On 8 Oct 2008 12:25:07 GMT, Scott Seidman
wrote:

Dave LaCourse wrote in
:


ALL Naval aviators are hot shoes. They couldn't and wouldn't be
pilots unless they were.

My point exactly, Dave. Do we really want someone with that attitude and
temperatment at the helm right now?? If this is a story that can tell us
what McCain's outlook is, isn't this an important story?

Scott, in all seriousness, what he did as a young man is not absolutely
an indicator of how he might act as an older, more mature man, and in
McCain's specific case, his later actions show a distinct maturing from
a "hot shot" to a real leader, at least in the military sense. By all
or most accounts, McCain began to "straighten up" before he was shot
down and when McCain returned from being a POW, he was a real leader.
His later military career was substantially different than his earlier
career and he showed real promise. Hence my comments about Obama's
admitted drug abuse - I've no doubt that he learned from that and
matured beyond it, and is probably a better man with better
understanding because of it, as did McCain from his youthful actions.
But again, if one's past is the only indicator in your mind, fine -
you're firmly convinced me - McCain should never be allowed to fly any
aircraft ever again and Obama is a dangerous drug abuser.

TC,
R