It’s not that he was a victim….
Bookworm on Mar 14 2008 at 1:05 pm | Filed under: John McCain
My earlier post this morning was about the sense of victimhood that characterizes many in the African-American community, and that seethes beneath the surface of Barack Obama’s campaign. That same sense of victimhood, of course, permeates Hillary’s campaign, both because of the way in which older feminists see her as a standard bearer for their suffering at the hands of a patriarchy and because of her own “poor little me” routine.
In actual fact, there’s only one true victim in this campaign — John McCain, who spent six years being fearfully abused in the Hanoi Hilton. The following video from his campaign is important in this regard, however, because it highlights the fact that, despite his plane crash, beatings, broken bones, starvation, isolation, humiliation and disease, McCain never perceived himself as a victim. He was a fighter. He never gave up. I admire that so much, I really have no words. Watch the video and see what you think:
Hat tip: Hot Air
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Howdy Bookworm,
I’ll tell you something. If McCain get’s into the White House, he’d be the toughest SOB (pardon the expression) to sit in that office since Andrew Jackson. Teddy Roosevelt would come close, but I think you’d have to go back to Andrew Jackson to find this particular kind of mettle.
I suppose it will be hard, though not impossible, for Democrats to talk about mcCain the Bush-Hitler-chickenhawk sending other people to die their wars.
I am not as confident in McCain’s toughness as others. An experience such as that can easily shatter the average amongst us, and even for the strong, it will weaken them more than it empowers them. Combined with his past Senate history of mixed results, does not give me any real confidence.
Mccain, like all Presidents or Potential Presidents, will demonstrate whether he has what it takes when he is given the power.
I can understand why the video left you speechless … John McCain said what needed to be said and heard.
McCain’s character, stamina and convictions contrast what a shallow lot of contenders vying for an office that neither benefits Americans nor the Office of President.