Newsflash: John McCain and Barack Obama Both Suck
Newsflash: John McCain and Barack Obama Both Suck
Is it any surprise that both "choices" the powers that be in the United States have paraded before us two lousy candidates for the highest office in the land? McCain's supporters tout his experience, expect us to ignore his senile gaffes, yet offer nothing in the way of explaining how he will fix the problems our country faces--very serious problems--except that he "is not Obama". Obama's supporters tout his youth and energy, expect us to ignore his freshman naivete, and also offer nothing in the way of explaining the problems our country faces--still very serious problems--except that he "is not McCain."
You know what? They both suck. McCain will continue the same failed policies of George Bush in the Middle East, ensure that we have a nuclear exchange with either Russia or China by 2020 (McCain will be dead, so why should he care?) Obama's utter lack of executive experience will require that he surround himself with advisors that will pull the country in the same direction that McCain would, only following a slightly different path.
McCain, born in the Panama Canal Zone, has dubious legal grounds to be president. Obama, born in Hawaii Kenya, is on the same legal thin ice. Obama has been married to the same woman while McCain is on his second marriage, having dated his current wife while still married to his first wife. Nice. Obama is a Chicago political machine insider, linked to anti-American Jeremiah Wright, whose church Barack and Michelle attended for years.
Both Obama and McCain got their "3 a.m. phone call" on the eve of the Olympics with the situation in South Ossetia. Both would have received less-than-passing grades as president, although McCain's stated position would have us fighting the Russian Bear over Georgia.
McCain has voted over 90% in alignment with George Bush since 2001, which make his campaigning on change laughable. We have two decades worth of voting record to know where McCain is going with his policies, regardless of the sound bites that pop out of his mouth when George Bush moves the levers, but we cannot say the same thing about Obama. He is a first-term senator without any real experience. Since the incoming president is going to have to "hit the ground running" in January, do we want someone who is going to hem and haw while deciding what to do?
While Obama does have youth and health going for him, McCain's advanced age is troubling. McCain has 6 of 10 warning signs for Alzheimer's and, if elected, will be most of the way to 73 years old by the time he is inaugurated. Is this the person we want calling the shots during a war? He doesn't belong in the White House. He belongs in a Home.
While we don't know who McCain tapped to be Veep, Obama's choice as Vice President should explain that he is only paying lip service to "change". Joe Biden has been a Washington insider longer than McCain, which makes him part of the problem not the solution.
Either way we vote in November, should we choose to participate in the farce known as ballot voting, we are screwed. In states where write-ins are accepted, we should write in Ron Paul or Dennis Kucinich. Failing that, we should just not vote for President. Period. To vote for John McCain or Barack Obama is to participate in dooming this country to repeat its mistakes because--regardless of who the Electoral College votes to put in the White House--the same rectal apertures are going to be pulling the levers behind the curtain and all that's really going to change is the name on the White House stationery.
Argue all you want about who is better or worse, they both suck.
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Force the Write-In
Nooooooooooo ... According to David Barton, "not voting" is equivalent to 'sleeping while the enemy infests the fields with weeds.' Write-ins would be better---even if you're voting for one of the Good Ol` Nominees!
But there are "states where write-ins are" NOT "accepted"? That's news to me! I thought the idea of 'democratic voting' was meant to give the people the idea that they have some sort of 'control' over who gets into office.
(Did we learn nothing from Jesus's trial before Pilate?)
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What if your choices were a kick in the nuts or a face-punch?
I don't know about you, mythman, but if I were asked to choose between a kick in the nuts or a punch to my face, I would choose "c", none of the above, or simply abstain from voting. Sure, one could make a case for the pros and cons of voting for each one, but in the end we are just contributing to our own pain. I would sooner write in the equivalent of "back massage" or "day spa" than vote for anything that would bring unnecessary pain.
