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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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[Image by Robert Grossman for Rolling Stone.]

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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228 comments to “Headline Of The Week Weak”

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  1. 101

    Re: Intellect_Rules – Thank you for telling it like it is.



  2. 102

    Re: Leona$ Gho$t – Hahaha! Yes! I think the moderator should limit the discussion ONLY to scandals, rumors, and gossip - Oh my!! Now THAT would be entertaining!



  3. 103

    Re: Jodman – you just need to shut your mouth i hate when people get on here and act like they know everything and what comes out of their mouth has to be fact because they're saying it. what makes you right. you dont know anymore than the rest of us. unless your obama himself or mccain himself you dont know what is fact or false so shut up



  4. 104

    Re: Leona$ Gho$t – "make proud yo momma"?????? yeah see only black people or people who act black would have a slogan like that for their black president. so sad. im so glad that their is no way frobama will make it into the WHITE house. i sure would want to listen to shit like that all the time



  5. 105

    Wow. I remember when Rolling Stone actually wrote articles about music instread of pushing Jan Wenner's stupid fucking agenda. Fuck Obama.

    Yeah, I said it.



  6. 106

    Re: KittyKAtz
    I have three brother's you monkeyfuck. Watch the fucking movie.
    Rob Zombie would be happy that I'm bringing up his name. I'm going to be in his new film called, Devil Rejects the Beginning.
    So keep your shit to yourself, just cause your fat ass weighs 400 pounds, don't rap my ass. I do eat, I just don't gain weight. It's a famly thing. My avartar isn't up, so what you talkin bout willis?Re: LULU~*
    It's Halloween month, you boring fuck. Go get fucked, coz you act like some old Republicunt bitch that her husbands out fucking the guys and you are just withering away like the fukard that you are.
    God, your boring.
    Re: mamajud – So, blood and dirtydick sounds good to you, huh? You're funny, maybe I'll let you play in my new movie.
    Re: LettyB – Is the only true fukard on here that knows how to take a shit fucking joke. Kill them LettyB. I want you for my next movie also. Tell everyone to go fuck themselves,
    they can eat me.



  7. 107

    Perez where are my shitfucking comments at?



  8. 108

    Shit the motherfucking bed, comments?



  9. 109

    Re: luvmygirlz7104 – 105 I will pray for you. JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN, ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD, RED AND YELLOW BLACK AND WHITE, THEY ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT, JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD!



  10. 110

    Re: sweetpiece – OMG! sweet! I didn't know you were a Jesus freak!!!! ;)



  11. 111

    Perez - I'm so, so glad you have posted the links — The Rolling Stones Article (the third "click here) is fantastic.
    -
    It is also a LOT of what I've been saying all along — and hey, kind of unlikely they'd PRINT IT if they did not have the facts - they”d be sued — BUT, you CAN'T SUE when someone writes the truth.
    -
    He's literally a shrimp — he is NOT running to help America — he's running for his ego and that's it.



  12. 112

    Re: sweetpiece – WORD!



  13. 113

    " As the heroic crew of the Forrestal mourned its fallen brothers and the broken ship limped toward the Philippines for repairs, McCain zipped off to Saigon for what he recalls as "some welcome R&R."
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    In his own words . . . McCain was the ONLY naval personnel to leave the ship via helicopter — read the article, its all in there.
    -



  14. 114

    ""Charlie Keating, banker . .. would ultimately be convicted on 73 counts of fraud and racketeering for his role in the savings-and-loan scandal of the 1980s. . . . resulted from misbegotten banking deregulation, and ultimately left taxpayers to pick up a tab of more than $124 billion. "
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    "McCain and his family took at least nine free trips at Keating's expense, and vacationed nearly every year at the mogul's estate in the Bahamas."
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    Make up your own minds if little John is on the take or not.



