John McCain, war hero, military record, blah blah--Wake up! Aren't we forgetting something here?

[DFW]

I was discussing the McCain-Obama choice with a friend from Australia, and he
kept on and on about McCain's military record against Obama's lack of one as
a deciding factor as to why the USA should pick McCain. McCain has the military
"experience," and Obama does not.

I see this over and over and over again. We should honor John McCain as a war hero,
his military experience, Armed Services Committee, War College, etc etc etc.

What are we, a friggin' military base?

I know we need a military and all, but that's what we have generals and a Joint Chiefs
of Staff for. That's ONE department of our cabinet. ONE. Has it completely escaped the
attention of the MSM and McCain's campaign that besides the Secretary of Defense, there
are also Secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, Health, Housing,
Education, etc. etc. etc. etc.? Now either they are there for show, or THERE'S MORE GOING
ON IN THE WORLD THAN JUST HOW TO KILL PEOPLE. Yeah, World War II had to be fought, but
plenty of wars since did not, and Vietnam and the Iraq invasion were certainly two of them.

Why is there no comparison of how much more experience Obama has as a community organizer
against McCain's lack of it? And family values? OK, how often has Obama ditched Michelle
in favor of some heiress to $100 million? Right, we all know the answer, because we all
know who pays the MSM's advertising bills, but if he's elected, then Obama decides who is
the next FCC Commissioner, and they have to know this, so there has to be SOME backroom
discussion going on about whether or not to make other comparisons than just who was a
prisoner of war and who was not. At least I hope so.

If our capacity to kill has really become more important than our capacity to do something
for the living, then the America envisioned by the men who founded it is already dead.

**note to pessimists: I'm already uncomfortably close to joining you on that last point, so
for now, please allow me my moment of hope, and don't state the obvious.

[bahrbearian]

1. But Gramps knows how to win wars

Like Viet Nam, Grenada, Afganistan, Iraq, WWW1 and the Civil War. When you finish last in your class you must know something.

[Frustratedlady]

2. Yeah, what you see when you look up at the rest of the class standing above you.

I agree that this war celebrity status is getting old. Granted, it's too bad he was a POW, but how many years do we need to hear it?

I used to be amazed at the old codgers who would come in for resumes and insist I put in that they were captain of their high school football team. Let it go!

We have a country to get straightened out, and I'm not sure how being a POW qualifies you to lead a country with this many problems. He has admitted he doesn't know anything about the economy. If he knows how to win wars, why are we still in Iraq and Afghanistan? Why didn't he show George how? If he is keeping it a secret so he can be elected, shame on him.

Let's get down to details and forget this personality crap. Enough is enough.

[DFW]

3. Oh, he knows how to win wars all right.

The only reason he has been keeping the knowledge from Bush Lite has been
to punish him for being such a bad boy in the 2000 election. Otherwise, he
would have told the nation on Jan. 20, 2001, I'm sure........