Do you think former General Wesley Clark was attempting to slander John McCain when he said that McCain's experiences as a POW and fighter pilot are not particularly relevant to his being qualified to be President of the United States or was he simply stating his opinion on the relevancy of such experience?
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McCain has been using his status as a POW and his military service as part of his campaign and that makes challenging or commenting on the relevancy of such experience valid.
Slander would be "McCain killed five babies will fighting in Vietnam."
It's an obvious statement with no factual evidence, but being stated as fact for the purpose of harming McCain's reputation.
Clark's statement is a matter of opinion. As a General, he doesn't see a direct correlation between military service and the ability to be president. He didn't attack McCain's service record. He didn't accuse McCain of anything. He just stated that being a fighter pilot or POW doesn't automatically mean you make a good president.
Sadly, people can't tell the difference anymore.
While I agree the McCain would pursue many of Bush policies, I find The "McBush" label as objectionable as I found "BIllery" and other abortions of a canidate's name that try to make that them indistinguishable as individuals.
At the moment he is trying to seperate himself from the Bush Administration but if he is elected I can pretty much gurantee he real persona and political mindset will emerge quickly and with a bang. That I find objectionable.
I agree, and in the sense that it was politically motivated. it was probably neither, but politics being politics things are too often interpreted in a manner that tends to favor their own political views.