Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[rjs246]

"If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you are disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them," he said in a call to citizen involvement aimed at a wider audience.

He said he hopes more Americans will enlist in the military or run for office.

"But there are many public causes where your service can make our country a stronger, better one than we inherited. Wherever there is a hungry child, a great cause exists. ... Wherever there is suffering, a great cause exists."

John McCain

I read that yesterday. One of the best quotes I've heard come from a politician outside of a history book.

[Rome]

He sounds like a Roosevelt Democrat there.

Too bad he doesn't actually believe anything he said.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

We have no idea what McCain really believes.

[Rome]

Well, we can look at his voting record for a clue.  He isn't exactly a progressive when it comes to taking care of the poor and disenfranchised in this country.  Moreover, his unwavering support of the Patriot Act and the war in Iraq plus his 180 on abortion rights tell me all I need to know about his "character".

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I liken McCain to a Harry Truman type of guy.  Coincidentally, I think they were born in the same year.

[ice grillin you]

mccain is fraud

mccain isnt sure what mccain believes


and i used to actually respect him

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

He hasn't sold out to special interests, but he sold out to the GOP brass.

Still, at least he probably felt sick to his stomach doing it.

[Rome]

That was just the Hanoi Hilton flashbacks.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

BWAHAHAHAHA

Eat it, bishes.

[Cerevant]

That article seems like a bit of a reach.  Saying that Hillary would still be in it if she wins NC is about as useful as saying that she's out if Obama wins PA.  The real story is that her 20 point lead in PA is rapidly evaporating, and she is being out spent 3-1 in PA with 3 weeks to go.

[PhillyGirl]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/03/carter-hints-at-supporting-obama/

[Cerevant]

Define "patriotic"

In 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F. Kennedy's challenge to, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," gave up his student deferment, left college in Virginia and voluntarily joined the Marines.

In 1963, this man, having completed his two years of service in the Marines, volunteered again to become a Navy corpsman. (They provide medical assistance to the Marines as well as to Navy personnel.)

The man did so well in corpsman school that he was the valedictorian and became a cardiopulmonary technician. Not surprisingly, he was assigned to the Navy's premier medical facility, Bethesda Naval Hospital, as a member of the commander in chief's medical team, and helped care for President Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1966 surgery. For his service on the team, which he left in 1967, the White House awarded him three letters of commendation.

What is even more remarkable is that this man entered the Marines and Navy not many years after the two branches began to become integrated.

While this young man was serving six years on active duty, Vice President Dick Cheney, who was born the same year as the Marine/sailor, received five deferments, four for being an undergraduate and graduate student and one for being a prospective father. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, both five years younger than the African-American youth, used their student deferments to stay in college until 1968. Both then avoided going on active duty through family connections.

Who is the real patriot? The young man who interrupted his studies to serve his country for six years or our three political leaders who beat the system? Are the patriots the people who actually sacrifice something or those who merely talk about their love of the country?

After leaving the service of his country, the young African-American finished his final year of college, entered the seminary, was ordained as a minister, and eventually became pastor of a large church in one of America's biggest cities.

This man is Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the retiring pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, who has been in the news for comments he made over the last three decades.

Since these comments became public we have heard criticisms, condemnations, denouncements and rejections of his comments and him.

We've seen on television, in a seemingly endless loop, sound bites of a select few of Rev. Wright's many sermons.

Some of the Wright's comments are inexcusable and inappropriate and should be condemned, but in calling him "unpatriotic," let us not forget that this is a man who gave up six of the most productive years of his life to serve his country.

How many of Wright's detractors, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly to name but a few, volunteered for service, and did so under the often tumultuous circumstances of a newly integrated armed forces and a society in the midst of a civil rights struggle? Not many.

While words do count, so do actions.

Let us not forget that, for whatever Rev. Wright may have said over the last 30 years, he has demonstrated his patriotism.

[Diomedes]

I hope Obama makes Wright the White House pastor after he is elected president.

[ice grillin you]

really good mlk piece in the post today

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040304345.html

[Cerevant]