES IN THE PACIFIC.
LATE HE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION AS A MEMBER OF THE ‘KEATING-FIVE’.
HE WAS ALSO A FRIEND OF JOE BONNANO, THE MAFIA”S US DON.
NOW HE’S SENILE.
THIS GUY IS BAD NEWS.

“Playing the age card?” is the top story on the ABC web page. Didn’t you folks at ABC get it when both McCain and Obama turned down your offer to host a “town meeting?”

McCain graduated 894th out of 899 at the Naval academy. Slow and confused is nothing new for him. Barrack on the other hand graduated in the top 1% of his class at Harvard with honors. Do the math and don’t be bamboozled by the politics of fear that has driven the dollar into the ground with the most deficit spending in our short history. Gas was $1.47 a gallon when Bush took over.

Yea I heard that the Iraqi government has a huge stock pile of money.. So why aren’t they paying us for security? They should be the ones signing these Blackwater contracts if they want that kind of help! Screw Iraq we need to leave!

It is amazing that every article now becomes a slam on Obama and a Praise report for Clinton, these people will be protesting all the way to Jan 20th and beyond. I can just see the protest signs every time a bill goes up for a vote. HILLARY WON LEAVE NOW rofl

MCcain seems to suffer from serious mental deficit knowns as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
he suffered during his captivity as a POW. he seems struggling with “imaginary demons” within himself.
If anyone looks at his campaign from 2000 you will see he is an obvious flip flopper or suffering from alzheimers.
If McCain’s experience could not help him vote against the Iraq war, how will it help him make America safer and better by conytinuing failed Bush policy?

indy_voter
You’re right. Iraq has a $300billion surplus and we are going broke.
Also McCain says occupying Iraq is not important. One of the leading reasons why terrorists targeted the US is because they were offended by bases in Saudi Arabia. Now why do we want to remain in Iraq and encourage terrorism again? republicans just don’t get foreign policy.

OBAMA IS A FRAUD

So the next 5 months are set; Youth and inexperience vs. old age and treachery. Great choice!

McCain confused? It was Obama who said we have 57 states. It was Obama who said 10,000 people died in a midwest tornado, when the real figure was 10. Should I go on?

Joe – give up .. you’re never going to win the debate about taxes when you’re a Democrat. Their whole agenda is “take” from those who’ve succeeded and “hand out” to those who haven’t. Meanwhile – they’ll tell you to get a good education sooooo .. they can “take” from you when you’re successful. I call BS on that!!

ms1236
Sometimes you don’t poke things that will hurt you with a stick. It does not mean that you won’t defend yourself if you have to, it just means that you may not have to defend yourself if you do not offend others.

spare me the McCain hero worship and that he is better at foreign policy. He is no hero and how is this for foriegn policy: The fact that McCain ADMITS, both in an interview in the May 14, 1973, issue of U S News & World Report and in his autobiography Faith of My Fathers that, being unhappy with the fact that his captors weren’t giving him medical treatment after only four days in custody, he OFFERED to provide the military information which they requested in return for that treatment. That, and not the identity of his father, was why his captors took him to the hospital for treatment. Then, in the hospital, he gave the Vietnamese valid, valuable, current, pertinent military information (the name of his ship, his squadron designation and his target) in return for treatment.
Let’s be blunt. Through those actions, McCain betrayed the oath he took when joining the military (and, as a result, he betrayed his country, his country’s Navy, his ship and his shipmates) for personal gain. Knowing that, it escapes me why anyone would want this man as president much less laud him as a hero simply because he lived.

I’m the one who is confused….if you get a full military disability pension do you get to be Commander-in-Chief at the same time and get paid for being disabled and abled all at once? You see people you can spin the crap out of things – stop it! And the media needs to stop it! Mr. Tapper, Mr. Gibson, Ms. Couric et al – this nation is not about to elect “Celebrity Spinner of the Decade” and if your job is nothing more than to pick-up on little pieces of dung while the world, this nation and our communities face disaster, disease, death and destruction – then please excuse yourself from the room, adults are present.

DaShawn – We need a fresh Hip-Hop additude. Obama will bring cool to the white house.
Please tell me how this would provide jobs and put food on your table. The music was great but they all starved to death anyway!

Dirt will fly, no matter how much McCain and Obama try to control it. People are claiming Obama is the anti christ. Let the dirt fly. Informed voters will seek out the truth. Obama/Jim Webb 2008.

“Worse, there is no country or empire in the history who has kept his military powerful while his economy was declining. This is the first war that is entirely financed by debt. So much for fiscal responsibility” That says it all right there. Why does America think they are the exception to the rule? This country is only 222 years young and has caused more terror to other nations in this short period of time and this country does NOT look good in the eyes of the world right now. McCain is a war monger, period. He wants more death and destruction and the majority of the american people want a new direction. How can he honestly say the word “change”? Are you kidding me? If the american democrats elect this man simply because HRC didn’t win, then they deserve EVERYTHING that comes their way in the next 4 or 8 years.

