Anti-McCain POW Ad about to start running

[kpete]

Anti-McCain ad a 'nightmare'
By Klaus Marre and Manu Raju
Posted: 09/04/08 01:21 AM

ST. PAUL — An independent ad featuring a fellow prisoner of war questioning John McCain’s ability to be president is a “nightmare” for Barack Obama, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum (R) said Wednesday.

In the ad, Philip Butler says he would not like to see McCain in the White House because of the POW experience and the Arizona senator’s temperament.

Butler served alongside Sen. McCain (Ariz.) at the U.S. Naval Academy and later was imprisoned alongside the presumptive GOP nominee in Vietnam.

“I think I can say with authority that the prisoner-of-war experience is not a good prerequisite for president of the United States,” Butler says in the ad, which was produced by Brave New PAC, a political action committee associated with the liberal film company Brave New Films.

more at:
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/anti-mccain-ad-a-nightmare-2008-09-04.html

[hvn_nbr_2]

1. Gee, I wonder if CorpMedia will show it endlessly for free. nt

[zanne]

2. I think that we should just focus on his temperament...

Without getting into the POW thing.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

5. Temperament and ex-POW probable PTSD clearly go hand-in-hand. How many of these symptoms of PTSD

How many of thse symptoms of PTSD does John McCain exhibit, even to the public?

Under pressure, could a McCain suffering from long-untreated PTSD be trusted as CIC?

From http://www.traumaweb.org/content.asp?pageid=42

"Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma - Symptoms of PTSD

Re-experiencing: Invasive memories of the trauma: pictures and thoughts related to the event, which come up again and again and cause great distress...

Hyper-arousal: Problems sleeping; Short-tempered and fits of anger; Compulsive dealing with the event; Repeated feelings of guilt connected to the results of the trauma or the behavior of the victim during the event...

Dissociation Forgetting significant portions of the event ...

[ProgressiveEconomist]

3. K&R. This is HUGE!

[crimsonblue]

4. Fred Thompson himself said

that being. POW is not qualifying experience to be President. How is stating the truth a nightmare for Obama?