Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Campaign 2008

McCain Tries to Trump Obama by Playing the “Experience” Card

But history shows that strategy often isn’t a winner

Posted August 26, 2008

Reader Comments

Run for the White House

I am a 63 year old woman. I know for a fact that McCain is a lair, he will say anything to get elected, because this is his last run. Why don't Mccain and his running mate stop talking about Obama and start talking about the problem with the county. I am a person that think Obama has a good compaign and is going to be the next President of the United States.

Thank you

It is plain to see that a lot of people put their loyalty and devotion to their favorite political party and some put their devotion to the party above the good of the people ....and that is a fact of life....the middle class however can and does make up their own mind as to who will represent his interests the best...every party likes to quote so called "polls" to tell you what the truth is but we will not know for sure untill the election is over, providing all the votes have been counted and not manipulated by fixed machines to make a joke out of our election system......the last election was not an honest count at the presidential level and who knows what this one will tellbut I am not in anybody's back pocket and will vote for the person and not the party.......it seems to me that a lot of those "Talking Heads" are going to eat a lot of humble pie after this election......

It is plain to see that a lot of people put their loyalty and devotion to their favorite political party and some put their devotion to the party above the good of the people ....and that is a fact of life....the middle class however can and does make up their own mind as to who will represent his interests the best...every party likes to quote so called "polls" to tell you what the truth is but we will not know for sure untill the election is over, providing all the votes have been counted and not manipulated by fixed machines to make a joke out of our election system......the last election was not an honest count at the presidential level and who knows what this one will tellbut I am not in anybody's back pocket and will vote for the person and not the party.......it seems to me that a lot of those "Talking Heads" are going to eat a lot of humble pie after this election......

They have already used Obama's ideas

I wanted to comment that despite decrying Obama's "lack of experience"..they have already used 2 ideas of his which they first mocked..that is ,one, a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq and,two, speaking with, using diplomacy first with countries like Iran.

Then I read the first comment! what an awesome, intelligent response!

I have been thinking McCain's POW experience is a reason NOT to elect him!

Lame experience we can do without

McCain's lame experience is experience we can do without and cannot afford.

A NeoCon worse than Bush, McCain is proposing wars and more wars regardless is we can pay for them. McCain's incompetence is vividly demonstrated in Georgia's defeat after trying to provoke Russia. Georgia thought they paid for US military support by buying off McCain and Scheunemann - better get you money back suckers. Now McCain is lobbying for billions to his client, Georgia. Sorry we afford your filibustering, McCain.

'You don't win wars by getting captured or killed.'

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