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Senator John McCain doesn’t.
But it’s all good, Senator. With a two front war raging for the last five years, it’s easy to confuse the two since they function the same these days anyway.
“Candidates spend a lot of time talking, and they all misspeak sometimes. But did anyone else notice this, from Wednesday’s much-covered McCain-Palin Town Hall event in Grand Rapids, Mich., where Palin answered questions from people in the audience?
“McCain said this near the end of the clip below, as he’s talking up Palin’s foreign policy/national security credentials:
‘I also know, if I might remind you, that she is commander of the Alaska National Guard. In fact, you may know that on Sept. 11 a large contingent of the Alaska Guard deployed to Iraq and her son happened to be one of them. So I think she understands our national security challenges….’
“The ceremony Palin attended at Fort Wainwright last week didn’t involve the Alaska National Guard. Palin’s son is in the Army, and his unit - 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division - deployed to Iraq.”
It’s not just a lack of McCain vetting Sarah Palin, it’s more like a lack of McCain caring to remember relatively important details…. like who her son is going to war with.
Sorry McCain, I gotta call you out on this one.
And for the record: Army = Federal service. National Guard = State service.
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