Orson Swindle (nice Waughian name, that), gives a shout out to some dozen or two of McCain's fellow POWs. Just wondering, but given the stated rationales of the McCain campaign, you'd have to think that these guys are better qualified than just about anyone to be President, certainly Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.
Of course, this is a ridiculous thing to believe. Barack Obama has proven himself to be an exceptional personality, a man of multitudes and tremendous abilities. He has also shown himself to be a skeptical person, and skeptical of himself most of all. He is a memoirist, which is to say, rather self-aware. He's not the vain naif who, the Republicans tell us, would endanger this country. Who is Sarah Palin? Some creationist who belonged to a secessionist party? Ah, are you joking?
P.S.- I guess I was misreading the implication of McCain campaign statements, such as those in response to houses gaffe and the Abba embarrasment, that his service as a POW was of some omni-relevance, as Fred Thompson conceded tonight that “(b)eing a POW doesn’t qualify anyone to be president.” I'm glad we're all clear on that now.
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