tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4264890335676513155..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Leading for Patriotism or Lust?George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-37882629933857697372008-02-05T11:37:00.000-05:002008-02-05T11:37:00.000-05:00Romney or McCain. Obama or Clinton. Wow. Do our ch...Romney or McCain. Obama or Clinton. Wow. Do our choices this year suck, or what?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816254984278919970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-37285071586810996412008-02-04T12:31:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:31:00.000-05:00John McCain should be renamed as JUAN McCain.Leon ...<I>John McCain should be renamed as JUAN McCain.</I><BR/><BR/>Leon H. Wolf at redstate.com--no liberal he--summed up that attitude in this way:<BR/><BR/><I>Allow me to clue anyone who thinks these names are funny or clever in to something: racism isn’t clever or funny. <B>If you think you’ve really zinged someone by calling them by a Latino name, that’s a pretty reliable (nearly infallible, in fact) indicator that you don’t like Latino people.</B></I><BR/><BR/>BTW,if you're going to try to call someone an "imbecile," kindly do us all the favor of spelling it correctly.Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-81073044437701758832008-02-04T12:28:00.000-05:002008-02-04T12:28:00.000-05:00If Timberg's description is correct--and McCain ha...<I>If Timberg's description is correct--and McCain has never disputed it--then the Senator was potentially guilty of multiple violations of military law as a senior officer. Yet, there is no account of Captain McCain being investigated on accusations of adultery and fraternization, despite those "widespread rumors" that became a part of the McCain persona. Did he get a pass because of his POW status or family ties, as the son and grandson of Navy admirals?</I><BR/><BR/>No, he got a pass because the behavior was fairly common in the Navy and Marine Corps during this period, and some of it involved a number of officers senior to McCain. A <B>lot</B> of marriages fell apart during this timeframe.<BR/><BR/>I don't think the Navy or the Marine Corps actually investigated a single case of adultery <B>on its own</B> during the period between the end of Vietnam and the end of the Cold War (this includes a rather notorious incident involving a Marine Air Group commander and the wife of the Group XO). <BR/><BR/>There were a very few cases of fraternization between officer and enlisted that went to actual charges, but the critical element in those cases was the fraternization, not the extramarital sex.Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-29170781729284337532008-02-03T18:13:00.000-05:002008-02-03T18:13:00.000-05:00McCain is an absolute abysmal imbosol!! He’s a RHI...McCain is an absolute abysmal imbosol!! He’s a RHINO republican and tried to shove amnesty down our throat 2 times with "HIS OWN BILL". HE IS FOR TAXING USA companies only to solve a so called GLOBAL warming problem. Well what about the rest of the WORLD? You people drink the kol-aid of the press and are completely UNINFORMED. <BR/><BR/>ROMNEY is this COUNTRYS BEST HOPE.<BR/><BR/>You want to know something else, STUPIDY BREADS ITSELF. You will believe anything someone tells you if you are uninformed and that is what the liberal media is counting on. <BR/><BR/>DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK!<BR/><BR/>John McCain should be renamed as JUAN McCain. Have you noticed who his heading up his HISPANIC outreach group for this race. If not, Google "McCain and Dr. Juan Hernandez.<BR/><BR/>I WILL NOT, SHALL NOT AND CAN NOT VOTE FOR JUAN McCain, I would rather the Republican Party dissolve, period!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07282206436862176217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-42270362828548010882008-02-03T11:54:00.000-05:002008-02-03T11:54:00.000-05:00On the other hand, all that happened a long time a...On the other hand, all that happened a long time ago and shouldn't be pertinent today. His voting record as a senator should be what is closely scrutinized.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70455225068151463212008-02-03T11:46:00.000-05:002008-02-03T11:46:00.000-05:00I almost brought that up when you were wondering w...I almost brought that up when you were wondering why the Jacksonville area voted overwhelmingly for Romney. People that served with Kerrey remembered him. So do people that served with McCain.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-3967917783740179082008-02-02T19:47:00.000-05:002008-02-02T19:47:00.000-05:00You can bet that if McCain gets the nomination, th...You can bet that if McCain gets the nomination, the Democrats will have a hay day with this and much more ("More WAR"). He will lose his credibility when this is spewed across the country.Carolynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04575419014409321923noreply@blogger.com