I decided to take a trip to the dark side and look at John McCain's website so that I could compare his policy information with the information on Barack Obama's page. However, before I could even get there, I stumbled upon this article that asked me to tell John McCain what I think about Senator Obama's record. It would not have been blogworthy if not for the article heading and some choice statements inside of the article. Here is what was written:
Well, I attempted to put my comments into the article and SURPRISE SURPRISE: I got an error message. so I decided to use my own forum to do the deed. This is my response:
1. We don't need you to ask us about Barack Obama's Record. This is a childish tactic. If I were in a job interview, I would be asked questions about my qualifications based on the experience that I posted on my resume because when I present that, I am saying "this is why I am qualified for the job." If you feel that your military experience qualifies you for the job, then tell us why!! I want you tell us why Mr. Clark's statement is wrong and not why Barack Obama is wrong.
2. Fareed Zakaria posted the following statement about National Security in Newsweek Last Week:
"The administration does deserve some credit for its counterterrorism
activities. The combined efforts of most governments since 9/11—busting cells in
Europe and Asia, tracking money, hunting down jihadist groups—have been
extremely effective. But how you see the world determines how you will respond,
and the administration has greatly inflated the threat, casting it as an
existential and imminent danger. As a result, we've massively overreacted. Bush
and his circle have conceived of the problem as military and urgent when it's
more of a long-term political and cultural problem. The massive expansion of the
military budget, the unilateral rush to war in Iraq, the creation of the
cumbersome Department of Homeland Security, the new restrictions on visas and
travel can all be chalked up to this sense that we are at war. No cost-benefit
analysis has been done. John Mueller points out that in response to a total of
five deaths from anthrax, the U.S. government has spent $5 billion on new
security procedures."
You would be a continuation of this threat inflation and overreaction to terrorism. Barack Obama is the one that is coming in with a DIFFERENT and more hopeful view of the World. If there is someone with a more hopeful and realistic view of the world than America will begin to act in ways that are better and more realistic to the needs of America and the World while you will still be acting based on perceived threats and fear. We have had this looming over our head for the past 7 years and the American people ARE DONE WITH IT! We want to move towards progress for our society rather than focusing on external issues that are not primary to our wellbeing.
3. YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE!! If you were truly running a campaign that was not destructive you would have never made this statement:
"With no record to rely on, all the American people can hold Senator Obama to is
a promise – the promise of a different kind of politics".
This is far more destructive than what Wesley Clark said. The reason being that Clark only questioned why one part of your experience would qualify you for Presidency. However, Barack Obama has had no problem ACKNOWLEDGING the experience that you have. He has never DIMINISHED your military experience. When Wesley Clark talked about this, he clearly noted that the experience was there. However, you have not acknowledged ANY of Barack Obama's experience and that is truly destructive since your goal is to tear down all of his accomplishments in order to make yourself look better. The reason you feel okay doing this is because you know that if his accomplishments were mentioned it would make you look less qualified.
Again, this type of behavior is reprehensible because if you cannot, like Obama and Wesley, measure your opponent's qualifications for President against his REAL LIFE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, rather than spread a falsehood claiming that he is not accomplished at all, then you are clearly not the straight talker you claim to bet but a mere spin doctor like all of your cronies including Karl Rove and George W. Bush.
Signed,
A citizen that is tired of this.
Let me know what your thoughts are on this issue...........