Posted on 01/30/2011 9:02:12 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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McCain admitted while he felt invincible as a 20 year old testing himself and the very expensive planes the government allowed him to operate.
“I wasn’t even very distressed when I found myself in my airplane sitting on the bottom of Corpus Christi Bay one fine day,” McCain confessed in front of his son and other young aviators. “I swam to the surface, went to my quarters, changed my clothes, took a couple aspirin and headed out for another night’s entertainment with my fellow bachelor officers. “Kick the tires and light the fires.” I loved the image of a naval aviator. I loved the life. It was fun. So much fun, I don’t know how I survived it.
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(Excerpt) Read more at srpressgazette.com ...
McCain had a number of questionable flight experiencs, any of which would have gotten anyone else a ticket out of the service, except for the facts that his father and grandfather were high ranking officers in the Navy.
McCain is basically unfit for public office, IMO.
Did you know him at the time? Or, are you just repeating what his publist said?
As my pappy used to say, don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see.
“Captain McCain was an honorable patriot of our great nation who demonstrated his duty, loyalty and patriotism time and time again during captivity.”
Agreed. A long time ago I said that I gave McCain a lifelong pass to be an azzhole due to Vietnam. But when he basically threw the 2008 election I backtracked a little.
Upon further reflection the guy is just a lousy politician and does not use good judgment in many cases such as the Keating scandal and McCain Feingold legislation. It doesn’t mean he wouldn’t fight for his country.
That may very well be. I haven't read McCain's book but if those excerpts are legit, then they lend credence to the suggestion that McCain was a loose cannon and may have caused or contributed to the disaster on The Forrestal.
Looking at your profile....those are pretty harsh words for a bible thumper such as you portray yourself.....my aren't we brave to use big boy words....
Very well? How about is.
Oh, but it took truthdig to dig out the truth huh?
No? Oh, I see, as you admitted, they only "suggested" McCain at fault. Which is their way of smearing him, (mainly because he's a Republican). They lead the reader to the "suggestion", which doesn't stick---but it doesn't matter---the lead-up and development of the "reckless" theory is what their aiming at.
Don't you see what's going on here.? But let's get back to basics. You tell me, exactly how he could have "contributed" to having ANOTHER aircraft accidentally firing off a weapon striking the one he was in?
What's that you say? His "recklessness caused or contributed" specifically to the Forrestal incident?
You can stuff that slanderous "theory" right back into the same dark hole it came out of!
The Navy knows exactly how and why it happened. It was thoroughly investigated. They sure as shooting DID NOT blame McCain.
bump
Hey windbag....you’re starting to agitate me....go away with your mindless bullshit.... This submitted by an elitist pilot who did a job that pukes like you either couldn’t qualify for or chose not to do....and now behind a keyboard your are suddenly an expert. BTW...I paid a few taxes over the years as well...now be a good little boy and STFU...and let men do the heavy lifting.
At least anyone can edit Wikipedia pages, unlike some left-wing attack site.
I saw something on television about the fire, just a few days ago. The Wiki page referenced pretty much the same info.
I was wrong about one thing I posted here earlier --- McCain's aircraft wasn't hit with the missile, it was an aircraft next to his.
If believing in unicorns and rainbows suits you then go for it.
Since spouting idiocy suits you, go for it.
No thanks. Enjoy your derangement.
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The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides Former POW Fights Public Access to POW/MIA Files - Sydney SchanbergOpposed by Pentagon
Bitterly opposed by the Pentagon, “The Truth Bill” got nowhere. It was reintroduced in the next Congress in 1991 — and again disappeared. Then, suddenly, out of the Senate, birthed by the Arizona senator, a new piece of legislation emerged. It was called “The McCain Bill.” This measure turned “The Truth Bill ” on its head. It created a bureaucratic maze from which only a fraction of the available documents could emerge. And it became law. So restrictive were its provisions that one clause actually said the Pentagon didn’t even have to inform the public when it received intelligence that Americans were alive in captivity.
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Another bill gutted in 1996
And then there is the Missing Service Personnel Act, which McCain succeeded in gutting in 1996. A year before, the act had been strengthened, with bipartisan support, to compel the Pentagon to deploy more resources with greater speed to locate and rescue missing men. The measure imposed strict reporting requirements.
McCain amended the heart out of the statute. For example, the 1995 version required a unit commander to report to his theater commander within two days that a person was missing and describe what rescue and recovery efforts were underway. The McCain amendments allowed 10 days to pass before a report had to be made.
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In response, the backers of the original statute cited the Pentagon’s stained record on MIA’s and argued that military history had shown that speed of action is critical to the chances of recovering a missing man. Moving “the bureaucracy ” to Washington, they said, was merely a way to sweep the issue under a rug.
Chilling effect cited
One final evisceration in the law was McCain’s removal of all its enforcement teeth. The original act provided for criminal penalties for anyone, such as military bureaucrats in Washington, who destroy or cover up or withhold from families any information about a missing man. McCain erased this part of the law. He said the penalties would have a chilling effect on the Pentagon’s ability to recruit personnel for its POW/MIA office.
(a small excerpt of the whole)
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Former P.O.W.: "Why I Cannot Support Senator John McCain for President" http://blog.barofintegrity.us/2008/04/21/former-pow-why-i-cannot-support-senator-john-mccain-for-president.aspx
U.S. POW/MIAs Who May Have Survived In Captivity
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO"
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO" Part II
John McCain: The Manchurian Candidate
JOHN MCCAIN, WARTS AND ALL A Look At The Candidate's Mob Ties By Edward Zehr (includes POW info)
But by all means, enjoy your derangement.
You support a Soros bought and paid for butt boy who tried to arrange arms sales to Muslim terrorists. That’s deranged.
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