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<p>You mean like the gas tax “holiday” which was a silly idea and nothing but pandering?</p>
<p>Yes - McCain has some good qualities (which was what attracted me to him in 2000), but I’m afraid he’s changed himself for the WORSE.</p>
<p>Regardless of the ad, I still think Obama could’ve visited the troops if he’d wanted to. The military were prepared to provide any support he needed. They were expecting him. It wouldn’t have had to be publicized or connected to his “campaign” in any way. He could’ve done it privately - just not taken any of the campaign staff who were traveling w/ him on the visit.</p>
<p>All this so-called “outrage” over McCain’s ad is just “politics” and an attmpt to turn the attention away from the fact that BO skipped the visit.</p>
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<p>Assuming you’re correct (which you aren’t), he’s still better than the other guy.</p>
<p>And using footage of Obama shooting hoops with TROOPS to LIE is just politics and business as usual? Forgive me if I don’t think that McCain is behaving like the ethical person I used to believe he was.</p>
<p>The visit to Landstuhl, if it had happened would have been one of many visits to troops that Obama made. Check what Hagel had to say about this over the weekend.</p>
<p>Bz: I’ve just broken my resolve not to discuss Obama and McCain with you. But I’m renewing it. I don’t think it’s worth my time. I can discuss policies with people I disagree with; I cannot discuss ethics with you.</p>
<p>^^ How so?</p>
<p>Remember, McCain’s economic “guru” was Phil Gramm - someone who was responsible for setting the conditions for Enron, the sub-prime mess, etc. (and making himself quite wealthy in the process).</p>
<p>And despite McCain’s claims of running a “civil” campaign, he, at the start, had already begun to attack Obama underhandedly and presently has dropped the pledge totally and has attacked Obama for his character w/ some rather low accusations.</p>
<p>It’s funny. I read so many times on these blogs that no one (myself included) is really in favor of either candidate… It’s more the lesser of 2 evils. The one positive to McCain is if he is elected he will only be here for 1 term. Maybe the if the electorate really tried hard over the next 4 years to stop enabling these politicians we could get some decent candidates.</p>
<p>I have to wonder if the Left would have supported Obama so strongly against Clinton if they had known Obama would change so many of his positions. The biggest change I see is that he said during the campaig that he would get us out of Iraq immediately without any hesitation, but recently he is saying it all depends on the facts on the ground. Facts on the ground is code for saying he agrees with McCain that he won’t leave Iraq until it is prudent to do so, which may take several years. At least Clinton was honest about her positions regardless of their popularity with the Left. I cannot say the same for Obama.</p>
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<p>Not sure what you mean by that, Marite. Are you implying that I’m not an ethical person, or don’t understand “ethics”? I’ve already mentioned on this forum that I live by an honor code.</p>
<p>I respect the fact that you’ve pledged not to discuss Obama & McCain w/ me - my objective here is to hopefully balance all the “Obama love” comments posted here. If you aren’t going to be receptive to the facts, then why would you want to discuss them? I understand that.</p>
<p>I guess you can choose to discuss or not discuss whatever you want here - sorry if you don’t feel up to certain discussions w/ moi. :)</p>
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<p>Wow! I forgot we are talking politics here. Your post sounded like you were talking to some kids on the playground about why your McCain superhero action-figure is SO much better than the Obama one. (OMG! Your McCain action-figure can fire people!? I’m SO jealous.)</p>
<p>Anyway, where’s the substance in all of that? Pork is a VERY small portion of the budget. Moreover, “pork” isn’t always bad. Some of the levees and many other infrastructure projects are technically “pork.” Also, what exactly is wasteful spending? In my book spending billions on the war in Iraq without having a definition for “victory” or purpose is “wasteful spending” but I doubt McCain feels the same way.</p>