From HotAir.com, “POW: I Remember McCain Telling the Cross Story in 1971” by the Allahpundit My friends, the obtuseness of the angry left sometimes shocks me into a benumbed silence. While I’ve been staring at the intertubes in slack-jawed silence, Allah has summed things up well:
You’ll note that the people debunking the smears have actually done reporting. The people doing the smears are theorizing. I would scream “Swiftboating!!!” in protest if the term hadn’t been so indelibly tainted by liberal crybabies. Here’s a thought – this kerfuffle shares similarities with the Texas Air National Guard issue that briefly dominated the 2004 election. But this time, the stupidity is on steroids. By 2004, Bush’s military service was a known quantity. Bush failed to show sufficient heroism for the left’s (since expired) standards of such things, and his behavior during the Vietnam War was a net minus. But by focusing its energy on Bush’s ancient military service, the left looked petty and idiotic (not to mention fraudulent). Still, they at least had the good sense to focus on an issue that wasn’t Bush’s strength. The wrinkle here is that McCain’s military service is not only a whopping net plus, but his biggest net plus. And yet the angry left is determined to debate the specifics of what happened during that service. It’s like they want to have a national conversation (to borrow a phrase) on precisely just how heroic and noble John McCain was during the Vietnam War. Well played, kids.
