“Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous.”

May 17th, 2008 at 09:00pm Matt DiBari

Thanks for that pearl of wisdom, Senator Tom Harkin

Frankly, I was under the impression that in a time of a war, a military mind might be a good thing. Silly me, its dangerous.

Harkin goes on to tell us John McCain’s true sins. He comes from a military family.

“it’s one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that’s just how you’re steeped, how you’ve learned, how you’ve grown up.”

I don’t understand why, exactly generations of service to your country is now a bad thing, but I guess it is.

The whole thing seems kind of strange coming from Harkin, a man who spent several years in the Navy himself, but I guess the Democratic Party’s strategy this year is going to be demonizing military service, so Harkin is towing the line, even if it makes no sense. Can someone tell me what this even means?

“But now McCain is running for a higher office. He’s running for commander in chief, and our Constitution says that should be a civilian,” Harkin said. “And in some ways, I think it would be nice if that commander in chief had some military background, but I don’t know if they need a whole lot.”

Harkin should go back to riling Howard Dean up and ranting and raving at funerals. He has nothing of value to add to this election.

Tags: mccain, Military, tom harkin

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