Exploited POW experience

You know, at first when I saw this I thought, "wow, this is really cool" sad to see it, but cool that I got to. Well I go to foxnews.com today, I check them to see the negative stuff about Obama and I go to cnn.com for the regular unbiased stuff. But that's not what I want to talk about :) I saw the video on the home page of foxnews.com saying "POW video released!" and it made me realize McCain is using this as an advantage, he is USING the fact that he was a POW and getting people to feel bad for him or maybe trying to get military to relate to him? I am not stripping away his heroism by any means, but I think it's sad that he has to stoop so low to get votes. Sorry, but it is negative when your using it to get something. Most soldiers are very humble about their war experience, VERY humble. My husband doesn't even like when people come up and thank him for his service, he doesn't feel like he did anything, he was just doing his job. I think this is just stooping very low for the republicans.

Really, if you want to talk McCain being a POW, we can also talk about how he IS a POW, he was held captive for 5 years and tortured. And now he wants to be president?? I think being in control of the US Army would be the best revenge for him, who's to say he doesn't want revenge?

Here's the video, and please don't think I am being negative about his military experience, I think the video should touch a nerve on everyone, it is sad to see him like that. I just don't think it's right to use this, 2 weeks before Nov. 4th and the French just happen to release....I don't think so.



And make sure you watch this one and visit the website, it's like they were reading my mind :) http://therealmccain.com/butler





"To see McCain resort to playing the POW card when answering legitimate questions, in my mind, cheapens that experience. And by cheapening his own experience in war, he degrades all of our experiences in war. He turns the horrific incidents we've all seen, touched, smelled, and felt into a lame excuse to earn political points. And it dishonors us all." -- Brandon Friedman, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan