Posted on 08/01/2017 4:17:31 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
Okay, people...before John McCain dies and the ridiculous "tributes" to the man make me vomit, let's remember what McCain's real legacy is:
His father was the Admiral in charge of the Pacific fleet prosecuting the war in Vietnam Nam.
Because of this McCain got preferential treatment in the Navy. He was allowed to become a Navy pilot. But he was a terrible pilot.
McCain crashed two navy Jets in his early career. Then while aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal, McCain got angry because he had to wait in line to take off on a bombing run.
He shut off his engines, opened the cockpit, and in his haste to exit the aircraft to chew someone out about his having to " wait", he hit the button that released his live bombs onto the deck of the Forrestal.
He took off running, as the bombs exploded, which set off a chain reaction of bombs from adjacent aircraft, and the ensuing explosions and fires killed 133 sailors aboard the Forrestal.
While his fellow sailors were fighting the fire, McCain went to the pilot's lounge below decks and watched the men fight the fire on closed circuit TV.
Hours later, McCain took off with a New York Times reporter buddy of his, and went on to say that after seeing the effects of those bombs on the Forrestal, he was beginning to question the morality of dropping those bombs on the Viet Cong.
McCain was the direct cause of 133 deaths on his own ship, and was never reprimanded. He was nowhere to be found as the Forrestal had to limp to the Philippines for months of repair work.
McCain was married then. His wife was stricken with debilitating injuries in an automobile accident. And was hospitalized for more than 5 months. McCain was off gallivanting with anything in a skirt.
Upon returning from Vietnam Nam, McCain found his wife was disfigured by her injuries, which included a shattered pelvis, arm, and legs. In order to save her legs, doctors performed 23 surgeries on her, and had to remove significant portions of the bones in her legs, which left he shorter, and unable to walk, and in a wheelchair, she had to use a catheter.
McCain was disinterested in his first wife's predicament. She had to go through grueling physical therapy to learn to walk again.
After McCain left the Navy, he was intent on a career in politics. He and His wife Carol had gotten to know Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and McCain was eager to jump into politics.
But he decided he needed a more visually pleasing young woman by his side. He callously divorced Carol, the mother of his three children, and immediately jumped into the sack with new wife Cindy, who was 18 years younger.
Upon learning of this, the Reagans were shocked and angered by how he had treated Carol. >> While campaigning for congress, McCain used pictures of himself posing with Mr. And Mrs. Reagan, but there was no hearty endorsement offered by the Reagans.
McCain's new young wife was also an heiress to an Arizona Brewing fortune.
And let us not forget McCain was one of the Keating 5, who had helped swindle life savings from countless Americans in the Savings and Loan scandal of the 1980's. McCain was in it up to his eyeballs.
Yet McCain was well-connected in Washington, and parlayed his connections into a seat in the United States Senate.
So before the tearful tributes to John McCain, be sure you remember the facts about this self-proclaimed Maverick. The facts do not agree with that portrait of a heroic patriot and great American.
With due respect to his family, John McCain was never the great man so many portray him as.
I do not wish the man any harm or ill-will. But neither should we allow this false narrative fairy-tale about this scoundrel of a man as he faces his eternal fate.
As a direct reaction to criticism for his role in the Keating 5 scandal, he decided that the 1st Amendment needed to be killed. He teamed up with commie Feingold to get that passed despite its rank unconstitutionality.
“Was there anything McCain excelled at?...”
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McCain is in the top percentile of people who stab “friends” in the back. He and a handful of others were responsible for successfully setting up policies that funded/trained Islamist groups in Syria.
Any that are not Factcheck.org, Wikipedia, and History Channel .... the Tooth Fairy would be more believable.
Yes he was.
My promised article concerning McCain and the USS Forrestal(CV-59) Fire
Documentary: USS Forrestal Aircraft Carrier Disaster 1:25:00
John McCain escapes Forrestal explosion 1:17 Raw film of the Forrestal fire.
Diagram of planes on Forrestal deck.
NS025929.– This diagram was taken from a drawing provided by USS Forrestal and shows the location of CVW-17 aircraft spotted for launch moments before the fire broke out. From "Naval Aviation News," October 1967 issue.
FReeper dunblak was on the Forrestal during the fire.
McCain and the Forrestal fire 3:23 Aug. 3, 2008 (Democrat election propaganda)
That Youtube video is where the Democrat propaganda about the BS "Wet Start" began.
McCain is a bad guy, but he did not start the Forrestal fire.
Thanks, bookmarked for later reference.
I was aware of the Forestal facts
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Which are?
McCain was removed from the ship that night so he wouldn’t have to be part of the investigation.
Don’t forget all the audio tapes he made for the North Vietnamese.
There’s even a mention in the Stars and Stripes on June 6, 199 about the tapes.
One of the tapes was recently unearth.
RELEASED: John McCain’s “Tokyo Rose” North Vietnam Broadcasts Recovered by WeSearchr
http://gotnews.com/released-john-mccains-tokyo-rose-north-vietnam-broadcasts-recovered-wesearchr/
TRUE STORY: How @WeSearchr Uncovered The @SenJohnMcCain Vietnam Propaganda Tapes After 50 YEARS Of Silence
“Was there anything McCain excelled at?”
Corruption.
Don’t forget his reputation as a songbird at the Hanoi Hilton. Traitor from day one.
You left the part out where, when running for POTUS, McLiar was recorded angrily calling his wife a c**t. What kind of a man speaks to his wife that way?
BTT
How about the multitude of naval aviators and flight deck crew right here on Free Republic (myself included) who know and understand carrier operations because they actually took part in them, and know with 100% certainty that all this crap about McCain “starting the fire” is absolute and unmitigated BS?
Those of us who want to step on this idiocy aren’t carrying water for McCain, nearly all of us detest his actions as a politician.
We’re doing because the truth is important, and trying to use the deaths and injuries on the USS Forrestal in July 1967 to use as a political weapon (when there are plenty of political weapons available to use against McCain for those who have the courage and faith to use them) is a slap in the face of every single one of those crewmen who were killed or injured.
People should just knock this off and stop posting this crap. It makes us look like idiots, especially when it is so easily refuted.
Don't be one of those people.
Sir Napsalot, if you want to use that bookmark as a reference to events on the USS Forrestal in 1967, delete it, because nearly everything in that is crap and will make you a fool in the eyes of people who know what they are talking about.
However, if you want to use it as a reference to his egregious behavior as a husband and a politician, it may be useful.
I thought so! Thanks for confirming.
To be fair that was never concluded and likely we will never know the truth of exactly how that went down because some people are above the law.
We will never see any of these politicians pay for their crimes unless they are named Trump who as far as we know has done nothing except beat Hillary.
Double thanks to you.
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