The Candidates Assess Each Other

(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!!!