Posted on 05/25/2007 2:04:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
McCain responds to Obama in tough enough, if predictable, language:
"While Senator Obama's two years in the U.S. Senate certainly entitle him to vote against funding our troops, my service and experience combined with conversations with military leaders on the ground in Iraq lead me to believe that we must give this new strategy a chance to succeed because the consequences of failure would be catastrophic to our nation's security."
But, McCain being McCain, he can't help himself and goes the next step in the statement's kicker:
"By the way, Senator Obama, it's a 'flak' jacket, not a 'flack' jacket."
Which is to say, "there is only one of us in this argument who has ever worn the uniform." (my words)
And if you still don't get it, a McCain aide blows away the anthill with, well, a rocket.
"Obama wouldn't know the difference between an RPG and a bong."
Here's what got McCain so angry.
Obama's spokesman came back later, taking the high road.
Oooh! That’s a blindside shot to head. Obama down for the count.
I guess McCain is doing the Hillary campign work of taking about his “Stoner/Surfer Dude Days” in Hawiii.
Jonathan needs to go back to journalism school. This piece is so poorly written. For example, he says something like, “Here’s what got McCain angry”, but does not tell us. At first, I thought it was an error in posting an excerpt, but that’s the way the piece reads at the site. Another example of sloppiness is that he implies in his headline that McCain makes the “bong” comment, but in the piece he attributes it to a McCain aide.
So what is a bong, and why does McCain know what it is?
The “here’s” part is a link.
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I followed that link, but, unless I am getting slow in my old age, I did not see the tie-in.
lol
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