Oh good. McCain is demanding WH apology for the DHS extremist report.

[sinkingfeeling]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/21/mccain-demands-white-house-apology/#more-48432

A recent report from the Department of Homeland Security is downright "insulting" to veterans, Arizona Sen. John McCain said Monday.

"The last people on earth we need to worry about are our veterans," McCain said. "And by the
way, after the Vietnam War, for years there was this portrayal of the Vietnam veteran as crazed and committing — having committed war crimes. There were all of these problems they were going to have. Studies years later have proven that it's totally false."


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[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. Although didn't they JUST arrest a marine for having bomb materials in his luggage?

I haven't seen the exact language that has the right wing so inflamed. Anyone have the excerpt? Surely it couldn't have been all veterans.

[90-percent]

2. Two words, John

Timothy McVeigh


-90% jimmy

[spanone]

3. truth is truth mr mckook

[livetohike]

4. For a VietNam vet he sure doesn't know much

"There were all of these problems they were going to have." What planet has he been on?

[angstlessk]

5. uh, Timothy McVeigh, mr mccain..was a veteran of the Gulf War!!!!

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/people/shows/mcveigh/profile.html

[MADem]

6. Isn't he a little late? Hasn't the DHS backed away from that verbiage? nt

[no_hypocrisy]

7. He has to say that. He's facing a challenger in the republican primary

in 2010 for his seat who is a Minuteman. Johnny's got to pander for those votes now, not later.

[TankLV]

8. Oh, Johnny, First you were Against Torture, before you were MAKING EXCUSES for it

when a REPUKE did it solely to gain the NOMINATION, and now you're suddenly against something JUST BECAUSE A DEMOCCRAT IS THANKFULLY IN OUR White House!!!

Johnny LOSER, JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND GO AWAY!!!

[JaneQPublic]

9. Ironic, considering McCain IS a veteran who succumbed to right-wing extremism.

In recent years, McCain sold his soul to the devil to cuddle up to the Bush regime. And then in the 2008 campaign, he lost his last shred of integrity when he threw over his long-held beliefs in order to court the far-right base of the GOP.

Certainly, I don't mean to say old McNasty is a terrorist like McVeigh, but, yes, he has certainly fallen victim to "right-wing extremism."

[gamecock]

10. WAHHH

McCain needs to lie in the shadows for the next few months. Nothing he says is going to be taken with high regard.

[kestrel91316]

11. McCain needs to spend more time shopping for Depends. Or whatever.

He needs to STFU and show some respect to the Big Man. Obama owes NO ONE an apology for that report.

[Lex]

12. He is ignoring evidence

plain and simple.

[emulatorloo]

13. First the report does not "target" vets. It targets extremists who want to recruit vets

Either these people can't read or they are willfully ignorant. I vote for "willfully ignorant" -- and full of false outrage.

[gratuitous]

14. Better demand the apology from your pal George W. Bush

It was the Bush administration that commissioned this report, which was issued back in 2008. You're a little late to the party, Sen. McCain. And as for the "last people on earth we need to worry about," I'm sorry but veterans take their place behind a looooong list for me. Some of them were even arrested by Sen. McCain's security detail in Minnesota during the Republican National Convention. So Sen. McCain? Screw you, that's what.

[Bluerthanblue]

15. McCain might want to check these folks out-

http://www.vetvoice.com/userDiary.do?personId=18


They seem to see things a bit differently, and I think- more accurately.

:hi:

[TheBigotBasher]

16. Some interesting

comments and commentary there.

[Bluerthanblue]

22. yeah- I thought so too, especially the Pentagon training against

recruitment. :shrug:

Why would they need to train against that, if there was no danger????

[Warren DeMontague]

17. Cough. Tim McVeigh. Cough.

How about he gets his apology after Palin apologizes for that "palling around with terrorists" crap?

[ObamaKerryDem]

18. Uh..does the name Timothy McVeigh ring a bell, Senator?

Come to think of it, weren't one of the DC Snipers a veteran of that war (the Gulf War), too? (Not to mention all the Vietnam vets whose lives were forever changed after that experience, those who ended up on the streets, etc) Either McCain is majorly overlooking these instances and more or he is being extremely selective..

And pointing these out is not "insulting" to veterans. These are real problems that need to be addressed to save lives! (Especially those of the innocent people who had theirs taken in these tragic events). I think McCain is being rather disingenuous here. As a veteran himself, he should know better!

[Occam Bandage]

19. "The last people on earth we need to worry about are our veterans"

How fitting, considering that the GOP doesn't bother worrying about their wellness.

[Occam Bandage]

20. Also: Tim McVeigh and John Allen Muhammad were both vets. nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

21. Can we call them the New Nazi party yet?

After all, they are openly and actively recruiting from the American KKK, Nazi and secessionist populations as well as defending them.