McCain: Too Reckless to Lead Posted by Ilan Goldenberg

John McCain has an ad up trying to scare the American people about Iran and saying Obama doesn't take the threat seriously enough.  I think it's time to take the gloves off and paint McCain as the reckless and dangerous overeager warrior that he is.

If I was the Obama campaign I would probably go with something like this: 

John McCain.  He was a cheerleader for George Bush and Dick Cheney's war in Iraq.  He has said we should bomb Iran.  He's willing to get into major escalations with China and Russia.  He thought war with North Korea was inevitable.  He even called Germany and France our "adversaries."  Is that who we want leading our country?  John McCain too reckless to lead (You can see supporting facts below the fold).

In terms of McCain's ad.  The whole point is to elevate the Iranian threat to some ridiculous level of fear and paranoia equivalent to the Nazis or the Soviet Union.  First of all, the quote is of course completely out of context.  Obama  clearly takes Iran seriously.  All you have to do is read his policies and listen to his positions.

But Iran isn't the Nazis or the Soviet Union.  The Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons and controlled all of Eastern Europe.  The Nazis took over all of Europe and killed millions.  Iran is a country with 60 million people and a GDP the size of Florida.  By historical comparison it is simply not the same level threat.

But John McCain doesn't think that way.  For McCain every crisis is 1939 and every threat is existential.  As Max has so aptly pointed out, this is a very dangerous approach to the world.

Iraq

McCain: Iraq would be a nuclear assembly line for Al Qaeda. “Iraq and al-Qaeda present the United States with enemies on multiple fronts. In World War II, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, we went to war -- against them and against the Nazis, who had not attacked our homeland. We did not have the luxury of fighting one enemy at a time. Sept. 11, 2001 showed that al-Qaeda is a grave threat. Saddam Hussein has the ability to make a far worse day of infamy by turning Iraq into a weapons assembly line for al-Qaeda's network. Does anyone really want to vouch for Saddam, a pathological risk-taker with a history of violent aggression and an enormous stockpile of the world's worst weapons, when terrorists could help him attack us without fingerprints?... Standing by while an odious regime with a history of support for terrorism and hostility to America develops weapons whose use by terrorists could kill millions of Americans is not a choice. It is an abdication…Saddam is an international felon who has repeatedly violated the terms of his parole and is planning further crimes with his terrorist accomplices. He must be brought to justice once and for all. [USA Today 2/13/03]

McCain called for rushing to war – thought Iraq “threat” was incredibly urgent – few months before said war would be “easy” because Saddam was weak. In calling for the immediate invasion of Iraq, McCain wrote in the USA Today, “It is in the nature of democracies to be patient. But as history has shown, they can delay to their peril.” But McCain just a few months before said Iraq was weak, "I am very certain that this military engagement will not be very difficult. It may entail the risk of American lives and treasure, but is vastly weaker than he was in 1991." [USA Today 2/13/03. NY Times, 9/13/02]

Iran

McCain: “Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran.” In April 2007, McCain, speaking to voters in South Carolina, responded to a question about Iran by singing “Bomb, bomb Iran” to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann.” A man had asked McCain about sending “an air mail message to Tehran.” McCain answered by singing, “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.” He then added: “Iran is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That alone should concern us, but now they are trying for nuclear capabilities. I totally support (President George W. Bush) when he says we will not allow Iran to destroy Israel.” [UPI, 4/19/07]

Days after 9/11 and before U.S. forces had even invaded Afghanistan after, McCain was focused on attacking countries that had nothing to do with 9/11 – Iraq, Iran, Syria – said picking which one would be the tough part. “That's where the tough part of this whole scenario is going to begin. And that is that, after the Taliban are overthrown -- which I believe they will be -- I have very little doubt in my mind -- after bin Laden is either taken prisoner or killed and his network is destroyed, then what's next? Obviously, Iraq is still bent on -- Saddam Hussein is still bent on developing weapons of mass destruction. Obviously, the Iranians are still supporting terrorist organizations, as are the Syrians. That's where the tough choices and decisions are going to be made.” [MSNBC, Hardball, 10/3/01]

North Korea

McCain thought war with North Korea was inevitable in 1994. "In a chilling message to colleagues on the eve of Memorial Day, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., warned that a major war with North Korea is inevitable unless America finds a way to deter Kim Il Sung, a dictator bent on crashing the nuclear club and unleashing weapons of mass destruction around the world."  The Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), May 30, 1994

