notes from an A train : 10/08/08 : 7:18am October 8, 2008
Posted by onemonkeyshow in My opinion - and my opinion counts, notes from an A train.trackback
Was it just me, or did McCain come as a really creepy old man during last night’s debates? [even more than usual] He kept getting uncomfortably close to the audience. And when Obama was speaking, all of a sudden a wandering McCain would appear in the camera shot pacing around the stage, staring at the back wall. And I thought it was hilarious how he wrote everything down in HUGE BLACK SHARPIE. I wish I could have seen those notes…I bet the looked something like this:
Was it just you? Yes I believe it was.
Was he a creepy old man (more then usual)? Wow, you really think he is creepy? Why because he has physical ailments after being tortured serving his country? Sorry if he doesn’t live up to your “non-creepy” standards. Are you offended by people in wheelchairs and by those who use canes?
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I wish I could have seen those notes…I bet the looked something like this: oh man, I think I just pooped!
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Very class act what are you ten years old? How about Obama snickering every time McCain was speaking. He is a bit too confident and smug.
I can’t believe the American people are falling for this guy. Let’s see who his friends are. And remember about the company you keep.
In 2001 Obama served in a paid position as Director for the Woods Fund, the organization issued a grant to the Arab American Action Network, a group that has ties to the PLO.
Obama’s church (you know the one he was in for twenty years but never realized his Reverend was a racist even though he called him a mentor) run by Jeremiah Wright published a very pro-Hamas newsletter and has ties with the Nation of Islam and to Louis Farrakhan (another class act and racist), as well as his visit to Libya to meet Muammer Kaddafi.
Do we really need a President or even a Senator or any other elected official, who seems to be on such friendly terms with terrorists and their sympathizers? How about ACORN (who is now under investigation for voter tampering) whom Obama was connected with. They pushed for and forced banks to give home loans, often using very aggressive behavior, for people who could not afford them which helped create the mess we are in. Come on people wake up. Make your vote count while you still can.
RC
Haha, apparently I personally offended you? No, I’m not 10, I was just being funny. But thanks for that.
And thanks for sharing your opinions – even though I cannot fathom someone actually believing that John McCain is actually the right person for the job. My biggest problem with him is that I don’t believe anything he says – because at some point down the line he’s going to change his mind.
When he first ran for President in 2000, he urged voters to choose their candidate “by the example we set, by the way we conduct our campaigns, by the way we personally practice politics.” He ran on a platform of centrality, and eschewed the Karl Rove antics of campaigns. After he lost that race, he banked hard to the left and disagreed with Bush on taxes, drilling – and even nearly became a Democrat. And now during his run for office, he has completely changed roles. He has become the type of candidate he seemed to despise back during the 2000 election. Karl Rove was even quoted as saying that McCain’s campaign ads go “too far” and he cannot pass the “truth test” (really, coming from Mr. Rove that says a LOT).
In 2006, John McCain wrote the McCain-Kennedy Bill that would give 11 million illegal immigrants a path towards becoming citizens. In 2008 he stated the he would not vote for his own bill.
In March, 2008, McCain told The Wall Street Journal, “I’m always for less regulation.” He then called for “removing regulatory, accounting and tax impediments” to financial markets. But then just last month, he re-thought that deregulation and stated that he was “going to enact and enforce reforms to make sure that these outrages never happen in the first place” – the outrages he was speaking of included the removal of regulations that he insisted on.
In 2007 John McCain made a statement about waterboarding stating that “It is torture”. By 2008 he voted against a bill that would prevent waterboarding. How a person that endured countless amounts of torture can continue to condone and even allow it is beyond reproach.
During years 2000 – 2006, McCain approved of U.S. talks with Cuba, Syria, and the Palestinian Authority. During this campaign he has stated that Obama’s willingness to meet with un-friendly foreign leaders shows his “naiveté and inexperience and lack of judgment.”
Last night during the debate, McCain insisted he speaks softly yet carries a big stick. However he can’t seem to keep his own temper in check with people he works with or those he loves: three reporters witnessed the exchange with his wife after she made a joke about his thinning hair he screamed at her “at least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt” and then denied it ever happened.
