Posted on 02/14/2007 3:46:21 AM PST by mware
He spoke briefly yesterday about what it was like as a POW, when Congress defunded the troops in Nam. This is going to be required listening. In the brief comments from yesterday, people were weeping openly behind him.
Those sitting in the House listening to him are not fit to shine this mans shoes.
Bless this man and his entire family. He is the epitome of patriotism and heroism.
Had to do a search to confirm my thoughts that he was indeed a Republican. Not mentioned of course in the article.
As much as I cannot stand McCain, the leadership he demonstrated while a POW was, in fact, quite heroic.
A more correct comment would be, "Johnson is a war hero, too."
Notice no mention that it is Sam Johnson (R)!
And to think there are folks here who want to now "normalize" relations with those people...
I don't know how to do links, but you might want to do a little checking as to just how much a "hero" McCain wasn't.
Three days in captivity, and he was ready to sell the US out. This was after only two missions. No hero to this Navy family!
I saw a clip of him speaking yesteday (segment on F&FR this morning)I sure hope the R's make sure it is primetime when he speaks. He will shame them into not voting for defunding.
Sre wish he would join us at The Gathering of Eagles on March 17th.
LOL!
What an impressive American. Its a shame, the congress critters could'nt learn a thing or two from this fine man.
He is my Congressman and lives in Plano Tx. I did some work on his house while he was away in Washington. I even spoke about an issue we were having with China with his wife. I believe it had to do with special trade status or something. She was very nice and explained Mr.Johnsons vote to me, very respectful. Their house is a very normal home built in the 70's or early 80's.
Since McC acknowledged giving ship positions in exchange for medical treatment I can not fault him, nor can I put him in the same hero category as this man.
The MSM medai doesnt even know who he is. They sure as hell know who John Murtha is. Murtha gets all the TV time he wants and this man is never on TV. Gee, I wonder why.
This man was quite active in the defeat of jon carry.
You can't fault who for giving up our ship's positions? McCain or Johnson?
I agree.
McCAIN gave up ship positions .....Johnson gave up no information despite horrific treatment.
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