Sorry, Mr. M (9:16pm),
I’m not persuaded by your relativist “everybody does it” argument. Please show me one single equally crazed writer from the “right” here at PJM talking about McCain like this fool I cited. I’ll gladly show you – just off the top of my head – three others in addition.
And YES, this “excess” IS indeed a part – and a desired, planned part – of the Zerobama campaign: among others, the salute (the cupped hands over the head, forming an “O”…not that they’re recommending saying “Sieg!” in conjunction…), song (“Yes We Can Yada Yada” by Will.I.Am). Such idolatry does NOT become an American candidate, in my opinion.
I find your writing “making excuses” for this horrendously mistaken candidate.
Obama “at his best” in Berlin?! NONSENSE. What on earth was this child doing in Berlin in the first place, anyway?! He spouted GIBBERISH there, so please don’t try to convince anyone that the pseudo-speech (accompanying the free music and drinks there…how the Berliners just LOVE to party on someone else’s dime…) was anything more than a two-dimensional photo-op.
Maybe YOU’RE persuaded by Zerobama’s empty rhetoric; I’M NOT.
So, you’re bothered “how” Palin was selected. TWO THINGS HERE: 1) YOU DO NOT KNOW; you are assuming, 2) You’ve got some pretty messed up priorities for selecting a president in 2008, if this one’s truly a bee in your bonnet.
As to your “three specific things Obama wants to do: withdraw from Iraq, step up operations in Afghanistan by all the countries of NATO, and to absolutely and unequivocally prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.” Well, GEE, actually I don’t know of anyone other than Quakers who disagreee with that: GW Bush ALSO wants to withdraw from Iraq, now that we have taken the time to bring sufficient stability to the country. GW Bush ALSO wants to step up operations in Afghanistan and prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
ONLY DIFFERENCE, I trust Bush. I DON’T trust Zerobama.
Maybe you do. Maybe you just have to. But the rest of America deserves better than Obama.
*** VOTE McCAIN/PALIN ’08! ***
