This comment coming from a guy who never served a day in the "real" military and very seldom was seen serving in the fake military of his Daddys National Guard.
Again, all I can say is "Wow."
Damon
This comment coming from a guy who never served a day in the "real" military and very seldom was seen serving in the fake military of his Daddys National Guard.
Again, all I can say is "Wow."
Damon
John Grandpa McCain is in a terrible spot. Since he has offhandedly anointed Barrack Obama as his eventual opponent in the November election he has become the "crabby old man" down the street. Claiming that Barrack Obama is too inexperienced to be the Commander in Chief is as lame as the latest Hillary commercial showing her at 3 am taking the dreaded "red" phone call. (which doesn't actually exist in the real world) McCain is representative of all that is wrong with America. His very presence is ancient and archaic. His ideas are as old as a rusting jalopy out in the back yard. He is by his very nature what Congress actually looks like. When you look at John you see rust and lack of movement.
He continues to tout his experience and his support of the surge in Iraq. John, chill out and pick up the shuffleboard stick. That boat done sailed. The surge may in fact have quelled violence to some extent. This would be in great part due to Muqtada al-Sadr ordering his military to lay down arms for six months. But the fact remains that the cost in lives and dollars will make not only the surge a colossal military mistake but the war itself the largest boondoggle in American military history. George W. Bush's name will be synonymous with this boondoggle and John McCain is itching for the fourth chair behind Cheney and Rumsfeld. I predict that the word Bush will actually become an adverb in the coming years. "Hey dumb ass you really Bushed that one."
Grandpa McCain didn’t just vote to authorize the war; in response to a question from Tim Russert in September 2002, he lent his military credibility to the administration’s undermanned war plan. When Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, challenged that strategy in a February 2003 Senate hearing by calling for “several hundred thousand soldiers,” Mr. McCain did not speak up" in support. Later that month he went on “Hannity & Colmes” to say that the war “will be brief,” that post-Saddam Iraq is “going to be paid for by the Iraqis,” and that America will “send a message” from Syria to Saudi Arabia that “democracy can take hold in the Middle East.”
Hillary and McCain are searching desperately for dirt on Mr. Obama. Good luck folks. John has to come to the realization that even if Republicans buy his Iraq War "is good" argument then you still have to convince an overwhelming, may I even say "landslide", of new and independent voters that More of the Same is good for the average American. Barrack Obama may be all fluff and no substance. But his message is clear and is becoming more and more believable and possible. This November has the markings of an election for the record books.
Grandpa John may not be the only "crabby old man" down the street. If the landslide continues to grow many Republicans will be looking for work in the public sector. What a shame. My only hope is that this train wreck can be slowed and eventually stopped and reversed. We have many dark days ahead. I hope that the dim light I see ahead is the dawning of a new era in American politics and not a runaway train coming from the opposite direction.
Mr. Bush our esteemed officially unelected President has gone completely bat-shit crazy. During a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference where he remarked that each and every conservative should work to keep one of their own in the White House. Sadly, this is not the crazy part. Shrub went on to explain how great things really are in Iraq and on and on and on. He stressed how the surge worked and that violence is down. "A year after I ordered the surge of forces, high-profile terrorist attacks in Iraq are down, civilian deaths are down, sectarian killings are down. U.S. and Iraqi forces have captured or killed thousands of extremists in Iraq, including hundreds of key al Qaeda leaders and operatives," he said. My answer to that kind of logic is that even a house fire eventually goes out. No its not burning any longer but the site is a barren wasteland and no humans would want to live there any longer.
But his main concern is the election of 08. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said after the speech that Bush has "stayed studiously neutral" in the presidential race. I would say that using the word studiously and George W. Bush in the same sentence is an insult to anyone who finished 3rd grade. But nonetheless, Shrub expressed his desire for Grandpa McCain to be the next lunatic to wield the conservative sword. He went on to explain and admire his appointments of Alito and Roberts to the Supreme Court. "I say we need judges who respect our values, do not follow the political winds and revere the plain meaning of our Constitution. We need more judges like John Roberts and Sam Alito," Shrub said. Yeah, we need more judges like Roberts and Alito alright, we need them in chains. These guys are the worst. Conservatives to the core. No gray areas for these two clowns. Nothing but black and white.....ooops scratch the black part. No blacks, no gays, no poor, and no fair. These guys will be the lasting footprint of this disaster we call the Bush Administration and we are going to have to live with these two bastards until they retire or die.
