>>Don't you see the distinction between what one has done him/herself and what people they know have done or said?
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>>The "no resume" and "inexperieced" labels have stuck with a lot of voters but again I disagree. 10 years of legislative experience (in a big state, not a lightly populated remote one) is far from no experience. And I don't see why he doesn't get more credit for his community organizing before that, when he could have been making big bucks with his educational background.
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>It's interesting that in your view 'experience' in a state known for political corruption is more qualifying...My instinct is to automatically have a distaste for any politicians from Illinois (especially the Chicago area) or Louisianna...both are famous for corruption.
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>Is it possible you are uninformed about Alaska because to you, it is as remote as Russia?
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>Your position on McCain has taken a complete 180. Have you forgotten this?
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>I do like him a lot, mainly because he strikes me as someone who speaks his mind and his heart honestly. Politicians are mostly BSers, on both sides of the aisle. McCain does not go along with the party line blindly. You see opportunism. I see integrity.
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>I know you know what he went through in Vietnam. They broke his arms, hung him from a pipe by his broken arms, and broke them some more. They did everything they could to break him and they couldn't. He took that for SIX YEARS. And somehow he came out still an optimist. He talks sense and he doesn't always consider first which side he is on. I will absolutely vote for him if he runs.
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>This above all, to thine own self be true, and then it must follow, as the night follows the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. He epitomizes that to me as much as anyone around. You bet I'll vote for him and in fact I will campaign for him.
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>Re: Dead men voting Thread #1078906 Message #1080077
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>There are quite a few messages where you supported McCain very very strongly. Interesting that you now see him as an extension of Bush...
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>(Bold mine)

He would be a lot more like Bush than Obama would.

I still respect McCain, but he has lost some of his luster in the way he has run his campaign. Or should I say the way he is letting it be run for him. They have brought in bare-knuckled guys like Steve Schmidt who have taken control of the campaign, and it is right back to business as usual: whatever it takes to win. His positions are bouncing around like Mexican jumping beans and he is now speaking from the script instead of speaking frankly. Don't get me wrong, I am not trashing him, but that refreshingly candid John McCain is nowhere to be found at the moment.