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"Newsflash: John McCain and
"Newsflash: John McCain and Barack Obama Both Suck"
We are finally in agreement (although for slightly different reasons).
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Elect Statesman not Politicians
I heard a comment recently that we should just vote out our government period. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SICK of both sides. Who the hell can you believe?!?!?!? They both lie, they both cheat, they both fight with eachother like 10 year olds. This election year has made me more ill than any other campaign year I have witnessed. I honestly think that NOT voting is a way to make a statement. I think that if a large portion of the voting segment of our nation would not vote it would send a message. We need to vote out the career politicians. O'Bama is a manufactured candidate. McCain is a ridiculous candidate. Which would you choose for dinner A) A hot steamy pile of Donkey refuse or B) A hot steamy pile of Elephant refuse. It doesn't matter if you put a 'D' or an 'R' in front of the candidate. They all suck. Go to dictionary.com and look up the definitions of both 'statesman' and 'politician'. Lets find Statesman for our future.
I wrote about this idea last month
What we need to be doing is voting against EVERY incumbent regardless of office. Flush out the whole gosh darn thing, each election if need be. What the Congress (and whatever other office) should be worrying about is having their job security tied to doing what is right by We the People instead of half-assing their job and looking for how much money they can make off of corporate lobbyists.
2008 should be the year of the anti-incumbent.
As for the part about statesmen, Ron Paul was a true statesman that was deliberately shut out of any and every mention because he made the other Republicans look stupid in comparison during the first Republican debate. Until most Americans become concerned with their elected officials doing what is right for the Greater Good instead of who will bring home the pork, there is little or no incentive for the plutocracy to provide better candidates.
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Dogs lying down with cats, Publius and jdubhub agreeing...
I suppose there will be ski trips to Hades this winter, too.
But, I don't think we're that far apart on a lot of issues, Publius. We certainly have different worldviews based on our different backgrounds, but there are clear points of commonality.
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Then Write in "Jim Hubbard" (Whether They Accept It or Not)
Pontius Pilate didn't crucify Jesus, THE VOTE DID ("I wash my hands of this dem-o-li-tion!").
Maybe we're only voting to present 'the roar of the crowd' to the electoral college; in which case, 'how can (Xombies) stop (voters') great self-de-stuc-tion?"
Write-in "Jim Hubbard." "Jim Hubbard" knows the way! (if the ballot doesn't 'provide a space' for it, MAKE one!)
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Obama Sucks Less
but if it looks like BO (great initials!) is going to win comfortably, and it does, I will stick to my initial plan to write in dear Dennis and throw away my pretty much worthless vote. If the right-wing Rovian machine cheats enough, again, so that it looks like the doddering McCain actually has a chance in hell, or if Sarah Palin is just too adorable for words on her SNL appearance and gets some fans from it for her team, I'll delicately hold my nose and vote for the Kenyan/Hawaiian/Chicagoan. He may not be ideal, but he's unlikely to drop dead real soon, assassination threats from racists and xenophobes notwithstanding, and leave us with a president who thinks Afghanistan is a neighboring country.
Sucking and/or dropping dead
"he's unlikely to drop dead real soon"
As a middle-aged black American male with a high-stress lifestyle and a smoking habit, he's actually in a higher-than-average risk category for heart attack and stroke.
On a related note, can you imagine if Obama's middle name began with an O so that his full initials were "BOO"? In the weeks before election day he'd be getting free advertising from all those Halloween cards and posters!
"I don't know about you,
"I don't know about you, mythman, but if I were asked to choose between a kick in the nuts or a punch to my face, I would choose "c", none of the above..."
You don't get that option. That's the point.
Some people enjoy it..
It's apparent in this country that many people enjoy getting kicked in the nuts...repeatedly. They'd probably run straight from church to go get kicked in the nuts..and pay for it..
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@Laurenvork--Option C IS the Write-In
Jim Hubbard IS none of the above.
