we need a hero

Senator McCain,

I wonder if you have forgotten your past. You survived years on end as a prisoner of war; denied your rights by your captors, your personal freedom perverted by your jailors, your dignity pulled and played with by people out to dehumanize you BUT as best they could to harm you, you persevered!

You came back a hero fighting the odds, and supposedly took the harsh lessons of the past, as a POW, and began a change for positive and for better. You had scars and wounds emotionally and physically but forged ahead using the past not as a crutch but as a motivator of strength.

And now Sir, with all due respect, you are a coward and seem devoid of any backbone, and pander to a base of people who care less for freedom, value and justice, all of which you fought for as both a soldier and a POW.

While you were prisoner, you had no rights. You were at the mercy of a majority who defined your days, deprived you of your dignity, and diluted as best they could your hope for the future.

And you Sir are doing the same denial of simple human rights (taken away from you) by protesting the end of a law that keeps a segment of American citizens as separate not equal by opposing the closure of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

What is your refusal to end this discrimination about Senator McCain? Is it pure Republican Party politics? Is it homophobia? When you served in the American Armed Services were you concerned about a soldiers sexual practice, or were you more concerned if he was of moral value, could be trusted, would do the right thing in the field, for America? When you had no rights and were told you were not equal to the Viet Cong, didn’t you despise the vile, contempt, disregard your captors had for you?

Why do you oppose the right for Gays and Lesbians to marry? Once again, in your coward behavior you want to define Americans into groups of have’s and have not’s. As an officer in the military you were told to lead by example. So, your having an affair with a married woman, then becoming married yourself and having an affair with another married woman is the example to set when opposing same sex marriage? Do as I say, because I am a hypocrite, don’t do as I do because what is good for me is not good for you! While a prisoner Senator McCain were you not angry with the privilege of a few?

And how come you can not own up to a misguided decision when selecting Sarah Palin as your running mate. Why not admit the truth, that you needed some marketability, you needed a boost, you settled for less skill, less knowledge, a less then appropriate candidate for America but a very appropriate candidate to try and get you elected. Again you are a coward Sir, because you refuse to answer the question we as Americans so desire, “…how could you have selected a running mate, the second most important person in American politics…”, without considering her flaws, inexperience, inability to be a person who could take control of the reigns of power of the nation that is leader of the free world. By just not vetting her for the truth.

You dismiss any questions as an infringement on your decision making, as not important, as frivolous. No back bone Mister Senator, no backbone at all when you do not own up to mistakes. A reed does not fall because it has the ability to face the wind and bend, an Oak will fall with the force of a breeze. You were able to ignore your captors while in jail, the American public are not the enemy, why disregard OUR need to know?

Senator McCain, you seem to be in the way of any progress in this country to find truth, equality, change. You had demonstrated in the past the ability to stand for right, for justice, for fair. You fought the odds and won. Now it seems you are a shadow of a man we all could honor. Your foresight is clouded, your fortitude is tarnished, and your relevance is no longer felt.

I wonder if you have lost the roadmap you created while fighting for America during the days of Viet Nam? You have become a Politician who does not want to serve America, but wishes to languish in self delusion and self aggrandizement. You preach from one side of your mouth, how you are a maverick, but spew from the other side status quo self promoting gibberish.

Senator McCain have you no more dignity, responsibility, compassion for anyone else but you?

We need hero's who care for more than an out lived Political charade of a government career.