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I remember I met Ted Kennedy
I remember I met Ted Kennedy for an extended period of time as part of an internship for another politician down in DC, and the Kennedy people invited us (as interns for another Mass democrat) to their lunch as a trade. I remember being told that he had just undergone some sort of surgery and his arthritis was really acting up ect. He wobbles into the room barely able to move and takes a seat at the center of a long curved table. We were just about done eating when he came in, and he waited a few minutes for everyone to settle down (there were about 20 of us) and then stood up. He spoke for 15 minutes straight, even in a room of 20 the man was on fire. He then stopped and answered questions for over 45 minutes, every answer with passion and electrity. He then went on to take a picture with each and every one of us, taking time to talk to each person as the camera got ready for the next shot. Afterwards he waited for everyone to leave the room, then I saw him start to kind of wobble again, stiff as a board.
The point of that story was Ted Kennedy strives on issues he cares about. I would say he has the ability to fight through extreme discomfort (like what he must have felt tonight) but I wonder if he actually even feels pain when delivering a speech. Ive come to the conclusion that when he gets going there is no stopping him, its like he was still in his 40's until the cameras stop rolling, the lights go out and everyone leaves the room. At first I thought that staying in the Senate would be bad for his health, but now feel that leaving the Senate would be worse for it.
Who is
Who is that latte drinking elitist getting on the other airplane with his second wife Cindy and yucking it up with Karl Rove?
Did you hear the one about McCain not remembering how many houses he has?
He made a note of it on a piece of paper so he wouldn't forget, and then he left the note on his other airplane.
Do you know how many homes you own?
YouTube Video (65 secs.)
57, one in each state
Meanwhile, here's the clean, articulate guy's pick for Vice President
Joe Biden (D-Delaware), enjoying the goings-on at the convention in Denver.
No, wait-- that's former Labour Party leader, Lord Neil Kinnock. Sorry, my bad.
Soldiers don't give us freedom to demonstrate
The U.S. Constitution and a properly functioning judiciary system protect our freedom to demonstrate.
Just remember if you dont
Just remember if you dont agree with the "right" side they reserve the right to attack you regardless of your past support of veterans, or even your veteran status.
John Kerry is a veteran and het got ambushed by the republican "military" attack machine. This small group of vocal veterans have proven themselves to be partisans who are more motivated by their politics and the republican way then by their allegiance to fellow soldiers. Unfortunatly for them they had to slime a fellow war hero in the last cycle to win, so they lose their street cred on that front.
Meanwhile, Bush and Cheney
Meanwhile, Bush and Cheney dodged Vietnam (Cheney, 5 or 6 times) and now visit bases and ships and herald troops for joining the service, while conducting two wars they have profoundly misunderstood from the beginning.
...and somehow the people who voted for them have the nerve to label Obama as the arrogant one.
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When will the remaining 20% who support Bush begin to realize that Bush led us into a war in Iraq on false pretenses, that the war in Iraq was not about imminent threat?
I say go after al Qaeda and rub them out for they are responsible for 9/11 but Iraq, no way.
The Iraq War was a mistake for the US. We have turned a generation of Iraqis against the US. End it responsibly now, not in a decade or ten decades. Too many have died for Bush's War of choice. We have emptied our treasury - our future - on it and for what?
McCain like Bush sees the military as a lever of power and the United States as the sole authoritative force of good in the world. McCain like Bush intends to use military force to extend American power and use force to dominate and keep the "world" in-line. It isn't working. See Georgia and South Ossentia.
The Iranian threat, as an imminent threat on the United States, is as much a lie as the Iraqi 9/11 fabrication was. Our national interest is not solely and completely aligned with Israel. We would do better to force Israel to make peace with the Palestinians. We would do better to stop threatening countries like Iran with military force.
For these reasons, I will never vote for McCain. His view of geopolitics includes using US military to exert force even when the US is not in imminent danger. That policy makes us the aggressor. Starting wars without just cause is un-American. It always was before George Bush and Dick Cheney.
As for the argument that we should revere our military because they defend our rights, and therefore all military action is just, and no one should question it. Well... I think you get the picture. We can honor those who serve but we must question the commander who sets the mission. Bush and Cheney get an F. Let's hope McCain doesn't get the chance. Vote.
Before I came to my senses
Before I came to my senses in 2000 I had voted in the Republican Primary for John McCain who was considered a Maverick at the time,and even flirted with the idea of voting for Bush in the general. I was young and easily influenced at the time and liked what I was hearing with Bush and his plans to not be involved in nation building, and only using our forces to defend ourselves. I should have known better, but he seemed convincing, he also didnt seem to be too threatning either. I figured Al Gore with his strong sense of morality would surely have led us into some failed nation building endeavor.
I never voted for the guy, but I came close, and I still feel guilty about even thinking about it.
I would have answered this way
I would have said something like:
"I'll answer that question if you can tell me how that is relevant to the economy, how it is relevant to the war in Iraq, how it is relevant to the jobless, how it is relevant to those without healthcare, how it is relevant to any of the reponsibilities of the President of the United States. ..... Yeah, I didn't think so. Next question."
considering that so far
considering that so far McCain's criticisms of Obama have had nothing to do with any of those, rather some vague notion of being "ready to lead", I'd say the house question is fair game.
Not to mention ...
That highly amusing "celebrities don't have to balance checkbooks like we do" ad from McCain that was running even after we learned that the husband of an heiress simply cannot be expected to know how many houses he has.
If McCain and Friends want to point fingers and claim that Obama is an out of touch, elitist celebrity, they need to know how many glass houses they shouldn't be throwing stones in.
Money bags Mccain and his second wife Cindy the trollup
You think McCain has any idea how $4/gallon heating oil affects middle class families? Just look at his drill off-shore policy solution to the problem. No one disagrees that his approach would take 10 years to affect the price of oil all the while Oil Companies sit on millions of acres they could drill right now.
Bush and Cheney have demonstrated a callous disregard for working families in this country from Noam to New Orleans to Caribou ME. John McCain is more of the same.
By the way - I didn't call his second wife Cindy a "trollup" John McCain did, and worse. In a fit of anger, he called her a c*nt. That's what we want in the White House, a man who can't keep his temper at bay.
Do I care?
Ted Kennedy is the kind of person who loves to control other people's lives rather than do honest work. I wouldn't let him into my house, and I'm not going to drool over him just because he's accumulated a lot of power.
Uh oh. It moved!
Does that mean I have a hard-on for imperialist military adventures?
Vicious South Carolina Flyer
Vicious South Carolina Flyer Attacks McCain's Vietnam Service
By Greg Sargent - 1/16/8
This is ugly even by South Carolina standards: John McCain is being targeted by a nasty flyer that lampoons McCain's POW captivity in Vietnam. The flyer, which was sent to local newspaper editors, depicts a manacled McCain in a cell with the phrase "POW for President," and "elect me" scrawled on the walls, suggesting that McCain is trying to ride his POW status into the White House.
The mailer also accuses McCain of collaborating with his captors and betraying his fellow POWs.
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