McCain Tackled on Football Story

It's nice to see this guy get busted on something...

Here's McCain, traveling around, telling the same story about his POW days, and substituting whatever the local football team happens to be for the benefit he can get by buttering up the local folks.

Here's one story on all this phoniness. McCain's telling a moving story about his time as a POW: "When I was first interrogated and really had to give some information because of the pressures, physical pressures on me, I named the starting lineup, defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates." (My emphasis.) OK, that's definite, the Pittsburgh Steelers. That would be in Pennsylvania, as I understand it, not Wisconsin. A team that is called the Steelers, if my ability to see is working, and not the Packers of Green Bay. One starts with an S and the other with a P. There would appear to be no confusing the various distinctions here.

But wait, what is this? McCain is recycling a story already published in a book? Maybe a book like J. Peterman's, with some great stories he bought from Kramer? And in his book, he's recounting the story of his interrogators in Vietnam: "Pressed for more useful information, I gave the names of the Green Bay Packers offensive line, and said they were members of my squadron." (My emphasis.) Is this sinking in? The Green Bay Packers offensive line, not the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line. Two teams, two different lines, one with an O and one best represented with a D and a Fence.

Ha ha ha.

ABC News now has an update, as McCain has slithered out of whatever hole he lives in to correct the record: "And the McCain campaign just told ABC News that the senator made a mistake -- it was, indeed, the Packers." The senator made a mistake. Writing over there, Jake Tapper says, "McCain's valor as a P.O.W. is beyond admirable, but this business of substituting the Steelers for the Packers is odd, though as I said, the McCain campaign says this was an honest mistake."

Honest mistake, that's funny. Too bad the media didn't bend over backwards for Kerry like this!

It's obvious that he figured he could go to various towns and just substitute whatever team in the story. If this would have gone unchecked, there's no doubt he would've soon been here locally, praising every team, even our local junior varsity team, saying back in Vietnam when interrogated he claimed their members as his "squadron." "Yes, as I recall, there was little Jimmy Smith at tackle, Bobby Hagen the kicker, and Craig Swartz quarterback. And Mr. Anderson from the locker was their coach. That was a big year. I believe they scored that year, an accidental safety."