As far back as 1997, McCain wrote legislation to ban lobbyists from political campaigns. His current campaign has more than 170 lobbyists working to obtain contributions.
October, 2006 – McCain told Chris Matthews “I think gay marriage should be allowed,” and he now has a firm stance against gay marriage.
Just seems to be the public might never be able to actually have certainty in a leader that continuously changes his mind about major issues.
But yet you have no problems with Obama and his affiliations? It’s all overblown right?
No one candidate will ever be perfect. No one candidate will ever be the ideal for everyone. I have placed my support behind the candidate I believe stands for MORE of what I believe in than the other. I have chosen the candidate I believe will put this country back on the right track. I think that’s what everyone should do. Sometimes it’s not about party lines but about what the voter believes is important.
I agree with you about picking the candidate with what you most agree with but none of his affiliations concern you?
No, they don’t.
Does John McCain’s inability to stand firm on a decision worry you?
Wow…I guess you know you’re popular when you start to attract the crazies, huh? No, it does not bother me that a candidate might like Arab Americans. Guess what, they’re not actually all terrorists! Whoa! RC, buy a clue. Even the college freshmen in my class have better arguments in support of McCain and against Obama than you do.
monkey,
I do not agree 100% with any candidate, but this guys affiliations do concern me. It is scary that it doesn’t bother you.
katie,
Where in my posting did I say anything against Arab Americans? What you are doing is typical of the whole Obama campaign. When presented with a challenge you turn (probably give one of those snickers like Obama does) and say “there they go again”. And that is supposed to answer the question. Please don’t try to play the racist/anti-Muslim card. This is not about that at all and it is an insult for you to even go there with that type of rhetoric.
People need to wake up and smell the Obama. We only get a chance to vote once. Take a good look into his background before you vote. And remember McCain is not Bush, under McCain you will see a different Presidency then you have over the last eight years.
Check out the link below. Forget who endorses it just listen to the facts and look them up if you don’t believe it. Maybe your eyes will open up and you will get off the “hope” & “change” bandwagon. Because there will be change if Obama wins but I guarantee you within a year into his presidency you will realize your voting mistake.
Feel free to show this to your students.
Here’s where in your post you mentioned Arab Americans:
In 2001 Obama served in a paid position as Director for the Woods Fund, the organization issued a grant to the Arab American Action Network, a group that has ties to the PLO.
Maybe I misread, but you seemed to be listing this as a negative.
I have taken a look at Obama’s background – have you looked at McCain’s? You mean to tell me that he has never been involved in an organization that supports terror? Or endorses the use of it (ie: the American government itself, but that’s another story). Or that gives him money without disclosing it. There are no relationships that McCain has choosen to deny/downplay? (Cough, GW.)
The video you linked to is irrelevant, and here’s why: I really don’t give a shit who any of the candidates knew in the past. I don’t care who they used to get in power, because everyone who is in the government in this country used many many people, foundations, organizations, etc. to gain their position. What I care about is how the candidate will take their CURRENT relationships into account (including the one they have with the American people) and HOW THEY WILL RUN THE COUNTRY. I mean, John McCain could say he was friends with Jesus and Jesus gave him the resources to become powerful in the US government, his plan for running this country is not in the best interest of the American people (ie: see monkey’s later post re tax rebates for the richest people).
And, I realize that there is a connection between who put you in power and the decisions you will make in the future (in trying to benefit/repay those people who helped you out). My argument here is that McCain has just as many shady people who have contributed to his campaign/ability to gain power. He seeks to minimize those relationships, just as Obama does. And I think BOTH candidates would say, “Hey, these people donated to me, but ultimately, I will listen to the American people.” Isn’t this what McCain would probably say if he were faced with the same issues.
Abridged version: McCain has done the same kind of negative things that Obama has. They are both politicians, they are both rich, they will both make decisions to benefit the people who put them in power. I care about their plan to run the country, not who they are/was friends with.