-"9/11, 9/11, 9/11" is to Rudy Giuliani as
"I spent 5 1/2 years as a POW" is to________.
Considering what McCain went through in Vietnam, I have a pretty high tolerance for him mentioning it so frequently in speeches. I mean, being a POW for 5 1/2 years and refusing to go home until his fellow prisoners were released is legitimately a big deal. I'm not discounting that. But dude, if you're going to mention it, you at least have to make it relevant to what it is that you're talking about. You can't just spit it out like you suddenly came down with a bout of Turret's. For instance, on Monday McCain responded to Jay Leno's question about how many houses he owns with...well, watch the clip:
"But could I just mention to you today, in a moment of seriousness, that..."
Okay, so here's my question for you: Do you think Obama or any of the other 2008 political players have some accomplishment that they remind us of over and over, even if it's completely inapplicable to the discussion? If so, what?
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this thing about how many houses mccain owns is getting a little old, so maybe that. still not as old as pow, pow, pow, though.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that he was a prisoner and didn't go home when it was offered is actually not a big deal. All the POWs were offered the same thing and it was a type of "code" to not go home and say that the Vietcong were actually misunderstood very cool dudes... :)
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