The Politics of Heroism

ALL OBAMAMOHAMMED'S....want a sneak preview of the "larry sinclair ads" coming out this week??? You can hear for yourself.

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WARNING...WARNING....WARNING.....Does not mix well wit Kool-Aide.

NOBAMA!!!

Quck, start making more babies! We'll need them, in 20 years, to go to Iraq.

Oh, sorry, the armed forces "expert" originally said that Iraq would be quick and easy, a few months. I guess a "few" is some number in the hundreds.

Bull!

He never claimed that his comrades were war criminals. If you watch the REAL tape, you will see that he was telling Congress what soldiers had told him., not what he thought.

The spin is on! What Gen. Clark was respnding to was a comment " unlike McCain, Obama has not "ridden in a fighter plane and gotten shot down." This statement certainly implied that Bob Schieffer thought it was relavent. Did the feneral say that McCain was saying that this made him a better candidate? No!

Bob Schieffer was implying something and General Clark was refuting it. Simple as that.

I love it! The MSM love affair with McCain continues ... If it is not OK for Clift to question McCain because of his service, then why is it OK for her to criticize Clark? Seems to me that his service earned him the right to criticize the politics of using service to justify qualification for the highest office in the land. Where was this outrage over Swift Boats or Max Clellan's treatment?

I love it! The MSM love affair with McCain continues. They are determined to see grampy in the White House because he kissed their butts sooooo much. Where was this sort of outrage against Bush for John Kerry or Max Clellan? Seems to me as if Gen. Clark earned his right to criticize politicizing service whereas Eleanor Clift just sits around and rights opinions from an ivory tower.

Wow!. Eleanor nailed this one fairly and objectively. May have to consider subscribing again. She stopped short of calling General Clark an idiot but the implication was clear.

A surprisingly fair editorial.

I believe Newsweek is trying to back to "fair and balanced".

I stopped my subscription several years ago because of their one sided nature to all stories. May have to reconsider......

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Better to spend tax dollars on education than on an unnecessary war. Last time I check most loans are through a bank that charges interest. Yes its backed by the taxpayer but the banks get their cut as well.
As for globalazation, have you looked at the latest jobs report. I think it's a little late for regrets over NAFTA.

Eleanor, I used to admire you greatly, as you always made the most sense on the McLaughlin Group, however since this campaign I feel i don't even recognize you. Did you drink the Obama cool aide?

While the men and women in uniform have been fighting and dying to keep our nation sovereign and free, there are neo-liberals and neo-conservatives in Congress who are doing their hardest for GLOBALIZATION. The more neo's in office, the less freedoms we have, the less sovereign our nation becomes.

When the buzz word is GLOBALIZATION and not FREEDOM, it's time to throw the bums out. And, Obama's change includes GLOBALIZATION.

The Obama's were not going to college on the taxpayer's dime. They took out thousands of dollars in student loans and have repaid all of it.. Get your facts straight. Can you name any good leglislation that
McCain has passed during that 20 years. I cant.

i guess i do not get it. are onlt D's military service open to question? gen. clark did not say mccain was not a great american. he merely stated that the senator's military record showed no artifacts in scholarship, rank or training that made him more qualified than senator obama to be president and C-I-C. no more than JFK getting his P.T. boat sawed in half made him a great prez. as far as C-I-C role, it is to assure civilian control over the generals and armed forces to prevent a military takeover( like the right wing plot vs. FDR) not direct troop command. for the R's to get their panties in a bunch over this is kind of a "kettle calling pot..."(i don't think it is PC to finist the anology) thing. the R's have a long list of "patriot R hero's" who questioned D service and patriotism of D's. (ex.) Taft, 'tailgunner joe', RMN, R R, G W B, cheney and the whole newt wing of the GOOP. over the years the R's have savaged, ignored or lied about the service of the D's. sen.'s; e. mccarthy, mcgovern, muskie and kerry all had their patriotism questioned and their service and courage questioned. and president carter's naval service is rarely praised. while the R's have been led by draft dodgers, chicken hawks and guy's who had other proirities and sent troops into harms way never the less. it is not like gen. clark kept alive the fiction that mccain almost sunk the uss forrestal. or that mccain engaged in a corrupt criminal conspiracy in the Keating mess. as to the overall claim that the GOOP is better at defending this country someone please name the major conflict/wars that the R's have won. i mean real war's not the vanity war's in granada, panama and iraq(fought with bill c's military which the R's claim was gutted). the D's fought the germans twice and the japanese once and won. fought the communist chinese and russia to a standstill twice. help win the Cold War( no RR did not do it all by himself). while the R's have cut and run from: korea, viet nam, lebanon, somalia and the balkins. failed us all on 9/11. they failed so far to subdue the A Q and it's leaders. bungled the "peace" in iraq and "broke" our military in the opinion of many. john mccain served his country beyond the 'call' . but in modern politics sadly everything is fair game, in this case the R's named the game and open up a patriot to such charges.