  15. 115

    Now that the mess started by clinton and added to by barney frank has taken down the world economy, I guess you can print whatever lies you want.
    IS OBAMA GOING TO GIVE BACK ALL THE MONEY HE TOOK FROM FREDDIE AND FANNIE BEFORE THEY FAILED???????? He's so damn big on paying taxes- he should just give BACK all he got from them. Frank and chris dodd too. Criminals.



  16. 116

    William Ayres is a DOMESTIC TERRORIST- he bombed AMERICANS and American buildings. He was no different than Timothy McVey. But he is Obama's friend, cohort, and a fund raiser for him. He was not just a casual acquintance. AYRES is a TRAITOR and should have been executed for treason. OBAMA doesn't know the difference- he thinks Ayres is just a great guy.



  17. 117

    Re: LilMissFabulous – You have no idea what you are talking about. Mccain is the ONLY one in the senate who tried to get regulations passed to stop the current mess started by CLINTON.
    McCain was NOT part of the Keating mess- he was exonerated and even the DEMOCRAT who prosecuted it said McCain's name should NEVER have been in the case to begin with. He has said it is ridiculous that Obama keeps saying this. If you are going to criticize mcCain at least say what is TRUE. Which you cannot face with your OWN candidate!



  18. 118

    Re: kennnnn

    Obama has been open about his addiction. The McCains tried to cover it up and only when the public found out about it, did they hold a press conference. Puh-lease. I do NOT care about people's pasts, but they lose my respect if they outright deny doing anything. Just own up to it!



  19. 119

    "McCain's wife, Cindy, mussed his receding hair and needled him playfully that he was "getting a little thin up there."
    -
    McCain reportedly blew his top, cutting his wife down . . ."At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt."
    -
    Even though the incident was witnessed by THREE REPORTERS, the McCain campaign denies it took place.
    -
    Yeah. Sure.
    -
    What do the conservative soccer moms think of that????



  20. 120

    Re: Schneidz – Yeah, and Obama has opened up about everything in his past? Hardly.



  21. 121

    Re: Cherry Bomb – Yes. I also find it interesting that in 941 days in the Senate, Obama got 931 MILLION DOLLARS IN EARMARKS. That's almost a million a day!

    Meanwhile, in 21 YEARS in the Senate, John McCain got ZERO EARMARKS.

    Take that, bitches!!!!! lol



  22. 122

    Re: SheriMoonZombie – andy….that u?



  23. 123

    Gee, what a shock. Here are the same….few……people….still defending McLame. It's OVER for McLame/Piglin. Give it up. Your attempts were laughable at first, now they're just pathetic. History will be made in November!
    .
    .
    Obama/Biden 08 baby!! Wipe your tears and move on repubes! :P



  24. 124

    Re: LordKain – Never!!!!!



  25. 125

    HAHA. like we didn't ALREADY KNOW MCCAIN is DISHONEST. I'm not even American and I knew that looooong ago.



  26. 126

    from factcheck .org
    McCain claimed that Obama’s health care plan would "force small businesses to cut jobs" and would put "a bureaucrat … between you and your doctor." In fact, the plan exempts small businesses, and those who have insurance now could keep the coverage they have.

    McCain attacked Obama for voting for "corporate welfare" for oil companies. In fact, the bill Obama voted for raised taxes on oil companies by $300 million over 11 years while providing $5.8 billion in subsidies for renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuels.

    McCain said oil imports send "$700 billion a year to countries that don't like us very much." But the U.S. is on track to import a total of only $536 billion worth of oil at current prices, and close to a third of that comes from Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

    He promised to increase use of "wind, tide [and] solar" energy, though his actual energy plan contains no new money for renewable energy. He has said elsewhere that renewable sources won’t produce as much as people think.

    He called for "reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs," but as in the past failed to cite a single program that he would eliminate or reduce.



  27. 127

    Good article thanks for the recommendation. Love ya Perez!!



