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In general, I'm sometimes sympathetic to the right wing point of view - less government is a good idea. But I generally see the Republican party as willing to s

by ojbyrne 18y ago

In general, I'm sometimes sympathetic to the right wing point of view - less government is a good idea. But I generally see the Republican party as willing to sacrifice honesty at almost every opportunity, and it offends me. And I very much doubt that when the Democratic party decided to run an ad questioning John McCain's lack of computer literacy, that they didn't research the possibility of him being physically handicapped. So my natural impulse is to believe that it's more of the same, morally equivalent to WMDs in Iraq.

anamax 18y ago
So, you're going with "he's lying". Let's demand a medical report to seal the deal. FWIW, the "they're too smart" argument tells us that Hans Reiser is innocent. BTW - Feel free to cite a prominent Dem who believed that there weren't WMDs. Yes, during the Clinton administration counts. (Unless you want to argue that stupid Bush was distorting intelligence reports from Texas.) Also, what counts as WMDs? If I have everything ready to go.... (And, Iraq did have yellow cake - the sale and shipment was in the news earlier this summer.)
- ojbyrne 18y ago
  I think the link above (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/yes-mccain-can-use-electr_n_126130.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/yes-mccain-can-use-...) has made you look kind of dumb. And just to counter your obvious response I never said he was lying. I said "republicans" were lying. Cheers.
  - anamax 18y ago
    That link shows McCain using e-mail and quotes him saying "I read e-mails all the time", which is what the Obama advert said that he couldn't or didn't do. I don't know that I'd call thumbing a blackberry as "typing", but if that makes you happy.... Let's rewind to 2000. According to http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/0529/053_print.html http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/0529/053_print.html , "McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. "She's a whiz on the keyboard, and I'm so laborious," McCain admits."

by ojbyrne 18y ago

anamax 18y ago

So, you're going with "he's lying". Let's demand a medical report to seal the deal. FWIW, the "they're too smart" argument tells us that Hans Reiser is innocent. BTW - Feel free to cite a prominent Dem who believed that there weren't WMDs. Yes, during the Clinton administration counts. (Unless you want to argue that stupid Bush was distorting intelligence reports from Texas.) Also, what counts as WMDs? If I have everything ready to go.... (And, Iraq did have yellow cake - the sale and shipment was in the news earlier this summer.)

ojbyrne 18y ago
I think the link above (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/yes-mccain-can-use-electr_n_126130.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/yes-mccain-can-use-...) has made you look kind of dumb. And just to counter your obvious response I never said he was lying. I said "republicans" were lying. Cheers.
- anamax 18y ago
  That link shows McCain using e-mail and quotes him saying "I read e-mails all the time", which is what the Obama advert said that he couldn't or didn't do. I don't know that I'd call thumbing a blackberry as "typing", but if that makes you happy.... Let's rewind to 2000. According to http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/0529/053_print.html http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/0529/053_print.html , "McCain is an inveterate devotee of email. His nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. "She's a whiz on the keyboard, and I'm so laborious," McCain admits."