News Does Offshore Drilling Impact Gas Prices as Claimed by McCain?

[edward]

Do you feel that the moderators here are incable of watching the forums, or do you get something else out of your warning?

See that report button on the side? Guess what?

 

[turbo]

I repeat, seycyrus, that if you want to claim that Obama has called McCain a racist that you either ought to link to your reference or retract your claim. After blaming Obama for rising gas prices, McCain's ad contained the disclaimer "I am John McCain and I approve of this ad." despite the blatantly false statements contained therein. Please link to an Obama ad in which he calls McCain a racist or stop making such claims.

 

[WarPhalange]

I ask you to go back and read my original link on this topic, it has a video clip attached to it as well.

I went and read your article. I noticed this paragraph:

Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said the senator was not referring to race.

"What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington," Gibbs said Thursday. "There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn't come into the race with the history of others. It is not about race."

Now, you and I both know that's a load of BS. The difference? I'm not twisting words and saying that "Who's to blame for high gas prices?" refers to policies and not a specific person.

Yeah, Obama played the race card. No, neither McCain nor Bush tried to play it so far, so it was unwarranted. You're right. Obama did a bad thing.

It's not like John McCain can just come out and say "I've never made a racist remark towards Senator Obama." and make that whole speech backfire. What a shame.

 

[WarPhalange]

Oh wait! He's doing that already. I can see why you like him. A normal person would have just bought a gallon of paint and an antique chair. But McCain counter-attacked! Who'da thunk it??

He's pretty late, since Obama's been saying it for months. Oh well.

 

[Evo]

This is nothing but pointless bashing.

Thread closed.

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