Russia and China

McCain said “we are all Georgians now,” implying he would be willing to take a much more confrontational approach to Russia.  [Washington Post, 8/12/08]

McCain’s calls for enlarging the G-8 would snub China and condemn the G-8 to “failure and irrelevance.” McCain has proposed that the U.S. should expand the G-8 specifically by taking in India and Brazil—but pointedly excluding China. Fareed Zakaria notes: “To reorder the G-8 without China would be particularly bizarre. The G-8 was created to help coordinate problems of the emerging global economy. Every day these problems multiply—involving trade, pollution, currencies—and are in greater need of coordination. To have a body that attempts to do this but excludes the world's second largest economy is to condemn it to failure and irrelevance.” [Newsweek, 05/05/08]

France and Germany

McCain threatened and bullied our allies before the start of the Iraq War.  “Speaking at an international security conference in Germany a month before the war, a frustrated McCain lashed out at our European allies, calling them "vacuous and posturing." Later that year, in an interview, he referred to the French and Germans as "our adversaries." He said that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder "looks little like the ally that anchored our presence in Europe throughout the Cold War. ... A German Rip Van Winkle from the 1960s would not understand the lack of political courage and cooperation with its allies on the question of Iraq exhibited in Berlin today." McCain also unleashed on two other critical players, accusing France and Russia of putting their "commercial interests above international law, world peace, and the political ideals of Western civilization."  [The New Republic, 5/7/08]

Comments

[COL. [retd] A.M.Khajawall]

Dear American Citizens and the mass media of U.S.A.

As a concerned disabled American Veteran and American citizen, I consider it my duty and responsibility to bring following critical characteristics of so called Maverick McCain to you for proving me wrong or right.

"The citizens of the United States of America have the ultimate responsibility to elect the " Right Candidate with the right temperament" to lead our nation' to address our nations present and future moral, democratic, economic, educational, health care, energy, military, and foundational soul of our nation.

In my firm professional opinion that the media should help the common voter to explore and discuss following attributes of Hon. Senator McCain.

1. Does he have a calm, cool, and collected " temper " [ Presidential Temperament ]?
2. Does he have a sound and sustained "Judgment and Caliber"?
3. Does he have a reveal a presidential "Thought-fullness and togetherness" of purpose and positions?
4. Does he lot or little "ex-poser and exploitation" around Washington"?
5. Does he poses enough " Vigor, wisdom and Vision " for our Great-grand Nation?
6. Does he poses foreign policy exploit-es based on " American Values, Virtuous, Vastness"?
7. Does his campaign talk. slogans and ads are based of facts and free of fiction, deception, seduction, and attacks?

If your answer to the above questions is yes then recommend and vote for him.

But in my professional. political, and personal opinion that vote is against the common interests majority of American people, against the world humanity, continuation of status qua and possibly dangerous world order.

Long live U.S.A and its democratic people and their common sense.

COL.. A.M. Khajawall [Ret] MD., Colonel, USAR / MC Combat Stress Control[Ret], Disabled American Veteran and Iraq Freedom team.

PS: I fully agree to with you. Our top priority is economy, jobs, and restoring world credibilty. That needs common sense and not commander in chief. Leave that to US Armed Forces. Please google McCain and temper read what his senator colleagues and others are saying about it.

[Dan Kervick]

McCain is a dangerous and impetuous foreign policy extremist and radical, who lacks the depth of knowledge, intellectual skills and executive temperament to be president. It is also becoming apparent that his alleged "experience" is a drawback, and that he does not appear to understand the world as it exists in 2008, but responds to events as though we still lived in the world of 1970 or 1985. His frequent gaffes, misstatements and ill-advised kneejerk responses suggest a tired old dog who has never made a full mental adjustment to the challenges of a post-Cold War environment; who doesn't clearly understand the forces America is contending with in the contemporary world; and who lacks the diplomatic understanding and mental flexibility needed to manage the nation's foreign policy in a world now characterized by baffling multi-sided complexity.

The world is now like an eight-handed poker game; but McCain still seems to think we are playing one-on-one checkers with Leonid Brezhnev, and he subsumes every foreign policy challenge under a dangerously oversimplified, bipolar scheme of The US vs. The Adversary.

