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Tony Blankley
Formed On The Anvil of His Captivity
Tony Blankley 7/2/2008
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As of today, Sen. Barack Obama is about halfway through his "patriotism theme week" message cycle. As of 2008, Sen. John McCain is about seven-ninths through his patriotism theme life cycle. I guess that is the difference between the new politics and the old patriotism.

The Obama campaign launched its new politics patriotism week last Sunday, with retired Gen. Wes "Speichellecker" Clark smearing John McCain's war record — even to the point of the former general saying that "riding" in a fighter plane and getting shot down are not qualifications for being president. Well, in fact, McCain wasn't riding, of course. He was the pilot in his 23rd mission over heavily defended enemy territory when he was shot down by a Soviet missile. But when Wes "Camera Hound" Clark goes on a mission, he always aims low.

This is the same Gen. Clark who, while leading the bombing campaign against Serbia from his desk, was reprimanded by President Clinton's secretary of defense, William Cohen, to get his "f——— face off the TV. No more briefings, period. That's it." During that bombing campaign, Gen. Clark didn't even go along for the "ride."

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it is the same general who was removed prematurely from his European command on the following explanation of then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Hugh Sheldon: "The reason he came out of Europe early had to do with integrity and character issues." This is the man who the Obama campaign — which is above politics as usual — sent out to smear a genuine war hero. Of course, after 24 hours, Obama disassociated himself from his surrogate's smear attack. This is becoming a pattern of Obama's new politics. Wes Clark is the seventh prominent Obama supporter to disparage Sen. McCain's military service. Obama is beginning to reveal Nixonian political instincts.

But Wes Clark is right. Merely being a war hero is not qualification for the presidency, although it is a hell of a start when compared with those of us who never served in uniform. And the more than five years as a prisoner of war with constant torture that McCain suffered through is also not qualification for being president — even when compared with Obama's tough seven years of service at Columbia undergraduate and Harvard Law School.

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Posted By: geoff  on Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Pretty sexist there: "manly" McCain (I knew he's got a brilliant new career selling Cialis if he doesn't get elected) vs. the "virginal" Obama (at least you didn't try to make him out to be Muslim, just Catholic).

How do you actually know how McCain stood up under torture? Were you there?

Posted By: Good Life  on Wednesday, July 02, 2008

So by Tony's arguments Kerry should have been elected rather than GW.  Isn't it interesting how arguments change when your man has or hasn't the ribbons and experience that goes with them.

Posted By: jack sprat  on Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Tony, you forgot the successful bombing of the Chinese embassy, I think probably having obama run against say, Kerry, would make him a better choice. Lacking any real experience except learning the Chicago hand shake for politicians, my hand from yours. While feathering the nest of a now convicted developer, isn’t a great resume builder for Commander in Cheese, when compared to the guy with the pic in the hall of shame in Ho Chi Minh City and meeting with the enemy to negotiate terms or work with them, while “active duty” (just a minuet let me see where’s my dictionary, what does it say here about “traitor”?) Now we add the whole, shooting the wounded teen when he was running (by golly, that is against the Geneva Conventions). Yep, I’d go with him, here we go I support your guy Obama in ’04!

Cuz I’m for the guy whose friend are crooks over the guy whose friends were killing Americans. As for Kerry, should have gone to England with Clinton, or was that Gore?

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