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Mary Bell
Published: August 26, 2008
I must defend my presidential candidate, Mr. John McCain, from the scurrilous attacks against his good character. If you examine Mr. McCain’s long record in the Senate, you will see that he often
worked both sides of the aisle, a true bipartisan, even voting against his own party at times for the good of the bill that was being presented.
Contrast this with a young man from Harvard who used his law degree in Chicago to oust not only the incumbent through technicalities, but the other candidates as well to obtain his position, and then
under the guise of providing homes for low income families, helped his cronies get the money instead. I’m not making this up — look it up — homes were never built but the money is gone. Personally, I
do not see a record one can be proud of here.
His “stay” in the Senate has thus far been unremarkable, except for a bill he voted against in 2001 and again in 2003 that protected the lives of premature infants. I do not see a record one can be proud
of. Hillary Clinton had it right when she stated that both she and Senator McCain have the experience to lead. Barack Obama has a speech he made in 2004.
MARY BELL
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Posted by ( jVA ) on August 27, 2008 at 10:35 am
“With an endorsement from a known terrorist organization, that sealed my decision not to vote for Senator Obama. “
I see that the Stormfront White Nationalist Community, a racist white power group, has endorsed John McCain. By your logic, this somehow reflects on Senator McCain.
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Posted by ( do the right thing ) on August 27, 2008 at 10:01 am
Mrs. Bell:
What concerns me about Senator Obama is his naivety in dealing with terrorists. He believes he can negotiate with psychos like the President of Iran. Handing out the olive branch while missiles are heading towards the United States is not my idea of a strong leader. The below article will give insight as to how Senator Obama is being viewed by a known terrorist organization.
A Hamas problem for Obama?
by Mosheh Oinounou
While Sen. Barack Obama sought to improve his relationship with the Jewish community today by meeting with leaders in Philadelphia, comments by a Hamas political adviser this weekend could potentially hurt the Democratic presidential candidate.
During an interview on WABC radio Sunday, top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the terrorist group supports Obama’s foreign policy vision.
“We don’t mind–actually we like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election.
With an endorsement from a known terrorist organization, that sealed my decision not to vote for Senator Obama. I hope all Americans will wake-up from all of the hype and media spin to sway public opinion to vote for Senator Obama,, and vote for Senator McCain.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on August 27, 2008 at 8:34 am
I keep seeing comments about John McCain’s “good character” and then I read where he used his “good judgement” to dumped his first wife and family so he could relive his twenties, supports torture and by doing so, puts our American troops at risk of torture and allows his supporters to continually spread lies about Senator Obama’s religion. A man of character would say STOP THIS - and point out the fact we are electing a president in a land where we have freedom of religion regardless, not a Pope in the Catholic Church. No, John McCain is a simple politican playing to the fears of ignorant people while his supporters Swift Boat his opponents to hide his lack of ideas.
As has been pointed out here before - if you’re happy with your declining home value, high gas prices, record deficits our grandchildren will pay, loss of respect in the eyes of the world and an administration that caters to the rich, then vote for John McCain for more of the McSame.
If you have the courage to ask for change, then Barack Obama is your man.
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Posted by ( jVA ) on August 27, 2008 at 8:17 am
I find it hilarious that this lady writes in to defend (non-existent) scurrilous attacks against the good character of John McCain by making scurrilous attacks against Barrack Obama.
Republicans is reel smart peoples.
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