Vietnam Vet, Ted Sampley publishes Book: "Vetting John McCain"

[berni_mccoy]

I wonder if this will get any attention. As many know, Sampley is one of the Swift Boat Vets Against Kerry. Of course, Obama campaign should stay clear of this. But I find it interesting, from a karmic point of view.

http://vettingmccain.com/

The book is introduced by two former GOP Congressmen, Bill Hendon and John LeBoutillier and features statements from other former POWs Philip Butler and Mark A. Smith.



From the book's website:

"Two former POWs, Air Force Colonels Ted Guy and Gordon "Swede" Larson, told the Phoenix New Times, on March 25, 1999 that while they could not guarantee that McCain was not physically harmed, they doubted it. Both Guy and Larson were senior ranking officers (SRO's) in McCain's POW camp at a time he claims he was in solitary confinement and being tortured." ...page 50

". . . Succeeding as a POW is a group sport, not an individual one. We all supported and encouraged each other to survive and succeed. John knows that. He was not an individual POW hero. He was a POW who surmounted the odds with the help of many comrades, as all of us did.

"I furthermore believe that having been a POW is no special qualification for being President of the United States. The two jobs are not the same, and POW experience is not, in my opinion, something I would look for in a presidential candidate." Former POW Phillip Butler, captured April 20, 1965, page 53

"My concerns are simple. I believe that any and all of the intelligence held by U.S. Government agencies on Senator McCain's time as a POW must be made available to the media and public. There is too much danger of a President being held hostage by things in the files of Intelligence agencies and, even more dangerous, held in the files of foreign governments in Asia and Europe." Former POW Mark A. Smith, captured April 7, 1972, page 113.

And also the table of contents are published on the book's website:

Contents:
Dedication...... 1
Introduction - The John McCain we know...... 7
Chapter 1 - Military Code of Conduct: Used or abused?...... 9
Chapter 2 - No "glorified pedestals" for the lowly grunts Smith and McClure...... 15
Chapter 3 Army ejects Smith and McClure; McCain marries model,
crashes another plane......27
Chapter 4 - Hero POW Rowe escaped, evaded, rescued, later assassinated...... 35
Chapter 5 - Former POWs ask for Hanoi to turn over execution records;
McCain says no way...... 43
Chapter 6 - Former POWs say McCain is no hero...... 49
Chapter 7 - John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate connection...... 55
Chapter 8 - Post-POW years: McCain's political ambition, fraternization, and adultery...... 65
Chapter 9 - McCain's suicide attempt, 'Slopehead' and PTSD...... 77
Chapter 10 - McCain's warm and accommodating relationship with his former captors...... 89
Chapter 11 - Two former GOP congressmen warn troops: McCain unfit to serve...... 91
Chapter 12 - McCain works diligently to discredit any possibility Hanoi held back
live U.S. prisoners...... 99
Chapter 13 - Fellow POW to McCain: "No sacred cows.Make your POW files public"...... 113
Chapter 14 - Col. Bud Day's Medal of Honor and the McCain campaign's
abuse of our nation's highest award for valor...... 119
Chapter 15 - McCain abandons Vietnamese Christians to torture and murder....... 127
Chapter 16 - Christians jailed while McCain serves up cheap Vietnam catfish...... 137
Chapter 17 - Hero POW turned deadly Soviet mole...... 139
Chapter 18 - McCain joke: "Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly?"...... 145

[berni_mccoy]

1. .

morning kick.

[maseman]

2. More from the "Vetting John McCain" website

Vetting John McCain uncovers how the senator's impressive family background protected him as the Navy ignored incidents that should have caused the young aviator to be drummed out of the Navy. The book compares McCain's behavior with a similar incident that cost a female Navy aviator her career.

Readers will learn that despite repeated plane crashes the Navy assigned McCain to a flight instructor position to teach aspiring young men and women how to fly aircraft worth millions of U.S. dollars.

They will learn how McCain's volatile temper became legendary in Congress and how he uses expletive-laced words in an attempt to demean and destroy his critics.

They will learn about McCain's cooperation with his captors and realize why many veterans wonder why McCain was not punished for making treasonous statements to the communists.

Vetting John McCain compares McCain's actions with those of other captives who, injured and ill, spat in the faces of their captors and attempted escapes through treacherous jungle territory. It explores his intimate connection to the infamous Lincoln Savings and Loan scandal, his backing by a fraudulent newspaper editor-publisher, and his speedy abandonment of his friend when the fire of public scrutiny grew too hot.

>>Holy shit folks. Maybe that Hadron Collider did do something to the universe. What the hell is going on?

[maseman]

3. Selfish-kick for the OP

I think this is huge folks. Another nail in the coffin?

[Major Hogwash]

4. McCain has never been held accountable - he's just like George Bush.

That's why Johnny Mac has been able to get away with so much shit his entire life.
That's why he is able to get away with saying racist shit all the time.
That's why he is able to get away with making racist jokes.
That's why he is able to get away with being against MLK day as a holiday for all these years.

Johnny Mac has never been held accountable.

His military records are sealed.
And yet in 2004, John Kerry released to the public more records than any veteran running for the office of President since Eisenhower.
But, Johnny Mac didn't even raise a finger to quiet the Swift Boaters that went after John Kerry's military record.
They said Kerry was unfit for command and got 100's of hours of face time on tv and radio stations talking about it.

That's why the MSM will not talk to people like Sampley now.
Johnny Mac is just like George Bush, he has never been held accountable.

Why are Johnny Mac's military records sealed?

Because Johnny Mac doesn't want you to know that he is not worthy of being the President of the United States.

Johnny Mac doesn't want anyone to look at his military records too closely, or else they may find out he is a total fraud.
They may find out his military stories are just made up myths.
They may find out he is not the hero he has been telling people he is for the last 30 years.

McCain has never been held accountable.