Heck of a Job, Brownie wrote on July 28, 2008 10:39 PM: Sad Summerlin sez: "I think someone just blamed the fact that a hurricane hit near New Orleans on the Bush presidency."

Nope. We blame the mishandling of the situation on "Heck of a job, Brownie," Prez Bush.

rider89 wrote on July 28, 2008 10:49 AM: And to see what Obama sounds like off the teleprompter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

And a note about the post yesterday from stampoutignorance:
Firstly, a lot of irony in your screen name.
Secondly, you gave a perfect example of covering for O's gaffe's, just like the media. You flatout lied about the 57 states gaffe. Check out the video.

hbaz wrote on July 28, 2008 10:10 AM: One reporter to another about Obama
"It is a good thing he is not Dan Quayle. We would have to report all these gaffes!!"

Gavin wrote on July 28, 2008 01:47 AM: To Rick (and others):

First, McCain graduated near last in his class at the Naval Academy not a record of high achievement.

Second, this was during the 1950s (not the 1960s) -- a time when most teens were not avoiding the military, we had the draft and deferments (like those given during the Vietnam War) were fairly uncommon. Heck, even Elvis served his time.

Third, he did not get into a service academy on his own merits (like Gens. Eisenhower or Bradley for instance) but as a legacy (much like the current president at Yale) being the son and grandson of admirals.

Fourth, the academies are not as selective as one might think; for instance, the cutoff score on the SAT1 for entry was 1250 well below the scores for schools like MIT and Cal Tech. Granted, a 1250 is still higher than cutoffs for schools like CU Boulder or Florida State.

Fifth, for those of you who criticize McCain's war record as a POW (the propaganda tapes, etc.), I think it be best to walk the proverbial mile in another's shoes before casting aspersions, and since this unlikely to happen I would suggest quiet on this issue lest one be accused of "Swiftboating."

All this being said, I find there are much more salient reasons to not vote for McCain and for Obama. Among these, age, elitism, education, and constitutional knowledge.

Age: enough said.

Elitism: can't get more elite than son and a grandson of four-star admirals while marrying into a politically connected and extremely wealthy family. Obama, on the other hand, has lived the rhetorical Republican dream -- working his way up from the bottom. Too bad he has lived the real Democrat dream.

Education: bachelor's vs. law degree.

Constitutional knowledge: Obama was a constitutional law professor for over a decade even while he was state lawmaker.

Sad Summerlin wrote on July 28, 2008 12:29 AM: Is there a full moon tonight because I think someone just blamed the fact that a hurricane hit near New Orleans on the Bush presidency...

Still... lots of negative talk from someone totally obsessed with AM radio, but still... no one has yet to provide one link where studies show that McCain gets more favorable treatment than Obama...

Lots of nice stories folks, but if you are going to make a fact... give it a reference... or have we all forgotten what footnotes are?

ND wrote on July 27, 2008 11:59 PM: Obviously it would be harsh to hold McCain's basketball skills against him, given his age and condition due to his honorable service, but we Americans in general catch only glimpses of our candidates. I mean, we could wish that the vast majority of the voting population truly understood both McCain and Obama's values, record, policies, etc. but looking at some of the ill informed comments about this article says that simply is not true.

With that said, we make snap judgments about people who do appear to be "cool" and can relate to people working today. Fact of the matter is people today have broad access to information via the internet, so McCain-despite his admission to making gaffes needs to stop, because more people are realizing his mistakes.

Obama, on the other hand, has had the internet/media see him favorably, but at the same time has had a guerrilla slur campaign launched on the same medium.

So each candidate must try better to control how the media, no matter how little or much they receive, to push their agenda; and in my opinion, Obama has done more to do that.

streicher wrote on July 27, 2008 10:43 PM: The media is harder on Mccain? Why didn't they make a big deal when he said he hated America like they did M. Obama? It's all over youtube but not main stream media 'I didn't love America" was the exact quote. Also his advisor Gramm was responsible for killing a bill in the 90's that could have helped capture terrorists (would have allowed their money to be tracked). His wife ruined Enron, He got the bills passed that deregulated the housing and futures marked leading to market crisis and high gas prices.. Did anyone actually read mccains voting record it's about 99 percent with Bush and about 75 percent against his speaking record, he votes against the troops every chance he gets..

What it comes down to is since 2000 when the Republicans were in control we have had 2 terror attacks (9/11 and the antrax mailings), New Orleans destroyed and a mess(and survivors given poison trailers), The raping of the US constitution, the Justice Dept. made political, Iran and North Korea getting the bomb, the first ever US invasion of a sovern nation of Iraq without proof or cause. The middle class being wiped out.

I voted for Bush in 2000 when the media Killed Gore but will never let the media take my vote again. I still haven't heard the media cover the story about the vietnam vets speaking out AGAINST mccain (they covered every story against Kerry) they ask why his codename from the vietnamese was "songbird"?

John McSame wrote on July 27, 2008 09:36 PM: Bush+president=hell
McCain=Bush
so therefore,
McCain+president=hell

Cant argue with the math.

Semi-coherent "tim" wrote on July 27, 2008 09:25 PM: Semi-coherent "tim" (who still can't operate the CAPS key or spell-checker) sez: "they hate bush cause they lost the election,twice, because their canidates [sic] were even worse than bush could ever be.sour grapes "

Brilliant, "tim".

"tim" and those who re-elected the moron actually believed the extremely emotionally dysfunctional mouthpieces of the Republican National Committee: O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Savage, Coulter, etc. etc. "tim" must have figured that because fathead republicans and fascists like Rupert Murdoch could afford to buy networks, then everything Fair-and-Balanced Coulter and O'Reilly says must be true.

Quite apart from their message, is it not obvious those seething nut-cases are emotionally whacked? Only neurotic, emotionally-whacked people themselves fail to recognize this.

To them, Coulter, O'Reilly, Savage, Limbaugh and the others appear "normal."

"tim." Get help.

"tim" the Most Infamous U.S.Terrorist in History wrote on July 27, 2008 09:11 PM: In all of his sophomoric wisdom, "tim" (who never found the caps key) sez about Obama: "I know a couple of terrorists with the same name."

Yeah, and I know "tim" McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, a super, Fair-and-Balanced, AM radio type. The most infamous American terrorist in history, and Army vet.

Hey, Fair-and-Balanced folk, let's pretend the following, non-controversial Wikipedia quote is inaccurate:

"Timothy James McVeigh (April 23, 1968 – June 11, 2001) was a United States Army veteran and security guard who bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was convicted of eleven United States federal offenses, and was sentenced to death and executed for his role in the April 19, 1995 bombing. His act, which claimed 168 lives, was the deadliest event of domestic terrorism in the United States, and the deadliest act of terrorism within United States borders until the September 11, 2001 attacks."

"McVeigh spent time on the gun show circuit. He sold copies of The Turner Diaries, and a flare gun which he said 'could shoot down an "ATF helicopter'. One author said, "In the gun show culture, McVeigh found a home. Though he remained skeptical of some of the most extreme ideas being bandied around, he liked talking to people there about the United Nations, the federal government, and possible threats to American liberty.

"In interviews before his execution, documented in American Terrorist, McVeigh stated he decapitated an Iraqi soldier with cannon fire on his first day in the war and celebrated. But he said he later was shocked to be ordered to execute surrendering prisoners, and to see carnage on the road leaving Kuwait City after U.S. troops routed the Iraqi army. In interviews following the Oklahoma City bombing, McVeigh said he began harboring anti-government feelings during the Gulf War."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh

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