Posted on 04/06/2008 10:09:51 AM PDT by Young Scholar
One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and heartfelt talk about Iraq. They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers — soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.
Mr. McCain did not bring cameras or a retinue. Instead, he brought his youngest son, James McCain, 19, then a private first class in the Marine Corps about to leave for Iraq. Father and son sat down to hear more about Ms. Flanagan’s brother Michael Cleary, a 24-year-old Army first lieutenant killed by an ambush and roadside bomb.
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I wonder if he is ashamed of his son and his service
Oh, I doubt that., he may just be treating his son the way his dad treated him.. and so on before that
thru thick and thin, many in his family have answered the call of their nation in times of war..and peace to.
I’m sure he is a proud father..
No, I think he knows enough to respect their units by NOT parading them in front of the public.
You're either being very sarcastic or the biggest troll I've ever seen.
Ok, I mis read the hole article, I am really not a fan of McCain...
Which probably only says something about you.
You can bet the MSM is working overtime to “out” his son’s unit and place of deployment. Just watch.
Yes. I believe so.
“He knows what his father and grandfather went through as his sons went off to war,” Mr. Hunter said. “So he’s got a model to follow.”
Indeed, John McCain’s own parents were dressing for a dinner party in London when they learned he had been shot down. They went anyway, never telling other guests. Later, Admiral McCain ordered air strikes on Hanoi, where he knew his son was imprisoned.
Just before Jimmy’s departure, Mrs. McCain decided she had to see him one final time, according to Lieutenant Bowlby. With a few well-placed phone calls, she won permission to visit the Air Force base from which his unit would depart. When Lance Corporal McCain found out, he protested. No special favors, he said. Mrs. McCain stayed away.
“God forbid someone gave him something the rest of the marines weren’t entitled to,” Lieutenant Bowlby said.
I’m not a McCain fan but I’m sure he’s quite proud of his son, and all his kids, and would not exploit his son’s service for political gain.
That is really a disgusting statement.
John McCain's grandfather, John S. McCain, Sr. was a combat veteran.
John McCain's father, John S. McCain, Jr. was a combat veteran.
John McCain was a combat veteran.
Now, John McCain's son is a combat veteran.
Has it ever occurred to you that, in such a family, going to war to defend America is not something you brag about in public but is something that you do as an expected duty?
In the current war, McCain has done all that he can possibly do to win it, including supporting the Surge strategy that is now winning the war at a time when Rumsfeld was dead set against it and George W. Bush was meekly following Rumsfeld's lead and when opposition to that Surge strategy was devastating McCain in the polls.
You, on the other hand, seem to want to help Barack Obama lose that war by posting slander about John McCain being ashamed of his son's military service.
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Oh ok, I take it back and I am sorry I said it, geeesh....
Negative. He doesn’t want his kid to be targeted for scrutiny. He’s simply respecting his privacy and knows that drawiing attention to his lineage would create a needless distraction. His son is in a war zone and that’s where his son’s focus should be.
Pathetic rimes with......If I were Poet I could figgure it out I spose....but then I wouldn't look like a Pri....rimes with stick.
I am really sorry I said it, sometimes I don’t think before I type....and my thoughts get all messed up
I hope ya’ll can forgive me and I am not a Troll!!!!
Well, gee,... I'm sorry I beat up on you.
I was responding to a guy. I didn't notice "Poet gal" until I posted. Gals are sensitive ... especially poetical ones.
So, anyway, sorry. :-(
He just doesn’t pimp out his kids like Klintons. I am ashsmed of your post though.
Would love to read some of your poetry. Have never read anyone from a Heartless poet before.
Neither am I - but that doesn’t make your statement any less outrageous.
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