Obama is just as out of touch as John McCain. Obama is just a better speaker. If you lower the tax RATE, of course wealthier people are going to retain more money than people who make less. Obama wants to pump 50 billion dollars into the economy, but doesn’t lay out any changes of why it’s going to help this time around. We’re already in HUGE debt, so we’re going to borrow more money without making any changes to policy to prevent it from being spent wrecklessly. We missed our chance for real positive change this election when Ron Paul lost the republican nomination.

Everybody must calm down and be rational. We should not insult or degrade one another, but consider the facts.
Why does Sen. Obama have these associations?:
Tony Rhezko,
William Ayers,
Rev. Wright,
Rev. Pfleger,
Jim Johnson,
Emil Jones,
Rashid Khalidi
It is important to research both candidates in depth before anyone makes up their mind in the polling booth.

Again, more proof that Obama and his party aren’t interested in debating the “issues”.
They, as usual, are busy smearing and distorting non-issues, for political gain of course.
Obama has his own CONFUSION:
……57 US States
……Can’t remember for 20 years hearing anything racist coming from his pal and mentor, Rev. Wright
…… Doesn’t know if illegal should have drivers licenses or not.
Obama is clearly not qualified to be president but the “corrupt institution” that has put him where he is, our mostly corrupt liberal wolfpack press is doing all they can to help.
Afterall look how successful they were at killing Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
SAD……………and TRUE
We all know it so let’s stop “pretending”.

Talk about putting your most valuable where your mouth is! Apparently this was not “newsworthy”enough for the media to comment about. Can either of the other presidential candidates truthfully come close to this? … Just a question for each of us to seek an
answer, and not a statement.
You see…character is what’s shown when the public is not looking. There were no cameras or press invited to what you are about to read about, and the story comes from one person in New
Hampshire. One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and a heartfelt talk about Iraq. They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers – - soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.
Mr. McCain did not bring cameras or press. Instead, he brought his youngest son, James McCain, 19, then a private first class in the Marine Corps about to leave for Iraq. Father and son
sat down to hear more about Ms. Flanagan’s brother, Michael Cleary, a 24-year-old Army
First Lieutenant killed by an ambush … a roadside bomb.
No one mentioned the obvious: In just days, Jimmy McCain could face similar perils. ‘I can’t imagine what it must have been like for them as they were coming to meet with a family that
…..’ Ms. Flanagan recalled, choking up. ‘We lost a dear one,’ she finished.
Mr. McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American troops can bring stability to Iraq. What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son, who spent seven months patrolling Anbar Province and learned of his
father’s New Hampshire victory in January while he was digging a stuck military vehicle out of the mud.
Two of Jimmy’s three older brothers went into the military. Doug McCain, 48, was a Navy pilot. Jack McCain, 21, is to graduate from the Naval Academy next year, raising the chances that his father, if elected, could become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower with a son at war.
I chose to share this with those who I believe will pass it on, to others who will pass it on. We hear so much inflated trash out there. How about a simple act of kindness … and dedication to others placed above oneself?

Trying to block my comments as supposed spam is violating my right to free speech.
All I was saying is that the argument that experience matters significantly is flawed. Some of our best leaders had very little experience beforehand and some of our worst had all the experience in the world and vice versa.
The amount of experience doesn’t matter nearly as much as what you do with that experience does.

A question to those who say Liberals only spend. Should we spend trillions of dollars on a war where the citizens don’t want us?? Or should we spend it at home so our dollar is stronger, our bridges don’t collapse, and our towns don’t flood then get forgotten???

Yesterday I attended a hospital foundation event to honor a woman who has given generously of her time and money to the hospital.
She addressed the group extemporaneously, cogently and without notes, and mentioned two dozen people in the audience by name and with great charm and humor.
She is 94 years old.
In today’s culture, 70 is the new 55.
Many people continue their careers and/or continue to lead productive, intellectually stimulating lives into their late 70’s or early 80’s.
A family friend of ours is still an expert skier at age 75–dispite a second,artificial hip (he blew out the first one when he skied off of a cliff in a white out 6 years ago).
We can all name people we know who confirm the reality that 70 is really not that old.
Referring to McCain as “confused” (code for senile) is just dumb, and contrary to common knowledge and experience. It is also cynical politics as usual.

It gives me great comfort to realize that there are millions of voters over 40 that have no access or interest in these blogs and who WILL determine the outcome of this election if it is youth vs. “of a certain age”…thank God. IF NOT HILLARY THEN GO McCAIN!!!!!
And Obama should not be given a pass in this Politically Correct country just because he IS black. If he were white….just like Ferraro said, he would never have got this far. Billionaire liberal dems will not be able to buy this for him. “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction” Barack Hussein Obama.
Thank God McCain doesn’t want to hold hands with our enemies and has an allegiance to THIS country and not Africa, Indonesia, or Afghanistan, or any other country Obama favors over the U.S of K.K.K.

