D: "John McCain has a history of poor judgement. He got shot down because he ignored his SAM lock-on warning buzzer, he voted against the Bosnian war, for the Iraqi war..."
R: "You're an idiot."
D: "Excuse me? Do you have an argument to make that he exercised good judgement in those cases?"
R: "John McCain is an American hero!"
D: "What does that have to do with his history of poor judgement?"
R: "You're not qualified to comment on John McCain's judgement unless you're a veteran. So there. Nyah!"
D: "So you're saying that John McCain exercised good judgement when he ignored his SAM lock-on warning buzzer?"
R: "You don't know anything at all. You're just a stupid ugly liberal!"
D: "That's it? That's all you have? Personal insults?"
R: "Mommy! The Democrat is being mean to John McCain! WAAAAHHHH!"
So it goes...
-- Badtux the Judgemental Penguin
I guess I got confused by the last presidential election...do liberals respect military service or not? This post (and others) seem to indicate...not.
ReplyDeleteAt least you all can return to your true roots this time around.
The question, dear soul, isn't John McCain's military service. It's his judgement. Do you have an argument that he exercised good judgement in ignoring the SAM lockon buzzer? If so, please do make it. Otherwise you're just engaging in personal insults for the sake of personal insults.
ReplyDeleteAs for volunteering for military service, lots of people have done that (including this penguin). You can respect the fact that someone volunteered for military service at the same time you shake your head over the poor judgement he exercised while in the military. Someone who crashes jet airplanes into power lines and thinks dropping a 500 pound bomb on a buncha villagers is more important than responding to a SAM buzzer is someone who is not exercising good judgement regardless of whether he is in the military or not. I've known some stupid-ass morons in the military, and some folks who were smart and exercised good judgement, and none of that had anything to do with whether I should respect them for their military service or not. An idiot is an idiot whether he's wearing a uniform or not.
- Badtux the Judgemental Penguin
I think that while comments regarding that split-second decision are certainly valid, they are not likely to convince anyone but the most partisan liberal, who's already convinced. Furthermore, they're likely to antagonize not just conservatives, but also independents. While true, they're nonconstructive.
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty of other stuff to use. McCain's constant stream of error regarding the Middle East, for instance. But if you begin with that 1968 example, you may well lose your listener early.