OBAMA WON A CLOSE DEBATE WITH HIS INDISPUTABLE KNOWLEDGE IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HIS RELAXED BEARING AT THE PODIUM AND HIS RAZOR-SHARP JUDGMENT ON THE ISSUES
MCCAIN SHOWED NOTHING BUT DISDAIN, CONDESCENSION, AND RUDENESS TO OBAMA
I would like to kick John McCain in the ass. He infuriated me with his aurora of self-importance that would not allow him to look at Obama in the eye for even one shining moment. He was so self-assured that he came off as the spoiled brat that he is.
McCain is well known for his temper which he kept under control during last evening’s debate, but he accomplished that only with greatest of restraint.
Several retired generals have endorsed Barack Obama because from their years of experience with McCain, they consider him a man who is always on the verge of exploding and therefore too emotionally charged to deal with affairs of state and war which require a president with a coldly analytical and quietly controlled confidence.
McCain said on numerous occasions during the debate that, “Senator Obama does not understand,” “Senator Obama does seem to get it.” Senator Obama is naïve,” “This is an example of his lack of experience and judgment.”
There was a time that I had a very positive opinion of John McCain, the man and the Senator. No more! I find him to be a liar, to be expedient, and to do anything that will enhance his chances for victory on November 4, 2008.
He has said many times that he would rather lose the election than lose the war, or lose this or that. He is wrong. He will do, say and practice anything he feels will win his way into the White House and the Oval Office.
I, for one, know that John McCain was a prisoner of war during Viet Nam. I know because he has told us over and over again. Whenever he has painted himself into a corner, he reiterates his prisoner of war mantra.
During the primaries, Biden accused Rudolf Giuliani of constantly and insipidly reminding us of the fact he was Mayor of New York during 9/11. Biden accused Giuliani of including in every sentence a noun, a verb and 9/11.
McCain can be accused of including in his every sentence, a noun, a verb, and tortured prisoner of war. While none of us would choose to be a prisoner during any war and tackle the prospect of being tortured day in and day out, McCain surely realizes that there were 700 other prisoners held in North Viet Nam and that most of them were pilots who were shot down over enemy territory. He surely must realize that they too were faced with painful torture, the beatings, the deprivation of food and water and personal hygiene. They survived and none of them believe that the torture or the imprisonment provided them with the qualifications or the judgment to be president.
In fact, we can assume that McCain and some of the others were brain washed continuously and suffered permanent mental infirmity from that torture which probably is the cause for his short fuse, intermittent mental confusion (Sunni/Shiites and al Qaeda) and apparent memory loss from time to time.
One other key point, McCain repeatedly speaks of his trips to Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as his visits to countries in Europe, the Balkans, Russia, and other destinations around the world.
During his recent visits to Iraq, he was given a well planned demonstration of American success with the “surge.” He walked down one of Baghdad’s major thoroughfares and came home to brag that the surge had worked so spectacularly that he could walk down the streets of Iraq’s capital and not fear for his life. He failed to tell us that he was surrounded by over one hundred American combat forces with four helicopters over head scouring the horizon for potential insurgences ready to blow the Arizona Senator to pieces.
He somehow fails to recognize that the generals who were given the orders to succeed with this surge of troops were told that this war cannot be won with military might, it must be won in the political arena by the three parties that dominate Iraq coming together to agree upon the outstanding issues that are vital to a final settlement.
McCain is celebrating a military victory which is tenuous at best. The moment the surge was announced, Moqtada al Sadr, the cleric
who commands the Mahdi army of 60-100,000 men, ordered them to return to their homes and to their hideaways until after the additional American troops were redeployed. The question remains—did the additional thirty or forty thousand Americans affect the fragile victory or did the retreat of the Mahdi army allow the victory to occur only to continue their intended genocide of the Sunnis later?
Did the generals put on a show for McCain knowing full well he would never admit defeat nor allude to the possible failure of his “beloved surge.” McCain knows that if the surge falls short, his chances of being elected president are dashed.
If the surge was as successful as McCain incessantly claims then our troops should be on their way home and I do not see any movement in that direction which only says to me that the surge was not the victory that he declares.
I have visited 28 countries of the world, but unlike McCain I would never suggest that I was an expert on any of those nations. And when McCain travels, because he is a U. S. Senator and a presidential candidate, the generals will inevitably put their very best foot forward, if not an artificial foot that greatly exaggerates the success they have accomplished.
I would suggest to the Senator that he cease and desist his charade about being the one and only expert on foreign affairs and national security since the majority of his policies have miserably failed.
During a recent Ohio State football game, the commentator made this statement about Terrelle Pryor, the astonishing freshman quarterback, “There is no substitute for experience, unless it is pure talent.” McCain had better recognize very quickly that he may have the experience, although instead of twenty-six years of experience, I suspect he has had one year of experience twenty-six times over, he is up against a man of pure and extraordinary talent in Barack Obama.
The first two polls out after the debates declare Obama the winner. In the CNN-Public Research Opinion Poll 51% of those polls declared Obama to be the winner by a margin of 51% to 38% for McCain.
Those who participated found “Obama was widely considered more intelligent, likable and in touch with peoples' problems, and by modest margins was seen as the stronger leader and more sincere. Most said it was McCain who spent more time attacking his opponent”
The CBS poll of uncommitted voters found that 39% believed Obama to be the winner while 24 % thought McCain to be the better of the two. The most interesting finding was that “Twice as many said Obama understands their needs than said so about McCain.”
I must admit that the performance of the two men was excellent, although Obama looked, acted and spoke exceptionally presidential. I give my vote to Barack Obama because he succeeded in the area of foreign affairs and national security that is purportedly is McCain’s expertise.
McCain did not surpass the presentation of Obama in any way, form or fashion in his own area of ostensible superiority.
I believe these words from a sports expert may express better than any others why Obama is the winner: “There is no substitute for experience, unless it is pure talent.”
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