<<Obama is not a "typical" politician. You can say it all you want, it will never be true.
<<McCain is certainly a typical politician. Straight talk express, my ass.>>
McCain's as old-line as they come. For those who believe that he's given up his crooked ways as a charter member of the Keating Five, give it up, folks. He's back to his old ways doing favours for other campaign contributors, this time Paxson Communications:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/mccain_comments_distort_fcc_ma.phphttp://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/what_did_mccain_do_for_isemans.phpThis guy is so crooked, when he dies, they'll need a corkscrew to get him into the ground. Maverick, my ass. He's a fucking crook. I really wish someone would do a little Swift-Boating on his so-called "torture" in Viet Nam. Some of the blogs I've seen are suggesting that as the son and grandson of U.S. Admirals, he had it pretty good in his captivity. Why is everyone pussy-footing around this? One thing I gotta hand it to the Republicans, when they get into the ring, they go all-out for blood.
Unfortunately, Obama is starting to look like a bit of an empty suit with a good script behind him. His biggest backers seem to be Wall Street legal and financial firms like Scadden Arps and Goldman Sachs. Instead of a 30-day or at the very most a 60-day pull-out, he's talking time periods of over a year, and of withdrawing "combat troops" which leaves a lot of other goons on the ground. Also going after Bin Laden in Pakistan (if you think Iraq's a quagmire . . . ) and similar crazy shit which makes me think it's just a different
flavour of racism, militarism and fascism that he's selling.