Democrat: McCain Is Too Military And Thus Too Dangerous
First it was the Democrats lying about President Bush’s National Guard service and saying he didn’t have enough military experience. Now the Democrats are trying to say that McCain has too much of a military background. And that it’s “dangerous.”
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 he’s trapped in that,” Harkin said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. “Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: The Democrats aren’t going to get anywhere by attacking John McCain’s military record. The only constituency that appreciates such attacks is the liberal left, and the Democrats already have them locked up. By engaging in this sort of attack the only thing the Democrats are going to do is unify moderate to conservative Republicans in defense of McCain against these attacks despite their doubts about McCain as a leader.
It’s one thing to dislike McCain’s policies . It’s another to stand by and watch the guy get unfairly bushwhacked by a bunch of liberals trying to undermine his proud and admirable military service.
Besides, with the far-left Obama being the likely nominee and already pulling the Democrats to the left this election cycle they can hardly afford to come off as a bunch of military-hating liberals with these sorts of attacks on McCain.
