tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post4010384190221757344..comments2023-10-26T04:05:58.497-07:00Comments on Red State Impressions: Attacking McCain's War Record?Ric Carichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12715258697811131789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30856325.post-63162822927228445402008-06-30T14:30:00.000-07:002008-06-30T14:30:00.000-07:00If I'm not mistaken this type of attack is exactly...If I'm not mistaken this type of attack is exactly what Karl Rove pushed in the last election, attack the strengths of the opposition. The democrat's attack on McCain's war experience may not be productive but it is a page out of Rove's playbook. Remember the attack on Kerry's war record? Not sure if this works in all cases but those swift boat ads made an impact. Attack the perceived strength of the other candidate. Whittle away at what the public thought was a strong rallying point and inject doubt in what would be usually accepted as fact. <BR/><BR/>Personally, I think it was a bad move for Wes Clark to attack McCain on his Vietnam experience. That didn't score any points with me, a registered Independent. Going after McCain's position on the current war in Iraq would make more sense. However McCain's Vietnam POW experience is played, I don't think most people would have been willing to trade places with him back in Vietnam. Surviving in a POW camp like the Hanoi Hilton isn't something to be taken lightly no matter how it is spun. If the Dems are trying to drum up some type of swift boat attack on McCain's Vietnam experience they better come up with something better than what Wes Clark muttered. No disrespect to "General" Clark. Go after the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or the "military industrial complex" of big corporations and the oil company's lobbying for a piece of Iraq's vast oil resources if they want to score the points. Caric outlined the issues. <BR/><BR/>What next? Will Jane Fonda's picture pretending to shoot down US planes over Hanoi be splashed around with some type of counter Vietnam spin against Obama! I'm sure Jane must be an Obama supporter unless her venture into religion has caused her to prop up a photo of McCain on her nightstand in a total conversion to right wing Republican politics. Please, leave the Vietnam issues alone and get on to the current issues of the day. There is plenty to attack McCain on that matter to Independents in this election. Vietnam isn't one of them. That era isn't something I care to relive every time we have a presidential election. If this is what we have to look forward to in this general campaign then it is going to be some pretty tough going.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com