So, I say this as a veteran of the Navy: get a grip.
Gen. Wesley Clark said a few days ago on a Sunday talk show that getting in a plane and being shot down (referring to John McCain) doesn't automatically qualify you for President.
Word.
Is that a smear on McCain's service, 5 years of POW status (and repeated torture - ironic now), or patriotism? Nope. Not a bit. Know why?
Because, according to the Constitution of the United States of America (the land in which we live), the qualifications for the job of President are:
1. natural born citizens (or citizens at the time of the Constitution's adoption)
2. at least thirty-five years old
3. inhabitants for at least fourteen years of the United States.
Nowhere in the document does it say anything about serving in the military, wrapping yourself in the flag at every opportunity, or using your experience as a POW as an automatic "gag order". I was a fighter pilot so you can't touch me. Wrong. He was a fighter pilot, and survived a horrific ordeal as a POW.
But holding him up as some sort of idol is ridiculous.
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Also, let's not forget that the failed foreign policy espoused by McSame, a self-described Vietnam war hero, is identical to that of President Borracho, who did everything possible to dodge service in 'nam. So, clearly McSame's war experiences are irrelevant to his policy-making abilities.
And how.
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