Obama Campaign’s Stunning Arrogance; Part II

Yesterday’s post was about Retired General Wesley Clark, in his role as an Obama campaign spokesman, asserting that John McCain’s experiences in combat, as a POW, as commander of the Navy’s largest squadron, and as a Senator on the Armed Services Committee, made him less qualified to be Commander-in-Chief than Barack Obama, who has virtually no relevant experience.

In his interview on Face The Nation Clark said that Senator McCain lacked “executive experience,” an absurd dismissal of the experience of commanding a squadron of 1,000 people, including flight instructors, student pilots and support personnel. Obama, on the other hand, has no executive or management experience at all.

Today, the Obama Campaign issued an official response to the storm of criticism brought on by Clark’s remarks. It begins…

“For those who have fought under the flag of this nation – for the young veterans I meet when I visit Walter Reed; For those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service to our country – no further proof of such sacrifice is necessary…”

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This is meaningless gibberish that doesn’t answer anything. No sane person would call for “further proof of sacrifice,” from wounded, hospitalized solders or from John McCain. What the heck does “further proof of such sacrifice” even mean?

“…And let me also add that no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters on both sides. We must always express our profound gratitude for the service of our men and women in uniform.”

Well, no supporters McCain’s side devalued anyone’s military service. However, some of the far-left Democrats who support Barack Obama have been known to devalue military service, including McCain’s. Not long ago Senator Jay Rockefeller said:

“McCain was a fighter pilot, who dropped laser-guided missiles from 35,000 feet. He was long gone when they hit. What happened when (the missiles) get to the ground? He doesn’t know.

You have to care about the lives of people. McCain never gets into those issues.”

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In May, Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin said of McCain,

“Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous.”

Wesley Clark, who was speaking for the Obama Campaign certainly devalued John McCain’s service. Then, in trying to demonstrate the preposterous notion that McCain was somehow less qualified than Obama to be Commander in Chief, Clark said…

“But Barack is not–he is not running on the fact that he has made these national security pronouncements…”

What “national security pronouncements?” What does that mean? It looks like another serving of gibberish from the Obama Campaign.

“…He’s running on his other strengths. He’s running on the strengths of character, on the strengths of his communication skills, on the strengths of his judgment, and those are qualities that we seek in our national leadership.“

Was there ever a candidate for President who didn’t claim those qualities? Of course not. McCain claims those qualities plus superior commander-in-chief credentials. McCain stands in ostentatious contrast with Obama, the Left-leaning elitist who eschewed military service.

Obama pays lip-service to respecting military service but offers no retraction, or correction, or clarification of Clark’s witless statements. The Obama campaign again demonstrates amazing arrogance in believing they can persuade voters that lack of experience is better preparation for Commander-in-Chief.