Several times in Friday night's debate, John McCain, as if Barack Obama wasn't even present, condescendingly said that "Senator Obama just doesn't seem to understand _______." As if, in his infinite codgy wisdom, he was the only one blessed with the capacity to understand such complex issues. Clearly, his VP candidate is not.
It seemed, though, not only condescending to Obama, but to the American people. He seemed to show that he was the elitist he so pegged Obama to be.
That not only does Obama not understand, neither do we.
Neither do I.
I don't understand.
I don't understand how someone who presents himself as being the expert of foreign affairs does not understand that Spain is not in Latin America, and are our allies.
I don't understand how someone who voted with Bush 95% of the time, by his own admission, thinks he is the only person dedicated enough to get us out of the mess that he got us into.
I don't understand how somebody who stated he puts country before politics wouldn't be a VP candidate under Kerry, allowing the country to fester for four more years under Bush, then, as a Presidential candidate, choose a VP who believes that proximity to Russia should count as foreign policy experience.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/mccain-asked-about-kerrys-vp-offer/I don't understand how a victim of torture, can be against torture, then for it, and against it again when it is politically expedient.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-ed-mcain19feb19,0,4876430.storyI don't understand how a disabled war veteran can vote against benefits for other disabled war veterans, while collecting veterans benefits.
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/politics/mccain_vets.cfmI don't understand how a person who would call a man who has holes in his shoes an elitist when he gets $5000 makeup jobs, and his wife wears a $300,000 outfit to a convention.
http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=632&catID=1http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/mccains-5000-makeup-will_n_128973.htmlhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/alltherage/2008/09/cindy-mccain-we.htmlI don't understand, when as a nation, we are arguably at one of our most challenging times, McCain would pick a VP candidate who has to hide from interviews due to ineptitude at answering serious questions, showing she is more of a poodle with lip gloss than a pit bull with lipstick.
I don't understand how someone who puts such a high price on integrity would put out an ad against Obama's Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae connections when his campaign manager accepted payment from Freddie Mac as recently as last month. Even Karl Rove has stated his ads have gone too far.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/161218 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/727/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/14/campaign.wrap/I really just don't understand. And, I don't think I am the only one. I don't think Senator Obama understands these things, either. And, when that phrase, "Senator Obama just doesn't seem to understand" comes up in the next debate, which it is sure to do, he needs to forcefully explain the things he does, and doesn't understand. Because, how can anyone truly understand John McCain.
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