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To: SatinDoll

John McCain in the Crucible
New York Times
By JAMES B. STOCKDALE
November 26, 1999
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And I consider it blasphemy to smudge the straight-arrow prisoner-of-war record of a man who was near death when he arrived at Hoa Loa prison 1967: both arms broken, left leg broken, left shoulder broken by a civilian with a rifle butt.

He was eventually taken to the same rat-infested hospital room I had occupied two years earlier, and, like me, he had surgery on his leg. By then the Vietnamese had discovered that his father was the ranking admiral in the Pacific Fleet, and he received an offer that, as far as I know, was made to no other American prisoner: immediate release, no strings attached. He refused, thereby sentencing himself to four more years in a cell.

Trump on the other hand was running away from the war, partying in College with his millionare daddy’s money.


19 posted on 07/21/2015 8:28:03 AM PDT by TomasUSMC (FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
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To: TomasUSMC

THE DAY JOHN McCAIN GOT SHOT DOWN!
Long and very detailed account of how his failure to follow procedure got him shot down!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3314642/posts


24 posted on 07/21/2015 8:58:00 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: TomasUSMC

Trump on the other hand was running away from the war, partying in College with his millionare daddy’s money.
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In 2012 did you condemn Willard Mitt Romney for doing the same thing ???

or did you vote for him making excuses ???


27 posted on 07/21/2015 9:34:40 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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