tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post6817857925819767317..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: Complete Moral Authority! (BUMPED)Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-64495019976182608352009-07-14T16:53:04.238-04:002009-07-14T16:53:04.238-04:00Gregory Koster:
You have, I think, missed the poi...Gregory Koster:<br /><br />You have, I think, missed the point. I don't believe Mr. McCain is endorsing either McCarthy or Thurmond's positions on anything. He's merely saying that the two men served in the war, and their service is discounted because of what they said and did once in government. Kerry, by contrast, was lionized for his service. Clinton was almost a hero for *not* serving, while the elder Bush was at times hinted at as a coward (he bailed out of his burning plane to quickly) and the younger one a draft-dodger and lazy bastard for getting out of his service in favor of the National Guard. The media twists everything to the advantage of the Democratic candidate, and the detriment of the Republican. The point is that heroism in military service isn't necessarily an indicator of greatness or competence as a national leader. Hell, even *Hitler* was a war hero...and no, that doesn't mean I'm a Nazi, because I pointed that out. It's a fact (you can look it up, if you're ignorant enough you don't already know it) and denouncing people who say it doesn't change its factual nature. It also doesn't make him a worthwhile or exemplary individual. He was a genocidal monster, but still...as a young man, he was a war hero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-69988852249597710742009-07-14T16:25:20.334-04:002009-07-14T16:25:20.334-04:00hmmm, Mr. Koster, d'ya think he picked McCarth...hmmm, Mr. Koster, d'ya think he picked McCarthy because he was an entirely extreme choice? hmm, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-30788549746881131352009-07-14T15:33:19.635-04:002009-07-14T15:33:19.635-04:00Our failure to note and promote the Iranian protes...Our failure to note and promote the Iranian protests against theocratic despotism as a result of a inexplicable devotion to the Church of Michael shows that we're a dying nation.<br /><br />What's next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-92077280685605811152009-07-14T07:09:04.527-04:002009-07-14T07:09:04.527-04:00The funny part is, after all that, the Left doesn&...The funny part is, after all that, the Left doesn't really believe in the things the lecture the rest of us about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-41017981819680223992009-07-14T03:03:45.631-04:002009-07-14T03:03:45.631-04:00Dear Mr. Other McC: No one else will say it, so I ...Dear Mr. Other McC: No one else will say it, so I will: your choice of Joseph McCarthy as an exemplar of military authenticity was a <a href="http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/archives/search.aspx?area=browse&volume=62&articleID=47389" rel="nofollow"> mistake </a> worthy of Al Gore and His Global Warming Baloney. If, like me, you think John Kerry is a pompous self-promoting blowhard who stretched his record for political advantage---well, here's a fry pan, scramble those eggs that are dripping off your face.<br /><br />With men of the caliber of Jeremiah Denton or even the disdained Bob Dole or your namesake available for comparison, you chose---McCarthy. Good God. Historical illiteracy is no better for being on the Right.<br /><br />Sincerely yours,<br />Gregory KosterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-69582710022038737852009-07-14T00:44:38.342-04:002009-07-14T00:44:38.342-04:00I'm pretty sure Thurmond never claimed to have...I'm pretty sure Thurmond never claimed to have a "Magic Hat" and I'm absolutely sure he didn't have 98% of the men who served in his unit out him as a giant douchebag.<br /><br />Maybe that makes a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-22398431220691167612009-07-13T23:33:01.645-04:002009-07-13T23:33:01.645-04:00Dude, he's just trying to Rule 4 you. Most of...Dude, he's just trying to Rule 4 you. Most of the lefty C-Listers will take a slap at the Other Side every so often, in the hopes that doing it enough times will elevate them to the B-List. <br /><br /> It doesn't really work, but then being a B-List lefty blogger is no bed of roses either, thanks to the way that dKos sucks up all the oxygen in that particular room.Moe Lanehttp://www.moelane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-75800930972658197782009-07-13T23:25:59.212-04:002009-07-13T23:25:59.212-04:00"Perhaps if Strom had thrown away his medals ..."<i>Perhaps if Strom had thrown away his medals . . .</i>"<br /><br />Perhaps if he had thrown away someone else's medals. That's what John Kerry did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-67152654533076457762009-07-13T23:24:31.880-04:002009-07-13T23:24:31.880-04:00There may be some good Democrats out there but the...There may be some good Democrats out there but the older I get, the tireder I get, and I've acquired more sympathy for the Church Legate who said, "Kill them all. God will know his own."toadoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821769510849208141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-36608385325307066532009-07-13T22:52:55.142-04:002009-07-13T22:52:55.142-04:00Just left a comment over there about him getting h...Just left a comment over there about him getting his facts right.<br /><br />If a comment is written on a blog that apparently no one (really) reads, does it make a sound?efalknernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-77022678556226657322009-07-13T19:53:26.637-04:002009-07-13T19:53:26.637-04:00Your celebrity makes you a target. Heh.Your celebrity makes you a target. Heh.Obi's Sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15008584395919875602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-48097196834310218402009-07-13T19:15:56.194-04:002009-07-13T19:15:56.194-04:00"[T]his misguided attempt to indict me for so..."[T]his misguided attempt to indict me for something I never said shows the bizarre lengths to which liberals will go in their permanent campaign to convince themselves of their own moral superiority."<br /><br />Well, duh, Stacy!!!!<br /><br />I've never known liberals to operate on any other level ...BDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890441868492239563noreply@blogger.com