What IS Acceptable to Say About McCain?

So I guess one of my questions should be, is it saying something "negative" about his military service to simply state the opinion that that alone doesn't make him qualified to be President? Annie

I don't think so. However he does have many years of political experience in the senate. It's Obama who is a junior senator ...... and he doesn't even have ANY military experience at all.

I bookmarked your blog and I'll definitely be reading it more thoroughly. Excellent job! Annie

Wow...where to start... #12.So...am I a bad person because I have a friend that thinks I would look better if I competed against someone in something I have more experience in? I know that it was a stupid thing to say, but that was clearly the harmless point he was trying to make: McCain has an experience advantage. No denying that. #11.So oil companies are greedy. We all know it. But let's put a new spin on this and paint it as John McCain's fault, when he would benefit not at all from it. Oh, and attack Bush while we're at it, just to be original. #9.Oh, and pull out a beyond dated quote from five years ago that could easily have been taken out of context (I'm tired of the excuse too, but I could easily see it happening on this one), y'know, just for kicks and giggles. #10.I love using McCain saying he doesn't support torture and saying that it means that he does...and then calling his statements "bizzare". #3.Sorry, I'm not really into baby killing, and I'm sorry my candidate isn't either. #8.No, citing wikipedia isn't flimsy at all. #6.You don't do ANYTHING halfway. Ever. Not even to go cry to mommy when it's not going your way. The troops say that the job isn't done. Why doesn't anyone believe those that have seen it firsthand? And on flip-flopping:times change. People change. If you said something that was wrong, it would be irresponsible not to say so.

#12-And you should lose your job without a second chance because of 1 dumb comment in which everyone ignores the point you made clear. In fact, everyone should! I bet you would be the only employed human. Oh, and McCain just has more political experience in general; don't pretend it wouldn't help. #11-Spin is not lying; spin is twisting fact to make another look bad. John McCain is not "in on" a conspiracy to screw you. John McCain is trying to provide gas relief until new fuel sources can be developed. #9-Sure: "Senator, if the U.S. helped to initiate peace talks and provide aid to bridge the gap between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, could anything come of it?" Easy enough. And by hindering the US and supporting their own terror and tyranny enough to be all that remains of the axis of evil, isn't Iran, in a way, helping Al-Qaeda and their mission of terror? #10-But he didn't vote for torture. Do you know that he didn't know full well that Bush would "manipulate" the policy? Maybe you just hate Bush for so many empty reasons that it's the worst offense imaginable when someone DOES trust him. #3-I really prefer "pro-life", but whatever. Seeds do not have nearly as many functions of trees as fetuses do of more developed humans. Seeds do nothing. They do not kick, move, touch, feel, or think. Only living things do these. #8-And I can go edit wikipedia right now. I ignored the suject material because no snappy comebacks came to mind immediately. #6-Thanks for sharing (if you listen REALLY closely, you can actually hear the sarcasm dripping off of that). I haven't talked to anyone who's been there that thinks it's time to pull out. Why did we need to go into Iraq? Simple (even if this isn't what Bush said, it was necessary because of this): Follow me here. Say we don't invade Iraq. Saddam Hussein takes over Kuwait, right? And now he has more oil money, making him richer and more powerful. And now he has the resources to go after, say, Syria, then Jordan. More resources, more power. And then the bombshell: Iraq takes over Saudi Arabia. All of a sudden, he is more than a crazy dictator; he is a crazy dictator with oodles of resources. Next, it's Iran. And now a man with a major vendetta against the U.S. is basically unstoppable. How long before he gets to India? China? Japan? Europe? You see where it's going. Maybe it's now time to, ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS ONLY, start moving troops to Afghanistan. Maybe. That's a case you could make to me. ----------------------------------------------------------- So it's your opinion that he moves from wrong to right. Clearly, others think differently. At least one other.

How many times has the POW thing come up? How about how Obama supporters tried to even connect him with the KKK? How about how they say he's just another Bush and that he is for this war? An Obama supporter goes on the attack when you say any of the things I listed above. Same with the McCain Supporters with what's been put out there about him. What I'm trying to say is it's even on both sides. You can't say anything negative on either one, don't dare question their character. You asked why it wasn't acceptable to say any of those things about McCain... Well how come it's not acceptable to a lot of people to say anything about Obama's character. Honestly I read a lot on this election and I feel there is more negative talk on McCain and his character than Obama when really there is on paper more to write about with Obama. Most of it seems to come straight out of Obama's mouth.

Which of what you mention here have NOT been brought up over and over again? I agree, it sure should go both ways but it hasn't been that way. Annie

I think we're in agreement about McCain's military service. However, the point I've been trying to make is if it's an attack on that service to say it doesn't make him automatically qualified to be President than it seems that at least to some people that's all he needs to be given the job. Annie

With all due respect, may I ask what you mean by "Anti-American stances on military and other things"? Annie

"most importantly, he appears to have significantly fewer than Sen. Obama." Strongly disagree. Most of Obama's 'issues' are based on fabrications or half-truths to begin with, and just a few days ago I uploaded a video to YouTube highlighting 28 of McCain's flip-flops. Pandering is a big, big problem to me, because even if I supported McCain's (current) stances, I couldn't vote for him because McCain seems all too eager to change his stance if he thinks it'll get him a few more votes. http://youtube.com/watch?v=W9jgXzgvFZI

A major lack of experience isn't a half truth. Anti-American stances on military and other things isn't a half truth. Supporting baby-murder isn't a half-truth.

McCain is not a war hero because he was a POW, although I have a great deal of respect for all he has had to endure that most of us will never be able to relate to. I don't believe that he is looking for everyone to classify him as a war hero but just the fact that he was a POW should not be brought up as something that qualifies nor disqualifies him as a potential president of the U.S. I do however believe that being a POW does something to a man's character and to say that McCain is some kind of War Mongrel is an outrage... Just as it would to say that because Obama once was surrounded by the muslim faith that he would be a terrorist. McCain is not off limits and has not been treated so. He's being followed around by anti-war demonstrations as if he is for war, and being attacked as if he is just going to be another Bush.

First, nobody is denying that McCain was a war hero and I think he did receive some sort of medals at the time, I'm not sure. Obama has been given a "free ride by the press"? Welcome back to Planet Earth! This isn't a post to debate the choice issue but since you brought it up it should be noted the majority of Americans are pro-choice and the late term procedure you referred to is illegal in most cases. there should be an exception for the life and health of the mother as well as for some other extenuating circumstances such as severe deformity of the baby, in my opinion. It's certainly not for me to say that a woman should give her life or future health or that she should have to give birth to a child that would never have a chance at being anything more than a vegetable. Annie