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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 10:50 AM
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The fact is McCain is a humble hero who is reticent to bring up being a POW....
And he'll be the first person to tell you that. Over and over and over. While making a television appearance. Or being interviewed in a documentary on Vietnam. Or shilling one of his ghost-written books on the subject. Or while answering a question about economics in a GOP debate. Or to deflect criticism. Or just in general whether it remotely pertains to the situation or not.

But other than that, he prefers not to bring up his heroism. And how honorable he is.. and magnificent. And how he knows how to win wars... because he's seen war. And that he knows health care, because he was given inadequate health care by another government. In Vietnam... which, of course, is a war he is tired of refighting. So he never brings it up. Yeah.. that's the ticket. Of course, for over 5 years he couldn't get a ticket, because well.. you know.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:04 AM
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1. testing..testing.. hello....hello... is this mic on?
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:06 AM
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3. What are you thinking?? He's was a POW!
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:08 AM
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4. So do you think that John McCain, who was a prisoner of war,
needs you to defend him?
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:11 AM
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6. But he was a POW
Why do you hate our veterans.
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:21 AM
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8. Because you hate America that's why
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 04:39 PM
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11. Guh?
POW...Pow...pow...
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:06 AM
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2. So reminiscent of Giuliani. Doesn't like to talk about 9-11, that one ...
unless it's a day of the week that ends in "...day."
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:09 AM
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5. If he picked picked Rudy for VP
The world might explode from trying to fit POW and 911 some many places all at once.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:12 AM
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7. Damn the biased media for forcing him into discussing it; that cherry tree incident
is ancient history!

Biased media bastards!
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Wetzelbill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:22 AM
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9. So what you will, but John McCain served honorably in the Civil War
He was a POW you know?
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 11:32 AM
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10. Well at least his fialure to turn in his 4th grade book report can be explained away now.
Whew.
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Hugabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-25-08 04:40 PM
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12. It's horrible how the Confederates treated him at Andersonville
n/t
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