The POW "Card"

I'm sorry, don't vote for McCain if you don't want to. But I'm never going to tell a guy who spent 5.5 years in the Hanoi Hilton (ironic, Hilton :-) that he's mentioning it too much. Frankly, he's luckly to be alive. He's done something that 99.99% of us can't even fathom, and all for our country. If you don't think it's a qualification for POTUS, God bless you, don't vote for him. But he can bring it up all he wants IMO.

A noun
A verb
and POW McCaint. lol

I can't recall the last vet who constantly and UN-HEROICALLY repeats the events of his service?

McCaint is suffering from the pangs of old age, when the aged begins to believe that they are being forgotten.
In this way, McCaint is overusing his POW status to keep his memory alive.

Either the above, or McCaint is pandering politically and being UN-HEROIC!

spock, what was all the Repub hoopla about Michelle Obama, if they aren't going after wives? You're being a just tad bit, a little hypocritical aren't ya? And it's just silly to think that McCcain doesn't share in his wife's wealth; but, you're missing the point. That's not really even the issue. The issue is that earlier in the election, he said that the economy was "fundamentally sound," that his economic policies want to continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy (which would benefit him and NOT the majority of the middle class), that he hs reversed himself from his former 2000 moderate maverick brand to embrace Bush' policies (which would only continue our current economic situation), and that his own mocking definition of who's wealthy is those making $5 million a year (which would exclude Obama by his own definition, as he made $4 million on his book sales, and who, btw, answered the question at the Saddleback Forum, to include those in the $200k bracket, as being part of the upper 5%, considering the relativity of geography of course). It goes beyond the pale that he wants to help those who could afford seven homes as he has, when so many are struggling to hold onto one. That's what makes him out of touch - not that he CAN afford that many, but that he seems utterly unwilling to help any but those who can also afford that many. He even has the man responsible for the housing/mortgage crisis and banking failures through deregulation, in his trusted circle of advisors, Phil Gramm.

John McCain wouldn't give up those five years in prison if it also meant giving up the excuse to leave his first wife, pick up an heiress half his age, and live the pampered life of a senator with 12 houses the rest of his life.

Pink Elephant, you have got to be one of the most reasonable posters I've read in a long time.

It will be a great day in America when Barack Obama and his hate filled supporters get defeated in Novmeber.

Biden is one to talk, lets see how many homes does Obama's hero the Drunk Ted Kennedy own, or Pelosi, or Gore or Kerry. It is not a sin in this country to own more then one home, hey Obama wants to bail out those people who foreclosed on there 2nd or 3rd or more house. And as pointed out John McCain does not own those houses, hi wife does. So now the Obama camp is going after wives huh?

As far as the POW, only the libs think he is saying it too much, because hey they do not know what a real hero is.

Jake - you should do a blog on the Biden who was instrumental on Clinton getting us involved in a civil war in Kosovo, which is why Russia is mad at us now and in Georgia!

Anyone But Obama in 08'

geevill, since when were campaign slogans and platitudes such as "hope," "change" and "yes, we can" cards? And Obama didn't play the race card; the McCain camp tried to invoke it from him, by injecting race into the campaign with their disparaging ads, using code words and images. we're not stupid. Ask David Gergen who's from the south. Are McCain's "reform,"
"prosperity," and "peace" cards also? LMAO.

Paige said: "As a 'resident from Illinois' I would expect you to know that Obama gave up a very lucrative career to come back to Chicago as a community organizer to help re-build the south side from closed down plants."

You mean Barack came to Illinois to make political connections, living in a luxury condo nearly the entire time, all the while never had worked one day at a real job at any point in his entire life.

Obama and Reverend Wright...play off disadvantaged minorities while they live in luxury in white neighborhoods.

The experience McCain went through as a POW does not entitle him to be President or to use that tragic experience as an excuse for all his mistakes and other issues he must confront.

He and his campaign are using it in away that does a disservice to all of our Veteran's some of whom may have suffered far worse experiences, and permanent damage both physical and mental.

McCain is a fraud.

Given the fact that McCain is a decorated former POW makes his abandonment of veterans and current troops even worse. The Disabled American Veterans gave him a 20% voting record on vet's issues. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America gave him a letter grade of D.

McCain is a hypocrite. He voted against every bill that has come forward in the last two years to increase veterans health services. He spoke against the new GI Bill, then did not bother to show up to even vote on it. He voted against a mandatory rest period for troops between deployments. He voted against armored vehicles and flak vests for Nat'l. Guard and Reservists. I am one disgusted vet who is not buying the BS that he supports the troops and veterans.

geevill, I didn't say anything about what Biden was promoting about himself or not - that was squintz. And you still haven't addressed the Repub double standard when it comes to military service. Nuf said.

Geevil, you are obviously a Republican through-and-through. You're no Democrat. Go ahead and vote for McSame.

JA, you are misinformed. Barack Obama has not run on being black, nor has he repeatedly reminded voters that he is (why would he have to or want to, which would be stupid and counterproductive with racist whites?) He has run on bringing people of different races, cultures and socieconomic backgrounds together to solve problems, united. He mentioned on SOME - some campaign speeches that the McCain camp would try to scare voters about him being different, question his patriotism, and make fun of his name, all of which they've already done. Also McCain has an internet ad in which he features Obama on dollar bills and changing everything in America, including the Statue of Liberty and Mount Rushmore, if he were elected, which is ridiculous, and is clearly a scare tactic to incite fear in white racist voters wary that blacks want to "take over.") Then when he called them on it, they said that HE injected race into the campaign. They got their desired result: they got to inject race into the campaign but make it LOOK like Obama did, and was playing the "race card."

The problem is that McCain has said he doesn't like to talk about his POW experience.

Yet he has used video footage and images from that experience since the beginning of his campaign. And now his campaign is using it to avoid criticism of his gaffes.

It may help him in an election but not so much if he becomes President.

sheribaby,
I am a Democrat. voted for Clinton in the primary. will vote for McCain in November.

and Biden is free to exploit his tragic hair loss and transplant surgery anytime.

Well, that's all he has. That's how he defines himself - POW. Can he get away from it? I don't think so. My own husband served under horrible conditions and he still suffers from PTSD, so I am pretty sure McSame has his spells. What meds does he take? Invoking his POW experiences for even a hangnail serves only to diminish his service. What about his judgement...should have been more observant, maybe he wouldn't have got shot down.

POW: Prisoner of W.

Biden "never exploits" his own tragic personal history?! Obama just mentioned it in his introduction of Biden two days ago! What are you Biden apologists smoking, and where can I get some?