McCain's Dogfight Mentality

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Monday September 29, 2008 · 9:26 AM PDT

2008/09/29 · 09:26

The McCain campaign is about to do it again. Throughout the primaries and general campaigns, McCain keeps returning to his Top Gun fighter jock mentality. He does something unexpected to throw off his opponent and then looks for an opening created by the confusion.

He is priming himself for a repeat.

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Friday September 05, 2008 · 4:49 PM PDT

2008/09/05 · 16:49

Because of a string of coincidences I have spent most of my adult life in socially conservative surroundings. I went to college in Utah, work in the aerospace industry, and I’ve lived in Dan Burton’s and Duncan Hunter’s congressional districts. I currently live in Gilbert, Arizona, the heart of McCain/Romney territory. Because of this I’ve constantly had to defend my political views or keep my mouth shut. I’m not inclined to silence.

One staple of these arguments that has always puzzled me is the barrage of rightwing chain emails that are forwarded to me that contain just an incredible amount of misinformation.

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 4:07 PM PDT

2005/09/28 · 16:07

Not his own, of course, but that's not the point. Michael Griffin, Director of NASA, stated today that it was a mistake for NASA to develop the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. "It is now commonly accepted that was not the right path," Griffin said. "We are now trying to change the path while doing as little damage as we can."
I think this is a great analogy for the Right's rubric of "if you don't support the war, you don't support the troops." Fourteen astronauts lost their lives on Challenger and Columbia. No one would ever say that we were demeaning those astronauts, or questioning their bravery and heroism by questioning the prudence of NASA management in pursuing the Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs.
It just illustrates how nonsensical it is to say that questioning Bush's War somehow demeans the brave men and women fulfilling their duty in Iraq.

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