Since you made a major issue about John Kerry's time in the service in the 2004 election,
people are sure as hell going to make an issue out of Bush McCain's service.
This notion that Democrats, liberals, and progressives can't say anything about Bush McCain's military record is nonsense. Despite what the corporate media and right wing talk show hosts would have you believe our nation's military is not populated with Republicans only. Many Democrats, liberals, and progressives have served and continue to serve.
The media flacks love to scream that only Republicans, most of whom did not serve in the military, take a look at all the Neo-Cons for example, can criticize someone's military service. Letting people who never served in the military be the only ones who can criticize those who do makes about as much sense as taking marriage advice from a Roman Catholic Priest who has never been married.
The other thing about all this is the media said that Gen Clark "Swiftboated" Bush McCain. That's bullshit. Swiftboating, as it has become known, is the act of tkaing someone's military record of out context, distorting it, and telling out right lies about it so that you smear your political opponents. What Gen. Clark said was not out of context, a lie or a distortion. He simply spoke the truth and he did so from his unique position of being a former General in the Army and a Democratic Party big wig. And that boy and girls, freaked out the media. They're used to letting draft dodging chickenhawks like Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, and Ted Nugent be the only ones who are allowed to comment on someone's service, they're obviously not used to people who actually served commenting.
