Gen. Wesley Clark Has Republican Hypocrites Crying Fowl

  If you have any friends who are Republicans and who may be crying because General Clark said that getting shot down in a jet does not qualify John McCain to be the next President, then please go to the store and buy them a big box of Kleenex tissue.

  This shouldn't even be a story on any so-called news show and it wouldn't be if a Republican had said anything similar. General Clark did not insult McCain or his years in service to this country, he just made a very valid point and now the GOP feels insulted!

  It seems that the General himself sees no reason to apologize for his comments and that is a good thing. The Republicans, and " the maverick " just can't stand any form of anti-McCain comments, even if true.

  YahooNews

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark rejected suggestions he apologize Tuesday for saying John McCain's medal-winning military service does not qualify him for the White House. Elaborating, Clark said a president must have judgment, not merely courage and character.

Despite criticism from Republicans, Clark declined to back down in an interview Tuesday morning with ABC. "The experience that he had as a fighter pilot isn't the same as having been at the highest levels of the military and having to make ... life or death decisions about national, strategic issues," he said.

Asked whether he felt he owed McCain an apology, Clark responded, "I'm very sorry that this has distracted from the message of patriotism that Sen. Obama wants to put out."

  One of my favorite lines from this article:

   Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., rebutted Clark's claim by arguing that McCain's years as a prisoner of war and the mistreatment he endured made him uniquely qualified to lead the campaign in the Senate to ban the use of torture in the interrogation of detainees in the war on terror.

  Did I miss something there? If memory serves me right, McCain did vote to let torture continue. He sided with the Bush Crime Syndicate on that one.

   I believe that McCain did once have somewhat strong courage and character, but I think that he lost them both a few elections back.

   Obama had something to say about this also:

    "The question is why, given all the vast numbers of things that we've got to work on, that would be a top priority of mine," he said. "The fact that somebody on a cable show or on a news show, like Gen. Clark, said something that was inartful about John McCain, I don't think is what is keeping Ohioans up at night," he said.

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5 Reasons Why John McCain Will Lose In November

   I just happen to run across THIS editorial placed in the Rockbridge Weekly, an online newsgroup from out of Virginia, I think.

   The editor list five reasons why Senator McCain will lose the election in November, and I just happen to agree with most of them. I'm only listing a few of the concerns.

1) Barack Obama appears to be vigorous, youthful and has a solid core of advisors with tons of political experience - a team which already has proven that it can raise huge amounts of money and then use it effectively.
Since Mr. Obama flip-flopped on his promise to use public funding, the Obama campaign will enjoy a 3-4 times greater funding advantage over McCain. In American elections, this is a huge advantage.

5. Republicanism - the term, is a strong negative this year, with many former party members opting for the label now as independents, not wishing to be thought of a member of a group which promoted out of control spending, foreign wars without appropriate planning or administration and policies which have failed on both the energy and housing fronts. Most conservative Republicans don't care for McCain and thus, aren't enthusiastic about his campaign. Those labeling themselves as Republicans have dropped by 6-8 percentage points, at least according to one national survey. That puts those in that category in the either low 30s or high 20s in terms of percentile, now far below those claiming to be Democrats. It is clear then that independents will decide the election.

  The editor goes on to say that the McCain campaign has no clear definition, which we all know is true.

   It is obvious to me that the editor of this piece is a Republican supporter, but judge for yourself after reading the whole bit Here. The end of the piece is a good one.

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