John McCain Potomac Primary Victory Speech (Part 1)

[jamesspencerjackson]

Gosh, I wish McCain were the president now!

[OLDCLETE]

Mount Mccain will erupt all over Iran, sending down his gooey, military goodness

[AmericanXPatriot]

Doesn't McCain know that saying, "My Friends" is a sleazy thing to do? Your friends know when they are your friends.

[toyracers]

what a depressing message....

mc cain is a hero, but he is too old to know what is good for the country... older is not always wiser..

[ermineermine]

TOYRACERS:

> older is not always wiser

Just as

1 younger is not always better.

2 new is not always good,

3 oratory does not always have content.

[toyracers]

well.. i believe old people dont have to creativity to challenge the problems of the modern world.. having good public speaking skills takes not only intelligence, but courage.. mix in an ivy-league education and an extremely humble up-bringing and you have a modern president that can relate to the need of the middle and lower class...

[rlaycock]

Your criticism is the product of an empty-headed, narrow-minded nerd. College today makes people stupid. In my day "mechanical engineers" could actually spell and punctuate.

More to the point, no AbuMustafa subscriber has the right to say squat about John McCain or America for that matter. Your just another lame, 20-something adolescent without the brains to actually assess the world as it is. In otherwords, a perfect fool for Obama.

[toyracers]

1) i have never met a ME that considers "grammar" as their strongest attribute..lol

2) its the internet, you have to type as fast as you can speak..

3) you subscribe to islam00.. look at my comments on their videos, they are not supportive.. plus i have plenty of patriotic subscriptions.. we subscribe because we want to learn about why they hate us so much...

its..

[toyracers]

i come from a group of 20-something year olds who are sick of old people ruining our schools, making us graduate with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, have increased the national debt so much that it will take my children lifetime to pay off... im voting for obama because his is young and he knows what it feel like to have a hard life.. ultimately Mccain is an elitist, and his wife has never worked a day in her life.. i believe he is a hero but i wont vote for him

[apperkins]

"Promise a new approach to governing?" You've got to be kidding me!

McCain= THIRD Bush term of office. Period.

[hankroe]

Nice to see thoughtful responses from Democrats who will be voting for McCain. He's the only viable candidate who can steer this country in the right direction.

[CultSavant]

In which direction? War and chaos?

Have you read the legislation being passed? Do you understand what a 50-100 year war (as McCain describes) would mean for this nation?

I rather elect Ron Paul than McCain.

[ermineermine]

CULTSAVANT: > a 50-100 year war as McCain describes Evidently your doom-coloured glasses and demonisation-tainted contact lenses taint what exactly was said. Nobody said anything about 'waging a 50-100 year war'. What was said was 'being [present] for 100 years if that is what it takes'. CHALLENGE I: How many years have passed since the end of WWII? CHALLENGE II: In which of the following countries does America have military bases? 1 the UK 2 Germany 3 Japan 4 the Philippines

[lorettarosa]

John McCain

I dont recall

Flip Flopper

[ermineermine]

1 "I opposed the war. I oppose the war."

2 Voted in favour of funding. Voted in favour of funding again.

3 Did not vote 'No', did not vote 'Yes', copped-out with 'Present'.

4 Did not even show up to vote.

Guess who?

Next candidate up for scrutiny please.

[quornholio]

Barack Obama is an empty suit, jam packed stadiums or not. Nobody owns John McCain. Obama talks about being independent and working bipartisan, but his voting record says otherwise. McCain walks the walk -- he has caught a LOT of flack from the Republicans for reaching across the aisle to the Democrats. A lot more than Obama.

I am one Democrat voting for McCain, who, unlike Obama, has served his country in the military, and paid the next to the highest price.

McCain is the real uniter.

[CultSavant]

McCain is a fascist who will follow Bush's pursuit of a totalitarian state which, believe it or not, we are one terrorist attack away from.

A democrat is what we need and the best democrat on the bill just so happens to be Obama.

Obama 08

[spookthesunset]

McCain a war hero and a great guy. I carry deep respect for him.

However, the difference between his speech and its ethos compared to Obama is like night and day. Obama is speaking to a jam packed stadium with a diverse coalition. McCain is speaking in a conference room with a pipe & drape background and a bunch of old white dinosaurs in the background who are out past their bed time.

He is going to have a very tough race against Obama.

[glory789]

Obama will cream this guy in the fall.

[ermineermine]

GLORY789:

> Obama will cream this guy

In speeches--flowery monologues? Yes.

In debates--questions asked and answered, specifics demanded and provided, contradictions pointed out and explained? No.

