Obama is turning into John Kerry

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    digster wrote:
    Weren't you telling me only one page ago about how Obama's flip-flopping was such a turnoff?

    I guess I'm a flip-flopper then ... ;)

    Seriously, McCain has some decent pro-life credentials ... and when we're talking abortion, what we're really talking is the Supreme Court issue, anyway. He's said he'll appoint only strict constructionists, and I believe him.

    This is an instance where not knowing exactly what a candidate will do is better than the alternative.

    I would rather take a chance on McCain appointing my kind of justices, rather than voting for Obama, who I am for 100 percent certain will not.

    I think I've mentioned before that McCain is not my ideal candidate. But he's the only serious one I've got in this election.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    locked wrote:
    just wait until the debates and his stuttering kicks in..

    he'll be done..

    Do you mean McCain's stuttering or Obama's?

    Seriously ... listen to anything unscripted by Obama and count the "uhhhhs" ... it would be a fun little drinking game!
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    obama's...
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
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    10/25/13 Hartford
  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    slightofjeff wrote:
    This is an instance where not knowing exactly what a candidate will do is better than the alternative.

    Yes, of course, because you wouldn't want to vote for somebody when you vote him in where, right or wrong, he believes in what he's doing. What you see is what you get with Obama, and that isn't good at all.

    I'd smile to let you know this is in jest, but I don't really know how. Anyways, your words, not mine.
  • RainDog
    RainDog Posts: 1,824
    slightofjeff wrote:
    OK, well then nevermind ;)

    EDIT: Although I'm not sure being fiscally conservative neccesarily bars them from making a judgment on earmarks. As a fiscal conservative myself, I would say anyone they give a thumbs-up to should be OK in my book, right?

    For instance, if you are staunchly pro-choice, and NOW gives a particular candidate high marks ... wouldn't that be a good sign for you?
    Absolutely. I just wanted everyone to be clear that they are not non-partisian. They determine their own parameters on what's waste and what isn't, based on their decidedly partisian beliefs, and rank politicians accordingly.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    digster wrote:

    No, but people should be able to respond when someone backs up their arguments with facts and figures that refute your argument. That's what a discussion is, and that's really the only reason someone would come to this board.

    Of course, I agree ... but I don't think that was that dude's point. He asked for a list of principles I agreed with McCain on. I gave him a list. Then he proceeded to trash it. I wasn't arguing with him. I was just answering a question for him.

    He asked the question simply to bash my views ... which he knew he wouldn't agree with even before he asked the question. It was a waste of bandwith.

    At least he did it without any childish name-calling, however, which is a step up from his performance on other threads of this nature. So kudos go out there.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    RainDog wrote:
    Absolutely. I just wanted everyone to be clear that they are not non-partisian. They determine their own parameters on what's waste and what isn't, based on their decidedly partisian beliefs, and rank politicians accordingly.

    I misspoke, and I appreciate the information. It is important to know the biases of different sources of info ... that I can agree on.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Of course, I agree ... but I don't think that was that dude's point. He asked for a list of principles I agreed with McCain on. I gave him a list. Then he proceeded to trash it. I wasn't arguing with him. I was just answering a question for him.

    He asked the question simply to bash my views ... which he knew he wouldn't agree with even before he asked the question. It was a waste of bandwith.

    At least he did it without any childish name-calling, however, which is a step up from his performance on other threads of this nature. So kudos go out there.

    Well, to be fair he backed up everything he was saying. That's more than most people, liberal or conservative, do here or in general.

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