BREAKING NEWS: Five People are Stupider than John McCain

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

McCain went to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, where he managed to finish 894th out of 899 in his graduating class. Can you imagine what pack of gibbering dumbfucks those other five guys must be?

Of course McCain is the son and grandson for Naval Admirals. His grandfather finished 79th out of 116 in the class of 1906. According to biographer Robert Timberg, McCain's father finished worse than that in 1931, but doesn't give the actual numbers.

John McCain is the third generation of slack-jawed idiots who clawed their way up the chain of command.

And for this he should be President?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Not if WE have anything to say about it!

[niyad]

2. I wonder who "tailend charlie" was in his class, and what ever happened to him?

[RobertSeattle]

3. What do you call a person who comes in last at West Point or Annapolis or AF Academy?

Sir! (Or Ma'am)

[Warpy]

4. The GOP is stuck on stupid

because stupid reliably does what it is instructed to do by the richest thieves out there.

The last thing they want is a president who will actually try to run things. The last one of those was Nixon, and we all know how he worked out for them.

[Bicoastal]

5. Didn't Ulysses S. Grant finish last in his class at West Point?

Another decent military man who went on to be a godawful president.

[Thothmes]

36. No he did not finish last at West Point. he was in the

bottom half of his class, but he did not anchor the class.

[Crazy Dave]

6. That's about where Bush was in college

I think that's how he justifies it.

[Richard Steele]

7. I hate to nitpick, but that only means that 5 people -WERE- stupider than McCain.

We shouldn't assume that all five of them have stumbled
through the last decades without learning a damned thing,
the way he has.

Odds are, some of those five are smarter than he is by now.

[Captain Hilts]

8. TIME OUT: McCain's father was a great man and a great sub skipper adored by his crew in WWII.

Not fair.

[kirby]

11. And I bet his fathers status is the only reason he

was even accepted into the academy!

[Captain Hilts]

18. Actually, McCain admits that, to his credit. Unlike the fellow living in the White House. nt

[kirby]

22. Except he bumped someone else and finished 5th from the bottom...

If he used the opportunity and shined in his class, that would be one thing. But he displaced another candidate and
finished poorly. Quite sad.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

26. And he was allowed to be a pilot...

even though he was patently unqualified for flight duty. THAT would be the fault of McCain's daddy who pulled strings on his son's behalf. Bear in mind that McCain lost FOUR aircraft due to accidents and negligence. He also lost a fifth, but that was not through any fault of his own. The point here is that John McCain cost the United States government millions in destroyed military hardware.

[Aristus]

28. The fifth aircraft loss is at least partially his fault;

He allowed himself to be shot down by the air defense forces of a third-world country, for Pete's sake. You almost have to work at that...

The Soviet-made SA-2 Guideline Surface-to-Air missile is known popularly as the "flying telephone pole", 'cause that's what it looks like. It's like trying to outrun an oncoming glacier.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

29. I wasn't thinking about that one...

I was referring to the Forrestal Indicent, where McCain aircraft does appear to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

With regard to his being shot down, U.S. aircraft suffered .4 losses per 1,000 sorties in Vietnam, as opposed to 9.7 losses per 1,000 sorties in World War II. And bear in mind that these ratio's are based on a total of 2,251 aircraft lost. That figure includes 514 that were due to mechanical failures and another 110 that were helicopters (a different type of combat, to be sure, compared to an F-4).

On any mission, getting shot down is NOT an acceptable outcome.

[thereismore]

9. Continuing the repig legacy of nominating the dumbest bastard out there. Since 1980. nt

[rateyes]

10. I bet I can come close to naming the 5 more stupid than McCain.

Tell me how I do:

1. George W. Bush
2. Laura Bush (who is dumber than Dubya...she did marry him after all)
3. Dick Cheney
4. Lynne Cheney (see #2)
5. Condi Rice (see #2) :evilgrin:

[kirby]

12. NONE OF THOSE FUCKS WENT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY! BZZT!

[rateyes]

14. Hey, kirby, is the "navel" academy the place you go to

learn about "belly buttons?" :shrug: :hi:

[kirby]

16. Lol...

I had already edited that before you responded. Busted.

[rateyes]

19. Couldn't resist...

I was picturing courses like "Outies 101" "The Psychology of the Inny." :D

[slampoet]

23. I Majored in Lint.

[rateyes]

25. Then you can answer my question:

Are there any differences in the makeup of belly button lint and toe jam? :shrug:

[underpants]

13. (01:18) John McCain & Miss Teen SC on Economics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcdLO3jKkPo

[damntexdem]

15. No, no -- it's not for this; it;s that ...

they couldn't find or convince one of the dumber five to run. ;-)

[PetraPooh]

17. I hope it is true but without a link, it isn't believable nor is it "breaking news"

I want to be sure when I pull something like that out to a repub, I have a legitimate source.

[Hissyspit]

21. It was given as fact in a documentary on MSNBC

and I think even McCain commented on it, noting his partying, womanizing, self-entitlement days. He almost didn't get to become a Navy pilot.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. This can be documented through multiple sources...

Just Google "McCain" and "Annapolis" and you'll find plenty of documented sources.

[PetraPooh]

31. If it is so easy, then provide the link with the OP. MHO

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. I'm sorry, but if I start Googling for you...

we're officially engaged. And I'm already engaged to the box turtle next door.

[PetraPooh]

38. Yeah, right. It is part of rules to post a validating link when spouting "fact", I do believe.

[lpbk2713]

20. But only McCain has the distinction of putting one of our own aircraft carriers out of commission ..

... WHILE IN A COMBAT ZONE no less!!!

Ya gotta hand it to him. That was quite an achievement. While the other pilots went after the enemy, McCain decided to go after one of our own carriers. Must be why they call him a mustang. He sure does march to the beat of a different drummer.

:rofl: :rofl: :patriot: :rofl: :rofl:

[Ilsa]

32. Correction: You mean "maverick", not mustang. He is known as a maverick. nt

[lpbk2713]

33. You're right. My bad.

Thanks.

[Thothmes]

37. What documentation do you have to support your contention.

[Cant trust em]

24. I don't think someone's college grades determine their adult intelligence, but

McCain is an idiot as an adult, so his grades ARE reflective.

[Ichingcarpenter]

30. Being from a Military Family your connections can get you in

I would be curious to see his entrance papers. My brother tried to get in
the Air Force Academy in 1963 and was super smart student but my Dad didn't have
the connections or the rank to help him much.

[Captain Hilts]

34. George C. Marshall couldn't get into West Point because his parents weren't politically tight...

with their congresscritter.

My dad got into Annapolis on a 'fleet appointment'. Class of '51.

[JI7]

39. you are right, just look at how he knows nothing about the economy even if he

has been in congress all these years where he should have gained knowledge and experience on these issues.

they may be a hero when it comes to serving in war and putting their life at risk. but that doesn't have anything to do with being President. as they said about John Kerry in which case he was intelligent and actually had knowledge and experience outside of his war service unlike McCain.