McCain: Obama 'Absolutely' Qualified to Be President

Wash Post ^ | 4/6/08 | Zach Goldfarb

[Man50D]

All it would do is cause Dems to Unite behind Obama and invigorate them even more. McCain would be portrayed as a Racist. Paster Hagee and other would be used to portray McCain as a Bigot. That would be the end of him and his campaign.

The only people he pacifies with this attitude are socialists and Marxists. More proof he GOP continues its slippery slide into socialism.

[Man50D]

The difference between McCain & the leftist Democrats is this.

|MCCain will put the country through a slow death with socialism while Obama and Clinton will put the country through a quick death with socialism.

[Man50D]

You nailed it.

McCain will nail the country to the wall with more socialism.

[Luke21]

“I wouldn't vote for McCain in a million years, and I have maintained that position here consistently for at least six years.”

Same here. I never vote for him for senator either, but the Dems here in AZ all love him.

[kingattax]

We are so screwed.

[Man50D]

Obama is the most far-left senator in the US Senate. No point in stressing that now.

Now is the exact time to point out Obama and Clinton are Socialists and Marxists. In fact he should have made the distinction earlier if he were to have nay chance of courting Conservatives. The only problem is McCain won't make the distinction because he too is a socialist!

[Man50D]

I can, at this time, see no other viable alternative to the pure evils the Rats have offered up.

How about actually supporting a Conservative! The hold your nose and vote for the lesser of two evils will only beget more evil and more socialism! Why is this such a hard concept to understand?

I think McCain knows this about us conservatives and enjoys rubbing our noses in it.

McCain and his socialist comrades only have that power if you let him have that power. There is no need to be so insipid about Conservatism. It works every time it's given chance. That cannot happen by supporting McCain.

[levotb]

Bravo, SAJ!

I choose not to vote for Prez or to write in a non-candidate. Let’s fergit about that spot and concentrate on getting Pelosi out of the Speaker’s chair!! A GOP/conservative landslide in Nov. taking back the House! That’s our only hope, no matter which scumbag is elected...

[Man50D]

McCain truly knows that he can seriously still lose the general election without enough conservatives voting for him.

The fact that he feels the need to placate Conservatives should clearly tell everyone he is not a Conservative and is being disingenuous to those who are Conservative. He would never have considered becoming a socialist Democrat in 2001, be considered by socialist John Kerry as his VP running mate in 2004, supported amnesty for illegal aliens as do the socialist, support the global warming fallacy as do socialists and attempt to limit free speech as do the socialists.

[Mark-in-Kentucky]

The McCain pig won’t sit still long enough for its supports to get the lipstick on it. heh

[Lumper20]

The hate group reveals its members.

[Lumper20]

The hate group reveals its members.

[Lumper20]

You got it. McCain would be called a racist if he had attacked Obama in any way.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, said Sunday that the leader for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, would be “absolutely” qualified to be president, should the voters elect him. But, he said, “I believe that my talent and my background and my experience, which has led to my judgment, ... qualifies me more.”

Textbook answer. Well said: avoiding the negative sell, McCain instead sells his own positives, proving he is a classier act than his opponents.

Salesmanship 101.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> HRC and BHO are both liars, JM is is proving himself to be as dumb as a post.

Americans have only themselves to blame if none of these candidates are suitable to run the country during a time of war.

And if Conservatives wanted a conservative GOP candidate they would have done a more competent job, surely, during the nomination phase. What a clown-show that was!

So now the choice is between HRC/BHO and JM. The latter unpalatable for some Conservatives, the former unthinkable.

Tho’ some Conservatives think it is “only four years” until 2012 I would point out that four years is a very long time, particularly during a time of war. The US was only at war for four years during WW-II, for example — a very long time. And alot of damage can be done in four years.

I do not intend to tell Americans how to vote — I am a foreigner and it is really not my concern: at least not directly. As a citizen of the world I cannot help but be concerned because of the long shadow America casts over the free world: when you guys sniff, we all catch ‘flu.

That said I do hope conservatives have the good sense to swallow hard and ensure that HRC/BHO never set foot in the Oval Office — four years with them running the US would be tragic during a time of war. For some it will be far less than ideal for JM to be there as the alternative: well, should have thought of that during the GOP nominations.

America is at war — as is most of the rest of the free world — and these are ugly times. A perfect conservative White House is not going to happen this time around. But surely a RINO is better than flat-out Socialists?

(Trust me — it is. We have lived with a flat-out Socialist nanny-state government in NZ for 9 years and I assure you that you don’t want that.)

[lonestar]

He clearly stated he wanted someone that shared his “principles and priorities” ...

I hope there aren't two of those!

[lonestar]

Things being what they are, I’m probably going to wind up voting for this sorry jerk

When I am at my wits end with "W," I think "Gore and Kerry" to remind me how much worse it could be.

[waxer1]

Finally someone said this. Anybody born in the US and at least 35 years old is qualified. There is nothing mentioned abour foriegn affairs and such. These are the only qualifications to be CIC.

[Maceman]

If McCain thinks Obama is qualified to be President, then it is pretty obvious that McCain doesn’t understand the job description himself.