McCain's extremist foreign policy vision is now to the right even of the Bush administration, which itself has been showing gradual and very belated moves toward realism in recent months. The McCain policies, which are closer to the earlier Bush policies of 2002 than the policies of 2008, reveal an even more comprehensive full spectrum belligerence and kneejerk reactiveness than Bush's did. And these policies have already been decisively rejected by the public.

The president's chief job is to protect the safety and security of the American people. The performance of that job requires sober judgment; the ability to gather and analyze accurate and comprehensive information in a timely manner; the organizational ability to manage a large team; the ability to deliberate thoroughly yet quickly during a crisis; and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure that reflect a proper regard for a large number of immediate term, short term and long term goals and interests. I don't see these talents among McCain's strengths.

McCain's strengths are not in the areas required for the stewardship of a nation's policies, but in the smaller and more restricted personal arena - the cockpit, the prison camp, the boxing ring, the drinking match. I suspect McCain as president would show one of the the same chief failings that Bush showed: neglecting his great responsibility to the 300 million Americans he is charged to defend and protect, by confusing challenges to American security with challenges to his own personal honor and stature. Like Bush, he will allow his responsibility to others, including the next generation of American families and children, to fall victim to personal pride and stubbornness. I honestly don't think McCain has the ability to subordinate the needs of his pompous ego to the needs of others, and therefore he can't be trusted with the security of America's children. He is still that pilot, prisoner, and boxer, engaged in the defense of his own honor in very personal forms of combat. He's not cut out for executive responsibility. Goodness, he's not even a full partner in the management of his own household.

[The Conservative Deflator]

Great post! I completely agree and think you have the tenor for the McCain commercial down perfectly. Expect endless war if McCain is elected, as like most conservatives, he thinks violence is the answer to every problem.

[A Stoner]

Have fun painting McCain as you wish. As far as I can tell by the poll, everyone already has determined who McCain is, and it is the ups and down of Barack Obama that moves the polls. Instead of painting pictures of McCain, maybe you should spend some time obfuscating Barack Obama's ideals better. McCain is doing a great job of exposing the truths about Obama, and you better fix in peoples minds who Barack is before McCain taints peoples minds with truths instead of the lies you need them to beleive in for him to get enough support to win.

[Adam Habib Dallas, TX]

I totally agree. Because of democrates hesitation of attacking McCain, I stopped making donations.

[Aaron Levitt]

This was an excellent post, and reflects my core concerns regarding Senator McCain's candidacy. I have great respect for the Senator in a number of regards, but there are issues of temperament, judgment, and impulse control that, while relatively harmless in a legislator, would be truly dangerous in the next POTUS.

[jamaljk]

COL.. A.M. Khajawall
Good questions
For McCain:
1. YES
2. YES
3. YES
4. NO IDEA WHAT THE QUESTION MEANS.
5. YES
6. YES
7. MOSTLY YES

For Obama:
1. Don't know
2. Don't know
3. NO
4. NO IDEA WHAT THE QUESTION MEANS.
5. VISION - Maybe. WISDOM - Probably not.
6. NO
7. MOSTLY YES

[BBUckley]

This is what happens when we continue to le the parties send old Vietnam Vets to run for President. In McCain's case he is unstable and unfit for this command because he was psychologically dammaged by the war and is intent on refighting the Vietnam War in every other war we might be in. Listen to "Never Surrender" Speaches, he's not another Churchill, he is an unstable individual who will gladly lead the US to the bring of Nuclear War with Russia to pacify past demons in his psyche. Cold War II her we go! Vietnam War II, III, IV.... Remember lets just stay in Iraq 100 or a 1000 years, doesn't really matter to McCain, as he will be dead in less than 30 and the rest of us can go on fighting his demons for him.

[Lisabeth]

What a great article. We need MORE articles like this. John McCain scares me and many that I know. Enough with the fear mongering. He is completely out of control!!!!!!!!

[akarmenia1]

So do you have any answers to that question for the Messiah (aka Barack Hussein Obama)? Doe she have presidential temperment? Does he have sound judgement? Does he show "thought-fulnnes," "togetherness of purpose and positions," "wisdom," "vigor," or "vision?" (Those were the adjectives that I could actually understand from the barely coherent post).

