Let's talk about "experience"
Rove babbles on and on and on about Obama's lack of exerience, and McCain about his lack of military experience, and the ability "to be CIC from day one".
Shall we cast on eyes on Bush 43?
He had business experience, of the failing sort. He was picked to be a front man, for publicity purposes of a dubiously major league" baseball organization. Then Mr. Rove thought he was JUST RIGHT to be groomed to be President, so Mr. Rove ran his campaign for governor of Texas. In Texas the governor has next to zero REAL political power, which from Karl Rove's viewpoint was perfect. Big state, no power, but a large pulpit. So while running for governor Dubya was also starting his run for President.
And so it came to pass that a man with no political experience, dismal business experience, and no military experience became "Commander in Chief", and has the chutzpah to question anyone else's ability. And the Democrats are not leaping on this? Somebody's asleep at the switch.
Then there's Cheney, another no military experience (except avoiding it) "expert".
I'll omit the brilliant military genuis those two picked to be commander of "shock and awe", Tommy Franks. Or that other brilliant military tactician, Rumsfield.
And, yes, McCain endured terrible things as a POW. If I didn't know about it before, I've certainly heard, and heard, and heard now. Now, exactly HOW does being a POW give one the training and experience to command troops, and be a military tactician? His father was an Admiral, but I can find no great record of John McCain being much of a military leader. Only that if one has the temerity to bring it up, one is chastised for mentioning it, as he endured so much as a POW. I somehow don't think he commanded many troops, nor planned many military exercises while he was a POW, so his CIC credentials are not all that great.
So, why aren't the people in charge in the Democratic side noticing this?
Shall we cast on eyes on Bush 43?
He had business experience, of the failing sort. He was picked to be a front man, for publicity purposes of a dubiously major league" baseball organization. Then Mr. Rove thought he was JUST RIGHT to be groomed to be President, so Mr. Rove ran his campaign for governor of Texas. In Texas the governor has next to zero REAL political power, which from Karl Rove's viewpoint was perfect. Big state, no power, but a large pulpit. So while running for governor Dubya was also starting his run for President.
And so it came to pass that a man with no political experience, dismal business experience, and no military experience became "Commander in Chief", and has the chutzpah to question anyone else's ability. And the Democrats are not leaping on this? Somebody's asleep at the switch.
Then there's Cheney, another no military experience (except avoiding it) "expert".
I'll omit the brilliant military genuis those two picked to be commander of "shock and awe", Tommy Franks. Or that other brilliant military tactician, Rumsfield.
And, yes, McCain endured terrible things as a POW. If I didn't know about it before, I've certainly heard, and heard, and heard now. Now, exactly HOW does being a POW give one the training and experience to command troops, and be a military tactician? His father was an Admiral, but I can find no great record of John McCain being much of a military leader. Only that if one has the temerity to bring it up, one is chastised for mentioning it, as he endured so much as a POW. I somehow don't think he commanded many troops, nor planned many military exercises while he was a POW, so his CIC credentials are not all that great.
So, why aren't the people in charge in the Democratic side noticing this?
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Maybe you are too ignorant to realize that McCain commanded the largest fighter squadron in the Navy? That he was a CMDR, not an ensign, and had 20 plus years in the Navy? Meanwhile, Obama watched platoon several times, and liked Gomer Pyle reruns as a kid, so he is nearly as qualified.
August 30, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
And graduated in 1958 at the bottom of his class (894 out of 899) at Annapolis, crashed four planes (which either should have gotten him drummed out of service or indentured for life to pay back the American taxpayers)(crashes one and two contacted the ground first, crash three involved some power lines, crash four landed him in the Hanoi Hilton).
Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III... said later he heard a "whooshy" sound then a "low-order explosion" in front of him. Suddenly, two A-4s ahead of his plane were engulfed in flaming jet fuel — JP-5 — spewed from them. A bomb dropped to the deck and rolled about six feet and came to rest in a pool of burning fuel. The awful conflagration, which was to leave 132 Forrestal crewmen dead, 62 more injured and two missing and presumed dead...
He was a ... wait for it ... P-O-W from 1967 to 1973 when a diplomatic solution POW issue was reached and he was released, given that he had sea command experience, poor physical fitness for duty reports, it was not likely -- even with two full admirals in the family -- that McCain would achieve that rank and would probably only attain the rank of rear admiral. He retired as a captain in 1981 (23 years of service).
I would prefer someone who is competent and never served in the military over someone whose incompetence served as the backbone to a lackluster military career advanced solely because of his families ties.
August 30, 2008 8:52 PM | Reply | Permalink