Tom Harkin(D) is a 'phony soldier'

Yes, that's Tom Harkin(D), right between a Communist appeaser and a Communist. Tom Harkin(D) is a "Phoney Soldier" who lied about his service in Vietnam, yet calls President Bush... a liar.

So what comes out of "Phoney Soldier" - Tom Harkin(D)'s lying pie hole today?

Harkin: McCain too 'military'

Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, "and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Ia., said Friday.

"I think he's trapped in that," Harkin said in a conference call with Iowa reporters. "Everything is looked at from his life experiences, from always having been in the military, and I think that can be pretty dangerous."

Harkin said that "it's one thing to have been drafted and served, but another thing when you come from generations of military people and that's just how you're steeped, how you've learned, how you've grown up."

Remember when Military service was considered an requirement for higher office? Remember when Communist supporting "Phoney Soldier" jack-offs like Tom Harkin(D) were shunned?

Update... Mark Steyn

Veterans' administration

I confess I find it hard to keep up to speed with the Democrat view of military service.

As I understand it, when veterans like Bush Sr and Bob Dole are running against Bill Clinton, then military service is of no value and Vietnam draft-dodging is irrelevant if not, in fact, the principal qualification for being Commander-in-Chief.

On the other hand, when Bush Jr is running against John Kerry, then nothing less than a combat veteran who says he's "reporting for duty" will do in the White House and a fellow who flew fighter jets over Texas in the Air National Guard is a contemptible draft-dodging chickenhawk.
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So what's the party's current position? From tomorrow's New York Times...
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Gotcha. By getting himself captured and banged up in the Hanoi Hilton, McCain artfully avoided the "jarring experiences" Kerry had to confront. He may not have dodged the draft but he dodged the anti-war movement, the hawk chicken. Anything else?
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Oh, okay. So it's great if you were in combat for a couple of months like Senator Kerry but if you make a whole big career deal of this military thing, that's just way over the top...
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Right. So unless you're a draftee - and they seem to be a bit thin on the ground in Iraq - don't even think about running for the Democratic nomination. At least until the rules are revised for the next election season.

CrossPosted at DANEgerus