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"Make-Believe Maverick
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty"
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Make-Believe Maverick
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty
At Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation's capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the experience in Hanoi that, according to legend, transformed him from a callow and reckless youth into a serious man of patriotism and purpose. Walking along the grounds at Fort McNair, McCain runs into John Dramesi, an Air Force lieutenant colonel who was also imprisoned and tortured in Vietnam.
McCain is studying at the National War College, a prestigious graduate program he had to pull strings with the Secretary of the Navy to get into. Dramesi is enrolled, on his own merit, at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in the building next door.
There's a distance between the two men that belies their shared experience in North Vietnam — call it an honor gap. Like many American POWs, McCain broke down under torture and offered a "confession" to his North Vietnamese captors. Dramesi, in contrast, attempted two daring escapes. For the second he was brutalized for a month with daily torture sessions that nearly killed him. His partner in the escape, Lt. Col. Ed Atterberry, didn't survive the mistreatment. But Dramesi never said a disloyal word, and for his heroism was awarded two Air Force Crosses, one of the service's highest distinctions. McCain would later hail him as "one of the toughest guys I've ever met."
On the grounds between the two brick colleges, the chitchat between the scion of four-star admirals and the son of a prizefighter turns to their academic travels; both colleges sponsor a trip abroad for young officers to network with military and political leaders in a distant corner of the globe.
"I'm going to the Middle East," Dramesi says. "Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran."
"Why are you going to the Middle East?" McCain asks, dismissively.
"It's a place we're probably going to have some problems," Dramesi says.
"Why? Where are you going to, John?"
"Oh, I'm going to Rio."
"What the hell are you going to Rio for?"
McCain, a married father of three, shrugs.
"I got a better chance of getting laid."
Dramesi, who went on to serve as chief war planner for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and commander of a wing of the Strategic Air Command, was not surprised. "McCain says his life changed while he was in Vietnam, and he is now a different man," Dramesi says today. "But he's still the undisciplined, spoiled brat that he was when he went in."
McCAIN FIRST
This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.
In its broad strokes, McCain's life story is oddly similar to that of the current occupant of the White House. John Sidney McCain III and George Walker Bush both represent the third generation of American dynasties. Both were born into positions of privilege against which they rebelled into mediocrity. Both developed an uncanny social intelligence that allowed them to skate by with a minimum of mental exertion. Both struggled with booze and loutish behavior. At each step, with the aid of their fathers' powerful friends, both failed upward. And both shed their skins as Episcopalian members of the Washington elite to build political careers as self-styled, ranch-inhabiting Westerners who pray to Jesus in their wives' evangelical churches.
In one vital respect, however, the comparison is deeply unfair to the current president: George W. Bush was a much better pilot.
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Oh hog balls Perez.
shut UP!
Welly welly welly…..this should be good…
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Obama/Biden 08
Maverick?? You know McCain and Palin need to look in a dictionary to see the real definition of the word. Both are not even close to being mavericks.
Read this the other day, It is actually a good read and very fascinating! Especially the details on the Keating 5 and Cyndi McCains drug addiction.
what about obamas drug addiction?
McCain broke down under torture and offered a "confession" to his North Vietnamese captors! LIKE I SAID BEFORE, HE AIN'T NO HERO!
Right…and Obama is a Saint Please! You're so biased and ignorant
fabricated lies! Dramesi is a Democrat!
I thought a Maverick was a car made by Mercury back in the 70's.
You could dig up some serious dirt on both major candidates but that's so boring & it's all been done before and frankly done better elsewhere.
If you simply must do politics, at least make it interesting by giving us the scoop on some of the OTHER parties running for the 'big office' .
If you fuckers don't leave John McCain alone, I'm going to get my brother Roy to cut your fucking face off.
tee hee hee
Thanks for posting this! I read part of the article, but I don't have to read the rest. It [the article] totally supports everything I sensed about this asshole. Thank you.
damn… i hope people read this.
WHOOAH!
Re: SheriMoonZombie – YOU ARE CRAZY!
McCain hazed my uncle out of the naval academy…he was a real ass
McCain was exonerated you fools. But where's the post from Fat Perez about the Obambi's relationship with terrorists?
Re: LettyB –
Bitch, do you like your tits, cause my brother Roy likes to cut them off and shove them down your fucking throat. Now shut
your fucking tits about John McCain. My dad, the clown also
known as Cutter will join him while you scream. LOL
Letty B what might you do under extreme circumstances like that?…its easy to talk shit but could you take that abuse? i bet not
ooooooh……….and here i thought the dems were wanting to get back to the issues
Re: LettyB –
You better fucking know it fukard. I have another brother named Tiny and his face is burnt off, but he'll still buttfuck you until
you scream like that fatfucking pig on here that thinks he's God.
Want to play?
Wow, finally the truth about John McCain is out there. This country deserves better, Bush doesn't deserve a third term and thats all John McCain and Sarah Palin would be. Sarah Palin even talks about extending the power of the Vice President like Dick Cheney! This is absolutely terrifying considering her extremist views, lack of exeperience/credentials and her basic lack of intelligence! If you care about changing this country for the better than we need to vote for a 'smart president', I know it's a new concept but why don't we give it a try this time! Obama/Biden 08'!!
