Posted on 03/18/2017 5:02:51 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Edited on 03/18/2017 10:46:21 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Donald Trump took on Sen. John McCain's status as a war hero and won the GOP nomination anyway.
Spicer took an extraordinary position Wednesday, saying anyone who questioned the success of the raid in Yemen that led to the death of a Navy SEAL was doing a disservice to the SEAL's memory. The target was McCain.
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Anyhow, he hasn't been working for America in office.
I also believe he is a war hero--for the North Vietnamese. He crashed four planes and put an aircraft carrier out of action, nearly sinking it.
McCain was a propaganda tool for the North Vietnamese and is now for the PROG press that uses him when it suits its purpose. I appreciate his time in service but not his trading on it throughout his political career, kinda like Kerry+++ and LBJ.
I have known a few WWII veterans who were captured and none of them put on airs of a hero because they were a POW.
Problem is, it's like driving a Q ball into a rack. You never know what is going to happen.
Neocon McCain made Obama the winner.
Too bad he was never that tough against Obama, because he was afraid.
McCain’s family were big slave holders in the deep south, with many African Americans named McCain. He was afraid to criticize.
Our pastor emailed this this morning:
Saturday, March 18, 2017
06:19:30 AM
Good morning Christian Patriots,
Why is it that we yell, “DRAIN THE SWAMP” at president Trump, but we lift not a finger of our own to drain the swamp by riding the US Congress of Chellie Pingree, Angus king and the infamous republic hater, Susan Collins?
Why is it that we yell, “LOCK HER UP” at president Trump, but we lift not a finger of our own to prosecute Chellie Pingree, Angus king and the infamous republic hater, Susan Collins for crimes against humanity?
In James chapter two we read: “If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, ‘Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled’, yet, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?”
Would not James say today, If you say to your brother, Drain the swamp, or lock her up, yet you, who has to the power to do both, do nothing, what good are you?
Is it not time we put our actions where our mouths are? Is it not time we take the actions necessary to insure that Pingree, King and Collins can no longer pollute the swamp?
President Trump has no power to remove King, Pingree and may God forgive us for ever electing her in the first place, Collins. But you do.
Each man and woman must draw his or her own mental line in the sand, the line in which no mortal may cross.
We in Maine are blessed with a section of our Constitution that gives us the authority to drain the swamp while at the same time not limiting us in the way we do it.
“All power is inherent in the people; all free governments are founded in their authority and instituted for their benefit; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government, and to alter, reform, or totally change the same, when their safety and happiness require it. ”
This section allows us the freedom to use the ballot or the bullet or anything in between.
Voting McCain in 2008 was a bridge to far for me. I simply could not bring myself to vote for then Mr Amnesty and now Mr ISIS. McCain is pretty much wrong about EVERYTHING.
NcCain is a hard working SOROS stooge.
mclame’s “I’m a Veteran...Love me” card is beyond it’s useful date. The guy is a pathetic excuse for a senator. I’m a Veteran too...so what?
I was captured in the capital city of Hanoi, while attacking it. After I was captured, I was taken to the hospital in Hanoi, where I received very good medical treatment. I was given an operation on my leg, which allowed me to walk again, and a cast on my right arm, which was badly broken in three places.
The doctors were very good and they knew a great deal about the practice of medicine. I remained in the hospital for some time and regained much of my health and strength. Since I arrived in the camp of detention, I received humane and lenient treatment.
I received this kind treatment and food even though I came here as an aggressor and the people who I injured have much difficulty in their living standards. I wish to express my deep gratitude for my kind treatment and I will never forget this kindness extended to me."
(Don't know if this is true or not)
McCain is no war hero. He betrayed his fellow POWs and earned the name “Songbird of the Hanoi Hilton”. He is also responsible for the deaths of over 160 fellow seamen when he nearly destroyed the USS Forrestal, earning his other nickname, “Johnny Wetstart”.
“I have known a few WWII veterans who were captured and none of them put on airs of a hero because they were a POW.”
I go to church with a gentleman who parachuted into Normandy with the 101st. He was captured and sent to a prison camp in Poland. They were liberated by the Soviets. They had to walk 700 miles back up the path the Germans had invaded and retreated, then walk down to the Black Sea. They were given nothing by the Soviets. Had to scrounge for food the whole way.
He is 95 and still golfs weekly. You would never have a clue about his war exploits.
He killed more soilders from the US than from the enemy. He is not an HERO.
I voted for McCain as a vote against Obama....as a no vote or a 3rd party would have guaranteed Obama.
He was guaranteed anyway....but no one knew that at the time.
I only voted FOR 2 presidents. Reagan and Trump. The rest were just voting for the lesser of 2 evils. They include Nixon, Ford, Dole, McCain, Romney and Both Bushes. I held my nose more times than I want to think about.
Sean Spicer:
In 2012, he received a master’s degree in national security and strategic studies from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Career
1990s
After graduating from college in 1993, Spicer worked on a number of political campaigns. In the late 1990s he worked for U.S. congressmen Mike Pappas (R-NJ),[Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Mark Foley (R-FL), and Clay Shaw (R-FL).
In 1999, Spicer joined the U.S. Navy Reserve as a public affairs officer; he currently holds the rank of commander.
As of December 2016, he was assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s naval reserve contingent in Washington, D.C.
Source: Wikipedia
John McCain's songbird recording has been recently found, it was "misfiled." What does that mean?
John McCain’s songbird recording has been recently found, it was “misfiled.” What does that mean?
It means they didn’t want you to know it existed.
So these days he is an ex-hero who abandoned his post all the time leaving Republicans more unable to swing anything to the right.
Well, being an OLD vet, I will admit McCain did put his life on the line when he flew into NO Viet Nam and got shot down. He was injured, as a lot of POWs were. BUT, since the day he was released, he’s been shooting his mouth off about his heroism. I truly believe the reason he ran for president, he would outrank his father and grandfather who were admirals. He does have a very opinion of himself. OH, he’s also a sore loser.
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