The Far Left has made a serious error in going after him on Vietnam. They can win against McCain if they went after him on the economy or the same-as-Bush rhetoric but they can only lose going after him like this.
But farther to the left — and among some of McCain's conservative enemies as well — harsher attacks are circulating. Critics have accused McCain of war crimes for bombing targets in Hanoi in the 1960s. A widely read liberal blog on Sunday accused McCain of "disloyalty" during his captivity in Vietnam for his coerced participation in propaganda films and interviews after he’d been tortured.
I thought the Dems wanted to not look unpatriotic and to make sure the election isn't won or lost of Flag Pins or Obama not saying the pledge of allegiance. In fact Obama is pulling out the stops to make sure he is viewed as patriotic.
Every time the Left bring up McCain's war record they make it about what happened in Vietnam and not about the issues. If the election is a referendum on Vietnam (where Obama has the advantage of being a teen during most of it) they will lose handily.
I think the Obama campaign should seriously take these Far Left bloggers aside and tell them to increase pressure on the bad economy and not mention McCain's war record again for the duration. If the Dems make this election about Bush's screwups and the economy they will win. If it is about what happened in Vietnam they will lose. It is just that simple.
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