Letters to the Editor
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i dunno
I agree in principal with everyone who is saying to go easy on Clinton over this one...it is a bit silly but so what? It's a minor point in her speech.
But the thing that keeps niggling the back of my mind is just how easy McCain can scoff at this statement and make us look stupid...and I'm tired of those pricks making us look stupid. Essentially Clinton is using a repbulican strategy (I've been in a battle zone!) and using it poorly...why do we insist on fighting by their rules? I mean, at the end of the day who really gives a fck if McCain had the misfortune to get shot down behind enemy lines and was held prisoner for 5(?) years? I mean, it's a pretty great personal story - one to regale the grandkids with sure, but what about being a prisoner prepares one to president?
But Clinton is now feeding into the same storyline with this story...the only difference is that hers is so obviously silly that she looks foolish, and by extension so do we.
sigh...