By Amir Said
John McCain points to his military service, particularly his time as a POW, as evidence to his unquestionable character. Moreover, he uses his military record as a major reason for why he should be elected President of the United States. Fair enough. But since McCain, his campaign, and his supporters are so eager to draw a connection to William Ayers and a 8 year old Barack Obama, I wonder why NO one is drawing a connection between John McCain and his fellow POW Phillip Butler?
Phillip Butler lived across the hall from John McCain at the U.S. Naval Academy. But more importantly, Phillip Butler was a POW in Vietnam, along with John McCain. Yes, that is correct. In fact, Phillip Butler was a POW 2 years before John McCain. Now contrast the John McCain/Phillip Butler connection with the Barak Obama/William Ayers connection. Hmmm...
And why has the media not reported this storyline? Ponder on that for a moment. But know this, on at least one occasion, March 28th, Phillip Butler made an attempt at revealing his relationship to and opinion of John McCain. Yet there was NO widespread media coverage on ANY of the major three cable news networks! Furthermore, a taped interview of Phillip Butler detailing his relationship with John McCain first appeared online in August (perhaps even earlier than that). Yet again, NO widespread, NO short-spread, NO coverage at all. Yet clips of Rev. Wright were looped endlessly for weeks. Hmmm...
O.K. so I get the media's claim to "fair and balanced" journalism. But are you kidding me? Where is the serious coverage they so affectionately purport to achieve? John McCain and his supporters repeatedly conjure up his military service, in specific, his time as a POW in Vietnam. John McCain even closed his RNC speech with his most detailed account of his POW experience. Fair enough! But what about Phillip Butler? Here's someone who served along with John McCain, someone who knew McCain then (in his most challenging time) and now...someone who believes that John McCain should not be President of the United States, primarily because of his military record and POW experience. What's up with that? Oh, I forgot, the news media outlets are just doing their jobs, the same way they did when George Bush said that Iraq had Weapons of Mass Destruction...
Take a look at the Phillip Butler interview.
Phillip Butler, fellow POW of John McCain
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