tbrown 26 #1 August 1, 2008 I have to wonder if John McCain's flipping his lid with some of his statements and advertising this week. He seems to have gone off the deep end with personal attacks against Barack Obama. Let me say first, that although I intend to vote for Obama, I have great respect, at least so far, for John McCain. Certainly way more respect than for President Bush, who I have no respect for whatsoever. McCain is an intelligent and honorable man, who I could probably get along with if he's elected to the White House. I'm also not a wild eyed disciple of Barack Obama. I have some reasonable doubts and concerns about what kind of a president he might be. But on the balance, I have to side with Obama. Especially now with the way McCain already seems to have based his entire campaign on an "Anyone But Obama" platform. Neither candidate even holds their parties' nomination, but McCain is already running TV ads comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears (WTF....over ?). And he's already accused Obama of "playing the race card", apparently because Obama said something about "not looking like the other Presidents on the dollar bills". If I were John McCain, I'd pay attention to the things that undid Hillary Clinton. Heil Hillary's campaign degenerated into an anti-Obama bashing on a daily basis, assisted by her ever lovable "husband". And finally, Heil Hillary and Bubba lowered themselves to pointing out that Obama is.... a darky (gasp !), and that the Heil Hillary campaign was the standard bearer for "hard working (i.e., white) Americans". Obama was not faultless, but in general, he stuck to a much cleaner and issue oriented campaign. So where I stand, as a voter who was actually willing to consider voting for McCain, he's already lost my vote. He not only has NOTHING new to offer, but is already stooping to the lowest tactics his party is famous for. It's going to blow up in his face, piss voters off, and cost him the election. John McCain can't even run an issue oriented campaign this early in the game, so why the hell should we allow him to run our country ? Your humble servant.....Professor Gravity ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #2 August 1, 2008 QuoteI have to wonder if John McCain's flipping his lid with some of his statements and advertising this week. He seems to have gone off the deep end with personal attacks against Barack Obama. Quote He had to do something - it was getting ugly for him. Historically, going ugly works just fine. Think back to Dukakis in 1988 - he had a comfortable lead in the summer as well. Willie Horton did his magic. Quote If I were John McCain, I'd pay attention to the things that undid Hillary Clinton. Heil Hillary's campaign degenerated into an anti-Obama bashing on a daily basis, assisted by her ever lovable "husband". I don't think there is a lesson here - Clinton was a lame candidate to start with - Democrats were eager for a viable alternative and as time went on, Obama went from being a nice symbolic idea to someone that had a legitimate chance of winning in November. California picked her by 10 points in February, but a couple months later, he polled 10 pts better. It wasn't her mean tactics that did her in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites vortexring 0 #3 August 1, 2008 That's pretty much what the newspaper called 'The Times' has been saying over here today! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4439045.ece 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0 Go To Topic Listing
vortexring 0 #3 August 1, 2008 That's pretty much what the newspaper called 'The Times' has been saying over here today! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4439045.ece 'for it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
