Why John McCain should not be President (Part 6)
This week, John McCain has sunk himself into a pretty deep hole. The biggest hole though comes from an interview he had with Katie Couric on CBS News. Well…just watch for yourself and you’ll see what I mean:
What’s most troubling about this is the fact that CBS deliberately edited the interview. As to the motivations for doing so, I don’t know. This is a level of journalism though that is, frankly, complete and total bullshit. You either report the news as it is or you don’t. If you can’t bother to show me an unaltered, unbiased interview then don’t bother even reporting it.
Once the unedited version broke out though, many members of the media and press pointed out that McCain didn’t have his facts right regarding the Anbar Awakening and the surge in Iraq. It didn’t take long for McCain to respond to this bit of criticism. However, the response he gave was even more troubling:
Umm…what? I mean, what the f#$k is he even talking about? I have no idea!
And what is that behind him? Cheese! McCain be spoutin’ some cheese, man! Can I get some string cheese on my cracka, John!
Ok, ok. Maybe I took it a little too far in that last bit. But I digress.
The point is that McCain had no idea what he was talking about. But rather than simply admitting that he was wrong, he rambled on in an attempt to try and sound like he knew what he was talking about. That’s the absolute worst thing McCain could have done in this situation…and he did it anyways! That, my friends, is simply poor judgment.
Regardless of how anyone can attempt to fix McCain’s mistake, no matter how many ways you can try and spin it, McCain simply exercised poor judgment and failed to use three words that would have been a hell of a lot more respectful for him to say in this case: “I don’t know”. Instead, McCain chose to bullshit the American people rather than admitting his mistakes, which is not a good sign of proper leadership.
As much media coverage as Obama has received, you’d think that we would have heard Obama try and bullshit us just once. Ironically, I have not heard him talk about things for which he knew nothing about. He’s very good at articulating his thoughts and, in fact, I’ve heard Obama say “I don’t know” on a number of occasions. I respect that. I respect the fact that Obama has no problems admitting when he doesn’t know enough about a topic. I also respect him for admitting when he is wrong or when he mispoke and poorly phrased his statements, which doesn’t happen nearly as often as one would think. If anything, Obama has proven that he is human, that he’s going to make mistakes, but that he will learn through them and try not to repeat them. That, my friends, is a great sign of good leadership. Regardless of whether I agree with all his policies or not, he’ll have my vote.
Out of any office in the land, the one position where I feel that it’s critical that one be a good public speaker is the United States Presidency. Being a good speaker, though, is more than just being able to deliver a good speech. It’s also about being able to articulate your thoughts in an eloquent manner in the moment, whether that be in an interview, in front of a foreign dignitary, or another situation of equal importance. The President is, for all intents and purposes, the speaker for the American people both domestically and abroad. As such, he/she best be able to speak well in an effort to articulate properly the message of our government and, more importantly, the people.
John McCain simply isn’t a good candidate to represent our country. I’m amazed that so many Americans think of him as the safe choice. Why? How safe can he be when he can’t even say “I don’t know” and can’t admit that he doesn’t know enough to answer a specific question? If McCain were to become President, he would have to exercise good judgment each and every day. When he addresses the American people, he would have to use straight talk and tell the American people the truth each and every time.
As it is though, the only straight talk McCain is giving us is a straight talk about Jack and shit. Unfortunately for McCain though, Jack just left town.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Ok so yeah McC’s an idiot, I hate the way he bats his eyelashes like a cracked out hooker trying to woo her next john and yes I totally cringed when I heard his “Surge 101″ interview behind the Kraft Cheese aisle, but to say Obama owns up to his “mistakes” FUNNY…Did you see the Primetime Live interview when B.O. yammered and stuttered about the surge? I sat there hoping that B.O. would woo my liberal ass, but I came away scratching my head saying “REALLY????” Uh… not impressed B.O…. not impressed… The surge was/is a success, it is undeniable that Iraq is a better country because of us and for him to stutter like Porky Pig and say in so many words “NU UH” made me want to whack him over his head. Don’t get me wrong I hated us being there (my bro was in Iraq) but I’d hate to think of the HATE and VILE that would exist in that country if we’re there to help the ppl of Iraq. I know everyone says we were there for “our personal interests” and hey that may be the case, but are we thinking of the children of Iraq? Did we really just want to just bolt out of Iraq and inflict chaos and oppression on the little tykes and create more American haters or even worse, terrorists? Do you really think it would have been a better country if we weren’t there? Seriously? Anyhow I’m rambling now, the gist….they BOTH suck if you ask me…BUT if I have to choose the lesser of 2 idiots…B.O. Your my man. Sorry McC the cheese interview made me want to hurl. Just promise me one thing B.O. don’t hog up the camera away from Britney. I love you Britney!!!! LOL
PEACE,
Elsa
August 1st, 2008 at 8:16 am
Elsa, although I appreciate your comment, you should really be a little more constructive with your thoughts. First of all, I would never knock McCain for the way he blinks or anything like that because, quite frankly, he can’t help it. I knock McCain on his policies (or lack thereof) and style of politics. The fact that he was in the cheese aisle is just too damn funny not to mention something about it though.
As far as the surge is concerned, there is absolutely nothing in the way of intelligence that says that the surge did indeed work. If that were the case then why didn’t violence go down back in 2005 when troop levels were at an all time high in Iraq? Many believe that it wasn’t so much the surge but rather due to negotiations with Muqtada al-Sadr and his Shi’ite militia that caused insurgent violence to go down. It’s interesting that the surge happened right around the time when a cease-fire was called by al-Sadr. Also what you won’t hear is the fact that the U.S. paid off Sunni guerrillas to have them stop attacking troops and such. Frankly, I think all this talk about the “surge” is nothing more than a political tactic. Doesn’t mean that the surge wasn’t necessary; it just means that Republicans are doing their best to put a pretty face on the Iraq war by pretending that the “surge” really did anything at all.
Now, as far as Obama is concerned, you may not agree with all his politics but nobody can deny that the guy is perhaps the most intelligent candidate we’ve had in a very long time. This is a guy who graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, worked as an attorney in Chicago, taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for 11 years, and became a Senator in 2004. You can’t do all that and be a dummy. As such, he has my vote of confidence simply because I think he’s intelligent, articulate, and a good person. Yes, he’s gonna make mistakes but I really think he’s capable of learning from them and moving on.
Now, if you don’t have the same kind of sentiment, if you look at Barack and think of him as the “lesser of two evils” then don’t vote. If you’re not confident in the candidates then why even bother participating in the process? Granted, I would like you to vote for Obama…but not because you feel you have to but because you believe he’s the best candidate. If you don’t, don’t vote!
Thanks.