Does Obama want to be questioned about his loss of brain cells when he admits to cocaine and marijuana abuse?
Then Obama lied about drug usage on his moral character form for being a lawyer.
Why lie?

Good point OnTheGloryRoad how can you get full military disability pension and be Commander-in-Chief at the same time.
I have nothing against McCain except that he is too much like Bush on giving tax break to the rich, nothing on healthcare, continuing the war, out of touch of the people, …

Now that we have drawn the plans to attack IRAN, we need a leader who will come and execute the plan. GUESS WHO??????

dixiecharms – a simple act of kindness is one thing and throwing common sense out the window is another. When you child is killed in war (whether it be Viet Nam or Iraq) as the result of a lack of common sense by people who are to lead this nation, no amount of pandering returns the dead. John McCain cannot disassociate himself from the invasion of a soverign nation and I don’t care if he had 100 sons there and I grieve for every one lost and injured, but waving the American flag in this political contest using your story of a VERY personal experience means nothing to the families of the dead and the families of those still serving. And it certainly means nothing to me who heard Senator McCain say social issues don’t mean a thing to me – what does? War? Enough said.

Economy doesn’t seem to be Obama’s strong point.. listening to his speech and McCains, I was surprised to hear that McCain’s economic plan, if priced out, will balance the budget by his first term. Obama’s plan will result in enormous spending and taxes..the complete opposite of what this country needs.
Then I read that if you make under $250,00 there is essentially little difference in the final tax bill under eithers plan!
Whats really clear though is that the small business owner wil lbear the brunt of Obama’s plan! Increased payroll taxes hits us twice as hard as an individual. Increase SS taxes limits? Cap gains increases.. put your money, whats left, someplace else!

Reminds me of Obama calling Iran a “tiny” problem and then changing his mind three days later to mean “grave”.

SOODD: Same old Obama, different day!

Lol. uhhh, here we go with the cowards that are to scared to post their own comments. And he said “tiny” compared to the USSR’s threat. But why would you care about getting facts straight??

Now that’s more change we can believe in. From his advisors calling Senator Clinton a Monster to this ugly rhetoric about age the new tone he preaches about just seems to be another weak talking point. He promised a debate about the issues, but than he also said he would use public financing.

‘ I wonder, if Clinton’s last name was Smith would she even be the senator from NY?? I sincerely doubt it…’
YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, ORACLE;
HILLARY WOULD HAVE BEEN ‘GOVERNOR’.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY!!!

Funny how ABC is ageist, not the Obama people. McCain is confused because he doen’t understand basic facts like the difference between Sunni and Shia, that Iran is aligned with the Shia popolation in Iraq, Al-Maliki has met several times with Iran’s President, and this occupation has made Iran, a former sworn enemy of Iraq, stronger by turning Iraq into an ALLY of Iran. He’s not confused because he’s old and nobody from the Obama campaign has said anything of the sort. So, it’s clear that ABC news is projecting its age-baiting agenda on Obama’s people.

Yes Say what..
People just are seeing it a little too late. Hard to believe that such an empty suit has come this far.
All because of Dean…who started his progressive liberal presidential search not long after his own humiliation when he himself was vying for the Dem nomination.
Just say No obama!

Jim Johnson just stepped down from Obama’s vetting team….seems Obama didn’t “vet” yet again, someone he chose. Like Wright, Pfleger, Ayers, etc. Does he ever have good judgement?
I can’t take this newbie and his probable mistakes with our country. NEVER OBAMA!!! GO McCAIN!

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS – TAKE NOTICE
———–ROE v. WADE———–
Two of the current justices of the United States Supreme Court will probably retire within the next four years. One is 75 and the other is 84. This will give the new president the ability to nominate two new justices. If McCain is elected you can be sure the new justices will be just like Roberts, Scalia and Thomas: willing to overturn ROE v. WADE. So think when you vote!!!

Confused
Adjective
1. Perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; “obviously bemused by his questions”; “bewildered and confused”; “a cloudy and confounded philosopher”; “just a mixed-up kid”; “she felt lost on the first day of school”.
2. Lacking orderly continuity; “a confused set of instructions”; “a confused dream about the end of the world”; “disconnected fragments of a story”; “scattered thoughts”.
3. Having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity; “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway”; “the anesthetic left her completely disoriented”.
4. Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; “troops fleeing in broken ranks”; “a confused mass of papers on the desk”; “the small disordered room”; “with everything so upset”.
5. Mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; “the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused”.
NOW THAT WAS FROM WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY AND NO WHERE DOES IT MENTIONS AGE ?????

