That sound you heard may have been Trump's campaign exploding.

[Are_grits_groceries]

@karentravers:
Trump just now on John McCain: "He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."

Boom goes the dynamite.
Don't like McCain but he was badly hurt and tortured.

[BillZBubb]

1. You think that will hurt Trump with the nativist right?

They don't like McCain either. Trump will go up in the republican polls.

[steve2470]

2. cue feud in public between Trump and McCain! nt

[PatrickforO]

3. Maybe not. Remember when the AZ Republican party censured McCain because in their eyes he's

not conservative enough?

[JCMach1]

4. Most of Trump's supporters are pseudo-patriots

They won't give a flip...

[ToxMarz]

21. All of Trumps supporters aren't even most of the Republican electorate.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. I expect very little fallout from this.

McCain is not beloved. Belief in the meme that he was captured and therefore he's a failure is not uncommon, even is it is not widely said in public. Further, he is not seen by many as being sufficiently conservative for the GOP base.

I think Trump said this to ignite another media firestorm and feeding frenzy. Like a roaring fire, he sucks all the air out of the room. I think that's his plan. That's how he keeps on keeping on.

[karynnj]

23. The problem is not that McCain is not beloved, it is because this comment disrespects the sacrifice

that McCain suffered for his country. In addition to hitting McCain, it hits ANY soldier who was captured -- in any war.

Not to mention, it is in contrast to the wealthy heir of a NYC real estate fortune who got a series of deferments. Yes, I know this sounds like Bush, but he didn't directly call a whole group of veterans "not heroes".

[3catwoman3]

44. As a general rule, those who...

...have not served would be well advised to keep their mouths shut about those who have, especially if they avoided serving by deferments.

(4 yrs active duty in AF nurse corps, and 8 yrs in the reserves. Marrried to AF Academy grad who served a full 20 yr career as a pilot. Neither of us are McCain admirers.)

[GP6971]

6. The trouble is that

Trump doesn't care what he says no matter how offensive. A diplomat he isn't.

[HFRN]

7. a diplomat, he's not

and that's the simplest argument against him

[daleanime]

8. It's a small wound....

it will take a tousand of these to kill his campaign.

Although his campaign is going to die, it's just a question of when.

[tularetom]

30. 'tis only a flesh wound

[daleanime]

54. ........

One of my favorite movies.

[Gman]

9. LOL! And Rick Perry is trying to pick a fight with Trump

And Trump ignores him. He won't let Perry get unearned press at his expense.

[Betty Karlson]

41. How and where did you hear about Perry's efforts?

And what do these efforts consist of?

(Please enlighten us who have heard less than you. Thanks in advance.)

[onecaliberal]

10. :

[TwilightGardener]

11. Nah. Only the media loves McNuts, the GOP base doesn't.

Media will squawk, but I don't think Trump gives a shit.

[Xipe Totec]

12. In what branch of the military did Col. Hairpiece serve?

Right.

[kartski]

22. His Parents could stand him,

so they sent him to the New York Military Academy until he Graduated to the Deferment Division.

[Historic NY]

49. The little Generalissimo his self.....

http://www.answers.com/article/1183052/10-little-known-facts-about-donald-trump#slide=1

[MohRokTah]

55. He dodged the draft. eom

[Xipe Totec]

63. Thanks, for a straight answer to a rhetorical question. eom

[phantom power]

13. The entire lot is a bunch of sociopaths, who basically deserve each other.

[malaise]

56. Freaking perfect

I'm lovin' this cannibalism. Please proceed ReTHUGs

[gwheezie]

14. Well he immediately denied he said what he said

He said something like I love pows

[George II]

20. He can deny it until hell freezes over, I've seen it about 10 times today on CNN and MSNBC -

HE SAID IT!

