08-25-2018, 18:39
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John McCain Passes
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08-25-2018, 22:57
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Thank you for your service.but good riddance with republicans like you who needed leftist liberals as swamp critters destroying the country
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08-25-2018, 23:18
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Thank you for your service.but good riddance with republicans like you who needed leftist liberals as swamp critters destroying the country
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08-25-2018, 23:34
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Hopefully his seat will be filled with a true conservative. Figured I wouldn't make much comment about him since Mamma said, "if you can't say something good, say nothing at all" 
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08-25-2018, 23:54
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Hopefully his seat will be filled with a true conservative. Figured I wouldn't make much comment about him since Mamma said, "if you can't say something good, say nothing at all" |
Buzz here is that the Governor is going to appoint Cindy to the seat until a special election. I hope that that was just to ease McCain's mind that his RINO ways would continue after his death. The Gov is up for reelection.
Unfortunately, I can't honestly thank him for his service. It was expected, given the family history, and was largely less than honorable. Whatever he did or didn't do as a POW must be weighed by his father's position at the time. In my life, his name had its first red flag at the Marine EM Club at Camp Swachb, Okinawa, in 1968 and never improved.
He will not be missed.
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08-26-2018, 03:49
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RIP "warrior"
End of subject...
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08-26-2018, 12:05
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Buzz here is that the Governor is going to appoint Cindy to the seat until a special election.
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Oh shit.
He might as well pic a Dim for the seat.
Like father, like daughter.
RIP.
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08-26-2018, 19:15
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Like father, like daughter.
RIP.
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Wife. TS is closer to the source intel, though. I hope it's wrong.
I agree, though, he should Rest in Peace now. His years in captivity were Hell enough.
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08-26-2018, 19:21
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Wife. TS is closer to the source intel, though. I hope it's wrong.
I agree, though, he should Rest in Peace now. His years in captivity were Hell enough.
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5 years in the Hanoi Hilton does not excuse his actions against this country or the families of those who never returned and left behind....shame on his voter base and shame on those who voted because he had been a POW
His entire life is that of privilege and self serving narcissism from the USS Forrestal with his hotshot crap to his not accepting early release from Vietnam which by the way he would have been more than likely court marshalled for accepting early release since his release would have seen him as accepting favor from the enemy....I have no doubt he fully understood this being trained in SERE and the code of conduct
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08-26-2018, 19:28
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5 years in the Hanoi Hilton does not excuse his actions against this country or the families of those who never returned and left behind....shame on his voter base and shame on those who voted because he had been a POW
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Again, no argument from me:
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Unfortunately, I can't honestly thank him for his service. It was expected, given the family history, and was largely less than honorable. Whatever he did or didn't do as a POW must be weighed by his father's position at the time. In my life, his name had its first red flag at the Marine EM Club at Camp Swachb, Okinawa, in 1968 and never improved.
He will not be missed.
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Doesn't rule out the pain he suffered during those years.
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08-27-2018, 14:40
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I can thank him for whatever he did honorably while serving and in captivity.
However, not for the betrayals beyond that. Benedict Arnold was once honorable, then he wasn't.
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08-27-2018, 15:18
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I can thank him for whatever he did honorably while serving and in captivity. However, not for the betrayals beyond that. Benedict Arnold was once honorable, then he wasn't.
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I don't know if he was responsible for all or much of what occurred aboard the USS Forrestal or not. Much of this is lost to history and considerable political influence; however, many who knew him recognized that he was a frat boy pretending to be a Naval Officer and Gentleman. I know I won't miss his voice and vote in the U.S. Senate.
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08-27-2018, 15:38
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Of the 591 from Operation Homecoming... how many have passed?
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08-27-2018, 17:32
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he would have been more than likely court marshalled for accepting early release since his release would have seen him as accepting favor from the enemy
Maybe he could have claimed to have bine spurs that needed attention from an American doctor as an excuse to take early parole.
He deserves to rest now.
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08-27-2018, 17:34
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Rest In Peace, Sir!
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