Power Line (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The Democrats' attacks on John McCain are getting more outrageous on a daily basis. The latest outrage comes from Tom Harkin , who attacked McCain for coming from a military family and, apparently, for volunteering to serve his country in the U.S. Navy: Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military,...
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Look who's selling fear and hate.
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), who lied about his military service , blasted Senator John McCain (R-AZ), a former POW and war hero, today. Flopping Aces has more on Harkin's attack on McCain and the military. Senator Harkin is one of several Democratic senators who protested his country at war in Vietnam and Iraq. Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa-- In 1970 Harkin was a congressional aide who helped expose the...
Red State (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Or: Tom Harkin Fails History, Life In an election season taking place at a time when America is currently engaged in a multi-front war against terrorist networks and a select number of their state sponsors, a question has been asked that may cause some eyebrows to be raised by astute observers around the country. That question is: Is there a such thing as too much military experience to be President?...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Have at it. BTW- apparently Tom Harkin made some remarks about McCain filtering everything through his military experiences: Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, “and he has a hard time thinking beyond that,” Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday. “I think [...]
BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Only the other day, Cassandra wrote : And that is what saddens and disheartens me so about the thing I mentioned at the beginning of this post; the thing I see everywhere I look these days. There is a name for it. It used to be partially hidden, this thing. It is not hidden anymore. That thing is contempt. [A]s I noted the other day, this contempt for military service and everything it stands for...
Flopping Aces (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The fake war hero: (Above snippet from Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History) Believes that being forced into military service would better qualify you to be the leader of the free world rather then someone who was raised around the military: Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as [...]
Libertyblog (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Gosh, who knew volunteering to serve in the military made someone less qualified to be Commander-in-Chief? UPDATE: Let's not forget Harkin's own record. (Via InstaPundit.)
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Harken to the tortured cry of the looney-bird, explaining why McCain should not be president:[Iowa Democrat Tom] Harkin said that "it's one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people...
Don Singleton (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
The Des Moines Register reported Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, "and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday. And Sen. Harkin hates the military, and has a hard time thinking beyond that "I think he's trapped in that," Harkin said in a conference...
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Post below recycled from Big dog . See the original for links Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa is a bonehead who has insulted John McCain because McCain served in the military. According to Harkin, McCain's service and the generations of service from his family has wired him differently and renders him unfit to serve as president. Imagine that, Harkin thinks military service makes one unfit for the Presidency....
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) in August of 2004:On Monday the Iowa Senator lashed out at Dick Cheney, claiming the Vice President had no right to criticize Mr. Kerry's policies for the war on terror because Mr. Cheney had a deferment...
mAss Backwards (Free subscription) | 05/17/2008
Implacable (adj.): see "liberal Democrat" 1996: You don't need to have any military experience to be an effective and competent Commander in Chief. 2004: It's important that the President be someone with actual military experience, someone who knows the horrors of war. 2008 : People with too much military experience should not be elected president. You people do realize how utterly moronic you sound...
XDA (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
It's not that he lied about the scope of his service during the Vietnam War. It's not that he called Cheney a coward for not getting drafted during the Vietnam War but recently criticized John McCain for being too involved in the Vietnam war . It's not that he's pretty stupid, a member of the hate America club and a poor liar . It's that he denies actual and true history in urging us to stab in the...
