[hadaclueonce]

Funny how an Admirals son got into flight school and was a terrible pilot and is now a war hero.

I am just saying...

[jospehm20]

I was thinking the same thing earlier today.

[Seaplaner]

McCain was a good pilot, and I don't hold that admiral's son thing against him. He still graduated the USNA (not with distinction, but he made it), and by all accounts, he flew well.

McCain flew A-4s off of a carrier, and weak pilots just don't do that. Several years in the hellish Hanoi Hilton attest to some inner strength.

That said, he is a horrible, horrible senator and an intermittent GOP turncoat. I tend to think that he knows the difference between conservative and liberal (and who is right and who is wrong); but he has this overpowering weakness for complementary ink. He must absolutely LIVE for heavy petting from the dominant media. This is vanity in its sickest form, one suspects, and he needs to be shown the (primary election) door, with all due disrespect.

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[knew it all the time]

Not a McCain supporter at all. But you cannot be both a “terrible pilot” and carrier qualified. Those two conditions just don’t fit together.