The Candidates Assess Each Other

CBS Evening News: McCain And Obama Discuss Their Opponent's Greatest Strength And Weakness

(CBS)  In November, Americans decide whether Barack Obama or John McCain becomes the 44th President of the United States. In the series "Presidential Questions," CBS News anchor Katie Couric asks questions that move the candidates well beyond the usual sound-bites. Some questions concern policy. Others are more personal. All will give you a better sense of who these men are - and what has shaped them. What follows is Couric's question - and the candidates' full answers.

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Katie Couric: What do you believe is your opponent's greatest strength and greatest weakness?

Barack Obama: Oh, I think Sen. McCain has a number of strengths. Obviously he has great inner resolve and determination. And you know, he himself, I think has indicated how that was forged in his experiences as a POW. And I have the utmost respect for that. He served gallantly and with great distinction. And we honor that.

With respect to Sen. McCain's weaknesses, I would, rather than talk about his personality, I would simply say that his policies seem to be just a carbon copy of the policies that we've seen over the last eight years. He hasn't paid a lot of attention ... to the difficulties and the hardships that ordinary Americans are feeling and the history of America shows that economic growth happens most when the pie is growing, but it's growing for everything.

John McCain: I think his greatest strength is that - and I admire and respect Barack Obama - is his ability to motivate Americans. He does that with eloquence. And he motivated millions of Americans and continues to do so.

I think probably his greatest weakness is his lack of experience and, therefore, judgment. And that's just what has led him, I think, to make certain judgments, which I don't think are best for this country.

[blondegenes]

"ACORN & Obama How Allied? To What End?"
http://www.pajamahadin.com/?p=1216

Michelle Obama quotes hardcore NeoMarxist,Saul Alinsky, "Rules for Radicals"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Alinsky

http://www.pajamahadin.com/?p=1216

ACORN trained their members using Alinsky''s NeoMarxism
http://www.tnr.com/story_print.html?id=a74fca23-f6ac-4736-9c78-f4163d4f25c7

[blondegenes]

For you Peaceniks who think Obama will get the troops out of Iraq, you''re right,,,but ONLY because he says Iraq is the WRONG BATTLEGROUND,,,and he says he will take the troops to Afghanistan and Pakistan,the RIGHT BATTLEGROUND.
His own words, on his own DNC website;
http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/the_war_we_need_to_win.php
He also says he will pursue terrorists into Pakistan EVEN WITHOUT PAKISTAN''S PERMISSION. In other words, he will violate a nuclear armed Muslim sovereign nation and invoke the wrath of ALL Muslim nations and ALL Arab nations against us.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/01/politics/main3122558.shtml

[blondegenes]

It is said that he presented his "birth certificate" to FactCheck.org for "verification", but that is also suspect for the following reason.
FactCheck.org is run by Annenberg Foundation, and that fact has never been hidden;
www.factcheck.org/contact
U.S. radical terrorist Bill Ayers (who was on Annenberg Foundation Board) appointed Obama as Chairman to Annenberg Foundation/Challenge from 1995 to 2001.

Where''s the media to report all of this???
Probably exactly where the Washington Times was last June when they had HARD EVIDENCE from inside ACORN that Obama/ACORN was committing voter fraud against the U.S. citizens!

[blondegenes]

Obama''s eligibility to run for President of the United States is in question.
Members of HIS OWN immediate family claim he was born in various places, but this is the bottom line.
When his step-father, a wealthy business man, was recalled to Indonesia by Indonesia''s leader''s dictate, there is a question whether Obama aka Barry Soetoro (stepson of Leo Soetoro) was adopted. In which case, his U.S. citizenship (if he was originally a U.S. citizen, was relinquished). At the time that he was in Indonesia, the U.S. did not observe dual citizenship with Indonesia.
It is rumored that Obama traveled to Pakistan to visit a college roommate''s family and travel, and that he did so on an Indonesian passport.
If Obama has become a U.S. citizen since his time in Indonesia, he is termed a "NATURALIZED" CITIZEN, which is not the same as a "NATURAL" CITIZEN.
Even if he was born a U.S. citizen, if he relinquished his U.S. citizenship, or his Mother relinquished it for him, he would still be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN,,that is, IF he does not still hold citizenship to another nation.
He would be ineligible to run or hold the Office of President of the United States according to our laws.
Otherwise, Arnold Schwarzenegger would also be eligible for that office.

[blondegenes]

I can remember last Spring when some of us were posting about the Obama/ACORN voter fraud connection and we were treated like nitwits by the masses, who know only a small fraction of the truth now. Your votes are being stolen by this rascal who claims he never worked for ACORN as a trainer/organizer. On his Fight the Smears website, he denies it;http://www.fightthesmears.com/articles/20/acornrumor
Because he and his supporters scrubbed several years worth of documents off the internet, he thought no one would put it together in time. The Cleveland Leader found it in archived documents,,,you can never really remove anything off the internet;
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7203
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/7231
Do you think he didn''t know about the ACORN voter fraud??? Yeah, he just sent ACORN $832,000 recently out of the goodness of his heart!

