Puffin’s Place

I hold no brief for Wesley Clark but he is right in this instance. Falling out of a plane and being held captive and tortured is not documentation for being president.

I surely give Senator McCain points for his suffering and service to the country. But none of us should confuse that service for a reason to make him president. Sentiment is fine but not when it confuses what it takes to be a successful and admirable prisoner for what it takes to be president.

This appears to me to be yet another example of the logical fallacies by which we live:

All POWs deserve to be president

McCain was a POW

Therefore, McCain deserves to be president.

Line up for free undistributed middle terms, guys.