McCain speech yesterday

ThecureThecure Posts: 814
edited March 2008 in A Moving Train
did anyone hear mcCain speech yesterday. i though it was well done. he got very personal when he talked about knowing war first hand. i got this article from teh New York Times which as ever one knows is very conservative (HAHA)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/us/politics/27campaign.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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  • Too bad he's out of his mind...
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

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  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    Too bad he's out of his mind...

    what do you mean by that?
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
  • Thecure wrote:
    what do you mean by that?

    This article pretty much sums it up. He's out of touch to put it lightly.

    http://www.alternet.org/election08/80537/
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    This article pretty much sums it up. He's out of touch to put it lightly.

    http://www.alternet.org/election08/80537/

    I think the guy is already showing signs of dementia. Scary thought that he might be in the Whitehouse in a few months.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    I think the guy is already showing signs of dementia. Scary thought that he might be in the Whitehouse in a few months.

    I really do have a problem with his age... I was having this conversation with my mother last week about my grandma. She is 78 now, but when she was 72 (McCain's age when he would take office), she was really with it, volunteering at the library, heading some church committees, etc., and just really as sharp as I remember her my whole life. But in the past 6 years she has REALLY slipped both physically and more so mentally. She can't hear anything, and has dementia pretty good. It's hard to even have a conversation with her.

    My other grandma is 80, and acts about 60, so I know that some people his age could do fine, but the thought of someone like my grandma being president and going through these problems is scary, especially seeing the rapid decline first hand that seemed to come out of nowhere.
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    I really do have a problem with his age... I was having this conversation with my mother last week about my grandma. She is 78 now, but when she was 72 (McCain's age when he would take office), she was really with it, volunteering at the library, heading some church committees, etc., and just really as sharp as I remember her my whole life. But in the past 6 years she has REALLY slipped both physically and more so mentally. She can't hear anything, and has dementia pretty good. It's hard to even have a conversation with her.

    My other grandma is 80, and acts about 60, so I know that some people his age could do fine, but the thought of someone like my grandma being president and going through these problems is scary, especially seeing the rapid decline first hand that seemed to come out of nowhere.

    Sorry to hear about your grandma. My grandmother had the same situation as yours did in her 80's. She was confused about 40% of the time before she died. Terrible thing to witness. Sounds like your other grandmother will be whipsmart at age 100 !
  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I really do have a problem with his age... I was having this conversation with my mother last week about my grandma. She is 78 now, but when she was 72 (McCain's age when he would take office), she was really with it, volunteering at the library, heading some church committees, etc., and just really as sharp as I remember her my whole life. But in the past 6 years she has REALLY slipped both physically and more so mentally. She can't hear anything, and has dementia pretty good. It's hard to even have a conversation with her.

    My other grandma is 80, and acts about 60, so I know that some people his age could do fine, but the thought of someone like my grandma being president and going through these problems is scary, especially seeing the rapid decline first hand that seemed to come out of nowhere.

    A fine example that we see what we want to see.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    know1 wrote:
    A fine example that we see what we want to see.

    Not what I want to see... I like John McCain, and as far as senators go, think he has been good for this country. Policy-wise, I don't agree with him on a lot of issues and wouldn't vote for him as a president, even if he was 20 years younger.

    I just can't shake the idea that a couple of years into his first term, that the country could be going through a mess with his health and a VP stepping in at least for a short time.

    Plenty of people do fine into their 70's and 80's, but I do think that it has to be at least a part of the thought process. I am very interested to see who is VP choice is.
    My whole life
    was like a picture
    of a sunny day
    “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
    ― Abraham Lincoln
  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    This article pretty much sums it up. He's out of touch to put it lightly.

    http://www.alternet.org/election08/80537/

    did i read that right that if Hillary or Obama misspoke liek McCain they would be jumped on. please that is just dumb. was Hillary or Obama jumped on with teh comments of Canadian government saying that both were playing politics with NAFTA. please, i can't believe that you of all people don't see that this review was as biased as the ones from the right.

    if McCain is just McBush as so many want to paint him as why does the Right not like him. i want an article on that.
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    I think the guy is already showing signs of dementia. Scary thought that he might be in the Whitehouse in a few months.

    now i have heard it all. what signs to you see of dementia? you can disagree with him thats fine. there are reason to not to agree with him just like all the other people running.
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
  • McCain seems like he's steadily flowing out to pasture...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI

    his 1000 yard stare and lack of decision in formulating words is scary.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    the last time I actually believed public speeches by members of our gov't was when George Bush I said, "read my lips, no new taxes". 86 truth.
  • Personally I'd rather not see Obama, Hillary or McCain in office.
    I agree McCains too old and out of touch.
    Obama is too young, inexperienced and bases everything on logical fallacies and rhetoric rather than fact. I'm not saying anyone else, but a person should obviously see that Obama is just telling you what he thinks you want to hear. Theres no proof that he's going to do that when he's in office.
    I dont even have a comment on Hillary, if she somehow slips through, I'm going to Canada.
  • flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    McCain seems like he's steadily flowing out to pasture...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI

    his 1000 yard stare and lack of decision in formulating words is scary.

    Classic. LOL.
  • brandon10brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    McCain seems like he's steadily flowing out to pasture...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI

    his 1000 yard stare and lack of decision in formulating words is scary.


    How is this not all over mainstream media???????
  • ThecureThecure Posts: 814
    brandon10 wrote:
    How is this not all over mainstream media???????

    i find it funny that when we cut parts of Obama speeches to make it look bad, we always say that we are taking things out of context. but then when it is against someone that we don't agree with then we believe that everything is true.

    McCain took alot of flake for going to Liberity University and all the other issues that were raised in that posting.

    Let's be fair and have rules for all people running for president. if we don't like it for our candates that don't do it to others.

    that might be too hard.
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
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