Posted on 08/18/2008 3:09:53 PM PDT by flyfree
I called Orson Swindle, a fellow POW who is campaigning for McCain, to ask him about it. “I recall John telling that story when we first got together in 1971, when were talking about every conceivable thing that had ever happened to us when we were in prison” Swindle told me a few minutes ago. “Most of us had been kept apart or in small groups. Then, in 1970, they moved us into the big cell. And when we all got to see each other and talk to each other directly, instead of tapping through walls, we had 24 hours a day, seven days a week to talk to each other, and we shared stories. I vaguely recall that story being told, among other stories.” “I remember it from prison,” Swindle continued. “There were several stories similar to that in which guards — a very few, I might add — showed compassion to the prisoners. It was rare, and I never met one, but some of the guys did.”
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Won’t matter to the Dims, fools that they were.
Well he must have been reading Solzenitzhyn in jail.
Never mind that the Gulag Archipeligo wasn’t published until 1978
Fact’s have never been a barrier to a good liberal smear.
You going to call this guy a liar too?
The was never and doubt in my mind about it.
Maybe this will clear this up for you.
lol, the dems lie just got swiftboated...
So what if Solzhenitsyn didn’t write the “Cross in the Dirt” till 7 years [1978] after McCain talked to his fellow prisoners about the “Cross in the Dirt” Story [In 1971].
Hell, Hitlery didn’t have a name until she was 7 or 8 because her parents wanted to name her after an itinerant bee keeper in New Zealand, but they had to wait until he climbed Mr. Everest. I don’t see the problem!
Wonder what Keith Overbite will have to say about this . . . I bet he’ll miss the part about WHEN McCain was said to have chatted about this. With any luck, McCain will be voted the “Worst Person in the WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRLLLLDDDD!
no, it was not swiftboated they were swindled
bump
I was a Navy Intelligence Officer and took part in Operation Homecoming. I remember hearing this same story in the 70’s.
don’t forget al gore used to have the union label song sung to him as a lullaby, even though the song wasn’t written untill 1975
I recall seeing a movie, I think it was “The Robe,” wherein the Christians ID themselves to one another by drawing the fish symbol. That was 1953.
“Don’t forget algore used to have the union label song sung to him as a lullaby, even though the song wasn’t written until 1975”
Are you using smear tactics? Maybe Tipper sang it to him to put him to beddy-bye when he was in the Senate. I sense a “swift-booting” going on here.
I’m not sure what the implication of the post is, but McCain never claimed that he had or hadn’t told the story before. My understanding is that numerous people had heard the story before, so what?
Yeah, McCain needs to make up stories about being a POW because the truth just isn’t compelling enough. I mean, how does he compete with ‘helping people find their voice’ in the south side of Chicago or whatever it was Obama did to serve his country?
The look in McCain’s eyes after telling that story totally changed how I felt about the man. He’s a hero and deserves our support.
He hit a grand slam Sat. night in my opinion.
Rush says the liberal media are scared to death of Christians because they have no solid belief of their own. When they hear a Christian talk about God it reminds of something they would like to forget . . .
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