Medazepam For Sale, Now I haven't done a lot of political blogging, nor do I intend to. As I've outlined before as Fed employee what I can and should say remains limited.
That said, Medazepam pharmacy, Medazepam natural, I've got to call a party foul here on Senator Obama. Perhaps he was privy to a set of debate drinking game rules and was just trying to skew the results-but wasn't anyone else put off by the fact that he kept calling Senator McCain "John?"
Look I'm not going to vote on this as an "issue." It's not going to make me change my mind about who I'm voting for-but I'm bothered by it. As a candidate that is supposed to be running on a "new type" of campaign (not negative or cheap shot oriented) it seemed like a real lack of class to refer to him as John during the debate for the presidency of the United States. I'm probably not going to vote for McCain but the guy is a:
a.) Senator, Medazepam for sale, Fast shipping Medazepam, b.) Former Congressman
c.) Prisoner of War; and
d.) The Republican candidate for President.
The people of Arizona have continually elected him to public office and a political party that represents millions upon millions of people think he is qualified to run the country. Think what you will about that but I think Barack Obama owes John McCain the courtesy of addressing him as Senator McCain unless otherwise agreed to (Which I'm assuming didn't happen because McCain kept calling him Senator Obama), buy cheap Medazepam no rx. Purchase Medazepam, Frankly I found it derisive and disrespectful. At times it made it seem like he was talking down to McCain-which I don't think is becoming of a presidential candidate. I'm sure he was shooting for "friend of the people" angle, but it didn't come off that way to me. If Senator Obama wants to come off as qualified and not green or wet behind the ears-if he wants us to believe he's qualified to run the country-I think a little thing like showing a sign of respect for someone else is something he should master. What happens when he meets a foreign dignitary, Medazepam mg, Where can i find Medazepam online, or has that sit down with the President of Iran? Is he going to get too familiar too quickly.
He had the courtesy, buy cheap Medazepam, Buy Medazepam online cod, from what I remember, to refer to his primary competition as "Senator Clinton" and not "Hillary." It doesn't speak well for his ability or willingness to reach across the aisle-or bridge the red and blue states-if he can't show McCain the same courtesy, japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal. Kjøpe Medazepam på nett, köpa Medazepam online, And sure-we could sit here and put together a laundry list of things that McCain did last night, or has done over the last few weeks, Medazepam description, Medazepam class, that are as equally disrespectful of Senator Obama. I'm not going to do that here because the only point I'm trying to make is that it was a bit shocking to hear Senator Obama refer to Senator McCain as "John." I guess I expected better than that from him.
It was just off-putting-but not so off-putting that I'll be switching my vote anytime soon, buy Medazepam from mexico. Purchase Medazepam online no prescription. Medazepam samples. Medazepam maximum dosage. Medazepam no prescription. Medazepam results. Generic Medazepam. Taking Medazepam. Herbal Medazepam. Medazepam use. Online buying Medazepam hcl. Buying Medazepam online over the counter. My Medazepam experience. Buy cheap Medazepam. Medazepam price. Order Medazepam from mexican pharmacy. Where can i buy Medazepam online. Medazepam results. Medazepam no rx. Medazepam without a prescription. Medazepam online cod.
Similar posts: Zelnorm For Sale. Buy Alprazolam Without Prescription. Restoril For Sale. Retin-A For Sale. Buy Restoril Without Prescription. Dalmane overnight. Effects of Terbinafine. Canada, mexico, india. Where can i buy Zoloft online. Buy ProSom without prescription.
Trackbacks from: Medazepam For Sale. Medazepam For Sale. Medazepam For Sale. Medazepam For Sale. Medazepam For Sale. Medazepam interactions. Medazepam steet value. About Medazepam. Medazepam wiki. Rx free Medazepam.
Hey Softlounge,
You know I didn’t really agree, in that I didn’t take the same offense or even notice, but I must hand to you that this is a good point and one I have (surprisingly) not heard mentioned elsewhere.
I don’t agree that it symbolizes a failure for Sen. Obama to reach across the aisle (as demonstrated by his willingness to cite the place he and Mccain agreed, quickly mocked by the RNC) but certainly we can all agree that the candidates should treat each other with the respect they deserve.
Heck, *people* should treat each other with respect!
Thanks for reminding me to keep a (fair) open mind.
One of my fav. hip/hop music journalist blogger has another take on it:
” … Our society expects that certain folks are entitled to formality and respect. Formality is something that we give our superiors and our elders. But it has also been something that — historically, at the very least — white Americans have felt entitled to from those Americans who are not.
Barack Obama is, in that sense, an upstart. He jumped the line in so many ways. He jumped the line as a Democrat. He jumped the line as a Senator. But primarily, he jumped the line as a nonwhite male. And there he is, onstage, opposite Senator John McCain, the old lion of the Senate, appearing as an equal.
That’s what Barack Obama is doing. That’s what he represents. That why — even though he supports many of the same lame establishment politics of the Clintons — his impact as a politician is so fundamentally different. He upsets the Order.
…..
And so, Barack Obama says, “John.”
He says: I get to be on this stage with you. I am here. And you don’t get respect for who you are anymore. You get respect for what you do.
One thing, at least, we can love about the 21st Century.
http://www.dancharnas.com/2008/09/john-reflection-on-debate-1.html
Well I have to completely disagree with the Dan Charnas post.
John McCain DID do something to deserve the respect of being called “Senator.” Namely, he was elected Senator of Arizona. Four times. To pretend as if Senator McCain needs to impress Obama on some specific and/or personal level before that respect will be given is ludicrous and quite frankly disrespectful to the majority of people in Arizona as WELL as McCain. By acting as if this is a case of “respect for what you do and not for who you are” is a slap in the face to their ability to bestow a title of respect on a person for what he did do. In fact it seems that, very clearly, this is a question of “you don’t get respect for who you are and what you believe even though you’ve done something to deserve that respect.”
Second-just because he uses the word “historically” doesn’t mean that it is a.) true or b.) it applies. It is not fair to characterize an entire group of people (white) as being demanding of their pomp and circumstance and to throw John McCain in there for good measure. All sorts of people across the world, of a variety of different backgrounds and ethnicities (even just in this country, frankly) have not only held honorifics but expected to be referred to by them. John McCain made no demand to be called Senator, nor did he do anything that could characterize the need for someone to say in some veiled metaphor that “I belong on this stage with you.”
I also think it unfairly characterizes puts a racial component on the situation that isn’t necessarily there. Comparing the situation with Michael Richards outburst (as he does in the full post) unfairly puts a “McCain is a racist” spin on the whole thing-which just isn’t demonstrated in the post, the debates or anywhere else for that matter.
(It also puts some sort of assertion into the mouth of Barack Obama that John McCain either is or represents some sort of racist-which hardly seems fair to do to him either.)
Lastly, living in a world where respect has to be about what you “do” and not who you are seems to run counter to my intuition that respect ought to be the default-everyone should be a sir and ma’am until otherwise given permission not to be. To approach someone as not deserving of your respect seems like a great way to start a lot of angry discussions and unnecessary hardship. Respect should be given until it is lost, because if we base it on what someone “does” it very quickly seems to turn into what someone “does for us.”