  28. 128

    PORK
    $10 million toward the University of Arizona
    In 2003, McCain also slipped $14.3 million into a defense appropriations bill to
    create a buffer zone around Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. As Roll Call reported in 2003, this project violated McCain’s own anti-pork rhetoric:

    The only problem is the project to acquire more land near the base was not requested by President Bush or fully authorized by the Senate Armed Services Committee - two of McCain’s criteria for identifying so-called ‘pork.

    Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), a notorious porker, was overjoyed that McCain had joined his side. “One man’s pork is another man’s alternate white meat,” said Stevens. “If he asked for it, we put it in.”



  29. 129

    Old, irrelevant or inacurrate stuff which shows where Obama supporters get their strenght to back a man of marginal accomplishments and experience. See Truth According To To if Perez doesn't censor this post.



  30. 130

    Old, irrelevant and inaccurate stuff for Obama supporters to hang their hat on . When your candidate is a man or unremarkable acheivements and experience, this is what you get See Truth According 2 Tom where 2 = To as Perez is still censoring my posts.



  31. 131

    Where's the article on Obama's direct connections to Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac and his major role in helping to crash the economy by helping unqualified applicants sue for loans they couldn't afford?

    How about an article about Obama's drug use or his connections to terrorists like Bill Ayers?

    Oh wait, I've forgotten. You're all "intelligent" truth crusaders when it comes to everything EXCEPT Obama. You've already decided that's he's the messiah and you aren't going to let stupid little things like "facts" get in the way of that.

    Also LULU~* you can keep screaming about the "wet-start" conspiracy until you're blue in the face and it still won't be anything more than a story written to make McCain look bad. It's already been proven by multiple sources that there WAS NO WET START and that the fire was caused by a rocket from one plane accidentally firing and hitting the plane next to McCain's..he had nothing to do with it. Anyone with access to Google can find the truth for themselves and see that you're a retard.



  32. 132

    Re: sweetpiece – …….and socialized medicine would NOT put the bureaucrats between u and your doc???



  33. 133

    SARWHORE, PALIN' IN COMPARISON TO BIDEN!!!



  34. 134

    McCain is despicable. Vote Obama 08



  35. 135

    Re: SheriMoonZombie – EVERYONE GO FUCK YOURSELVES! ROB ZOMBIE ROCKS!



  36. 136

    Oh Please, how about you post a nice long article of all of OBAMA'S TERRORIST TIES! I FIND THAT WAY MORE INTERESTING THAN THIS SILLY POST. Lets talk about the MILLIONS in Donations Obama received from Terrorist Organization Code Pink, from Billionares in Iran and Palestine and lets talk about his connections to Bill Ayers a known Terrorist who was involved in the attacks on 9/11, I find this type of information far more disturbing!!
    -
    Lets see you be unbiased for ONCE and post everything people should and need to know about Obama for once. He used a 1.5 Million donation from a Convicted Terrorist to buy his House who's currently rottig in jail…I find that far more problematic. If you vote him in office you mines well start welcoming the terrorists to this country because they just LOVE The Obamanation!



  37. 137

    WHORE-ROAR-DUH.



  38. 138

    thanks for the great article perez!



  39. 139

    Oh please and you copy and pasted this garbage from "Rolling Stones Magazine" what a reputable NEWS SOURCE..it's a silly entertainment magazine just like your silly "Gossip" site because thats all you do is Gossip..finding ways to try and smear McCain…I'd like to see what Obama's done for this country, but the truth is HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING, NOTHING!! HE USED HIS HARVARD EDUCATION TO VOTE PRESENT 130 TIMES..



  40. 140

    Re: LettyB
    HE'S IS A HERO AND i'D LIKE TO SEE YOU LAST JUST ONE DAY GOING THROUGH THE TORMET HE HAD TO SUFFER FOR 5YRS.
    -
    OBAMA IS NO HERO, WHAT THE HELL HAS HE DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY BESIDES SIT ON HIS ASS AND VOTE PRESENT. AT LEAST MCCAIN HAS EXPERIENCE AND LOVE FOR HIS COUNTRY…GO BUDDY UP WITH OBAMA THE TERRORIST LOVER, DEALING WITH THE DEVIL!