[pinboy3niner]

15. Rick Perry calls Trump's comment 'disgraceful'

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Donald Trump's POW comment: 'Sen. John McCain is an American hero and all POW's deserve our nation's highest debt of gratitude. Donald Trump comments are disgraceful.' - @GovernorPerry

http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2015/07/18/texas-gov-rick-perry-on-donald-trumps-pow-commen/

[hatrack]

16. Thank God McCain didn't do anything to "rile up the crazies" in the last decade, huh?

[Fred Sanders]

37. Good one. Trump just riles up the crazies better, which is probably what is really hurting McPalin's fee-fees.

Which camp will Fox hurl monkey feces at is what inquiring human minds want to know?

Will Trump pack up his circus act and slink away to try to salvage his ruined 2% interest business good will and tend to his many lawsuits both filed, and to be defended?

When are the full FEC detailed financials to be released? Withdraw a minute before midnight?

Or will The Ego attempt to soothe the wounds within attempt at forming an American hybrid version of a European new-Nazi racist party?

[charlyvi]

17. Trump is riling up the crazies?

Two words: Sarah Palin

[jalan48]

18. Ouch!

[George II]

19. McCain is a god in their circles, remember he was their candidate 8 years ago...

....that comment is going to hurt Mr. Chump (an Imus/Bernard McGuirk moniker) big time.

[SCVDem]

24. Getting captured is easy

Being a good Naval aviator is not.

McCain was not a good pilot or scholar.

Being famous for being a POW is not something to build a career on.

Retire John. Your mission is over.

[ann---]

27. Shame

on you.

[SCVDem]

28. Nope!

This Marine vet does not like the way McCain has screwed my fellow vets!

[ann---]

38. So, you side with a lunatic

who disparages ALL those vets who were captured and
thinks The Donald shouldn't like them. He said he likes
those who were NOT captured.

Again - shame on you.

[pinboy3niner]

35. So is getting shot

Should we resurrect the Purple Heart bandaids, too?

If you want to criticize McCain, fine. But do it without minimizing the sacrifice of POWs.

[heaven05]

36. you flew?

[Glassunion]

50. Getting drafted is easy too

Getting shipped off to a war is quite simple.

Getting hit with mortar fire ain't that hard as well.

Getting tossed into a POW camp after your entire platoon was killed was a walk in the park.

Shit the way you talk my buddy Steve took the easiest road in Vietnam. I should probably rethink my opinion of him.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

25. Trump actually makes me feel bad for John McCain and Jeb Bush. I'm at a loss for words.

After Trump's prior attacks on Bush's wife and her ethnicity.

Do you have any idea how hard that is, to make me feel sorry for John McCain and especially Jeb Bush? You have to be one special type of asshole to do that.

[NJCher]

53. yes, because

the circumstances McCain was in were violent and unpredictable. Who can say what a wise choice is in such a situation?

Trump is so appalling to say this. He is implying it was McCain's on-the-spot decision that got him captured! This could have happened to anyone in such a situation.

The only kind of person it wouldn't happen to is someone who refused to be in those circumstances. So that is what Trump is saying? You're a fool to be a soldier?

Wow, just wow. I really cannot believe this @$#@ a$$hole.


Cher

[ann---]

26. Hopefully

he will disappear soon.

[brooklynite]

29. No, there are plenty of Tea Party types who think McCain is too establishment...

[barbtries]

31. he's a real dick isn't he.

must be a nightmare to be near.

[ann---]

39. My thought, too

Can't imagine his wife - or ANY woman - sleeping
with him. Yuck Yuck Yuck

He's ugly inside and out especially with that puckered
lips look. What's that all about?

[3catwoman3]

47. Imagine having to wake up to the...

...bedhead version of that comb over -

[ann---]

59. OMG

[Matrosov]

32. Let's hope it wasn't a premature detonation

Ideally, when Trump finally goes go off, he'll take a large part of the GOP with him. It's still too early for that, however.