[letreasonwin]

Check out this interview about VOTE FRAUD. Toward the end they talk about what voters can do to help prevent vote fraud. PLEASE read or listen, then pass this on to everybody you know, especially those in swing states. Most important - get out and VOTE!

To listen to or read the interview go here:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/1017
2008/watch3.html

[tess126]

Obama NRVER gave up his American Citizenship when he lived outside the country for a short time. He was raised a Christian by his mother and grandparents, and still is. There are many intelligent Christian Theologists who have studied the other religions so they can do comparative studies. Obama has been proven to be a practicing Christian, but if he has even an inkling about Muslim practices, that''s a bonus for the American people.
Why can''t the right believe the truth when it''s right in front of their faces. His birth certificate and everything he''s done in the past has been verified by the DNC; the RNC, the FBI and Immigration(just to name a few sources.)

You don''t hear the Democrats going on about McCain being born in Panama, so stop lying and hating on Obama. It''s clear to everyone that you''ll look for any excuse not to vote for Obama; but too bad, because he''s a full-fledged American citizen and a Christian. End of Story.
And to those who are spreading the lies that the Muslim world wants Barack to win; Think Again. They want to exhaust the U.S. Military Forces while they''re rapidly (thanks to the war in Iraq)growing by leaps and bounds. McCain will drain the country''s economy further by letting the war go on, and will exhaust the troops--that''s what Al Quiada wants.

So vote for McCain/Palin if you don''t give a *** about the troops or the appalling Military Costs. Vote for them and make Bin Laden and his terrorist fighters happy.

[mcherry78]

I love that everyone is still spewing the same irrelevant stuff! Keep it coming- I am going to donate some more to Obama''s campaign now! All the negativity from the Repubs this year- no wonder Obama will be President Elect on November 4th!!

[mrp0302]

Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961. Hawaii became a state in 1959. He is an American citizen by birth. Once you are an American by birth you don''t lose your citizenship based on who you marry. Some people will believe any vicious lie out there and never bother to check on what the facts are.

[mitch5511]

I have some advice for Couric...please knock off this kind of questioning. It isn''t productive or remotely interesting to those of us who take the country''s issues seriously.

The touchy feelly *** isn''t newsworthy!!!

[gippybear]

This is NEWS?

No wonder nobody watches this twit.

I come over here just to see what the Drive-By-Media is up to.

It ain''t much.

"And you wanna be my latex salesman."

[john43218]

Yet, as we shall see, there have been in the past%u2014and are now%u2014many Antichrists! And underlying all of their deceptions is the "spirit of Antichrist"%u2014the wrong approaches and false doctrines which have blinded billions of human beings from understanding God%u2019s Truth. The "doctrine" of Antichrist is not understood by most of the world%u2019s religious leaders.
"How so?" you might ask.
Because there is a very real Satan the Devil. Jesus Christ twice called him the "ruler of this world" (John 12:31; 14:30). Satan is the great deceiver. The Apostle John made it very clear that Satan deceives the vast majority of mankind: "So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him" (Revelation 12:9).
"But I am not deceived!" you might say.
Do not be too sure!

[pauljames55]

Assess This! PROVE IT OBAMA!! While in Hawaii pick up your birth certificate just for the record.
BERG v. OBAMA et al
Plaintiff Philip J. Berg alleged that Defendant Barack Obama is not eligible for the Office of the President because Obama lost his U.S. citizenship when his mother married an Indonesian citizen and naturalized in Indonesia. Plaintiff further alleged that Obama followed her naturalization and failed to take an oath of allegiance when he turned 18 years old to regain his U.S. citizenship status.

Our Constitution is at risk. Where is the MEDIA???Obama has been asked by the courts to prove his eligibility to be President by providing proof of citizenship. Mr. Berg is a lawyer and a Democrat. As of yesterday neither Obama nor the DNC has provided evidence and over the past month has filed motion after motion to dismiss this lawsuit filed in Philadelphia PA. Why not just produce the proof and end the mystery? Follow the link and read the actual court filed documentshttp://docs.justia.com/cases/fe
deral/district-courts/pennsylvania/paedc
e/2:2008cv04083/281573/27/ This is latest document posted out of 27 filed. Here is a link to all of them.http://dockets.justia.com/docket/co
urt-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id
-281573/ If Obama is elected and it is later discovered that he is not a citizen then the Constitution is useless.

