On Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:09:28 -0800, bpnjensen wrote:

On Nov 1, 1:28Â*pm, Telamon
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On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 07:17:11 -0700 (PDT), Mike
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I was particularly struck and humbled by the words of Charlie Cook
in today's National Journal:

"At this point, John McCain probably can't win without divine
intervention. Say what you will about the campaign he has waged and
the running mate he picked, but the collapse in credit markets and
the stock market may very well have ended his chances of victory,
notwithstanding anything he could have said or done differently. The
senator from Arizona is a good man, who served his country
admirably. And many would say that he deserved a better chance than
he got."

No matter what your politics, John McCain is an American hero.

Mcain was a P.O.W. Thats to bad. But it doesn't make him a hero.

How about flying over enemy territory and getting shot down? Does that
make him a hero?

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Telamon
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What makes him a hero is the fact that he was willing to put his life on
the line and go defend his nation. It isn't the flying over and being
shot down, but rather the act of heading off to do his duty. Just like
my Dad and millions of other great guys and gals. Being a hero IS a
great thing, but it is not anything close to unique.

Added to that, and perhaps more importantly, is his determination and
maturation in the face of the horrid conditions he faced. That is the
most important "hero's journey" (in the words of famous mythologist
Joseph Campbell) he faced, and one which does, indeed, put him a special
category compared to most others.

Maybe it was karma for bombing civilians in a country that wished us no
harm, at least until we started shooting at them. War sucks. People who
make war suck.