This is what you (or we) are left with when we have no leaders. To be technical John McCain won R primary over Romney on foreign/military experience(Hawk) , then late 2008 the economy exploded and the electable McCain became the unelectable McCain. This author selects military examples (only) of how Obama mimics GWB. But that is the Hawk McCain argument, but few here want to reference McCain as the positive example, no way.
The problem is the so called conservative talk radio hosts like Levin and Hannity (that I used to believe) are running out of arguments against Obama, given their support for Bush. Most of their arguments last 8 years were pro-military arguments. As the economy fell apart they were forced to talk about economy, problem was much of the socialism stuff BoB is doing now, Bush started. And they already gave credit for Bush economic boom.
In this sea of liberals in MD I know a few talk radio listeners, and all they know is what these talk radio hosts(Levin/Hannity/Rush) tell them, everything good=Bush, everything bad=democrats(Rush isnt quite that bad, he has quietly ditched Bush legacy) . Pretty obvious this is a loser of an argument, except with a few that think everyone else is stupid or a traitor, including those crazy Paulites. (not realizing Republicans were part of the problem)
Yep... and the sad part of that is McCain has not really been a friend of the DOD. Go back a decade and look at his record. He joined with Clinton in causing many of the problems we have today. But he used his "war hero" status to prop himself up as a "military expert" and that is all you heard from the talking-heads and campaign stooges. Do not dare to question their myth-building or you were subject to endless stories of how he was a POW, tortured, sacrificed, etc.
And today where is McCain on the subject Defense? Standing at the ready with Obama and Gates to gut our equipment inventories and "reform" the Defense Department.