One of the favourite games that I played during my youth was Monopoly. As simple and straight forward as the game was, the core fundamentals that it taught in terms of investing and building capital is close to genius. Even today I know people that apply the basic principal of buying smaller properties to build equity, and when the time comes, trade in the smaller properties for a larger one. Now I can go on and on reminiscing about my youth, but that maybe a bit off topic. :) Instead the point of bringing up the game of Monopoly is to remind people of the carte blanche, “Get out of Jail Free” card that every player loved to have in their back pocket. It was your one ace up your sleeve that you could use if you got into a jam and needed a ticket out. Now how good would it be if you had something like that you can use in real life!
Well, it looks like John McCain has taken that concept to a whole other level, as he and his supporters have continued to use the fact that he was once a POW as the answer to any difficult question McCain can’t answer or to deflect a campaign gaffe he makes. When asked what he knows about the economy, his answer - he was a POW. When asked about his foreign policy experience, his answer - he was a POW. When the topic of his extra-martital affairs came up regarding cheating on his first wife, his supporters defended him with the answer - he was a POW. When trying to put out the negative publicity of McCain not knowing how many houses he has, a problem most Americans can’t relate with, his supporters defended him with the answer - he was a POW.
It doesn’t take a genius to fingure out what is going on here. Whenever John McCain has a “McCain Moment”, he is quick to pull out the POW card to distract people away from the topic. If I do recall, Monopoly only has two of these “Get out of Jail Free cards” and the McCain camp has long exhausted that number. The scary thing is, this is not a game that is being played. The current presidential election is being held at a critical point in the global society. With the American economy in a recession, the push for innovation stagnating, future powers such as China, India and Russia emerging, the United States needs a forward thinking leader that is in touch with today’s challenges, to be able to compete. It is obvious that McCain does not have the abilities or the judgement to do so. He trivializes his own POW story by using it out of context and deflecting critical questions that need to be answered. This is not what you want in the leader of the most powerful nation in the world.
John McCain may think that the whole presidential election is a game, and that’s his prerogative to do so. I just hope and pray that the American people do not just play along, and hold this event in the serious lime light that is required. McCain has used up all of his POW cards … time to call him on it.
For more examples of McCain abusing his POW story, check out the article on: Daily KOS
I’m sick and tired of hearing about McBush’s POW story. He makes it sound like he was ever the only one that went through that. There were many other Americans that went through that ordeal, and you don’t hear them using it as a crutch. And if I hear him using the stupid “my friends” one more time, I’m going to explode. I’m not your #@#$@$# friend McBush!!!