Re: Melissa is always right – i miss your old avatar
here say, barrack hangs with known terrorists, talk about lefty
Re: LettyB – come on letty………..you'd crack if they locked up your JD for an hour………heehee
Re: SheriMoonZombie – don't u be talking sit about letty
sit?…shit
Obama came to our house once, he was looking for some gangster named Ayers that was suppose to be getting him some coke. Roy
gave them some and then they fucked our sheep all night long.
BOO!
Re: mamajud – YAH YOUR RIGHT!!!!
I would rather have Mccain than Barack who hangs with terrorist. Barack is scary!
GO ON YOUTUBE AND LOOK UP OBAMA AND BILL AYERS. EVEN HILARY CLINTON WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS ASSOCIATION WITH HIM AND MANY OTHER RADICAL FRIENDS. SCARY STUFF!
Re: SheriMoonZombie – HELL YEAH BRING IT FUCKTARD!
LOL. Come on, this was lame- he was young & naive. Even I don't care for McCain, but this is something that's forgiveable. Shoot, it even read like a one of those long jokes…lol.
Re: LettyB –
You know that I'm teasing you, coz we are cut from the same clothe.
THANK GOD SOMEONE IS FINALLY BRINGING THIS OUT INTO THE OPEN.
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For any DOUBTERS out there, you can see video clips of his ACTUAL CREWMATES, etc., describing his reckless behavior.
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I am still waiting for the truth to come out re the USS Forrester - where McCain, in order to "get even" with the pilot behind him - "reved" his engine to cause a back-fire — which caused the bombs on his plane to fall off and ignite — 134 sailors died.
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McCain's "backfire" - or "wet-start" as its called re aviation — is the sole cause of this fire — its the reason why the bombs fell off — McCain had been warned not to do this in advance - he did — many, many DIED.
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Watch the Diane Sawyer pre-debate interview - she notes how he crawled out of his plane — but NOTHING IN REGARD TO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION — HOW DID IT HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE???
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Because of John McCain - that's how. This man is no hero - think of the families of all those who DIED. He is no hero.
Re: SheriMoonZombie – YOU'VED WATCHED HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES AND DEVIL'S REJECTS WAY TOO MANY TIMES!
Re: SheriMoonZombie – I GET IT! LOL!
Re: mamajud –
You said you wanted to meet Roy? I'll send him over. I hope you don't mind him smelling of blood and dirtydick?
Re: Beth Isreal –
The New York Times article cited by Palin (regarding Obama being a so called Terrorist) concluded that "the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers." Other publications, including the Washington Post, Time magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker and The New Republic, have said that their reporting doesn't support the idea that Obama and Ayers had a close relationship.
The reason people don't keep talking about Obama being a terrorist is because it's so complete bull S that nobody with an ounce of intelligence would repeat such idiocy…oh except Palin.
My my…very interesting read indeed. All you undecided voters, if McLames poor choice for VP wasn't enough to realize how wrong it would be to put this man as commander & chief, maybe this article will. Read it all!!!
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Obama/Biden 08 baby!!!!
Re: SheriMoonZombie – yum
REFRESH!
Mccain isn't a hero, he broke. POW's like James Stockdale are true heros, just listen to what THIS guy did instead of breaking and doing propoganda like Mccain did.
"""He was held as a prisoner of war in the Hoa Lo prison for the next seven years. Locked in leg irons in a bath stall, he was routinely tortured and beaten. When told by his captors that he was to be paraded in public, Stockdale slit his scalp with a razor to purposely disfigure himself so that his captors could not use him as propaganda. When they covered his head with a hat, Stockdale beat himself with a stool until his face was swollen beyond recognition. He told them in no uncertain terms that they would never use him. """
maybe he broke down and offered a confession, but it says right in the article 'like many others'. are they shit too, or just mccain because he's running for president? who cares anyway, most people would do anything to make torture stop, trained or not. good for those who don't, but get over it, not everyone can do that. this article is poorly written anyway, and i bet most of it's false anyway.
MCCAIN WAS EXONERATED AND FOUND NOT QUILTY OF WRONG DOING. MCCAIN HAS BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT THIS. NOW OBAMA AND HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BILL AYERS IS DIFFERENT. OBAMA IS TRYING TO SWEEP IT UNDER THE TABLE BY SAYING HE JUST LIVES ON HIS STREET. BULL, THEY HAVE FOUND THAT HE HAS WORKED WITH AYERS MULTIPLE TIMES AND AYERS EVEN HAD A PARTY FOR OBAMA BACK IN '95. HE IS MORE THEN JUST FRIENDS. PLUS OBAMA HAS MANY RADICAL FRIENDS SUCH AS REZKO AND REV. WRIGHT AND MANY MORE. NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. EVERYONE LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE AND BE AWARE BEFORE YOU VOTE!!!