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‘I Just Gave John McCain My Purple Heart’(Don't give up on McCain, because he sure hasn't)
National Review ^
| 23OCT2008
| Byron York
Posted on 10/23/2008 5:11:06 PM PDT by Bush Revolution
At John McCain’s rallies these days, the talk is of taxes and Joe the Plumber and the financial crisis and mortgage relief and an end to wasteful federal spending. Those are all perfectly fine things for a campaign to emphasize; polls show voters of all stripes are overwhelmingly concerned about the economy. But at McCain’s events, you’ll also find people who’ve come for another reason, one that is slipping in the polls of voters’ concerns but is deeply personal to them: the war in Iraq.
“I just gave John McCain my Purple Heart,” Marine Sgt. Jack Eubanks told me a few minutes after McCain finished a speech at a campaign rally in Woodbridge, Virginia Saturday. “I said, ‘I want to give this to you, sir, as a reminder that we want you to keep your promise to bring us home in victory and honor, so it will mean something.’“
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KEYWORDS: mccain; military; purpleheart
"The extraordinary people who come to see the candidate." Byron York. Time for an uplifting story...
To: Bush Revolution
Dang it...my screen turned blurry.
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:13:38 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:14:43 PM PDT
by
Bush Revolution
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."...Let's win this thing)
To: Bush Revolution
Thank you for posting this.
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10/23/2008 5:20:29 PM PDT
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tapatio
To: tapatio
Your welcome and I notice your from NC, my husband is from Supply, NC and he already voted for McCain and so did his whole Bluedog Democrat family! I met my husband at Camp Lejeune when we were both stationed there. I love NC.
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:23:55 PM PDT
by
Bush Revolution
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."...Let's win this thing)
To: Bush Revolution
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:30:38 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: Bush Revolution
My son is stationed at Camp Lejeune right now. He left yesterday for deployment on the USS Baton.
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:34:40 PM PDT
by
Snappy1MarineMom
(Don't Blame me I voted for Keys)
To: Bush Revolution
How did this end up in General/Chat? It’s a news editorial
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:34:51 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
(Obama - Preferred by 4 out of 5 Dictators & Terrorists// Rove>>Biden is a Big,Blowhard Dufus)
To: Bush Revolution
Thanks for posting this article.
To: nuconvert
I put it in editorial, thanks.
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posted on
10/23/2008 5:41:27 PM PDT
by
Bush Revolution
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."...Let's win this thing)
To: Bush Revolution
That is great news on all those McCain votes!I live in Wilmington, not too far from Supply.
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posted on
10/23/2008 6:07:02 PM PDT
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tapatio
To: tapatio
Yeah, that’s the big city to my husband!
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posted on
10/23/2008 6:10:46 PM PDT
by
Bush Revolution
("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."...Let's win this thing)
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