Comments on: McCain's military credentials overrated? http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/ Tell Jack how you really feel Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Matt http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420451 Matt Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:58 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420451 RJ really? "Sort of. He never really did anything heroic. He was just a POW." How much time have you done as a Prisoner of War? I wouldn't wish the hell that he went through to my worse enemy. I find all of this comical that all of this is coming from a guy that supports a man with ZERO military experience....rather petty. RJ really? "Sort of. He never really did anything heroic. He was just a POW."

How much time have you done as a Prisoner of War? I wouldn't wish the hell that he went through to my worse enemy.

I find all of this comical that all of this is coming from a guy that supports a man with ZERO military experience....rather petty.

]]> By: Vio http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420450 Vio Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:48 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420450 While I'm leaning towards Obama, in defense of McCain's military service which is other than ordinary. The experience itself does not give him presidential qualification, IT DOES INDEED STRENGTHENS A PERSON'S CHARACTER IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. Many died while in captivity, he survived. I can't question his strength of character. A president must not only have strength of character, but extraordinary intelligence to priotize what needs to be done, how to do it and getting it accomplished. While I'm leaning towards Obama, in defense of McCain's military service which is other than ordinary. The experience itself does not give him presidential qualification, IT DOES INDEED STRENGTHENS A PERSON'S CHARACTER IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. Many died while in captivity, he survived. I can't question his strength of character.

A president must not only have strength of character, but extraordinary intelligence to priotize what needs to be done, how to do it and getting it accomplished.

]]> By: Bill - Dallas, TX http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420449 Bill - Dallas, TX Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:46 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420449 This is the dumbest debate I've heard since Obama and Hillary's love in on TV during the primaries. Who cares what he did or didn't do during his military career? It's shameful that this is somehow defining John McCain. He's qualified on several fronts to be President...why focus on "Commander in Chief". On that basis, Obama shouldn't be allowed near the military. Oh yeah, apparently Wesley Clark forgets how much he touted his career as preparation for the Presidency. Sour grapes? I think so. This is the dumbest debate I've heard since Obama and Hillary's love in on TV during the primaries. Who cares what he did or didn't do during his military career? It's shameful that this is somehow defining John McCain. He's qualified on several fronts to be President...why focus on "Commander in Chief". On that basis, Obama shouldn't be allowed near the military. Oh yeah, apparently Wesley Clark forgets how much he touted his career as preparation for the Presidency. Sour grapes? I think so.

]]> By: john vines Florida http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420448 john vines Florida Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:44 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420448 i would sure follow gen.clark into combat but i dont think so with mccain. i would sure follow gen.clark into combat but i dont think so with mccain.

]]> By: Robert L. Elder http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420440 Robert L. Elder Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:34 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420440 General Clarke is right. Riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down did not confirm presidential qualifications. National security is comprosed of many facets of which military power is one. Eeconomic strength, natural resources, population, ate just some of the other dozen or so most authors list. I would add good judgment and a belief in the Constitution that most of us share is another.. We have seen what a few short-sighted people with power can do. Presidential judgment., open-mindedness and thinking before leaping are central.. General Clarke is right. Riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down did not confirm presidential qualifications. National security is comprosed of many facets of which military power is one. Eeconomic strength, natural resources, population, ate just some of the other dozen or so most authors list. I would add good judgment and a belief in the Constitution that most of us share is another.. We have seen what a few short-sighted people with power can do. Presidential judgment., open-mindedness and thinking before leaping are central..

]]> By: Robin L. http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420438 Robin L. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:30 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420438 I've been waiting for someone to finally figure this one out! Being captured and held as a POW gives you no more war experience than a guy gets job experience during sick leave. McCain was locked in a little room, with no particpation or knowledge of war strategies beyond gritting his teeth when they beat him. McCain was a tough man, and it was courageous and honorable of him to have toughed out his experiences, but in truth, every soldier in the field during that campaign gained more true war experience than McCain. And I am so tired of him bringing this POW thing up EVERY speech, like a guy trying to get endorsements on pity alone, or something. Can't we just lock up Obama for a week in Gitmo, so he can say he has military experience too? Then we could forget this POW nonsense entirely, and get down to the real issues. Robin L. Los Angeles I've been waiting for someone to finally figure this one out!

Being captured and held as a POW gives you no more war experience than a guy gets job experience during sick leave. McCain was locked in a little room, with no particpation or knowledge of war strategies beyond gritting his teeth when they beat him.

McCain was a tough man, and it was courageous and honorable of him to have toughed out his experiences, but in truth, every soldier in the field during that campaign gained more true war experience than McCain.

And I am so tired of him bringing this POW thing up EVERY speech, like a guy trying to get endorsements on pity alone, or something.

Can't we just lock up Obama for a week in Gitmo, so he can say he has military experience too? Then we could forget this POW nonsense entirely, and get down to the real issues.

Robin L.
Los Angeles

]]> By: Lynn, Vancouver http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420437 Lynn, Vancouver Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:27 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420437 John McCain had access to the intelligence leading up to the Iraq war and yet he supported it woleheartedly. That support, with what the public now knows, puts into doubt and question both his judgement and his leaning toward military action rather than diplomacy. John McCain had access to the intelligence leading up to the Iraq war and yet he supported it woleheartedly.

That support, with what the public now knows, puts into doubt and question both his judgement and his leaning toward military action rather than diplomacy.

]]> By: Charlie (Los Angeles California) http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420433 Charlie (Los Angeles California) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:22 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420433 His plane got shot down after he unloaded bombs on civilian target... What's the hero in that?? His plane got shot down after he unloaded bombs on civilian target... What's the hero in that??

]]> By: Robbie http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420432 Robbie Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:20 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420432 No of course they're not. He served his country in a time when draft cards were being ripped up and military drug use problems. This country owes him for all that he did. He deserves everyones respect, as do the countless others that fought, died, and suffered for this great nation. However, that doesnt mean he is the best man for the job as President. He has to prove to the American voters that he has what it takes to lead this country on the world's stage. No of course they're not. He served his country in a time when draft cards were being ripped up and military drug use problems. This country owes him for all that he did. He deserves everyones respect, as do the countless others that fought, died, and suffered for this great nation. However, that doesnt mean he is the best man for the job as President. He has to prove to the American voters that he has what it takes to lead this country on the world's stage.

]]> By: Eric Langston http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccains-military-credentials-overrated/#comment-420425 Eric Langston Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:03 +0000 http://cnncaffertyfile.wordpress.com/?p=524#comment-420425 Langston from Macon, GA His record certainly does not make him more qualified than Senator Obama. It sounds as if McCain is using his military record as an asset because it is his only contribution. America doesnt need another John Wayne Administration, we need peace. And peace comes in the form of withdrawing ourselves from the Middle East so that we dont have anymore pilots shot out of the sky and held in POW camps. Langston from Macon, GA

His record certainly does not make him more qualified than Senator Obama. It sounds as if McCain is using his military record as an asset because it is his only contribution. America doesnt need another John Wayne Administration, we need peace. And peace comes in the form of withdrawing ourselves from the Middle East so that we dont have anymore pilots shot out of the sky and held in POW camps.

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