Huh?
I thought the Canadian media adored Obama....
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/08/30/6614841-sun.html
The facts Middle America must consider about the two men vying for its votes is Obama's record of barely 143 days in Congress with no military service, and McCain's record of 26 years in Congress with 22 years of military service.
Eh1eh is right. Someone is talking about investing in a vision of alternative energy. The status quo is pretty good for the oil barons.Huh?
I thought the Canadian media adored Obama....
http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/08/30/6614841-sun.html
Rex Murphy gives Obama a bit of a backhand in the Globe and Mail today as well....says his Convention speech was not up to the event or the day......
Barack Obama's Iraq Speech
Delivered on Wednesday, October 2, 2002 by Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator, at the first high-profile Chicago anti-Iraq war rally (organized by Chicagoans Against War in Iraq) at noon in Federal Plaza in Chicago, Illinois; at the same day and hour that President Bush and Congress announced their agreement on the joint resolution authorizing the Iraq War, but over a week before it was passed by either body of Congress.
Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying that although this has been billed as an anti-war rally, I stand before you as someone who is not opposed to war in all circumstances.
The Civil War was one of the bloodiest in history, and yet it was only through the crucible of the sword, the sacrifice of multitudes, that we could begin to perfect this union, and drive the scourge of slavery from our soil. I don’t oppose all wars.
My grandfather signed up for a war the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, fought in Patton’s army. He saw the dead and dying across the fields of Europe; he heard the stories of fellow troops who first entered Auschwitz and Treblinka. He fought in the name of a larger freedom, part of that arsenal of democracy that triumphed over evil, and he did not fight in vain.
I don’t oppose all wars.
After September 11th, after witnessing the carnage and destruction, the dust and the tears, I supported this Administration’s pledge to hunt down and root out those who would slaughter innocents in the name of intolerance, and I would willingly take up arms myself to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.
I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots, or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz and other arm-chair, weekend warriors in this Administration to shove their own ideological agendas down our throats, irrespective of the costs in lives lost and in hardships borne.
What I am opposed to is the attempt by political hacks like Karl Rove to distract us from a rise in the uninsured, a rise in the poverty rate, a drop in the median income — to distract us from corporate scandals and a stock market that has just gone through the worst month since the Great Depression.
That’s what I’m opposed to. A dumb war. A rash war. A war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics....
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Barack_Obama's_Iraq_Speech
McCain Attack Ad Makes an Issue of Iran
By Juliet Eilperin
Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) campaign unveiled a new attack ad questioning Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) foreign policy credentials, which starts today on national cable, in Denver and in scattered markets throughout the country.
The ad, which takes selected phrases from remarks the presumptive Democratic nominee made on May 18 in Pendleton, Ore., implies that Obama doesn't take Iran seriously.
"Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism," the narrator intones. "Developing nuclear capabilities to 'generate power' but threatening to eliminate Israel."
"Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat,'" he continues. "Terrorism, destroying Israel, those aren't 'serious threats'? Obama -- dangerously unprepared to be president."
The ad clearly takes what Obama was saying out of context, since the Democrat was not addressing Iran's policy on Israel or nuclear weapons when he made the comments. Instead, he was defending his controversial proposal to personally meet with Iran's leaders, comparing the situation to how President John F. Kennedy met with then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during the height of the Cold War.
"I mean think about it. Iran, Cuba, Venezuela -- these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us," Obama said at the time. "And yet we were willing to talk to the Soviet Union at the time when they were saying we're going to wipe you off the planet."...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/27/new_mccain_attack_ad_makes_an.html
I still have no idea - I am holding off for the boring news debates where three old news hacks grill the candidates.
They were asking for ten - but only have three scheduled. I guess ten would be too much of the same thing ...
The conventions are a fun watch and more interesting for an audience but they don't really get into the sticky stuff until it's a one-on-one. I want to see how they work in
close quarters with seconds to respond.
Currently the US is run by people who started unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq, approved torture and violated Geneva conventions regarding the treatment of POWs. These people should be held to the same standard as the Nazis tried at Nuremberg trials.
People should elect leaders based on their stand on the issues. In the case of Obama, his stand on the Iraq war separates him from McCain.
peace, stability, justice and freedom. This shouldn't be a close race.
Rex Murphy gives Obama a bit of a backhand in the Globe and Mail today as well....says his Convention speech was not up to the event or the day......