Posted on 07/19/2015 1:09:03 PM PDT by jimbo123
Republicans’ swift condemnation of Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about Sen. John McCain’s military service marks a turning point in the party’s cautious approach to the billionaire-turned-presidential candidate.
But Trump simply may not care; indeed he seemed to bask in his McCain takedown.
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Trump pressed ahead Sunday with his critical remarks on McCain, who had no comment. He said the senator has been “all talk, no action” on looking after military veterans. McCain stirred Trump’s anger last week when he said Trump’s comments about immigrants had “fired up the crazies” at a Phoenix rally.
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Sharyl Attkisson: Washington Post Smeared Donald Trump; Misrepresented His Comments on John McCain
Trump’s on dangerous ground here. Better to say McCain is respected for coming through detention and torture. However, McCain didn’t exactly have a great record in action. And, his involvement with the Keating Five was truly pathetic. There’s also the way he dumped the first wife who waited for him thru the war for a younger, richer one whose family wealth could support his political ambitions.
The reporters need to ask Sen. McCain what he had done for veterans lately.
is he running against the Dems - or the Repubs? it is getting to be quite unclear.
TRUMPs right
The True Military Record of John McCain Written by an Active Marine
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THE TRUE MILITARY RECORD OF JOHN MCCAIN WRITTEN BY AN ACTIVE MARINE.
9/03/08
McCain has never really earned anything. He is from a wealth pampered background and not fit to lead this nation.
A “war hero” doesn’t finished 894th out of 899 and still get stationed at a Navy champagne unit and promoted ahead of all but two of his 898 other classmates.
A “war hero” doesn’t crash three U.S. Navy jets out of sheer incompetence and ineptitude, including two during non-combat training sessions.
A “war hero” doesn’t get written up on drunk-and-disorderly, fraternization, disobeying orders, and insubordination charges more than two dozen times in less than three years.
A “war hero” doesn’t get promoted to squadron commander of the air field named after his own grandfather immediately after crashing his third airplane. A “war hero” doesn’t have all the military records that cover his time in Vietnam and all disciplinary actions against him censored and sealed “as a matte r of national security.” A “war hero” doesn’t get 28 medals awarded all after-the-fact “for bravery” for no other reason than being shot down and captured and then go on a celebrity public relations tour because he’s the son of two acclaimed Navy admirals. A “war hero” doesn’t repeatedly cheat on the wife who’s back in the states waiting for him, and then cheat on her more when he returns to the states, and then divorce and abandon her.
A “war hero” doesn’t systematically vote against every single pay and benefit increase for military and veterans throughout his entire political career, all the while claiming to be “the soldier’s Congressman,” and then take credit for the passage of a G.I. benefits bill he that voted AGAINST. A “war hero” McCain III lost jet number one in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while practicing landings. He was knocked unconscious by the impact coming to as the plane settled to the bottom. McCain’s second crash occurred while he was deployed in the Mediterranean. “Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula,” Timberg wrote, “he took out some power lines [reminiscent of the 1998 incident in which a Marine Corps jet sliced through the cables of a gondola at an Italian ski resort, killing 20] which led to a spate of newspaper stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an admiral.”
McCain’s third crash three occurred when he was returning from flying a Navy trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game. Timberg reported that McCain radioed, “I’ve got a flameout” and went through standard relight procedures three times before ejecting at one thousand feet. McCain landed on a deserted beach moments before the plane slammed into a clump of trees. McCain’s fifth loss happened during his 23rd mission over North Vietnam on Oct. 26, 1967, when McCain’s A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. McCain ejected from the plane breaking both arms an d a leg in the process and subsequently parachuted into Truc Bach Lake near Hanoi. For 23 combat missions (an estimated 20 hours over enemy territory), the U.S. Navy awarded McCain a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service medals. “McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat,” explains Bill Bell, a veteran of Vietnam and former chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs — the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall of Saigon. “Since McCain got 28 medals,” Bell continues, “that equals out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat. There were infantry guys — grunts on the ground — who had more than 7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and situations where I’m sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good to them by comparison
The question really is how many guys got that number of medals for not being shot down.” For years, McCain has been an unchecked master at manipulating an overly friendly and biased news media. The former POW turned Congressman, turned U.S. Senator, has managed to gloss over his failures as a pilot by exaggerating his military service and lying about his feats of heroism. McCain has sprouted a halo and wings to become America’s POW-hero presidential candidate.
This article was written by an active, unnamed Marine. It was published by Gale Toensing founder of the Corner Report.com and she sent it to me. It is a true account of McCain’s real war record and evidence of his lack of fitness for the office of President.
My pet conspiracy theory - Trump is in it to dilute the anti-Bush vote. Trump wants Hillary or Jeb to be president. They’re peas out of the same pod, so it doesn’t matter which one wins.
I like what Trump is saying, but I don’t trust him.
No. Trump is correct here. McCain has no respect for his constituents.
‘’Really offensive.” Bush tweeted, “Enough with the slanderous attacks.”
He must be referring to McCain calling the thousands of people at Trump’s Phoenix rally “Crazies”.
This guy is like Andrew Dice Clay at a proper garden party.
Sounds to me he is running against the uniparty.It shows in the polling.
Took the above off of the fox news comments
Page. They are really going after Mc CANE. and are supportive of Trump
Wonder if Fox will listen
People Need To Read The Truth About McCain
The others are not saying anything about the opposition, you know the democrats. They need to ignore Donald Trump and start explaining how the democrat party is tearing apart the country. Point out how the corrupt news media is helping.
Fine, just keep watching and don’t be surprised when you realize he is in this for America and average Americans.
The link on the page went nowhere. If we could find a link. We could post it as a separate thread
Trump isn't going to just fold up from the standard "shame on you" that terrifies most of the Ruling RINOs in D.C. land.
I don't think all of the media is following the playbook either.
This morning on Fox & Friends Frank Luntz was doing his best to appear "troubled" over not only the disparaging remarks about a "true hero" (McCain), but also the open hostilities among the (R) candidates. He was droaning on about this and Tucker Carlson listened a bit and then just took him apart. Carlson really worked him over. Anna and Clayton mostly just listened but Luntz was reduced to sitting there shaking his head.
I'm starting to like Carlson more every time I see him.
“I like what Trump is saying, but I don’t trust him.”
How would you rank the following in your “trust” scale?
Trump, Cruz, Perry, Walker, Rubio, Christie, Huckabee, Santorum, Fiorina, Clinton, O’Malley, Sanders...
He’s running against Dems and Dems in RINO clothing, who began the attacks on him.
Exactly. How is this such a hard concept to grasp?
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