It truly is one of the bummers about America. We simply don't learn enough about the world early on. Bush helped perpetuate the belief that Muslims are terrorists by his incompetent actions.
You can tell by the way Bud Day speaks that he's ancient -- in mind. Just like McCain.
Swamp: Today John McCain spent time in Detroit discussing the tough economy with autoworkers. He praised General Motors for its plans for a long-range electric car and pledged to help "in every way."
But while McCain was campaigning today, a Bud of his was stirring up his own news.
His friend Col. Bud Day, who was a Vietnam POW like McCain and a Medal of Honor recipient, was speaking to reporters in a Florida conference call about the war in Iraq when he said, "The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.''
"I don't intend to kneel and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel," he also stated.
McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb responded to an e-mail seeking response to Day's remarks with a one-line statement that "the threat we face is from radical Islamic extremism."
Corey P. Saylor, national legislature director for the Council on American Islamic Relations, said the words were extremely troubling.
"Muslims are alongside Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan and around the world struggling against extremism," Saylor said. "That basically insults their efforts."
