Comments on: Military Service

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:25:23 +0000

Kirk, he only crashed four, the fifth was shot down, but privilege and money are the only roads left to the White House.

By: Kirk Muse

Kirk Muse — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:05:53 +0000

The main qualification for most Republican candidate is to be born into a life of great privilege. Or marry into one.

John McCain is the son and grandson of a four-star Admiral.
He attended an elite private boarding school. He got into
the U. S. Naval Academy because of his father and grandfather.
He graduated 5th from the bottom of his class. He crashed and destroyed five U. S. Navy aircraft.

Cindy McCain has a net worth of greater than $100 million.
The McCain’s own 7 private homes–just like you and me.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:04:15 +0000

Steve, McCain’s nuts are held firmly in his wife’s purse. LOL

As for the rest of it, I read what Clarke said in context, and I understand what he said and why and I agree. Of course, the loonies will take anything anyone with any intelligence and honesty says completely out of context. *shrug* Who cares?

Next.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:39:06 +0000

Are there marbles as well as strawberries missing on the “USS McCaine”?

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:36:01 +0000

“made off with his strawberries”….oh, oh. I think there is a food disparaging law that is still in affect. Look for CA strawberry farmers to come bearing lawsuits.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:00:26 +0000

“… and McCain is imagining someone’s made off with his strawberries.” – Michael

Made off with his strawberries? I believe a different foodstuff is at issue here. In McCain’s younger years, he had the courage of his convictions, but since that time, someone seems to have made off with his nuts…

(It’s been over half a lifetime since I read that novel. I almost missed the reference.)

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:28:19 +0000

Steve, if you think I have said something to disparage Wesley Clark's understanding of international relations or presidential politics is still to read something into my words that just wasn't there. I said I thought he mishandled the question. Now if you accept that Wesley Clark is not perfect, perhaps he could have answered more to the necessity and sufficiency as I suggest, or he might have taken it in another direction entirely. But I could be wrong, you know. Maybe Wesley Clark handled the question perfectly, I don't think he did. I think it's alright for us to be critical of people on our own side, when we think they make mistakes. I'm not diminishing Wesley Clark's breadth or depth when I say this. Anyhow, it's beyond that now, and McCain is imagining someone's made off with his strawberries.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:07:01 +0000

US Constitution, Article II, Section 1: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." Then there's the matter of actually qualifying for the ballot in sufficient states to make winning possible. See Number 7.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:59:45 +0000

The General cut through the spin and the cr** and told it like it was. And, people have been so accustomed to pandering and spin for so long, the truth hit them like a wet sock to the face…and they’re freaking out.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:15:30 +0000

“Steve, I did not say you were illiterate, I said you should read what I wrote. And you’re still arguing against a straw man. … Are you just arguing to argue?” – Michael

Let me try to take a positive approach to this.

Michael, I understand that because of our respective personalities, you and I are probably incapable of learning anything from each other. Well and good…

But I hope against hope that you can put aside your self-assuredness for long enough to recognize that Gen. Clark, far from having “mishandled” the situation, understands more about both international relations and presidential politics than you or I can ever hope to learn… and learn something from him. Goodness knows I have. I am not saying he is perfect, but he is both broad and deep. And what he said in this case is precisely to the point: McCain’s status as a war hero is not only a quirk of fate, but completely irrelevant to his ability to serve as president. I don’t believe I’m arguing just to argue when I assert that.