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John McCain Talks to CNN's John King About His Time As a Prisoner of War - Video 8/15/08
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| August 16, 2008
| brianinmo
Posted on 08/16/2008 12:54:57 PM PDT by blogsforthompson.com
Here is video of an interview done by CNN's John King with Sen. John McCain, in which McCain describes his treatement as a Prisoner-of-War in Vietnam. He talks describes the prisons he was kept in, and is asked about what it was like to come to the breaking point physically. But as you watch and listen, you can see something of the kind of person McCain is - stoical, determined and not a quitter. . .
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TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2008; cnn; mccain; pow; vietnamvets
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To: blogsforthompson.com
Again? Hasn't everyone heard the story enough by now? Does McCain have anything else to talk about?
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posted on
08/16/2008 1:27:33 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
Again? Hasn’t everyone heard the story enough by now? Does McCain have anything else to talk about?
So I take it you have a problem with McCain talking about a heroic time in his life. A time that can break a man (or woman)so that they never truly recover from. A time in life that can create scars for the rest of their life. Not every one has heard this and is SHOULD be repeated over and over and over and over and over again!!!
Hope you where as vocal with John Kerry when all he could do was say “I served in Viet Nam”.
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posted on
08/16/2008 2:01:07 PM PDT
by
blueyon
(Every one should get their 15 mins under the bus)
To: blueyon
How do you know he wasn’t broken? How do you know he has recovered? I know it’s fashionable nowadays to call anyone who put on a uniform a hero. That disparages the true heroes. Being a POW is a bad thing to happen to someone. But it doesn’t make them a hero. And the BS about him refusing to be released is simply that. The captured does not determine the time of his release. The captor does.
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posted on
08/16/2008 2:18:24 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
Does McCain have anything else to talk about? Are you suggesting he was asked questions about, say, the price of gas and turned it into being a POW?
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:07:01 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: GLDNGUN
NO.
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:11:44 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
NO. Oh ok. So when he's asked a question about his time as a POW, what's he supposed to do? Say "None of your business"?
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:17:15 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: GLDNGUN
Nah. Because it's all he has. Without wrapping himself in the war hero flag, he's nothing but Obama lite.
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:23:41 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
Without wrapping himself in the war hero flag, he's nothing but Obama lite. So then you believe there would be no difference between McCain and Obama as CIC?
You believe they would appoint the very same type of judges to the USSC?
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:30:45 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: isrul
You are completely off base. How dare you disparage POWS who gave years of their life in service to America. They are HEROES for standing up for this country in the face of tremendous brutality and abuse. John McCain is very hesitant to speak of this time. He does need to talk about it more, because it is an incredible example of courage and strength.
To: isrul
“Nah” as you say, McCain was elected to congress in 1982, Obama was elected to the Illinois Legislature in 1996. Following your thinking, who has more to talk about?
I do love the political game of ping pong back and forth with you and glad to see it is being kept civil.
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:38:57 PM PDT
by
blueyon
(Every one should get their 15 mins under the bus)
To: GLDNGUN
I don't believe either is fit for the office, period. And I think McCain would appoint judges acceptable to his friends across the aisle to the court. To believe otherwise is foolhardy.
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:41:48 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: blueyon
so let's her him talk about it. Is he embarrassed?
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:52:11 PM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
so let's her him talk about it. Is he embarrassed? Wait, didn't you start this by asking "is that all he can talk about?" Looks like an OBAMA-sized FLIP-FLOP. Maybe you're just Obama-lite
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posted on
08/16/2008 3:56:57 PM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
To: isrul
Being a POW is a bad thing to happen to someone. But it doesnt make them a hero McCain did refuse to be released early because he felt it unfair to those who had been captured before him. Also, he felt it would be a brownie point for the commies who would taut the release as favored treatment to the Admiral's son.
He also refused to see the anti-war groups who came even though it would have meant being released from solitary. He was beaten for his non-cooperation many times. He may not have jumped on a land mine to save his buddies but he did choose self-denial over expedience on more than one occasion which is heroic behavior.
I'm surprised McCain looks as good as he does having been thru such physical torments.
To: isrul
The captured does not determine the time of his release. The captor does.
He explained in the interview this evening with Rick Warren that because his father was a high ranking Military Officer, he was given special preference and told he could leave early. The prisoners of war had a code: first in; first released. There was someone there who had been a POW longer than he, so he said "No" after much prayer. He said he was glad he didn't know how many more years the war would last when he said "no."
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posted on
08/16/2008 6:42:59 PM PDT
by
HighlyOpinionated
(The World is a Tragedy for Those Who Feel (Democrats) but a Comedy to Those Who Think (Republicans).)
To: what's up
The thing is how does a prisoner dictate these things to his captors?
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posted on
08/17/2008 5:14:32 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: blogsforthompson.com
I didn't disparage POW’s. McCain isn't a POW. He's a slimy pol trying to milk the experience to further his own ambition.
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posted on
08/17/2008 5:18:34 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: GLDNGUN
That's not a flip flop. If that's all he has to talk about; let him.
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posted on
08/17/2008 5:21:18 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: isrul
That's not a flip flop. If that's all he has to talk about; let him. Of course it's a flip flop. And to suggest that it is "all he has to talk about" is beyond ridiculous. I don't know if you watched him Saddleback last night, but EVERY answer of his was a HOME RUN from a conservative perspective.
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posted on
08/17/2008 9:23:54 AM PDT
by
GLDNGUN
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