Quote Originally Posted by britmaveric View Post
Anyone who chooses to stay in a POW Camp until his mates come home with him, should be considered a hero of the highest order. Easy thing would have been to sell them out and go home - one courageous lad to do the opposite.
I think there is little doubt to be honest that mccain is a person of great personal strength and integrity. That being said however, I do believe he would be a very poor choice for two reasons.

Firstly he is rash. I saw the interview with that church guy (both barak and mccain). McCain pretty much answered evrything immediately. one question in particular stuck in my mind, which was along the lines of "What do you do with evil" - an there were three choices (can't recall exactly) - Mccain without hesitation answered "destroy it" (one of the choices), and I think that was tyical mccain - answer first - and maybe think after - even along the lines of - who is it that is categorizing this event as "evil". There are very, very few issues in the world that a pure black and white, good and evil and a leader of a country as powerful as america cannot rashly decide something without first considering, at the least, who is setting the agenda.

Couple that with a very well known bad temper (point two), and you have some one who really, really should not have their finger on the button.

His running partner also scares me. She strikes me as someone who would not change their mind come hell or high water. Deeply religious people (of whatever stripe) are capable of great damage when in power, and god forbid (to use a phrase) that she ever takes over as number one (a real possibility).

On the other side, I agree that much of what Obama offers lacks substance. However, that being said, I think he is the type of guy to think things through rather than rush in. maybe even talk to people and find solutions to problems that don't involve the American army invading countries.

All in all, I would feel safer with Obamas finger on the button that Mccains.