What is with the Democratic tactic of attackng McCains military service?

Started by KidRock3 pages

What is with the Democratic tactic of attackng McCains military service?

First Wesley Clark now Jim Webb is doing it.

Anybody know the reason why or it it just typical political smearing?

Re: What is with the Democratic tactic of attackng McCains military service?

Originally posted by KidRock
First Wesley Clark now Jim Webb is doing it.

Anybody know the reason why or it it just typical political smearing?

Because they will do anything to get elected.

nobody is attacking his military record.

idiots

Originally posted by Schecter
nobody is attacking his military record.

idiots

Sure they are... They are not doing the attack directly, but the people on the fringes are attacking. Both sides are doing it. Same old politics.

Originally posted by Schecter
nobody is attacking his military record.

idiots

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080629/pl_politico/11425

?I don?t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.?

McCain has never once said this, yet they decide to bring it up and act like he has..they are attacking it, jackass.

no, nobody is attacking his military record. they called kerry a coward and deserter and try to strip away all he accomplished in the war, and that he never deserved any medals, and its ok.

now 2 people simply suggest that being a p.o.w. does not by default make someone a good president and its a lowdown shameless attack on mccain's service. now its "waaaaa im offended. how dare they. waaaa"

IOKIYAR
hypocritical internet flunkies

Originally posted by KidRock
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080629/pl_politico/11425

[B]?I don?t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.?

McCain has never once said this, yet they decide to bring it up and act like he has..they are attacking it, jackass. [/B]

Well, they aren't really attacking his military record. They are attacking military records in general. So, it's kinda different.

Originally posted by Schecter
no, nobody is attacking his military record. they called kerry a coward and deserter and try to strip away all he accomplished in the war, and that he never deserved any medals, and its ok.

now 2 people simply suggest that being a p.o.w. does not by default make someone a good president and its a lowdown shameless attack on mccain's service.

IOKIYAR
hypocritical internet flunkies

But Karry throw his medals away.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
But Karry throw his medals away.

how relevant. so i guess that means he never served his country and earned them. quit wasting my time. that's KidFail's job.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, they aren't really attacking his military record. They are attacking military records in general. So, it's kinda different.

Well they are, since McCain was in a fighter plane, and he was shot down.

Originally posted by Schecter
how relevant. so i guess that means he never served his country and earned them. quit wasting my time. that's KidFail's job.

That does mean that he protested his service and therefore was open to the criticism. You are the one who failed by trying to compare what happened to Karry with what is happening to McCain. McCain never protested his country.

the swiftboat ads attacked kerry's service in the war, said he was a deserter and a coward and that he never really earned his medals. you are just grasping for straws and making irrelevant conclusions to suit your own ends.
example: someone's actions after serving in a war magically erases the history of their actions while they served.

you're just im 'win' mode so give your nonsensical illogical response and lets be done with it. you people annoy me. i feel like ive been infected with fail by arguing with you

Originally posted by KidRock
Well they are, since McCain was in a fighter plane, and he was shot down.

Yeah, but they didn't attack that. They just said having a war record doesn't qualify someone for being a good president.

You do know McCain won't allow them to access his records concerning his "POW" experience, right?

Originally posted by Schecter
the swiftboat ads attacked kerry's service in the war, said he was a deserter and a coward and that he never really earned his medals. you are just grasping for straws and making irrelevant conclusions to suit your own ends.
example: someone's actions after serving in a war magically erases the history of their actions while they served.

you're just im 'win' mode so give your nonsensical illogical response and lets be done with it. you people annoy me. i feel like ive been infected with fail by arguing with you

Thank you for telling us why people are attacking McCain. Revenge.

like clockwork. yes thats it. i also eat babies. its all clearly deductable.

what a dick

Originally posted by KidRock
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080629/pl_politico/11425

[B]?I don?t think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president.?

McCain has never once said this, yet they decide to bring it up and act like he has..they are attacking it, jackass. [/B]

You are misrepresenting what was said.

In a debate, Clark's opponent said "Obama has never been in a fighter jet and he wasn't shot down" To which Clark responded "I don't think getting in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president".

I.E. He didn't bring it up, someone else did.

Also, it's ridiculous to say that he's being attacked. That is not an attack by any measure. Simply questioning whether or not military service in and of itself automatically qualifies someone to be president is not an attack, an attack would be to attempt to pain McCain's service to the country as some sort of traitorous endeavor like Republicans did with Kerry.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Thank you for telling us why people are attacking McCain. Revenge.

Making a blanket statement of "military service and being a proper president do not go hand and hand" is not a personal attack on McCain, or just McCain. If Obama had a military record, it would encompass him too. If Kerry were running again, it would encompass him too. The statement may even be true, as not every president of the US has had a military service and I'm fairly certain there were a few good ones that didn't serve.

Now the swift-boat adds on Kerry were a personal attack, as they specifically signaled out Kerry and said his purple hearts were bogus, he was a traitor, he was a coward etc. etc. etc. See the difference?

Originally posted by Robtard
Making a blanket statement of "military service and being a proper president do not go hand and hand" is not a personal attack on McCain, or just McCain. If Obama had a military record, it would encompass him too. If Kerry were running again, it would encompass him too.

Now the swift-boat adds on Kerry were a personal attack, as they specifically signaled out Kerry and said his purple hearts were bogus, he was a traitor, he was a coward etc. etc. etc.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Sure they are... They are not doing the attack directly, but the people on the fringes are attacking. Both sides are doing it. Same old politics.

welcome to the "quote yourself saying something untrue, irrelevant, and completely asinine" thread