I didn’t know that choosing your heroes was subjected to affirmative action.

geckomon on April 1, 2008 at 9:53 AM

It shouldn’t be, but you don’t think that Obama’s team will use anything they can get?

With all due respect, McCain is no Ronald Reagan. :)

The Race Card on April 1, 2008 at 3:06 PM

To be sure, I didn’t mean to imply that he is :)

When the cotrast is so high, in age and experience, it can work both ways – “I won’t hold my opponent’s youth and inexperience against him…” – - Ronald Reagan

Entelechy on April 1, 2008 at 2:54 PM

With all due respect, McCain is no Ronald Reagan. :)

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Most commenters here are not representative of most voters.

Gaunilon on April 1, 2008 at 2:46 PM

Thanks for noticing.

- The Cat

He’s pushing the age imagery hard and the phrase “100 years” is meant to age McCain rather than draw attention to their differences on Iraq.

The Race Card on April 1, 2008 at 1:55 PM

When the cotrast is so high, in age and experience, it can work both ways – “I won’t hold my opponent’s youth and inexperience against him…” – - Ronald Reagan

Second look at smoke whirls…

The point of this ad is obviously to lull you into thinking about the Mav as a young boy. Hey look, he can remember all these details from waaaaay back in high school. McCain is so vibrant and full of life. He’s not old. He’s historic.

McCain is pushing the Mr. Ravenal meme out on the stump too. McCain talked about wanting to see Ravenal when he returned from Vietnam. He is working hard to convert any allusions to his age into character builders.

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Also, the reason Obama keeps pushing that “100 years” in Iraq is not to contrast their war stances. He’s pushing the age imagery hard and the phrase “100 years” is meant to age McCain rather than draw attention to their differences on Iraq.

“Midshipmen are persons of integrity: They stand for that which is right.

They tell the truth and ensure that the full truth is known. They do not lie.

They embrace fairness in all actions. They ensure that work submitted as their own is their own, and that assistance received from any source is authorized and properly documented. They do not cheat.

They respect the property of others and ensure that others are able to benefit from the use of their own property. They do not steal.”

http://www.usna.edu/OfficerDevelopment/honor/honorconcept.html

Moral and ethical development is a fundamental element of all aspects of the Naval Academy experience. As future officers in the Navy or Marine Corps, midshipmen will someday be responsible for the priceless lives of many men and women and multi-million dollar equipment. From Plebe Summer through graduation, the Naval Academy’s Officer Development Program is a four-year integrated continuum that focuses on the attributes of integrity, honor, and mutual respect. One of the goals of this program is to develop midshipmen who possess a clearer sense of their own moral beliefs and the ability to articulate them. Honor is emphasized through the Honor Concept of the Brigade of Midshipmen. These Naval Academy “words to live by” are based on the moral values of respect for human dignity, respect for honesty and respect for the property of others. Brigade Honor Committees composed of elected upper-class midshipmen are responsible for the education and training of the Honor Concept. Midshipmen found in violation of the Honor Concept by their peers may be separated from the Naval Academy.

http://www.usna.edu/about.htm

The BHCs are quite serious about their mission.

Some analyst must have determined that the “smokers’ block” is vitally important, otherwise, all those streams of smoke in the first half of the ad really are distracting.

Even worse, this is no campaign advertisement; it is an “in memoriam” tribute…and for a candidate the age of McCain, not, ahem, the best idea.

Who TF thought this bomb up?!

It’s plain to me. He’s going for the Stasi vote!

Lets ask Mrs John McCain (both the first one and the current one) how well he upholds that part of the code.

B.S. ad.

“We fought a war with Japan and Germany. Afterwards we maintained a military presence there, which we are doing today. We fought a war in Korea, we maintained a military presence in Korea, which we are doing to this day. The first Gulf War, we threw Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, and we have a military presence there to this day,” McCain told reporters aboard his campaign plane.

“So he doesn’t either, hasn’t read or understand … the history of this country in warfare, and the way that we secure alliances and secure the peace. That’s through military government to government agreements that call for United States presence and mutual defense. Not only in that country itself, but also in the region. … So in all due respect, it displays a fundamental misunderstanding of history and how we’ve maintained national security, and what we need to do in the future to maintain our security in the face of the transcendent challenge of radical Islamic extremism. And I understand that because he has no experience or background in any of it,” McCain said.

yowza

I will not cheat: He cheats the American people every time he calls himself a conservative.

Charles Martel on April 1, 2008 at 9:54 AM

Right on! Right on! Right on!

- safe, secure borders.
- lower tax liability.
- more liberty and freedom.
- less reliance on foreign sources of energy.