Bullies

I didn't watch the Republican debate last night - there are not enough Tums in the world for that - but I did catch bits and pieces.

There was a question on waterboarding and Mr. Romney said that he will not disclose what we do when we interrogate so we don't give the terrorists a heads up. Senator McCain spoke back forcefully and said that waterboarding is torture and that is not who we are.

McCain was pretty great and, as he has personal experience, I'll bow to him.

Go over to Free Republic and read the comments or don't - ugh - but I'll post some here:

McCAin rambling about water boarding...

Whatever John, perhaps we should ask them if they like milk and cookies for Ramadahn...twit...


McCain you are an idiot - PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH...
COME ON ROMNEY....BACK INTO HIS FACE!!!! YOU GO SIR!!!

McCain is flat wrong on waterboarding KSM.
It is not a violation of geneva conventions as Al Queda are illegal combatants

McCain’s FAKE indignation about torture is sickening!
McCain would see our cities in nuclear flames instead of water boarding?

Bite me, McCain.

Someone needs to Waterboard InSane. Nice knowing ya John!

Pray for W and Our Troops

Lovely, no? Yeah sure, he fought in Vietnam and was a POW for years. They hate him.

It got me thinking why they hate McCain so much.

If you look at the Republican presidents since Eisenhower you see a pattern.

Eisenhower - fought in WWI, was Supreme Allied Commander in WWII. You never really hear his name bandied about as someone to emulate by Republicans.

Nixon - Quaker so did not serve in the military. Paranoid and a bully.

Reagan - fought WWII on the backlot of Paramount. Announced his candidacy for President in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Made ketchup a vegetable for the school lunch program.

George H.W. Bush- fought in WWII. Considered by the right as a wimp.

George W. Bush - National Guardsman during Vietnam. Left to work on a campaign - legally? - we'll never know.

The right loves the bullies. They have no respect for the men who actually served in the military. Why?

Let me quote Shakespeare:

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

The bullies make them feel better about themselves since they certainly are not going to volunteer to serve. The bullies justify their own actions.

Sounds like Guilianni is right on target for them.