Here's my source: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/06/13/politics/fromtheroad/entry4180901.shtml
Chris > My agreement notwithstanding, I would like to see some citations. If > I had a link I could point people to, with McCain's statement below, > it would be much easier to convince others of the danger. > Unattributed quotes can simply be disbelieved. > > Chris > >> Victor, >> >> I agree with you on this one. McCain also said that the recent >> Supreme Court decision upholding habeas corpus was "one of the worst >> decisions in our nation's history". Speaking alongside McCain, his >> cohort Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that liberal judges can't be >> trusted to know the "standards for release" from prison. Rather, >> only soldiers are qualified to decided when a prisoner should be freed. >> >> An American citizen held at Guantanamo was one of the parties to the >> case, so these statements are directed at all of us. McCain didn't >> say so himself, but Graham would put us on the brink of military >> dictatorship, once soldiers begin to replace judges. >> >> I remember as a child wondering how the citizens of the Wiemar >> Republic ever allowed their protections to be dismantled. Was not >> the danger obvious? The answer of course is that it was, but no one >> really believed the worst would happen, until it did. >> >> Chris >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> >>> From probably more people than I can count I have heard the >>> following,"Yeah, McCain is bad but Obama is even worse..." >>> >>> If you ask me McCain is worse on the key issue IMO, War. The deadliest of >>> all Government programs. >>> >>> However, I am not convinced that Obama is Anti-War but rather that McCain >>> is more Pro-War than Obama. >>> >>> The recent revelations that Obama wants to create some internal security >>> force with powers that rivals the Military I found disturbing: >>> >>> "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the >>> national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian >>> national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as >>> well-funded." >>> >>> McCain is apparently no different and even more blunt about using Military >>> force in our streets: >>> >>> "MCCAIN: And some of those tactics - you mention the war in Iraq - are like >>> that we use in the military. You go into neighborhoods, you clamp down, you >>> provide a secure environment for the people that live there, and you make >>> sure that the known criminals are kept under control. And you provide them >>> with a stable environment and then they cooperate with law enforcement, >>> etc, etc." >>> >>> Can people seriously look me in the eye in light of this comment and tell >>> me this NUT JOB will be better than Obama??? >>> >>> If anything it's a dead heat in nuttiness with Obama slightly edging out >>> McCain on the War. >>> >>> To remind people about their two positions on the War: >>> >>> Not only has McCain made no bones about staying in both Afghanistan and >>> Iraq "till the job is done." (whatever that means) >>> >>> He also is more than willing to "Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran!" and that >>> is an exact quote. >>> >>> Based on Obama's constant posturing in the media I don't think he is as >>> willing to blindly stay the course (right off of a cliff) as the Happy >>> Warrior McKiller is. >>> >>> His suggestion of moving troops from Iraq into Afghanistan (while certainly >>> not Anti-War by any stretch of the imagination) strikes me as less War >>> Happy than McMurder. >>> >>> Vic >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------ >>> >>> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups >>> Links >>> >>> >>> >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
