Originally Posted by CYDdharta

I doubt any amount of evidence would change your opinion. At a glance, it may seem absurd, but absurd is status quo when it comes to Middle Eastern politics.

Originally Posted by Pogo

Why do you say that when I stated that I neither deny nor accept without first seeing the evidence upon which the finding is based?

Originally Posted by CYDdharta

Because you take many other positions with much less substantiating evidence.

Originally Posted by Imperator

oh dude come on, I am tired ...for god sakes figure it out….

Originally Posted by Pogo

Such as?

Originally Posted by CYDdharta

Too far off topic.

Originally Posted by AjaxPress

I've figured out that McCain can't differentiate between Sunni/Shia/al-qaeda instead he uses them interchangebly. That's really disturbing to me and it's exacerbated by the fact that he touts his foriegn policy credentials. Is this the sort of "figuring out" you wanted me to make?

Originally Posted by AjaxPress

I've figured out that McCain can't differentiate between Sunni/Shia/al-qaeda instead he uses them interchangebly. That's really disturbing to me and it's exacerbated by the fact that he touts his foriegn policy credentials. Is this the sort of "figuring out" you wanted me to make?

Originally Posted by Imperator

I think he’s on record, as to his bias in the issue, And I dont' think its much an issue. Is anyone really arguing McCain hasn't limited practical command experience.

Originally Posted by Imperator

thx..I do agree that as an admirals son he gets passes and all that entails. But I wasn't sure of the particulars, its appears he didn't need a pass, and the reference to the crashes was bias driven.

Originally Posted by TheStripey1

It's obvious to me he got preferential treatment...

Originally Posted by Norrin Radd

Did you read the original post to start this thread?

The OP said.........

Yet take this exchange between MSNBC "liberal" journalists and Ret. General Wesley Clarke who calmly, rational explanation of why McCain actually DOESN'T have serious military experience. Watch as the supposed "liberal media" attempts to defend McCain.

I am just asking if Mika Brzezinski is actually a liberal, or not.

It appears that she does lean pretty hard to the left, but considering she has a brother as an adviser to McCain and another brother as an adviser to Obama, how liberal is she? Obviously her families political leanings may, or may not influence her, but I do find it very interesting that the Brzezinski family has advisers for both candidates.

Looks like her family will benefit, no matter which candidate wins the election and the family will be able to influence the president, whether it's Obama, or McCain.

I do give her kudos for refusing to report on Paris Hilton. That was pretty cool. Something that I would have done if I were a journalist.

What many people fail to realize, is that even liberals will often give a break to someone in power. The liberal media gave many breaks to Bush concerning the Iraq war, which some people misinterpret as right wing bias. It is not right wing bias, it is supporting a president in a time of war. It is not wanting to be called UN-AMERICAN.

Originally Posted by MattLarson

Not defending McCain's flight record (like everyone else here, I don't have the knowledge base to do so), but it seems extremely petty and partisan to try and hold this against him:



It's not like the pilots on an aircraft carrier get to decide where they will stage to await launch. And it's not like McCain was responsible for the rocket launch.

Sadly, partisanship overwhelms reason in our politics now. This "my team" rah-rah that substitutes for political discourse would have made the founding fathers puke dayglo.

Matt

Originally Posted by ThorHammer

Again, those incidents do not paint the picture of an incompetent pilot. Of those 5 "crashes" you brought up (and that are reference in that site) only 3 are actually crashes: two owing to mechanical failure, and one to enemy fire. Of the other two: he clipped a power line while flying low (but didn't crash), and for the other he was sitting in his aircraft on the flight deck when ANOTHER aircraft had a malfunction and discharged rockets into this plane.