I guess I'll keep my McCain hate train going. And OMG it is from CNN but atleast not a blog right.. NEW YORK (CNN) -- Russia invades Georgia and President Bush goes on vacation. Our president has spent one-third of his entire two terms in office either at Camp David, Maryland, or at Crawford, Texas, on vacation. His time away from the Oval Office included the month leading up to 9/11, when there were signs Osama bin Laden was planning to attack America, and the time Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city of New Orleans. Sen. John McCain takes weekends off and limits his campaign events to one a day. He made an exception for the religious forum on Saturday at Saddleback Church in Southern California. I think he made a big mistake. When he was invited last spring to attend a discussion of the role of faith in his life with Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, at Messiah College in Pennsylvania, McCain didn't bother to show up. Now I know why. It occurs to me that John McCain is as intellectually shallow as our current president. When asked what his Christian faith means to him, his answer was a one-liner. "It means I'm saved and forgiven." Great scholars have wrestled with the meaning of faith for centuries. McCain then retold a story we've all heard a hundred times about a guard in Vietnam drawing a cross in the sand. Asked about his greatest moral failure, he cited his first marriage, which ended in divorce. While saying it was his greatest moral failing, he offered nothing in the way of explanation. Why not? Throughout the evening, McCain chose to recite portions of his stump speech as answers to the questions he was being asked. Why? He has lived 71 years. Surely he has some thoughts on what it all means that go beyond canned answers culled from the same speech he delivers every day. He was asked "if evil exists." His response was to repeat for the umpteenth time that Osama bin Laden is a bad man and he will pursue him to "the gates of hell." That was it. He was asked to define rich. After trying to dodge the question -- his wife is worth a reported $100 million -- he finally said he thought an income of $5 million was rich. One after another, McCain's answers were shallow, simplistic, and trite. He showed the same intellectual curiosity that George Bush has -- virtually none. Where are John McCain's writings exploring the vexing moral issues of our time? Where are his position papers setting forth his careful consideration of foreign policy, the welfare state, education, America's moral responsibility in the world, etc., etc., etc.? John McCain graduated 894th in a class of 899 at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. His father and grandfather were four star admirals in the Navy. Some have suggested that might have played a role in McCain being admitted. His academic record was awful. And it shows over and over again whenever McCain is called upon to think on his feet. He no longer allows reporters unfettered access to him aboard the "Straight Talk Express" for a reason. He simply makes too many mistakes. Unless he's reciting talking points or reading from notes or a TelePrompTer, John McCain is lost. He can drop bon mots at a bowling alley or diner -- short glib responses that get a chuckle, but beyond that McCain gets in over his head very quickly. I am sick and tired of the president of the United States embarrassing me. The world we live in is too complex to entrust it to someone else whose idea of intellectual curiosity and grasp of foreign policy issues is to tell us he can look into Vladimir Putin's eyes and see into his soul. George Bush's record as a student, military man, businessman and leader of the free world is one of constant failure. And the part that troubles me most is he seems content with himself. He will leave office with the country $10 trillion in debt, fighting two wars, our international reputation in shambles, our government cloaked in secrecy and suspicion that his entire presidency has been a litany of broken laws and promises, our citizens' faith in our own country ripped to shreds. Yet Bush goes bumbling along, grinning and spewing moronic one-liners, as though nobody understands what a colossal failure he has been. I fear to the depth of my being that John McCain is just like him. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/18/cafferty.mccain/index.html
Hey everyone! Rex hates McCain! Who knew??? You're not fooling anyone here, pal. We all know it's a man crush. It's like when you were in elementary school, when the boys were mean to the girls and vice versa, all to hide the fact that they had a crush on one another. :hihi:
You have to wonder if Rex is going to kill himself if McCain beats Obama or Hillary. Or will he hate so much that he decides to take action himself?
I didn't read anything past "it is from CNN" to realize it must be crap. I need to fiugre out how to block channels so my kids don't watch that brainwashed, make believe crap!
the only thing i watch on CNN is Lou Dobbs. He is fairly even minded in his disdain for both parties and their typical bullcrap. He is usually a very even keeled independent.
Wanna play? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/obamas-shallow-credentia_b_92586.html http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803134910AA5FlPu http://www.rightupfront.org/2008/02/more-on-obamas-shallow-supporters.html http://www.desertconservative.com/2008/08/05/2163/ http://stillonpatrol.typepad.com/still_on_patrol/2008/06/obama-resigns-c.html uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOsGBcu3Ec&feature=related http://www.theatheistconservative.com/articles/2008/07/24/obamas-priorities-show-his-shallow-values I can get more if you'd like.
You know what is funny though. I hate Obama just about as much as I hate McCain but it's fun to watch you Pro McCain people try to defend your stances by a he said she said.
I hate both of them as well, but just wanted to point out that your original argument was also a "he said she said". Carry on...
If you hate Obama as much as you hate McCain, then at least be consistent and bash them equally. Ron Paul is out of the election. Get over it.
