Video: French archive releases footage of McCain POW interview
posted at 9:35 pm on October 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
It was first broadcast in 1968; I’ve seen a few seconds of it in his ads, but never this much. Watch to the end. You’ll never forget it.
Go see what McCain critic Matt Welch got from the forces of Hope and Change for having the nerve to argue that McCain’s a hero.
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It’s disgusting to see this in the middle, on Drudge, and to have the One’s big stage being built blasted on the left. May it all be for naught.
Entelechy on October 22, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Heh…it will be. Pride goeth before a fall.
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 10:45 PM
The bottom line on McCain’s heroism:
We KNOW for a FACT that McCain’s character is NOT. FOR. SALE. Not at any price. Not to stop any amount of pain. He signed a piece of paper that harmed NO ONE. Big f’ing deal.
When he could have GONE HOME ahead of other men, he said NO. He stayed. When it mattered, HE WAS STRONG. In the face of torture, death, and no hope, HE STAYED.
Barrack Obama does not have the courage or the character to even take a stand on a vote! He is not in McCain’s league when it comes to character, experience, or integrity.
Truly Obama does not have the character in his entire FAMILY that McCain has in just one of his broken arms. Or the teeth they broke off at the gum line. Or the shoulders that were strung up.
And if the American people are stupid enough to vote for BO, they will get what’s coming to them.
McCain Palin will win if every one of us, in every battleground state, talk to every single person we can between now and the closing of the polls on 11/4.
It’s now or never time. Get busy.
JustTruth101 on October 22, 2008 at 10:46 PM
For those believers out there (not Allah), please say an earnest prayer tonight for God to bless our country at this crossroads in our history. Please ask that His will be done and to give us the leader we need most at his time.
carbon_footprint on October 22, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Wow… when ayers and dohrn were playing the radical revolution game…
when all the kids were into sex drugs and rock’n'roll…
Mac was all tied up at the time.
silverfox on October 22, 2008 at 10:53 PM
If this video doesn’t convince everyone of which candidate is best suited to be Commander in Chief of our Armed Services – I don’t know what will. I may not agree with this patriot’s politics but I certainly am indebted to him for guaranteeing my right to disagree. I’m voting McCain.
OT, but related.
Not your typical Yard sign by New Gloucester, Maine resident, Mr. Horr (Harr?)
Still image
Quoting sign owner from video
heroyalwhyness on October 22, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Hey, you miserable has been, music F**k.
Too many snorts up your nose in your worthless lifetime has made you fat and lazy and stupid. Useless parasite.
Solo career went to sh*t did it.
Nobody showed up right?
So you feel that you need to punish everyone that has been better that you d*ck head.
Sorry, just waste away, you friendless weak tadpole. You’ll never be a true frog.
Old wanna be pr*ck.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 22, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Foothill Ranch is about 15 miles from my house. Should I alert the authorities?
Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had all day. The thought of a Walmart parking lot rumble in a bourgeois Orange County neighborhood brings tears to my eyes. Was Chuck E. Cheese already booked?
Terrie on October 22, 2008 at 10:57 PM
Guys, Mr. Waters has posted here before and he has always been pretty positive. Bad joke but please, ease up a touch.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 10:57 PM
We will. We’ll write a book. Romania, and Transylvania, where I was born, will be in it.
Cindy Munford, indeed.
Entelechy on October 22, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Maybe we’ll hear from the first Mrs. McCain. She’s still friends with Sen. McCain.
Those rats from the 2nd link have never sacrificed a thing, not a shred of a thing. Oxygen is indignant.
Entelechy on October 22, 2008 at 11:03 PM
John McCain is a personal hero of mine, and this does nothing but expand on that.
I can’t help but wonder though, how curious it is that suddenly we have all these die-hard McCain supporters in the audience. You see, I was here supporting him during the primaries, when everybody was calling him Juan McCain and McShamnesty and all that crap. Just wondering, you know.
Baphomet on October 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Contact me: angelodomini@aol.com
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Dittos , Same here.
