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John McCain: Presumptive Nominee or Presumptuous Nominee
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by kferaday | August 3, 2008 at 02:32 pm
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Opinion: I've seen alot of opinion pieces on this site lately that are simply partisan attacks on Barack Obama. Alot of this has to do with his recent, and successful tour of Europe and the Middle East. As a Canadian I don't have a vote, but given the importance of America to the rest of the world the selection of who is president is important to all citizens of the world.
As such the hypocrisy behind these attacks is bothersome. Back in March, while the Democrats were still beating each other up in the primaries, John McCain made a tour of Europe and the Middle East, visiting with heads of state. His goal? To make himself look more presidential. At the time he even criticized Obama for not spending more time outside of the United States.
McCain was looking for a huge photo-op. Unfortunately he just wasn't as successful as Obama. Now Republicans should ask themselves why that is? Primarily because McCain is affiliated with an administration that has shown blatant disregard for U.S. and international law and until very recently chosen a unilateral path. It's no wonder McCain didn't play well.
And why should Americans care? Because our world is now intimately connected by technology and what the rest of the world thinks can affect America at home. It is indeed a time for America to once again become "citizens of the world".
Republican US presidential nominee John McCain is in Paris, France on Friday, meeting with President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. The visit is the last stop on McCain’s trip through the middle east and europe, and seems calculated to make him look more presidential.
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at 05:10 on August 4th, 2008
A. If you are truly interested in why Obama probably will not win, go to:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/what-s-ludacris-about-senator-obama
B. The Bush Administration, in defending our country and western civilization from Islamic monsters, has been more protective of civil rights than all previous wartime administrations and has not violated any international or domestic laws. President Bush has obeyed to the letter every court order. Your opinion does not count. Political posturing by liberal Democrats does not count.
at 06:31 on August 4th, 2008
The Bush administration has been anything but protective of civil rights. The ACLU has uncovered evidence that the Justice department authorized the CIA to torture prisoners in it's custody. Then there was illegal wiretapping of U.S. citizens. President Bush does not follow either U.S. law or international law.
Also I don't understand the headline for your article -- other than it seems racist.
at 12:23 on August 4th, 2008
Show me where a court in the U.S. has made a decision that illegal wiretapping was carried out on a U.S. citizen. The order that President Bush issued under FISA was identical to previous orders issued by Presidents Carter and Clinton.
I'm sorry you did not understand my headline and resent your use of the term, racist.
at 05:16 on August 4th, 2008
Kferaday, good stuff.
at 05:19 on August 4th, 2008
kferaday, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:37 on August 4th, 2008
kferaday, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 06:46 on August 4th, 2008
What you failed to understand about John McCain is that he got enough delegates in the primaries to assure his nomination. In the Democratic race neither Obama nor Clinton got enought delegates. The both got almost the same number. So the Dem candidate for nominee has to be decided at the party convention.
at 06:56 on August 4th, 2008
I don't think that's true. Obama got the required number of delegates (even assuming the higher benchmark that Clinton put forward) on June 3 (he has 2118 delegates). Also that wasn't the point of the opinion piece. It's acutally a mirror of one by John Carey -- the point is that McCain's effort in his tour was identical to Obama's. So it's hypocritical to criticize Obama for doing this.
at 07:31 on August 4th, 2008
Regarding the delegate count, Kferaday, you are correct.
As I wrote in my piece, The 'Reality' Card, as reported by the New York Times, that was the delegate count being reached on June 3, 2008 and surpassed, in the early morning hours of June 4, to a total of 2,156.