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Quote Of The Day: McCain Plays The Patriotism Card
The political Quote of the Day comes from Republican Presidential candidate Sen. John McCain who is framing this election as one between a candidate who cares for his country (him) and a candidate who really only cares for his own political advancement (Democratic Sen. Barack Obama) — suggesting his opponent knowingly discards the vital interest of the United States for cynical political purposes, unlike someone else whose pronouncements are pure (himself):
And that’s how we see this election, country first or Obama first and I have a feeling [chant of “Country First, Country First”]… So when it comes to cutting taxes for seniors, for working families, for small businesses my opponent didn’t put the hardworking people of this country first. When it came time to support our troops fighting to protect our freedoms and way of life my opponent said he’d never deprive them of the funds they needed to fight and then did just that.
What a world of difference there is between this Richard Nixon-like John McCain, who all but uses the word “traitor” in describing his opponent, and the 2000 John McCain that so many independent voters (including yours truly) supported eight years ago because he wasn’t just another divide and rule or demonize and defeat politician. This McCain is right out of this book.
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Matt Welch over at Reason.com has never bought into the “maverick myth” . Matt Welch, editor-in-chief of reason, is the author of “McCain: The Myth of a Maverick.”
http://www.reason.com/news/show/125685.html
http://www.reason.com/blog/show/123971.html
Joe: What a world of difference there is between this Richard Nixon-like John McCain, who all but uses the word “traitor” in describing his opponent, and the 2000 John McCain that so many independent voters (including yours truly) supported eight years ago because he wasn’t just another divide and rule or demonize and defeat politician.
Ow.
Even at this point I can't say I'd be willing to go that far. Then again, I have essentially no inside knowledge. In that respect it is curious that in the last week or so there have been so many conservative pundits going on record slamming the McCain campaign. Is this a “read between the lines” kinda thing?
If so, what are we to make of Bill Clinton's comments earlier today?
Whatever else could be said about it, this campaign season has been the most entertaining in my living memory at least.
For me, McCain this time around is a total disappointment. I was pulling for him in 2000. I was troubled by his flips this time around on tax cuts and immigration, but especially in the reaching out to Jerry Falwell.
All of that pales to the post Steve Schmidt era. I have lost all respect for this guy. I really wonder what Mike Murphy is thinking in his heart of hearts.
Its your patriotic duty to pay more taxes.
McCain's comments were in response to Bidens comments. People have already made up their minds who they are going to vote for. Words such as these change no ones minds.
The polls I am convinced in watching them is a diabolical attempt by the media to keep the interest in the presidential race at a fever pitch in order to sell more advertising. Why else would McCain supporters be all blue and not caring and suddenly their man is leading, the base is rallied, the troops are marching and the GOP is alive and well.
Suddenly the Democrats are fretting. They are demanding Obama do something. They are losing, they are depressed. They are turning off the TV, their man is losing a sure win as they watch McCain take the lead and they being pouting only to wake up the next day to find out their man is leading by 5 points suddenly once again.
In a week when the GOP loses interest, seems to be depressed and caving in to reality suddenly the polls will show McCain wining again and the cycle will repeat till election day when.
Prediction: Obama wins 307 to 231 electoral votes. Obama wins national vote by 5 percent.
House 303 Democrats. 238 Republican.
Senate. 58 Democrats. 40 Republicans. 2 Independents.
And we will all be questioning once again how inaccurate the polls are for about a month till the next election cycle starts all over again.
For me, patriotism boils down to this: making sacrifices for your country. Being only 23, I believe that I have a different perspective of things than many of the contributors here. I grew up in an environment where you can only be patriotic if you served in the military ( and it has to be the right kind of service apparently, too) or if you wear a flag lapel pin.
But others may remember times where Americans were asked to make sacrifices for our country. I hear of things like Victory Gardens and supplies rationing. Even in our revolution ordinay citizens would met their pots and pans to make ammunition for the war. That's pretty damned patriotic if you ask me.
But do you know what I have been asked to do as an American? Shop.
That's quite a big sacrifice I'm making here. So I buy all my fancy electronic gizmos that young people like me enjoy and ship that money overseas. All in the name of helping America. But I can't help wonder if there is something more we all could be doing for our country.
( btw, I'm a 4th of July baby so that must count for something, right?)
“Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.” ~ Harry S. Truman
I guess the comparisons of McCain to Nixon are a little extreme, although at his present rate of morphing, McCain is getting closer all the time…
While clinton did sign the bills, the financial deregulation was the result of republicians like sen phil gramm(who, after getting rid of all the depression era laws about banks, ran to UBS where he is now vice chair and chief lobbyist besides being the mccain econ advisor and #1 for treasury sec in a mccain admin.) It really doesn't matter who the crooks and idiots were who started the current tsumani. Most from both parties had their hands in it. I agree it is past time to throw the bastages out-from both parties-and while we are at it, lets go and get all the illgotten gains that the CEOs who have destroyed both their companies and the US economy but ran off with millions of $$$ and throw thow those bastards in jail while we are at it. One CEO-dispite an $8 B loss in just 1 quarter earned a $15 million bonus.
Not to mention that the former ceo of Fannie Mae and Lehman brothers, both of whom have gone belly up are now economic advisors to Barak Obama.
People are whining about Phil Graham when Barak has his own enemy combatants working for him.