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McCain Not Fit for Command

by Steven D
Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:25:10 AM EST

Not my opinion, but that of a former POW who knew McCain when both were prisoners
of the North Vietnamese (from Robert Greenwald at Brave New Films):

Pass it on.

McCain Not Fit for Command | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: McCain Not Fit for Command (none / 1)

There are no words.

Recommended by Hideo Kojima

by robertdsc on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:32:05 AM EST

Re: McCain Not Fit for Command (none / 0)

I think he said them all.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 11:33:29 AM EST
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Re: McCain Not Fit for Command (none / 0)

You tube is blocked in my office (and many, many others), got any text?

Declaring the bottom is the only way back up..

by anarchronarchist (mincers (-at-) hotmail (-dot-) com) on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 12:51:49 PM EST

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Sorry, the link to what I believe to be the text at the Brave New Films website appears to be broken.

You'll have to wait til you get home I guess.

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 02:27:49 PM EST
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Re: McCain Not Fit for Command (none / 0)

Here's a bit of it from a post about the ad at The Huffington Post:

"I think I can say with authority that the prisoner of war experience is not a good prerequisite for President," says Butler. "John McCain is not somebody I would like to see with his finger near the red button."
He only goes on from there. "He was very sensitive and touchy and just easy to anger," Butler says of the Arizona Republican. "John McCain's temperament makes it clear that he is not cut out to be President of the United States."

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward. Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Steven D on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 02:32:19 PM EST
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There's one part of the McCain mythology that's never made a lick of sense to me. He or his biographers claim that the North Vietnamese wanted to try some propaganda ploy because McCain's father was placed in charge in the Pacific but he refused release from captivity because others had been held longer and that this so enraged his captors that his punishments (it used to be called torture) became more severe.

Now, I haven't tried to track down all the sources of this narrative, and maybe there is some corroboration from Viet Nam, but: since when is the prisoner in charge of his captivity? If the North Vietnamese wanted him repatriated why would they give a damn about McCain's wishes in the matter? How hard would it have been to ship him South and turn him over to the US or the ARVN?

by Brad on Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 at 01:03:20 PM EST

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