Jun
15
Source: MSNBC.com
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In this “Special Comment,” Keith Olbermann criticizes McCain’s statement that “it’s ‘not too important’ when American forces come home from Iraq.” He uses amazing rhetoric, shooting down the McCain campaign’s claim that the comments are being placed out of context by presenting in a number of quotes that McCain has said through the years. Throughout the video, Olbermann reminds us again and again that McCain has told the American people that it’s “not too important” when American troops return to the United States. He states twice that McCain is following something in his own imagination and that he is not seeing reality. Olbermann shows how McCain’s views clash and are unrealistic. And lastly, he tells McCain that he, a soldier himself in his earlier days, should be ashamed of himself. All in all, this video in itself is enough of a reason for why I would never vote for McCain, and why I can’t understand why anyone else would.
I must admit that I raise an eyebrow when people wish to vote for McCain, but of all the reasons, the most disheartening one is because of a possible dislike of Obama. Some people aren’t sold enough on Obama’s experience, but let’s get something straight here. Who running for president this year has ever been a president? Has ever actually sat in the Oval Office and led the country? Isn’t that the meaning of experience? McCain went to war, and he should be no doubt respected for that. But military experience does not equate to executive experience; Ulysses S. Grant is an example of such. Obama may not be as experienced at Washington, but he has one thing McCain does not have: a clean slate. I feel like it’s time to give the new guy a chance, to really work for change. McCain’s just more of the same; he’s sometimes called “McBush” for a reason.
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