The answer to most of these, besides perhaps vigor, is "WE DON'T KNOW." We might not all agree copmletely with John McCain, but most of us don't like to roll the dice with the highest office in the world.

So who's the "fear-monger," when you are the one insisting that John McCain is going to put us into war after war? Or that if we don't vote for Obama then global warming will kill us all?

[Chredon]

John McCain is a dangerous man. He sees the world in the same tones of black and white that prompted Bush's "With us or against us" philosophy of national security. He is a warrior from a lost war who seems itching to prove that the USA can beat anybody, and spoiling for a fight in which to prove it. In these dangerous times, we need a president who can navigate the treacherous waters, not one who will go full speed ahead regardless of the risk.

Obama may not have years of foreign policy experience that would be helpful in that cause, but Joe Biden does. And even if Obama had not chosen Biden, I'd rather have the Oval Office occupied by a lightly-experienced but thoughtful man than a headstrong ideologue, no matter how many years he's been in office.

[Chredon]

Stoner - what Obama needs to do is exactly the opposite of what you propose. He does not need to hide his background. He needs to shine light on the facts of that background and show clearly that what the Right is saying about him is a pack of lies. Apparently, you have bought the entire deck. Try looking at a non-partisan site, such as factcheck.org, and see what they say about Obama and the lies that the McCain campaign is spreading about him.

Really, do it. I dare you.

[Chris C]

What a crap article. We need LESS articles like this. Barak Obama scares me and many that I know. Enough with the fear mongering. He is completely out of control!!!!!!!!

[Lawrence]

The examples you provide do not serve to show that John McCain is a warmonger at all. Quite the opposite really. For example, Iraq - McCain was completely right. Saddam was very weak and was dethroned in only 21 days. He is absolutely correct that we should overthrow despotic countries, even if they have absolutely nothing to do with 9/11. Why do you waste your time writing such specious arguments?

[retgerg rbyhrtyhn]

nobama is way to dangerous to lead his national security team will exist of people like william ayres

[Iowa PatN]

WHY WON'T MCAMNESTY RELEASE HIS MILITARY RECORDS?

Answer: he is a case study in who you DO NOT WANT in the military--hot headed, reckless, and foolish. I am especially concerned about all the guys "war hero" killed in the Forrestal fire, caused when he gunned his jet engine ("f_rting") on the jet behind him, in clear violation of rules to protect other jets and the ship. His Admiral Daddy took him off the ship immediately to keep furious survivors from giving him quick military justice, and thought up the "electrical malfunction" excuse. What about his POW title "Songbird"? What about the sexual molestation of subordinates during his one year "command" in Florida? Why his Senate actions against POW groups? Only if we have a complete review of the files and witnesses can we know. He might do like he did with his medical records and issue a censored version of his military records the Friday night before Labor Day weekend. If not, and if the media doesn't scream bloody murder to get all the records to be released as they should be doing, the Democrats will be fully justified in Swiftboarding him in retaliation for the Swiftboating of Kerry. Remember only last summer he went into a purple-faced, obscenity-laced rage when people called him out on his amnesty/North American Union bill, rejected by 90% of the American people. Perfect temperament for the 3:00 am phone call! "Give me that nuke football!"

[Bee]

This is a great article.

These positions have to be exposed and discussed. Maybe some people will hear what McCain has to say and agree with him. Maybe some will hear and decide not to vote for him. But the conversation should definitely happen.

McCain camp has been complaining about the lack of coverage. I personally hope that McCain gets his wish and the campaign stops being all about Obama. I hope the campaign switches to an argument of what a McCain presidency would mean. I don't think McCain will win that argument.

[James Patterson]

I am an American veteran living in Russia. I am conservative as they come and John McCain is no conservative.

Russia is now anti-communist. McCain is supposed to like that. But neocons are really liberals who think war is good to spread liberalism.

Neocons were the Democrats who were for the war in Vietnam.

The old Republicans, and old conservatives, have disappeared from the map or are fast disappearing.

The Neocons must be stopped cold...but Obama and his feminist pal Biden are not exactly the strongest team to try to do this.

