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February 28th, 2008 at 01:56pm Pat Cunningham
When Harry Truman was in the U.S. Senate, he famously rode herd on defense contractors who were selling shoddy and overpriced materiel during World War II.
John McCain is NO HARRY TRUMAN.
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6 Comments Add your own
1. Kaus | February 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
…but ‘Bama has loads of experience in this area…Mr. Hope.
2. Pat Cunningham | February 28th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
That makes a lot of sense. Just once, Kaus, try to defend McCain on the basis of HIS record, not Obama’s — unless there’s a direct corrolary, which there is not in this case. McCain is on the Armed Services Committee. Obama is not.
3. Kaus | February 28th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I don’t offer a McCain position because I don’t know all the details. Your source doesn’t either. I would imagine that a lot of duties get neglected when you are busy running for President. Considering Obama has never held a committee post position, I would say that my observation is correct and that he is a small fish in a big pond that can throw a lot of stones. A lot of experience means some mistakes along the way.
4. Kaus | February 28th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
But thanks for pointing my flaws out. I will stop comparing Obama to McCain since one has experience and one does’t. Hope doesn’t need experience.
5. Pat Cunningham | February 28th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
There’s nothing wrong with making comparisons between McCain and Obama, but not apples-and-oranges comparisons. As I said (perhaps too snarkily) in my reply to your first comment, comparisons are perfectly valid when there are corrolaries. The point with respect to the Kevlar helmets is that McCain’s a ranking member of a committee that deals with stuff like that. Obama’s committee assignments are not directly related. Nor is it fair of you to say that Obama has no “experience.” Granted, he’s not as experienced as McCain, simply by virtue of their ages. However, Obama has more legislative experience than does Hillary Clinton. By the way, polls show that experience is not a very important factor among voters this year, which is why Hillary’s campaign focus on experience has not worked very well for her. This is the year of change, Dude.
6. Kaus | February 28th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Obama has that “Princess Diana” likeabilty and momentum. It willl be hard to beat…and great leadership qualities.
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