Comments on Advance Indiana™: Obama Making Fun Of McCain's Age

i have to agree--the anti-obama mud is getting to ...

2008-05-12T09:01:00.000-05:00

i have to agree--the anti-obama mud is getting to high here.

obama's comment was so obviously NOT about age.

it was a humble and gracious admission that every human being at one point or another doesn't always do what they aspire to do.

he was saying that he knows senator mccain intends to run a sleaze-free campaign, as does himself, and that it simply doesn't always happen.

when one is not where they intend to be they have "lost their bearings".

in the same interview he admitted that his own campaign had not always lived up to his ideals and he apologized for that.

i don't understand how one's hatred of a certain candidate can prevent one from seeing such an obvious truth -- but then i don't understand the capacity of faith (or its evil twin brother "anti-faith") in all its incarnations to colour our judgments.

i suppose that @thinkMPS is correct -- we all probably see what we *want* to see.

personally, though, i want to see the truth.

Not many people living in Hawaii on food stamps be...

2008-05-10T18:35:00.000-05:00

Not many people living in Hawaii on food stamps belong to Yacht Clubs............is that better???

If one can almost flunk out of police school and g...

2008-05-10T14:35:00.000-05:00

If one can almost flunk out of police school and go to Congress, why can't one almost flunk out of Ananapolis and be President?

"in addition, I dont think many people living on f...

2008-05-10T11:08:00.000-05:00

"in addition, I dont think many people living on food stamps in Kansas belong to any yacht club."

Obama never lived in Kansas. Not for a single day.

I think the McCain camp would very much like this ...

2008-05-10T10:06:00.000-05:00

I think the McCain camp would very much like this to be about age, but it's just not the case. If this were about age, it might avoid uncomfortable questions about whether Johnny McStraightTalk has lost his way -- to the extent he ever really was an upright moral maverick.

Now he's just a run-of-the-mill right-winger; tax cuts, huge deficits, useless war, lip service to the Bible thumpers, and all.

bartlies..wants to interpret the words the way he ...

2008-05-10T09:39:00.000-05:00

bartlies..wants to interpret the words the way he wants then accuse the Obama campaign of being unkind...in addition, I dont think many people living on food stamps in Kansas belong to any yacht club.

Oh, yet another 'witty post' from Wilson. Why does...

2008-05-10T08:41:00.000-05:00

Oh, yet another 'witty post' from Wilson. Why does everything he post smell? Could it be the odor of his past dumpster diving that just can't be washed off?

I think you missed the boat on this one AI. It wa...

2008-05-10T06:34:00.000-05:00

I think you missed the boat on this one AI. It wasn't a slam on his age, but rather, the insane statements he made re: Obama and Hamas. It seems the goal is to spin nothing into something to justify disdain for Obama. While I find it sad, it seems to be the status quo for a lot of people that simply aren't interested in real dialogue on the issues.

K, Get your facts straight. David Axelrod is a for...

2008-05-10T01:00:00.000-05:00

K, Get your facts straight. David Axelrod is a former reporter for the Tribune. He is the dirtiest of sleaze political operators in that town. He used his connections to the paper to peddle the stories about Jack Ryan's sex life and divorce files. Bottom line, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Obama's private sex life is on the table since he had made his opponents' sex lives an issue in every campaign.

Gary you are allowing your base hatred of Obama to...

2008-05-10T00:24:00.000-05:00

Gary you are allowing your base hatred of Obama to show a bit too much - Jack Ryan, Obama's initial Republican rival in the Senate campaign sank his own ship. He lied to GOP officials about what his divorce records contained and then major papers, including the Chicago Tribune went after the sealed records. Although the Tribune has endorsed Obama, it can hardly be called supportive of Democrats in general - it has not endorsed a democrat for president since 1872! I live in Chicago as well as Lafayette, IN and I really believe you need to chill on your characterizations of Obama as evil

If someone says, "Let me get my bearings," they ar...

2008-05-09T21:03:00.000-05:00

If someone says, "Let me get my bearings," they are talking about orientation relative to their surroundings. I mostly hear the comment "losing one's bearings" in a moral context, such as when a devout or steadfast person "loses their way." In short, there is only a slam on old people in Obama's comment if you are looking for one.

Do you even follow the whole story. When specific...

2008-05-09T20:36:00.000-05:00

Do you even follow the whole story. When specifically asked about this moment and Mark Salter's letter, McCain said he did not think Obama was talking about his age. .spin, spin, spin as usual. In any event, maybe McCain should not have implied to the American people that Hamas wants Obama to be President when both McCain and Obama have the exact same policy towards dealing with Hamas.

I have to agree with Wilson.This seems like anothe...

2008-05-09T20:31:00.000-05:00

I have to agree with Wilson.

This seems like another moment where you can see what you want to see. For example: I see McCain trying to pull a judo move in turning Obama's rhetorical skill against him - 'Obama is so good at it [rhetoric] that anything he says is on purpose and carries hidden meaning. Of course he's subliminally trashing McCain via his age.'

Or, 'Obama is so dexterous, as a result of playing basketball, that of course he flipped off Clinton, that was no accident.'

See how easy it is?

"Now we know why McCain almost flunked out of Anna...

2008-05-09T20:26:00.000-05:00

"Now we know why McCain almost flunked out of Annapolis. How can a third-generation Navy man not know that this is a NAVAL TERM that means an individual has lost sight of their navigational standards."

How the hell would Obama know anything about naval terms? Maybe he learned it at a yacht club during his pampered upbringing?

Change!

AI should have said a synonym, not a definition. N...

2008-05-09T20:24:00.000-05:00

AI should have said a synonym, not a definition. Not that it changes anything, as you'd have to be willfully blind (hence Wilson's comment) to not percieve the connotation of Obama's remark.

Change!

Well, I think the wordplay was meant to be a varia...

2008-05-09T19:49:00.000-05:00

Well, I think the wordplay was meant to be a variation of 'losing his marbles' which is certainly not some flattering nautical term.

in this case, Wilson is 100% correct.

2008-05-09T19:36:00.000-05:00

in this case, Wilson is 100% correct.

Thesauruses don't contain definitions.

2008-05-09T19:16:00.000-05:00

Thesauruses don't contain definitions.

A thesaurus definition of "to lose one's bearings"...

2008-05-09T19:06:00.000-05:00

A thesaurus definition of "to lose one's bearings" is "to become bewildered." He may as well have said, "He's fallen and he can't get up."

I made an exception and allowed Wilson to post a c...

2008-05-09T18:15:00.000-05:00

I made an exception and allowed Wilson to post a comment. He never misses an opportunity to trash a veteran.

Now we know why McCain almost flunked out of Annap...

2008-05-09T17:51:00.000-05:00

Now we know why McCain almost flunked out of Annapolis. How can a third-generation Navy man not know that this is a NAVAL TERM that means an individual has lost sight of their navigational standards. It has nothing to do with AGE…Navy men and those that used this slogan were ALWAYS referring to people who had become sidetracked away from their presumed course. Young captains could “lose their bearings” as well as old ones.

Sad that McCain doesn’t even know Naval Terminology!