Steinem - Jackass of the Day

Wow. This Bitch needs a kick in the face.

Steinem raised McCain’s Vietnam imprisonment as she sought to highlight an alleged gender-based media bias against Clinton.

“Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years. [The media would ask], ‘What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?’” Steinem said, to laughter from the audience.

McCain was, in fact, a prisoner of war for around five and a half years, during which time he was tortured repeatedly. Referring to his time in captivity, Steinem said with bewilderment, “I mean, hello? This is supposed to be a qualification to be president? I don’t think so.”

Personally I don't see his experience in a POW camp as a qualification for being president. I see it as being prominent indicator that he has performed things in his life that give him extra understanding what the world is.

Get this extra:

“I am so grateful that she [Clinton] hasn’t been trained to kill anybody. And she probably didn’t even play war games as a kid. It’s a great relief from Bush in his jump suit and from Kerry saluting.”

To The Observer, Steinem insisted that “from George Washington to Jack Kennedy and PT-109 we have behaved as if killing people is a qualification for ruling people.”

Historically that has been a big aid in getting to the presidency. No doubt. People in the military learn how to make hard choices. Even distasteful choices. But that hasn't happened in a long time, as can be noted by the very limited military men that have made the presidency in the past few decades.

And of course Steinem played the gender card. No shock there. Read the rest. This isn't a person I'd be having stump for me in Texas. Maybe California, but not Texas.