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McCain says he'll keep using term for ex-captors in Vietnam
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wow, that is unbelievable. what a tool.
he hates "gooks", has promised "more wars", and less jobs. sadly, he's probably going to win. |
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No he won't.
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i hope you're right.
The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of Election 2008 shows Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain with single-digit leads over Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. McCain now leads Clinton 48% to 40%. He leads Barack Obama 47% to 41%. http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20...nobama20080131 OHIO HEAD TO HEAD POLL Edwards 47 McCain 40 Clinton 42 McCain 46 Obama 42 McCain 45 http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...05National.pdf Hillary Clinton 48.0 John McCain 50.0 Barack Obama 48.0 John McCain 48.0 John Edwards 52.0 John McCain 44.0 http://www.presidentelectionpolls.co...121207001.html |
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Yeah, well, they're wrong.
Plus when people start seeing McCain and Obama debating side by side, they're going to get turned off by McCain pretty fast.
Last edited by abcdefz : 01-31-2008 at 03:04 PM. Reason: "off," not "of." |
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I agree with A-Z. The pundits predicted a LOT of things this primary season, and most of it has been wrong. No one was even talking about McCain being an actual candidate as of a month ago, it was all Romney and Huckabee. Things change, and predicted numbers have been defied.
If people watch the two duke it out, they'll see who's more presidential. "Being presidential" in debates is based on two things - how well they speak, and how they look. Shallow, yes, but also true. I think both Clinton and Obama have him beaten on that one.
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I wonder if McCain's age will become a factor. I don't know how healthy he is.
Healthy enough to run, I guess, but I don't think I'd want to take on a hugely stressful job in my early seventies.
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for a normal, private individual, i'd usually let that kind of thing slide; i've never been a POW, i imagine that does things to a person's mind that i couldn't understand
but for a president, i kind of have higher standards. don't we have a diplomatic relationship with vietnam? is "i will hate the gooks as long as i live" the kind of mentality that our head of state ought to have? the answers to those questions were "yes" and "no" respectively, so i will continue to not vote for mccain |
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but this isn't according to the pundits, it's based on polling which has consistently showed, that even before mccain's big comeback, he beats obama and clinton in head-to-head match ups. except for edwards, who was the only one who beat mccain.
anyways, again, i hope you guys are right. |
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Yeah, but polls can be very wrong too. The polls were off for a few states this primary season, and have been for previous elections too. Wasn't New Hampshire showing Obama would win? Then Hillary did the crying thing, and she won it. I believe Hillary was projected to win SC, too, but then Bill ran his mouth off and Obama got it by twice the amount she did. Plus, in early 2004, I remember the polls showing that Bush would win by a HUGE margin. Then Kerry pulled ahead, then they had a tug of war for a bit, then Bush squeaked by.
So, many things affect how it is in reality vs. what is projected. There's a ton more that can happen between now and the election. I wouldn't put too much faith into what they're saying now, keep your hope strong!
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The shakeout from Edwards exit has not settled yet, making this one of the more exciting and fluid presidential races ever. Tonight 8:00 PM PST the two democratic presidential front runners, a Woman will debate a Black Man for the job of President of the United States.
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unfortunately middle america and honestly all of america is full of redneck racist assholes who will now vote for McCain just because he made the statement.
if we didn't have a country full of hate filled xenophobes Bush wouldn't be sitting so close to the red button right now... not even counting the racist democrats who won't vote for Barack because he's black and think he'll enact some kind of black retribution and enslave all the white people (I have actually overheard people say this...). I really hope we as a nation can finally grow up and join the rest of the world in not judging people on their skin tone, gender, belief system, or appearence. |
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That article is from 2000. Any idea whether he's still using the word today? Didn't he and John Kerry go to North Vietnam and make peace since then?
I'm ready to cut the guy all kinds of slack given what he went through, but he isn't allowed to use that word as a US Senator or President, in my opinion. |
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And polls seemed to falter in this early primary season ALONE, so a whole heck of a lot can happen between now and November. |
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John McCain is a bona fide US hero regardless of his crazy ass policies. He's paid some dues.
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McCain is the perfect candidate for blackmail. Hillary and her campaign are going to have a field day with McCain and the skeletons in his closet.
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