McCain criticizes Obama for 'lacking specifics'

[no name 1]

(CNN) — John McCain took extended aim at Barack Obama during a Capitol Hill press conference Wednesday, hitting nearly the exact same themes Hillary Clinton did in a speech only about an hour earlier.

"I respect him and the campaign he has run," McCain said. "But there is going to be time when we have to get into specifics, and I have heard not every speech he has given obviously, but they are singularly lacking in specifics, and that's when as the campaign moves forward, we will be portraying very stark differences."

Those comments are among McCain's most pointed attack at Obama to date, a clear sign the Republican nominee apparent is increasingly viewing the Illinois senator as the Democratic frontrunner. The comments also closely echo criticisms Clinton launched earlier Wednesday morning when she said in part, "We need real results, not more rhetoric."

McCain also took aim at Obama for recently being named the most liberal senator in 2007 by a recent nonpartisan survey.

"It's not an accident that he has, according to the National Journal, the most liberal voting record in the United States Senate," McCain said. "I have on one of most conservative."

UPDATE: Campaigning in Wisconsin Wednesday, Obama sharpened his attacks against McCain, saying, "I look forward to a debate with John McCain, who has been the biggest champion of bush policies. If you want more of the same, I think hes a good choice. But if you want something different, vote for me."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/...king-specifics/

[mawilson 2,133]

Ok.......but what's so funny?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

...Obama moved clearly into one traditional frontrunner’s role Tuesday night, trading blows with the likely Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, in their respective victory speeches.

“John McCain is an American hero. We honor his service to our nation. But his priorities don’t address the real problems of the American people, because they are bound to the failed policies of the past,” Obama said in Wisconsin.

“Senator McCain said the other day that we might be mired for a hundred years in Iraq, which is reason enough to not give him four years in the White House.”

McCain, for his part, jabbed at Obama’s lofty rhetoric of hope in his own remarks in Virginia.

“Hope, my friends, is a powerful thing. I can attest to that better than many, for I have seen men's hopes tested in hard and cruel ways that few will ever experience,” he said, continuing, however, that “to encourage a country with only rhetoric rather than sound and proven ideas that trust in the strength and courage of free people is not a promise of hope. It is a platitude.”

And McCain concluded by stealing Obama’s signature line.

“My friends, I promise you, I am fired up and ready to go,” he said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8489_Page2.html

[PlatyPius 5]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Good Gods man, you've nailed it!

That's what I've been trying to put into words for weeks now. lol

[one...two...tree 2,762]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Good Gods man, you've nailed it!

That's what I've been trying to put into words for weeks now. lol

I concur. Well said.

[no name 1]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

[PlatyPius 5]

ie: same-old same-old.

and what "facts"? That doesn't even make a damn bit of sense. We elect a president because of his/her visions of what should change during the next 4 years, not because he/she can rattle off facts. The Pres doesn't actually change anything, anyway - congress does. Let the pres have "vision" and let the ones who actually control everything hammer out the details.

Edited February 13, 2008 by Rocinante

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

What facts?

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

What facts?

Whatever "facts" Hillary is selling, apparently.

[Ban Hammer 13,417]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

What facts?

Whatever "facts" Hillary is selling, apparently.

i read that as farts

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

What facts?

Whatever "facts" Hillary is selling, apparently.

i read that as farts

For some reason I imagine that Hillary can rip some nasty ones. I think it's the thick legs.

[Ban Hammer 13,417]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

What facts?

Whatever "facts" Hillary is selling, apparently.

i read that as farts

For some reason I imagine that Hillary can rip some nasty ones. I think it's the thick legs.

maybe we've hit on why bill is such a horndog with other women

[SteveLaura 0]

In the world of business, whenever the senior executives talk, they always lack specifics. They provide vision and guidance and the folks starting at the next layer underneath are tasked to execute on that vision and along that guidance. That's no different with the President. He/she is the ultimate executive.

Vision is what this country needs badly!

Vision is great but facts are better!

Leading up to the primary next Tuesday, on Wisconsin Public Radio all this week, the 4 o'clock hour is taken up with discussing Obama's & Clinton's views on a different topic each day - health care, foreign policy, the economy, immigration, etc. They have someone on who specialises in that subject and compares and contrasts each candidates' stance, based on their website, speeches and debates. Altho I haven't been able to tune in to all of these segments each day, they appear to have enough info on each candidtae to sustain the hour.

What 'facts' specifically do you feel that Clinton has covered that Obama has not?