Just Mostly Absent
Posted on July 19th, 2008
by Daniel Larison |
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So while McCain’s allegation is technically true, Obama has been far from absent on this issue, and it’s misleading for McCain to imply that he has. ~Dylan Matthews
There are only two problems with the Biden defense of Obama on this point: Obama was absent from two of the three full committee meetings and in the one meeting he did attend he asked one question that Biden subsequently mocked during the presidential campaign as unrelated to Afghanistan. The relevant point to make against McCain’s use of this is that McCain has been absent from all such relevant hearings, which means that both candidates have been neglecting their responsibilities during the campaign. That’s much better!
Filed under: foreign policy, politics
And the voters don’t care. One shouldn’t fail to emphasize how little voters care about actual expertise.
The Politico has begun illustrating your prescience. It has posted an article titled: Obama asserts his Americanness.
You’re right that voters don’t care about expertise–how else could McCain be where he is today? Thanks for the link. That headline is priceless.