  41. 141

    Re: LilMissFabulous
    you're right this country does deserve better, a whole lot better than Obamanation, we are in the middle of a war and we have idiots wanting to elect a president with Ties to Terrorists and Terrorist Organizations, It makes me sick how all these Obama lovers turn a blind eye to to the reality of Obama's inner circle..it's called Sleeping with the Enemeny, Obama has received Millions and Millions in donations FROM TERRORISTS..what is wrong with you people!



  42. 142

    Re: Renfamous – untrue — I listed the sources you could go to above — you tell me — how did the fire start?
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    why is a survivor saying in a taped video clip saying McCain wet-started on purpose?
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    I really had it been anyone else (who's daddy the Admiral couldn't get them off), they would have been in a military jail.
    -



  43. 143

    EVEN MCSTAIN KNOWS HE MARRIED A WHORE!
    ********
    At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c*nt." –to his wife, Cindy, after she playfully twirled his hair and said "You're getting a little thin up there," as reported in the book The Real McCain by Cliff Schecter
    ************
    MARVELOUS QUOTE I'LL GIVE HIM THAT!!!



  44. 144

    Re: LULU~*
    Oh and you think Obama is some Hero?????? Getting Millions under the table from his Terrorist friend in Iran and Palestone..Let's see which is worse??? It's unbelievable how Niave some of the people on this board are. Go do your research go look up bill airs and were Obama got the money to buy his 1.5 million dollar home..from Donation money from a CONVICTED TERRORIST INVOLVED IN THE ATTACKS ON 9/11 .Not to mention donation money is supposed to be used for the election, not buying a million dollar house.
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    Re: ziggywasastar – Yeah you keep believing that, Obama served on a committee with Bill Ayers and Had him over for dinner numerious times. I would Never even ascociate myself with people like that, or his Radical Rev Wright, or except money from terroist countries which is ILLEGAL..figure it out already people. No one mentions it because you and the left sided media's lips are attached to Obama's asshole for whatever stupid reason.



  45. 145

    Re: LULU~* – Lulu… go to factcheck.org. The story has been discredited time and time again. Why was that guy saying that? Dunno. Maybe Obama used some of the money he got for the Garden of Nowhere to pay him off. lol.



  46. 146

    Re: luvmygirlz7104
    Oh if you haven't noticed Leona Shit Ghost who spells her name with dollar signs, doesn't have a vocabulary past Junior High, I expect the drivel every time I see one of the he/she's posts.



  47. 147

    A closer look at the life and career of Obama reveals a disturbing record of … NOTHING.
    - what is scary is that no one seems to care.



  48. 148

    Re: sweetpiece
    Yeah just too bad Obama's a Muslim and doesn't have Jesus, You need Jesus if you're still dumb enough to vote for that Poor Excuse for a Wanna Be President.

  49. jefdo says – reply to this


    149

    Your ridiculous Perez, you keep posting loads of bs about Palin and McCain, god forbid you quit kissing Obama's ass for a day. Bringing up Keating 5, something he was only accused of but cleared of, in which they found no wrong doing on his part. If you're gonna bring up rumors like that let's talk about Obama's friend, and terrorist Bill Ayers. We could also talk about the Rev. he listened to for years, that was constantly on his soapbox making Anti-American rants. I'm sure we won't hear much of that on this site. Much like the media your too much in the can for Obama.



  50. 150

    Q. WHEN DOES JOHN MCCAIN USUALLY GO TO BED?
    .
    A. THREE HOURS AFTER HE FALLS ASLEEP ON THE COUCH.
    .



  51. 151

    Re: Smirks
    Yup because Obama's only concern is making him and his terrorist buddies wallets fatter, by using our hard earned tax dollars!



