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Originally Posted by MMDad  You are so one sided it's disgusting. To you, Obama's gaffes are "mistakes" while McCain is "forgetting", "confused" and "not very smart."
"I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps and the story in our family is that when he came home, he just went up into the attic and he didn’t leave the house for six months, right."
He didn't have an Uncle, and American troops didn't go to Auschwitz.
His campaign clarified that it was his great uncle, and that he meant Ohrdruf, said he wouldn't identify the "uncle" because he was old and wanted privacy. An hour later, they named the great uncle.
Now I'm hearing that he didn't even really have a great uncle, but we'll see how that plays out.
Since the first half of his story is pure fabrication, should we even believe the second half? Did this "uncle" really hide in the attic for six months?
Why is this important you may ask? Because of timing. It was Memorial day, and he was trying to pander to Veterans, their families, and Jews. As a veteran, I am offended by his blatant lying and using the holiday in an attempt to gain a few votes.
This does speak volumes about his ability to be President. He said he'll meet with Ahmadinejad, who is a holocaust denier. Yet Obama doesn't know the basic history of the holocaust.
Bru, if you are going to criticize McCain for every weakness, at least be fair about it by applying the same standard to Obama. |
I didn't criticize McCain, or Obama, for these gaffes. Show me one politican in all of recorded history, who hasn't gotten facts wrong, who hasn't flubbed lines, who hasn't embellished stories, who hasn't gotten names wrong, or who hasn't misused words. This is a very common occurence for all politicians. It used to drive me nuts when I heard people yacking about every misused word Bush said, but if you listened to John Kerry, he wasn't much better in a lot of his speeches. What I was criticizing was the utter foolishness of the RNC spokespeople who gave Crowly the line "his error shows that he is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief". If they are going to make a declaration that getting some facts wrong is reason to find someone unfit to be C-in-C, you better be damn sure your guy isn't doing the same thing.
In McCain's case, he has been making gaffe after gaffe, and has had Joe Lieberman following along behind him to clean up the messes. That's not a criticism, just a fact. And Obama has been making plenty of gaffes as well. These were embarassing, but by no means show stoppers, but now you have the RNC going on record as saying getting your facts wrong "show that he is not fit to be Commander-in-Chief". That's a sword that cuts both ways, so it's foolish to wield it.
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