Bloggers See Obama Dig in McCain Supporter’s ‘Tiger Woods’ Remark
Tuesday: John McCain speaks during a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., accompanied by members of the Vets For Freedom.(AP Photo)
Bloggers are having a field day picking apart the words of a John McCain supporter who introduced the Arizona senator and former Vietnam POW as a hero he’d prefer over Tiger Woods.
Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia made the remarks at a Vets for Freedom rally Tuesday in Washington, D.C. At no point did he mention Barack Obama, but his word choice while talking up McCain as a role model he wants his kids to follow has been interpreted as an Obama dig.
“Senator John McCain has spent a lifetime in service to our nation. His example of unwavering courage is a model for every American,” he said, talking about McCain’s five and a half years as a prisoner of war. “Rest assured that men like Senator McCain will be the goal and the men that my two young boys will emulate and admire. You can have your Tiger Woods, we’ve got Senator McCain.”
The Internet response was swift.
“What’s with the Tiger Woods Comparisons?” was the headline on one blog for The Hotline, which cast Bellavia’s remarks as a direct slap at Obama. The blog, noting an apparent trend, mentioned an old quote from GOP media consultant Alex Castellanos, who told told the Politico in March that Obama is “not the Tiger Woods of politics.”
An entry on The Huffington Post saw the same racially charged insult, but joked, “considering the rate at which Tiger Woods is winning golf tournaments these days, McCain’s camp may be hoping the analogy doesn’t prove true.”
A FOX News producer at the Vets for Freedom rally did not interpret Bellavia’s remarks as a tacit jab at Obama or an underhanded racist slur, saying the soldier focused on McCain’s being a hero and standing up for his beliefs in the face of public opinion.
Bellavia did take one jab at Obama, however, saying of McCain, “My friends, this is the real audacity of hope.”
Click here to see the video of Bellavia’s speech.
Although Obama would sell us out to our enemies, John McCain will sell us out to his rich cronie friends, but there is no excuse for that remark, I bet this guy thought he was being cute, but it was definitely not nice.