  52. 152

    Re: arrora – 150 A whore a…I've got Jesus and Obama does too!
    .
    Love to you and all the haters today! Peace and tolerance throughout the world!
    .
    FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRY TO BESIEGE OBAMA WITH LIES AND UNTRUTHS!
    .
    MCCAIN THE UNCHANGED LITTLE MAN! squeaky squeaky ….. still won't get up!



  53. 153

    CORPORATIONS own our PRESIDENTS. Why did McCain Obama & Hillary all vote for the passage of the WALL ST. BAILOUT? Could their campaign contributions just from financial instituions shed light?
    Obama, Barack (D) $25,149,976
    McCain, John (R) $22,345,205
    Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) $21,571,625
    McCain will definitely keep us in WARS !



  54. 154

    Re: arrora

    Look, we all know that McCain pays staffers to write letters to the editor and come on sites like this, however you should post less because you are giving yourself away. You call McCain a hero? James Stockdale is a hero, when the Viet-Cong were going to use him for propoganda he slit his scalp and bashed his face in on a stool so he would look beaten up. He didn't break, McCain not only gave them information about who his father was to get better medical treatment he also gave out other info, as well. Sure being a POW is a nightmare, but I reserve the title of "Hero" for somebody like Stockdale, not a daddy's boy who crashed so many planes he shouldn't have even been there in the first place as a pilot.

  55. jefdo says – reply to this


    155

    Re: Spindoc
    You're insane. Get tortured for years without treatment and let's see how you act. Through his numerous broken bones and sick torture he refused to leave until every man that came in before him was free. McCain admitted giving some information and painfully regretted it. Don't act like you know anything of being a POW, when the things McCain went through are unimaginable. He's very much a hero. Do you know all that he said and did? were you there? NO. I don't care what candidate you support or where you stand, don't discredit McCain for his admirable service to our country.



  56. 156

    Re: arrora – Let's talk about the fact that Obama took more money from fannie mae than any other democrat in congress except the democratic chairman of the financial committee barney frank. liberals love blaming bush for the economy but bush isn't responsible for regulating wall street or fannie mae or freddie mac. guys like Obama and Frank are responsible for it and failed



  57. 157

    Re: TX Perez Fan – You may not give a rat's ass about who runs your nasty country, but the rest of the world does, Unfortunately, a vast majority of Americans are apparently as brain dead and as selfish as you.



  58. 158

    Re: Spindoc – 156 Right on! As I acknowledge the suffering McCain went through it is quite another thing to vote for him because of it. From the start I thought it wrong to exploit his experience when so many other POW's fared far worse.
    I have always thought it incredibly insensitive and a direct statement as to the man(little man) he is.
    .
    As to paid bloggers…..TOTALLY AGREE! JEFDO, SMIRKS, MELISSA AND CHERRY BOMB ARE BUT A FEW!…..
    .
    BLUE RULES!



  59. 159

    Re: dutchletter – Obama was eight years old dipshit. Jesus you neo-Con Americans are dumb as mud pie.



  60. 160

    Re: sweetpiece – why not include yourself and lulu on that list?



  61. 161

    Re: LettyB – you are a fucking stupid cunt



  62. 162

    Re: mamajud – Why, you payin?



  63. 163

    I can't believe you are so fucking stupid Perez…anybody who believe this fucking horseshit is as stupid as the dumbass mother fucker posting it online



  64. 164

    Re: sweetpiece – heehee……..sorry can't afford your rates

  65. jefdo says – reply to this


    165

    Re: sweetpiece
    Oh yeah because every McCain supporter is a paid staff member, so does that mean Obama's writing your checks? McCain doesn't exploit his time as a POW for votes. He hates talking about it because it still really bothers him, but people want to hear it, so he talks about it. Let's look at the past of your candidate, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, seeking advice from failed Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines, all of the earmarks he's received. I guess serving your country and staying strong will being tortured isn't as patriotic as repainting your jet to replace the American flag with your own logo, right?



  66. 166

    MCCAIN IS BUSH WITH BALLS–
    BALLS THE SIZE OF SIN-DY'S PEARLS, BUT BALLS NONETHELESS.



