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riversedge

(70,438 posts)
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:24 PM Jul 2015

McCain Who? Vets Heart Trump





http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/21/mccain-who-vets-slobber-over-trump.html?via=twitter_page

MehCain 07.21.157:40 PM ET

McCain Who? Vets Heart Trump

Think all vets care about the draft-dodging CEO’s tough talk about McCain’s war record? They don’t.

It’s hard to think of a worse place than Sun City, South Carolina, for Donald Trump to make his first public appearance since unleashing a firestorm of controversy by calling Senator John McCain “not a war hero” over the weekend.

The “active” retirement community of 16,000 is a magnet for military retirees, many of whom served in Vietnam as McCain languished in a Hanoi POW camp and is a a mandatory stop for “country-first” Republicans looking to win the state’s crucial First-in-the-South primary.

But instead of greeting Trump with protests for his comments, the conservative crowd of 600 welcomed the GOP front-runner with three standing ovations, an overflow room of 500, and rapt attention..............
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McCain Who? Vets Heart Trump (Original Post) riversedge Jul 2015 OP
They were also big fans of AWOL Bush, weren't they? BlueStater Jul 2015 #1

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
1. They were also big fans of AWOL Bush, weren't they?
Thu Jul 23, 2015, 03:28 PM
Jul 2015

I respect their bravery. I certainly don't respect their intelligence.

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