They say that 'you're not "allowed" to add anybody's name in some states.' By which they mean "the grown-ups didn't draw a box on the ballot for one to write in any other name." Did John Hancock have to get the grown-ups (Big daddy King WhatsHisName's) permission before he wrote his famous signature?
True, maybe he had little/nothing else to do with the government; but he had as much at stake as all of the other signers (he would have shared their gallows).
You may not be signed-on with either campaign, but 'living here' leaves you the same responsibility as any voting citizen ... you're hanging in the same gallows, whether you accept the small responsibility or leave it.
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chances to drop dead higher for mccain, Idle
I'm not saying that Obama couldn't eat the big one too (he smokes? that's foolish), but McCain has him beat for risk factors by a mile. But I'm not at all sure that some very angry and very racist right winger out there won't grab one of his hunting rifles and try to off him. Obama definitely has higher risk factors for assassination than McCain.
It's all guessing
McCain's mother is ninety-something. One of my U.S. Senators is 84 ... and is running for re-election. Insurance tables would certainly give Obama a longer lifespan than McCain, going forward, but that doesn't mean McCain can't survive another 4 years. Besides, Sarah and Cindy can become co-presidents if Johnny Mac gets sick!
descendant of Arctic wolves and wolf killer as co-prezes? eek!
So you're suggesting that we'd be OK with a wildlife murderer and a former rodeo queen running the government. Boy, that's appealing!
As for the age thang, McCain's mother was never a POW, which had to affect her son's future health and longevity. And women tend to live longer than men anyway. I think he may physically be able to limp through four years, but there's the other issue--McCain's increasingly enfeebled mind. Obama's mind is sharp, and likely to remain so. I don't want an angry, addled guy in the White House making literally earth-shaking decisions.
Regarding the Arctic wolves, if you missed it, watch Dana Carvey's parody of the last debate on the Tonight Show. He does a nifty Brokaw.
Eek indeed
Veg, I was just suggesting the two people whom most readers would find the most preposterous, absurd, and offensive. I didn't even realize Cindy Mac was a former rodeo queen. Actually I'd be in favor of her if she could supply me with unlimited beer from her dealership (but not that watery Bud shyte... maybe one of those new Michelob specialty brews).
Arctic wolves? I don't recall mentioning anything about them.
As for McCain being a P.O.W., sometimes what doesn't kill a person makes them stronger. And do we know for sure that McCain's mom wasn't a POW? Maybe she was a prisoner of love (cue The Producers music: "Prisoners of love, blue skies above...")
So McCain's Mother might have been a POL?
POL's usually have their hearts broken, and you know what comes of that.
But anyways, Ah knew you were kiddin' me, Idle, doggone it! (wink, wink) And yup, our Cindy has quite the past, including bein' an only child (now, that'll screw ya up, especially if yer a filthy rich only child)--there was an article about her weirdnesses and the McCains' somewhat peculiar marital relationship in the New Yorker of a few weeks ago.
The Arctic wolf reference comes from world-renowned wolf authority Dana Carvey. You'd have to watch the TS video to hear it.
Our argument about who will croak sooner is moot, I think, since Big O is gonna be the winner pretty much fer sure, looks lak, even if he later perishes from lung cancer, bullet holes, or whatever. I'd much rather see Biden as Prez, if I had my druthers (and I never leave home without 'em). At least he's never entered a beauty contest, as far as I know, even with those charming hair plugs and dayglo white dental work that would give him a clear advantage.
@veg-IdLe--McCain's PiggyBacking Demon-Monkeys Are Bigger Too
Call it 'the corruptiveness of power,' call it the PTSD of an ex-POW, but the traumas of McCain are largely causeless; while what Obama went through were relatively reasonable.
Thus Obama will only visit reasonable wrath upon his subjects, while McCain--though an awesomely-good advisor to have--cannot be trusted with the free reign (not even only that given to the Executive Branch).
