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Non-Issue of the Day | 18 comments (18 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Non-Issue of the Day (none / 1)

It's about time that somebody called b.s. on McCain's "war hero" fairy tale. I don't see him in any way as any kind of hero, much less a war hero. He got shot down and had crashed at least four other jets before that, so he obviously wasn't a very good pilot. He was a POW, but that in no way makes him a hero. He turned down early release, but if he wouldn't have his family would have likely disowned him. Once he got back to the States he wasn't promoted as he should have been, meaning that the Navy had serious misgivings about him. Nobody in Washington likes him, most notably his republican colleagues. And now, he's flip-flopped on just about every position that he's ever held. John McCain is NOT a hero.

by KansasVoter on Mon Jun 30th, 2008 at 05:21:55 PM EST

Re: Non-Issue of the Day - EPIC FAIL (none / 1)

John McCain is NOT a hero.

Well, that is simply not true. I hold McCain in very low regard, but this is a losing issue for Obama, and he looks bad by putting surrogates out there, and then abandoning them when the tactic fails.

At this moment in the campaign, do we really want to be arguing about the validity of McCain's military service? Aren't there some actual issues (which are all trending in Democrats favor) with which we can bash McCain, other than his signature (and accurate) claim to hero status?

This is an epic fail for the Obama campaign, they should get off of this stupid idea, and fast.

by mrmobius on Mon Jun 30th, 2008 at 05:52:52 PM EST
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Re: Non-Issue of the Day - EPIC FAIL (none / 0)

Wow - anyone who thinks someone on the Obama campaign told Wesley Clark what to say has never worked on a presidential campaign.

The reason you send people out as surrogates is because you believe you WON'T have to tell them what to say. You don't send anyone you don't trust.

But I would not blame Obama or the campaign for anything a surrogate said. The surrogates are just people, speaking their mind. Some are more media savvy than others, sadly.

Btw - I agree with everything Clark said, if not, maybe, the way he said it.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Mon Jun 30th, 2008 at 06:41:00 PM EST
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Re: Non-Issue of the Day - EPIC FAIL (none / 0)

So why do you think that he's a hero? I can understand why Joe Sixpack thinks that he's a hero, but why would a progressive think that?

by KansasVoter on Mon Jun 30th, 2008 at 06:42:51 PM EST
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Re: Non-Issue of the Day - EPIC FAIL (none / 0)

Why do I think John McCain is a hero?

Ok, shot down carrying out a bombing mission (please spare me the "terror from the skies" crap. This is a political campaign. If you actually think someone in the Democratic Party is going to argue at this point in the general election campaign that the Viet Nam war was "immoral" or "illegal", you are mistaken).

Secondly, he was tortured for years (his captors took great pleasure in beating his arms, which were broken when he crashed) offered release, and would not take it until his comrades were also released. You don't have to be a right-winger to have respect for someone who not only survived that experience, but continued in public service, and that certainly impresses this ultra-liberal. I think he's a terrible candidate, and a profoundly wrong choice for the country, but he's a hero.

No amount of parsing about "he was a bad pilot, a poor student at Annapolis, and quit his wife because she wasn't pretty anymore after her car accident" is going to change that fact. This is a big lose for Obama, and I hope the campaign has enough sense to get off this track and on to some more important issues, like the economy, on which McCain is absolutely terrible.

by mrmobius on Tue Jul 1st, 2008 at 12:13:01 AM EST
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