Posted on 02/26/2006 1:00:12 PM PST by Theodore R.
His fellow POW's respect him. They have camapigned for him.
Some have, but many have not.
My problem with him, like you, is his perfomance as a senator, but if he is going to throw in in the "but I was a POW" card, I think people should hear about his POW record.
I do not prefer to believe the worst about him. I only know what I know about him, and most of these experiences are first hand. I am not alone in these experiences. Any other AZ Freepers onboard to give their 2 cents worth?
Most POW's do not involve themselves in campaigns, but a fellow POW (Paul Galanti) served as his national campaign manager in 2000.
My husband has known him for 50 years. They were classmates at the US Naval Academy.
I don't care much for John McCain (D) Arizona, and I've written so many times here at F.R.
I so fear Hillary Rodham, however, that if McCain got the GOP nod, I will not only vote for the fungus, I'll send him some money. (My fear of Hillary and what she would do to this country and my family is that deep.)
Withholding a presidential vote from any Republican (McCain, Rudy, and so on) would be voting for Hillary and her Marxism.
Don't forget the BIG LESSON of Ross Perot!
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GOOD post.
BTTT
No need to send McCain money if he wins the GOP nod. By that time, it's all taxpayer funded until November 2008. I think his biggest advantage is simply name ID, which he did not fully have in 2000.
McVAIN is to vain for me. Not going to vote for HIM EVER.
(Actually, I'd like to write the copy for some Hillary expose commercials!)
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My wife says I have to get off of the computer so she can get some work done. It has been fun discussing McCain but I have to go. I am sure we will meet again, the primaries are still 2 years away. Good luck but I still hope your man loses. I still have not found my candidate yet, but I do know, it is not John McCain.
Oh I think he was pretty well known. He had been in high profile primary battles and the media LOVED him because he was willing to go against the Republican Party and be vocal about it. They were the major force behind his candidacy; I never saw any voter groundswell for him.
I understand the loathing many here have for McCain. Much of it he has brought upon himself. But two points:
-He will not win without throwing some red meat to social conservatives. He supports state amendments banning same-sex marriage even though he opposes the federal one. And in most years he gets close to a 100% rating from pro-life and other conservative groups for his voting record.
-Why do so many think Rudy is okay and McCain not? It's RUDY that is pro-abortion and so very supportive of homosexuality. (McCain is pro-life on most votes and mixed on homosexuality.)
Support Frist or Huckabee or Brownback or whomever in the primary, and then whoever is our eventual nominee, support him in the fall. What's so complicated about that?
Don't the looney blame America liberals hate the mention of the "Battan Death March" if you asked Kerry/Gore to comment on it they would run out of the room. They love to talk about the "Iraqi Criminal" with the Ladies Underwear on his head though. Americans were the victims so the liberals want nothing to do with it.
or don't trust a guy who supports "Roe vs. Wade" ... or don't trust a guy blocks his own president's judicial nominees just because his panties are in wad, or ....
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