He said, she said...

[tonton]

And by "he" and "she" I mean McCain and Palin.

Palin's words: [October 5, 2008 (http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct05/0,4670,PalinObama,00.html)]

"This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America," she said. "We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."

Your assignment for today is to define "exceptionalism" and explain how it differs from the word "elitism". Also explain why one of those two is an admirable qulity according to Governor Palin, while the other should be discouraged.

[tonton]

He said: [March 13, 2008 (http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/03/13/mccain-urges-supporters-to-refrain-from-personal-attacks/)]

“I can’t prevent or control rhetoric that people use–that are members of my party. But I have been very, very clear that we need a respectful campaign and the American people want it,” McCain said outside his U.S. Senate office this morning. “We certainly don’t need any impugning of character, integrity or anything else in this campaign. So I again urge Republicans and anybody else, to just–lets show respect and make Americans proud of this campaign…frankly, it will enhance our chance of winning if people say, ‘look, those people are running a respectful campaign.’”

John McCain, 2000:

"...sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."

Discuss.

[tonton]

He said: [October 1, 2008 (http://cameron.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/10/01/john-talks-about-sarah-palin-and-debate-moderator-gwen-ifil/)]

"I do not comment on the media treatment of me or Sarah. Complaining about something we are doing voluntarily that we want to do and get done I think would just not be productive. […] But I do not complain about the media and I will not complain because that’s not appropriate for me to do so and frankly it doesn’t do me any good if I did."

This doesn't look like it's an honest assessment of what's been happening for the past 2 weeks. What was all that about the Times?

[Bergermeister]

Essentially, McCain and his camp will say anything that sounds right at the moment, regardless of how it jibes with what has gone before. They are the candidates of Change, remember. They will change anything they have said at any time, and that is to be lauded.

Nothing this guy says, nor anything any of his camp say, should ever be trusted. If he says its raining, I will look outside to see for myself, because he could say it's sunny thirty seconds later.

A good example:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=Sarah-Palin-Gender-Card

The negativity only proves that they don't have a a true platform; it's a smokescreen. Sadly, a large chunk of American society ain't smart enough to see through it.