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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:03 AM Original message |
McCain's story about turning down release while a POW... |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. what can you say--- he's an asshole |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. it's his story I guess he can tell it how he wants |
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th13182 (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm no history buff..... |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. both him and a few other people |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
4. He fricking said that : 'God has bless me with personal Greatness.' |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I didn't totally catch that |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I wasn't that drunk when I heard it |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Exactly! He acts like he's something special for doing what he was ORDERED to do |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I admire that he was tough enough to survive |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Don't get me wrong, I think many, many of the POWS were heroes and |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
8. Why are they instructed to turn down early release? |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. some tried to escape |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. why is release the same as cooperation? |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I'm not totally sure |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Valuable information like what, the thickness of the mat they're given to sleep on? |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I thought that |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Unless I'm mistaken, Hogan's Heroes was a TV show, and a fictional one at that. |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I was writing in response |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Yeah, I know Hogan's Heroes was fictional. :) |
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zb1965 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
9. He was just lazy to go back to fight Vietnamese. |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. oh wow, hardly |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
32. This veteran says fuck you. Fuck you and the rock you crawled from under. |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I agree... I think one really tragic casualty from McCain's campaign... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. RELEASE HIS FRICKING RECORDS THAT HE LOCKED!! |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. yeah I think records should be released |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Medical also...... My father knew friends from POW camps that survived |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. dupe-delete |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I believe this is the real reason he went back to Vietnam.... |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. Sadly, I might have been more moved by him speaking of this experience |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I have been moved by it |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. My husband said that he would have likely faced some sort of |
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Wetzelbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. He would have |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. He was psychological broken by then and given good treatment |
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samuraiguppy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. can we keep this kicked |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
28. I agree |
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