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not2needy1 year, 4 months ago

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Can you just imagine what he will be like in a debate? It's going to be downright pathetic.

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  tiredofwhiners1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  Which one will be pathetic?
  
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      tiredofwhiners1 year, 4 months ago
      
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      Don't be afraid, I now know which one, and I found out way before never. P.S. McCain is not a good public speaker. Obama is a great speaker. I didn't know he was good without scripts though (thinking on his feet). Thanks for letting me know.
      
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        ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/us/politics/0...
        "McCain delivered his lines with an ease that suggested a momentary peace with his longtime nemesis, the teleprompter. But when Mr. McCain came to the intended sound byte of his speech, he hit a slick.
        'I have set before the American people an energy plan, the Lex-eegton Project,' Mr. McCain said, drawing a quick breath and correcting himself. 'The Lex-ing-ton Proj-ect,' he said slowly. 'The Lexington Project,' he repeated. 'Remember that name.'
        In a town meeting in Cincinnati the next day, Mr. McCain would again slip up, calling it the 'Lexiggdon Project' and twice tried to fix his error before flipping the name.
        'We're going up against a guy (Obama) who is off the charts,' said Mark Salter. Mr. McCain is working closely with aides like Brett O'Donnell, a former debate consultant for Mr. Bush, to improve his speech and performance. He is working to limit his verbal tangents and nonverbal tics."
        
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        Lincoln851 year, 4 months ago
        
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        Yea Obama is the greatest intellectual and speaker of our time. IT'S ALL ABOUT CHANGE! THAT IS ALL WE NEED!
        
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        ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        Obama holds both a bachelor's and terminal degree, graduated with honors from Columbia and Harvard, was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, and taught Constitution Law at the U of Chicago.
        I'll take Obama's well-trained intellect over McCain's grades ANY day of the week.
        Meanwhile, McCain graduated 5th from the bottom of his class and possesses only a bachelor's degree.
        http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com...
        "Navy pilot John Sidney McCain III should have never been allowed to graduate from the U.S. Navy flight school. He was a below average student and a lousy pilot. During his relative short stunt on flight status, McCain III lost five U.S. Navy aircraft, four in accidents. Robert Timberg wrote that McCain's 'performance was below par, at best good enough to get by.'"
        
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        ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicaltick...
        "When McCain was asked if there is a plan to attack Iran, McCain sang. 'Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.'"
        http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnmccain.com...
        "McCain, the 'below par' pilot, lost 5 military aircraft, the first during a training flight in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while trying to land.
        He assumed command of RAG, which trained pilots and crews for carrier deployments. Some accused McCain of benefiting from favoritism, for the famous son of a famous father and grandfather, since he had not first commanded a squadron, the usual career path.
        While Executive Officer, McCain used his authority to arrange frequent flights that allowed him to carouse with subordinates and 'engage in extra-marital affairs.' This was a violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice rules against adultery and fraternization with subordinates."
        
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        ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/mccain_military_r...
        "McCain's grades were 'marginal.' He drew so many demerits for breaking curfew and other discipline issues that he graduated fifth from the bottom of the class of 1958."
        http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/04/100_...
        "The problem with John McCain's 100 years in Iraq formulation isn't that he's calling for 95 more years of combat--he isn't--but that he thinks you can have a long-term basing arrangement in Iraq similar to those we have in Germany or Korea. That betrays a fairly acute lack of knowledge about both Iraq and Islam. Iraq is--and has always been--volatile, tenuous, centrally-located and nearly as sensitive to the presence of infidels as Saudi Arabia. It is a terrible candidate for a long-term basing agreement. McCain's carelessness and oversimplification, and wrong analysis, when it comes to the situation in Iraq puts him in a surprisingly vulnerable position."
        
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        ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/19/mccain-...
        "Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, mistakenly said Tuesday that Iran was allowing Al Qaeda fighters into the country to be trained and returned to Iraq. After Sen. Joe Lieberman stepped forward to whisper in the candidate's ear, McCain said: 'I'm sorry; the Iranians are training the extremists, not Al Qaeda. Not Al Qaeda. I'm sorry.'"
        http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/856289,CST-E...
        "Even before Sen. John McCain got mixed up, Republican insiders felt he was in the wrong place at the wrong time on his visit to the war zone.
        GOP critics disapproved of McCain even making the trip to Iraq. They felt that no political purpose was served by the prospective Republican presidential nominee going halfway around the world to praise President Bush's troop surge."
        
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        Teech1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        Don't fret, John. Just do like all Repukes have always done. Make it up as you go along, fabricate the reality you want, and when confronted with facts, lie like a sumbitch. Then keep lying.
        Changing the subject works, and when all else fails just say - "I don't recall."
        
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        Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        Don`t forget another macho Republican tactic; attack the wife of the messenger.
        
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        Teech1 year, 4 months ago
        
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        I'm sure that droolin', slobberin', senile old John McSame is being coached on that as we speak.
        
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    Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    > Which one will be pathetic?
    The obvious one.
    
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    ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    LIBS:
    "accepting nearly $15 million from law firms and attorneys representing federal lobbyists and having federal lobbyists work on his campaign."
    Obama does NOT accept money from law firm PACs. He does accept PERSONAL DONATIONS, up to the legal $2300 limit, from individual lawyers acting as concerned citizens, but NOT representing a particular special interest.
    Obama also does NOT hire currently-employed, federally-registered lobbyists to work on his campaign.
    http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/print...
    "Unlike McCain and Clinton, Obama accepts money from advocates but not lobbyists. The Center for Responsive Politics said lobbyists gave McCain $590,952 and Obama $115,163, but Obama returns lobbyist funds.
    Obama stated he doesn't accept money from 'currently registered federal lobbyists, registered foreign agents, PACs, or minors.' His filings show he was true to his word."
    
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      Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
      
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      Libs is a good Republican.
      Does the same thing over and over and over again, expecting that someday the result will be different and he won`t embarrass himself.
      
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    ybdogsct1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007...
    "After seeing the influence of lobbyists firsthand during his two years in Washington, Obama decided before he entered the presidential race that he would take a different approach to fund-raising than he had in the past.
    Obama is leading by example to clean up the undue influence of Washington lobbyists.
    And some good-government activists say that, past fund-raising practices aside, Obama has genuinely been a champion for ethics and campaign reform, both in the Illinois Legislature and in Congress."
    Contrast this with McCain who:
    1) has hired lobbyists to be his top campaign advisors
    2) accepts money from PACs and lobbyists
    3) accepts unregulated soft-money
    4) is linked to lobbyists involved in arms smuggling and terrorism support.
    
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    scott42611 year, 4 months ago
    
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    "Yes, Obama has proven one thing: he can't work without a script, and even then he sticks his foot in it."
    Ya know, that statement is just idiotic coming from a Bush apologist! If I knew nothing else about you, such a statement would prove to me your blatant partisanship...
    
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  Lurch1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  > Can you just imagine what he will be like in a debate? It's going to be downright pathetic.
  I might get Tivo or a DVR just so I can go back and count how many times and ways he flip-flops, most flip-flops per minute segment, ave flip-flops per babble, and so on.
  
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