I think Swieter is trying to point out that you have to look past Obama’s talk and look at the people around him and take a look at his actions. The person we elect next is going to be the representative of our country and essentially the face of our nation. We didn’t do so well with picking Bush junior (either time >_>). Does that mean I think McCain is the best choice…haha, no. But of our options I would go for McCain also. Is McCain old, sure but that also means he has more experience and more knowledge on what is going. Regardless of all that McCain isn’t necessarily Bush v.2 Yes they are both republicans but they don’t agree on all policy. Has McCain said we are going to stay in the war –yes. And you know what? He’s right. Obama can say that we are going to pull everyone out of the middle east by the end of the year if he’s elected. Obama can say whatever he wants. But that opinion is NAÏVE. National security wise there is no way we can pull troops out in a year, maybe not even five years. Regardless of who becomes president in the fall they have a loooong road ahead of them. Can they reduce troops, maybe. But pull out of the area completely there is just no way.
As for the video being propaganda … its format is more political satire, a means of getting people to watch it that’s not your typical boring news anchor. I’m sure there is a similar one focused on McCain that has just as much truth (or non truth w/e your opinion is). Videos like these are really just going on beyond what the general news media does. It highlights incidences that were in the media spotlight at some point but have since fallen by the wayside. It will be interesting to see how the news coverage goes now that Clinton is out of the race, and the media can step back from being so focused on the democrats and maybe now there can be some real movement in this race.
I have to agree that in the end I think McCain will win. Yes at the moment it seems that Obama is gonna win and sure it could happen. But the media has been so focused on the fact that a woman and an African American were actual real contenders for the democratic nomination, that media opinion has become skewed, and you really cant tell who is going to win at the moment. Checking popular polls, Obama is in the lead, but by a very narrow margin. McCain has been fighting a silent fight. Honestly if given a real choice I wouldn’t pick either, and if the Democrats really wanted a candidate that wasn’t so controversial and stood a clear chance of winning, they should’ve backed Edwards but that’s a WHOLE other argument.
wanted to include this post from the associated press that kind of breaks down McCain's and Obama's view on the Middle East
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gcJp3kvCE53WR_-iuaFR5XXjMXxQD914PGH02