  67. 167

    Re: sweetpiece – Woot! I've been promoted! Where's my check… I want it NOW!!!!



  68. 168

    Re: jefdo – 167 I don't recall anyone asking him at the last debate, yet he still managed to bring it up.
    .
    BUSH2/ CHENEY2



  69. 169

    Re: Smirks – 169 Still waiting for mine! I said I get paid in my dreams in a blog Perez didn't think fit to print.
    .
    Man, I'd be rich instead of making him rich!



  70. 170

    Re: Smirks – Hey, check out McCains connection to USCWF and tell me what you think about that.



  71. 171

    Re: sweetpiece – 172 Talk about being associated with a radical group! Charles Keating, Gordon Liddy, Phil Grahm, Faffaello Follieri, wow this guy knows how to pick his friends!
    .
    BLUE RULES!



  72. 172

    Re: LULU~*
    #38
    Read up on your history and get your "facts" straight, McCain did not cause the fire. The fire was caused because the exhaust from a piece of Support Equipment (Huffer) was blowing on a planes missiles. Also, it was the USS Forrestal, not Forrester. Also, the aircrafts' aft end points out to the water, I don't think there was an airplane floating behind his. There is no such thing as a wet start. Two ways an aircraft can be started, either by its APU (Auxilary Power Unit) or a turbine (Huffer). Also powering up will NOT cause bombs to fall of and ignite. Every single plane on that flight deck powers up. I was a troubleshooter on CVN-75 USS Harry S. Truman, you don't know anything about what you're talking about. Not everything you read on the internet is true, ask any sailor about the incident. Most of the people that died were the first responders, they were also the only ones trained on fire fighting, that's why it took so long to put the fire out. It's now standard for every sailor to be a fire fighter. I think it's disrespectful of you to make stuff up.



  73. 173

    Re: LULU~*
    #53
    You have no idea what happens on the flight deck. You think him powering up made the bombs fall off? Are you crazy? Have you ever seen aircraft land on the flight deck of a carrier. It's a controlled crash. There is more than a bump. Quit making stuff up.



  74. 174

    Re: LULU~*
    #67
    Do you know everything on the flight deck of a carrier is recorded? He didn't cause the fire!



  75. 175

    Re: LULU~*
    #144
    You CANNOT wet start a jet aircraft! I'm a jet mechanic!!



  76. 176

    Re: sweetpiece – #172
    My feeling is that McCain's connections were with *state-sactioned* terrorists… so that's okay. Obama's were neither overtly nor covertly approved by the state. lol ;)

    Seriously, sounds like pot meet kettle. lol.



  77. 177

    Re: Smirks – I thought it was Sarah that planted the no-where garden….

  78. jefdo says – reply to this


    178

    Re: sweetpiece
    Obama is bringing up a dead issue with Keating 5, McCain was cleared of any wrong doing. Obama's former connections seem to be something he loves to avoid talking about. As someone with presidential ambitions how can you let a man baptize your children and officiate at your wedding when he makes such anti-American statements? How can you let an American terrorist throw you a party that helped start your political career? Because Ayer's actions were 40 years ago we're supposed to just shrug it off? C'mon. Obama's past is very shady, and worrisome.



  79. 179

    Re: cyatic910 – #177
    My husband served on a carrier as well. You are 100% correct. Lulu has been on this rant for like, four weeks and refuses to accept facts. You are wasting your time.



  80. 180

    Re: MeowMix67
    Hey bitch, fuck your mother, fuck your father, fuck your brother, better yet
    ………………FUCK YOU,,,BITCHFUK…………LETTYB IS NO CUNT, U
    ………………….. STUPID FUKARD DICKFACE WHORE………………………
    GO FUCK SATAN, HE'S YOUR DADDY, BITCH.



  81. 181

    Re: Zsa Zsa – No!! That was the nowhere BRIDGE. Look up Obama + garden to see what I'm talking about. Shady. SMH.



