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We all know that John McCain spent 5 ½ years as a POW in North Vietnam. But do we know what happened during that time? There are closely held rumors that McCain was subjected to intense brain-washing by North Vietnam and Russian KGB agents. You may be aware of the movie The Manchurian Candidate which tells the story much like this rumor. As a POW, the character of the movie was brainwashed by his captor in a plot to ultimately control the outcome of an election.
There has been debate for years as to the extent of Soviet KGB and GRU (Soviet military intelligence) involvement in attempts to "turn" American POWs, with attempts by the Pentagon, supported always by McCain, to deny that the Soviets were involved in any such activity. Nevertheless, there was extensive testimony in Congress that POWs were interrogated and possibly recruited.
Events that provide credence to this rumor that McCain may be under foreign influence include his time on the United States Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs. On this committee, McCain was an attack dog against the POW/MIA activists that were pushing for a resolution to the status of POW/MIAs. McCain attacked anyone and everyone working to keep the search alive. McCain demanded and received a U.S. Justice Department investigation of two major POW/MIA activist groups..McCain showed more interest in bettering relations with Vietnam, in consort with greedy U.S. big business interests, than resolving the POW/MIA issue by accounting for the missing men; in McCain's case his FELLOW POWs.
Have you watched McCain in speeches? He seems to be sending code using eye blinks. Is he talking to his handler?
More recently, McCain abandoned his hard-felt beliefs as a maverick and independent as soon as he was a serious candidate for president. These examples of 180 degree flip flops can only be explained by some force greater than that of a man of principal. Some examples of this include the following.
McCain authored a bill in 2005 that would provide a path for illegal immigrants to obtain a legal status. Then once in the presidential race he said he would not vote for his own bill – what kind of a man feels so strong about a topic that he would introduce a bill and then later say he would not vote for his own bill – did circumstances change? Only the fact that he needed to be accepted by the right-wing to get elected and he was willing to sell his soul to the devil – or the KGB to get there. Must-get-elected- must-get-elected ….
McCain really wanted to have his friend (and fellow hawk) Senator Joe Lieberman as a running mate. But because Lieberman was not acceptable to his base, he picked an unknown, unqualified, and scandal-ridden Sarah Palin as his running mate in a desperate attempt to pull an upset. As a 72 year-old man with a history of cancer, McCain has a nearly 30% chance of dying during two terms in office –leading to a high probability that someone with no national experience, no foreign relations experience, and the belief that Iraq is a Holy War, would end up as president AND Commander and Chief. Who in their right mind would do this? Must-get-elected.-Must-get-elected…
As you might guess, McCain was against torture prior to becoming a contender. In fact, in 2005 he added an amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill that would prohibit inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. McCain even fought and prevailed against a threatened veto by the Bush white house. But candidate McCain voted for an intelligence bill that sanctioned torture. McCain of all people – after suffering 5 ½ years of beatings in North Viet Nam - is now OK with torture. How –and better yet WHY - would someone with his background and such strong beliefs that he would fight the white house – all of a sudden change his mind on such a fundamental subject? This isn’t a choice between Pepsi and Coke – I’ll have no torture – no I changed my mind – I’ll have the torture. First McCain sponsors a bill to prevent torture then candidate McCain declares the supreme court’s decision that habeas corpus protections apply to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, as “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” Would a man of principals simply change his mind on such a fundamental topic? What would cause such a severe about-face? All I can think of is such an unbridled drive to become president that he would do ANYTHING to get there. Must-get- elected-must-get-elected-must-get-elected…
In 1999 and during the 2000 Presidential campaign, McCain scolded the “special interests in Washington” that sought offshore drilling leases. Today candidate McCain says drill-drill-drill. Must-get-elected- must-get-elected…
In 1999, McCain saw no need to overturn Roe Vs Wade. Later, Candidate McCain said “I do not support Roe Vs Wade, it should be overturned. In '00 and '07, McCain Called for Exceptions in the GOP's Platform on Abortion for Rape, Incest, and potential issues related to the Mother's Life. Today candidate McCain who is charge of that platform and in a position to make these exceptions is full-bore pro-life with no mention of exceptions. Furthermore, he selected Sarah Palin who is a right-to-life hawk. Must-get-elected-must-get-elected.
Other examples:
• Against Warrantless Wiretapping - now he’s for it.
• Against Privatizing Social Security - now he’s FOR it.
• For Liberman-Warner to curb Global Warming - now he’s Against it
• McCain promises “not to take the low road to the higher office in the land”, then turns so negative that Karl Rove said he went too far---Karl-the-king-of-slime-Rove
The list goes on and on.
So back to the question at hand. Why is a self-professed maverick –someone that has a reputation of fighting his own party, suddenly abandoning hard-felt fundamental principals? Many brainwashing victims become fractured personalities – and clearly John McCain is a fractured personality.
But to answer the question – he is doing these about face flip flops to get elected at any cost. So the possibilities for this are:
1) McCain was brainwashed by communists and was a sleeper agent for years then activated by becoming the party’s nominee for president,
2) He really has changed many deep fundamental beliefs, or
3) He’s just doing whatever it takes to get elected because he wants to be ppresidet.
Let’s look at these possibilities. If #1 above is true, we really can’t blame McCain. He was literally beaten and brainwashed. This is bad for the US, but McCain is not culpable. If #2 is the case, then McCain has a real case of Schizophrenia. In this case, the person you think you are electing will probably have really different beliefs by the time he is in office-God knows what he will be for next year. As further proof, Schizophrenia is characterized by disorganized speech and thinking-I think these symptoms are obvious. If #3 is the case, then Country First is bullshit- Its McCain first at any cost –even to the point of abandoning his most fundamental stances and selling out his own views for the support of the far right to get elected.
I’m not sure which is worse!
Note that McCain’s slogan “Country First” doesn’t say which country!
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