^ A few skeletons in McCains closet too, not least of which he signed an official declaration denouncing his own country and it's involvement in the Vietnam War! Now thats one hell of a qualification for someone trying to be the the next Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
It seems to me to carry substantially more substance than some comments a Preacher made- which is all that anyone can find against Obama, or the fact that your husband was a bit of a philanderer- which seems to be the main thing against Hillary. Neither of these amount to anything near to Treason- which is a charge that could be very easily brought against McCain.
Then, when you consider that his Daddy was a US Admiral (and grandad) in charge of the Asian theatre, Johnboy signing that denunciation of his own country was a major PR coup for the VC. Lets face it, if McCain was running on a Democrat ticket you would never hear the end of it, given the right wings panchant for negative, dirty politics.
McCain is, understandably, using the vaccuum created by the ongoing Hillary/ Obama nomination campaigns to advance his own cause. So he went to Afghanistan recently, which seems to have gone down well in the Press. I wonder how many service personnel had somewhat mixed feeling about a Politician who publicly denounced his own country, coming over to a place they are fighting and dying, for political gain?
It seems that any US election campaign is mired in the Politics of Negativity these days. And it is the Right which is most deeply mired in this. But two can play at that 'lowest common denominator' game- and I would think that, once the Hillary/ Obama thing is decided, we will be hearing somewhat more about McCain's Treachery. Given the breast beating jingoism of Right wing American politics, this is serious stuff. A future President who, in many countries, would have been executed for being a Traitor? H'mmm.
Furthermore, McCain is noted for his Masterly Statesmanship. -
"Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran."
"I hope he has the opportunity to meet Karl Marx very soon," [about Fidel Castro].
His rhetoric is littered with gaffes (kinda like Bush actually). He seems an affable enough old gent, although many of his foreign policy comments come across as buffoon like- but he really doesn't seem anywhere near enough a Heavyweight to be a realistic Presidential candidate.
Vietnam Veterans against John McCain-
Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain
A few skeletons in the McCain closet alright.