[Yipee-ki-yay]

Every time I read some dimwit screaming "Bush & Cheney's war" without acknowledging the fact that the majority of democrats in congress backed "Bush & Cheney's war", these same dimwits show me their brains are the size of walnuts. Please, please at least acknowledge that those democrats in congress that helped authorize "Bush & Cheney's war" were either tricked by the Uber-intelligent GWB, or they were just voting to authorize because they couldn't get re-elected by looking like wimpy little lap dogs of the left. You think McCain is dangerous? I tell you that politicians in knee pads that cast votes they don't intend to back up are the ones you need to worry about.

[occam]

"But Iran isn't the Nazis or the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons and controlled all of Eastern Europe. The Nazis took over all of Europe and killed millions. Iran is a country with 60 million people and a GDP the size of Florida. By historical comparison it is simply not the same level threat."

One question for you MORON!!! Let's assume Iran can only build one single itty bitty 10 kilotone nuke. Now let's assume they smuggle into the US. Now lets say they hide in the garage of house on your street. Now the question ... MORON ... Now please tell me how much more does Russia worry you than Iran?

You apparently have no grasp of what a threat is.

Two words for you. GET FUCKED!

You sir are TOO STUPID to talk.

[Dave Rice]

Iraq and McCain.....he was not alone in his opinion of Saddam...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1q9Q0OtJ4g

Iran will use nukes if they get them...you disagree? Bomb bomb bomb....a funny story but certainly not McCains stance in confronting tyranny.

Were N. Korea to attack the democratic south you would expect us to do what exactly? Ignore them? What kind of world do you want for your children? Fantasyland?

Strong rhetoric was a solid, along with a strong military build-up, deterrent to russian aggression. We will never go to war with Russia unless they attack us. Putin wants power and wealth, he will murder millions to get it and we can do nothing about it.....

Today France and Germany finally understand the danger and have moved to the middle if not right in political ideology. During the approach to Iraq they hid, as is their want, there was too much to lose and as we all know their societies are generally weak when it comes to fighting for the greater good....

Sophmoric at best....sorry

[Occam]

Oh yeah .... did I tell you that you are MORON?

[mrdon]

Well there you have it.

One candidate who is reckless.

And one candidate who is clueless.

Ouch

[occam]

Oh yeah, just in case I forgot to mention it, Ilan Goldenberg is a MORON.

[occam]

I want to be perfectly clear to everyone here ... Ilan Goldenberg IS A MORON.

[Oregon4Obama]

Mitt Romney.....oh a little about him...

He was in an interview where he called the russians, "soviets" not once, not twice....but five times...

He even appologized for using the term "soviets" and then called them that three more times afterwords.....

so I hope McCain picks Romney....so they can make that pitch to the middle class....one who doesnt know how many houses he owns and the other who can easily waste $50 Million on his own candidacy and says its no big deal.....

So I hope McCain Picks romney....so they can make that pitch to people worried about our national security where Romney calls the russians, soviets and McCain wants to secure the Iraq/pakistan border....

[occam]

Just in case I was not completely understood, I'll spell it out ...
Ilan Goldenberg IS A M-O-R-O-N

[Joe Blow]

You hit the nail on your head with your article. Sadly negative attack ads that Bush/McCain republicans are effective as shown in the polls. McCain puts out a crazy ad comparing Obama to Paris Hilton and Obama goes down in the polls.

It is time for Obama to fight back and instead of being on the defensive attack McCain for what he truly is an irresponsible war monger.

[SUCK-A-SHVILI]

McCain is a Georgian now. 'Nough said!!

[MORON]

Isn't that ironic that a single imbecile posted about 20 messages saying just one thing "moron"? :))) I guess TRUTH HURTS doesn't it, genious?

[occam]

"He was in an interview where he called the russians, "soviets" not once, not twice....but five times..."

Well if it walks like duck, and quacks like duck, it's a duck. There's been a lot of duck quackin' and walkin' goin' on lately.

[Joe Marine]

Col. A.M. Khajawall--- BORAT, IS THAT YOU ?????

[sub]

jesus you lefties are dumb. obama doesn't have 10% of what it takes to render real leadership, but as you're all smitten with hollywood actors, it's perfect that you'd be starry eyed over this pretty, smooth talking, empty-shell of a candidate. but i'm not gonna waste my breath, since there's about a 0% chance of talking any sense in to all of ya..... best of luck in november.....

