Yes, Alan, and the name of the van McCain boarded was the Doublespeak Express.

A barbecue for “George and the boys” eh? You guys have me on a giggle roll today.

Meantime, maybe Barack Obama doesn’t much like barbecue. Maybe he doesn’t think it’s appropriate to have a Tennessee barbecue hoe down, when folks are dying all over the place, some in obvious wars of aggression, and others due to total neglect.

Maybe Obama had real work to do.

And what conveyance, dare I ask, will McCain use to cross the Deleware?

“What did McCain do when he visited the troops at Valley Forge?”  He had a barbeque for George and the boys but Obama never showed his face.

McCain expressed remorse that his contemporaries Ben Franklin and John Adams did not live long enough to see his run for Presidency.

Let’s be honest- the guy crashed a plane- so injuries are bound to be massive- the scare, the phyical limitations. But how much of his infirmities are truely related to being ‘tortured’?
He was offered up for release- so the N.Vietnamese KNEW who he was and KNEW who his daddy was. did they offferr to release anyone else? Knowing this Why would they provoke further agression by Torturing Him and not those who were unknowns and Not Connected to top Brass? consider the fervor that occurs when a Cop is killed as opposed to an average citizen. The Force is out for revenge- so would the continued abuse on an big Wigs kid?
Knowing that they Knew Who he Was, How much fear would Mac have of being further mistreated, he was guaranteed a safe return. Far more likely then his Unknown fellow POWS.
so really how much more did Mac Sacrific than any other Vietnam vet or POW.Esp since he was given the opportunity to fly above the fray and never have to spend nights in the water logged Jungle in a Hole? Never had to wonder if they woman appraoching was wired with explosive, Never had to watch for Trip wires… Mac seems to place his service and sacrific above & beyond the call of duty- far above those in the trenches (real continuous imminent danger) and those who lost thieir lives as a result of it.
Mac Service was commendable- but Not as Heroic as all those others. so if there is a line for Valor- Mac should be holding the Door for all the rest.

By troublesum, June 22 at 7:09 pm #
“…At least McCain has been to Valley Forge to visit the troops which is more than can be said for Obama…”

Oh troublesum bert,

You never let us down. This is too funny. Valley Forge, eh? So, (and this is the BIG question)..What did McSame DO when he ‘visited’ the troops at Valley Forge? (we need to know, since this is ‘more than can be said for Obama).

Do you think he made any attempt to explain to them why he is opposed to the Veterans Benefits legislation sponsored by Jim Webb, and enthusiastically supported by the entire House of Congress, (not to mention Senator Obama)?
Do you think when McSame was visiting, that he told them that good for nothing Obama was stirring up all kinds of trouble and extra expense demanding that Veterans (specifically those retuning from Iraq and Afghanistan now) get the RIGHT diagnosis and RIGHT treatment and compensation for their injuries. Yeah, the McSame damn sure isn’t on the side of the troops on that issue. (or ANY OTHER). The Bush McSames have found a way to avoid paying for or providing any treatment for wounded vets.  They have a set up just like the HMO’S and all of the other crooks of the Insurance/Health Care Industry. (Since they’re all the same).

It goes like this…The current thugs just make sure that the injured troops are consistently under diagnosed or not diagnosed at all. The troops are half dead, limbs hanging off, skeletal systems battered to bits, but more than anything…traumatized out of their minds. Now this has led to an unprecedented number of suicides among the troops. (gotta dig a little for that information). Now Obama has done the work to first investigate it to find out what the hell was going on, and then get it fixed. Yes, yes troublesum, I know…it took him awhile to get to it. What can I say? He’s just one out of 100 Senators, so if he’s the only one doing anything, (and he’s not even on the Senate Armed Services Committee…but I think Hillary Clinton is though. Unless she’s on a sabbatical or something) then it just takes a while to get to everything.
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that all of this corruption is just like all of the rest from the past 8 years. Folks don’t necessarily KNOW how jacked-up things are for the troops over there, or the troops that have returned, and are then sent back, and it’s pretty much outside of the public eye, because of course they keep all of that stuff ‘secret’. It’s just like when the troops return to us in boxes. That happens under the shadow of darkness, at a deserted base, in the middle of the night, and no media or anyone else is allowed to see it. Out of sight, out of mind I guess.

But, Barack reads a lot, and he’s been spending a considerable amount of time with troops these past few months, so that’s how he became aware of how f’’ed-up the troops were being ‘processed’ and so he addressed the issue, and has ordered some serious rearranging of the ‘process’. How quickly that happens under the current criminal regime remains to be seen.

But, maybe now he’ll have time to visit the troops at Valley Forge. I know that’s wayyy more important than all of this other stuff he’s been working on, to benefit ALL of them.

At least McCain has been to Valley Forge to visit the troops which is more than can be said for Obama.

Good thing Borowitz’s column is marked as humor, because… well, actually it’s not really a good thing at all.  It’s false advertising.

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