On Leno, McCain Invokes POW History When Asked About House Controversy

Wow McCain, it's so sad that all you have to deflect criticism at this point is your tired POW history. How many times can you use this as a response to every issue? The well is dry, so much for honest straight talk...

Thanks, cincyr, but the point there was McCain is going to continue the ideologies currently set by the Bush Administration. He's changed his tune quite a bit since he ran for the GOP ticket in 2000. It's politics. He's gotta say and do what it takes to get him elected. Same goes for Obama, but given the state of affairs now, why would anyone want more of this kind of Government? We need a different direction. I'm not sure it will improve, but of the two, I trust Obama to accomplish more for working families than a Bush wannabe.

Obama's wife still hates America

cindy's money bought his soul.

worse, most of those houses sit empty as investment properties. no one lives in them.

yet his economic advisor phil gramm helped regular americans lose their homes to foreclosure with his lobbying work for the bank UBS.

so maybe johm can put them up for the night.

since they have no house, no kitchen table, and no reason to feel as blessed as he is.

not really being a member of his church and all that.

Many have commented on why can't we have a civil debate.

I agree. I think of someone like William F. Buckley, Jr - conservative, yes. But very intelligent and humorous.

He would argue with the most liberal of liberals and yet - the debate was civil, even friendly. And, if the other person made a good point, he would agree. Gosh, agree with a liberal. Oh my God ;>)

Now, in this day of Rush and Coulter, you just don't see that. I think Ron Paul has that attribute - I've heard him critize other politicians, but he was never mean spirited.

But no, we have to call each other idiots and when we do so, it really closes any room for debate.

McCain is becoming a one-liner, or rather a one-worder: POW!

He's beginning to remind us of the old TV Batman series in the '60s. You all remember Adam West and Burt Ward as Batman and Robin when they would get in their fights with The Joker, and The Penguin and The Riddler, and the rest. The cartoon signs would be inserted in big letters on the screen: BANG! BONK! DING! BOINK! POW!....I knew you'd remember....It seems John only remembers POW! and inserts GOP! occasionally...Not enough for a tv show, and certainly not enough for a sequel!

Yelling POW! every time he forgets where a country is, or how many homes he has, or whether Sunni's and Shia's and Kurd's like each other, or why he never learned much about economics other than to marry into it, or why affordable healthcare and the housing and mortgage crisis mean something to middle income Americans and why their taxes should be lowered not the multi-millionaires, simply will not suffice as a convincing argument.

I respect your service; I respect your status; but you are treating it like a joke when you ignore issues and throw out the word POW! like it is your magic wand.

I learned more about military integrity and personal integrity from my WWII Dad who seldom even mentioned or talked about his war days. He kept his medals respectfully in a box. It was only late in life that we learned what his Bronze Star was for. His view as he raised us was he did what his country asked, no explanation or excuses needed, and no special treatment asked for; and then he firmly told all of us to go get an education so we could learn enough to prevent wars, and earn our way with our families, and provide the leadership for our kids when it was the next generation's turn to lead.

I am guided by his words. It is time for the next generation to put that education to work and provide the leadership that will make the world a better place. I will work for Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States. Join in this effort. Make our nation proud!

McCain was excellent on the Jay Leno show... and he only brought up the POW story in response to Jay's question about the number of houses Cindy owns.

The response was 'ON TARGET" and in no way a "suck up" of his POW years.

He was articulate, gave some prophetic insight to some of this country's problems, and, frankly I was proud of him!

He'll be getting my vote!

POW is not a qualification for President of the United States any more than it is an answer for how many houses do you own. And the funny thing is, after the week of being made fun of, he still can't get that answer right. He does not fit my definition of fit for office.

Ster: "THAT'S the American way"

That WAS the American way. The corporate way is to buy you out and do it much cheaper by outsourcing the work to Asia. And when you don't want to sell, to compete you to death with a far more cheaper product from Asia or through selling the same product with a loss. They have the resources to outcompete you, the average American does not.

Underdog,
Perhaps you haven't been following between the lines of all the Associated Press liberal run media machine (and yes, FOX get's their news from AP too, so they're screwed as well). The only repeat I see is a constant liberal cowardliness that has crippled the current administration. And what mistakes were made were made on both sides of the isle. Whatever upset's you, there's plenty of blame to go around! Also, half of the bipartisan fact finding mission launched over those mistakes was in fact seated by McCain. And I recall clearly that McCain was quite critical about the handling of Iraq. Remember too that the troop serge has been very successful, and has shown that there's now light at the end of the tunnel. McCain supported the makings of that success, Obama voted against it. Thanks partially to McCain's support, we may be able to soon redirect our attention to Afghanistan where such a focus is really badly needed. McCain can best lead on this issue. Obama hasn't even been stable on his direction on these issues. Let's get this straight, McCain is not Bush! Not an ounce of similarity at all! Bush didn't listen to McCain early on. Had he done so, things would have been much different. Now's a great chance to allow McCain to finally execute a strategy that will quickly and cost effectively bring a swift resolve to the middle east issues, and do so without a quick cowardly all-out pullout that will leave a country and region in devastation. By the way, did you know New York City is by far more dangerous than Baghdad? More people die on the NYC streets than on Baghdad streets on a daily average. NYC citizens are American's, but who's ending the violence there? And I didn't even mention LA, or the other inner city killing fields. AP could care less for NYC or LA. They just sell the news that get's commercial play (liberal lobbyists anyone?). But no, AP paints a different picture and the blind lemming liberals would follow AP off a cliff if led that direction! So don't give me that broken record scenario. It's too easy of an argument to have any bases in reality. The big picture is wider and more complicated than most can muster. And far too many trust AP to fill them in. If you want to look at a stuck loop, just look at the current house who's liberal dominated, and has an approval rating far below that of Bush... Ouch! I'm sorry, but a two-faced ex-drug addict isn't going to help matters. We really need McCain!

