All About McCain

[Ghoulish Delight]

There isn't a shudder powerful enough

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

There isn't a shudder powerful enough

Why? I for one encourage the GOP to nominate her in '12! An incumbent President Obama vs Caribou Barbie? It’ll be a slaughter!

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Why? I for one encourage the GOP to nominate her in '12! An incumbent President Obama vs Caribou Barbie? It’ll be a slaughter!

Need I remind you that George W. Bush was elected? Twice?

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

Well, the bottom line for me is not that it's awful to be rich or to buy fine things, but that it's awful to pretend - particularly on a political front - that you're "just like everyone else," and call out others for being "elitist" when you are elitist yourself.

Originally Posted by JWBear

I have no problems with politicians dressing well. In fact, I expect it. I do, however, have a problem with putting on a painful show of "folksyness" and accusing your opponant of "elitism", and then going on a $150,000 clothes shopping binge with somebody elses money.

Exactly. Portray yourself as the common person, yet go spend significantly more than that "everyman's" salary on a wardrobe? Not quite. I don't so much mind she spent somebody else's money (that's a perk of being the candidate) but how much she spent????? Wow.

Same argument I have with McCain claiming maverick status, yet voting with his party 90% of the time. I don't have an issue with Obama voting with his party- he doesn't try to claim something else.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by alphabassettgrrl

Same argument I have with McCain claiming maverick status, yet voting with his party 90% of the time. I don't have an issue with Obama voting with his party- he doesn't try to claim something else.

Excuse me? He often claims he worked across the aisle in his career in the Illinois State senate, and claims that he is the end to partisanship because he can work with the other side. Working with the other side is easy when you don't intend to take into account anything they have to offer, and based on his voting record, I think it's pretty safe to say he won't take anything they offer seriously. Listen? Sure. I'll listen to anyone if I am planning on just discounting their words later.

Also, that 90% is INCREDIBLY distorted. That includes votes like "We declare today national left handed missing a big toe WWII veterens day in honor of Joe Nobigtoe". Things that are automatic yes votes.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Also, that 90% is INCREDIBLY distorted. That includes votes like "We declare today national left handed missing a big toe WWII veterens day in honor of Joe Nobigtoe". Things that are automatic yes votes.

It may be incredibly distorted, but that didn't stop McCain from using it to campaign for himself (I tried to find the video clip but now can't remember where I saw it).

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

It may be incredibly distorted, but that didn't stop McCain from using it to campaign for himself (I tried to find the video clip but now can't remember where I saw it).

Check Obama's website. He's been using that clip of McCain every five min on every TV station around here for months.