What A Fellow P.O.W. Has To Say About John McCain

"To see McCain resort to playing the POW card when answering legitimate questions, in my mind, cheapens that experience. And by cheapening his own experience in war, he degrades all of our experiences in war. He turns the horrific incidents we've all seen, touched, smelled, and felt into a lame excuse to earn political points. And it dishonors us all."

-- Brandon Friedman, a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan

Dear Guy,

John McCain has been exploiting his prisoner of war experience every chance he gets. He has used this story to justify everything from not knowing how many homes he has to his healthcare plan to his marital infidelities to his taste in music. The McCain campaign is even using his POW story in paid ads. But now a veteran who was a prisoner with McCain in Vietnam is explaining loud and clear that being a POW does not qualify McCain to lead our country.

Dr. Phillip Butler knew McCain as a fellow POW. Watch and listen!

We are sure this video will draw an onslaught of right-wing attacks, but we bring it to you because it is our job to continue to convey the truth together and give these issues national attention. As Dr. Butler has said, McCain does not have the temperament to have his finger near the red button. Get this video to everyone you know: friends, family members, coworkers, and especially those who don't share your political views. The video is designed to reach them. Get it on your social networking sites like Digg. And get it to every blog, newspaper, and TV station that has ever overplayed McCain's POW story. It is time to fight back with truth!

The mainstream press has already begun to call out McCain for overusing his POW story. And it's cut across all political persuasions.

• "Whether he's deflecting criticism over his health-care plan or mocking a tribute to the Woodstock music festival, Senator John McCain has a trump card: the Hanoi Hilton. - Edwin Chen, Bloomberg
• "Noun, Verb, POW" - Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic Monthly
• "The McCain campaign's constant invocation of the candidate's POW past is weird bordering on irrational..." - Ana Marie Cox, TIME
• "I think they are going to it way too many times." - Howard Fineman, Newsweek

Remember how Joe Biden got the press to refer to Rudy Giuliani as "A noun, a verb, and 9/11"? Well, let's actually take Andrew Sullivan's lead here and get the media to boil McCain down to a similar phrase: "A noun, a verb, and POW." Considering how often the McCain campaign invokes his POW story, isn't that what they're already doing?

Yours,
Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New team

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Sarah Palin Gives Out Sons Deployment Date

So I guess along with all the crap that spewed from George Bush's sorry Sarah Palin's mouth last night at the RNC, she also broke a big OPSEC rule. Don't give out our troops deployment dates. This is actually breaking a law. Don't expect her to get in trouble but if she cares about the troops so much, she might want to start keeping their deployment secret. Since she has all this experience then she should know the law. Especially when her running mate was in the millitary and should know this already.

Other than that her speech and the speeches of the others at the third night of the RNC, were only factual about one thing. That John McCain is running for President. The rest was about as truthful as Star Wars is factual.

Never seen so many lies and so much fear mongering in one night.

The Daily Show RNC Coverage

The Daily Show has the best coverage of the RNC in St Paul so far.

Republicans dancing and partying Sunday night to a band called Hookers & Blow.

Some guy mad because the convention was getting shortened and the truth about Obama could not be told because some people were getting rained on.

Large masses of soldiers in full gear and gas masks and helicopters surrounding the Republican Convention.

Some lady who had nothing to say when asked if she wanted George Bush to be there.

Complaints about the rules against lobbyists buying food for delegates and staff.

Tuesdays Daily Show is great.

RNC Speeches: Nothing Has Been Said About Economy

You want to know why that haven't talked about the economy? Because none of them have been affected. Defense and oil are making trillions they are happy campers. The economy is good for them.

How is the economy for you? I for one am not seeing good economy. Maybe they will talk about it on the third or fourth day of their convention.

The Ironic thing is the RNC protestors that got sprayed with pepper spray and chemicals today, were marching against poverty.

Guess that's what Republicans think about the economy.

No problem with the economy you whiners, go away or we will have you sprayed with chemical agents.

God Bless,
RNC

The RNC response to the economy as I see it today.

Karl Rove: Three Years Of Governor Not Eough For VP

On August 10th of this year, Karl Rove speaking about Tim Kaine's chance of being Obama's VP had this to say:



"With all due respect to Governor Kaine, he has been a Governor for Three years. He's been able but undistinguished, I don't think that people could name a big important thing that he has done. He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America?[Not a big enough city for experience to be VP]"



So I wonder what Mr. Rove thinks about a VP candidate who was the mayor of a 9,000 person town. A Candidate who's experience after that is being Governor of the lowest populated state in our Country for Two years.



That Candidate is Sarah Palin.



So I wonder what Karl Rove has to say about a person (Sarah Palin) who has less experience as Governor and was Mayor of an even smaller town; Than the person (Tim Kaine) he was trashing for only being Governor for 3 years and mayor of only the 105th largest city in America.



Should be interesting.