Texyank on October 22, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I was reading the posts that Mr. Welch endured after his “pro”McCain article. It never ceases to amaze me that someone will HAVE to bring up that Sen. McCain called Mrs. McCain the same word that they will wear on a tee shirt in public regarding Gov. Palin. Now I know that they all don’t condone it but why bring up a rumor when there are pictures of their folks behaving badly. Sorry, I am babbling.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:09 PM
Hey Roger:
Good times….good times:
Sleep well *ss wipe. Your true colors are now exposed.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 22, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Texyank on October 22, 2008 at 11:08 PM
I got that once, so I went back and “cleaned” up what I thought was the problem only to have both posted in the thread. I’m still not sure what the problem was, I am not too racy.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Ms. Munford, I shall take your advice to heart. This election has made everybody just a bit BUG EYED BAT SH*T CRAZY, and I admit I have become bipolar, swinging from either a deep blue funk/white hot rage to a cautious optimism.
Therefore I even amaze myself for the paternal protection I offer to a candidate I didn’t even support (think Fred!/Sarah!).
But, Pink Floyd Dude, don’t be flip about the extreme sacrifices on behalf of country. It’s really uncalled for. If you’re on this country’s side, I apologize. If you’re not don’t ever come here again.
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
1GooDDaDDy on October 22, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Wow, fooled me.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Well it sure looks like I am wrong. I take that optimism thing to ridiculous lengths obviously. Resume kicking his rhetorical ass.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Welcome to the Hot Air dysfunctional family, where everyone says: ‘I hate your farking guts’ and then embraces each other, blubbering, ‘I love you, man, I really do.’
Then Allah wonders why I’m an alcoholic…
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I remember those days.
wise_man on October 22, 2008 at 11:16 PM
I still can’t stand him for his maverickiness. I can’t wait until he retires. He is Capt. Shamnesty and a complete wimp when it comes to standing up to the Dems and their corruption.
And yet…on January 20, 2009 he will be sworn in as the 44th president of he U.S. Get used to it. I know I have.
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Now wait a minute. Just because our little friend posts under the name of Roger Waters doesn’t mean it’s the real ‘Roger Waters’. We’ll have to conduct an inquiry. Waters! Reveal thyself!
And Manly Rash, I challenge you to a drinking game, terms of which to be determined once we sober up in the morning.
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM
No different from all the other families. Drinking is ok, but there’s no need to be an alcoholic over this :)
Entelechy on October 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
The filters have to earn thier keep . : )
Texyank on October 22, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Now you guys are toward McCain, just like you say the families are, you love ‘em, you hate ‘em, you love ‘em again. We’ve got him and the One. It’s really easy.
Entelechy on October 22, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Tower… standing by. Much to say.
wccawa on October 22, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Meh. Half a fifth of scotch and I’m not even buzzed yet. Go home, sonny Jim. This is no country for young men. :-)
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:28 PM
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:21 PM
We will probably never know, we ran him off after he tried to apologize. I swear I thought his past posts were nice. As to your bipolar statement, there are times when I can’t tell what anyone is saying. I usually just read and not remark then because I don’t trust my judgment.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Waiting for that email.
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Team McCain should buy the 5 minutes right after Barry’s 30-minute infomercials and just play this piece.
Simple and to the point…hero over zero.
Let’s roll!
ex-Democrat on October 22, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Everyone just hold hands and sing “kum ba yah, my Lord, kum ba yah.”
When we wake up in mid-November, all will be well. Promise.
There is no reason to be upset. See; “Citizen’s Handbook: Chapter 13, Section 142.”
wccawa on October 22, 2008 at 11:31 PM
You can trust your judgment with ME, Miss Cindy.
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Oh “it’s” the real thing all right, I’ve been jousting with him for months now, letting him spew his crap without my comment.
The last time I posted that quote from Wiki a few weeks ago, when he said other such BS, all he had to say to me was “Ya, but he wrote some great music man”.
End of his story.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 22, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Cindy,
One thing I find intolerable is disrespect for our military, particularly those, like McCain, who endured far more than any human should.
I remember Jane Fonda. And Bomber Billy Ayers. And the rest of the traitorous goons who wanted to destroy our country.
And I know, as you do, that many of the scum of the 60s are now lining up behind Osama Obama.
I will not sit quietly when someone like “Waters” shoots off his uninformed mouth.
MrScribbler on October 22, 2008 at 11:35 PM
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Well of course you are the exception to the rule.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Heh…that’s exactly what the school psychologist said.
