This topic is ridiculous. It's baseless rhetoric to assume Mccain thinks that MLK's contribution to this country was nothing. He just doesn't see a reason to make it a federal holiday. Why just him when there are so many others that deserve one as well? The Founding Father's of this country get lumped all together and they even get tossed to the background of July 4th.

Grow up.

This is important to some people

It shows what kind of person John McSame is

John McSame is already on the terrorist side

Songbird McCain

Thats what they called him in Nam

Why are some people so offended that Obama hasn't served in the military??

Maybe a president without military ties will be able to solve things without a war, JMO

Some people are offended about that because they are stupid

Your right, we need a man with some brains and not just a big mouth.

I dont give a rats @zz who was in the military, Ive met lotsa those people and Im not impressed.

(((Lee))) you impress me, handsome and a brain in that head of yours

Thanks gorgous

Bush never actualy served so its no big deal "

thank you, it seems some folks just can not get past that

i was just making an observation, American politics are very harsh, they dig up all kinds of absurd things and people go crazy. i don't get it

I have wonderd about this for a while its failry simple onceyou understand that republicans represent the wealthy and that is about 2% ofthe population, so in order to get others to vote for them they have to create wedge issues like abortion or school prayer or in this case a lack of patriotism. Bottem line I suppose is they will talk all day about things that do not have a direct impact on your life and not talk about things that will improve your life like universal healthcare or to nationalize the oil inudustry.

yes, when will the powers that be, get it through their heads
WITHOUT YOUR PEOPLE YOU HAVE NO NATION!
sorry for yelling
we have universal health care but now there are some people pushing for privatization and as for nationalization of our oil, American companies had our government sign contracts that we can NEVER sell oil to our own people,(Alberta has some of the world's largest oil reserves)
which is total bullocks!

and it's nice to see yet again an American with some rational reasoning not just spouting random "patriotism"

I almost hate to defend McCain. I wont vote for him but I understand his opposition to MLK day! It was not so much against honoring the man as it was against substituting a holiday!
Here in NC it replaced Veterans Day as a recognized holiday giving the day off for State employees and practically everyone else. Employers used to be required to recognize Veterans Day by giving employees the day off. When MLK day became Federally recognized rather than adding another holiday it replaced Veterans day on the list!
A lot of Veterans were angry and still are. We are not angry about MLK day becoming a holiday, but about it replacing Veterans day as a Federally recognized holiday!
We feel that they should have added a 12th holiday instead of replacing Vets day.
After all Veterans day honors brave men of all races! We deserve the day off!

That is where McCain's opposition is misconstrued and why!
Many of you are not old enough to remember when this happened, and I'm not sure if every State handled it in the same way!
If you cant understand a Veterans feelings about this then I feel for your common sense!
It was handled badly and has yet to be corrected!

Mirror? this is you? Loving everyone in the religion threads and wearing a different mask here?

And they're scared that their power might be slipping away.

I could possibly see universal healthcare, but it won't be something where you get to pick your own doctor or go to a specialist, so don't expect that.

It might be more like the VA system which is socialized medicine.

But even socialized medicine is better than no medicine.

As for nationalizing the oil industry, I don't see that happening in my lifetime.

The lobby is too powerful.

If they tried to nationalize the oil industry, they'd just move to other countries.

Not a big stretch of the imagination.

They're operating in many other countries already.

lol looks like mcshame has something up his ass...

beside no offence to the other peeps but mcshame is a lil 2 old to be our president !!!!!!!

he is just going to be moody 24 -7 !!!!!!! lol !!