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Ben Carson, When Asked If McCain Is a War Hero: ‘Depends on Your Definition’
Mediaite ^ | 07/18/2015 | Josh Feldman

Posted on 07/18/2015 1:40:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: Will88

Flight Lieutenant Eric Williams.


21 posted on 07/18/2015 1:59:42 PM PDT by Blackirish
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To: Blackirish
Louis Zamperini

Never heard the name. Is he someone well known nationally?

22 posted on 07/18/2015 1:59:51 PM PDT by Will88
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To: GilGil

Well Ben Carson sure isn’t going to be the one to clean up this mess.


23 posted on 07/18/2015 2:00:10 PM PDT by stanne
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To: kaehurowing
I don't think this is going to hurt Trump.

I think it's going to hurt McQueeg.

24 posted on 07/18/2015 2:00:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("One man with a gun can control a hundred without one." -- Vladimir Lenin)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The only reason he got into flight school was because of his daddy. He got shot down because he got drunk the night before and flew hungover.

Songbird McCain CRASHED TWO planes before deployment. NO Navy airman has ever been given a combat aircraft to fly after doing that. But the second plane he crashed while stationed at "McCain Airfield," which pretty much tells you all you need to know. Also look into his indifference (or cowardice?) during the Forrestal fire.

25 posted on 07/18/2015 2:01:36 PM PDT by montag813 (Bring Back Tar and Feathers)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
When Asked If McCain Is a War Hero: ‘Depends on Your Definition’
I still do not understand how being captured by the enemy makes someone a hero.
Perhaps one's behavior while being held captive can be seen as heroic ... but I don't think that includes McCain.
IIRC, he got special treatment by the enemy in return for ... no one knows.
26 posted on 07/18/2015 2:02:11 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Will88

George Thomas Coker


27 posted on 07/18/2015 2:04:02 PM PDT by Blackirish
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To: Will88

They just made a movie about him, “Unbroken”.


28 posted on 07/18/2015 2:04:12 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
BINGO!

29 posted on 07/18/2015 2:04:29 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

***It depends on your definition of a war hero**

There is a large measure of truth in that statement.

To a lot of folks anyone who has worn the uniform is a hero.
To some it is about a medal worn on the chest or hung around the neck.

All I know is that the heroes I know don’t brag about being heroes.


30 posted on 07/18/2015 2:04:52 PM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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Louis Zamperini
Interesting - I just took this book out of the library yesterday ...
31 posted on 07/18/2015 2:05:02 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Funny how the media is always rushing to Republicans and asking them to denounce other Republicans but I haven’t heard one member of the press ask ANY Democrat what they thought of Planned Parenthood being caught on tape selling BABY ORGANS to the highest bidder


32 posted on 07/18/2015 2:05:31 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: fhayek
Look, McCain served. McCain was a POW. I don’t think that he should ever have to apologize about that. But McCain also started this verbal war with Trump, so I am not going to let him hide behind his war record.

Well said.

33 posted on 07/18/2015 2:06:54 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: montag813

Some surviving Forrestal crewmen blame him for starting that fire. They claim he wet started the plane to shake up the pilot behind him, and that cooked off one of the bombs on the other plane’s wing.


34 posted on 07/18/2015 2:06:56 PM PDT by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!",)
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To: SubMareener
Yes! Very True!

35 posted on 07/18/2015 2:07:23 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: kingu

McCain, like Obama, is the Anti-Trump.


36 posted on 07/18/2015 2:09:08 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Will88

Unbroken is the name of the book about his life. It was a best seller and made into a movie. Harrowing read.


37 posted on 07/18/2015 2:09:28 PM PDT by Blackirish
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To: Blackirish

How well known are any of these people you are listing? Why is it taking five minutes between each famous person you’ve listed? Why didn’t you list them all in one post since you say they are so well known?


38 posted on 07/18/2015 2:10:57 PM PDT by Will88
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To: oh8eleven

It is, an awesome read. The movie doesn’t do it justice


39 posted on 07/18/2015 2:17:30 PM PDT by onona (Obama's entire term reads like a John Semmens post.)
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To: Hugin; E. Pluribus Unum; WENDLE; SubMareener; kaehurowing; montag813; All
I've read this thread, I've also followed McLames "career".
Some very good points have been made on this thread.
Truth be told Were it not for his "daddy" nobody would have let McLame pilot a Piper Cub!
40 posted on 07/18/2015 2:21:59 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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