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:40 PM
MrScribbler on October 22, 2008 at 11:35 PM
I am convinced. My husband is a Vietnam Vet and he’s not one to hold a grudge but I don’t think Ms. Fonda will be on the Christmas card list in this lifetime. Sen. Obama has more than his fair share of creepy friends. I listened to an interview with Stanley Kurtz today and I wish Sen. McCain could talk to him about it. Sen. Obama’s friends have not changed their views, just their tactics. People should know and they aren’t being told.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:41 PM
The widow of the guy who recorded this is trying to get royalty money out of the mccain campaign. Her lawyers are hot on the trail.
My personal feeling is that mccain shouldn’t pay a dime — the guy has already made more than enough money off of mccain’s misery before he died. After all, it’s not like mccain signed a model release or anything. In fact, I think mccain should own the copyright.
But be prepared for some dmca takedowns. She’s pissed at youtube, too.
unclesmrgol on October 22, 2008 at 11:41 PM
ManlyRash on October 22, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Hey, run with it. As an older family member use to say, it’s a poor dog that can’t wag it’s own tail.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:42 PM
My father served in the Navy during WWII and later the Army in Korea. He refused to talk about the unspeakably vile things he saw, but they clearly haunted him.
Having read details of McCain’s torture — such as breaking his teeth at the gum line, for starters — watching this video fills me with a sense of indebtedness so overwhelming that I cannot imagine how we as a country could ever repay such men.
At a minimum, their scars seen and unseen should not be campaign fodder. In 1992 Admiral Stockdale was mocked as McCain’s disabilities and temper are mocked in 2008. If we are very lucky, President McCain will help restore our national character and honor before it’s too late.
Terrie on October 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Here we have a tested US fighter pilot VERSUS a naive Marxist community organizer.
How is this (except for raging BDS) even close?
profitsbeard on October 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Now wait a minute. Don’t let that drunken interloper Manly Rash lure you into any lamentable decisions. I’m your huckleberry, Miss Munford.
/internetz flirting
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Gentlemen, I am all aflutter! (blushing) Old enough to be the mother of both of you and be very proud at that.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Behold, a true hero. God bless you John McCain.
Richard Romano on October 22, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Every time I see this my eyes tear up. While I have not always agreed with Senator McCain, he is a great American, a hero and someone who deserves praise for being a leader in the worst of times. He will do good as our President. We know where he stands, and we can trust him.
mindhacker on October 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM
profitsbeard on October 22, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Did you see the link further up the thread of the guy who has a life sized poster in his front yard? One is a young Sen. McCain dressed in pilot uniform, the other is that unfortunate picture of Sen. Obama that Hillary released in the primaries. In tribal dress in Kenya. Interesting feed back from the community. One gentleman said he preferred the CIC to have been in the military.
Cindy Munford on October 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM
You are absolutely correct. Sorry we got distracted with our own bantering and goofiness. McCain knows things he will never tell about the horror of his captivity and the ghoulish things our enemies inflicted on those men.
But for unserious dumbasses like Obama and his moron supporters, ghouls can be reasoned with.
pistolero on October 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM
You don’t command the respect needed to make jokes on HA threads.
csdeven on October 22, 2008 at 11:54 PM
STFU. Seriously.
capitalist piglet on October 22, 2008 at 11:55 PM
*salutes*
Yakko77 on October 22, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I agree with that. How do we make it happen?
capitalist piglet on October 22, 2008 at 11:58 PM
When I think about my father, a vietnam vet that came home not so great from the war, When I think about my mother friends and ex boyfriends that did not make it home, and when I see the look in John McCain eyes I see true bravery.
I then see Barack Obama and him hanging around Bill Ayers with no concerns because either he agreed with him or used him for connections in getting started in politics.
I can’t believe there is a question of who to elect in this country, to me it is easy.
Gracelynn on October 23, 2008 at 12:02 AM
My dad was wounded on Iwo Jima. He was paralyzed, and waited eight hours to be evacuated. When I see someone ridiculing or disparaging McCain (here, on YouTube, wherever), I feel very, very deep anger…on McCain’s behalf, and on the behalf of every man and woman who has gone into harm’s way for this country.
