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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:05 PM Original message |
Obama calls McCain a "hero" in several speeches |
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jakem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. is this really worth debating? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. McCain stayed in the prison camp an extra 5 yrs or so because they wouldn't release his men |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. There it is.nt |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Duh. How is this even a thread? |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I agree. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You're so right |
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ctaylors6 (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. I agree. Even if I don't agree with current policies, I feel fine saying he was vietnam war hero. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Do we know this as a fact or is that his strory? Just asking. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. No, I'm not fucking kidding you. Like I said...just asking |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Yes it's true. We know that for sure. |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. Agreed |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. To be exact; the US military had a code that prisoners were too |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
4. Praise Reagan, praise McCain. Attack Bill Clinton, Joe Wilson, Paul Krugman |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. See post #16 and |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Personally, I think it's smart politics for Obama to say |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes he was a hero. He may be insane now but he was a hero. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. Actually, McCain was an UNLUCKY pilot. He lost THREE planes. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. World War 11? |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I used the word "respect". Sorry about the 11 instead of the II thing |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1. He's correct on that |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Ding! Absolutely correct! n/t |
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islandmkl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. among your points, all valid under your tight definiton of what makes a hero to YOU... |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. To me a hero is someone who saves another life. Did McCain? |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Yes, Romney today |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Good one! |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. dial 1-800-get-aclue. And splash some cold water on the face and neck. |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
14. I heard a clip this morning of him calling McCain a hero. Wanna know why he does it? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Oh, he is honoring the man's service to his country |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
46. “A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.” nt |
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Unsane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. You have GOT to be kidding me. |
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lisa58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. McCain is a hero... |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Yes, yes it is. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. CLINTON calls McCain a "hero" too !!! |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
24. What Obama is doing is smart politics..... |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
25. McCain was a hero |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
27. He is |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. What should Obama have done treat him the way the RETHUGS |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. It's the right thing to do and everyone from Kerry to Biden to HRC have done so |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
33. Any vet is a hero, in my view. nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. He is. That doesn't suggest that he'd be a capable president. n/t |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:50 PM Original message |
Obama is acknowledging |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why are you even going there? |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
38. How many GOP-ers called Kerry a hero in 2004? Clark? Max Cleland? |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I would like to think that we don't stoop to that level |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. They just made asses of themselves |
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Sapphocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
39. Ooo, that's gonna hurt... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sorry, but I think McCain IS a hero |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hillary and Bill call McCain a close friend |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. General Smedley Butler says 'war is a racket' |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I like the way you think ... |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:12 AM Response to Reply #52 |
60. i think Iraq has downgraded war altogether... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
62. Absolutely!! |
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mohc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
48. Almost every time he mentions this |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. Ah |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. McCain is a hero |
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yeswecan08 (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
53. Obama is a uniter - his natural speech pattern reflects that |
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IrishBloodEngHeart (815 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
54. what he did for his fellow POWs while held captive makes him a hero |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's smart politics. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
56. In 96 Clinton acknowledged Dole was a hero |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
57. Don't take it too seriously |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. Pure and simple - McCain was a war hero - There's no denying that |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
61. Politics for the general election for those who consider McCain |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
63. The American people consider McCain a hero |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
64. McCain is a Hero.. |
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