Ilsa
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:45 PM
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I was watching Sen.and Mrs. McCain (disembark) take the stairs off an airplane... |
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Edited on Wed Feb-06-08 06:54 PM by Ilsa
She was holding his arm, and at first glance, it looks like he is doing the gentlemanly thing in assisting her. But as they move down the steps, he was so stiff that it became apparent to me that she is steadying him.
One has to wonder how correct Chuck Norris might be in his comments about the senator.
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:46 PM
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1. I'm not familiar with Chuck's comments, but it's possible that years of |
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being cramped in a cell in Viet Nam may have taken their toll. :shrug:
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Wed Feb-06-08 08:37 PM
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17. I am not a McCain fan, but your comment was un called for.... |
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McCain's service to his country should not be the subject for jokes...
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gateley
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Wed Feb-06-08 10:35 PM
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23. Are you serious? I said that in DEFENSE of McCain after what sounded like a |
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jab regarding something Chuck Norris said.
Look at my sig line -- does that look like I take our military men and women lightly?
You're incorrect in your assumption and I resent it.
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Wed Feb-06-08 11:48 PM
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25. Please inform yourself instead of making such judgments |
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Edited on Wed Feb-06-08 11:51 PM by TexasObserver
The poster is right. Senator McCain does not have the full use of his arms and cannot raise them up like a normal person because of his treatment while a POW. It's one reason he is against torture. He was tortured, and he broke, and signed whatever they wanted him to sign.
The poster made no inappropriate statement about McCain, and did not impugn him in any sense.
As for McCain, he's nuts, his service notwithstanding.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:49 PM
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2. Oops, I misread your title. |
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Edited on Wed Feb-06-08 06:49 PM by ocelot
I read it as literally removing the (built-in) stairs from an airplane, which is sort of difficult if you're as old and creaky as McCain. Also, you need power tools. Come to think of it, McCain IS a power tool.
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Ilsa
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:52 PM
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4. Sorry, didn't think anyone would think those two would be doing |
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airfield work. I guess need a better way to describe it, maybe "disembarking"?
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:50 PM
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3. Don't you need to be a mechanic to take the stairs off an airplane? |
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:53 PM
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5. Sorry. Should have used "didembarking?" nt |
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:54 PM
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6. Maybe you should quit while you're ahead. |
Ilsa
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:56 PM
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8. Okay, okay! Uncle! I'm a lousy typist. But even my husband hates |
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this keyboard -- says the space key only works half the time, which I have found to be reasonably true.
This being the witching hour in a home with little children is also an issue. I shouldn't even bother reading DU until they've gone to bed.
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Wed Feb-06-08 06:56 PM
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7. Yep. That'd work. Uh-huh. |
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Edited on Wed Feb-06-08 07:00 PM by TahitiNut
:rofl:
Why not "I was watching Sen.and Mrs. McCain descending the stairs from an airliner..."?
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:06 PM
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9. I can imagine poor diet while imprisoned was hard on his |
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entire system.
I knew a Holocaust survivor who said she was so malnourished that her spine collapsed on her in later life.
(It's chilling to see the numbers tattooed on someone's arm, hard to not tear up.)
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:07 PM
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10. John McCain has an arm that is more or less useless and he cannot |
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raise that arm above his waist. Cindy McCain has to help dress and groom him.
I'm giving him a free pass on needing help disembarking the stairs of an airplane among other thing activities that require assistance.
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:09 PM
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11. It's from the broken bones and |
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years of beatings and torture that have resulted in the limited use of his arms. Besides, 72 these days is not that old.
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:16 PM
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12. It's from injuries from his time in the box. |
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Screw Chuck Norris, even he could understand that. McCain's wife helps him with his hair and tie, too.
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Ilsa
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Wed Feb-06-08 09:04 PM
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20. I knew how badly he had been injured and tortured, but didn't realize |
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he was so stiff over such a large area from it.
It's just an observation, not a critique.
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Wed Feb-06-08 09:13 PM
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22. I saw him at a rally in Cleveland once. |
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It was really obvious as he went through the crowd after the talk from how he held his arms. That, and the guy is really short. Tiny. Obviously, since he was a pilot, but you just don't realize how short he is until you see him in person.
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:27 PM
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13. old war wound--people have noticed it when he gets off buses also. |
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:47 PM
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14. A local psychic on the radio this morning said |
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that McCain would die in office and leave us with Huckabee as president.
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Wed Feb-06-08 07:49 PM
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15. Please, never speak that again! |
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Wed Feb-06-08 08:20 PM
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16. I've watched that, too. They're BOTH |
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very slow and cautious.
He's older,for sure. And has been pretty badly abused, physically. I'm not sure what her deal is, but she looked like an older woman concerned about a fall and broken hip.
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Wed Feb-06-08 08:48 PM
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18. She had a stroke a couple years back, I believe |
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Wed Feb-06-08 09:00 PM
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19. That might explain it, then. |
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They both looked pretty nervous. I thought: oh, dear, they are getting old now.
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Wed Feb-06-08 09:05 PM
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21. yeah she did, she's made a pretty good recovery as well. My Nana had a major stroke |
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when she was only 50, she came back to around 90%.
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Wed Feb-06-08 10:56 PM
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24. YES, he's physically impaired. Yes, he was tortured. NO, he is not ENTITLED!1 n/t |
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