McCain, Kerry and the presidential election
Posted by: McQ
Democrats are going to have to eat some words this year in order to make the argument that McCain isn't the best qualified to be Commander-in-Chief.
Of course that came to the fore yesterday when the McCain campaign introduced a 60 second ad which touts his Vietnam and military experience as a part of the whole package. It was introduced only in New Mexico, but will probably be seen nationwide eventually. It is an effort to A) introduce McCain to those who don't really know him but are finally starting to pay attention to the election and B) keep his name in front of the voters.
Naturally the Democrats, through Howard Dean, simply had to have a reaction.
"John McCain can try to reintroduce himself to the country, but he can't change the fact that he cast aside his principles to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President Bush the last seven years. While we honor McCain's military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn't understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years."
Funny stuff considering Dean's defense of former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry:
"Who would you rather have in charge of the defense of the United States of America, a group of people who never served a day overseas in their life, or a guy who served his country honorably and has three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star on the battlefields of Vietnam?"
In 2004 that sort of a guy was the most qualified. In 2008 that sort of guy is a 'blatant opportunist'.
My how the world changes when the medals are hanging on the other guy's candidate, huh Howard?
AI
