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"I want to be commander in chief, what's all this crap about being president"
John McCain hasn't said that but it's clear this is how he thinks.
It makes you wonder whether his obsession with being commander in chief means he'll treat things like education, health care and the economy like side hobbies.
I haven't yet heard him say that when he's president, he'll hold all press conferences at 0800 hours but for a man born on a naval base, you know he has reveille on his mind in the morning.
I admire McCain's service to the country. He put his life on the line for the United States and that's both courageous and honorable.
But it doesn't give him the right to demean another American's patriotism.
There are so many ways to serve this country, not all of them originate in the military.
Comments (4)
Don't worry, military conscription for all citizens is in the near future.
May 23, 2008 4:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
The GOP/Bush/McCain strategy has been and will be to use fear in a campaign they hope to frame as a debate on national security. Big war hero against the "black, Hussein, Wright, Ayers, flagpin, hand-over-heart, civilian, Hamas" boogeyman. They are shameless in using irrationality to camouflage disastrous policy. Saddle up. It gets rough from here.
May 23, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ah, yes, the foreign birthplace of Panama-John McBomb does indeed raise that pesky little problem of only native-born citizens qualified to serve as President of the United States. Not that the Constitution, strictly constructed by self-proclaimed "strict constructionists" like Panama John, restrains in any way the self-serving interpretations of Republican politicians who, like Deputy Dubya Bush, regard our republic's founding document as nothing more than "a scrap of paper."
Just doing a little strict-constructing here, fellow Crimestoppers. I would never suggest that any American actually take our Constitution seriously, let alone literally. The reactionary Republican Supine Court -- replete with "strict constructionists" -- certainly doesn't.
May 23, 2008 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for commenting on my post but I don't share your views about McCain's constitutional right to run for President.
It wasn't the intention of my post.
May 23, 2008 6:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
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