Katie…how long was McCain a POW?
Do you know anything about McCain’s sons?
I cannot believe that you would say he is not a hero.
Well, we know who your hero is…the empty suit!

Obama has passed his Zenith the press and media can only protect this guy to a point. The more we know him the more his support will disappear. There is nothing there but an empty speech. His campaign is starting to spiral down, facts will now crash and burn his campaign.

RE: “Stick to the facts concerning Sen. Obama: He intends to sit down with notorious world leaders without preconditions”
Nixon going to China to praise, toast and extol Mao Tse Tung, the greatest mass murderer of the 20th century, at a time when China was supporting, supplying and aiding North Vietnam in the Vietnam War, is now widely regarded as the best single act of his presidency.
Whatever “preconditions” preceded Nixon’s visit to Beijing, they did not include easing up on support for North Vietnam.

Why is Obama so afraid of town hall meetings? Posted by: Just Curious | Jun 11, 2008 12:30:04 PM
Because Senator Obama is not able to answer questions on the spot, only with a teleprompter or cue cards. Other than that he does his uh, well, let me make this clear I uh… but never completes a thought.

Note to obama – keep on playing all the race cards, the age cards and the sexist cards – you just continue to reinforce what the majority of Americans are starting to see about you. You are not fit to be a president of the USA – you are the confused one – And since when has 70 become “old”? If a person is lucky enough to reach 90, maybe that is old.
You are really a bottom of the pond sucking creature and I hope you never are elected.

Lol. Yea A, and the only President to resign the Presidency. If this is your idea of a good President. I’ll take Obama please.

RE: “How dare Obama who himself never served”
Didn’t McCain’s top foreign policy guide, Senator Joe Lieberman, point this out the other day ?
If there’s one thing Joe Lieberman can’t stand, it’s a politician who never served his country in uniform.

Thank you Trish…
Honor and Respect is clearly what McCain is all about.
For those who want to call McCain a warmonger and the one who wants a 100 year war…you obviously do not know the whole story.
Obama is the ultimate spinmeister

No HRC supporters can answer that huh?? Lol. Thought so….

I believe that there are a lot of people responsible for these things.
As for me..I know that
McCain will balance the budget during his first term. Does Obama say that?
McCain will continue the tax breaks…that works for me and will help small and big business. Remember he was against it. But now that the economy is so bad, the last thing we need are more taxes! Just look at history.
High gas prices? They will continue no matter what for years…guess that’s McCains fault huh?
McCains own sons are in the military and served or are serving in Iraq…guess McCain is trying to get them killed huh?
I admire McCain for standing up against abortion. Plus last I heard, the Dems control Congress…so quit your scare tactics
I have no problem if the government needs to spy…no attacks since 9/11…works for me!
McCain 08…someone we can TRUST

erb…thats why they will pick him as the VP…have to give Obama some credibility. But people don’t vote because of who the VP is.
Get this…Webb just released a book last week. Hmmm..wonder if Obama used the same publisher.
It is all about the media isn’t it?

Texas ranger. I don’t care what he “says” about balancing the budget. Use your head, hows he spose to do that while spending trillions of dollars in Iraq?? Oh….by having a gas tax holiday right?? Lol. You make this to easy…

What really worries me about McCain is that he has said very clearly that he will “veto any beer”. Now, I know he wants to start WWIII, and wants to make oilman richer, and wants you to take out private health insurance on your own with a tiny ridiculous tax credit, and he wants to send everyone’s children to war, and doesn’t care about people losing their homes. But when he said he will veto any beer, that got furious, hot, and angry. No way buddy, leave me and my beer alone. So too bad it isn’t the beer your wife is making a ton of money on, not my problem. Just leave my beer alone. NO VETO ON BEER.

If you think the gov. has a right to spy on you you are nopt a patriot sir!

I have no problem if the government needs to spy…no attacks since 9/11…works for me!
Coward!!!!

Obama has served this country…isn’t Black Liberation an army?
Yeah….he’s such a uniter…just look at the hate whitey, all black church he’s attended for 20 years.
His wife does look very militant though.

