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    smithichie1 year, 4 months ago

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    Wow, this could prove devastating if true.
    At least one of McCain's captors have come forward, where is this Christian guard who supposedly gave McCain such strength? I would think McCain would have perhaps sought such an individual out on one of his trips to Vietnam as a Senator. If McCain's campaign can find former captors willing to vote for McCain, surely finding this Christian guard can be done.

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      Charlson1 year, 4 months ago

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      McCain hates gooks, his words, not mine.
      "The use of a racist slur can't be acceptable for any national leader, regardless of his background," said Diane Chin, executive director of the San Francisco-based Chinese for Affirmative Action. "For someone running for president not to recognize the power of words is a problem."
      This word is to asian-Americans tantamount to using the N word.

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        Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago

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        Consider what happened to those in that prison and what happened to McCain in particular.

        I had a friend that was in the Bataan Death March. When the company took Chinese or Japanese visitors around they would notify his boss and they would let him leave for a while with pay. He never talked about what happened but he would be incensed at just seeing them.

        Why don't you poll the prisoners that were held there with McCain and see what they think. Gook might be one of the nicer words.

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          hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago

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          Well those who were POWs with McCain speak out against him rather clearly.

          Why I Will Not Vote for John McCain

          As some of you might know, John McCain is a long-time acquaintance of mine that goes way back to our time together at the U.S. Naval Academy and as Prisoners of War in Vietnam. He is a man I respect and admire in some ways. But there are a number of reasons why I will not vote for him for President of the United States.....

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

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            Charlson1 year, 4 months ago

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            So if you were mistreated by some blacks then it is alright to call all blacks the N word? Yep, good logic for a racist.

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              Searchbeam1 year, 4 months ago

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              hyperbola,

              That was an excellent link!

              Thanks.

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            jordan111 year, 4 months ago

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            Wow, this could prove devastating if true.>>>>

            Solzhenitsyn's having written the story is fact, and the 'cross in the dirt' bit was written before John McCain made it 'his' story. What are the odds?

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              Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago

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              Considering the circumstances that was the only way a guard could do that. Communist leaders getting rid of any Christians. Anything overt would have had the guard be killed or go to a concentration camp.

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                jordan111 year, 4 months ago

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                Considering the circumstances that was the only way a guard could do that>>>>

                whooosh

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                  Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago

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                  If he said it out loud and another guard heard it the guard would become a prisoner. Communist countries have always been death on Christians. Where have you been.

                  A major difference in the stories is that with Alexander Solzhenitsyn the person was another prisoner. With McCain the guard also loosened his bonds for a while.

                  Why do the liberals ONLY look at the cross drawn it the dirt?

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                    smithichie1 year, 4 months ago

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                    I would prefer to look at the supposed guard mentioned in McCain's story. Why hasn't he come forward? I would think McCain would have sought him out long ago and if not his campaign surely would today, wouldn't it make a great photo op?
                    Assuming he actually exists that is.

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                      cloud151 year, 4 months ago

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                      Yes because its so damn easy to track down a man you've never spoken, don't know any information about, don't know his age, he could be dead, and he could be half way around the world oblivious to the happenings here in the US.

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                        HannibalBarca1 year, 4 months ago

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                        Braddock does it all the time, and many on here probably think he is based on a real character.

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                          smithichie1 year, 4 months ago

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                          Yet we have been informed that one of McCain's former captors would vote for him today?
                          If we can hear the current thoughts of one his former captors why not others? Especially someone who made such a supposed difference during McCain's confinment? Like I said, I think McCain would have looked this guy up years ago.

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                    protoham1 year, 4 months ago

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                    http://www.vets4mccain.com/

                    Is a good place to look.

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                bigurn1 year, 4 months ago

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                One of the captors came forward?? Please cite that.

                And... who is suggesting a Christian guard? Does a cross automatically determine a Christian?

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                  Beau78901 year, 4 months ago

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                  Here ya go:

                  http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037543/posts

                  "Tran Trong Duyet, who was in charge of the so-called 'Hanoi Hilton' where McCain was imprisoned for more than five years after his plane was shot down in 1967, told the British Broadcasting Corporation that he now considers McCain his 'friend' and that if he had the chance he would vote for him for president."

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