  82. 182

    Re: jefdo – 180 You obviously haven't looked to deeply into it. Please do. He was wined and dined and took plenty of money, then turned on his pal to save his own ass. Once again, sliding through the cracks. I can just hear him, "it's not my fault, Keating did it!"
    .
    Look up USCWF people….google it….right wing radical group…McCain sat on the board and was a member.
    .
    This guys been at it a long, long, time!
    .
    MCCAIN MORE OF THE SAME

  83. jefdo says – reply to this


    183

    Re: sweetpiece
    I have looked into, it's a dead issue, no wrong doing was found, but you can keep dwelling on it, and continue to ignore the shady associations of Obama. What about Wright and Ayers? Maybe a flag pin on a lapel doesn't seem like much, but when you add that with him not putting his hand over his heart during the pledge of allegiance, painting over the flag on his airplane with his own logo, listening to Wright's anti-American rants, and associating with a known terrorist like Ayers, Obama gives us a lot to be worried about.



  84. 184

    Re: sweetpiece
    ooh awhora you and your transvestite clown are so clever, did your tiny 16yr old brain come up with that all by yourself. You're just so smart, no wonder you like Obama..just look at your meaningless posts, kind of like Obama's meaningless experience. It's ok you're just a blind sheep following the pack with no brain of your own. Glad you believe in Jesus because Obama is not your savior or your Messiah…Obama was raised a Muslim until he was 30yrs old, sorry he doesn't have Jesus he's wolf in sheeps clothing and idiots like you just follow the flock.

  85. jefdo says – reply to this


    185

    Re: Smirks
    Hey smirks have you gotten your check from McCain yet? I'm still waiting on mine :)



  86. 186

    Re: Spindoc
    I'll take that as a compliment if you think I'm a McCain Staffer, I'd rather have McCain over a President ascociated with so many terrorist ties, supporting the enemies we're fighting against and taking millions of donations from them.Not to mention all the terrorist countries who want Obama to be elected is enough for me to say No Thanks! But of course you'll turn a blind eye, it just amazes me how 9/11 means nothing to some of you. Maybe your heads will pop at of your asses when Obama lets the next attack happen.



  87. 187

    Re: sweetpiece
    Maybe you should look more into Obama, but it's obvious you're in denial..go ahead and vote for the man who receives millions from terrorists because it just proves 9/11 meant nothing to you, you don't care if N Korea and Iran build a Nuclear weapon and say they want to Nuke the United States, You're ok with a future president being Friends with Convicted Terrorists…Maybe YOU NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH, but you wont because again the blind follow the blind, and you'll just flock with the rest of the mindless sheep.



  88. 188

    #189.
    I KEEP TELLING YOU TO CHANGE YOUR NAME TO
    "WHORE-ROAR-DUH!"
    .
    ENOUGH ALREADY OF YOUR COPY AND PASTE FROM
    RUSH LIMBAUGH'S SITE–THIS IS PEREZ DARLING
    AND NOBODY BUT NOBODY GIVES ONE WHIT WHAT
    YOU HAVE TO SAY–GO SPEW YOUR NONSENSE ELSEWHERE,
    "WHORE-ROAR-DUH!"
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  89. 189

    Re: arrora
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    NO DEAR THE TRANSVESTITE CLOWN WAS YOUR FATHER!!! AHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!
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  90. 190

    Reverend Wright, Ayers, affiliation with Muslim extremists (hint…who helped Obama get into Harvard??), #2 on list of largest finance contributions from the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac scandal…too bad the main stream media isn't covering these stories. BTW do your research on this financial mess - McCain DID sound an alert early on and so did Bush. Try to take politics out of it and look at the facts!!!!



