Even responsible (rather than macho) conservatives might take issue with McCainian saber-rattling. Ever perused Pat Buchanan’s writings? Not my fave, but he’s been scribbling some interesting things on what the neo-cons and their boy McCain might have in store.

Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son’s name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.

History has already proven a Chamberlain approach to this will lead to a much worse situation.

We either learn from History or we are doomed to repeat it.

And then Obama has the audacity to suggest that I’manidiot from Iran may not be the most powerful person in Iran – sorry guys that has to be one of the scariest things I have ever heard anyone say.

If we don’t deal with Iran in a very serious manner a few more million people could be murdered.

I suspect many military people are not that supportive of Bush, or McCain. Not sure of the demographics, but it’s a myth that military people all vote GOP (I’ve been around a few military families, and many of ‘em are dems). Probably a majority will go with McCain, but Obama probably has quite a few people in uniform pulling for him.

McCain’s with the neo-cons/israeli hawks: the israelis are READY to invade Iran, according to many reports. If you approve of that hawkishness, vote to put Commander McMaverick at the helm. If you want inexperience, capitulation, weakness, double-talking, vote BO. That’s what’s so cool about Amerikan democracy: we are given choices between mediocrities.

This is who we might have as our commander in chief.

Obama then tries to state Kissinger agrees with him – thank goodness Kissenger came out and cleared this up.

Foreign Policy 101 – you never legitimize an adversary and you never meet with them without leverage.

Our economic issues are a big problem but our economy will recover regardless on whether we bail it out or not…

However if we mess up with scary adversaries like Russia, Iran, etc…we will have much bigger problems that will not fix themselves.

This hits home with any military family.

Obama stammers while pandering stating he has a bracelet too…but does he wear it – NO WAY IN HELL. His far left would cut off his arm if he ever wore a bracelet for a soldier in our military.

This is the hypocrisy we face if he is elected.

My nephew was in Iraq during these votes and anyone who has family in the military cannot afford to have a leader who will play politics with their lives…

McCain was guilty of attending a meeting and nothing else.

What is most disturbing about BO is his partnership with Ayers (not withstanding the terrorist issue), BO blew over $100 million dollars on a failed social community project and this is BO’s stellar achievement in an executive role – of course he neglected to include this important period and association in either of this two memoirs – with all his accomplishments as a freshman senator.

Seriously America this man does not have the experience to run this country – Dan Quail has stronger credentials – now if that doesn’t scare you then we have a nation of ostriches and sheep.

McCain, however, has sided with BushCo consistently; in ways, he’s probably even more hawkish. And yet’s he’s doing the “I took on corporate greed and excess, etc.” That’s not so obvious: McCain nearly went down with Keating and the S n L crisis during the Reagan years. J-Mc also recanted on his initial opposition to Busch’s tax slashes for the wealthy.

It’s like two mafia bosses cutting deals, deciding on turf. You get this, and we get that. And regardless who wins there will unlikely be any major changes: though, yes, the wealthy probably stand to lose with an Obama victory, if BO goes forward with Clinton-style policies, as some predict. I am not voting for either.