[AmericanMade1776]

I saw Col. George “Bud” Day, talking about his and John McCain’s war experiences and it is very moving, and shows that John McCain has strength of character when it counts.

[longtermmemmory]

Very moving but irrelevant.

This does not change how McCain has voted on amnesty or taxes. Does not change his words or deeds on the border fence. Does not change his statements on marriage or roe vs wade.

We do not give Murtha or Rev Wright or Kerry a “free pass” because they served or did something of note.

This was discussed on FR a few weeks ago. Looks like McCain is just copying John Kerry’s campaign of being coy and allowing surrogates to say how wonderful he is/was.

Many people have “stepped up” in a crisis then have turned around and stood down in every day life.

[Viking2002]

True - McCain is no John Effin' Kerry in the character department. And if Barak Hussein gets the nom (assuming he doesn't fall victim to Arkancide), McCain is gonna ed-u-ma-cate the young man about what it really means to sacrifice for your country, and it ain't about cavorting with seditionists, Marxist rabble, and terrorists. I don't trust McCain any farther than I can throw him on a lot of issues, but at least he's a man, where Obama is a boy.

And Hitlery is a jack-booted bitch.

[DeaconBenjamin]

I saw Col. George “Bud” Day, talking about his and John McCain’s war experiences and it is very moving, and shows that John McCain has strength of character when it counts.

Where did it go after he returned to the US? When has he shown it as a member of Congress?

[SoConPubbie]

I saw Col. George “Bud” Day, talking about his and John McCain’s war experiences and it is very moving, and shows that John McCain has strength of character when it counts.

If John McCain truly had the character necessary to make a good President he would not have acted in the deplorable fashion that he has done on multiple occasions since 2000.

If by that statement you mean't his character is better than the alternative, sure, I'll buy that, but his character if flawed nonetheless.

I applaud his service and sacrifice, however, it does not make up for his extremely bad behavior as a Republican.

And it does not matter how much lipstick you put on a pig, it is still a pig.

As proof, I offer you his history:

1. Gang of Fourteen (Kept some of President Bush’s best judges from being presented for a vote) See here and here
2. McCain-Fiengold (Assault on Free Speech and Pro-Life
3. McCain-Kennedy (Amnesty for criminal Illegal Aliens)
4. McCain-Lieberman (50 cents a gallon tax)
5. Total support for global warming scam, including the Carbon Cap-and-Trade system. See Here
6. Support for embryonic stem cell research (Murder of unborn babies).
7. Wants to close Gitmo and give Terrorists access to our legal system.
8. F grade from Gun-Owners of America.
9. C grade from NRA.
10. 65% score from American Conservative Union in 2006
11. Wants to bail out sub-prime losers (many of which are either illegal aliens or lied on thier applications) with US tax money.
12. Voted against President Bush’s tax cuts (called them tax-cuts for the rich)
13. Flirted with the idea of crossing over to the Dems in 2004.
14. Wants to implement a socialist Health Care proposal that includes providing tax-coffer monies (your tax dollars) to the states to provide Health Care Insurance for those who either refuse to pay for it, or are unable to afford it (mostly illegal aliens).
15. Divorced his wife after he got back from Vietnam. The same woman who remained true to him and raised his kids while he was imprisoned.
16. Refuses to drill in ANWR. See here and here
17. Agrees with Democrats that our Foreign Policy has been arrogant and we need to be more humble.
18. Thinks and states that Pharmaceutical companies are evil
19. Has accepted funding from Soros and Teresa Heinz-Kerry for his institute
20. John McCain's Top 10 Class-Warfare Arguments Against Tax Cuts
21 "I think the Democrat Party is a fine and I have no problems with it, in their views and philosophy"
22. Strongly against Same Sex Marriage Ban Constitutional Amendment
23. Voted for Pro-Abortion Bill and Here.
24. Voted against bill that would impose sanctions against foreign governments and companies that invest more than $20 million in Iran's energy sector until the president certified to Congress that Iran had dismantled its weapons of mass destruction Here and Here
25. Voted against repealing the death tax.
26. McCain-Edwards-Kennedy    (Many Democrat inspired bad rules included in this monstrosity)