Things That Just Piss Me Off

John McCain says he knows about the Iraq war and Obama does not. McCain says he is the best judge of what we should or should not do in the middle east and Obama is not. Then check this out and tell me you want John McCain to make decisions about the Middle East.

Anyway, McCain, was holding a press conference in Amman, Jordan, with his potential veeps by his side. Everything was going just hunky dory until McCain said this: “Well, it’s common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and is receiving training and are coming back into Iraq. That’s well known and it’s unfortunate.”

Oops. (The Raw Story has the video.)

Then Holy Joe leans over after an uncomfortable silence and whispers in St. John’s ear that it is Shiite insurgents who are going in and out of Iran, not al-Qaeda (whose fighters are Sunni and sworn enemies of the Iranians.) McCain turned four shades of red and coughed and sputtered into the microphone: “I’m sorry; the Iranians are training the extremists, not al Qaeda. Not al Qaeda. I’m sorry,”

John McCain doesn’t even know who we are fighting against, let alone what to do about it. Just because you fought in a previous war as a soldier does not mean you are ready to be Commander in Chief. John McCain was not a general. He has never led a war. So he has no more experience at running a war than you or I.

The criticism that the republican party and John Mccain have had about Barack Obama is that he is not experienced, that he will raise taxes, that he will not invest in alternative energy, and other soundbites they have been putting out there no longer hold any water.

In one speech, Barack Obama answered the critics. He told us what he believes in and exactly what he will do as president.

What has John McCain done? Only put out ads that make false claims about Barack Obama.

What does john McCain believe in? George W Bush. We don’t know anything else he believes in because his ads are all about Barack Obama. We do know he believes in George Bush because he voted with Bush on 90% of all bills Bush wanted passed.

We also know that McCain does believe offshore drilling will solve our dependence on oil. He wants you to believe that giving new drilling leases to the same corporations that Bush has been giving tax breaks to, the same corporations that are recording record profits, is the answer to our dependence on oil.

That’s like saying let’s supply local drug dealers with more street corners so that foreigners can’t sell dope on those corners. It wouldn’t solve the drug problem, but it would make sure that our dealers are the ones who profit from the addiction.

So it seems the choice is clear. If you believe that george W. Bush has done a good job of running this country, vote for John McCain because he will be almost as good as George Bush.

If you realize that Bush started out with a deficit and we now have huge national debt instead. If you believe that we should have finished the war in Afghanistan and gone after Osama Bin Laden. If you are tired of all of the tax breaks that go to the wealthy and to corporations like Exxon who reported record profits. If you realize that middle class means that largest percentage of Americans who do not make over $250,000 per year and that they are the ones that deserve tax breaks.