Califlady36, when was Obama the president of Kenya? Please give references.
Lots of Muslims live in America. Freedom of religion, remember?

james in NJ..
But didn’t Webb have some kind words for the Confederacy in that newly release book? Don’t think he’ll be VP.
As for McCain confused….first attack Clinton on her womanhood, now attack McCain on his age. Since when are these two types of prejudices acceptable by an attack on race or ethnicity is not?
How about Obama’s “I’ve been to 57 states and one to go” for confused…or for substance induced brain warp.

califlady36……great post. Seems Obama is always playing a card but if anyone else does it then they are
racist. I can only hope that McCain cleans his clock good in Nov.
McCain 08

Sorry Nagel…
you are mistaken…Israel will be bombing Iran, not McCain.
I for one do not want Obama to be in the middle of the whole middle east conflict…scary…

texas ranger. Lol. Okay, well you just keep thinking our economy’s gonna get better while we’re in Iraq…

D.R.,
Why does McCain have these associations?
Charles Keating (McCain took campaign contributions from this guy who cheated taxpayers out of billions)
Rick Davis (his firm lobbied for client with ties to Iran)
John Hagee (McCain accepted his endorsement before rejecting it for political reasons)
Ron Parsley (calling Islam a false religion)
Bush (illegally waging war in Iraq)
He also has loaded his campaign with lobbyists more so than any other candidate.
Explain that.

McCain 08…someone we can TRUST
Posted by: texas ranger | Jun 11, 2008 3:06:02 PM
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Yes, McCain can be trusted to:
Continue the Bush policies that got us into Iraq;
Continue to endorse the BUSH policy condoning torture;
Continue the BUSH policy of spying on US citizens;
Continue the BUSH trade policies that have taken jobs and technology overseas;
Continue the BUSH oil policy that has caused gas prices to soar;
Continue the Bush disastrous economic policies that have led to high unemployment.

So…
We elect McCain…he dies from his age in-term and we get stuck with his vice.
We elect Obama……he gets assasinated on a friendly visit to the south and we get stuck with his vice.
We put Hillary back in the race and elect her….we get four years of entertainment watching her get angry everytime she’s critisized.
Or we could just force them all into the same big white house and make them agree on every last issue before they come out.
move to canada 08

It’s nice to know that McCain supports and will be bringing back the draft.
I’ll be glad to see more young kids go to war for oil profits to go to Halliburton.
Go draft! Go McCain!

‘Last I looked, many of our politicians are millionaires..
Posted by: james in jersey | Jun 11, 2008 3:18:25 PM’
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They’re the only ones who can afford to run!!!

There is absolutely nothing wrong with not serving in the military. Just look what it’s done to thousands of young soldiers.
One cannot usually come out of war in a psychological state to think about something like leading a country. Just look at all these young soldiers committing suicide and falling into drug addiction, ect.
“My friends”, John McCain is nothing more than a baby killer volunteer! He knew as well as anyone when he started his flight training that he’d be killing innocent women and children. And you can just listen to one of his speeches to see that this man is also damaged beyond having any capabilities at all to lead this country.

how is it possible to cut taxes while fighting two wars and not cut spending? simple they will borrow money thus inflicting the highest tax the GOP never talks about “inflation”.
Clinton a balanced budget strong economy
Bush-tax break for richest/ terrible economy
And McCain would have us to believe that doing exactly what Bush has done is the best thing for the country. please use your head people don’t be easily misled

James…why don’t you quote a source that the McCain is bringing back the draft. I see you make this same claim all the time…is this your claim to fame??

TO: Nigel
You should administer yourself Niacin since it is best for increasing HDL. You maybe experiencing one of the many side effects of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors (or as you may identify them as the ‘Statin’ family of Lipid Lowering Agents).
In any event, could you explain Sen. Obama’s 20 year relationship with his dear friends, Rev. Wright and Rev. Pfleger (yes that is correct 2 DECADES)?
Is this the greatest Judgment Lapse in history or Selective Memory Loss?

ROGER, use your google powers:
->Speaking in Pensacola, John McCain spoke out about the need for ROTC programs on college campuses, the need to expand the military, and the need to have more Americans to enlist in the military. He actually mentioned the “draft” word. Although doing so with a smile, the idea that he would even mention that word is of great concern. There is little doubt that if he were elected the issue of draft would not be far behind. Perhaps the number of individuals enlisting has more to do with their opposition to the occupation of Iraq. Certainly polls show the magnitude of this nation’s poor opinion of the Iraq war.

I think McCain should take a full psyche evaluation to confirm to the American voters that he is capable of handling the pressures of being POTUS.

Nat…so glad you brought up Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton. Have you noticed they’ve gone “underground” lately? Axlerod gave them the same memo he gave Farrakhan and Wright….”lay low until we clinch this thing”. Ya don’t think alot of white America doesn’t like angry, yelling black men with that Rev. Wright style? They don’t. Obama slips into it too sometimes…he better be careful…keep his image of “cool”.

I am not sure I trust McCain at the “red button”. He once called his wife a trollop and the “c” word when he got angry at her about some irritating comment she made to him. It makes you wonder what he will do when he gets angry at the leaders of Iran, North Korea, China or Russia.

Obama is politics as usual only more so!

Joe, thats what I was saying. Lol. They talk about sexism then in the same breath say they’re gonna vote for the most sexist dude in the racr. How’s that for intelligence??

