[Jenn[_2_]]

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ScottW wrote:

On Jun 30, 1:51*pm, Jenn wrote:
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*ScottW wrote:
On Jun 30, 1:27*pm, Jenn wrote:
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*ScottW wrote:
On Jun 30, 12:48*pm, George M. Middius
wrote:
Jenn said:

This is exactly what is wrong about our political climate.
*Clark
didn't
day anything that needed an apology. *Clark should stand by
it
because
he's right, and Obamba's camp shouldn't reject Clark's
comments.

Why do say he's right? I thought McCain is offering his
experience
in
the
Senate as his primary qualification. Did I miss something?

Clark was right. *He didn't show disrespect toward McCain's
military
experience. *He simply said that being a fighter pilot and being
shot
down isn't a qualification for the Presidency. *He's right.

Well, unless McCain claimed getting shot down *is* a qualification,
Clark
made a gratuitous snot-attack. You're against those, right? Suppose
Hannity
or some other talking head said being half-black isn't a
qualification
to
be President. Wouldn't that be gratuitous snot? When you use the
phrase
"not a qualification" in the proximity of a candidate's name, the
implication is clear. If Clark thinks McCain isn't qualified, he
should
say
why he believes that instead of making snide comments like a
third-rate
political operative.

*Well said. It's very clear why Obama rapidly distanced himself from
those remarks. * I am surprised Jenn doesn't see the obvious
nature of Clarks remarks.
Of course Clark can always claim his own background as
prematurely retired Nato commander is not a qualification
for vice president. *That too would be right.

ScottW

What does flying a fighter jet and being shot down have to do with
qualifications for the Presidency?

Very little, *but then again, who said they do?
It wasn't John McCain.
Clark is making a feeble attempt to diss McCain's history of military
service
and his acknowledged status as a war hero.
It was an incredibly transparent and blundered attempt.
That history, while perhaps not being a qualification for the
presidency,
does provide some insight into the man's strength of character.
Most people feel that character is an important attribute of a
president.
Clark did more to reveal his own character than diminish McCains.

ScottW

Do you know that statement made by a McCain advocate that directly let
to the Obama advocate's statement?

Dueling advocates? How cute.

So do you understand what Clark was responding to now?