Houston Chronicle
April 26, 2008
Douglas MacKinnon
This article reflects that in a time post September 11th, that experiance may be a highly important factor in the upcomming election for candidates. McCain is 75 years old and is a decorated military man. The author figures that this may help him gain a sense of comfortability from the voters that Obama and Clinton can't get. Douglas states that his old age wisdom and real-world experiance has potential to be a huge plus. He explains that it is uncertain how the other candidates will respond if elected president about the patriot act, but this isnt the case with McCain. McCain is hugly against terrorism and doesn't want to stop the attack on them until they are no more. It is uncertain as to whether or not Obama or Hillary will pull the troops out and allow Al-Qaida to achieve full strength again. Also, the article discusses his war history and how he held strong in a Vietnam POW camp, and can do the same for this country in devastating times. Douglas compares him to Bob Dole from 1996, but without the experianced competition Dole had in Bill Clinton. Its Obvious that the author believes McCain would be the best choice for president regardless of who he faces, which i find a little iffy. Its almost as if he doesnt even want to hear what the candidate of the other party says. Unfortunatly it seems that this man doesnt care much about the issues and more the history of teh candidates.
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Setting my personal political opinions aside, I do think the author makes a good point about McCain's experience. The extensive military experience McCain has is a valuable positive attribute. On the other hand, I do not like how he infers that pulling out the troops is a bad decision, considering many other people would disagree. I would say its a good article to read to hear all sides of the story on a candidate, but I wouldn't value it for more than what it is: one of thousands of articles concerning McCain.
The author makes a good point when he says that Mcain would be very knowledable and wise. I like how he gave you some of McCains history and made you respect him as a candidate. I disagree with when he said that not pulling out of the war was the best thing to do. The author seems bias because he has already made up his mind that Mccain is the best candidate.
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