[debintn]

Have you forgotten the Journalist Creed.....I think you need to re-read and study it again. http://npc.press.org/about/ethics.cfm "I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of lesser service than the public service is a betrayal of this trust. "
"I believe that advertising, news and editorial columns should alike serve the best interests of readers; that a single standard of helpful truth and cleanness should prevail for all; that supreme test of good journalism is the measure of its public ser vice."I am glad that my cable company has provided me with a BLOCK button, which I have activated for CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC. Deb in TN

[debintn]

I am appalled at the way this network and its reporters have acted during this most critical election of this great nation''s highest elected office.
It is disgusting to watch and listen to such misrepresentations---such propaganda tactics are used during wartime to demonize its enemies. It is degrading for this great country''s citizens to lower themselves to such standards of deceit, fraud and trickery. You would not expect this in a democracy--where WE are suppose to set the standards.
I feel deceived, betrayed even, that as a law abiding citizen, a taxpayer, that my vote will be null and void due to the deceit from reporters, their networks, and the unlawful, fraudulant acts of a few (Voter Fraud)
How could I have been so naive? What else have you misrepresented?

[slayrre007]

Funny how a first term Senator has received more money in campaign donations than any other figure in American political history.

And yet.... the two main groups that support him are college students (no money) and african americans (highest poverty level group) in this country. Oh...and Barack Obama has the support of Muslim radicals...hmmmmm...

Don''t think for a moment that Barack''s campaign coffers isn''t being funded from every single country that opposes America. When terrorist organizations with money support you...their "dirty money" will make its way into your pocket.

All Barack Obama is doing is saturating the field and drowning out McCain because of "this money".

I am worried... that... by the time we uncover this domestic and international corruption... Barack will have bought his way into the White House.

[slayrre007]

Obama comes from corrupt Chicago politics and has the most liberal voting record in Congress...when he decides to vote. Obama has 130 %u201Cpresent%u201D votes on controversial issues. That...in itself...is a strong sign of someone who lacks leadership.

William Ayers is a terrorist who should have been executed years ago. This terrorist got off on a technicality. In 2001...when Obama was in Ayers back pocket...Mr. Ayers made the statement that he did not bomb enough.

ACORN is a very corrupt political organization (voter registration fraud, intimidating voters, etc) supporting the Democratic party. This is why Barack gave them almost a million dollars recently.

NONE OF US KNOW IF BARACK IS A CLOSET RADICAL MUSLIM OR NOT. What we do know is that he had two radical Muslim fathers, attended a Muslim school at one time, adopted a preacher for 20 years that is anti-American and anti-American way of life, strongly endorsed by Louis Farrakhan, supported by terrorist groups like Humas and dictators like the Castro family. YOU DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS%u2026!

IF BARACK OBAMA IS A RADICAL MUSLIM%u2026.all the signs were there from the start. He has gravitated and aligned himself with people that hate America. To not consider this when electing a man to the Presidency of the United States...may prove to be a generational mistake that may damage this country forever.

[slayrre007]

Let me start by saying that I voted against George W. Bush in both elections and in both elections I predicted he would lead this country to ruin.

Now I will be voting for John McCain in November for many reasons...including having the insight to recognize that our country is better off with a moderate Republican than a far left hardcore liberal like Obama (with a Democratic controlled Congress).

As for Barack Hussein Obama...once Barack, as Commander-In-Chief, is given our countries top military secrets... he will find a way to give the information to his "brothers" in the middle east. For anyone that doesn''''t think this is possible...think again.

How soon Americans everywhere forget how unprepared we were for 9/11. Intellectually we could not accept the real danger of such an attack. Now we are unprepared to accept the real threat that the next attack to destroy America will come from within....that threat is Barack Obama.

This country has sold out common sense and intelligence in their efforts to prove that a black man can become elected President. Not measuring Barack Obama''s character and political allegiance by his association with people like Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan, Tony Rezko, and William Ayers or organizations as corrupt as ACORN... is unforgivable.

Obama will finish the job of ruining this country started by George W. Bush...but Barack will prove to be the catalyst to the final fall of America and the ending of the American way of life.

[emelder]

The next President will have to be intelligent, build world-wide coalitions, and have the stamina to stay with a well-conceived vision for this country ... Barack can do that, McCain cannot. Our choice is clear this time, people. Go Obama/Biden ... let''s get out the vote, make this a mandate for change ... and make it impossible for the Republicans to steal this one in the courts (their lawsuits have already begun over voter registration issues).

[abbe91]

"abbe, be nice little girl. You should really get in the habit of being a nice little girl. Your mommy will give you soda pops and when you grow up she will be proud of you. Be nice abbe.
Posted by archibunker2 at 07:19 AM : Oct 23, 2008"

Difficult to find a valid argument, right ? I thought so ...