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McCain Most Like Kennedy
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Submitted by uintaguy, Mar 11, 2008 15:07

One thing I don't understand is what being a war hero has to do with being qualified to be President. Many thousands of American servicemen were captured in WWII and Vietnam. While I recognize what they went through was hell, and am eternally greatful to all who defend our country, being captured was nothing they did on purpose, not heroic, and did not require any particular sense of good judgement or wisdom. Does this make a person automatically qualified to lead a country, even in wartime? And by the way, Kennedy would be vilified by his opponents if he were president today because of his womanizing and other unseamly behavior.


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bottom line.... McCain is more experienced than either of the clowns running!!!!! [MORE]

XXX

Mar 14, 2008 12:58

You forget that John McCain's admitted achilles heel is his lack of understanding about the economy. Even John McCain himself... [MORE]

Jimbo Fisher

Mar 12, 2008 00:13

Sorry, but McCain is nothing like JFK. Most Politicians in Kennedy's generation were WWII vets. It was almost a requirement.... [MORE]

Jennifer

Mar 11, 2008 02:21

McCain is a war hero.... plain and simple!!!! Obama could have joined the military to serve his country. Obama is... [MORE]

xxx

Mar 11, 2008 14:08

One thing I don't understand is what being a war hero has to do with being qualified to be President....

uintaguy

Mar 11, 2008 15:07

As XXX said "Obama could have joined the military to serve his country." if his daddy, the Admiral, got him... [MORE]

Gary

Mar 11, 2008 15:20

Uintaguy has it all wrong in stating that McCain's Viet Nam war conduct was not heroic, did not require good... [MORE]

Rick

Mar 11, 2008 16:40

I never meant to infer that McCain was not a war hero. I am aware of the circumstances and results... [MORE]

uintaguy

Mar 11, 2008 17:29

He is not just a Vietnam war hero who proved an extraordinary dedication to his country through those experiences, but... [MORE]

D. Lucian

Mar 11, 2008 19:14

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