Today Barack Obama's political team is under fire for the statement made by former General and Obama supporter Wesley Clark about presidential candidate John McCain. Clark's statement is thought to have devalued McCain's service in the Vietnam War when he spent five years as a Prisoner Of War there. Clark, who is an Obama supporter and fellow Democrat, stated : "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."
In a stroke of genius Obama made a speech today in his "4th of July Tour" defending McCain's service, and emphasizing the importance of not devaluing it. Obama stated:
(Patriotism) "must, if it is to mean anything, involve the willingness to sacrifice," he said. "For those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service to our country — no further proof of such sacrifice is necessary.
Let me also add that no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters on both sides."
There is a theory out there that Obama's political team is responsible for appointing important political figures to "plant" certain messages to the public. So Wesley Clark's statement is possibly a ploy by Barack Obama himself to gain advantage over the American public; then also by defending McCain's service he eliminates any fault for this statement. Who Knows? But am I the only one who kind of DOES think that McCain is not capable of becoming a strong President?? His campaign focuses on "lowering gas prices." About Clark condemning him, he states that "It doesn't reduce the price of gas by one penny." HELLO??! Gas is a way of the PASTTT!! We should be converting to alternative sources of energy in this day in age. I live in the beautiful sunshine state of Florida, and do you know how upset it makes me that I rarely see any Photovoltaic cells anywhere? That is, the Sunshine State hardly utilizes it's enormous potential of solar powering because of the large expense it would be to convert homes. McCain also stated recently that Obama and his supporter's statements do not "do anything to address the challenges Americans have in keeping their jobs, homes and supporting their families." You know what John McCain? I just gave you one excellent enterprise to facilitate a potential of thousands of new jobs. Converting America's OUTDATED energy sources. But that is what you get with people who are afraid of change and that have one foot firmly dug in the past, while the other barely steps into the present.
And is not appropriate to question the ideal's of McCain? A man that could potentially be running our lives? McCain has repeatedly supported the War in Iraq and assures that he will not be rushing to pull out. How many more years McCain? I love the troops and support what they do, and I know a lot of them that are conflicted in fighting a war that they do not believe in. How can we dissect the military mindset of John McCain? Well...If I were tortured in a P.O.W. camp for five years, I would be pretty bitter. I almost would want revenge. But since that is not possible seeing how we are not at war with Vietnam, who else can we assert our American superiority over to prove that we run the world and that no one will ever tell Americans what to do? ...But I ask you, Where is the Diplomacy in that. You win more flies with honey than you do vinegar, John McCain.
Obama is often criticized for his lack of Patriotism. From his "Fist Bump" with wife Michelle, to his lack of an American pin on his suit lapel. Obama stated that his patriotism is in his heart and does not need to be displayed. He also said that he had stopped wearing the pin after the 2001 terrorist attacks because he felt it had replaced "true patriotism" for some public officials. I think that it takes some real balls and a lot of conviction to stand up for something that you believe and that might not be readily accepted by the staunch, ultra-conservative majority of our country, like he did. But is that not what we need? Someone who will persevere in the face of injustice and non-acceptance?
I do not doubt that John McCain loves America, in fact, I am almost positive he does. I just do not think that choosing him as the next president of the United States of America would be the wisest choice. I am not entirely sure about Barack Obama either, but I do think that he is a step in the right direction. Maybe then, as a country, undivided, we can undo the injustices of the past to make a better future.
Go Vote!!
for the record: I am a Polical moderate or "Independent"
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