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2008-03-28 Home Front: Politix

Obama compares primaries to the Bataan Death March

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Posted by Mike 2008-03-28 12:23|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 All worn out, and hasn't even started to work at the Oval Office yet. You ain't got the stamina for the job.

Posted by www 2008-03-28 12:59|| 2008-03-28 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 This should play well in the Philippino-American community.

Posted by Penguin 2008-03-28 13:35|| 2008-03-28 13:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I knew some guys who were in the Bataan Death March (Company A of the 192nd Tank Battalion)and in the Japanese prison camps afterwards. Some were our neighbors when I was growing up. One was my barber until he passed away. I've heard the survivors' stories and have seen the looks in their eyes whenever the topic was even mentioned.

To equate a political campaign, of any sort, to the horror of what our guys (and gals) went through under the Japanese is an abomination in and of itself.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2008-03-28 14:29|| 2008-03-28 14:29|| Front Page Top

#4 how can he even compare this too the Baatan Death March? Ask the people there i bet they would say it was a little different

Posted by sinse 2008-03-28 18:35|| 2008-03-28 18:35|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not a bit fatigued, I could watch this dogfight for years.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-28 18:54|| 2008-03-28 18:54|| Front Page Top

#6 how can he even compare this too the Baatan Death March?

Ultimately, he knows nothing about it beyond the name and cares less.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-03-28 19:01|| 2008-03-28 19:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Does the Man's staff know there are real survivors of the March still alive? Can't wait for those 'personal interview' stories to hit the air/net. They can also talk about being prisoners of the Japanese for 3 years and how it's just like that today too. /sarcasm off

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-03-28 19:17|| 2008-03-28 19:17|| Front Page Top

#8 he knows nothing about it beyond the name and cares less You can say the same about his supporters. That candidate will say & do anything to get into office.
BTW, the best work of fiction about the Bataan Death March IMHO is Leslie Marmon Silko's "Ceremony" It is about a survivor of the march. From that I got an understanding about PTSD that I never got during training.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-03-28 19:27|| 2008-03-28 19:27|| Front Page Top

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