--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sandiego108" > > <sandiego108@> wrote: <snip> > > > I am all for misrepresenting McCain's remark, if it gives the > > > Democrats and specifically Obama a decisive advantage. > > > > Why would you want to give such a hypocrite a > > decisive advantage? Obviously he's pretending to > > be something he isn't, i.e., "above politics." > > And here he is, lying through his teeth just like > > the right-wingers we're trying to get rid of. > > I am not looking for perfection in my candidate of choice- > a little too much to hope for, don't you think?
Don't worry, if he weren't hypocritical, he still wouldn't be perfect. though I think that politics > is largely about governing perception. Obama has shown to be > the one appearing to stay above the fray. He does a fine job of *appearing* to stay above it. He lets his campaign and his supporters wallow in the muck. > I just get a more consistent vibe from him that he has it > together, that he is less shakable during this intense, always > in the public eye, campaign phase- he can take the pressure. > > Hillary on the other hand seems tired and combative Yes, she's tired because she's working her butt off against near-impossible odds. And if she weren't combative, she'd be steamrolled by the attacks from the Obama campaign and supporters and the media. - not much of the > old fire and true principle I used to see in her. Granted all of > this is just my perception-- you may see it validly from a > completely different pov. Yeah, I don't think you've been listening to her that much, to be honest. Have you been to her Web site? > > McCain is the > > > dude after all who was singing bomb bomb Iran. What a twit, > > > and a dangerous one at that. > > > > I agree. It's imperative we keep him out of the White > > House. But he's going to beat Obama if Obama is > > nominated. > > > I am willing to take that chance-- a purer battle and all > that. You're all for a purer battle in which Obama lies about McCain's position on keeping troops in Iraq?
