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Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11. I stood up and opposed this war
Originally posted by dbates
Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11. I stood up and opposed this war
He opposed it from where? His living room? Obama wasn't a Senator or Congressman, or anything before 9/11.
Originally posted by jamie83
OMG... here's a classic I overlooked...
"More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. These challenges are not all of government's making."
These challenges aren't ALL the government's making?
Seriously? Does anybody even listen to his pathetic drivel?
Which of these is ANY of the government's making?
Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.
These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.
Transcript: Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech
Originally posted by Hal9000
"More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach. These challenges are not all of government's making."
Obama is currently the junior United States Senator from Illinois. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by dbates
reply to post by Uniceft17
The U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003. Obama wasn't able to vote on any of this since he wasn't a senator at this time.
Obama is currently the junior United States Senator from Illinois. He was elected to the Senate in November 2004
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Hal9000
reply to post by jamie83
I think in general, he is referring to the inaction of government to manage the economy. It is debatable as to what role the government should play in the market, but Bush did eventually come up with a bailout for the mortgage crisis, so evidently he thought the government does play a role.
It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.
For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy — give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is — you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps — even if you don't have boots. You're on your own.
Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America.
Transcript: Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech
Obama Takes Aim at Palin, Hits His Own Foot
It's getting hard not to notice that the Obama candidacy is a farce. In his latest gaffe, the Obamessiah draws attention to his complete lack of qualifications by declaring — conspicuously falsely — that he's more ready for the presidency than McCain's VP pick:
Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.
Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.
"Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin's town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We've got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years," Obama said.
A McCain spokesman observes:
For Barack Obama to argue that he's experienced enough to be president because he's running for president is desperate circular logic and it's laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama's inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin's executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees.
Someone had better program a couple of facts into Obama's teleprompter: 1) Palin is no longer a small town mayor, but Governor of Alaska; 2) He's running against McCain, not Palin.
There will soon come a day when only the most pathetic of kooks will admit to having supported Obama.
So because he wasn't a Senator and wasn't able to vote his opinion wasn't revelant?