“I think McCain should take a full psyche evaluation to confirm to the American voters that he is capable of handling the pressures of being POTUS.”
John McCain has proved to be a tenacious and tireless campaigner—even though for most of the campaign he tooled around the county in a bus and not a 737 like Obama.
If John McCain can handle the rigors of a two year presidential campaign, he has the stamina and mental acuity to handle the job of President.

Debra,
Ditto on the fear mongering by the Obama followers and Hillary supporter posers…they must not know that we live in a democracy (after all the northern cone junta run by Dean stole the election from Hillary), that we have a democratic Congress the holds hearing on justice appointees, etc, etc.
As for the 4 BLT reverends going underground, yes,their absence, or should I say, silence, is quite noticeable.
I know McCain and I am taking my chances with him, I have no idea who Obama is, and the little the press has been willing to print makes me think of radical shyster politics at its best.

McCain as usual is right. It doesn’t matter when we bring the troops home. We still have them in Germany and Japan. The difference between republicans and democrats though is that republicans want to win the war and democrats want to lose it.

Debra, I’m not even gonna get on the Wright thing. It’s over. But you’re right. mcCain just votes against anything progressive. Like, women’s rights, MLK holiday, civil rights. Oh yea and his wife was addicted to meds, then good ol McCain just used his clout to sweep it under the rug. Oh yea, did I mention those meds she stole were going to sick kiddies?? Great people to look up to Debra. But why would you be worried about ACTIONS when you’ve supported the Clintons who have more bones in their closet than most cemetaries??? Its just easier to talk about Wright right?? Oh yea, have you served to tours in ANY war?? I thought not. So even if you don’t like Wright, remember he’s EARNED his right to speak. Unlike some of the people on this blog.

It is now know that JFK not only suffered from constant severe back pain, he had Addison’s disease (and a variety of other serious medical conditions) as well.
And Kennedy took a variety of drugs to treat those conditions, and had regular amphetamine injections as well.
JFK concealed his true medical condition when he ran for president.
In contrast, John McCain’s medical records are an open book, and he is in excellent health.

obama is a FRAUD!!! Next he will accuse McCain of being a RACIST – just like Hillary!!! If you speak bad of obama – or – his many, many RADICAL questionable assoicates – you must be a racist!!!

Isn’t this just great. The House Democrats just voted down new oil drilling 50-200 miles off our coast. They said we can’t drill our way out of this crisis. What fools. More supply is exactly what it takes to get out of this crisis. By the way, thank you Ex-Pres. Clinton in 1996 when he vetoed the Anwar drilling bill that had been passed by both houses of Congress. Pres Clinton stated we didn’t even know if we would still need the new oil when it came on line 10 years later. Thanks to Clinton and all the GreenHeadHoles. I mean, you can sure see all the massive disasters everyday in the world from drilling for oil…I just wish someone would point out where these disasters are happening to me. I can’t see them. Obama…drill for oil.

roger king, we should also thank the repubs who when told in the 80′s we would have to find alternative fuel kept doing what they do best. Pushing it off to the next generation…

roger king… I think they should drill but the crisis will continue untill we get something going other than oil…
Bottom line oil will not last forever maybe 50 years left also the real crisis is global warming saying it isn’t happening is just dumb…If the scientist are wrong how come that same science works in everyday life. This isn’t a problem for god to handle we need to do it. But I say drill for oil and tax those profits!

And yes, thats for rw in ct, and debra.

Wow Nat thats well put too. I read about that experment and it made me very ashamed to be an american. I will say it I’m not scared but bush will probably tap my phone now…Without a warrant but thats ok my coment probably makes me a terrorist

Actualy Roger I am aware of that. If the oil companies do not want to make investments in alternative fuel tax the hell out of them and use that money to develop it through DARPA…also Give some of it back to consumers to counter act the raise by the oil company. 4.5 billon in one quarter by one company and they only invest 100 millon a year in R and D for alternative fuel thats BS!

McCain often confuses Sunni and Shia Muslims. That could be a critical fatal mistake if we ever get to regional peace negotiations.

Also I do think if the residents of Alaska or werever want to drill their land for oil they should be allowed to. All Im saying is that this is a VERY UGENT issue.. We need to do something else and we need some forward thinking people on this not oil tycoons

Hey Joe, why is it the oil companies responsibility to develop alternative energy? That’s like saying that the government should mandate that Wonder Bread must make donuts. What we need to do is build more nuclear plants and go to hydrogen fuel for our cars.

Well oil companies are energy compainies.. In a free market wisdom would dictate if you are selling something your going to run out of then you develop something else to replace it using profits from the previous product…Now what I see happing is the oil companies are running low but making these huge profits so I think our govenment should force them if they are not going to do it themselves.

We could start drilling tomorow and it would not have any impact for years.
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Clinton vetoed drilling in ANWAR in 1996. If he hadn’t vetoed it, it would be in production today. There is around 2 trillion barrels of shale oil that democrats have also prevented us from tapping.

