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MyOwnPeace

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28. PJ,

Reply to PJMcK (Reply #24)

Wed May 30, 2018, 11:11 AM

May 2018

I really like your summary - yeah, good for him as a suffering POW - but, boy, what a track record as a politician.
He has provided some interesting headlines, but really, not much for our country as a Senator.

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John McCain....Patriot or not? [View all] Heartstrings May 2018 OP

Bookmarked for follow-up. Thanks. nt lamp_shade May 2018 #1

I don't think he will resign, I think he'll pass away in office. irisblue May 2018 #2

You have to define patriot TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #3

In this instance Heartstrings May 2018 #5

OK TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #7

Under "normal" circumstances I would have to agree with everything you stated... Heartstrings May 2018 #10

I get that TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #11

John, John, John........ southrnbelle May 2018 #4

A lifetime of service to the country pintobean May 2018 #6

Service TimeSnowDemos May 2018 #9

bingo - well said DrDan May 2018 #23

John McCain does not need to prove his patriotism. RelativelyJones May 2018 #8

Patriot? BlueJac May 2018 #12

John McCain just like all of us Sherman A1 May 2018 #13

If he were a middle-of-the-road moderate he would have been president bucolic_frolic May 2018 #14

John McCain doesn't have to prove anything to anyone. democrank May 2018 #15

Hmmmmmmmmmm malaise May 2018 #16

He's a Patriot, and just another Republican jerk. dem4decades May 2018 #17

Nailed it.. LakeArenal May 2018 #25

no republican is patriotic to the point that allows democrats any say in the manner beachbum bob May 2018 #18

They're going to appoint his wife to fill the term Tarc May 2018 #19

5 1/2 years in POW camps. Bayoneted, tortured... VOX May 2018 #20

Read in the Knoxville paper this morning, TNNurse May 2018 #21

IMO, No ProfessorGAC May 2018 #22

Yep, I'm in complete agreement PJMcK May 2018 #24

PJ, MyOwnPeace May 2018 #28

Correct correct correct Power 2 the People May 2018 #29

I don't think this will define him as a patriot, either way. NCTraveler May 2018 #26

I think he will keep his seat. denbot May 2018 #27