JOHN MCCAIN: WARRIOR PREIDENT?

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 06:11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElQoaNg2MZk   Posted on YouTube: June 18, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 18, 2008 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 876

 
I usually don't appreciate these kinds of political vids, but this one is haunting.

[Dhalgren]

1. I wonder why they left out Carter?

He served in the Navy during the Korean War - does that not count?

[Hulk]

6. The neocon/fascist party wants to discredit Carter for everything they can....

Given the difficult times Carter led this country, and considering the compassion and honesty that President Carter still demonstrates today, I would say he is one of the few bright spots in our political history. How many Nobel prizes did all the other presidents get combined?

You can blame the high inflation, the soaring gas prices, the Iranian hostage situation on President Jimmy Carter; but the truth is, no one could have made a difference. It was "post-Vietnam", and prices are going to soar "post-Iraq" too, so get ready folks.

That's why I wanted Hillary to get the nomination. Barack is NOT going to be successful in holding down inflatioin or this gas mess. NOBODY would be successful. It is destined to place this country into deep recession once this phoney, illegal occupation ceases...just like happened after Vietnam.

I'm not a economist, but even I can see the writing on the wall.

We really are a nation of morons.

[midnight]

2. 1.5 medals for every hour of combat mission?

Twenty-eight missions, and six plain accidents. Is that another high ratio?

[Capt. America]

3. This tool forgot a lot of people...

James Monroe -- Revolutionary War
Abraham Lincoln --Black Hawk War
James Garfield --Civil War
William McKinley --Civil War
Chester Arthur --Civil War
Franklin Pierce --Mexican War
Rutherford Hayes --Civil War
Harry Truman --WWI
Gerald Ford --WWII
James Carter --US Navy

[King Bacon Fat]

7. Well...

Ford wasn't forgotten.

Technically, neither was Monroe, since it was supposed to be him holding the American flag in "Washington Crossing the Delaware".

But, yeah, why have some "Warrior Presidents" with multiple pictures/paintings while others are left out?

[EnviroBat]

4. I don't know about the video, but that soundtrack

is the exact reason why I must leave the room at the end of the movie "The Gladiator". It get's me every time I hear it. I want that played at my funeral.

[windoe]

5. I have heard veterans say not to go after McCains military record,

I am not a vet and I agree that it is in bad taste to slam a veteran who has served the country. But his record does need to be made public for insight into his character, so everyone can make up their own mind.

If this video is accurate (despite the incomplete list of warrior presidents), it appears that McCain is another privileged son, another similarity to W. I wonder how people who have served think of this.

[jefferson_dem]

8. EDIT: "PRESIDENT"

Ugh... I hate realizing subject-line typos after the editing period has expired.