{"id":4711,"date":"2008-08-26T00:03:46","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T07:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/08\/26\/noun-verb-pow\/"},"modified":"2008-08-26T00:03:46","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T07:23:34","slug":"noun-verb-pow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=4711","title":{"rendered":"Noun, Verb, POW"},"content":{"rendered":"

But of course, he doesn\u2019t like to talk about being a POW<\/a>:<\/p>\n

John McCain, who often invokes his ordeal as a Vietnam war prisoner to show his devotion to his country as he runs for U.S. president, drew on the experience again on Monday — this time to deflect sniping over the number of houses he owns.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, McCain, 71, said his priority was to keep Americans in their homes in tough economic times.<\/p>\n

Then he recalled his Vietnam experience.<\/p>\n

“I spent 5 1\/2 years in a prison cell without — I didn’t have a house. I didn’t have a kitchen table. I didn’t have a table. I didn’t have a chair,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I spent those 5 1\/2 years … not because I wanted to get a house when I got out.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, you wanted seven.<\/p>\n

Seriously, look, John, we get that you were a POW. And that\u2019s wonderful, blah blah blah. But here\u2019s the thing: it\u2019s 2008. You\u2019ve been out of that POW camp for longer than I\u2019ve been alive. And while I know that\u2019s an experience that would have lasting impact, here in 2008 I\u2019d like to live in a country that I can be proud of. And to do that, I\u2019m going to have to have a president who doesn\u2019t spend all his time talking about what happened to him 36 years ago.<\/p>\n

We know what you did then, John, and frankly, I\u2019m getting to the point that I don\u2019t care. Not that I don\u2019t care for you personally \u2014 although you\u2019re frankly repeating the story so often that I\u2019m getting desensitized \u2014 but because I don\u2019t cast my vote based on who has the more interesting personal anecdote.<\/p>\n

So enough with the sixties, John. That was two generations ago. I\u2019m interested in what you\u2019re going to do for my daughter, and her children, should she have any. I\u2019m interested in what you\u2019re going to do between 2009 and 2013. And yes, part of figuring that out involves looking at what you did in the 36 years since you left the POW camp. And you don\u2019t get to waive it away just because once, a long time ago, you did something heroic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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