Politics as usual.
I'm very pleased to finally learn why we are all paying high prices for our gas. The McCain campaign has done an extensive investigation and can tell the American voters that it is in fact Barak Obama's fault.
I know, I know, McCain has recently been quoted as saying that the nations dependence on foreign oil has been building for 30 years and was caused by "the failure of politicians in Washington", but with his campaign going no where it is time for the truth to come out and for Obama to stand up and take the blame like a real man.
This all proves that McCain is ready to be President. You don't need to tell the truth, you just need to say whatever will raise you numbers in the polls. We have witnessed 8 years of lies and misleading statements from our current President and know as a country that this is the proper way to lead America.
Really now, I don't question that John McCain is a true patriot. I don't question that he is basically a decent man. I don't question that he will stand behind the Republican party in times of good or bad. If we want a President who believes that the end justifies the means and no lie is too big or small to achieve his goal, then John McCain is your candidate of choice. After all, as good Republicans we don't need to actually think when we vote, we just need to check that one box at the top that gives us a straight Republican ticket.
I think I'm going to jump the fence. I don't know about you, but I think it's time for a change.
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I don't know how long we can think of McCain as a "decent man" when he does things like opposing offshore drilling for years and then runs ads saying he would drill offshore, so it's Obama's fault that gas prices are so high.
McCain can't even run a campaign. I wouldn't trust him with the keys to the car - let along the country.
Posted by
Daniel KanyJuly 23, 2008 07:27 AM
Unconscionable rhetoric, but I suppose that's the state of our culture. We reap what we sow.
I, for one, am going to actually weigh the facts and think critically about the issues.
Posted by Sharky
July 23, 2008 08:22 AM
What rhetoric?
I meant that about not loaning him my car. I wouldn't do it. In fact, about a year ago, he was driving around in a van - not unlike mine - with his entire campaign entourage.
They didn't let him drive either.
Fenn brings up a real set of issues: McCain's historic stand on drilling; how he just changed his stance; how he has immediately run commercials that say "who is to blame for high oil prices?" - while showing a bad picture of Obama.
That's fact as well as a reflection on McCain's character and judgment.
Have you seen the ad, Sharky? I have.
Moreover, it's McCain's first major national tv commercial and it's grotesque.
And about running a campaign, that's a fact as well. Go Google "McCain" and "campaign" and you will read about a trail of tears for this campaign and others past.
McCain has his strengths, but he's certainly not fit to be President.
Posted by
Daniel KanyJuly 23, 2008 11:23 AM
But isn't McCain so typically Republican. He said he would not run a negative campaign. What's his first TV ad. A negative ad that is completely dishonest. Drill and in 22 years the price of gas will go down. Bet he didn't mention that.
Posted by
Jonathan AlbrechtJuly 23, 2008 12:44 PM
I meant Mr. Fenn, not you, Mr. Kany.
We've become a nation of persuaders, rather than a nation of critical thinkers.
Posted by Sharky
July 23, 2008 02:06 PM
Nation of persuaders?
Try a nation of consumers who can recite every McDonalds jingle ever: Two all beef patties...
Who's to say we don't like a good turn of phrase - as long as its written by Barry Manilow in service of selling junk food....
Rhetoric? What is that? That's way too hifalutin for us: let's go with jingles and spin.
Sounds like a Christmas tree.
And we like Christmas!
Posted by
Jack HurdJuly 23, 2008 07:57 PM
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