"He does not even stand up for what the Democrats want"

When do the Republicans finally settle on one narrative instead of hundreds? We're supposed to believe that BO is *the most liberal senator walking the face on the earth". And you're telling us he's actually a Blue Dog?

Ster: "It's business that CREATES wealth -- sometimes out of thin-air!"

Actually no, it's consumers. The current market has made this abundantly clear.
Without consumers, a business is doomed to fail. Low wage workers and the middle class have so squeezed by this administration that they only can spend on basic necessities. That's why Wal-Mart is doing great but every other business is in deep doodoo.
Without people having money to spend, there's no consumption. Without consumption, there's no business. End of story.

I am so sick of this faux war hero talk. He's a survivor at best. Being a POW is unfortunate. Escaping from a POW camp, and bringing a dozen others out with you is a hero. There's a big difference. Can the guy concentrate on a single issue for 5 minutes?

Ah Ster. You assume much don't you?

Well, yes I did work for a corporation for 15 years and my job was outsourced to India. A very well paying job.

I work for a private company now (which I much prefer, even though I make less money) and yes I know I could start a corporation, I already have a sole proprietorship.

No, I think people who start businesses and employ people do a great job. Small business people that is - not when it grows into this corporate nonsense.

I'm talking about these corporations who have sold the soul of America. That's what we need to stop. Or reign in.

Sorry, it's been 30 years since I've lived with mommy and I probably work more hours than you. Again, you just assume. And as usual, you are wrong.

If you are really conservative, then listen to a real conservative like Ron Paul - he speaks about the evils of corporations. It's not anti-business it's this machine we need to stop.

Unless I'm mistaken in my history from Vietnam, there were approximately 600 POWs brought home, of whom one was John Mccain. They are all entitled to be honored for their service to this great country. None held themselves in higher or lower esteem for office solely on the basis of this aspect of their lives. We owe them respect, and we owe them our empathy for what they endured, but they are not, each and every one or any single one, owed the high office of President of the United States for having POW status. That office must be earned by a leader convincing the entire American public that their lifetime of work and vision and passion will give us an honorable person who will bring economic opportunity at home, and respect in the international community, because we are willing to work with our partners and allies to make the entire world a better place. I am proud to know many veterans and soldiers who join in saying they have much respect for both McCain for what he endured and Obama for what he has accomplished for their entire life's work. The choice now is for the future. That future requires the vision and passion and work and leadership qualities not to threaten and bully the world by the old ways, but with a fresh vision to convince the world to join us because our ideas and our ideals will indeed provide the opportunities that keep this world safe and protected. A comparison of the candidates on their education, training, teaching, working, helping, and the leadership qualities we need in the next President of the United States convinces me that Barack Obama is the right person to lead us as a member of a world community, and who will make us economically strong again at home. I prefer to be FOR someone....and I am for BARACK OBAMA for PRESIDENT! Join us to work for OBAMA/BIDEN '08.

Playing the POW card over and over may work during a campaign but I'm not so sure it would work as President.

Um, yo... "Words-VS-Actions"

In case you haven't noticed... I will tell you something VERY important....

Shhhh... it's a secret!

... Here it is!

....
The "current" administration, and yes... "shhhh"... that means the dumb GWBush (I do really hate him),

BUSH ISN'T RUNNING!
HE'LL BE GONE IN A FEW MONTHS!

Secret over... since you didn't seem to realize that. Thought I'd do you a favor.

Shoot, I'm a conservative and a Republican and I'm pretty sure that many large companies are run by corrupt, greedy, polluting, sweat-shop running, bean-counting, selfish, military-industrialist types who often run these companies into the ground and parachute out.

Anyway, though I'd be quite happy to see a qualified Vietnam Veteran be President, I think Sen. McCain needs to scale back on pulling out the "POW card" because it's wearing thin with many people and just gives ammo to his detractors.

Yo, Mike...

McCain STILL GAVE 26% of HIS income to charity.

Obama made $4 million plus (multiple times what McCain made).

Yet somehow, the annointed one who gave 1% of his income is OK in your eyes?

Whateva!

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid. Us adults will be running the world and providing you a job (with benefits) for many years to come.

Blah-Blah-Blah
If you paid close attention to what the current Administration has said --versus what they have actually done,(And I mean looking up actual speeches coming from the White House and Washington-- not listening to some fool's opinion for the sake of listener ratings - they don't even believe half the stuff they themselves spew and laugh all the way to the bank!), then it's fairly easy to see what has happened to the country as a result of the current Government. We all know people that have lost their homes due to foreclosure or disaster. Who got helped? Who's still waiting? Homeowners are near the bottom of the list while these huge financial institutions continue to get propped up with tax dollars from your paychecks. When has the American Family suffered so much at the hands of their own Government? Then there's this war that should never have happened. Afghanistan was necessary. Iraq? We were lied to about that one, just look at the words vs. actions! More of the same? WHY? So it could get worse for us? No way. Let's see if Obama is good to his word. I know this current Pres. isn't and I don't want to see McCain in there - 71 years old - that'll make him 75 or 76 at the end of the term. He should be enjoying retirement - not running the most influential country in the world.