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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:10 PM Original message |
I don't know about you, but I respect John McCain as a soldier but not as a politician. |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Have you read the Tim Dickinson article in Rolling Stone |
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Syrinx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. he was a terrible pilot |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have no respect for him as a human being |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's McCain in a nutshell. |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Really? I don't respect someone who fires on civilians to deal with his own daddy issues. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Sorry, I don't. |
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redstate_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. Really? I bet you find him funny too. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. He was a legacy officer. No one else could crash 5 planes |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. My wounded Vietnam Vet Master Sergeant uncle said today.... |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. I have read other viet vets say that served longer |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Here's a copy of his statement |
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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Mmmm, no, from what I understand he enjoyed a lot of |
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ObamaKerryDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. I can go for that. |
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Lumpsum (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hm. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have no evidence that John McCain served his country and not himself. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
14. His character is why I don't respect him period |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. he was a terrible soldier, a reckless pilot and made up his "sacrifice" for convenience |
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FLyellowdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. No way to document this but |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am sorry, I might have agreed in the past |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
33. The way he treated family members of MIA/POWs |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Given the way I felt about the Vietnam War, it's hard to have respect |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. 8 years ago, maybe. n/t |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
22. No and yes and no and yes. |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. I don't see him so much as a war hero as |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Collaboration is human, but is it heroic? |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. True. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. People are fearful and this is an ugly issue |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
24. i understand he wasnt a very good soldier, but i do respect the time he put the |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sorry, I don't respect him as anything. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. Have we ever heard the myth probed? |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Screw McLama....all the way around..he gets no respect! n/t |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
30. ........................ |
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crossroads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. I do not respect him for anything! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sailor, please. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
35. His service record wasn't so hot, I've heard. |
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