Bush continued patting himself on the back about tax cuts. He revisited the Iraq war and praised himself for his illegal manipulation of the judiciary. But his biggest delusion is comparing himself to Reagan. Oh yes, God on high. The "Gipper". The "Great Communicator."
Bush called his presidency "a joyous experience" and said he wasn't worried about how history would judge him, saying President Reagan was nearing the end of his second term the same thing Shrub is nearing now."Ronald Reagan was called a 'warmonger,' 'an amiable dunce,' a movie actor detached from reality." Bush said. "Yet within a few years after President Reagan left office, the Berlin Wall came down, the evil empire collapsed, the Cold War was won.
Lets be clear. I hated Reagan. I did a jig the day he died. But comparing "Shrub" to Reagan is even an insult for someone who I despised. Reagan was a dunce, and a warmonger. He just happened to be at the helm the day that the Soviet Union went broke from its waging war in Afganistan. (Remind you of anything?) He gives a speech about a wall that was already falling. He had nothing to do with it. Shrub is a dunce, a warmonger, a nitwit, delusional, and I believe has a form of brain damage. (I'm not kidding there) But at least Reagan was somewhat intelligent and could give a fair speech. He knew how to play the game and will be remembered for eternity as a great President. Shrub will be remembered as causing some of our darkest days in this country. He will be remembered as the worst of the worst. The lowest common denominator in respect to the Oval Office. How embarrassing and sad.
As Super Tuesday draws near I must become humble and apologize to Senator Barack Obama. My last post was one of disbelief and dismay. His comments which I was force fed (out of context) angered me and sent me on a tailspin of negative prose. Yet, as the days moved on I read his comments verbatim and have pieced together the full thought process he was attempting to convey. His comments about Ronald Reagan were at best an attempt to show that the Republicans were attempting change, not good change, not improvement, but nonetheless change by its very definition. I completely and totally agree with that statement and have climbed back on the Obama wagon.
Senator Obama is the equivalent and possibly the finest example a current day JFK that I have seen in my lifetime. I have listened to many of his speeches, read his book and have been moved by his words. This man can grip an audience with the enthusiasm and the electricity he can put into the air. I feel good about being an American once again. A feeling that I have not felt for over 10 years. This man has the potential to improve/change this country. He has the potential to be the finest and the most important individual in the past three decades. I believe with all my heart that this man can change the world.
During the California debate last night it has become obvious that Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have decided that the Americans come first. They come first before ego, differences, and policy. No argument between the two is more important than is the future of the country. For this I salute both candidates. Again, I feel great about being an American.
A dream ticket...........Obama/Clinton.....Clinton/Obama....
I love this.
Barrack Obama may have the charisma and the look of a rock start but he has shattered my support. He literally has broken it into small pieces and left it by the side of the road. His praise of Ronald Reagan to the Reno Gazette has left me reeling...........
Obama told the Reno Gazette-Journal editorial board Monday that "Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path because the country was ready for it," Obama said.
"I think it's fair to say that the Republicans were the party of ideas for a pretty long chunk of time there over the last 10 to 15 years in the sense that they were challenging conventional wisdom," Obama told the newspaper.
How dare a Democratic candidate praise the Republican Party or its "walk on water" god Reagan for anything? The Republican Party has sent this country into a tailspin that we may never recover from. It has dismissed the middle class as nothing more than worker bees and increased the distance between the extremely wealthy and the ones just getting by.
Hillary Clinton hit the mark.
"That's not the way I remember the last ten to fifteen years." She said she didn't consider it a better idea to privatize Social Security, eliminate the minimum wage, undercut health benefits, shut down the government or drive the country into debt. "I think we know what needs to be done in America. And I think we're ready to do it. I'm ready to lead on day one.
Edwards was also on the mark,
"Ronald Reagan, the man who busted unions, the man who did everything in his power to destroy the organized labor movement, the man who created a tax structure that favored the richest Americans against middle class and working families, ... we know that Ronald Reagan is not an example of change for a presidential candidate running in the Democratic Party," Edwards said.
Reagan also "was destructive to the environment by removing a lot of the regulation that existed," Edwards added in a later telephone interview with The Associated Press. "I would never use Ronald Reagan as an example of change."
From this day forward I will support Mr. John Edwards for the Presidency. He is the only one who has a disdain for big business, corporate corruption, and special interest that is similar to my own. He is, in fact, a man of the people.
I will support a Democratic candidate no matter who he or she might be. But I hope and pray that it will be a candidate that I can tell myself, my children, and my grandchildren was not BUSH LIGHT!!