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The American Presidency: This Thread Is 'Inartful'.
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Obama mentions biographical stuff in his commercials too. Does the fact that he mentions he was raised by a single mom mean that qualified him to be President? You can call attention to character-shaping issues without making the case they directly qualify you.
I honestly think you guys are torn over the Muslim hate thing. The smarter Republicans like Muslims because they make for easy scapegoating and fearmongering. The not so smart Republicans don't like Muslims because of scapegoating and fearmongering. I'll concede that there's a very small minority that are sensible and not trying to demonize Muslims.
Considering the almost ridiculous deference given to military service in this country, the fact that almost every president in the last 100 years has been in the military at least once, and the fact that you can still find a decent number of people that think it should be a requirement for the presidency, I'm going to say that your Obama example isn't the same as the McCain example. There is clearly an implication of authority on military matters when you mention military service (and combat experience in particular) the way McCain does, whereas the mention of Obama's family is an implication that he's a regular guy.
What specifically are you talking about.
So your problem is with widely-held public attitudes and beliefs rather than with McCain himself.
So I'm not sure why the Clark thing is such a "a-HA! Take that!" moment.
They agree.
I agree that they agree. But I don't think Clark's comment is an "a-HA! Take That!" moment, I think its more of a "He can't SAY that!" moment.
Barbecuebility, guys!
Partly. The other part of the problem is that the McCain campaign is bitch moaning, trying to make it seem like Gen. Clark's comments were out of bounds and that even asking a legitimate question about how his military experience relates to his ability to be president is "swift-boating". We can't fix the problems with public attitudes towards military service when McCain's getting in a hissy fit over this sort of thing.
I personally wouldn't have made such hay about it, but I guess on some level you have to respond if the issue or soundbyte sounds bad. Like, Obama had to respond to the Hussein thing because it sounded bad.
I admit, I might not be the brightest, especially when it comes to politics, but all these pronouns are confusing me. Who's "he" now?
"I agree that they agree. But I don't think Clark's comment is an "a-HA! Take That!" moment, I think its more of a "He can't SAY that!" moment."
I think.
The McCain campaign is actually attacking Obama over this, though, saying that he has literally condoned smear attacks.
That goes beyond responding out of obligation to attempting to make this the kind of issue that decides votes.
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Or because it feeds into a common misconception that he isnt a Christian.
I'm not aware of any common misconception that McCain's service record is something he is trying to keep under wraps or should be ashamed of.
I suggest you all don't make the same mistake.
That fact is much less interesting when you realize how many people served in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. Having a draft during a large war is going to result in a large percentage of the male population with military experience.
We're finally getting far enough from the drafts that military background is actually becoming more rare. Carter, Reagan, and Clinton never served in the military. Before them, you have to go back to FDR (prior to WW2) to find a President who didn't wasn't under arms.
Edit: My mistake; Carter and Reagan were in the military, but never saw combat (as is also true for Bush II).
Kansas pride yo.
Lol. I'm not confused by my use of "he". I did mean Clark. I'm confused by Deacon's reply, which I bolded.
Ahhh.... I feel better knowing that we were equally confused and that MKR actually helped to clear things up :lol:
There were two older men, probably 60 or so, sitting there gloating over getting articles published in local magazines. I ignored them for the most part, though the bit where they started talking about "Jewish words" irritated me. It's yiddish, you schmucks!
Anyway, as I was finishing up, I heard this conversation:
STATLER: So, are you going to the Republican convention?
WALDORF: Oh, nah.
S: You know, when Hillary dropped out, I donated to McCain.
W: Yeah?
S: Yeah, I thought about this Obama, and I just couldn't vote for him.
W: He seems like a nice guy.
S: That's just it, he seems like a nice guy, but nice guys finish last!
W: Well, that's true.
S: The Muslim thing doesn't help. What really killed him, though, was his wife. She's out there ranting about "whitey" and black liberation theology...
At this point I'd had enough. The bank was open, I was finished with my second biscuit, I walked past them.
DRAC: The "whitey" thing was a hoax.
WALDORF: Oh, fuck it.
STATLER: What did he just say?
Then I left. I didn't have the time nor the inclination to straighten these two boomers out. The really offensive thing is that Statler had decided that Obama had already lost. I live in possibly the most pro-Obama neighborhood of the metro area outside of the universities, but still some boomers resist...
"Y'know, I hear this is campaign is a really moving experience."
"Yeah, I wish they'd move it to Pittsburg."
"OH Hohohohohohohohoho!"
McCain says it doesn't qualify him to be president.
Clark says it doesn't qualify him to be president.
McCain spends now his fourth day running calling Clark out for smearing his military record.
There's responding, and there's deliberately trying to create a campaign killing mistake out of thin air.
Essentially, yes.:lol:
I dunno, maybe it's just because I didn't like 300 that much.
On NRO there are something like 13 hojillion references to Clark's comment, but - curiously - not a single posting of, or link to, the actual transcript. Funny, that. Also curious, my emails to three separate people pointing out the context have been completely ignored. Must've been eaten by their spam filters or something.
Maddie: "I am not!"
Riley: "You're a marsupial!"
Maddie: "I am a placental mammal!"
Green screen challenge?
McCain is about to be slaughtered by an overwhelmingly large number of people after several Pyrrhic victories delaying the inevitable?
I thought 300 was fantastic. That article was still fucking stupid.
Mmmmmm.
Terrorists!
McCain asked how Vietnam experience prepares him for presidency, becomes angry
He also likes to kill babies because they aren't up to his standards. I don't think the gays love McCain though. Now young McCain. :winky:
oh man i hope someone asks him again and he just freaks the fuck out and starts yelling and swearing