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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:41 AM Original message |
McCain...'war hero'? |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. McCain to be "swift boated" ? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. It's McCain's karma. Did he defend Kerry? |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Yes McCain did defend Kerry |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
69. Shortly after he made that statement he told Kerry camp they COULDN'T use his words |
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hendo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 08:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
88. So its not enough.. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. self edit |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. Mods, get this shit outta here. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Mods Lock this thread!!!! Enough is enough |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. Don't attack McCains's military record. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. I would agree with you, however, McCain did not vote for |
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JuniorPlankton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Out with this crap! |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. Whatever the validity of McCain's citations, this isn't a place we as |
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Spacemom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm not going to judge someone |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
8. These swiftboat pricks |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is deceptive and dishonest. Mccain did not aid the enemy or commit treason |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Col. David Hackworth had earned the right. |
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lazer47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You do not """earn""" the right to swift boat anyone |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Swiftboating is lieing about one's record |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #24 |
52. It may even be LYING |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. My spelling is atrocious even with spell check |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Hackworth is a political hack, just like Corsi and the swiftboaters were to Kerry |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
63. Hackworth is the political hack who had his boots on the ground |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. NO HE DOESN'T |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. Just. Stop. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
12. Wow, all you have to do- |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. Lets not do this OK? |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Swiftboating is lying. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I'll put him in any fucking category I want to. |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. Swift boating is lying. Charactor assination is not lying when their are facts. |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. bull |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Here is a letter recorded in Congress sent to Bush* and others about McCain |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
62. As stated in the OP |
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TooBigaTent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. trof - everyone who is attacking you for this thread is forgetting the reality |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
70. Thanks. That's not the way I meant it, but thanks. eom |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Things will seriously backfire if this is pursued. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
57. Did it backfire on the repukes when they did it to Kerry? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. As much as I have depised my senior Senator for years, I won't stand in judgment |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I will not stand for anyone implying that the late |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hackworth may be right, but we DON'T need to go there. These rumors have been whispered |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. The question is not whether the Hanoi Hilton was inhospitable |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. "I will not stand for" |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Standing in defense of a true American hero works well for me. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Wow, your eBravery is commendable! |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
65. I suggest |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. They call NASCAR drivers hero's too. Hero doesn't mean much these days. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes, our party should just float that turd out there in the GE |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Exactly--this will backfire badly even if done by surrogates. We should run, not walk away from this |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. are we taking ourselves a little too seriously here? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. I don't mind discussing it HERE, but some (not the OP) are advocating |
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EndElectoral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. McCain's a war hero, so was Kerry......I prefer a peace hero. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. So do I. |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Kerry was also a "peace hero" - given 1971 and the 1980s anti-Contra fight. |
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Drifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. McCain is a war hero ... |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. Sounds like antiwardotcom bullsh*t |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
83. Is There Something Wrong |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. " You aren't supposed to get captured" |
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TBUSA (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Wise Uncle. BTW ,Was circling the enemy , low enough to be shot down with |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. This is exactly what the repukes would have said had Kerry or any |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
36. Hey, Hey, John McCain |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
79. Need more research for your book |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Pardon Me |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Yes it does |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. Every captured Vet should be considered a hero if Gramps is |
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smiley_glad_hands (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. I dont think swiftboating him is going to get anywhere. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
42. I would fault no one for caving under torture |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is absolutely disgusting |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. Mods, please get this out of here |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
53. Fascinating. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
55. i don't see this as a "swiftboat attack" -- i'm interested in McCain's war bio, period. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
56. I won't question his service, but I'm not going to cry if others do it |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. This is NOT where we need to go |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
61. mccain....psycho. n/t |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
64. He can't even get his arms up over his head, for God's sake... |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
67. Kicked and Recommended... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
68. To those here who are dumping on the OP |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. World War 1 and the Vietnam conflict are not comparable. |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:35 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I Disagree |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Typical... |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Effortless Refutation Follows |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. You did notice the crickets after you posted that didn't you? |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. Sorry, I Can't Hear You |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. You sure about that? |
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Forrest Greene (946 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. That Poem May Be Too Long To Hold Some People's Attention |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. A very moving poem - |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
81. Let Joe Scarborough explain what he meant when he said that torture had in fact "worked" on McCain? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
82. Bad Idea |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
84. Attacks like this probably only help McCain. |
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Thepricebreaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
86. Don't go down this road with McCain you will get steam rolled in the general. n/t |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
89. This is a loser.... |
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