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First, people recognized his sacrifice for his country. Secondly, they also recognized that he wasn't the sharpest tack in the Senate and gave him the benefit of doubt that he probably just got rolled by con men.
Bob we've had the "Citizens United" ruling since then iirc... Iow the Supreme Court decreed it is ok to send huge amounts of funds to candidates to use in campaigns.... Shouldn't matter anyway Imo
Tom: "Secondly, they also recognized that he wasn't the sharpest tack in the Senate and gave him the benefit of doubt..."
And yet the voters almost elected him President. That he isn't a particularly smart guy was given away when he made Sarah Palin his running mate and suspended his campaign due to the financial crisis! If the circumstances were slightly different in 2008, we'd be looking at President McCain. Had the financial crisis started in 2009, McCain would be sitting in the Oval Office managing heaven knows how many wars and Palin would be entertaining us with her outstandingly dimwitted gibberish.
In any case, I don't see much heroism in bombing peasant farmers from the safety of a high-tech aircraft. Who's fooled by the faux morality surrounding so-called laws of war? All of which simply means that the aggressors demand that their captured war criminals be treated well by the victims! Why shouldn't the Vietnamese torture the living hell out of someone like McCain who's been killing them with impunity? And a war based on a lie (Gulf of Tonkin, Chinese and Soviet expansion, etc).
As far as I'm concerned, McCain got off lucky. The Vietnamese should be congratulated on their considerable restraint and their humanity.
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ReplyDeleteHow did McCain ever escape prosecution in the Keaton scandal?
ReplyDeleteWiki says he was only criticized for "poor judgment."
First, people recognized his sacrifice for his country. Secondly, they also recognized that he wasn't the sharpest tack in the Senate and gave him the benefit of doubt that he probably just got rolled by con men.
ReplyDeleteThey're unfit for the presidency, Mike. Whose next on the list?
ReplyDelete(You've weighed in on HR Clinton, Scott Walker, ...)
Whatever happened to McCain's campaign finance reform?
ReplyDeleteBob we've had the "Citizens United" ruling since then iirc... Iow the Supreme Court decreed it is ok to send huge amounts of funds to candidates to use in campaigns.... Shouldn't matter anyway Imo
ReplyDeleteTom: "Secondly, they also recognized that he wasn't the sharpest tack in the Senate and gave him the benefit of doubt..."
ReplyDeleteAnd yet the voters almost elected him President. That he isn't a particularly smart guy was given away when he made Sarah Palin his running mate and suspended his campaign due to the financial crisis! If the circumstances were slightly different in 2008, we'd be looking at President McCain. Had the financial crisis started in 2009, McCain would be sitting in the Oval Office managing heaven knows how many wars and Palin would be entertaining us with her outstandingly dimwitted gibberish.
In any case, I don't see much heroism in bombing peasant farmers from the safety of a high-tech aircraft. Who's fooled by the faux morality surrounding so-called laws of war? All of which simply means that the aggressors demand that their captured war criminals be treated well by the victims! Why shouldn't the Vietnamese torture the living hell out of someone like McCain who's been killing them with impunity? And a war based on a lie (Gulf of Tonkin, Chinese and Soviet expansion, etc).
As far as I'm concerned, McCain got off lucky. The Vietnamese should be congratulated on their considerable restraint and their humanity.