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MADem

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29. No--no dispute--you're quite right. I don't know how I missed these earlier
Thu Nov 15, 2012, 01:16 PM
Nov 2012

tales during the last election; perhaps because there was so much Palin fodder about. Those "pre-Forest Fire" accidents, well, two of them, anyway, are news to me!

This article goes into detail: http://articles.latimes.com/print/2008/oct/06/nation/na-aviator6

McCain The Petulant Bully is not unknown to me--he had a somewhat abrasive and abrupt personality on a good day, before he decided he wanted to be the President. I'm guessing that hasn't improved over the years!

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Excellente! nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #1
John McCain: Bitter, Petty, and UNFIT FOR COMMAND. Dawson Leery Nov 2012 #2
+1, +1000 dchill Nov 2012 #3
Unfit to fly, too. BouzoukiKing Nov 2012 #17
Five? Jack Sprat Nov 2012 #21
Well, in fairness, the one on his carrier... BouzoukiKing Nov 2012 #23
I thought it was three--one in training, which should have washed him out into a SWO job, MADem Nov 2012 #25
There's some dispute about that... BouzoukiKing Nov 2012 #26
No--no dispute--you're quite right. I don't know how I missed these earlier MADem Nov 2012 #29
Condi Rice was head of the Nat'l Security Council on 9/11...3000 dead... Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #4
Anderson Cooper did, that's a start Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #5
Some of Us Do USMCMustang Nov 2012 #13
And whistling between his crooked teeth dem4ward Nov 2012 #6
Anderson Cooper does a pretty good job loyalsister Nov 2012 #7
McCain is an Asshole n/t sheshe2 Nov 2012 #8
Ditto... SoapBox Nov 2012 #22
not to mention fucking 911! barbtries Nov 2012 #9
Link to video enclosed Ellipsis Nov 2012 #10
Wow. That vid says it all. go west young man Nov 2012 #15
The gentleman from Arizona The Wizard Nov 2012 #11
CNN needs to go after this with full throated to attempt to earn ANY of my respect back! Firebrand Gary Nov 2012 #12
"But thousands died in Iraq" - exactly. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #14
A battle against an obviously qualified woman of color FreeBC Nov 2012 #16
Good on you, Anderson! gateley Nov 2012 #18
Good For Cooper! Thanks LeftInTX Cha Nov 2012 #19
I was proud of Obama during the Press conf on this Dems50State Nov 2012 #20
Anderson dennis4868 Nov 2012 #24
There was a time when McCain seemed like a reasonable republican Ratty Nov 2012 #27
partisan crap Magoo. And you know it. Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #28
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