MRS. McCain goes on the attack

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MRS. McCain goes on the attack
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 8:57am

But

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 12:38pm

No one except Obama.


That gross mistatement does not even merit this sentence I am typing.

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:13pm

You said, "No one - no one has voted to not give our troops what they need who is running for president."

Obama has voted not to give our troops what they need in the final vote. He is the ONLY one running for president who voted against funding the troops once all the negotiations were settled.

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:22pm
My husband, who doesn't like either candidate, said that it was damage from her drug use that caused
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:33pm

Maybe reading this from the Boston Globe will help you.

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:51pm
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 1:58pm
I wondered the same thing...did Sarah know that Cindy didn't even know her own husband's record. So, misinformation is rampant in the McCain camp. Cindy needs to shove McCain's feet into her shoes first and then get back to us. lol. First Lady should not be as derisive and wrong as Cindy's accusations yesterday. I am listening to hear if she spews that hypocrisy today. So far, NOT. lol.

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 2:02pm
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 2:12pm
Yes he did once, in the FINAL BILL where it counted.
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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 2:58pm


A war of words erupted yesterday between Barack Obama and John McCain over passage of Sen. Jim Webb’s proposed new GI Bill. Senator Obama made his remarks from the floor of the Senate, while Senator McCain, who was too busy begging for money in California to be bothered with returning to Washington to actually cast a vote, issued a press release containing some scathing comments about his presidential rival.


The bill, which will provide a package of benefits to veterans returning from the war in Iraq similar to those received by WWII vets, passed the Senate by a 75-22 margin, no thanks to Sen. McCain, the self-proclaimed champion of our men and women in uniform.


Obama fired the opening salvo with this statement (from Politico):


"I respect Sen. John McCain's service to our country," Obama said on the Senate floor this morning. "He is one of those heroes of which I speak. But I can't understand why he would line up behind the president in opposition to this GI Bill. I can't believe why he believes it is too generous to our veterans. I could not disagree with him and the president more on this issue."


The McCain campaign then responded with a lengthy press release. Here a few of the salient points, with my comments added:


"It is typical, but no less offensive that Senator Obama uses the Senate floor to take cheap shots at an opponent and easy advantage of an issue he has less than zero understanding of. Let me say first in response to Senator Obama, running for President is different than serving as President. The office comes with responsibilities so serious that the occupant can't always take the politically easy route without hurting the country he is sworn to defend. Unlike Senator Obama, my admiration, respect and deep gratitude for America's veterans is something more than a convenient campaign pledge. I think I have earned the right to make that claim."

First of all Sen. McCain, how do you know the difference between running for president and serving as president? Have you been president before? Then, talk about cheap shots, McCain makes the usual Republican slam that Democrats are anti-military. Same old, same old.


More from the press release:


"I take a backseat to no one in my affection, respect and devotion to veterans. And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did."


Let’s beat that dead horse again, John. If you didn’t serve in the military, you can’t comment on military matters. Yawn. By the way, I don’t recall Sen. McCain making those same remarks about those in the Bush administration who were so gung-ho about going to war in Iraq. Maybe I missed something.


McCain then went on to describe the differences in benefits proposed by Sen. Webb and those he would prefer. In a nutshell, McCain would not like to see the benefits be so "generous" as to lessen the re-enlistment of our soldiers, what he calls "retention." I don’t know about you, but I don’t think it is possible to be too generous to the men and women who have served so valiantly in Iraq. They deserve everything they get, and more.


Sen. Lindsay Graham, who played his usual Charlie McCarthy to McCain’s Edgar Bergen, said the same thing about the bill hurting re-enlistment rates. Don’t these vets know we have many more wars to fight, how dare they want to leave the military and go to college. How selfish can they be (sarcasm intended).


McCain’s press release closed with this:


"Perhaps, if Senator Obama would take the time and trouble to understand this issue he would learn to debate an honest disagreement respectfully. But, as he always does, he prefers impugning the motives of his opponent, and exploiting a thoughtful difference of opinion to advance his own ambitions. If that is how he would behave as President, the country would regret his election."


No Senator, I believe the election the country would regret would be yours.

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Thu, 10-09-2008 - 3:01pm

That's just like McCain's call to Bush to veto the funding bill that Obama wanted that included a withdrawal timetable had it passed.