[occam]

"Isn't that ironic that a single imbecile posted about 20 messages saying just one thing "moron"? :))) I guess TRUTH HURTS doesn't it, genious?

Posted by: MORON | August 27, 2008 at 08:17 PM
"

This is either THE MORON, or a MORON that agrees with the MORON.

[occam]

"Mitt Romney.....oh a little about him...

He was in an interview where he called the russians, "soviets" not once, not twice....but five times...

He even appologized for using the term "soviets" and then called them that three more times afterwords.....

so I hope McCain picks Romney....so they can make that pitch to the middle class....one who doesnt know how many houses he owns and the other who can easily waste $50 Million on his own candidacy and says its no big deal.....

So I hope McCain Picks romney....so they can make that pitch to people worried about our national security where Romney calls the russians, soviets and McCain wants to secure the Iraq/pakistan border....

Posted by: Oregon4Obama | August 27, 2008 at 08:10 PM
"

I guess you left wing loons just developed house phobia since you don't seem too concerned about how many houses Kerry, Kennedy, and Gore own.

If this is the bet ya got ... you're pathetic!

I have little "house" question for you. How many substandard slum homes did Rezko build with Obama's help? Now that's a house problem "YOU CAN BELIEVE IN"

[Warrior]

Looks like I have found the terrorists website. what a bunch of liars. Most are not even smart enough to pick their nose, much less a president. I was warned that anything good for america was bad for the democrats. I'll give you folks one thing for sure, you are stronger democrats and terrorist than you are Amreicans. I bet much of this is about "I'm Stupid, and I'm reporting for duty'. We came out 60 million strong, and this time it will be 70 million. We got to have a real leader, not a novice, that has 20 years of hate inside for America, and Whitey. I had no idea that the democrats were so desperate, as to begin this on-slaught, but let the battle begin. No record, no experience, no bi-partisanship bills, terrorist friends, felon friends, planning to tax the working class into oblivion. Americans are smarter than to vote for the muslim Obama, but terrorists and party kool-aide drinkers will, but they couldn't elect John Boy in 04, and they won't elect the friend of terrorists, Nobama, in 08. McCain will be elected in 08.

[Warrior]

Reading some of these comments confusing. A retired military man who says the economy is the number 1 issue. Tell me, what good is a good economy if you are looking over your shoulder 24/7 for the next terrorist attack? Ihave never known a military man who would even begin to think like that. But he did say he was disabled, so now we know what is wrong. Lesson, don't believe most of what is on this website, and know that the article was written by one of Obama's puppet-masters.

[timstevens]

Yes, mccain is too reckless to lead. But obama is simply too inept, too inexperienced, too weak, too effeminate and too liberal to lead.

[John Paul]

This article reads like it was written by a 10 year old.

[Bill Carson]

Hail Obama! We who are about to die, salute you! (and salute that nifty new Obama temple in Denver; it's the first of many, right?).

[occam]

What do Joe Biden and Barak Obama have in common?

The are both far left liberals, they both plagiarize, they both embellish their accomplishments, and they both have connections to corrupt Chicago cesspool politics and Rezko.

Birds of feather flock together. So how do you tell then apart? Hint: One has some really bad hair plugs.

[PJ]

Here's what other Republicans say about McCain' temperament:

"His temper would place this country at risk in international affairs, and the world perhaps in danger. In my mind, that should disqualify him." - Former Senator Bob Smith, R-NH
"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He is erratic." - Senator Thad Cochran, R-MS
"I decided I didn't want this guy anywhere near a trigger." - Senator Pete Domenici, R-NM
"What happens if he gets angry in crisis in the presidency? It's the president's job to negotiate and stay calm. I just don't see that he has that quality." - Former Arizona GOP Chairman John Hinz
"Hardheaded is one way to say it. Arrogant is another way to say it. Hubristic is another way to say it. Too proud for his own good is another way to say it. It's a quality about him that disturbs me." - Larry Wilkerson, former chief aide to Colin Powell

And here's a good site setting out the experience of various presidents. It seems there's no correlation between lots of experience and a good president. Plus Obama's got more experience than many before him. Take a look. http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Info/experience.html

[Dan Kervick]

Who the hell are you new guys, and how did you find your way here? We regulars were happily planning our liberal terrorist plots, and now you've gone and hurt our feelings and taken all the fun out of it.

