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McCain vs. Reality
ecthompsonmd July 23, 2008

I think that we have a great opportunity to look at two candidates and see where they stand (Obama’s OpEd, McCain’s Rebuttal). Neither candidate is perfect. Senator Barack Obama did speak out forcefully against the surge. He said that he didn’t think that it would control the violence. What he didn’t know was that there was a huge push in the Sunni community to decrease violence and to push out Al Qaeda. Without the cooperation of the Sunni tibial leaders, the violence would not have been quelled with a modest increase in troop levels (the surge). Senator John McCain never acknowledges

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McCain's Rebuttal OpEd
ecthompsonmd July 22, 2008

Now, it order to be fair, I’m posting Senator John McCain’s article. This article is less of a thoughtful discussion and more of a “He’s wrong and I’m right” position paper. The New York Post published this article. I find this interesting. The crown jewel of the Murdoch empire would be the Wall Street Journal, but McCain’s article isn’t published there. Instead, it is published in the tabloid daily of the New York Post. The New York Times has their response to NOT publishing McCain’s rant. (Emphasis added is mine.) GETTING IRAQ RIGHT HOW TO KEEP PROGRESS GOING By JOHN McCAIN

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Are We Not Listening to Obama?
ecthompsonmd July 11, 2008

Great OpEd in the New York Times on Senator Barack Obama. It clearly needs to be read – We have to have a talk about Barack Obama. I know, I know. You’re upset. You think the guy you fell in love with last spring is spending the summer flip-flopping his way to the right. Drifting to the center. Going all moderate on you. So you’re withholding the love. Also possibly the money. I feel your pain. I just don’t know what candidate you’re talking about. Think back. Why, exactly, did you prefer Obama over Hillary Clinton in the first place? Their

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