Tom sent me this article and nominated Tom Harkin for the coveted AOTW award.
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."
GMAFB! This is the same asshole who bitches about chickenhawks. Now let me get this straight. We were supposed to elect Flipper for his military service but not McRINO.
I wish the Dimocrats would make up their minds and show a little consistency. Consistency. That's all I ask.
In 1988, they dumped on Dan Quayle for serving in the National Guard. Then in 1992 and 1996, they ran a draft dodger against war heroes Bush 41 and Bob Dole respectively. Military service didn't matter. Then in 2000 they ran Viet Nam vet Pope Albert I of the Church of AGW and his military service (he spent 4 months in 'Nam as an REMF and had a bodyguard to boot) was better than Bush's National Guard Service. Then in 2004 they ran "war hero" Flipper, who refused to release his military records and military service counted again. Now, since neither Jug Hussein Ears or Thunder Rodent Thighs has any military service (though TRT claims she wanted to be a Marine but her eyesight was too bad - BWHAHAHAHAHA), being a war hero is bad again. As I told Drooling Cumspot one time, all I would like to see is just a little consistency from the rat bastard commies liberals.
And Harkin is one to talk. This is the bastard who lied about being a combat pilot.
"Harkin himself claimed to have battled Mig fighters over North Vietnam while a Navy pilot. He was a pilot, but never went to Vietnam."
Wait! There's more. Back to the article.
Harkin said that "it's one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that's just how you're steeped, how you've learned, how you've grown up."
So now he's slimed Colin Powell and Eisenhower.
A McCain spokesman said Harkin's remarks were offensive and showed that Democrats are out of touch with Americans' values."Senator Harkin's comments are an affront to the many thousands of Iowans who have served our country so valiantly for generations," said spokesman Jeff Sadosky. "This sort of attack shows just how out of touch Democratic leadership has become with the values that have made our country so great."
No shit Sherlock.
Here's your award Senator Harkin.
Consistency from a Dimocrat is a lot to ask for.
Also Senator Harking slimed my dad, as he volunteered during WWII. I'd like to pin that award right between his eyes.
One of my nieces graduated from high school and last night was their cermony. It was a relief to see the hundreds of people there honoring the students that chose to enlist in the military upon graduation. Those individuals were singled out and recognized and you could hear the pride in the audience as they applauded the young adults choices to enter the military. There was a Senator (Saxby Chambliss) that spoke and talked about the importance of these kids entering the military and the importance of us continuing to support them in their travels here and abroad. It was a very "patriotic" moment. I guarantee you the libs/socialists/dims in the crowd were probably nauseated. Fortunately, there's very few of them in this neck of the woods and hopefully it will stay that way.
You may not agree with McCains policies but 99.44/100 % of the men should envy the guy. He married a really, really good looking woman who is a millionaire and owns a beer company. What's not to envy about that?
Look at Obambi, married to a plow horse in looks and shape with the mouth of a retarded jackass, feel sorry for him.
Posted by: Scrapiron on May 24, 2008 11:46 AM"While establishing a forward air base in Bosnia in 1996 under intense sniper fire, Tom Harkin heroicly supplied close air support..."
Hillary Clinton
Posted by: Daryl on May 24, 2008 12:16 PM
I think Maxine Waters should be, if not AOTW, at least the Dumbest Congress Person of the Week. "This liberal is all about socializ.......er,a...(insert brain fart here)er, um, basically taking over and the government running all your companies."
http://www.anewtone.com/2008/05/maxine-waters-wants-to-socialize-oil.html
I think she mis-spoke. What she really meant to say was "We're coming to get you, you Capitalist swine!"
I haven't seen anything about this on NBC, or CBS,or
ABC.
Pana
Posted by: pana on May 24, 2008 02:49 PMI remember when Harkin ran for president back in 84 or 88. He left the primaries early because he got trounced. He said something to the effect that he did not get his message out. Commentator said regarding this. No, he got his message out loud and clear. Its just that no one wants to hear liberal politics anymore.....gives me "good old days" syndrome.
Posted by: patrick on May 26, 2008 12:52 AMDenny, why don't you just make things easier? From here on in, award the AOTW to the entire democratic party. It seems from their two shitheel tax-and-spend nanny state socialist candidates on down, pretty much every one of them is an asshole.
Posted by: thatjerryguy on May 26, 2008 04:30 PMAs a citizen of Iowa all I can say is a lot of us have been ashamed of our senator Harkin for many years. But he fools just enough to get elected again and again. heres hoping the next time we can finally unseat the boob!
Posted by: Scott on May 28, 2008 05:14 PM