The McCain Thread

[hippie_hunter]

Meh. If you survived GWB you can survive anyone. t:

Well put...very well put

 

[hippie_hunter]

If McCain becomes President I'm having you deported.

jag

 

[jaguarr]

jag

 

[The Senator]

I can't stand McCain. If he becomes president, i'll be the first one to leave the country.

I'm actually leaving the country, regardless of who becomes President t:

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I was visiting my brother last week in San Diego. He's in the Marines and a bunch of his friend are too. I think it's ironic that all the military moms are probably going democratic to try and end the war while all of their soldier sons are voting McCain. At least all the ones I've met.

 

[Sebastos]

Meh. If you survived GWB you can survive anyone. t:

That's very true, but still, I despise McCain.

 

[redfirebird2008]

That's very true, but still, I despise McCain.

Believe me, I can't stand him right now either. He has flip-flopped on the Bush tax cuts and waterboarding recently in order to pander to the right wing electorate.

 

[kronos251]

I was visiting my brother last week in San Diego. He's in the Marines and a bunch of his friend are too. I think it's ironic that all the military moms are probably going democratic to try and end the war while all of their soldier sons are voting McCain. At least all the ones I've met.

I know what you mean. My cousin is in the army and has served in Iraq since 2003.. as do some of my relatives are also serving in the "balikatan" exercises in Mindanao, Philippines..


Most soldiers are not political, in a sense they choose not to play the high-handed PUNDIT, and so they try to avoid as much as possible any controversial comments and/or political debates - as should be - therefore, they would rather have their actions speak for themselves by casting their vote for the candidate who really knows how to address the issues, regardless of the party the candidate is coming from.

As for parents voting for another party, our folks, and folks that we know of, don't quite share that sentiment; they say that it IS understandable to vote for the end of the war.... Everybody wants that.... but it would seem a veritable slap to their sons' and daughters' faces, and would simply insult them by cutting off their long hard-fought efforts.

 

[jaguarr]

Man...McCain just keeps handing over more and more ammo to be used directly against him in the general election:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/u...bl&ex=1204002000&en=ae0d714ce3b8d3ae&ei=5087

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/24/johnmccain.uselections2008

jag

 

[comicgirl]

Believe me, I can't stand him right now either. He has flip-flopped on the Bush tax cuts and waterboarding recently in order to pander to the right wing electorate.

Don't forget making nice-nice with Jerry Falwell after calling him a dangerous demi-god in '00. Letting the Reps paint him as a nut with lingering PTSD. Sorry, don't like him anymore.

 

[The Senator]

I will never vote for McCain due to his lingering support for the Iraq war and inability to stay true to his once-famous maverick roots. However, if he becomes President, I think I could live with that for four years.

 

[Venom'sDad]

LOL... Juan Williams is losing credibility over the McCain/NYTimes story. I just love it.

 

[Shifty]

It would be something to have a president whose hosted SNL and cameoed on 24 and in Wedding Crashers.

 

[That'ssuper!]

Even as an Australian I can see that this McCain fellow is the best canidate for the your American president. I see that the other two are just fighting like their three. How funny Australia has better candidates than that.

 

[The Senator]

Even as an Australian I can see that this McCain fellow is the best canidate for the your American president. I see that the other two are just fighting like their three. How funny Australia has better candidates than that.

No, you have a better system. Your elections take three weeks; ours take three years. Plus, you don't elect the President/ PM outright as we do; you essentially vote for the leader of whichever party it is that comes to power. That's how we should do it here, so we can avoid this stupid money-spewing festival-extravanganza we're forced to endure every four years, which results in arguing on every channel and in every household, only to get stuck with someone whose only accomplishment is that they know how to suck and blow at the same time. God bless the American Presidency!

 

[hippie_hunter]

I don't find a problem with the system (asides from the Electoral College), it's just the people in it.

 

[Zen]

For McCain supporters, whats your take on the information in this article...

The Myth of The Surge

 

[jaguarr]

I don't find a problem with the system (asides from the Electoral College), it's just the people in it.

The fact that the system can be hijacked and derailed by corrupt people like it has been is sort of an illustration of why the system needs some fixing.

jag

 

[Marx]

McCain scares me for some reason. He reminds me of Cheney, and I disagree with him on illegal immigration and the fact that he wants to continue the war.

So I'm NOT the only one that has that opinion!

He's better than Obama and Clinton. I'm voting for him in the election. I support his stance on immigration. I support what he says about fiscal responsibility. He works with the Democrats. His plan for Iraq is better than Obama's or Clinton's since they can't even withdraw correctly.

McCain's "stance" on Iraq is more of the same failed and flawed policies that got us into this mess in the first place. IMO.

 

[Genesis 1.0]

So I'm NOT the only one that has that opinion!

McCain's "stance" on Iraq is more of the same failed and flawed policies that got us into this mess in the first place. IMO.

Heh, another one.

So just what policy do YOU see as acceptable in the current race?

 

[Marx]

Heh, another one.

So just what policy do YOU see as acceptable in the current race?

That's simple - A Democratic one.

 

[Genesis 1.0]

That's simple - A Democratic one.

*Headache*

You and Sinewave must shop at the same grocery store or something.

SO basically as far as you're concerned, any Democratic policy is better than something from the right. Am I correct?

 

[Marx]

*Headache*

You and Sinewave must shop at the same grocery store or something.

SO basically as far as you're concerned, any Democratic policy is better than something from the right. Am I correct?

I fundamentally disagree with what the Republican Party stands for. I take it that as far as you're concerned, any Republican policy is better than something from the left?

 

[Genesis 1.0]

I fundamentally disagree with what the Republican Party stands for. I take it that as far as you're concerned, any Republican policy is better than something from the left?

Heh, unlike you, I haven't and will never say something so generalized. In fact, I've argued against this same type of bias.

As to what the Party stands for, you have no idea what it stands for nor what it's founded on. All you see is what's in front of you today and you're basing your partisan comments thus.

 

[Marx]

Heh, unlike you, I haven't and will never say something so generalized. In fact, I've argued against this same type of bias.

As to what the Party stands for, you have no idea what it stands for nor what it's founded on. All you see is what's in front of you today and you're basing your partisan comments thus.

I answered you with the exact opposite of what you just said to me. I asked you the same kind of question you asked me. I can assure you that I am fully aware of what the Republican Party was founded on and what it represents. I'm alot more saavy in politics than you are giving me credit for. This is a discussion thread for respectable conversations. I will not be insulted by anyone. Good day.