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John McCain's best argument against Barack Obama is



that Obama is inexperienced, and these are challenging times.

that McCain has faith in the American people; Obama has faith in himself

that McCain, not Obama, is the real change agent

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Jesse
2008-05-09 15:11:23 ET

OTHER = "It's the patriotism, stupid!"

I.E., the experience question will be number two, but number one will be jeremiah wright/patriotism/militant black/etc. swift-boating from 3rd parties.

tom chatson
2008-05-09 16:14:55 ET

Simple: obama's a nigger. McCain is white. Niggers are racists and vote 92% obama. Whites will follow their race in November, trust me. Don't call me racist; I'm just doing what the niggers are doing!

james hare
2008-05-09 18:11:55 ET

wow high class comments. my comment would be "mccain is paying for strategy counseling. silly to do it for him"

Barbara Ishmael
2008-05-12 22:32:30 ET

Tom Chatson I will not call you racist, but sadly pathetic and very ignorant. Your time has passed, you should crawl back under the rock from which you came, if you feel empowered using the "n" word. Name calling will not get McCain nominated and if he is counting on folks like you, how sad for the country.

PB
2008-05-15 23:54:26 ET

Comedians like Chris Rock, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, the Wayans', Eddie Murphy and many rappers, etc. keep the "n" word current. Even if their jokes are humorous to them, they must stop perpetuating the word's popularity, or we'll never get it out of our conscious minds.

Xenon
2008-06-04 17:15:38 ET

By all definitions other than racial epitaphs, Tom Chatson is the nigger.....

Danielle Dickhaus
2008-09-22 19:31:41 ET

There are many more things behind the face of the president. I cannot believe that people, (e.g. Tom Chatson) uses the color of skin as a reason to vote for or against. I know it happens, but that only happens with ignorant people who won't take the time to see the real candidate. Obama has experience. He took chances in his life to get to where he is today. He lost his parents, his grandparents. He had to move from Hawaii to Kenya to Hawaii... he attended school with it in his mind that HE can make a difference. He didn't care about the hard work ahead of him. He was willing to work hard to become somebody. Unlike most Americans, including myself, we only care about the present. We leave school because "it's too hard. It's not fun enough." We care about how much money is in our wallets so we can go out to eat. We are what makes the economy move. But, people like Obama are what changes the economy so we can live easier and make it boom, not crash. And who the hell doesn't want the troops to come back to Iraq? How many mothers, fathers, wives, siblings, etc... sit in fear that their loved one is going to be killed, or some times worse, kill an other? Imagine your child in that life. Yes, troops are amazing. They are brave, and in war, they do the work that many won't ever consider. I am for troops, but I am also for them coming home.

I could go on and on. BUT, unless you have a good reason, a working argument, to not like Obama, other than skin color, then don't even bother voting. Your time in America is over. Racism is over. America was built on converging ethnicities, not on close-mindedness. (Racists-how can you HATE somebody for something that they can't help? Imagine if you were born into a different race/ethnicity than you are and were hated for something you can't change). Hate and love people for what they do and for what they say, NOT for what they look like or what they think. It's what comes from the person that matter. Everybody has bad thoughts, but only those who express them are bad.

I am not against McCain as a person, only as a president. And although my argument just now was for Obama, I do not dislike people who have a good reason to vote for my opposing party. I just want people to realize that close-mindedness does not belong today. So, clean out your ears, your eyes, and shut your lips until you can see the person for who they are.


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