Evidently, the left are in a tizzy over this:
My son is an officer in the Air Force, I’m a vet., and I was raised in a military family. And I think it’s a sorry state of affairs. When we have illegal aliens; having a medic-aid card that can access specialists, top physicians, the best of medical, and our vets can’t even get to a doctor. And these are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don’t re-enact the draft, I don’t think we’ll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of Hell. SEN JOHN MCCAIN: Ma’am let me say that I don’t disagree with anything you have said, and thank you.
He has said repeatedly that we do not need a draft and he isn’t interested reinstating it. Here’s a video where he makes his reasons clear why a draft does not make sense. As you can see it’s a very strong response:Clearly McCain formed his answer to the question before he had heard her entire statement and wasn’t really paying attention to what she tacked on the end.
posted August 21, 2008 at 10:32 am
Obviously he was just humoring what was equally obviously the village idiot. No, McCain will not bring back the draft. No one in Congress in his right mind would vote to bring back the draft because it would mean the collective end of everyone’s political career.
posted August 21, 2008 at 10:37 am
Maybe McCain should learn (a valuable tool in higher offices) to stop breaking in while people are talking, listen to what people say, so they can actually answer the FULL question that is being asked?
Then such mistakes wouldn’t be made.
posted August 21, 2008 at 11:43 am
Mistake? Freudian slip. This is the man who just last Saturday at Saddleback said what President Bush should have led the country to do after 9-11 was not to go shoppinig, but join Americorps, join the military. You sit-at-home-and-pass-judgment-on-the-doers Republicans just aren’t ready for the truth.
posted August 21, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Of course, he’s entitled to a few flip-flops. Dozens, even. I mean, my goodness , the guy can say whatever he wants to , and nobody in the MSM will call him on it.
After all, because he referred to the Iraq-Pakistan border (that’s a country-Iran), and doesn’t know the difference between sunni and shia, and thought that Iran was training Al Quaeda , and doesn’t know how many houses he owns, well,that’s ok. He’ll surround himself with people who know what’s going on, just like Bush.
Just like Bush….and we all know that worked out so well.
posted August 21, 2008 at 3:32 pm
RG, the media is cutting him some slack, understanding that he’s not as sharp as he once may have been. for one campaigning on foreign policy and military experience as his strengths, gaffes like this one (that is if it was a gaffe and not a flip-flop like his stand on abortion) are pretty serious.
it’s not the first. i’m sure it won’t be the last. and yes, the liberal u.s. media gives him a pass.
posted August 22, 2008 at 3:15 am
mcain flip-flops? did someone mention mccain flip-flops? and yes, the free pass from the liberal media.
posted September 9, 2008 at 11:49 pm
If they want to put more troops in iraq ,they should get all the gangbangers of america all over the US and send them to Iraq casue they like to kill each other and kill people ,they should send them not young kids leaving from there parents and family and wife and kids ,GET the gang bangers and send our troops home ,theres probably more gang bangers in america then there are our troops serving in iraq if its anyone thats gotta go to war like the low life gang bangers!!
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