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@IdL-veg--What Doesn't Kill You May 'Make You Stronger,' but ...
... it also makes you very-risky. I know; I've had PTSD (like John McCain does/did), and--though I ~think~ I've got it 'ironed out' now--I'm STILL seen as "too unpredictable to share anyone else's privacy."
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McCain's anger is likely due to PTSD, mythman
which probably remained largely untreated because Vietnam veterans' mental problems were pretty much ignored and many ended up as whacked out street people. I remember there were a lot of them in San Francisco and other cities, begging for cash, often on drugs, and trying to survive on the streets back in the 70s and 80s, and some of them are still out there. Really sad. Give the guy credit for not ending up the same way, although with his family money and connections, I'm sure he got more help than most.
Also, to Idle, McCain has had something like five melanomas, which are invariably fatal if not caught in time. He's probably got a team of doctors checking his skin regularly, but still . . .
McCain just plain scares me
because he really does display erratic behavior, as witnessed after the stock market tanked; it's not just Obama campaign propaganda. And the mere fact that he chose somebody like Palin as his running mate is nuts. He may mean well, but that's just not enough for me.
McCain hasn't been exactly sympathetic to his fellow vets
Even acknowledging that Vietnam veterans got the short straw (my dad is one and I totally sympathize with their plight), McCain has done everything possible to distance himself from the possibility that other American prisoners were still alive, despite hard evidence. As a veteran myself, I cannot support the idea of a commander-in-chief who turns his back on American prisoners of war. (I don't like the current one who shirked his responsibilities either then doctored his record during the war to make it look like he participated, either.)
McCain hasn't been forthcoming about his medical record, although, yes, he does have melanoma, and he does take Ambien CR to sleep at night (how does he plan on taking that 3am phone call?), plus several other medications, including one that causes memory loss.
Then, again, Cindy McCain hasn't been forthcoming about her tax returns, particularly those which include her financial ties to Charles Keating with whom she and her family invested heavily in at least a shopping mall during the 1980's.
I find it ironic that McCain spouts the mantra "Who is Barack Obama?" on the campaign trail when he refuses to tell us "Who is John McCain?" Given the huge numbers of Republicans who are rushing to put distance between themselves and the toxic Republican presidential candidate, it is clear even his own people are starting to wonder about him.
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McCain remains a question mark
Don't know much about his record w/vets. But you'd think he'd have a lot of sympathy for the POW issue after spending five years as one. But then, he was the son of an admiral and a (lousy) pilot, like Bush, so maybe he thought he was better than the average soldier.
As for the drugs, America is a drug culture, and I'm talking both licit and illicit. The fact that McCain has a small pharmacy in his medicine cabinet doesn't surprise me. Doctors push pills just like drug dealers. I'll never forget the MD who told me that by the age of 60, everyone should be taking drugs (he wasn't trying to be funny).
It's very telling, in this strange election year, that both conservative Christopher Buckley, son of William F., and Christopher Hitchens, the notorious pro-Iraq War writer, have publically admitted that they plan to vote for Obama. That pretty much confirms to me that Obama is no liberal, at least not by my standards.
@jdubhub--What Being Republican Would Mean to Me
It would mean 'being married to the system' (and not married in a 'sleeping together until the checks start bouncing'-way, but 'in sickness and in health.')
Since I need to be able to shift my loyalties at the drop of a hat (all but my loyalty to "her"), I'm staying independent until one of the parties offers me contract-guaranteed unlimited income (with a bailout-clause for me and not them lol).
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@ Mythman - I like your thinking!
"I'm staying independent until one of the parties offers me contract-guaranteed unlimited income (with a bailout-clause for me and not them lol)."
LOL... that's the kind of deal I could accept!
@IdLewiLd--Besides, the System Is a Tool.
And the handyman is not married to one-hammer or one-screwdriver, but rather to the fact that he can USE ~any~ hammer or screwdriver that retains usability!
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