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March 02, 2008

Clinton Surrogate Denigrates McCain's Service, POW Experience

Steinem raised McCainÂ’s Vietnam imprisonment as she sought to highlight an alleged gender-based media bias against Clinton.
Â“Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years. [The media would ask], Â‘What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?Â’Â” Steinem said, to laughter from the audience.
McCain was, in fact, a prisoner of war for around five-and-a-half years, during which time he was tortured repeatedly. Referring to his time in captivity, Steinem said with bewilderment, Â“I mean, hello? This is supposed to be a qualification to be president? I donÂ’t think so.Â”

Let's set aside the fact that this malignant old bitch is wrong about the reaction of the media -- when we have had female POWs they have been treated with respect and adulation and their sacrifices have been honored.

And that this wrinkled old crone and her audience would find the respect given Senator McCain and the 5 1/2 years of torture he endured bewildering and funny (note the laughter) is indicative of how far in to the depths of anti-Americanism the Democrats have sunk. She certainly is not worthy of breathing the same air as John McCain.

But then again, why should we be surprised. She was one of those out on the front lines of the anti-war movement in the 1960s and 1970s, calling heroes like John McCain baby-killers and murderers. She is more supportive of America's jihadi enemies today than she is of the US, and she has more sympathy for the jihadis getting fat at Gitmo than she ever had for Americans starved and tortured by our nation's enemies. And she is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. -- one who indicates that she could be quite happy with Barack Obama because they are at least 90% the same on the issues.

The Clinton campaign has made a weak attempt to distance itself from Steinem's comments. The Obama campaign has remained shamefully silent. Those of us who love America and respect her men and women in uniform will remember this incident.

More at HolyCoast, Nick Ragone, Forum Politics, Shoe-Fly Pie, American Princess, Paxalles.

UPDATE: HotAir has more -- including Wes Clark's denigration of McCain's military service, in which he places time as First Lady ahead of time as a military officer in terms of preparation to lead the nation.

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