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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:51 PM Original message |
New McCain ad: "This is the prison cell where McCain was starved, beaten, & maimed for life..." |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm getting sick and tired about this POW thing... are they ever |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maimed for life? First I heard of that. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Does he have trouble with his arms not being fully functional? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yes. He can't lift them above his head. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. I Understand If He Lifts His Hands Over His Head....... |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. LOL!! Let's hope he doesn't forget and raise them!! |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
82. Actually, no... |
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Changenow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. He was maimed in the crash |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. That last sentence is ripe with potential, but it would be tacky to go there. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. If the denial of medical care is torture, it may be news to the 50 million Americans without care. |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Not unless it leads to organ failure, according to the current Administration, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. The stories are varied... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. he was injured when he was shot down, is my guess for his disability. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
54. I have an old neck injury from a skiing accident in 1978. |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
79. His arms were injured when his plane crashed, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Well, I know he has trouble with his brain not being fully functional |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
80. I injured my back with I was a teenager (about fifteen,) |
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NMDemDist2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. he lost some range of motion in his arms |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I thought that happened when his plane went down |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Which time? Not much of a pilot was he? |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Yeah, I heard he broke both arms when his plane crashed, and then |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
56. WHICH plane? He crashed several of them. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. how many crashes? Anyone have a link? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Apparently 4 or 5. Having Dad and Granddad as admirals |
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JaneQPublic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Maimed but still alive, unlike over 4,000 servicemembers... |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. Well, he does get $58000 a year in disability from uncle Sam. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Last I checked THIS is maimed for life yet repukes compared him to Bin Laden |
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rebel with a cause (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. Some more republican ads that should come out about now. |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. And yet, McCain STILL can't get his houses straight. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. And no mention of the house he shared with Carol McCain, also "maimed for life": so he LEFT her. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. George Bush would only call it enhanced interrogation |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. That would actually be a strategic response to this ad |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. And of course that excuses everything from flip-flops to gassy grin. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Don't they mean...this is the prison cell where frat pranks were conducted? |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. Right, because that prison cell has what to do with being President? |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is not the POW card it's the PITY card!!! |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. More like the "Don't you feel guilty now?" card |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. Freeps don't feel pity. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
58. dupe |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. I wonder how the hell that has any relevance to him running for the |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. He was a POW?!? How DARE the Democrats run a candidate against him?!? |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. And the response to that would be: |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
15. Phew! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. This is a shark jumper. You don't refer to your own heroism and beg for pity and gratitude. |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. What about showing us... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Tortured?" Don't they mean "enhanced interrogation?" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. They should have stayed away from the house issue. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. It's not that he's rich, it's that he doesn't even know his own financial situation. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Embarrassing. Holy shit. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. And Look How He Used That Incident To Parlay It Into A Political .... |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Will MSM air this ad for free during the DNC? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sure, what we really need is someone who has been tortured |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. and this is the brown daughter |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. This is George Bush's Ass 97% of the time McSame's nose has |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. Fine, what does this have to do with the price of tea in China? Big friggin' deal.... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
38. The Response Ad Should Be That Of Cheney Saying....... |
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Frosty1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
41. Leave the poor old senile duffer alone |
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MemphisTiger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. This crap is getting old ... |
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ailsagirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. See post #16-- apparently he can't lift his arms above his head |
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liberal renegade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
44. n/t |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. When I saw the thread title, I thought it was a joke. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
46. You are shitting me |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. America has surrendered to surrealism. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
48. "This is a picture of the wife John McCain left ..." |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. I think it's a pretty lame ad. Somehow it seems to 'elevate' McCain way above the |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
51. So what? Why would that make anyone want to vote for McSame? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. exactly what I was going to say--SO WHAT? vote for him b/c we feel sorry for him?? |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
52. How could we possibly not know about it at this point? |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. You can do that? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
53. This is where John McCain was abused to the point where he became |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
59. He was not tortured. He had an enhanced interrogation session, that's all. |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
64. Mr. McCain, doesn't hiding behind your POW experience to deflect criticism of you in the present |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
67. It couldn't have been too bad, since he thinks it's allright |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
68. "The is the story of a John McCain home you might not know about": BEST LINE EVER. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. It really is, isn't it??? Welcome to DU! |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Thanks much! |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. delete |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. POW then, Asshole now! |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
75. If McCain were a better pilot |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. This is the story of a John McCain home you might not know about.. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
77. At some point down the line, this backfires bigtime |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-28-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. This is ALL he's got, isn't it? He was a POW in Vietnam. |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
83. he's totally unashamed. n/t |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
84. My favorite line is "this is a story you may not know about" |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
85. POW! POW! POW! A noun, a verb, and ......yes...a POW! |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
86. McCain was a POW? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
87. Does America want someone who's been beaten, tortured and maimed for lfe? |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. ... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
88. Can you imagine a woman running |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
89. Ah geeze. |
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Sewsojm (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
90. He now collects $58,000.00 tax free a year in disablitly pay, |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
92. It's awful this happened to him, but it doesn't automatically qualify him to be president. |
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