What McCain Needs to Do
Barack Obama and John McCain will debate each other for the first time coming Friday. The debate will be viewed by many; especially those who have yet to make their mind up will pay attention to what is being said.
Team Obama believes that the only thing Obama has to do is not to make big mistakes, and to appear as a ‘reasonable option’ for ccommander in chief. If he succeeds in this, he’ll win, they think, because of the current anti-Republican climate.
McCain, on the other hand, will have to attack Obama and to convince voters that the Democrats’ candidate is too dovish, too inexperiencing, and not able to deal with international crises.Obama’ initial reaction to such a crisis this summer was, for instance, terribly weak. McCain appeared strong and reassuring. Obama made clear he’d rather spend a few more days on the beach… and uninformed in so far that he did not know what it all actually meant.
The crisis I’m talking about was of course Russia’s invasion of Georgia.
At the same time, McCain will have to present himself as a viable option, as a man who knows what to do, and how to do it. He has experience, and he has been able to talk to friends, and countries that aren’t friends but not hardcore enemies either; he knows, he should make clear, when to use diplomacy and when not (example: Ahmadinejad. Obama wants to talk with the Iranian leader, McCain does not).
He has to present Obama as a man of ‘hope,’ perhaps, but who will be able to pursue little to no change. He, McCain, is the man of real, effective and lasting change, he will have to make clear. He is the one with a long record of taking on the establishment (of his own party!), and he has a long record of working with members of the other major party to find common solutions for common problems.
Aside from the above, though, Republicans and especially McCain should not be too weary of attacking Obama’s wingman, Joe Biden. Biden has made fantastically idiotic remarks throughout his career.He has flipflopped more often than any other senator in recent history, and he has been wrong more often than most. Especially on the issue of foreign policy.
Some examples: He was against President Ronald Reagan’s defense buildup and even against the first Gulf War, yet supported the second Gulf War. Then he flipflopped and opposed the surge which actually helped stabilize Iraq. Then there’s also Biden’s silly remarks about Iran and… well, lets just say there’s enough room for McCain to focus negative attention on his rival’s running mate, and not on his own.
The above is what McCain has to do during the debate. Will he be able to do so?
Mr. McCain needs to ask Obama about his violation of the Logan Act.
"Thanks to reporting from Amir Taheri, the gist of which the Obama campaign has confirmed, we now know that while Obama is telling the American people he wants an end to the war, he has secretly negotiated with the government in Iraq to extend the U.S. military mission there. That is a black-and-white violation of federal criminal law. Very simply, in our system the president is responsible for conducting foreign policy. President Bush is thus negotiating with the Iraqi government for a “status of forces” agreement that would clarify the rights and responsibilities of U.S. forces in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires at the end of this year. Yet, during Obama’s heralded trip to Baghdad in July, he asked Iraqi leaders to ignore Bush and delay resolving the legal status of our forces until next year - by which time the Senator hopes no longer to need a phony presidential seal. Under the “Logan Act” (now codified at Section 953 of the federal penal code) it has been against the law since the late 18th century for U.S. citizens to carry on “intercourse with any foreign government” that is aimed either “to defeat the measures of the United States” or to influence the foreign government’s dealings with the United States. Being a senator is no immunity from this statute - as any Republican senator would find out in a hurry if he dared to pull a stunt like this during an Obama administration. "
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/19/opinion/main4460105.shtmlThis is why Obama must be investigated for his violation of the Logan Act.
http://www.rallycongress.com/americansentinel/1223/a-call-for-hearings-into-senator-barack-obamas-violation-of-the-logan-act/
Amir Taheri - LOL
Isn’t this man a fashion designer or something - yellow patches.