The Duke broke my heart and John's RINO politics branded him as sour milk way before he ran for President. Yes, I vote for him, too, as he was the way lesser of two evils.
Over the years I've come to the conclusion both were just way, way too full of themselves as fighter jocks normally are. It is the nature of the beast and in defense of flag and country, you need that to keep flying each and every day, cheating death to to kick ass, take name and totally destroy the enemies of your country.
The common perception of traits for a fighter jocks stem from Thomas Wolfe’s The Right Stuff. In it he asserts that fighter pilots essentially fit a single mold– They are all extremely confident, ultra-assertive, and competitive to the bone. Others have stereotyped fighter pilots as brash beyond belief and flamboyant to an extreme. Toss in a huge dose of A-hole2 and you have both John and Duke in spades.
I do honestly believe had John not married into huge money, he may have gone the Duke route in politics. Money is truly the taproot of all evil in politics and few can swim in that cesspool and survive with an honest integrity not bought and sold to special interest.
That is why I will go to my grave with four political heroes that even I did not agree with all their policies: Teddy Roosevelt, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan and Sarah Palin.
John will always have my awe and gratitude for the way he conducted himself as a POW. I honestly don't know if I could have stood up to the torture he took and endured--
Gadzooks, a paper cut or stubbed toe drive me nuts.
And I will also like to thank John from the bottom of my heart for giving us Sarah Palin.
Now, The Donald put his foot in it by knocking John for his being captured. The way Trump put it, he tarnished not only all those who also served their time in hell in the Hanoi Hilton, not to mention those who were in the Bataan Death March or Massacre at Malmédy.
I don't want either Donald or John or Jeb as the GOP Nominee and hopefully I will not have to hold my nose when I vote next year.
You didn't vote for McCain.
You voted against obama.
When was the last time you voted for any candidate?