{"id":223,"date":"2008-09-11T20:10:51","date_gmt":"2008-09-12T03:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/"},"modified":"2008-09-11T20:10:52","modified_gmt":"2008-09-12T03:10:52","slug":"presidential-forum-lowlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Forum lowlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, in the Presidential Forum on Service, held at Columbia Univ in NYC, we heard John McCain&#8217;s service in Vietnam and in the Hanoi Hilton compared to Obama&#8217;s service as a &#8220;community organizer&#8221;, by one of the moderators.<\/p>\n<p>Was I the only one who was disgusted with this particular comparison?<\/p>\n<p>I could not help but notice the sullen audience response to McCain pointing out that many universities, including Columbia, do not allow ROTC recruiters to come to campus.  A few, sadly few, applauded loudly&#8230;  and the rest sat in stony silence and obvious disapproval.<\/p>\n<p>The continuing hostility of the elite academic institutions to our military is a national disgrace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-223\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-223\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-223\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/11\/presidential-forum-lowlights\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, in the Presidential Forum on Service, held at Columbia Univ in NYC, we heard John McCain&#8217;s service in Vietnam and in the Hanoi Hilton compared to Obama&#8217;s service as a &#8220;community organizer&#8221;, by one of the moderators. Was I the only one who was disgusted with this particular comparison? 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