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In reply to the discussion: He's OUR Hero Now [View all]Omaha Steve
(99,618 posts)50. K&R!
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Statements of fact and the recording of history is not bashing McCain but there is a
onit2day
Aug 2018
#74
I don't buy that line of thinking unless we extend it to anyone who ever had a job doing anything.nt
Gore1FL
Aug 2018
#84
Well, their are quite a few, maybe a majority, of us who think of him as a hero.
Kaleva
Aug 2018
#63
As another Viet Vet, I'll answer for him: NOPE and mainly because he just doesn't get it. I am ...
marble falls
Aug 2018
#80
Some of his politics really made me scratch my head, but I am truly sorry to see this good man pass.
marble falls
Aug 2018
#99
I was. In the heat of battle, there are enemies, but an enemy can stlll be an honorable foe. nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#117
Foe in politics. Hero in his military career. Which makes him an American hero. I'm American.nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#144
I'm not aware that he was captured and refused to be released to go home...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#149
FINALLY, some truth! He gleefully messaged with this that he would happily...
BamaRefugee
Aug 2018
#14
I still think that characterization goes too far. There is a decency that I am wiling to extend to
JCanete
Aug 2018
#18
Thanks, Nance. The GOP reaction has been nothing less than bizarre, toadying to a treasonous potus.
Hekate
Aug 2018
#153
I'm not sure I'd go as far as "our hero," but I agree that he can be a powerful symbol
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2018
#7
i don't really see him as "ours" in a partisan sense. i see him as an Patriot in a non partisan
JI7
Aug 2018
#16
Lindsay Graham is going to be on FoxNews tonight. Here are some of his tweets.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#119
I agree he has no character. But I don't think they "broke up." They were very close...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#124
When anyone acts by listening to their inner voice that squares with the world outside
Le Gaucher
Aug 2018
#39
Yes. He was very far from perfect. He often was our adversary. He could be mean spirited,
Tom Rinaldo
Aug 2018
#53
Great post. On a link posted by DUer, white wingers were calling him a liberal GOPer or RINO.
Hoyt
Aug 2018
#54
He's most certainly not my hero and I don't understand this rush towards glorification of McCain
Devil Child
Aug 2018
#66
Very good post, Nance. I can't understand all the push back here about the sentiments...
George II
Aug 2018
#67
It will be a cold day in hell before my "hero" votes with the GOP party line 87%
Major Nikon
Aug 2018
#77
So true! I totally agree. He's an American hero, which means he's OUR hero, now.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2018
#116
I respect John McCain for his service and what he went through in Hanoi. He is not my Hero.
Va Lefty
Aug 2018
#127