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Fred Sanders

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10. The only thing this bitter old man remembers is losing to the black man in the WH, still there.

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Wed Jun 4, 2014, 10:08 PM

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On March 15, 1973 I was on the flight line at Clark Air Base in the Republic of the Philippines. [View all] Scuba Jun 2014 OP

McCain is a spoiled rotten brat, and I have a question for you all... randys1 Jun 2014 #1

I've not idea if that's true, or if McCain accepted special favors as some have claimed. Fact is... Scuba Jun 2014 #2

Same here, would be nice to tell the truth about it but what he is doing now and his career randys1 Jun 2014 #4

+100 truebluegreen Jun 2014 #6

It's been 40 years now NewJeffCT Jun 2014 #12

I don't buy it at all but then again I've had two husbands...n/t monmouth3 Jun 2014 #3

and I would guess you have not treated them as badly as grumpy treated wife #1--or said on a live niyad Jun 2014 #13

Yeah, I do. The military in general is a highly propagandized group. HubertHeaver Jun 2014 #5

Yes, I do, however, refusal of early release was a STANDING ORDER. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2014 #8

As much as I respect Admiral Stockdale and his conduct as a POW NuclearDem Jun 2014 #17

John McCain is a republican whore Skittles Jun 2014 #7

Will McCain or his wife/daughter be murdered if he doesn't make these 'unacceptable' valerief Jun 2014 #9

The only thing this bitter old man remembers is losing to the black man in the WH, still there. Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #10

He is furious that "that one" beat him, that he lost to a Black Man who didnt serve in the military randys1 Jun 2014 #18

The lust for power is being juiced by unlimited money, all of it is causing massive corruption of Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #19

And 2nd most important is TARIFFS...stop making Walmart owners randys1 Jun 2014 #21

K&R. I recall watching the footage as well, as an 8-year-old kid! bullwinkle428 Jun 2014 #11

Captain John McCain (iirc he got his obligatory increase in rank) nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #14

as others have stated, the two situations are apples and oranges onenote Jun 2014 #15

You might want to read "Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States Betrayed its Own POWs in VN". Scuba Jun 2014 #16

"I got mine, F everyone else" IronLionZion Jun 2014 #20

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