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August 30, 2008 - 10:16 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-08-31 01:16:28

Oh, a fighter pilot is running for president? That’s news to me. I seem to remember that GROUND ATTACK missions in general require clear thinking, cooperation, and precision as opposed to the stereotypical Top Gun-esque macho man act. Going all Lone Ranger on a SAM battery or a field of ZSU’s simply doesn’t work. IMO squadron managing must have given McCain at least some executive experience.

But for all its benefits I doubt a career in the USN teaches you how to shower $100 mil. on every little red Windy City Maoist who approaches w/cap in hand. For THAT kind of skill you need someone made of sterner stuff than Johnny M. An unpublished Harvard Law grad might do the trick-no?

It looks like calling Stanley Kurtz a “slimy character assassin” and threatening to sic the DOJ on people prove that the Magic Negro and company “ain’t out to destroy” anyone. I realize that deep down, not even the Obamicans themselves believe their own garbage about post-partisanship, but anyway:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-lurks-in-the-ayers-annenberg-files/2/