here's a little something from one of the right's favorite sources...

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Yet, John McCain has military experience. Obama does not.

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I see you have 1,800 posts.

Let me guess, 1,799 of them are on this thread.

lol

Yes, assuming he also did his residency and met the other requs for his job. I dont beleive medical schools let doctors out if they havent demonstrated their skill. Likewise, I dont beleive the Navy graduates officers unless they have met the performance requirements.

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For example?

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This one is interesting too in that it disputes the cause of his first crash...

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Yet, McCain has military experience. His opponent does not. This is not too big of a deal to me, but I see it's a very big deal to radical libs.

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ok... found it...

if you recall, ThorHammer posted this earlier:

Here is an excerpt from his Distinguished Flying Cross citation


According to a bio written in his home town newspaper, he dropped his bombs BEFORE he was hit by the missile that sent his plane spinning out of control and down in flames.


So how come the Distinguished Flying Cross citation said otherwise?

very perplexing...

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Gee, the way I read it, his own newspaper is saying that he does, indeed, have military experience.

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and your hero, John Mccain...

I have not made that claim, I have merely asked for proof of it... which of course, since it isn't true, you have NOT been able to find one...

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SO?

having some military experience does not equate with having sound judgement when it comes to commanding forces...

but I guess to you, that is all that is neccessary... some experience...

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Well, that's a winner, isn't it? You ask for proof of something you claim and know is not true. Then you pat yourself on the back for showing there is no proof. Congrats.

Oh, and McCain has military experience.

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I would not know, but I do know that if we are really discussing if there was preferential treatment, we'll never know. Do I believe there was, of course, in some way shape or form, does it matter ? Not really. They needed aviators, there was a war ramping up, he might have had a string pulled or him to get him there and so what? He doesn't appear to have had any mishaps in flight school....what are you trying to prove ?
That a guy whose daddy owns the co. gets treated better, well blow me down....no shit. Do I think he may have escaped an iffy crash investigation maybe, sure its possible. Again, so what?

If you are trying to belittle his efforts and what it took to get home half way sane, and that’s were you were going, I say bullshit but it has little to do with his electability or lack of it….and again so, what, They gave Shoop an MOH for sitting in a bunker on Tarawa….I can name a whole laundry list of the 2 highest the DSC and MOH given out for cause not exact individual actions, so friggin what? This has to do with what?


Looking at your other posts, I never ever said that alone was worthy of a voite by itself, go back and read my response to Gracchus.

A POGUE is Marine shorthand for the Armys remf, and yes, I have seen the elephant. So what?

If you cannot see a difference between kerrys situation and McCain’s its because your partisanship won’t allow you to. And here’s a clue, it has ZERO to do with their service in country.

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If you wish to say "so" about an answer to the subject of the thread, why the apoplexy about it from you?

Frothy partisanship over something you care little about says otherwise.

Clever ruse.

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psst... Norrin... this is a political forum... we discuss politics here... that's what it is for...

but if you really want to make a difference, you could always run for office in your own locale...

If I lived in Akron, I might vote for you, too, considering you sound quite reasonable... but alas, I do not.

Good luck, tho.

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