  91. 191

    YOU ARE SO BIASED PEREZ… I LOVE YOU BUT IM NOT COMIN BACK UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION. YOU DO CELEBRITY NEWS NOT POLITICAL STUFF



  92. 192

    TO THE REPUBES I DETEST (except Smirks) I really don't care if you understand why I am voting for Obama or not. Your diatribe is so pointless and boring. You live in a fabricated fantasy! You drank the kool-aide and there is no going back.
    .
    McCain and Keating had a thing goin' on! Money exchanged hands. Deals were made. The raisin balled impotent one knew who would give him a hand job and who wouldn't. He showed no loyalty to Keating, or to his wife and he will not show loyalty to the American people. He is a little loser! Bottom of his class. As history has shown, he is always out to save his own ass!
    Daddy had to bail him out and cover up his mess more than we will ever know. Even on the film of the USS Forrestal tragedy, the narrator talks about the improper behavior shown by ALL the crew. They show that film in training as example of what not to do!
    The Navy changed the rules of conduct for aircraft carriers after that fire. McCain was an admitted hot shot and gambled recklessly on many occasions. This is well documented. The narrator even says "no one will ever really know what happened…"
    Ya, I bet! John's daddy did a great job of editing that story! Just a little fishy him being whisked away! Hmmm, can you say special treatment? I bet you can't.
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    MCCAIN MORE OF THE SAME!



  93. 193

    Can you say US Council for World Freedom? I bet you can. You were taught well!
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    REPUBLICAN ROBOTS!



  94. 194

    Thanks for posting this. I had already read it and found it very interesting. Maverick my ass!



  95. 195

    Re: arrora
    ARRORA YOU ROCK!
    Keep quoting the facts,
    my research shows you are
    quoting facts instead of just
    name calling,
    which is the liberal
    default position when they can't
    think of anything of substance
    to respond with.
    ARRORA is making excellent
    points, name calling just shows
    you have no real response
    of substance.



  96. 196

    Re: jefdo – Still waiting, Jeffdo, still waiting ;)



  97. 197

    MCCAIN MORE OF THE SAME!
    KEATING 5
    USCWF
    GORDON LIBBY
    FAFFAELLO FOLLIERI
    PHIL GRAHM
    THESE ARE MCCAINS FRIENDS AND ADVISORS, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND MONEY CHANGERS.
    ALL PROVEN FACTS!!!!
    HE WAS STILL ASSOCIATING WITH PHIL GRAHM THE MASTER OF DEREGULATION UNTIL 2 MONTHS AGO! DISTANCED ONLY TO SAVE BEING ATTACKED. These were not people he happened to live by.
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    DIDN'T WORK OLD ONE! YOU ARE NOT WISE NOR VITAL! NOT FIT TO BE COMMANDER IN CHIEF!
    .
    MCCAIN MORE OF THE SAME!



  98. 198

    Cherry bomb you rightwing fckn cnt. Wasnt bush in for the last 8 years, so its still Clintons fault even though he left the fascist southern republican bush with a surplus,and the gop(thugs) were in power in both houses for most of the last 8 years and its Barney franks fault.lolyou are pathetic and disgusting.Oh and it was republicans who have fought over and over and over for de-regulating wall-street,this led to the condition we are in,now. So stop with recycled bull you hear from reichwing outlets spinning yet another republican failure.



  99. 199

    Re: sweetpiece – #194.
    RIGHT ON, DARLING! SMIRKS IS GOOD PEOPLE!



  100. 200

    STATUS ZIT bigot: Yes anyone who elects to serve is a hero.but too bad your reichwing southern republican white trash didnt see Kerry that way,do you think dems will sit idly by when the gop trash throw mud and make Obama a terrorist to appeal to the same lowlives that voted gop last time because of gay marriage and Kerrys supposed fake 5 medals for bravery? No way, mccains past will be ripped apart,from His last place in military class to his reckless crash to his not keeping silent while tortured,to his drugged out elite wife,to leaving his wife with cancer to his corrupt KEATING 5 SCANDAL. WE WONT BE SWIFT BOATED THIS TIME BY THE RIGHTWING TRASH. SUCKERS

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