"Why do those who did not serve -- such as Newt Gingerich, Karl Rove, Richard Cheney, John Ashcroft, and Paul Wolfowitz -- denigrate those such as John McCain and Max Cleland who did?" ~ Rap

They don't. That statement is crap. Period.

The Democrats did everything they could to belittle McCain, George H. W. Bush and Bob Dole, all war heros of the first order. It is called "the politics of personal destruction".

Fact is, Miss. Dankworth must bring something to the job but her status as a disabled vet. Dole, Bush and McCain did.