ianmdrennan 2 #1 October 11, 2008 Seriously. It took a lot of courage to stand up against some jeers from his audience and admit that Obama was a good man, not an Arab, or someone to be scared of, and that they simply differed on policy. While I suspect it alienated some of the hardcore right, I have a new found respect for the man. Kudos. IanPerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #2 October 11, 2008 [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akarunway 1 #3 October 11, 2008 Quote [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] Yeah right. After all the smears and mudslinging one atta boy is going to make up for all the oh shits? This election is pathetic.I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ianmdrennan 2 #4 October 11, 2008 Quote Quote [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] Yeah right. After all the smears and mudslinging one atta boy is going to make up for all the oh shits? This election is pathetic. Absolutely true BUT, I still give him kudo's for doing it. Call me naively optimistic that both candidates truely are good at heart, even if I disagree with McCains policies. Blues, IanPerformance Designs Factory Team Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
downwardspiral 0 #5 October 11, 2008 Quote Quote [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] Yeah right. After all the smears and mudslinging one atta boy is going to make up for all the oh shits? This election is pathetic. First of all that can be said of either candidate. Secondly I just wanted to preemptively quash the inevitable. And thirdly.....lighten up francis.www.FourWheelerHB.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christelsabine 1 #6 October 11, 2008 Quote Quote [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] Yeah right. After all the smears and mudslinging one atta boy is going to make up for all the oh shits? This election is pathetic. He had to show a solid position; it's just unacceptable if his own fans are screaming for the opponent's skin (Arab, Kill Him ...). Calling Obama a "decent father" is not that much of a compliment in a political battle. Saying that nobody should be worried if Obama would be next president is .... Wow. Nonetheless, his reaction was fully OK. I've seen it life and liked it. It looked really honest. Good move. dudeist skydiver # 3105 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #7 October 11, 2008 Quote Quote Quote [sarcasm] oh come on...you know it was staged right?[/sarcasm] Yeah right. After all the smears and mudslinging one atta boy is going to make up for all the oh shits? This election is pathetic. Absolutely true BUT, I still give him kudo's for doing it. Call me naively optimistic that both candidates truely are good at heart, even if I disagree with McCains policies. I feel much the same way. I've always liked John McCain, at least since around 2000. Most of all, I trusted that, on the whole, he'd be a decent, stand-up President, his temper (which I was aware of) notwithstanding. Now that's not the kind of trust I give out lightly, especially to someone on The Other Team. And I'd hoped, especially after he was so viciously treated by the disgusting tactics of the Bush campaign during the 2000 primaries, that he wouldn't let his campaign sink to the same tactics this year. And I'm really, really disappointed that it has. It has seriously sullied my impression of his personal decency. (P.S., choosing key team members is the hallmark of the quality, or lack of it, of any manager. Just as Bush-1's choice of Dan Quayle showed poor judgment, so did McCain's choice of Palin, plain and simple. As conservative Christopher Buckley wrote, "What on Earth was he thinking?") Yes, I give McCain props for correcting those 2 people at the rally the way he did. But it's going to take the better part of at least the next week, or more, for me to decide if that was just a once-off, or it marks a genuine shift, by his entire campaign, away from that crap. In my mind, here's what he needs to do for me to put him back in the "decent guy" category, if for no other reason than for the sake of his historical legacy: - Negative comments about Obama on POLICY issues are fair game. Go get 'em, John, that's democracy in action. But he must stop ALL the negative commentary about Obama's character; all this "Who is Barack Obama?" shit has got to stop. Ditto for all the guilt-by-association idiocy. It has to be over, done, finito, period. - He needs to stop his campaign ads that do the same thing. - He needs to stop Palin from doing the same thing. In other words, he has to do more than just a one-time talk the talk. He's got to walk the walk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
