[fantom]

I know it’s petty , but i think that bracelet thing will leave a mark. People like it simple. Remember Potatoe ?

[Harry Wurzbach]

I know it’s petty , but i think that bracelet thing will leave a mark. People like it simple. Remember Potatoe ?

The thing is, such gaffes are obvious targets for comedy shows. "I've got a bracelet, too" is the ultimate in pandering and insincerity. Since most people still do not have a good feel for who Obama really is, this is most damning. It confirms that he's just another politician. And with his thin resume that was one of his big selling points. He's been running on 'I'm not Bush.' Well, neither is McCain. So then Obama has the comeback of 'I'm a new politician.' Well, you look and sound like any other now.

The bracelet paints him as a craven, say anything politician. Add to that the 'I agree with John' lovefest and there is plenty of material to work with for comedians and McCain partisans alike.

[Caipirabob]

*chuckle*

Petty? Maybe...entertaining? Heh...this is going to haunt him for a while. :D

[Alia]

I used to wear my bracelet all the time; but people would ask about it, and I'd start crying. So I now wear mine on very poignant days; and because I can feel the ethereal shoulders of all those who understand why I wear that bracelet, all around me. And, when the tears come, I feel like I'm among family; not strangers.

I wore an MIA bracelet through my junior high years. It wasn't the same; but I did care nonetheless. And, my soldier made it home, alive.

John McCain stood out and in my lights many years ago due his determination to get our soldiers home and finding our MIAs.

I'm fairly sure Obama feels that mother's pain (who gave him the bracelet); but I don't think Obama groks it all at anything remotely resembling an "intrinsic" level. John McCain does.

John McCain has zero degrees of separation regarding our soldiers. With Obama, it's like 180 degrees of separation, and why the left thinks being a "community organizer" is something equivalent to being a "soldier". These are not the same, at all, whatsoever.