I am a woman, but I would volunteer to personally kick the ass of any smart SOB who thinks this is funny.
capitalist piglet on October 23, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Indeed. What a shameful state our country is in.
Entelechy on October 23, 2008 at 12:04 AM
I can only speak for myself. 1 – I have gotten to know him a whole lot better during this campaign. 2 – He’s running against Barrack Obama. 3 – He picked Palin.
JustTruth101 on October 23, 2008 at 12:06 AM
And to think, McCain could have gone home early. He could have left that world of pain, but didn’t, because it was the wrong thing to do. Character – in check. Integrity – impenetrable. Obama – doesn’t even have the courage to case a freaking vote, instead votes “present.”
McCain: battle-hardened, courageous experienced war hero who never took a penny in an earmark.
Obama: Latte sipping, present-voting, marxism loving, billion-dollars-in-3-years earmark taker liberal who’s never done a damn thing in his whole life that didn’t benefit himself.
I don’t get how it’s even a choice.
JustTruth101 on October 23, 2008 at 12:10 AM
I’ve been corresponding with you, and backing up your comments at HA, off and on for months now, and never new you were a girl!
That changes everything!
/wink
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 23, 2008 at 12:14 AM
Holy moly! You are a woman?
ManlyRash on October 23, 2008 at 12:16 AM
And to think that Obama’s friends would have spit on this man, or attempted to kill him themselves.
29Victor on October 23, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Now there’s one that Bill Ayers’ friends never could kill.
Obama is not even fit to share a stage with McCain.
Mojave Mark on October 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM
My name is “piglet”. You thought I was a guy? (Is it the blunt thing I have going on? I got it from my dad.)
capitalist piglet on October 23, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Et tu? Wow. I wear makeup and everything. My best friend says I’m very girly…except for the occasional potty mouth when I’m really, really mad. : )
capitalist piglet on October 23, 2008 at 12:42 AM
We know Hannity and Rush watch the site here, so maybe they’ll run it tomorrow.
Iblis on October 23, 2008 at 12:42 AM
I believe her dad also posts here. My salute and thanks to him for his service and wounds.
a capella on October 23, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Holy Cow!!!!
OK, dudes and dudettes, I hereby apologize. Yes, I know that John McCain is an American hero.
What the hell? It was just a tiny joke. Maybe I am just ornery cause mav was talking to Imus this morning and Imus was throwing Mav soft balls and Mav was whiffing them. It was pathetic and it pisses me off that we are going to be living in a socialist country because our ticket is so inarticulate and not very sharp.
Dude, RW’s solo career was stud. It still is studly. He was just on tour for the last couple years playing his tunes from The Wall and Dark Side and Amused To Death and Animals and etc etc and The Final Cut and it was studly. I was on the front row leaning on the stage…and it was studly. You may be a bit more of a Lawrence Welk fan but…oh well.
HA HA HA HA!!! Yes, that is pretty funny. After we have our rumble, I think I will mosey over to Islands and get a burger. Terrie, feel free to join me…I’m buying.
Roger Waters on October 23, 2008 at 1:02 AM
So in that clip McCain says north vietnamese doctors saved his life and that he was treated well. Is that true?
mycowardice on October 23, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Roger, just be glad your little joke was on “Pg 1″ of comments, so folks won’t see it when they first click the item. I have to admit that I, too, am hyper-sensitive re perceived slights against the military. The written word intended as a joke can easily be misinterpreted due to inability to see facial expression or tone of voice, so forgive those who attacked you for the joke…you’ve been around here a while, you’ve seen the trolls.
The great majority of us can say “I am Joe the plumber” but very, very, very few can say “I am John McCain.” The honor of his integrity, character and sacrifice will be defended here against any slight great or small.
JustTruth101 on October 23, 2008 at 1:06 AM
It hurts to watch these musicians, whose music I adored, misunderstand or mischaracterize America. I learned to love America after I learned how it is the only country that protected property rights. McCain is no economic genius or ideologue. He nevertheless instinctively understands. Obama, for all his charisma, fails to. I wish, I wish, I wish McCain were black and Obama white.
We are witnessing an American tragedy and we conservatives must learn from this. Thank you HotAir for fighting the good fight.
