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McCain's recent attacks on Obama's overseas trip and the surge
The media is giving McCain entirely too much latitude with his recent attacks on Obama's overseas trip and on the surge.
I believe McCain visited some foreign countries while campaigning. Since there was so much focus on Obama's making a possible gaffe, shouldn't we talk a bit more about McCain's market stroll and mixing up the Sunni and the Shii'a. Since part of the criticism is that he should be focused on domestic problems, what exactly has McCain achieved during this time...and no, repeating the same ole' same ole at every town hall doesn't count. I'd say the only thing he's shown is a sense of humor with the JV jokes, but for me it's just another comparison to our current Comedian/Commander-in-Chief.
Obama has spoken recently about his views on the surge, but McCain and the media to a large extent continue to ignore it. In the Couric interview he gave credit to the surge and our troops for the reduction in violence. Why is McCain not asked about whether the $200 billion spent on the surge could have had a more positive result in making America safer had it been put into Afghanistan? Why is McCain allowed to ignore or distort (changing the timelines) the impact of the Anbar awakening. How can he be allowed to pretend to know whether more political pressure and some change in tactics without a surge would have led to a worse situation? When thinking about that last question think back to his predictions of the Iraq war at it's start.
Please encourage your favorite media outlets to look at McCain's recent attacks a bit deeper.
Comments (6)
With this line of attack, it is Janus McCain that is using the wounded troops in his political campaign. Shame on Janus McCain for his cynical use of our wounded soldiers in order to lie about Senator Obama's honorable decision not to use those wounded troops as a campaign prop.
Janus McCain hates the wounded vets, and that is why he opposed the new GI benefits bill.
He actually said that he did not want to have it passed because it would cause Troops to not reenlist, but instead try to go to school and make a future for themselves and their families. Think about that folks. Does it get any more cynical. McCain wanted to make sure that the Troops would have no future option but to remain as cannon fodder for his Iraq War Machine.
July 25, 2008 12:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Liam, if you feel the need to say things like "McCain hates the wounded vets" please do it on your own blog or others of similar sentiment.
Otherwise, I agree that people should look more closely at McCain's consistent lack of support for veterans. And, I welcome the warranted criticism of McCain for attacking Obama over not visiting the wounded troops.
July 25, 2008 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
By their deeds shall ye know them. McCain hates the vets. He voted against the last ten bills that would have improved their lot.
July 25, 2008 7:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
The television news are clearly handicapping the race for McCain at this point, and the print outlets aren't much better. The way that Obama's trip has been handled in the press is abysmal. I think that one approach would be to find some good analyses out there (probably more likely to be found in foreign news sources) and blanket our domestic outlets with those and challenge them as to why they are failing to provide the same coverage. Point out that what Obama has done and is doing is historic and vital to the renewal of this country standing in the world.
July 25, 2008 1:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good idea Carol. You could also find some coverage of Bush's recent trips highlighting the size of protest crowds.
July 25, 2008 1:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like this approach - excellent suggestion!
July 25, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
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