“One of the things I’ve never tried to do is exploit my Vietnam service to my country

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because it would be totally inappropriate to do so.” jmc TRUTH?

‘I’m going to tell you something. I may have said some things here today that maybe you don’t agree with, and I might have said some things you hopefully do agree with. But I will always. Tell you. The truth.’” jmc TRUTH?

“we will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” (2002 about Iraq war)jmc TRUTH?
Six years later in January of 2008, he said he was “sorry” for those who supported the war believing it would be “some kind of an easy task…maybe they didn’t know what they were voting for.” jmc TRUTH?

“Is Afghanistan perfect, no, we’ve got opium, we’ve got warlords, but by God, it’s a heck of a lot better off than it was. And we can to do the same thing in Iraq, we’ve got to stay the course.”(Oct. 2004)jmc TRUTH?

"Maybe a hundred…we’ve been in Japan for sixty years, we’ve been in South Korea for fifty years or so. That’d be fine with me…as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. It’s fine with me. I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaeda is training, recruiting and equipping and motivating people every single day…I understand what’s at stake here…(answer to how long would he advocate staying in Iraq, Jan 2008) jmc TRUTH?



Don't know if this article has already been posted, but it is an EXCELLENT read- with some very good talking points about McCain- pre/palin.

And possibly one of the truest statements he's made ever-

“I didn’t decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president.” jmc

“I have craved distinction in my life. I have wanted renown and influence for their own sake. That is, of course the great temptation of public life. Few are immune to its appeal. The desire to be somebody has driven many a political career much further than the intention to do something. I have never been able to conquer it permanently, but I have tried.”
jmc

And yet, in his speech at the RNC, he said,:

I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency, for its faith in the wisdom, justice, and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again; I wasn’t my own man anymore; I was my country’s.

please take the time to read or browse this article-
http://openlettersmonthly.com/issue/july08-mccain-image/


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[baldguy]

1. John "POW" McCain

Just like George "9/11" Bush never tried to exploit that.

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4. yeah- like

his selling pictures of him looking down out of AF1- :shrug:

He and Gulliani both.

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2. McCain's been milking it so much he's got a moustache

shameful it is

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3. he's not only hurting himself, he's hurting his fellow Vets- who

don't play the POW pity card and struggle against so much-

That really pisses me off.

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[TexasObserver]

5. McCain says "POW" like Rudy 9ui11iani says "9-11"

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6. sure seems like exploitation to me-

I'd hate to see what he thinks exploiting it would be like if not??


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