A Noun, A Verb, and "Prisoner of War"

People are finally starting to get it. Every criticism of John McCain - each and every single criticism - is met with manufactured outrage from the McSlime Campaign: How could you? How dare you?? For God's sake, the man was a POW for five-and-a-half years!!!
For example:

Criticism: John McCain tries to relate to everyday Americans, but can't remember how many homes he and his uber-wealthy wife own.

McCain Response: Outrageous! For five-and-a-half years, John McCain lived in one home -a Vietnamese prison.

Criticism: At the Saddleback forum, John McCain was not in the so-called "cone of silence" to prevent an unfair advantage by learning the questions ahead of time (all factually accurate, by the way).

McCain Response: (And this is the quote from the campaign) "The insinuation from the Obama campaign that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, cheated is outrageous!"

Criticism: John McCain's position on health care is out of touch and ill-informed since he has enjoyed government-provided health care for virtually his whole life.

McCain Response: (direct quote from John McCain himself): "I did have a period of time where I didn’t have very good healthcare, I had it from another government"

Criticism: (As made by the Hot Rod here on the Triple-T) John McFraud feebly tries to identify with "the people" (even though his life bears no resemblance to the average joe) by offering up the Plastered Trollop for the Ms. Buffalo Chip topless beauty pageant at the Sturgis, SD motorcycle rally.

McCain Response: Outrageous! Americans "know that John McCain's faith and character were tested and forged in ways few can fathom."

Criticism: John McCain's taste in music stinks.

McCain Response: Outrageous! The man was a POW. How can a man who has been put through so much be expected to appreciate music or art?? For shame liberal media! For shame!!

Criticism: John McCain, as pictured above, overplays his patriotism by having American flags mounted on his penis.

McCain Response: Outrageous! (stomping feet and jumping up and down like a two-year-old throwing a temper tantrum) "POW, POW, POW, POW!!!!!! Five-and-a-half years!!! Beaten like a rented mule!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!!! (whereupon, the head of McCain spokesperson explodes).

OK, I made that last one up, but surprisingly enough, the rest are true. In a way, the sheer audacity of it all is really something to behold. No matter how irrelevant John McCain's POW experience is to the issue at hand, he and his campaign keep trotting that fact out there, as if Americans are too "stoopid" to ever say "McCain's sacrifice was honorable, but it's no excuse for this." I mean, voters are stupid and all (this country elected Dubya Bush twice), but that stupid?

And plus, what's the deal? Can't McCain face simple questions straight up like a man, or you know, like a real candidate for President of the United States of America? When is McCain going to address a question without hiding behind his biography?

The national media is (finally) starting to question whether McCain is overplaying the POW card. Um. You think???!! Being a day late and a dollar short is pretty much the modus operandi of the mainstream media, but hey, better late than never.

With the ever-quotable Joe Biden now officially Obama's running mate, I'm just waiting to hear Biden repackage his criticism of Rudy Giuliani's overuse of a certain event...



Maybe then the MSM will call McCain out. Maybe