[spookthesunset]

Only because this isn't the time to bust out specifics. Obama's campaign has been almost perfectly played to date and there is a time for everything. If you've been watching him over the last day, he is slowly moving toward specifics and policy. Had he busted out specifics sooner, he'd loose against Hillary and provide ammo for McCain.

You wait my friend :-)

[glory789]

Obama will cream him in the debate on Iraq and the Economy. How is McCain going to defend his statement about a 100 year war in Iraq? How will he be able to debate the economy when he has to read Alan Greenspan's book to understand it?

[ermineermine]

GLORY789:

> a 100 year war in Iraq

QUESTION I:

Would you happen to be referring to the "in Iraq for 100 years" statement?

[virginiab1021]

Okay, let's see, government is too big. But who may it that way? Oh, yeah, the GOP. And we shouldn't go along with someone who says "trust me." Let me think... Now where have I heard that before?

[ermineermine]

VIRGINIAB1021:

> who may [sic] it that way? the GOP.

CHALLENGE I:

Make a list of major spending cuts which the Democratic-controlled Congress--the present or even one in the recent past--has passed.

Dare.

[gsuitter]

Vote McAmnesty for more wars and less jobs!

A year or two ago most every American blasted this guy for his amnesty plan, which he still promises. Now he is the best thing since sliced bread? Go figure. I guess if you yell terrorist enough the sheep will follow.

They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. Benjamin Franklin

[ermineermine]

GSUITTER:

> 1 wars, jobs, immigrant amnesty

> 2 liberty, security

QUESTION I:

How does waging war overseas sacrifice our liberties at home?

QUESTION II:

How do jobs affect the liberty B Franklin was referring to?

QUESTION III:

How does granting amnesty to illegal immigrants rob citizens of liberty?

[CultSavant]

Question:

How does waging war overseas sacrifice our liberties at home?

Patriot act.

[ermineermine]

The Patriot Act per se--and any laws applied precisely as it was designed and agreed to by another branch of government performing its duty to check and balance--is as much as a 'violation of our liberties' as

1 keeping records, monitoring and searching fertiliser suppliers following McVeigh's antics

2 keeping records, monitoring and searching flight schools following the Saudi 19's 'Act of Martyrdom'

3 keeping records, monitoring and searching Islamic charities and their donors.

. . .

[ermineermine]

The rational mind is able to distinguish between

A: Cheney and Rove goading law enforcement authorities to monitor and harass Pelosi

and

B: local law enforcement and intelligence services monitoring those who seek to join Islamic Zealots or fund their cause.

. . .

[ermineermine]

Notwithstanding the widespread practice of prostituting the words of Thomas Jefferson, liberty being seen as absolute loses sight of what liberty seeks to protect in the first place--liberty does not extend to those who seek to blow the rest of us to smithereens.

. . .

[ermineermine]

Why do you think that notwithstanding Benjamin, John and Thomas talking about

|| unalienable Rights--among which are

|| Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

civil society accepts

1 restrictions imposed on vice

2 imprisonment

3 capital punishment.

ONE: Principles are meant to be applied prudently, not indiscriminately.

TWO: Neither terrorist caves sealed by a missile nor terrorism's donors' calls and fund transfers monitored do not violate liberties enshrined in 1776.

[ermineermine]

(ERRATA: 'notwithstanding what', 'neither ~ monitored violate')

[ClarkePhoenix]

Go away, my friend. Far far away.

[MastaBlasta22]

And no, Obama and Hillarycare leading us to a welfare state isn't what I want...but why this guy? I'm tired of the fear factor of terrorism.

[boobsy108]

Oh the past. Not such a beautiful place to live.

[longrangerover]

You know, I think he's showing he's got the guts to win in the fall.

[MastaBlasta22]

I'd rather have brains than guts

[dbvanfos]

Too bad sloganeering appears to trump both.

[ermineermine]

DBVANFOS:

> Too bad sloganeering appears to trump both.

Sad but true.

Nonetheless, the SERIOUS issues which truly affect our lives are often boring to listen to--not surprising, because the matter of our security and our economic well-being are not meant to make us

1 sway and dance

2 sing along and chant slogans.

. . .

[ermineermine]

Haven't most of us at least once had our spouse, parent or grandparent sit us down for a serious discussion--do any of us remember them playing happy music 'to set the mood' or 'to give us hope amid the realities'? No.

Ditto Obama's 'HAPPY THERAPY'--hope is born of having a firm grasp of reality and a plan to improve our lot, not born of diversion and cult-induced trance.

[dbvanfos]

Yep. Well said.

[ermineermine]

MASTABLASTA22:

> I'd rather have brains than guts.

Me, too--I'd rather have brains alone or even guts alone (preferably both) than EMPTY RHETORIC AND FLOWERY SPEECHES.