[UrsaM]

Great article. From a political point of view, the Dems should be painting McCain with the same brush as LBJ used on Goldwater in 1964. ("10-9-8-7...."). The point is that McCain panics/panders. Georgia is attacked? Well, rattle your saber rather than work with our Western European allies to reach a negotiated result. Oil prices temporarily spike? Give oil companies free reign to drill (even though there's plenty of unexplored oil leases) and give 'em a tax break, and then ignore the inevitable reduction in pump prices.

And thanks to all of you McCain supporters for your racist and homophobic attacks. Nice to know the level of his supporters. Facts show that McCain is reckless? Bring up Rezko. Nice defense, fellows.

[Kevin C.]

I am very concerned about McCain's temperament like most voters are but I am more concerned about his path through life.

McCain entered the Naval Academy because his father and grand father were four star Admirals. He did not get into the academy on his own merits. Worse when he was at the Naval Academy he did not take the opportunity seriously. McCain tried to break every rule he could said an old dorm mate of his. He barely graduated finishing 5th from the bottom of his class. Instead of being awarded an assignment equal to his performance in the academy, he received and invitation to flight school. Even before being shot down over Vietnam he was involved in serious accidents destroying four jets. Then as we all know John McCain was shot down and became a POW. McCain has said many times since then the he did not love his country until he was deprived of her company.

So here is a man who got everything he wanted in life and did not appreciate what he had until it was gone. After McCain was released he commanded a non-combat squadron and achieved the rank of Captain. Just six years after McCain's Admiral father died he left the Navy. There is not much information why he left the Navy so soon but some speculation is that the Navy told McCain that he would never reach the rank of Admiral.

McCain then set out to build a political career based on his POW war hero status. In a later McCain book he said he wanted to be president because of personal ambition. The direct quote is "I didn't decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president. . . . In truth, I'd had the ambition for a long time."

I truly think the main reason McCain wants to be president is to be Commander-in-Chief, his lack of interest and almost disdain for domestic policy proves this. I think McCain wants to command all the Admirals and Generals for that matter to prove the military and maybe even his father wrong. This mental turmoil inside McCain is a sure fire recipe for disaster. McCain will start other wars to try and prove he is the best war president ever. I almost wonder if he will start to wear the uniform again to appear like a military dictator.

[Sherlock]

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Dear concerned citizens of America and mass media of the U.S.A.

As a concerned disabled American Veteran and American citizen, I consider it my duty and responsibility to address the following critical issues facing the voters of our Greatgrand nation, the United States of America [USA].

The citizens of the United States of America [USA] have the ultimate power and responsibility to elect the Right Ticket with the right joint "temperament, judgment, and statesmanship" to lead our nation as well as change our nation's present and future moral, political, economic, educational, health care, energy, military, and foundational soul.

In my firm professional, personal, and political opinion, the media should help the common voter to explore and discuss the following attributes of the present Republican and Democratic presidential slates:

1. Does the joint ticket have a calm, cool, and collected " temper and impulse" [Presidential Temperament]?
2. Does each ticket have sound and sustained "Judgment and Caliber"?
3. Does each ticket have a "presidential depth and degree" in regard to their purpose, policies, and positions?
4. Does each ticket have adequate, "understanding and knowledge" of workings around Washington"?
5. Does each ticket have enough "vigor, wisdom and Vision" for the future of our beloved Great-grand Nation?
6. Does each ticket possess enough joint foreign policy experience and ex-poser based on "American Values, Virtues, Vastness, and strong soul"?
7. Are their campaign talk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair attacks, negativity, and impulsivity?

If your answer to a majority of the above questions is yes, I suggest you vote for that ticket. As a Independent registered voter I have decided to vote for Obama-Biden ticket. I am sure they will protect our national security, Strong's, stamina and strong soul. Rebuild our nation from bottom up in all areas of need, OBAMA-BIDEN ticket will once again restore and rebuild our global standing with the use of maximum international humane diplomacy and minimal force if and when indicated.

Yours sincerely,

COL. A.M. Khajawall [Ret] MD., Forensic psychiatrist, Colonel, US-AR / MC Combat Stress Control[Ret], Disabled American Veteran and Iraq Freedom team.

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