Roger I agree with you but we need more to that plan than just drill faster deeper… I don’t know what it is someone who gets paid more than me needs to come up with that. But your point should be included in a new energy policy.

Do you want that nuclear waste in your state? I’m for nuclear if we develope a way top remove the waste. Energy compaines don’t have too but thats the way captalisum is supposed to work.

We could start drilling tomorow and it would not have any impact for years.
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Clinton vetoed drilling in ANWAR in 1996. If he hadn’t vetoed it, it would be in production today. There is around 2 trillion barrels of shale oil that democrats have also prevented us from tapping.
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Still does not change the fact that we cannot drill our way out of this crisis. Futhermore, the oil shale/oil sands estimates are misleading due to the fact that it will take more energy to extract the oil from the shale and sands that we will get back in the oil itself. We must find alternatives to petroleum. That is the only solution that makes sense.

If McCain is waiting until Iraq becomes like Japan or Germany then he has no intentions of ending this war because that will never happen even in 100 years.

rhbate,
If you knew your facts, you would know that it isn’t the U.S. oil companies that are “socking it to us”. We have to buy oil from foreign companies. We pay the going price for that oil. Democrats are not letting us drill oil in our own country. You should be ashamed.
Posted by: Pepsiholic | Jun 11, 2008 4:22:27 PM
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Last time I look Exxon, Conoco, Standard Oil, et al. are not “foreign companies.” And these companies are raking in profits that are obscene. Furthermore, drilling for new oil is not the immediate problem. If you had any idea of what is going on, you would know the real problem is refineries: No one wants on in their backyard, NIMBY.

In a press release dated April 24, 2006, Pelosi said, “Democrats have a commonsense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price gouging, rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies, and increasing production of alternative fuels.”
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Yeah, it sure looked like democrats lowered our fuel costs didn’t it? How much has gas increased since democrats took over?

I get a laugh at liberals that talk about obscene oil profits… as they sip from their $4 a gallon mineral water. Which has a higher obscene profit? Putting a few pennies worth of water in a plastic bottle and marking it up a thousand times what it costs to produce or a product that has to be sought after, drill many dry wells to find one that actually produces, paying royalties to the owners of the land, transport it, refine it, transport it to the gas stations AND, pay obscene taxes to the government.

stacy
he is also out of gas

we are told it is a matter of supply and demand—when was the last time you have seen a station out of gas—we had cars in the 50s and 60s getting 40 to 50 miles per gallon—-yet today we consider 30 mpg super —what a crock.

Does anyone realise that the current high gas price is as a direct result of the war in Iraq and the attendant chaos in the Middle East?
The Russia, Middle East and Africa have the most oil reserves and are using the oil price to hurt us. WHY? They have developed apathy towards us.
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Actually the high price of oil has nothing to do with the middle east. It’s the booming economies of India and China. Goodwill will not bring down the price of oil, us using less or, us pumping more will. Saying that Obama’s goodwill will lower prices is just idiotic.

POW in the case of Mc Cain taught him to learn his limits as a human being, to resist as a soldier, to understand the psychological factor in an ideological war (that’s valid during the communist years). Mc Cain’s brain went through a lot of ordeals and training to learn how to survive in prison.
I don’t know how he feels about north vietnamese people to-day .Ideological wars are the worst kinds. Mc Cain was caught in that kind of war : capitalist versus communist.I would like him to explain more how he can say he hates wars, because he belongs to a military family.

There have only been 2 sitting Senators who were successfully elected President: Harding and Kennedy.
Both were considered handsome or debonair by their contemporaries. Both were gifted orators. Harding’s presidency has been held by historians to have been one of the least effective. Kennedy’s was cut short tragically, which makes it more difficult to honestly measure its effectiveness in substantive terms.
Obama shares with Harding and Kennedy the gift for oratory, and is certainly, by contemporary standards, better looking than McCain.
Senator McCain has failed to acheive not only the minimal oratorical skills , but has failed, in my mind, to have matured into what one would consider “distinguished looking” in an older gentleman.
This difference as much as any policy or position on the issues leads me to suspect that Obama will succeed in November. One can only hope that his presidency does not suffer the fates of Harding or Kennedy.

Yeah, yeah. Corrupt soldier-cultist Kerry — Fannie-May Johnson was Kerry’s guy — will be huddled beneath the bus with the Anointed One, both of them parsing, explaining, and apologizing, by the end of the week.

