Democratic superdelegate Tom Harkin slammed John McCain's military career in an interview published Saturday, saying McCain's military service hasn't given him a balanced worldview. Harkins' remarks were made during a conference call with reporters. Des Moines Register:Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, "and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.
"I think he's trapped in that," Harkin said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. "Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous."
Harkin said that "it's one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that's just how you're steeped, how you've learned, how you've grown up."
These remarks are shocking, coming from a man with a documented history of lying about his own supposed "war service." Via Flopping Aces and Instapundit:
Harkin first boasted he was a Vietnam pilot vet, then said he actually flew over Cuba, then admitted that he had worked as a ferry pilot not a fighter pilot, then admitted he never actually saw combat, then claimed he only served for a year. The record shows he never served in Vietnam, and Harkin finally admitted he didn’t serve in Vietnam. Now this loser surfaces in 2008 to bash a legitimate war hero. (Harkin photo courtesy iowaaflcio.org)
More on Harkin's long history of lying about his military record here.
The Dems must be worried about McCain's honorable service because they keep making clumsy attempts to attack it. Just last month, another Dem superdelegate, Jay Rockefeller, criticised McCain's war record, saying McCain was a "hit and run aviator" who didn't care about the lives of people he bombed. Rockefeller later apologized.
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