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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:00 AM Original message |
Ex-POW McCain visits 'Hanoi Hilton' Vietnam prison |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. John McCain was a POW?!?!?!? |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. ... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. You weren't there!!! nt |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. He couldn't have been. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Honestly? Good for him. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. McCain. ShamPOW! |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can't imagine what that's like, to go back to a place that one spent so much time being tortured |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. He went back in the early 1990s, when he was on Kerry's |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Quietly??? He did allow the media to follow him. |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ... P R E C I S E L Y |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
8. Honestly, this is not the time for McCain-bashing. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What got him through the ordeal was dreaming of being reuinted with his wife... |
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ddss75 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. well said |
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watrwefitinfor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. And what exactly makes him a "true hero"? |
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ddss75 (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. not true |
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watrwefitinfor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. "Who would you characterize as a hero, David Dellinger or Tom Hayden?" |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Dropping bombs on women and children makes him a hero? Maybe in your fucked up world... |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I'm in agreement with you |
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raysr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Any time is a good |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. All that's missing is for you to put a Purple Band-Aid on your face |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Maybe you should read what other POW's think of him and how he used his status. |
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Tarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Um, I have, and unless you're a protoge of Ted Sampley |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. I have to think.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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TerribleLarryDingle (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. He's still an asshole |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. I am starting to think John and Lindsay are sweet on eachother. |
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TerribleLarryDingle (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Shivers |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. The old man must have felt he hadn't received his fair share of |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. I thought he'd returned there at least once before. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Presumably to say "sorry" . . . ???? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. Is he there for some kind of business |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. He (and others) have been pushing to try and normalize relations between Vietnam and the US |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sorry, I disagree with McCain on his politics |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. You didn't mention them but I will assume you are also grateful for |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. I hope it helped him come to terms with what happened there. nt |
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John7714 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
29. He seems to be really good friends with his captors |
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Optical.Catalyst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. Too bad McCain can't just stay there |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-08-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Fellas, I've remembered some things I left out when I was singing here the first time!" |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-09-09 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
39. Jeezzuuus - the guy fought for his country, POW for half a decade, and came back fucked up |
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