Still trying to think my way through it. myself.

Obama shoots out there with "Did I mention he's black"

Later follows up by swapping Dollar bills for black in same litany.

McCain says Obama is playing the race card.

Obama says "no I'm not"

But though we know it was a cute exchange, Obama got his victim message across.

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What could he say to them?  Something like;

Sorry about your injuries fighting for something I don't support.

Better put some ice on that.

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McCain doesn't have the media and all these 527 to do his dirty work for him so he has to do it. Nothing he has said has been out of line.

Let's hope McCain's camp does a good job of coaching him so he's fully prepared.

I expect the moderators to hurry through questions or use big words on purpose just to make McCain ask them to repeat it. I also expect them to exploit his admission to not being an economy expert.

His success in the debates will really come down to his performances as Obama's appearance is pretty easy to predict. If McCain stands through those debates with the same smirky, disinviting look he had in the primary debates he'll lose. If he manages to exude some compassion and humility he can get his points across.

I don't think he even ever wanted Hillary's health plan and he just wanted to keep her busy. He never put any real support behind it. Clinton worked with the Republican Congress and let their long awaited Welfare reform and their balanced budget through without vetoes. He also supported NAFTA. Clinton was slimy and dishonest and I didn't like him but I'd rather have him any day than Obama and I think he'd be better than McCain on everything but National defense and Abortion. Obama is another Carter - he's no Clinton or Kennedy.

As for Ruby Ridge and Elian Gonzalez, my guess is that he was out of the loop, for the most part. Not trying to excuse him here, but I'm guessing he let "Janet the Hitlerite" run the show whilst he was out chasing, well, you know. 

Look, I ain't sayin' BJ was a great prez, but at least he didn't double the size of the federal government, nor try to grant amnesty to illegals, the latter of which I feel is more of a threat to this country (other than the teacher's unions) than an entire caravan of Osama's.

D.

The truth is insensitive. - Neal Boortz

lotr,

Things were good under Clinton. I strongly disagree with you saying he is he worst President we ever had.

I thought Republicans liked low interest rates, but they were somehow bad under Clinton?

I also can't believe you think Clinton is responsible for the housing bubble. Homes were still at a decent price under Clinton and people were getting normal mortgages, not someone making  35 K a year, and getting a half million dollar loan during the Bush years

Your right gas and electricity was cheap during the Clinton years, you make it sound like that is bad thing.

What was the national debt before Clinton left? Something like 5.7 trillion?. It is now at 9.5 trillion. It took over 40 Presidents to get to 5.7 trillion, it took only 1 to rack up over 4 trillion. 

I will say again. I admit things might not have been as rosy in the Clinton years as the msm says, but overall things were good under him and he is certainly by far not the worst President we ever had.

Real life video games are cool

Sorry, but lest we all get carried away with 90s nostalgia, Bubba was the worst president we've ever had. 

If you can find me a single presidential historian [liberal, conservative, independent or otherwise] who, based on policy assessment, agrees with your judgment that Clinton was the worst president ever, I'll buy you dinner at your favorite restaurant in the USA.

Good grief, lotr.  I could spew out a laundary list of negative factoids about my favorite president--Reagan--and claim the Gipper is the worst of all time.  It would be nonsense of course.

Jer 

You do realize that I am equating the "would rather win" statement and the "paris/bitney" ad as equally accurate. I know you are arguing from a position of one is but not the other. I wouldn't want you to think me confused or something. :)

"This
liberal would be all about socialize -- uh, uh, would be about
basically taking over and the government running all of your companies."-Maxine Waters 2008

He's visited wounded troops without fanfare? When? (Yes I realize that sounds like begging the question - if he did it secretly there's no article to link - BUT) You can't just say something like that without details.

I'm not calling you a liar or saying I don't believe you, I just want details.

As for the charge that he doesn't care about wounded troops..well..in McCain's defense, Obama is playing politics with the surge and giving credit to all the wrong people, which does make those soldiers feel he doesn't care about their efforts. Couple that with his tacit acceptance of people like Harry Reid and his known friendship with people like William Ayers, it makes you wonder how much respect he really has for the military.

And if he had a good reason for canceling that trip I'd like to hear it. All we've been given thus far is some jive about cameras not being allowed...which only adds more to the notion of his ego being more important.

In short McCain's words mght have been a little blunt, but he did voice something a lot of people feel.