Andrew Sullivan: Friend, POW Comrade Made 1999 Ad On McCain, Faith - No Mention Of Cross-In-Dirt

[Hissyspit]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/08/bud-days-other.html

Bud Day's Other Christmas

19 Aug 2008 11:56 am

McCain's old friend and POW comrade made an ad in 1999 about McCain, faith and Christmas. No mention of the cross-in-the-dirt.

McCain's "Christmas Story" Ads

John McCain is taking a lot of heat for a story he first told in his 1999 Memoir "Faith of My Fathers" about a guard who loosened his arms during one particularly painful torture session. The story goes that months later that guard approached McCain, at Christmas, and quietly drew a cross in the sand. McCain made this story into a campaign ad.

This isn't the first time McCain has put together a "Christmas Story" ad. Back in 1999, during the primary season, he released a radio ad entitled "A Christmas Story", narrated by Swift Boat veteran "Bud" Day, who was McCain's senior ranking officer and fellow ex-POW. According to an article on Salon in 1999 by Jake Tapper, the ad stated:

"Christmas of 1971 was centered around scripture that John had gotten from
the first Bible we had been able to get from the Vietnamese," Day says in the
first radio ad. "John composed an extremely compelling sermon that night about
the importance of Christmas ... I think it was certainly a shot to everyone's
morale to hear those Christian words in that very un-Christianlike place."

Odd that he chose to highlight this experience instead of the moving cross story.

EDIT: YouTube link.

[SoonerPride]

1. Put simply: McBush is a liar.

Thankfully we have the worldwideweb and McBush is caught in it.

[berni_mccoy]

2. Ooops.... Like Orson Swindle, Bud Day is a LIAR too. Just like McCain.

[Colobo]

3. Hit 'em, Andrew!

[WeDidIt]

4. "very un-Christinalike place"

HElluva statement after a guard allegedly loosened ropes and drew a cross in teh dirt.

[Median Democrat]

5. This Story Will Be Covered Up - Its Too Damaging To McCain - Makes Cone of Silence Look Like Nothing

The MSM will happily spend hours of coverage on Jerome Corsi's lies, but will ignore the documented inconsistencies and strange coincidences regarding the cross in the sand story. I think its B.S. based on the evidence, and the changes in McCain's retelling of it, as well as his ommission of the story until he was trying to pander to the Evangelical vote.

[berni_mccoy]

6. It won't be covered up if we keep forcing the McCain campaign to respond

They ONLY responded because the Blogosphere MADE them.

[Spazito]

7. WTG Sullivan!

Sullivan has them on the hook and they know it. The Mccain campaign really doesn't understand how those damn internet tubes work. I wonder who they will send out next to "verify" McCain's ghost writer's fabrication? It will be fascinating to see!