McCain Talks To The NAACP And Praises Obama

I am starting to get a little ticked off at John McCain with his "hands-off Obama" attitude. Whenever I hear an interview with John McCain he is usually ends up bashing his fellow Republicans and patting Obama on the back, a very odd strategy. What happened to the "straight talk express"? Many Conservatives are scratching their head's wondering why McCain has passed on the many opportunities he has had to give the American people some "straight talk" about Obama. Yesterday, McCain appeared to talk education at the NAACP in Cincinnati, instead of pointing out the political differences between him and Obama, again McCain was ready with a line of BS, that I am sure the entire crowd at the NAACP could see through.

The headline of this article says it all:

McCain talks education to NAACP, lauds Obama"Don't tell him I said this, but he is an impressive fellow in many ways," McCain said. "He has inspired a great many Americans, some of whom had wrongly believed that a political campaign could hold no purpose or meaning for them."

Nice statement right? I do understand that McCain was in front of a largely black audience and McCains statement was meant to impress but he had nothing at all to gain from this making statement, except the crowd saying "Gee, isn't he nice", its not like they are going to vote for him. McCain needs to stop being so politically correct and get some courage. If McCain does not start pointing out the clear differences between him and Obama on a consistent basis, then the Republicans are going to lose this race for sure. Perhaps, the "Straight Talk Express" should take a detour to the Emerald City, maybe a visit with Wizard will set McCain "straight" .

Nancy Reagan Gives McCain Her Stamp Of Approval

Nancy Reagan's recent endorsement of John McCain really won't have that much of an effect on the true conservative base of the Republican party. Both Reagan and McCain are supporters of federally funded embryonic stem cell research, which is a viewpoint that does not fly with true conservatives. In fact John McCain credits Nancy Reagan as the one who changed his mind on the issue. The last thing America needs is a President that is influenced by the thoughts and ideas of a liberal leaning Nancy Reagan. So, I see the endorsement by Nancy Reagan of McCain as a further testimony of his moderate to liberal leanings in other words, this is not helping McCain's case that he is a true conservative.

From NBC's Chris Donovan

In light of today’s news of Nancy Reagan’s endorsement of McCain -- the two will appear together this afternoon, the campaign said -- McCain has credited Nancy Reagan, in part, for his change in position on federal funding for stem cell research. He explained her impact on Meet the Press in 2005, and reiterated his support at the MSNBC presidential debate (with Nancy Reagan present) in May 2007.

Here's what was said:

FROM MEET THE PRESS (June 19, 2005):
TIM RUSSERT: Let me turn to another ethical, moral, political issue, stem cell research. In 2000, John McCain and 19 other senators wrote a letter which said "Since 1996 Congress has banned federal funding for `research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed.' ...we support [this law]."

You've changed your mind.

McCAIN: Yes, I have.

RUSSERT: Why?

McCAIN: For a large number of reasons, ranging from getting briefed by very smart people on this issue and including discussing this with Nancy Reagan who, as you know, is a very strong advocate for stem cell research. I want to make it clear that those of us who support this do not believe that it has anything to do with human cloning and all of us are against human cloning. I look forward to the debate. It's a very complex scientific issue. But for us to throw away opportunities to cure diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's and many others I think would be a mistake. I look forward to the debate. It's interesting that more than two-thirds of the American people support stem cell research.

RUSSERT: There is a discussion now in legislation which would say that embryos created in fertilization clinics that are not used by the couple to have another baby could be used for stem cell research. Others say, no, no, they should be given to other couples, so-called snowflake babies. Where do you come down on that?

McCAIN: I think that--first of all, I don't claim to be an expert. But, second of all, I think that should be up to the couples that--whose embryos they are. I think that's a decision that they should probably make.