Comments on: John McCain’s Convention Night Message To Barack Obama

By: steeeve

steeeve — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:08 +0000

CaptainUltimate…..

THANK YOU!

man i am tired of hearing these stupid comments “hes not as black as most african americans.” “hes not black enough.” truth is if you trace any black person in america’s family back far enough theres prolly an 80% chance that there’s a white person mixed in there somewhere. there arent many people of any race in america that are PURELY that race, theres always something else mixed in somewhere along the line.

As for McCains ad… i have a hard time believing he means anything he says anymore, but im glad he at least had the intelligence to say it whether he means it or not.. as for whether or not this means hes going to clean up his campaign or not, only time will tell.. but its going to take a while for him to gain back my respect after the crap hes been pulling during this campaign. either way my vote is firmly with obama.. but it would be really nice to see a republican run a respectable campaign for once.

By: CaptainUltimate

CaptainUltimate — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:39:28 +0000

ExiledIndependent – If Obama was in the Antebellum South, do you think he’d be enslaved? If Obama lived in Selma during the 60s, would he be allowed to vote?

My point is that yes, we can quibble over “which half” of Obama we’re calling what here, but racism isn’t about that kind of nuance. It’s about judging people based on skin color.

and Obama is black.

By: Ang

Ang — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:05:57 +0000

Why the redundant formal approval of a message he’s already recited in a single shot?

By: ExiledIndependent

ExiledIndependent — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:39:36 +0000

Isn’t Obama of mixed racial heritage? I keep hearing people say, “first African-American,” or “First Black Presidential Candidate,” but most of the racially mixed people I know identify themselves as such. Just kind of odd.

By: Jim S

Jim S — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:19:02 +0000

It seems that while there will be no announcement tonight the campaign conveniently is letting it leak.

By: Justin Gardner

Justin Gardner — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:13:32 +0000

I think the ad is good and breath of fresh air.

As far as being sarcastic, we all know he’s had multiple operations on his face to remove skin cancer so I don’t think you can fault the guy for not having the perfect smile.

By: Tyler Hayes

Tyler Hayes — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:05:42 +0000

I agree with Mike. I don’t think McCain necessarily meant to give such mannerisms, but he definitely seems to be on the cusp of dripping with sarcasm. I’m sure it was an honest ad with the most honest of intentions, but I seriously doubt that McCain will really mean what he said in it until after he wins/loses.

On another night, this reminds me of the Christmas Truce (from WWI). “We’ll be back at it tomorrow”

By: mike mcEachran

mike mcEachran — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:56:05 +0000

Nice, but he still looks snarky – like he’s gonna bust out laughing.

By: InfiniteCat

InfiniteCat — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:53 +0000

You can almost make out Karl Rove’s hands making McCain’s lips move.

By: bubbles

bubbles — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:43:12 +0000

Cool. I like it when political opponents don’t act like dicks to each other.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:23:45 +0000

Nice. Not what I expected either. I’m sure he’ll make up for it starting next week though.