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Patriotism is the Last Refuge of John McCain
Author: Raine
Date: 10/30/2008 12:22:09
Who is Rashid Khalidi? He is the newest boogyman name that John McCain is slinging around to incite hatred and fear from his supporters.
So why the sudden interest from John McCain? it is alleged that Bill Ayers was at that toast as well. Alleged by John McCain. This is a dangerously stupid road McCain is heading down. McCain was on the same board as Khalidi, and he donated about a half a million dollars to the IRI.
That isn't a bad thing in and of itself. However, when you couple it with a few other things in the McCain closet things look a little different. For Example: Iran Contra and Nazi Sympathizers, Reverend Hagee, who said that the Nazi's were sent to kill the Jews, His running mate has some anti-semite issues as well. And then there is Sam (aka Joe T. Plumber), who was proud to agree with a McCain supporter that Obama would bring certain death to Israel. Confused yet? is he pro-Israel or anti-Israel ? Well, I am not confused. This is not about Palestine OR Israel. This is about a man who will say anything to try paint his opponent in a bad light, even if it means trashing his own reputation, taking down his friends and business associates and maybe even his family -- who knows at this point? What I do know is that if this is how he will run the country, I say thanks, but no thanks. We have had 8 long tiring years of his ilk doing this to America. They divided us, they stole from us, they trashed our country -- all in the name of power and greed. John McCain has proven himself no different. The way a person runs a campaign is the clearest indicator of how they will run the office to which he aspires.
It's really pathetic from a man once called a war hero. In 1775, Samuel Johnson proclaimed "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel", and I am seeing that come to real fruition with these 2 people running on the GOP ticket. They have tried to take the pride and the joy of being an American into the mud, while stepping on it in order to win. They wave an American Flag and people cheer, and then they just keep flinging poo on ALL americans with insults and race baiting and xenophobia. Once again, they are fanning the flames of hatred and fear to people who don't seem to understand the situation. They hear PLO -- they boo. They hear Socialism, they boo, they hear terrorism, they boo. It doesn't seem to matter to McCain, Palin, his spokespeople or even his supporters what the truth is. They just want to see a happy American Flag and cheer-- anything less is to be hated, jeered and ostrocized. That is what John McCain has given to America: more seeds of hatred.
We only have a few more days. I watched Barack Obama last night and saw a man who was presidential. I was inspired, I felt nervous about the future but confident that in his hands, we can get America back on the path of righteousness. I watched John McCain on Larry King afterwards, and saw a sad pathetic shell of a man I once respected who sold his soul for a pocket of gold. He wanted this more than anything else and he did whatever it would take. It is hard to respect a person who disrespects not only Americans, but himself, and that is what he has become. A disrespectful human being.
In the end, I wish him well. I hope he returns to one of his many homes and finds a sense of peace within himself for what he has done to OUR country. But I don't feel bad -- he did this. The problem is he's just not responsible enough to be trusted anymore. It's up to us, the people who truly respect our country --- no matter the political affiliation, we are all citizens -- to clean this mess up.
I will stand by Barack Obama and every other fellow America to help do that. Yes. We. Can.
:peace: and :heart:
Raine
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., did a live interview with Radio Mambi in Miami this morning in which he went after Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for his connections to a “PLO spokesman.”
McCain was referring to Rashid Khalidi, who, five years ago, Obama toasted at a going-away party before Khalidi headed off to New York City to become a professor at Columbia University.
In April, the Los Angeles Times’s Peter Wallsten wrote about the toast, saying a “special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.
[...]
“He is seen as a moderate in Palestinian circles, having decried suicide bombings against civilians as a ‘war crime’ and criticized the conduct of Hamas and other Palestinian leaders. Still, many of Khalidi's opinions are troubling to pro-Israel activists, such as his defense of Palestinians' right to resist Israeli occupation and his critique of U.S. policy as biased toward Israel.”
So why the sudden interest from John McCain? it is alleged that Bill Ayers was at that toast as well. Alleged by John McCain. This is a dangerously stupid road McCain is heading down. McCain was on the same board as Khalidi, and he donated about a half a million dollars to the IRI.
That isn't a bad thing in and of itself. However, when you couple it with a few other things in the McCain closet things look a little different. For Example: Iran Contra and Nazi Sympathizers, Reverend Hagee, who said that the Nazi's were sent to kill the Jews, His running mate has some anti-semite issues as well. And then there is Sam (aka Joe T. Plumber), who was proud to agree with a McCain supporter that Obama would bring certain death to Israel. Confused yet? is he pro-Israel or anti-Israel ? Well, I am not confused. This is not about Palestine OR Israel. This is about a man who will say anything to try paint his opponent in a bad light, even if it means trashing his own reputation, taking down his friends and business associates and maybe even his family -- who knows at this point? What I do know is that if this is how he will run the country, I say thanks, but no thanks. We have had 8 long tiring years of his ilk doing this to America. They divided us, they stole from us, they trashed our country -- all in the name of power and greed. John McCain has proven himself no different. The way a person runs a campaign is the clearest indicator of how they will run the office to which he aspires.
It's really pathetic from a man once called a war hero. In 1775, Samuel Johnson proclaimed "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel", and I am seeing that come to real fruition with these 2 people running on the GOP ticket. They have tried to take the pride and the joy of being an American into the mud, while stepping on it in order to win. They wave an American Flag and people cheer, and then they just keep flinging poo on ALL americans with insults and race baiting and xenophobia. Once again, they are fanning the flames of hatred and fear to people who don't seem to understand the situation. They hear PLO -- they boo. They hear Socialism, they boo, they hear terrorism, they boo. It doesn't seem to matter to McCain, Palin, his spokespeople or even his supporters what the truth is. They just want to see a happy American Flag and cheer-- anything less is to be hated, jeered and ostrocized. That is what John McCain has given to America: more seeds of hatred.
We only have a few more days. I watched Barack Obama last night and saw a man who was presidential. I was inspired, I felt nervous about the future but confident that in his hands, we can get America back on the path of righteousness. I watched John McCain on Larry King afterwards, and saw a sad pathetic shell of a man I once respected who sold his soul for a pocket of gold. He wanted this more than anything else and he did whatever it would take. It is hard to respect a person who disrespects not only Americans, but himself, and that is what he has become. A disrespectful human being.
In the end, I wish him well. I hope he returns to one of his many homes and finds a sense of peace within himself for what he has done to OUR country. But I don't feel bad -- he did this. The problem is he's just not responsible enough to be trusted anymore. It's up to us, the people who truly respect our country --- no matter the political affiliation, we are all citizens -- to clean this mess up.
I will stand by Barack Obama and every other fellow America to help do that. Yes. We. Can.
:peace: and :heart:
Raine