Quetzal on October 23, 2008 at 1:06 AM
My guess is he was forced to say it.
JustTruth101 on October 23, 2008 at 1:07 AM
He was (forced). I’ve read quite a bit of this history. His main VC torturer, nicknamed “The Cat” was standing at the foot of the bed watching the entire interview. There was a bit of a scuffle between the present VC and the French journalists right after this interview concluded. The VC wanted more sympathetic statements on film and the French said “we have all we need”.
aquaviva on October 23, 2008 at 1:14 AM
In 4 days it will be exactly 41 years to the day that John McCain was shot down. I bet he doesn’t mention it but I hope someone does. He’s a Navy man and I was raised by one myself, so I get where he is coming from.
Did I ever tell you guys that my dad was a plank owner on the USS John S McCain (DDG 36)? When the fleet moved from Long Beach to San Diego in 1970-71, dependents were allowed to ride down to San Diego. As Dad was a SMC, I spent a lot of time climbing up and down ladders and running errands for the signal crew. What a blast! I never had as much fun as a child. I have a soft spot for the McCain’s even though John frustrates me to no end sometimes.
csdeven on October 23, 2008 at 1:20 AM
Here is the part that the lefties hate so much about McCain…win or lose he is McCain. He’s been there, done that, and doesn’t give a flying fornication if you care or not. He knows who he is and where he has been. I don’t agree with his all politics but the man IS a man, and then some.
Limerick on October 23, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Truly moving. And it makes a person feel small in comparison to what McCain has endured in his lifetime. The man is courageous and honorable and no one can ever take that away from him. He did something that Obama and his cronies will never be able to live up to. Obama should be thanking McCain for his service, not insulting his injuries.
baxtrice on October 23, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Here’s my post I left at Matt Welch’s site after reading it.
FU!!!!!
Since all of you liberal Aholes claim that we on the right are bitter, racist, etc., Let me vent a moment.
As a retired 20 year Navy Vet I am positive that John McCain is a hero. I would use him as a role model for my children any day, unlike Prez wannabe BO.
Anyone who defends his country in the military has my vote as a hero, especially all of those Viet Nam vets who all of you left-wing pussies spat on and called baby killers.
I am thoughly disgusted in all of you and would challenge any of you to go somewhere like Iran or Cuba or Venezuela and say the same things about their leaders and see what would happen.
But since you live in the USA and people like John McCain and myself have fought for your freedoms, you can say all of the crap you want without fear of retribution, even if you don’t deserve it.
I hope on Nov 5th all of you will sit down, shut up and refrain from crying “You stole the election”, after your candidate gets his ass whupped.
ic1redeye on October 23, 2008 at 1:33 AM
He’s getting a decent volume of the same thing from the forces of Reason in the comments.
O.T.: Do people really still rely on that “My wife is a c*nt” gag as a descriptor of McCain? If so it makes several people wearing anti-Palin shirts highly nuanced indeed.
Lehosh on October 23, 2008 at 5:16 AM
He had been beaten by irregular forces when he was fished from that lake even with the injuries he sustained after his jet was shot down. During his captivity he had been beaten more times than he can remember and tortured to within an inch of his life. But yes, he was provided care in the hospital which saved his life. I know where you’re going but don’t even try it. I mildly tolerate you because you’re not always rude like the rest of the trolls and because of trying to remain understanding of your alternate lifestyle. But don’t go where I think you’re going and try to understate what happened to his man in captivity.
Now, go back to your John Edwards shrine.
hawkdriver on October 23, 2008 at 5:23 AM
Interesting that this was in a French studio archive.
Ah, the French and Vietnam (Indochine…). You think Nam screwed up this country politically and culturally, you should take a look at France. France and the US have much more in common culturally than you’d think, then and now.
I’ve spent more than a few months over the past few years visiting and mostly taking the time to speak to the older generation of folks, (i.e. grew up in the late 50′s to 60′s). The majority attitude amoung the then working class that I spoke to was pretty much “we should have won, but our government allowed itself to be bullied by a small minority of leftists”. Sound familiar?
I also spoke to a lot of younger folks (some relatives, some not) and it was a complete waste of time…80% are hard core leftists who aren’t interested in a real political discussion or the consequences of “anti-globilization” or “anti-this or that”. They hate Sarkozy for no other reason than just hate (SDS?). Even the 20% “conservative” are only interested in greater State ecomony control to the greater glory of La France.
