What Makes A Conservative Happy?
By: Gustavus
Published On: 5/25/2007 3:03:21 PM
After McCain criticized Barack Obama's vote on the military spending bill, Obama responded by saying "And if there ever was a reflection of ... [the fact that the course we are on in Iraq is not working] it's the fact that Senator McCain required a flack jacket, ten armored Humvees, two Apache attack helicopters, and 100 soldiers with rifles by his side to stroll through a market in Baghdad just a few weeks ago."
The folks over at the Corner are all giddy over McCain's response: "By the way, Senator Obama, it's a 'flak' jacket, not a 'flack' jacket."
Isn't this just like McCain and the Corner? Obama is worried a policy mistake that has resulted in thousands of needless deaths in Iraq; they are worried about grammatical errors!
Comments
Obama and McCain (RPF - 5/25/2007 3:15:42 PM)
I think that Gustavus is correct in pointing out the disparity in what each is worried about. This reveals a deeper difference as well -- it wasn't just any term that was mis-spelled, but a military term, and so there is an unspoken, subliminal attack on Obama going on here as well ... that he isn't a 'military man' and hence will be 'soft'.
Is that really true? (Pain - 5/25/2007 3:17:59 PM)
I'm not interested enough to go looking at conservative forums and blogs, and I haven't seen any news on it, but if that's all McCain can use to retort, then he's faded farther into obscurity than I previously thought.
He also loses by default. :)
Is that really true? (Gustavus - 5/25/2007 4:05:51 PM)
There was more, but not worth quoting--stuff about how his position was based on his "experience combined with conversations with military leaders."