[MattP]

33. Im suprisid Bush didnt tweet why cant we respect John and talk about his bastard child instead

[En Garde]

34. I hope you're wrong.

I am having too much fun rubbernecking the train wreck that is the Republican POTUS race.

[MissDeeds]

40. And where was Trump in any of the wars?

That statement, if true, is indefensible and abhorrent.

[ibegurpard]

42. Hardly

The rabid racist fucks that are eating up Trump's spiel hate McCain anyway.

[democrank]

43. Trump should hang his head in shame for that comment.

John McCain served his country and suffered greatly for it. Trump, like Cheney, got several deferments.

[Indepatriot]

45. Trump is their Frankenstien come to life......... I LOVE that he's leading the polls.

[onecent]

48. I am THRILLED Trump is leading the polls...If we don't

get rid of Jeb AND Hilary we are all going to be in the EXACT SAME PLACE WE ARE IN RIGHT NOW. WHY DON'T PEOPLE WAKE UP.....????????????????????????????????????????????????

If CHANGE doe NOT happen...neither will our illegal congress.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am ashamed of our country letting these crooks run it.....High time people GOT MAD...and had some guts to say things Trump is saying AND THINGS THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

46. This from a guy who heroically got 4 student deferments and 1 medical deferment.

However, Selective Service records reveal that Trump, the fortunate son of a multimillionaire real estate baron, took repeated steps to avoid serving in Vietnam.

By the time his number (356) was drawn during the December 1, 1969 draft lottery, Trump had already received four student deferments and a medical deferment, according to military records on file with the National Archives and Records Administration. An extract of Trump’s Selective Classification record, seen here, was provided in response to a TSG records request.

In fact, the December 1969 draft lottery occurred about 18 months after Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied business at the Wharton School. So, while claiming that he would “never forget” being at Wharton watching the draft numbers being drawn, the 64-year-old Trump seems to have misremembered, as candidates are fond of saying.

Trump obtained his first two Class 2-S student deferments in June 1964 and December 1965, when he was student at Fordham University in the Bronx. He was briefly reclassified as 1-A—or “available for military service”—in late-November 1966, but that classification was switched back to 2-S three weeks later.

See the rest of his glorious military record here: http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/44826_Donald_Trump-_The_Most_Militaristic_Person_in_the_Room_Avoided_Military_Service_Himself

[onecent]

58. OMG..here we go again...check the Selective Service Records

of the 10 last presidents and see where they stand.

Ha thats a laugh.
Bush was a failure, Clinton was in school
Reagan movie star WHAT EVER...
and none of their sons or daughters EXCEPT Biden ever went to war

Awww...so it was really terrible that Trump obtained a defermenets......I am so ashamed of him.
ha what a joke.

I don't know one congressmen that didn't want to send some poor dude from Arkansas or Georgia...get real

[Warpy]

51. The Mouth that Roared

The Angry White Man's Angry White Man has just stepped in it, since he's going to piss off everybody who served in the military, peacetime or wartime.

Expect to see him called a candy assed rich boy who doesn't know what he's talking about very soon, whether or not they've had any use for McCain.

I think your reaction will be typical. Somebody needs to cork him quickly if they want him to last more than another week as the Angry White Man's standard bearer.

[doc03]

52. The right wing of the Republican party hates McCain, he is almost

reasonable sometimes.

[NCjack]

61. McGrampy disappointed the right wing. His job was to win the White House, be

installed, and die immediately -- leaving us with Pres. Sarah Palin. Big Fail.

[olddots]

57. I personally think this is conspiracy scam .

It isn't out of the realm of possability .

[Warren DeMontague]

60. I've had my differences with John McCain, but.. His goddamn airplane was shot down.

For fuck's sake.

I'm sure Trump- had he not avoided the war entirely- would have held off the North Vietnamese with his mighty combover.

What an idiotic thing for trump to say.

[NCjack]

62. Trump, in McGrampy's place, would not have been shot down. He would have

bankrupted that bridge out of existence.