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he played Clark's statement and then got pissed at McWarHero for acting like it hurt his feelings...
the GOPers are completely off their game.
Luv ya, girl
i'm a lot happier these days than i have been over the last seven or so years. oh and btw, General Wesley Clark is very impressive.
la la la!
you've got a lot to learn about busboy. stick around....
I dont think being shot out of a plane and held prisoner for years would qualify anyone to be the POTUS.
Has nothing to do with the job actually.
And good point about McCains military leadership-he did not lead men during an ongoing war.
McCain, after his service ended, was backed by his father-in-law Hensley and Kemper Marley. His first runs for office in Arizona were funded by the Las Vegas/Phoenix mafia. Then he was involved in a huge billion dollar banking scandal with Keating, his BFF, and had to give back hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I dont like McCain stealing money from the Arizona Land Trust. That money is supposed to go to the public schools. No wonder Arizona is second to last nationally in testing and proficiency, right above Mississippi. McCain has been skimming money and getting kick backs from the Land Trust for 26 years.
Besides his service, and his reliance on his father and grandfathers coattails because his grades were so bad-none of his public life qualifies him to be POTUS. Unless you are a neo-con war monger , that is.
It is fine to slam Kerrys service in the military because he was a Dem, right?
But not OK to question just how, tell me, how does being a POW qualify you to be in charge at the White House in the Executive office?
What special skills do you learn as a POW that makes you qualified to be the POTUS?
Another qualification in this modern age. What to do about our energy policy? Obama agrees with Republican oil man T Boone Pickens. Stop giving dictatorial governments oil money, develop sustainable energy! Energy from the sun and wind will set this country up for economic growth and security. (McCain is nuclear first, another old technology that is dirty and costly and not sustainable).
Another qualification is to protect the powerless, not just the powerful who are able to buy protection. This realm includes fixing the health care system and the tax system so the average American can continue to pursue life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Sound judgement, intellectual curiosity, being current on the change in modern technology and changes in the financial sectors...
(Obama TRIED to pass legislation to stop the mortgage banking crisis two years ago, as opposed to McCain being directly involved in his own banking crisis with Keating)
etc,etc,etc.
McCain has nothing...
Passing legislation to increase government transparency (You can now see government spending on-line) btw, Obama first tried to work with McCain on this issue and found McCain was not really for reform at all, big surprise!
And he passed legislation to help soldiers at Walter Reed...has McCain EVER worked on legislation to help the troops instead of taking credit for the Webb Bill he did not vote on and rejected out of hand anyway? Any McCain inspired initiative to make something positive happen for average Americans? anything?
Obama has been pretty forward thinking on the major issues of the day. Yes, Iraq is a DUMB war, Mr. Obama. I just took us 6 years to figure it out. And now, yes, Pakistan is a big problem you have been talking about for years now....
And yea, Mr. Obama, you were right about the mortgage crisis two years ago! We should have done something back then! Oh snap, our bad...
I think as a vp candidate he would guarantee an Obama loss.
The Vichy Dems have sold us out again. Pelosi, Reid, Hoyer and Rockefeller gave Bush $400 mil after a secret meeting to conduct covert operations in Iran. Bush will get WWIII as he wished.
I'm glad I don't belong to any party. It won't make any difference who the hell is elected in Nov. This country is totally fucked.
Also, if you actually watch/listen to Clark during this, he is just responding to Shaffer who made it seem like anyone who gets shot down should automatically be given a flag pin and an elected position.
The NPR interview: http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.p...
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*** UPDATE *** Here's a statement from Obama spokesman Bill Burton on Wes Clark's controversial comments about McCain's military service. "As he's said many times before, Senator Obama honors and respects Senator McCain's service, and of course he rejects yesterday's statement by General Clark."
Now quick!!!Change positions again as Obama does it more than a prostitute with the Americabloggers trailing not to far behind!!!
No good sound bite to agree with Clarks point, it is too nuanced for average Americans.
Clark did not disrespect McCains service. Just questioned how it was relevant to the job of POTUS.
It is the same nuance that Obama battled with the flag pin crap.
Compare that to what GOPers said about a Democratic war hero, John Kerry. Not content to merely state the same thing, they lied their asses off and claimed Kerry's medals were all faked, and that he wasn't a hero at all but a phony.
The republican party is completely morally bankrupt.
There is not a shred of evidence that any of Kerry's medals were faked. All the old records (which are the only records that count) show Kerry was properly awarded the medals. All the old documents and records, some of which were recently unearthed, consistently show Kerry was properly awarded the medals. Don't be a fool and buy into any of their crap. The swiftboaters are a bunch of bitter, lying, Vietnam vets who can't grasp the reality that all their efforts were for nothing.
You don't fool no one, right-winger. Now go back to Free Republic, or wherever your computer experience allows you to go!
In no way was being a POW heroic nor did it qualify him (or any other POW of any war)to be President. McCain's service of sitting in a cell in the Hanoi Hilton is hardly experience that makes him presidential. That was Clark's point. So explain how McCain's imprisonment made him qualified to be President.
Obama rejected the statement because he doesn't want to be a part of the ludicrous attacks from people like you.
Do I realize he is just trying to speak to the dummies? Yes. But he should also realize that, by doing so, he is speaking AGAINST sane Americans. Americans that vote. I see this every 4 years and I have had it.
Besides, on the telecom deal, HOW could voting against it HURT Obama? 99% of Americans pay no attention to this.