No "cross in the sand" for McCain in 1973

[dkf]

by Calouste
Sun Aug 17, 2008 at 01:15:30 PM PDT

Shortly after John McCain came back from Vietname in 1973, he wrote a detailed 12,000 word report of his experiences that was published in US News and World Report.

Even though McCain goes into a lot of detail in that story and mentions religion a few times, there is no mention of the cross in the sand story, even though it would have fitted in well with the whole narrative. There are numerous mentions of Vietnamese guards in the reports, mostly bad ones but also good ones, but there is no indication at all that any of them would have been Christian, although " lot of them were homosexual".

So even though McCain yesterday said:

He drew a cross and he stood there and a minute later, he rubbed it out and walked away. For a minute there, there as just two Christians worshiping together. I'll never forget that moment so every day -

That moment he will never forget wasn't worth spending a few of those 12,000 words on.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/17/15300/5629/128/569386

[babylonsister]

1. Whoa, I'd consider this proof he's lying. Explain this, McLiar. nt

[opihimoimoi]

3. Never Trust those that LIE....God sez so....its in the BIBLE

The GOP is up to their eyeballs in lying their asses off,,,,and they call themselves Christains??
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Yeah right....

[TwilightGardener]

2. Green Bay Packers Offensive Line story (recently the Pgh Steelers Defensive

Line story) wasn't in that US News account either, I've heard. He has certainly embellished his story from those early days, hasn't he?

[opihimoimoi]

5. We don't need embellishments...we need The Truth....

Since the Truth cannot be used by the Pubs...they gatta use BS SPIN

A Nation that LIES is a Nation that FAILS

[NorthCarolina]

4. This "Cross in the sand" was drawn from

the movie Ben Hur where two Christian slaves met in the arena and one drew a cross in the sand to inform the other that "he too" was a Christian and then promptly erased it with his foot to prevent others from seeing it. Maybe McCain was actually there at the time and he got the two events mixed up.

[valerief]

7. LOL!!!!! OMG!!!! I think you're on to something!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[C_U_L8R]

9. I knew it sounded too familiar !!!!!!

So Johnnie.... you like gladiator movies?

[valerief]

10. LOL! nt

[XemaSab]

15. You ever been in a Turkish prison?

:o

[Berry Cool]

17. It was a Reaganism!

Reagan, too, used to tell stories of things that happened only in the movies, or that he did only in the movies, as if they were true!

[invictus]

14. That's probably where McJerk got the idea for his lie. n/t

[Berry Cool]

18. "Cigarette?"

"Yes, I know."

[livvy]

6. See this post....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6652541

[valerief]

8. It was that afternoon in April, years ago. Johnny crossed paths with

Pat and they both sang…

On a day like today
We'll pass the time away
Writing love letters in the sand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7TTkmC7HX8

:shrug: :shrug:

[FrenchieCat]

11. Very interesting.......

and I'm not suprised at all. John McCain lies more often than GWB....and that's hard.

[TexasObserver]

12. So, he didn't remember it when he came back, but NOW he remembers it.

He stole the story because it allows him to appeal to Christers.

[AndyTiedye]

13. McAin't Lies, Cheats, and Steals

He can't even make up his own lies, so he steals someone else's story and uses it.
If they hear some music that they like, they'll steal that too.

He cheated on his first wife.
He cheated on us all as part of the "Keating 5".

[Vinca]

16. The Gulag Archipelago was released in December of 1973.

What a shame - McCain should have waited a few months to write his original story.