The trap for Obama has been sprung on McCain...

[PCIntern]

it's just not the mistake we'd thought he'd make. I for one, sat there and was waiting for the senile moment, the gross mistake, the stupid grin, the moronic tone of voice...well, we had little of that. But when I was listening to his stories I thought to myself: my Dad of blessed memory served in the Pacific Theater in WW II...the only time he ever talked about his horrific experiences was when it was really hot out and his malaria would flare and he'd lapse into tales which lasted just a short time...maybe talking about the billions of Cicadas on Mindanao or his travels by ship from Leyte, or how he and others were being prepped for the invasion of Japan, a task which he stated would have been his last on this Earth, without question. But he never ever spontaneously spoke of the War, of battle, or of his dead comrades-in-arms.

He had been awarded a Purple Heart an numerous battle medals but it just wasn't a subject which was spoken of routinely or spontaneously the way McCain does. He also never lied about his service or his experiences the way McCain has.

But then again, just because he was a veteran did not imply that he was qualified to be President of the United States.

[Mz Pip]

1. For someone who professes

to be so reluctant to talk about his time in Vietnam McCain sure takes every opportunity to talk about his time in Vietnam. He manages to include it in nearly every ad and manipulates the answers to questions to include his time in Vietnam.

It's all he's got really. His Senate record sucks. When he bothers to show up to vote he votes the wrong way. So much for experience. Experience in being wrong isn't worth much IMHO.

[PCIntern]

2. In dentistry we say:

You can have 25 years of experience or 1 year of experience 25 times.

[Mz Pip]

4. Well, McCain

seems to have fallen into the latter. He hasn't learned a thing in the past 8 years. Just does the same stuff over and over.

I wouldn't want him working on my teeth either. :scared:

[ginnyinWI]

3. Here's where he succeeded, though.

He kept it very simple. My sounding board is my conservative, fundie mom, and she likes him a lot better than before last night. He told those stories and focused on how they illustrated his good values. Yes, it's truly all he has, because his personal life is nothing to brag about and his Senate record is to complicated. So he went back to the old war hero theme. It's a myth, of course, but he's going with it. Why is there not someone who will debunk it out there? People questioned Kerry's service all the time!

My mom (who is 78) thought Obama was indirect and trying to dodge questions. A lot of what he said went straight over her head. She needed it to be simpler.

[PCIntern]

5. I'll grant all that to be the case...

but the fact that he lied (how do you like THAT phraseology) about his war experiences may be a problem. Then again, having a Prez who was AWOL didn't seem to matter much...in fact it got Dan Rather fired.