It reminded me of that scene from Jaws when Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss are comparing scars. Each trying to out-scar the other.

McCain: (Rolls up his sleeve) “Look at this. Bayonet. Outside Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi. 1969.”

Obama: (Holds out index finger) “I got one, too. Harvard Law Review. Stapler. 1990.”

Obviously, we didn’t pick up on this nuance from the radio. I am flabbergasted.

This man must not become Commander-in-Chief. I just recently completed my reserve unit’s annual training for the year. I am a Sergeant responsible for 6 young soldiers. Five of them have never been overseas. My burden in training is to do whatever I can to ensure that they are capable of completing their mission and coming home alive when they do get deployed.
For their sakes, and that of hundreds of thousands of America’s best and brightest wearing the uniform, we must have a commander-in-chief that sees them for what they are – not political pawns but people who have offered their time, their bodies, their lives, and truly part of their humanity to keep this country safe.
I heard Senator Obama say tonight that this is the greatest country, but it sounded hollow and empty.
This is the greatest country partially because rough men(sometimes in the guise of young men and women) stand ready to do violence on the behalf of the peaceable amongst us. Senator Obama doesn’t get it – Senator McCain does.

No where really to put this, but the bracelet moment seems like “Saturday Night Live”. Anyway, Palin’s security team was at SNL and speculation is that she will be a suprise guest tommorow’s show.

they’ll most likely have some debate skits favorable to Obama. But I’m interested in seeing Palin.

{Why didn’t the One destroy the Old Guy? I was told he would destroy the Old Guy! – ML}

I noted to my wife that McCain would patiently wait for Obama to finish while Obama would constantly wave his hand at the moderator like a little kid in 3rd grade wanting his teacher to call on him for the answer.

He said that he has a bracelet, too. I don’t think he had it on, thought. He appeared to look at his notes to figure out the name.

If so, that would be a huge disgrace.

He said that he has a bracelet, too. I don’t think he had it on, though. He appeared to look at his notes to figure out the name.

If so, that would be a huge disgrace.

No where really to put this, but the bracelet moment seems like “Saturday Night Live”. Anyway, Palin’s security team was at SNL and speculation is that she will be a suprise guest tommorow’s show.

they’ll most likely have some debate skits favorable to Obama. But I’m interested in seeing Palin.

I have just one question:

If Obama is Me-Too, who is Big Dog?

Can we find video of this without that stupid focus group line at the bottom? I know he did have a bracelet on and I think it’d be better if we can actually see him looking at it.

I’ll probably get banned for this. But I watched that video expecting Obama to flub something and all I saw was the normal stuttering he does when he starts to say anything.

Call us socialists if you want (since I do, in fact, support socialized medicine). Say that we support bloated government (even though you’re just as guilty as that lately). Say that leaving Iraq will destabilize the region and waste our military’s sacrifice.

But stop attacking our patriotism at every turn. Obama is a patriotic man (like myself) who actually cares about this solder and his mother. To call him crass and pitiful lowers the level of discourse.

…can be good for a few political points.

What’s up with that?

That’s not the Redstate.com that I know.

Actually, the pathetic and pitiful use of the fallen is that exhibited by McCain in nearly every speech he gives. He never misses a chance to appeal to the emotions and continually refers to the bracelet, repeatedly pulling this dead soldier out as a prop. His mistake was doing it yet again.

Senator Obama demonstrated superior principles by pointing to his own bracelet and saying that his priority is to save future soldiers. McCain was crass and only illustrated his stubbornness and inability to change course.

I actually thought this was one of Obama’s stronger responses in the debate. His position is much more realistic, comprehensive, and patriotic than the McCain fallacy of continuing a failed strategy which will somehow respect and honor the fallen. This line of argument from the right is baffling.

of being President making the hard decisions? McCain should have said “Darn right it is hard to send people off to a war where they may get killed. But that is a decision a President has to be able to make.” The loss to a mother needs to take a backseat to the protection of the country and possibly countless other lives.

and I don’t have to look down at my wrist to say her name. If you’re going to wear one, whether its black, silver, or some other color you need to know what it says and means. The bracelets we wear are to remember those that we served with or want to remember that have been killed in action or are missing in action.

Obama should remove the one that the mother gave him because if he can’t remember the guy’s name then he can’t tell his story.

Mine? SGT Myla Marvillosa, KIA December 24, 2005 after an RPG struck her as she manned the .50 cal machine gun. She was a reservist from Hawaii after she immigrated form the Philippines. She was the only Soldier my brigade lost in 12 months of deployment to the Iraqi theater of operations.

he probably had other Cliff notes written on the other hand.