“Memories don’t live like people do…”
Mos Def

Fuck John McCain. Fuck his medals and his military service. That’s right. I said this about black leaders who did something a few decades ago, but only talk shit these days. My problem is not so much with them and what they do, but with the peopel who want to say things like, “You didn’t do what they did so you have no right to criticize.” Look here short bus, if people can follow around someone who acts or puts out records and take pictures of the gray hair on their ass for public display then I sure as hell can criticize anyone who casts or allows themself to be cast as a leader. Especially if you are running for president. Now old Jim Bob who served in the war and was never quite right when he came back can get a pass. If all he does is sit on his porch and dive for cover when cars backfire…cool. Let’s remind people where he was give him his props and move on. However, if you’re healthy (or appear to be) and allow people to paint you as a War Hero…then we can get all up in your shit. Save for a few people. Audie Murphy for instance. When your list of medals reads like this:

Medal of Honor
Distinguished Service Cross
Silver Star (2)
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star (2)
Purple Heart (3)
French Legion of Honor[1]
French Croix de Guerre (+ Palm)[1]
Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 Palm

You may be a war hero.

When your list of medals reads like that and when you come home you end up starring a move, playing yourself, about what you did in the war. You are probably a war hero….even more so when you suggest someone else (Tony Curtis) play you in the movie about you…despite the fact that you now make your living as an actor.

You know what really clinches it? The fact that in the 60’s Murphy was trying to call attention to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Something the military is still bitch made in regards to…especially when you start talking about health benefits. You know people weren’t trying to talk about it back then. That’s a Hero.

Then in his Auto-Biography dude praises the other men in his platoon and doesn’t mention his military decorations.

Dude lied to get in and had to fight to become active:

After the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Murphy (then just 16 years old) tried to enlist in the military, but the services rejected him for being underage.[4] In June 1942, shortly after his 17th birthday (sister Corrine adjusted his birth date so he appeared to be 18 and legally allowed to enlist, and his war memoirs, To Hell and Back, maintained this misinformation, leading to later confusion and contradictory statements as to his year of birth), Murphy was accepted into the United States Army,[3][4] at Greenville,[6] after being turned down by the Marines and the paratroopers for being too short (5′5″/1.65 m)[2] and of slight build.[3][4] He was sent to Camp Wolters, Texas, for basic training[1][6] and during a session of close order drill, passed out. His company commander tried to have him transferred to a cook and bakers’ school[5] because of his baby-faced youthfulness, but Murphy insisted on becoming a combat soldier. His wish was granted: after 13 weeks of basic training,[5] he was sent to Fort Meade, Maryland for advanced infantry training.

All of that makes someone heroic. His daddy wasn’t an admiral and he wasn’t kept in the service despite crashing an amount of planes that would have gotten most pilots kicked out.

Soooooooooo….if people keep calling you a war hero and you won’t even say, please don’t address me as such and then you claim that your service makes you a better candidate…we will get all up in your shit. Expect us. I graduated in the top percentage of my class and had the third highest SAT score in my high school…I don’t run around presenting that as proof of my intelligence. I used to be able to stay awoke for 3 days straight before there was any negative effect…doesn’t mean jack for my abilities these days. If I were to use any of the previous statements to prove something about myself now, then I would expect people to look into my claims and challenge me further. It also doesn’t help when alot of the people who criticize McCain are Vietnam Vets. What have you done for us lately? For those who will ask…Yes I have hge fucking balls. I have the minerals. Fuck his military service. Put up or shut up on what’s going on today.

WWWD:

“It ain’t that simple, toots. The world ain’t black an’ white.”
Wolverine