Gen. Wesley Clark on McCain

From International Herald Tribune here;

When the interviewer, Bob Schieffer, noted to Clark that McCain had been shot down over Hanoi, Clark replied, "I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."

When Schieffer then asked what executive responsibility Obama had held - the Democrat's résumé includes work as a community organizer in Chicago and eight years in the Illinois legislature - Clark said that Obama was running on the strength of his character and good judgment.

Brian Rogers, of the McCain campaign, was quick to hit back in a release: "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to question John McCain's military service, that's their right. But let's please drop the pretense that Barack Obama stands for a new type of politics. The reality is, he's proving to be a typical politician who is willing to say anything to get elected, including allowing his campaign surrogates to demean and attack John McCain's military service record."

Let us not attack McCain's military service. It is what Obama lacks that makes him not qualified for the Commander in Chief position. Obama has flip-flopped on Issues such as Guns, Campaign funding, and Jerusalem, etc. He has distanced himself from former supporters such as the Rev. Wright. Obama has not shown the character and good judgment at all. McCain had served his country and was a POW for five and half years! He believes in God, Country and his fellow solders. And he waited his turn to come home by refusing to be let go until others ahead of him went first.

From an article in the Jerusalem Post on McCain's character here:

Character matters. In a president-and particularly in a commander-in-chief, that kind of character arguably counts more than any particular political orientation or policy. From character flows leadership, as it is character which dictates morally grounded direction and engenders public trust.

Character is critical to determining how a leader will respond to crisis. Will he reach deep within himself and in the traditions that shaped him and find the courage and grace to inspire strength and greatness? Will soldiers trust the wisdom and integrity of his decision when he orders them to war? Will he truly understand the terrible toll of war, as well as the price of appeasement? Will he make decisions based on considerations greater than cheap political expediency?

Now, ask yourself: which candidate has repeatedly demonstrated that kind of character?

I don't think its Obama, do you?