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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:17 PM
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McCain Embraces Falwell In All His Wingnut Glory
American military hero and Arizona Sen. John McCain will deliver the Commencement message at Liberty University on May 13, at 9:30 a.m., in the Liberty University Vines Center.

While Sen. McCain and Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell have had their share of political differences through the years, the two men share a common respect for each other and have become good friends in their efforts to preserve what they see as common values. This will mark his first ever appearance at Liberty University.



http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/28/121748/577
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quinnox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:23 PM
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1. Maybe they will embrace
I want to see McCain and Falwell in a big hug like he did with Bush.
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kurth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:28 PM
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2. Next stop: Bob Jones University
Edited on Tue Mar-28-06 01:29 PM by kurth
Headline: McCain denies having dark-skinned daughter
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:29 PM
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3. John McCain was no war hero
He gave out military secrets in exchange for medical care.

PS- CatWoman, I know you didn't write that
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:04 PM
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6. McCAIN
What a shit head
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:13 PM
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7. I used to like him, until he started whoring for Chimpy
:hi:
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lwesty Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 05:06 PM
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11. he's been brainwashed n/t
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 03:13 PM
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17. Who are you to judge McCain's actions?
I wanna know.
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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 06:50 PM
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18. Here:
http://www.namvets.com/Reading/john_mccain_is_no_war_hero.htm

What is the real story behind his days as a POW? The U.S. Veteran Dispatch had an article in June of 1996 entitled "POW Songbird McCain Wrongly Described As A Hero." It recounted numerous instances where John McCain violated the Military Coda of Conduct, which specifically orders American personnel to give the enemy no information other than name, rank, serial number, and date of birth. It requires that they accept no favors from the enemy, and to make no written or oral statement disloyal to the United States.

The fact is, in exchange for better medical treatment, McCain violated this code four days after being captured on Oct. 26, 1967. In a U.S. News and World Report interview dated May 14, 1973, two months after he was released, McCain admitted that he exchanged military information in exchange for spending six weeks in a hospital normally reserve for North Vietnamese Military officers.

U.S. government records show that less than two weeks after he was taken to the hospital, Hanoi's press began quoting specific military information, including the name of the aircraft carrier on which McCain had been based, information about the location of rescue ships and the order of which his attack was supposed to take place. The records demonstrate, according to the Dispatch article that McCain continued to collaborate with the Communists after he recovered from his injuries. He did a number of propaganda broadcasts that were aimed at destroying the moral of American servicemen fighting in the jungles of South Vietnam, On June 4, 1969, a U.S. Wire Service story reported one of McCain's broadcasts.
more-

also:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=14821

First of all, when the Navy pilot was shot down over a lake near Hanoi, his captors did not know who he was -- John McCain, son of the admiral in charge of the Pacific fleet. McCain was seriously injured in his ejection and in need of medical attention. In exchange for what passes as first-class care in Vietnam, McCain talked. He told the North Vietnamese about his father. He told them about the chain of command. He described himself as one of the "very best pilots" in the Navy.

Such behavior by a POW is strictly frowned upon in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the military code of conduct.

"OK," you say, "McCain should be given a pass for this because he was badly hurt. Wasn't his behavior at the Hanoi Hilton honorable after he recovered from his wounds?"

No, not exactly. While serving as a POW, McCain was one of the captives who agreed to be used for propaganda purposes by the enemy. In fact, some argue that an interview he gave to a Communist publication -- detailing an accident aboard his ship, problems with low morale among U.S. servicemen, the chain of command in the U.S. Navy and other pertinent information -- went far beyond mere propaganda and crossed the line into disclosing military intelligence secrets.

more
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crikkett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 12:34 PM
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21. v. interesting.
will read.
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wisteria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:32 PM
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4. Following right along in step with his Idol, President Bush! n/t
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 03:17 PM
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9. Exactly - like a beaten puppy
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dusmcj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 01:33 PM
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5. McCain will need noseplugs for the fumes from all the Rapture Crack
being smoked there. Of course, the shit from sticking his nose up the religious right's ass might serve the purpose instead.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 02:27 PM
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8. there's actually a stop mccain website
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KansasNate Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 03:49 AM
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14. Stop McCain website
Yep, Stop John McCain 2008 is up and operational.

Right now it is just two of us blogging in our spare time. We would love more co-bloggers. If you are interested, send me an email at <username>@gmail.com
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LittleWoman Donating Member (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 04:15 PM
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10. He will be making a stop in Ohio in June
I just heard on the local media that Ohio State University has chosen him for their speaker for the June 2006 commencement. So glad I don't have anyone graduating this year! Both of our kids missed the * commencement speech a few years ago. That was just dumb luck as by that time I really wanted our son to get out of school and get a job. When our son finally did graduate the speaker was Christopher Reeve and the speaker for our daughter's masters at Harvard last year was John Lithgow. Both gave great speeches!
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WestSeattle2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 07:20 PM
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12. the man wants the White House so bad he'd sell
his soul. That is scary.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-28-06 08:13 PM
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13. 10 cents a DAAAANCE
Pandermonkey.

I don't think the Conservatives are buying it, though.
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 06:26 AM
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15. McCain: Patron Saint of Jumping the Shark.
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 06:34 AM
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16. Stunning
that he is so willing to humiliate himself.
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many a good man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 06:55 PM
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19. GOP can't win nationally without the Fundie base
Our job is to FRACTURE that alliance. We must make McCain pay with the moderates if goes courting after the madmen.
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 07:07 PM
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20. What is McCain's stance on purple telletubbies?


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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 01:58 PM
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22. McCain don't have to Swift Boated....he has sunk himself already
Espc with his relationship with Foulmouth Bush
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-31-06 02:03 PM
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23. I'm not sure how you appeal to Independent voters on one hand and
bend over for Jerry Falwell on the other.

How does that work?
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