McCain NOT this Veteran's Candidate

Helvitorial.com ^ | January 23, 2008 | Alan Helvig

[BigAlPro]

Just as being a veteran/war hero did not make John Kerry the right man to be President, being a veteran/war hero does not make John McCain the right man to be President.

[clamper1797]

This Vietnam Vet is with you

[Past Your Eyes]

Well, he’s not this veteran’s candidate either.

[K-oneTexas]

You Dad has open my eyes to the McCain of years ago ... I know for sure that he is not one to listen to people (the voters) in the last few years. I am a veteran also and will not, could not vote for him. IMHO he does not posses the character, the temperament, the energy or the ability to be President of the US. Not to mention the other fact ... he is not a conservative, let alone even a Republican. Of course all MHO only.

Hope you Dad is well. I know about the back thing as I had a L5-S1 similar problem corrected in much the same way. Take care.

[rlmorel]

John McCain was my commanding officer during my stint in a training squadron back in 1976...while I respect his service and sacrifice of both time and health, I cannot support him for his part in getting the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform passed.

Oddly, the squadron I ended up going to after training was VA-46, the squadron McCain was in when his A-4 was hit by that Zuni on the Forrestal. Ironic.

[vaudine]

Nor my husband's (US Army retired) or mine.

vaudine

[claudiustg]

12 year Army vet. McCain must be stopped!

[Parley Baer]

Not this veteran either. US Navy 1965 to 1969. VP-50 and VF-96. Many a crise in the Golf of Tonkin.

[B4Ranch]

I can't support him either.

The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides

But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about -- his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for. Since McCain himself, a downed Navy pilot, was a prisoner in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years, his staunch resistance to laying open the POW/MIA records has baffled colleagues and others who have followed his career. Critics say his anti-disclosure campaign, in close cooperation with the Pentagon and the intelligence community, has been successful. Literally thousands of documents that would otherwise have been declassified long ago have been legislated into secrecy.

[Hildy]

Unfortunately I know several good, conservative Vietnam vets who are strongly in McCain’s camp.

[B4Ranch]

Is this the man you support? Read the article and learn why us Vets this he is garbage.

[B4Ranch]

ping them to the article and Post #9

[BunkDetector]

General Norman Swartzkopf is backing McCain.
If vet endorsements count, you’re outranked.
By a lot, I’m guessing. :-)

[BunkDetector]

General Norman Swartzkopf is backing McCain.
If vet endorsements count, you’re outranked.
By a lot, I’m guessing. :-)

[Constitution Day]

Your (double) zinger would be more effective if you’d have spelled the General’s surname correctly!

:-)
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[JRochelle]

McCain gets more veteran support than anyone else.

I am not really for McCain, I am more against everyone else.
McCain is the only one of that bunch who can beat Hillary.

[gunnyg]

Re Marine Cpl Jimmy McCain; Senator McCain; POWs, etc.

TIME for a little “Straight Talk” from Senator McCain about the Jimmy McCain satellite image
http://tinyurl.com/3y38s8
http://tinyurl.com/3y38s8

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[ari-freedom]

I dunno...I see Dole all over again with McCain

[Freee-dame]

bump

[JillValentine]

I wouldn't put too much trust in rank in this case. Remember Wesley "WW3" Clark?