wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:31 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


For some reason being "forgetful" about middle east geography and
forgetting what Senate Committee(s) you currently serve on are different
to me.


Eisboch

Come on, do you really think Obama doesn't know what committees he is
on? These guys are giving hundreds a speeches a week. He misspoke. So
what?


The righties are desperate for something - anything - on which to make
an issue. Their boy McCain is going down big time, and so are a lot of
GOP Senate and House members. It's going to get really really ugly on
the right as the election gets closer.

"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:31 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


For some reason being "forgetful" about middle east geography and
forgetting what Senate Committee(s) you currently serve on are different
to me.


Eisboch

Come on, do you really think Obama doesn't know what committees he is on?
These guys are giving hundreds a speeches a week. He misspoke. So what?


The righties are desperate for something - anything - on which to make an
issue. Their boy McCain is going down big time, and so are a lot of GOP
Senate and House members. It's going to get really really ugly on the
right as the election gets closer.


I acknowledged a while ago that I was impressed with Obama. However, as
time as passed and I listen more closely, I become less so. He's a nice,
neat package, but there's something missing.

Eisboch

wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:31 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


For some reason being "forgetful" about middle east geography and
forgetting what Senate Committee(s) you currently serve on are different
to me.


Eisboch

Come on, do you really think Obama doesn't know what committees he is
on? These guys are giving hundreds a speeches a week. He misspoke. So
what?

How much mis-speaking is allowed?

wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:26:31 -0400, Eisboch wrote:


For some reason being "forgetful" about middle east geography and
forgetting what Senate Committee(s) you currently serve on are different
to me.


Eisboch

Come on, do you really think Obama doesn't know what committees he is
on? These guys are giving hundreds a speeches a week. He misspoke. So
what?

While I would prefer McCain to be our next president. Since the odds
are Obama will win in November. I certainly hope you are correct. The
last thing we need is another brain dead president.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:25:46 -0400, RPS wrote:


While I would prefer McCain to be our next president. Since the odds
are Obama will win in November. I certainly hope you are correct. The
last thing we need is another brain dead president.

Interesting you should say this. While I'm tending towards Obama, my
decision hasn't been made. One of my concerns is McCain's brain power.
I've noticed on several occasions, his aides feeding him lines. So far,
it could just be campaign fatigue, but it is something to keep an eye on.

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On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:23:46 +0000, Artie Choke wrote:

"Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at
my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out
of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to
call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to
ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon."

Senator B. Obama

Only one problem - he ain't on the committee.

Being a little harsh, aren't we? These two guys have been out
campaigning very hard, under very close scrutiny, for a very long time.
For every gaff Obama makes, I can give you one that McCain makes. Get
over it, one of these men will be the next POTUS. Obama may not be on
the Senate Banking Committee, but he was a sponsor of the Iran Sanctions
Enabling Act of 2007. In it, were provisions that were just passed by the
Banking Committee.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?
title=Iran_Sanctions_Enabling_Act_of_2007


McCain is qualified: he was a P.O.W. Because of that, he knows that Iraq
and Afghanistan share a border.

On Jul 24, 6:37 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:23:46 +0000, Artie Choke wrote:

"Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at
my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out
of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to
call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to
ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon."

Senator B. Obama

Only one problem - he ain't on the committee.

Being a little harsh, aren't we? These two guys have been out
campaigning very hard, under very close scrutiny, for a very long time.
For every gaff Obama makes, I can give you one that McCain makes. Get
over it, one of these men will be the next POTUS. Obama may not be on
the Senate Banking Committee, but he was a sponsor of the Iran Sanctions
Enabling Act of 2007. In it, were provisions that were just passed by the
Banking Committee.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?
title=Iran_Sanctions_Enabling_Act_of_2007

McCain is qualified: he was a P.O.W. Because of that, he knows that Iraq
and Afghanistan share a border.

Well, I've made up my mind not to get into political arguements, and
I'm not jumping into a fray now.

however I thought this article from the Chicago Tribune was
interesting.

all I can say is "maybe...maybe not"

beats me. I don't know.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...1832802.column

Tim wrote:
On Jul 24, 6:37 am, HK wrote:
wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:23:46 +0000, Artie Choke wrote:
"Now, in terms of knowing my commitments, you don't have to just look at
my words, you can look at my deeds. Just this past week, we passed out
of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, which is my committee, a bill to
call for divestment from Iran, as a way of ratcheting up the pressure to
ensure that they don't obtain a nuclear weapon."
Senator B. Obama
Only one problem - he ain't on the committee.
Being a little harsh, aren't we? These two guys have been out
campaigning very hard, under very close scrutiny, for a very long time.
For every gaff Obama makes, I can give you one that McCain makes. Get
over it, one of these men will be the next POTUS. Obama may not be on
the Senate Banking Committee, but he was a sponsor of the Iran Sanctions
Enabling Act of 2007. In it, were provisions that were just passed by the
Banking Committee.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?
title=Iran_Sanctions_Enabling_Act_of_2007
McCain is qualified: he was a P.O.W. Because of that, he knows that Iraq
and Afghanistan share a border.

Well, I've made up my mind not to get into political arguements, and
I'm not jumping into a fray now.

however I thought this article from the Chicago Tribune was
interesting.

all I can say is "maybe...maybe not"

beats me. I don't know.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/c...1832802.column


I like McCain as a person, but he's just too far over the hill and I
think would be a dangerous choice for POTUS because of that and because
he is too closely wedded to the failed policies of the Bush Administration.

"HK" wrote in message
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I like McCain as a person, but he's just too far over the hill and I think
would be a dangerous choice for POTUS because of that and because he is
too closely wedded to the failed policies of the Bush Administration.



I also respect McCain but am not sure he can put the right team together to
win an election, let alone run the country. So far his campaign seems to be
one of flying by the seat of his pants with little or no strategy or well
thought out plan.

Obama is a gifted speaker and is eloquent in his delivery, but so far
there's no beef to back up the beautiful words.

McCain is blowing it by shedding his "maverick" reputation and aligning
himself with many of the Bush administration policies, most likely at the
advice of his advisors who are concerned with losing some of the GOP base
support. IMO, he should speak *his* mind.

I am starting to believe, as another posted noted, that neither McCain or
Obama have the right stuff.

Overall, the Dems blew it, IMO, by having a primary season dominated by the
foolish infighting of two candidates.
There were other Democratic candidates much more qualified to be POTUS who
fell by the wayside due to the circus-like media focus on Hillary/Obama.

The GOP blew it also by ignoring some other decent candidates.

What to do .... what to do?

Eisboch

Actually, this says it all:

'We, in Scotland , cannot figure out why people are even botherin' to hold
an election in the United States . On one side, ye have a pants-wearing
lawyer, married to a lawyer who cannot keep his pants on, who just lost a
long and heated primary against a lawyer who goes to the wrong church who
is married to yet another lawyer who doesn't even like the country her
husband wants to run.'

'Now...On the other side, you have a nice, old war hero whose name starts
with the appropriate Mc terminology married to a good looking younger
woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What in Lord's name are ye lads thinkin' over there in the colonies??'