Fellow POW: No to McCain!

By SEDER

 

Knew him in the Naval Academy, Knew him as a POW... He's not voting for McSame:

I furthermore believe that having been a POW is no special qualification for being President of the United States. The two jobs are not the same, and POW experience is not, in my opinion, something I would look for in a presidential candidate.

Most of us who survived that experience are now in our late 60's and 70's. Sadly, we have died and are dying off at a greater rate than our non-POW contemporaries. We experienced injuries and malnutrition that are coming home to roost. So I believe John's age (73) and survival expectation are not good for being elected to serve as our President for 4 or more years.

I can verify that John has an infamous reputation for being a hot head. He has a quick and explosive temper that many have experienced first hand. Folks, quite honestly that is not the finger I want next to that red button.






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Run With This Story

Spread Dr. Butler's story far and wide. Paste this link everywhere.

http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_1,00.html

This is the truth. It should be a big story. Jerome Corsi writes a book filled with a pack of lies and he appears everywhere, liberal and conservative. McCain's classmate and fellow POW telling us why McCain should not be president. No coverage.

C'mon, Dr. Butler has some compelling stuff to say:

"When I was a Plebe (4th classman, or freshman) at the Naval Academy in 1957-58, I was assigned to the 17th Company for my four years there. In those days we had about 3,600 midshipmen spread among 24 companies, thus about 150 midshipmen to a company. As fortune would have it, John, a First Classman (senior) and his room mate lived directly across the hall from me and my two room mates. Believe me when I say that back then I would never in a million or more years have dreamed that the crazy guy across the hall would someday be a Senator and candidate for President!

John was a wild man. He was funny, with a quick wit and he was intelligent. But he was intent on breaking every USNA regulation in our 4 inch thick USNA Regulations book. And I believe he must have come as close to his goal as any midshipman who ever attended the Academy. John had me "coming around" to his room frequently during my plebe year. And on one occasion he took me with him to escape "over the wall" in the dead of night. He had a taxi cab waiting for us that took us to a bar some 7 miles away. John had a few beers, but forbid me to drink (watching out for me I guess) and made me drink cokes. I could tell many other midshipman stories about John that year and he unbelievably managed to graduate though he spent the majority of his first class year on restriction for the stuff he did get caught doing. In fact he barely managed to graduate, standing 5th from the bottom of his 800 man graduating class. I and many others have speculated that the main reason he did graduate was because his father was an Admiral, and also his grandfather, both U.S. Naval Academy graduates.
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It is also disappointing to see him take on and support Bush's war in Iraq, even stating we might be there for another 100 years. For me John represents the entrenched and bankrupt policies of Washington-as-usual. The past 7 years have proven to be disastrous for our country. And I believe John's views on war, foreign policy, economics, environment, health care, education, national infrastructure and other important areas are much the same as those of the Bush administration.

I'm disappointed to see John represent himself politically in ways that are not accurate. He is not a moderate Republican. On some issues he is a maverick. But his voting record is far to the right. I fear for his nominations to our Supreme Court, and the consequent continuing loss of individual freedoms, especially regarding moral and religious issues. John is not a religious person, but he has taken every opportunity to ally himself with some really obnoxious and crazy fundamentalist ministers lately. I was also disappointed to see him cozy up to Bush because I know he hates that man. He disingenuously and famously put his arm around the guy, even after Bush had intensely disrespected him with lies and slander. So on these and many other instances, I don't see that John is the "straight talk express" he markets himself to be.

Senator John Sidney McCain, III is a remarkable man who has made enormous personal achievements. And he is a man that I am proud to call a fellow POW who "Returned With Honor." That's our POW motto. But since many of you keep asking what I think of him, I've decided to write it out. In short, I think John Sidney McCain, III is a good man, but not someone I will vote for in the upcoming election to be our President of the United States."

Are there other McCain classmates or pilots who served with him willing to come forward?
McCain is unfit for command. Let's start proving it.

what'shisname???

we do need a name for this person. Let me look again.......nope not in this blog. Please add name. Also, Sen. McCain will be 72 shortly according to just about everything I've heard thus far. It is these kind of little crappola , nitpicky details that so get us on the losing end of these arguments.
btw he spilled the beans as a POW and made films for charlie (let us also verify these facts and get them out there).

FACTS ABOUT THE FORRESTAL WE KNOW FOR SURE

McCain was investigated in the deaths of more than 130 troops after hot dogging and an alleged "wet" start with his jet. He was allegedly shot down a few weeks later so the investigation was dropped.

What some have said about the Forrestal incident (incident where more than 130 sailors died. :

A young sailor on the Forrestal, Frank West named McCain as the 'stupid bastard' who caused the tragedy

Another sailor, Mervin Rowland doesn't like McCain because McCain refuses to go to any of the Forrestal memorial reunions. We know for a fact that McCain has not visited a single reunion since the tragedy.

What we do know about the Forrestal incident.

McCain was the only member of the entire crew who wasn't severely injured and was airlifted off the Forrestal. This we know for a fact. Why is only speculation, which includes:

1. Some crew members thought it was because of his dad, Admiral McCain.
2. Some believed it was McCain’s dangerous stunt that set the whole thing off, and he was airlifted off because of threats on his life

All we know for sure is that he wasn't severely injured and he was airlifted. We know this because it was only a few weeks later that he was shot down in Viet Nam. He was obviously well enough to fly.

What we also know for sure is that McCain was the only person on the flight deck who received no decoration for valor for the events that took place on that day even though McCain says he saved lives. This is a fact. The ship burned for at least three more days, but McCain was already gone. MCCAIN WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON THE FLIGHT DECK WHO RECIEVED NO DECORATIONS FOR VALOR, THE ONLY ONE.

Surviving video can be seen at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chuiyXQKw3I

NOTE: No one knows the position of John McCain's plane BEFORE it was hit by the missile allegedly set off by his "wet start" and hot-dogging.

thanx dread

kinda like watching footage of 9/11!

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