Slog - Comments on Obama: "100 Years" McCain Would Be Better than Bush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t "You have a real choice in this election. Either Democrat would be better than John McCain," Obama said to cheers from a rowdy crowd in central Pennsylvania. Then he said: "And all three of us would be better than George Bush." Um, dudeΩ: Really? (Relevant quotes from above: 1) McCain (in response to a question about how many years the US should stay in Iraq): "Make it a hundred. ... We’ve been in South Korea … we’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea 50 years or so. That would be fine with me." 2) Republican... Copyright 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:42:20 -0800 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:30:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew McCain would be better than Bush. A trained monkey would be better than Bush. Even an untrained monkey would probably be better.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002898 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002898 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:47:19 -0800 Comment by Bob Not that I'd expect you to be even-handed, Erica, but where were your criticisms when Clinton made the following statement?

"I think that I have a lifetime of experience that I will bring to the White House. I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002."

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002901 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:47:58 -0800 Comment by Andrew Someone with the exact same agenda, but without the cronyism problem would be better than bush.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002903 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:49:13 -0800 Comment by honestdem Let's be honest about the 100 year comment. McCain's point is that we've been in Japan and S. Korea for decades in a primarily peaceful role.

When he talks about 100 years in Iraq that's what he's talking about, not 100 years of war. Now, personally I think he's full of shit and unrealistic, but let's at least criticize him for what he said.

]]> honestdem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002908 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002908 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:53:13 -0800 Comment by cochise. Is Bush any different than your points 1, 2 &3? How are they any different? At least McCain will talk to a democrat.

]]> cochise. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002910 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:55:20 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable He's saying how lousy Bush was--not "hey, if ya don't vote for me, Vote McCain." Hillary was much closer to that meaning in her statement.

As for the "100 years" quote--anytime McCain comes close to supporting open-ended occupation of Iran, he should be asked one simple question:

"Then why aren't we still in Viet Nam?"

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002914 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:59:22 -0800 Comment by tsm People, you're slipping here. There was a full five minutes between when ECB first posted this tripe and when a commenter finally pointed out Hillary's own claim that McCain was superior to Obama. I mean, I saw this ECB post coming long before she spewed it out. Come on here.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002915 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:59:29 -0800 Comment by dem McCain at least acknowledges that global warming is a serious problem, and has traveled to Antarctica...Bush realized this last week.

So yes, he is better.

]]> dem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002916 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:00:07 -0800 Comment by ho' know Ditto to Andrew. Can't anyone fucking read (or better yet listen) to the entire quote. It was a fucking slam on Bush, (unless of course you excerpt or bold the section highlighted by Obama's opponent).

Erica - hear that flushing sound? it's your (well-earned) rep going down the drain.

shame.

]]> ho' know http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002922 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:02:44 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi McCain isn't openly hostile to the very concept of government. He has different ideas about the government's role in society, but at least he'll make sure that it's run competently. So, yes, he's better than Bush. Not that anyone with any sense should vote for him.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002930 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002930 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:05:56 -0800 Comment by SDizzle Thank you Bob @ 2... you took the words right out of my fingers.

]]> SDizzle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002934 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002934 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:10:22 -0800 Comment by UnUnPC Vote for Hillary! We can't allow a pro-Negro liberal to get anywhere near the White House.

]]> UnUnPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002937 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002937 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:11:59 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Why let a little thing like journalistic integrity get in the way of a good vendetta?

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002940 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002940 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:15:21 -0800 Comment by brandon i read this exact same post earlier today on shakesville [*ahem*]. funny, they disregarded the first half of the sentence, too.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002943 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:17:35 -0800 Comment by switzerblog ECB, this is truly becoming sad(der by the minute). Stop embarrassing yourself. As this really, really smart fellow said, a deceased potted plant would be better than Bush. Saying so does not a McCain supporter make. It does, however, show your ability to recognize the painfully obvious and to articulate it. Shame your candidate has lost her ability to recognize truthful statements, or tell the difference between "tough" questions and "stupid" questions.

You really should stop getting ALL your news from Clinton press releases.

]]> switzerblog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002944 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002944 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:18:58 -0800 Comment by stinkbug c'mon, ECB. You write good pieces and then you post a non-issue/quote like this one. Disappointing.

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002948 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:21:40 -0800 Comment by monkey Just stop. I've said it before... post about kittens, or food, or tropical plants or anything, anything at all, but just let the politics go. You look stupid.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002964 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:33:47 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Not long enough nor nonsensical enough to be a proper unPC parody, and you forgot to cite meaningless polls.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002973 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002973 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:43:38 -0800 Comment by Andrew @17, She's not stupid just stubborn as all hell.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1002976 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:50:20 -0800 Comment by Will in Trained Monkey Seattle Frankly, any trained monkey would be better than GWB.

]]> Will in Trained Monkey Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003026 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:34:26 -0800 Comment by Daniel K Oh, come on Erica, cut the Hillary talking points. Of course everything is relative, but McCain would probably be a tiny bit better than Bush - or put another way, Bush is probably a tiny bit worse than McCain would be.

But if you and Hillary really gave a crap, she wouldn't be doing everything she can to help McCain win in November!

]]> Daniel K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003035 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:39:51 -0800 Comment by Ed From now on I will only be responding to these idiotic posts from this author by saying:

You fucking suck you fucking hypocrite.

Thank you.

]]> Ed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003040 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:46:00 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Well, at least Obama didn't say that McCain would be better than Hillary.

And Obama's right. I don't like McCain, and disagree with most of his politics, but he'd still be better than Bush. Bush is the worst president in at least 100 years. McCain would be bad, but he'd still be a step up from Bush.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003085 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003085 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:28:53 -0800 Comment by Terry Wow. Erica, how is it that you manage to keep a job? Because your -- I can't even call it a vendetta towards Obama, or blind favoritism for Hillary, it so surpasses reason -- idiocy just really boggles the mind.

]]> Terry http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003104 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003104 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:41:46 -0800 Comment by raindrop Cindy, our next First Lady, will discreetly but consistently calm her husband to prevent any unsettling public displays of loosing his temper. Of course Lincoln, Nixon, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush have lost their temper at times and it doesn't seem to have affected world events in any discernable way.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003120 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:58:55 -0800 Comment by Ryan Sigh.

After calling me out on fanning the flames of streetcar hysteria, you give us this hysterical non-issue to mull over.

Sigh.

]]> Ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003190 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:35:15 -0800 Comment by Mr Fuzzy At first I was like "What? This doesn't make sense."
And then I was like "Oh, Erica."

]]> Mr Fuzzy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003229 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:28:09 -0800 Comment by poopstuckinmyteeth Cmon Erica, you are reaching...its getting sad...You AND Hilary should just give up...

]]> poopstuckinmyteeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003305 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1003305 2008 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:37:15 -0800 Comment by poppy Holy crap... the anger and misogyny is overflowing here.

]]> poppy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1004075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/obama_100_years_mccain_would_be_better_t#c1004075 2008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:30:13 -0800