tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922936.post3747881915913441756..comments2023-06-28T10:35:50.334-04:00Comments on Welcome to The Kicker!: McCain Plays the POW Card Time and Time AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9922936.post-27957844218164734552008-08-28T17:00:00.000-04:002008-08-28T17:00:00.000-04:00I can understand why he confessed to war crimes- h...I can understand why he confessed to war crimes- he was a POW and he was being tortured.<BR/>I can understand why he doesn't emphasize his belief that his life was only spared because of his famous and important father- It doesn't take away from the fact that he was a POW and he was tortured.<BR/><BR/>I can even understand why he is so quick to anger and almost as quick to suggest military action regardless of the situation- He was a POW and he was tortured.<BR/><BR/>And if I stretch really really hard I can even see why some people want to excuse his infidelity and casual arrogance regarding wealth as lingering aftereffects of the torture he was subjected to as a POW.<BR/><BR/>But you know, if four years from now the economy is deeper into recession, and our military is stretched thinner and wider across the world, and more people are slipping into poverty, and our former allies are more concerned with insulating themselves than working with us, it won't be because John McCain was a POW and he was tortured. It will be because we voted for him. What'll our excuse be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com