Wounded Vet- responds to Meghan McCain's Quote: "No one knows what war is like other than my father"

[kpete]

A wounded veteran responds to Meghan McCain's Quote.
by Broken Skull
Tue Sep 09, 2008 at 04:02:28 PM PDT


This morning Meghan McCain sat down for an interview as a McCain surrogate on the today show. While making her way through an answer about her father she stated: "No one knows what war is like other than my family. Period."


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There are 4155 families that lost a loved one in Iraq, 584 that have lost a loved one in Afghanistan. There are tens of thousands of injured soldiers like myself, who not only deal with their injuries but have families that deal with the injuries too. Does Meghan McCain think that those 4,739 families that are grieving the loss of their loved ones don't know about war. Does she think that the tens of thousands of us wounded soldiers don't know about war. Yes, she does.

This is not a simple mistake or a gaffe, this is a freudian slip and it gives us an insight into how Sen. McCain feels about the service of those of are not him. Sen. McCain has shown us by his voting record that we don't matter.

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This isn't the first time we have heard claims like this from the Republican side of the house. When asked about Iraq on the Today Show, Laura Bush said "no one suffers more than their President and I do."

Your service does matter, to me and thousands of veterans like me. There is one veteran that your service does not matter too, and he is running for President.

more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/9/19014/97611/267/592654

[Starry Messenger]

1. kick.

[GrizzlyMan]

2. Put it in an ad

It shows disconnect and pappy McCain will come positively unhinged.

[Cha]

5. Absofreakin' lutley..but I doubt

if the O Team wants to play politics with megan's insensitivity.

[Cha]

3. OP's like this belong on the front page and The Greatest!

That was a stupid insensitive, comment from mccain's daughter..with surrogates like that who needs enemies?

Totally indicative of the mccain campaign, though.

[MadMaddie]

4. Children often are a reflection of their parents influence.

It is obvious that McCain does believe that no one can match his service.

[Pennie109]

6. I saw the replay and hit the mute button.

It's getting so when the two "mavericks" appear on TV I eithr mute the sound or change the channel. For Meghan McCain, I flipped the channel to *Mash*. I can't stand the lies that flow from their mouths. :puke:

[Carolina]

7. K&R