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Barack Obama's new rescue plan Don't panic....Yet 'Obama has waged the waged the dirtiest campaign in American history. "That one" Ask Obama & McCain these questions tonight Ther're Back: Ayers,Wright, and Rezko The House needs to step up to the plate. Where are the leaders? Time out? It's about time October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 John Edwards & Barack Obama went straight for the jugular in going after Hillary. They attacked the vote on calling the Iranian Revolutionary Council a terrorist organization. Saying it will give this president the excuse he needs to go to war with Iran. Hillary’s inconsistent answers were exposed on social security and at the end of the debate she agreed with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants but then a minute later started backtracking. Now Bill Clinton was a master at being evasive but her facial expressions and demeanor showed she is no Bill Clinton. Will this debate change the numbers? I don’t know. I think what was really exposed last night was status quo positions of the front runner. How can my party complain about the secrecy in the Bush Administration if Hillary does not turn over all her documents? I understand it gives the other candidates an unfair advantage, because she will be the only candidate required to do this. But if this lack of transparency is going to stop, someone has to take the lead. The other is lobbyist money; Hillary has out raised all the candidates of both parties in lobbyist money from Wall Street, defense department, and insurance and drug companies. Some might see it as success but really it business as usual. Somehow we must have a leader to take us to public financing because these lobbyist have too much influence. I am getting suspicious as to why the Bush Administration is getting their way on the latest NSA spying bill. Did the telecommunication lobbyist have something to do with it? I don’t know. This may sound like a slam on Hillary but it really isn’t, it just exposes some of her weakness in a primary. Great leaders learn form mistakes and they don’t usually repeat them. Constructive criticism will only make a person stronger. 
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What a differance a week makes
According to a recent Washington Post poll 75% of American voters believe that John McCain would be a good commander in chief, while only 45% believed Barack Obama would be. That same poll revealed that by a 30% margin that Barack Obama is better suited to restore our relations with our European allies. The Obama camp knew three term senator, with no military experience, would not win the foreign-policy issue with the decorated military experienced Senator Jon McCain. I am not so sure that is a given. Out of nowhere, Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki said Obama’s 16 month timeline was reasonable plus or minus a few months, according to a German magazine. The Bush administration went into a full disclaimer mode, saying the prime minister was misquoted. The New York Times printed the exact quote, showing Maliki was not misquoted. Another news organization showed a clip with the Maliki translator repeating the timeline quote. The Bush administration countered with a “general time horizon.” Translation: Time line spelled differently, leaving John McCain out in the cold, with his long-term commitment. Andrea Mitchell of NBC news is reporting that General Petraeus and Barack Obama (or someone from his delegation) having a shouting match on the timeline issue. To be continued. The McCain camp first urged and goaded Obama to go to Iraq, but John McCain wanted to be to be the tour guide. Obama politely declined, because he wanted Senator Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel to be his advisers on this trip. So far this trip has backfired for John McCain, because he was greeted warmly by the military and the unexpected gifts by the Iraqi prime minister and the Bush administration. The media have given the foreign-policy guru award to John McCain, because he's had so many trips overseas, and has voted on so many foreign-policy matters. I'll accept that, but I would offer sports analogy to describe my skepticism. Sometimes that 48th round draft pick will beat out that all-American higher-priced first-round pick, when they are put on the same field, with nothing but talent separating them. It was not Obama who recently said Iraq borders Pakistan, It was not Obama who confused the Sunni and Shia, or that thinks Czechoslovakia is still a country. Those on the right like to call Barack Obama a naïve idealist when it comes to foreign policy, but it was Obama who put the importance of Afghanistan and Al Qaeda in Pakistan over year ago? It was not John McCain. The McCain followers like to say that Obama’s recent trip to Iraq would not have been possible if it not for John McCain’s surge. They are quick to point out that Obama voted against the surge. Barack Obama voted against escalation of the war, and he had the judgment against this war in the first place. He voted against more money and more lives being lost in this mission. The surge did help bring down the violence in Baghdad but so did a lot of other factors. 1) The 2006 elections allowed George Bush to throw Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld under the bus. 2) The administration's back was against the wall, and had to change course. 3) Iraqi Shi'ite leader Sayed Moqtada al-Sadar exited to Iran as US troops started coming in. 4) Ethnic cleansing caused over 2 million Iraqis to flee the country. 5) The Iraqi Sunnis finally woke up to the fact that Al Qaeda was not their friend. Barack Obama may just be that true realist when it comes to foreign policy. 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
Mike
on Jul 22, 2008 at 05:02 PM
LOL.....Seriously as much as I hate to dwell in rumors , I think McCain may be suffering from PTSD ,because I remember the press didn't get much access to medical records..What was it one hour or three, but no camera or tape recorders etc...... Being imprisoned for five years has to have some effect,but I guess it's not PC to ask.....It's asking the voters to trust his medical report as presented, hoping the doctors are not holding back critical information....I don't have to keep up with all his mistakes ,because others will.
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VietnamVet
on Jul 22, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Iraq borders Pakistan like Canada borders Mexico. All these gaffes are being forgiven as, "That's John being John" or "Senior moments". Anyone who keeps making the same gaffes over and over again may have the big "A" or "D" disease. They probably aren't brain f**ts like some people may think. Remember what happened to Raygun in his 2nd term? Here's a good one: Senator Barack Obama pointed out to Senator John McCain that terrorism was a global problem, noting that 3 Brazilian soldiers had been killed by terrorists in the previous week. "That's terrible," a startled John McCain stammered in reply. "How many is a Brazilian?"
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