"Radical Feminist Proves Self Idiot, Irrelevant Once Again"

This is how the headline would read, if I were the editor for the New York Observer. Granted, I haven't written a headline in about 2 years, so I'm a little rusty. To the story: Gloria Steinem, a woman who honestly, hasn't been relevant for about 40 years, give or take, had the audacity to try and attack McCain's war record. (This isn't a typo. Steinem actually attacked a former POW with countless military awards and honors. I know, I laughed too.)

Steinem raised McCain’s Vietnam imprisonment as she sought to highlight an alleged gender-based media bias against Clinton.

“Suppose John McCain had been Joan McCain and Joan McCain had got captured, shot down and been a POW for eight years. [The media would ask], ‘What did you do wrong to get captured? What terrible things did you do while you were there as a captive for eight years?’” Steinem said, to laughter from the audience.

McCain was, in fact, a prisoner of war for around five and a half years, during which time he was tortured repeatedly. Referring to his time in captivity, Steinem said with bewilderment, “I mean, hello? This is supposed to be a qualification to be president? I don’t think so.”

Steinem’s broader argument was that the media and the political world are too admiring of militarism in all its guises.

“I am so grateful that she [Clinton] hasn’t been trained to kill anybody. And she probably didn’t even play war games as a kid. It’s a great relief from Bush in his jump suit and from Kerry saluting.”

This might be the most classless thing I have read in a while, yet it made me chuckle, because I'm sure McCain got a kick out of how much of a moronic statement this is. I love how frank the Observer is with the statement, "McCain was, in fact, a prisoner of war for around five and a half years, during which time he was tortured repeatedly." The only thing more I could have asked was a reference to how he is unable to move his arms above his head, due to the torture.

In the 2004 election, John Kerry's attempted war-hero status was laughable and completely ripped to shreds. To be honest, I haven't seen McCain make any attempt to prove he is a war hero, because it isn't necessary. He is a war hero. He is also very humble with his service and while his surrogates may point to it as a qualification for his presidency, I have seen no indication of him doing so this election cycle.

Like I said before, Steinem hasn't been relevant for 40 years, and even then, most of what she said was pure garbage. When someone adheres to an outrageous philosophy like feminism, it's nearly a given that they will make outrageous statements like trying to discredit McCain's military service.

This is at the end of the article:

UPDATE: The Clinton campaign sends over the following statement from Howard Wolfson: "Senator Clinton has repeatedly praised Senator McCain's courage and service to our country. These comments certainly do not represent her thinking in any way. Senator Clinton intends to have a respectful debate with Senator McCain on the issues."

Funny how about once a week one of the major candidates has to renounce one of their supporters words. Obama had Farrakhan; McCain, Cunningham; and now, Clinton, Steinem. It seems as though many marginal wings of American politics are each trying to hijack a candidate to their cause.