I’ve written previously about the miserable pile of excrement who goes by the name John Aravosis, of AmericaBLOG.
Having already chided McCain for playing “the torture card,” Aravosis now accuses the GOP nominee of “disloyalty” because he made a propaganda video under duress. (I won’t share the link, because Aravosis is unworthy of even bad publicity.)
Never mind the video didn’t expose any sensitive information. Never mind that McCain can’t lift his arms above his head because of injuries inflicted during captivity. I’d love to see how Aravosis would hold up under torture — really, I’d love to see that. And I’m opposed to “enhanced interrogation techniques.”
Be advised: cretins like Aravosis (and this Daily Kos diarist) only bolster McCain’s chances. They deserve to be marginalized and ostracized.
Filed under: McCain, extremism, partisanship
[...] AtlMalcontent links to a feature at the Daily Kos about JSM( He called the diarist a cretin). It is a picture of him waving at reporters on his return from ‘Nam. The problem here is that Bill “You Bet” Bennett says JSM can’t raise his arms above his shoulders. As in many algorenet adventures, the goodies are in the comment thread. We see the unedited picture, which has Carol McCain smiling behind him. She is the first wife, who stayed married to him while he was in captivity. You are going to hear that story again, even though she is supportive of JSM today. There is lots of back and forth in this thread. The consensus is that there are many reasons to fuss at JSM, but whining about his war record is below the belt. I tend to agree, with one caveat. Vietnam Vet John Kerry was swiftboated, while Alabama National Guard Vet George Bush won a second term. What goes around comes around. Max Cleland might have something to say about this. There was one comment in the thread I would like to see some backup on. It comes from David Kroning, and it goes like this: “I don’t think this is fair… He’s a lot older now than in that picture. And, McCain has already said he is not a war “hero.” In fact, he said very clearly in an interview with 60-Minutes in the 1980s that he considered himself to be a war “criminal” for “having dropped napalm an innocent women and children.”Why?” This is a problem I have had with JSM for a while. On Super Tuesday, my choices were JSM and BHO, and I got to thinking about whether JSM was a hero. The thought occurred to me that he had dropped napalm on North Vietnam. While his record as a POW is admirable, those women and children are not going to come back. So, I copied that quote, and entered it in Google. The only thing the G beast came up with was the same Daily Kos comment thread. [...]
My information doesn’t come via William Bennett, but from the candidate himself and several reliable news accounts (although not from a Kos diarist, so I’m sure it’s just MSM propaganda).
I’m glad Obama spoke out on this subject today, particularly in light of Clinton lackey Gen. Wesley Clark’s pointless comments (was he saying only generals could be presidents ’cause they make decisions?) There’s no need to get into a back-and-forth over the appropriateness of critics demeaning McCain’s record as a soldier. Their slanderous indecency is on display for all to see, as is their photoshopped snapshot.