Yeah, it sure looked like democrats lowered our fuel costs didn’t it? How much has gas increased since democrats took over?
Posted by: Pepsiholic | Jun 11, 2008
5:34:17 PM
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When Bush came to office the average price of oil was $29.00 a barrel; today it is over $135. a barrel. When Clinton met with the Saudis in 2002, they wanted to peg a permanent price of oil at $29.00 a barrel. Dumbya refused.
When Bush came to office the average price of gasoline was $1.29 a gallon, today here in California I just paid $4.65 cents a barrel.
And you blame this on the Democrats? Wake up!!

rhbate,
And what was the price of gas when democrats took power in 2006? I blame it on democrats because they won’t let us drill for oil that’s in the US.

rhbate,
One of the most idiotic posts I have read today. In large measure, the price of oil, like any other commodity, is determined by the rule of supply and demand. The more oil produced the lower the price and the contrary, the less produced the higher the price.
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So please show me where oil output has decreased in the middle east… whoops, that’s right, you can’t.

The number of states we have is not an issue that concerns most Americans. We do care about this unnecessary war republicans scared up, we care about our country that the republicans don’t. The republican administration and republican legislators are doing only what is best for corporations and their lobbying buddies. We need someone who is mentally alert and fit enough to correct the mistakes and corruption that has gone on under the republican control.

OK, get this straight: there is no “Age Card.”
you CAN be too old to be pres. you can.
you CANNOT be too female to be pres.
you CANNOT be too black to be pres.
but, you CAN be too old.
i hope no further explanation is necessary.

Lordy, the general will be the same as the primary — each side will investigate the “hidden” meaning of every word that the other says. More important than the word “confused” is McCain’s viewpoint on Iraq, our continuing presence there, and how we are going to manage to pay for his policy of staying there.

Democrats are grasping at straws here – they know that the surge that McCain advocated is working, calm and order is being restored in Iraq (finally). Their great idea of giving up and getting out asap is looking pretty foolish. They’re taking statements of of context to try to distract and confuse people from the real issues that matter.

Obama will destroy America. Do not trust him at all.

Here’s what we know about McCain’s timetable: talk to the General in July and “maybe 100 years” like Japan, Germany & South Korea. So from this we can gather that he has no timetable and actually it appears the troops will be there for a really long time but it’s okay for him as long as no one dies.

It’s better to call McCain confused rather than stupid. I think “confused” is extremely GENEROUS.

Everyone knows who he or she is voting for, so WHY SPEND THE MONEY ON THESE CAMPAIGNS?

People like to cite examples of an occasional Obama gaffe as somehow equivalent to, or even “worse than” the kind of persistent confusion evidenced by McCain on the campaign trail. This is ludicrous. Anyone can get tired and misspeak. Anyone can say something stupid once in a while. With reporters breathing constantly down their necks, both of these candidates are subject to constant scrutiny, and it’s not surprising that we end up hearing about their every out-of-place word.
The difference is that most of Obama’s “gaffes” tend to fall into the “jumbled words” category of misspeak, whereas most of McCain’s tend to fall into the “jumbled ideas” category. This is a major difference.
For example, Obama *knows* that there aren’t 57 states – he was saying that he had visited “47″ states (something he repeats often) and it came out wrong). McCain, on the other hand, mixed up the relationship between Al Qaeda and Shi’a/Sunnis on _more than one occasion_. This would seem to indicate that he *might not know* the difference, or that he might be having some difficulty keeping his facts straight about the differences.
Thus, the “57 states” gaffe is a “misspeak.” The “Shi’a/Sunni” gaffe – because repeated and not corrected – seems more like a “misunderstanding.” These are not in the same class of gaffe, and they are not worthy of the same level of concern. I don’t care if McCain says “beer-mark” instead of “earmark” – that’s a “misspeak,” not a misunderstanding.
But I DO care if he says that it’s “not too important” when troops come home from Iraq. That was neither a misspeak nor a misunderstanding, but McCain’s true position. And yes, it is confused. His war is a MISTAKE. There’s no talking your way out of a “gaffe” of that degree.

Here’s our biggest problem: hundreds of millions of dollar spent on these endless campaigns, and we get one candidate who at times does seem to be bordering on senility while the moron Lieberman stands behind him ready to whisper “corrections” in his ear when McCain gets confused. On the other side we have a candidate showing disturbing signs of not being the sharpest tool in the shed when he seems confused about the number of states in the union or calls for more Arab translators in Afganistan where of course no one speaks Arabic. Can these two REALLY be the cream rising to the top. It’s scary in my opinion.

McCain is clearly confused !!!
He has flip flopped so many times.
As a republican, I am ashamed.
Will the real McCain pls stand up and stop embarassing us.

At least McCain loves his country.

How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? The same way you can tell when Obama is lying. When he moves his lips. I’m a non-partisan voter but although I don’t care for McCain, I’ll vote for him any day over some one who doesn’t even know how many states we have. My first grade grandson can help him on that. Since we can’t attribute Obama’s numerous gaffes to advanced age, I would have to say it must be stupidity. How many fallen vets do we have in the audience? Leno would love to have him for president, new material every day.