As an aside, for all the reputation of the French, I noticed (in Paris!) that the average Parisian is much much worse dressed than your average American. Hard to believe, but you gotta trust me on this. I was there again this summer, and taking the shuttle from CDG into Paris was about 1.5 hours and for the first time I noticed how truly shabby Parisians dress! Sure, plenty of hot ladies and such to break the pattern, but on the whole, pretty bad.
Waterboy on October 23, 2008 at 5:58 AM
I wonder. What are the lefties gonna do if Obama wins? Keep on cheering? Keep on bashing Bush/Cheney, etc? An Obaama (plus Dem majority Congress/House) win would really dampen spirits over there considering their fuel really isn’t ideology but some kind of sick hatred of Republicans as some abstract concept. Without an advisary, they are lost (see “Conan the Barbarian” when James Earl Jones basically confronts Conan with this basic concept).
If McCain pulls this off, look for triple traffic at KOS, etc., more massive media onslaughts for the next 4+ years. What are these folks gonna do with there time if Obama wins?
Waterboy on October 23, 2008 at 6:02 AM
I am a woman, but I would volunteer to personally kick the ass of any smart SOB who thinks this is funny.
capitalist piglet on October 23, 2008
You go, girl! I find your anger strangely erotic. Is that wrong?
SKYFOX on October 23, 2008 at 6:04 AM
McCain really is a hero. Not many people could do what he did. There have been a lot of heroes who are forgotten in all these wars. The nurses who stayed behind to guard their patients with nothing more than sidearms, the men who gave their lives for their comrades, and the people who endured the unspeakable with their spirits and their minds intact.
I don’t think Obama could do that. I think Obama would be looking for an angle to work. I don’t think he is radical in the way that Ayers is, or anti American in the way that Wright is, I just think he is opportunistic and self serving. The real Obama is all about him.
Terrye on October 23, 2008 at 7:10 AM
I separate John McCain the senator from John McCain the naval aviator. He was not my first choice to get the GOP nomination (nor was he my second nor my third). Every time he says “my friends,” he reminds me of Juan Hernandez. And I also have a beef with him ever since he voted in favor of that bailout bill.
But… you will never hear me speak ill of his military record.
eaglescout1998 on October 23, 2008 at 7:33 AM
If Obama wins you can bet that some of us, me included, will plan to give him the same deal the left gave Bush; in spades. opps. Is Spades racist?
MikeA on October 23, 2008 at 8:24 AM
Actually, the most radicalactivists among them will probably be some of the first to vanish. As the machine of socialism begins to consolidate its power, history indicates that no activists are tolerated. The gay rights, black power, code pink, Cindy Sheahan types are too prone to causing trouble for the Stalins and Maos of the world. Or maybe this is just a sort of poetic justice.
MikeA on October 23, 2008 at 8:31 AM
I agree to a point, but I think the reason they hates us is because we force them to look in the mirror and we stand in the way of their attempts to radicalize the country.
I think the answer to what they will do to keep busy if Obama wins is….
In their disturbed minds, there are lots of investigations that portent jail time for Chimpy McHaliburton and the Rove’s of the administration.
csdeven on October 23, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I will…
VOTE FOR THE HERO NOT THE ZERO!
max1 on October 23, 2008 at 10:03 AM
Let me see do I vote for a war hero or I vote for guy that has done and scarified nothing in his life for this country. MMMMMMM……….M. I guess I’m a racist I voting for McCain.
pukara61 on October 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM
He may be a crappy excuse for a politician, but you simply don’t bad mouth the heroism of a man that has been through that kinda hell.
LimeyGeek on October 23, 2008 at 12:24 PM
You should see some of the comments at the youtube videos.
Esthier on October 23, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Always giving me the worst motives possible.
I had seen pictures from the footage but never realized that McCain had actually been interviewed. Somehow I thought the only thing he ever said was his name and rank.
The whole report is quite interesting. It’s yet another proof that wars are really .
mycowardice on October 23, 2008 at 12:58 PM
That’s the hero I’ll be voting for.
chiefeditor on October 23, 2008 at 3:45 PM
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