John McCain has passed
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What’s that say about your party and its constituents? LOL. Probably should have thought that one through.
The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators – Alan Cranston (Democrat of California), Dennis DeConcini (Democrat of Arizona), John Glenn (Democrat of Ohio), John McCain(Republican of Arizona), and Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Democrat of Michigan) – were accused of improperly intervening in 1987 on behalf of Charles H. Keating, Jr., Chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of a regulatory investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB). The FHLBB subsequently backed off taking action against Lincoln.
Lincoln Savings and Loan COLLAPSED in 1989, at a cost of $3.4 billion to the federal government (and thus TAXPAYERS). Some 23,000 Lincoln bondholders were defrauded and MANY INVESTORS LOST THEIR LIFE SAVINGS.
Lincoln Savings and Loan COLLAPSED in 1989, at a cost of $3.4 billion to the federal government (and thus TAXPAYERS). Some 23,000 Lincoln bondholders were defrauded and MANY INVESTORS LOST THEIR LIFE SAVINGS.
You expected something different? Don't worry, WVU82 will be dealt with.......
opcorn:That says your party runs to the race card at every opportunity. Unless you actually believe McCain was a racist.
McCain’s Senate Seat to Be Filled by Gubernatorial Appointment
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccain...gubernatorial-appointment-1535248091?mod=e2tw
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccain...gubernatorial-appointment-1535248091?mod=e2tw
ok, easy one.
Why was he in Syria in 2013 ?
McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria | AllSides
https://www.allsides.com/story/mccain-meets-rebels-syria
John McCain in Syria, meets rebels. Sen. John McCain, one of the Senate's loudest voices for further intervention in Syria, snuck into the country and met with ...
John McCain's political accomplishments | Fox News
www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/john-mccains-political-accomplishments.html
3 hours ago - McCain traveled to Syria in 2013 to meet with rebels in the conflicted country – becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to do so at the time.
McCain visits Syrian rebels, Congressman questions al-Qaeda ties ...
www.fox19.com/story/.../mccain-visits-syrian-rebels-congressman-questions-al-qaeda-...
A secret visit to Syria over Memorial Day weekend by Senator John McCain. The Senator, meeting with leaders of the Free Syrian Army, as Washington debates ...
Senator John McCain's surprise Syria visit - BBC News - BBC.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world...east.../senator-john-mccain-s-surprise-syria-visit
One of the strongest advocates of US military aid for the Syrian opposition, Senator John McCain, has made an unannounced visit to Syria for talks with rebel ...
Why was he in Syria in 2013 ?
McCain Meets With Rebels In Syria | AllSides
https://www.allsides.com/story/mccain-meets-rebels-syria
John McCain in Syria, meets rebels. Sen. John McCain, one of the Senate's loudest voices for further intervention in Syria, snuck into the country and met with ...
John McCain's political accomplishments | Fox News
www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/john-mccains-political-accomplishments.html
3 hours ago - McCain traveled to Syria in 2013 to meet with rebels in the conflicted country – becoming the highest ranking U.S. official to do so at the time.
McCain visits Syrian rebels, Congressman questions al-Qaeda ties ...
www.fox19.com/story/.../mccain-visits-syrian-rebels-congressman-questions-al-qaeda-...
A secret visit to Syria over Memorial Day weekend by Senator John McCain. The Senator, meeting with leaders of the Free Syrian Army, as Washington debates ...
Senator John McCain's surprise Syria visit - BBC News - BBC.com
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world...east.../senator-john-mccain-s-surprise-syria-visit
One of the strongest advocates of US military aid for the Syrian opposition, Senator John McCain, has made an unannounced visit to Syria for talks with rebel ...
https://arizonadailyindependent.com...be-vindicated-by-hanoi-hilton-songbird-audio/
According to numerous reports, the recording of McCain’s propaganda broadcast on North Vietnamese radio in 1969 was captured by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. The Foreign Broadcast Information Service, which was run by the CIA from 1941-2004, monitored and translated radio broadcasts.
The broadcast has often been referred to by McCain critics, but could not be found. Gotnews.com reports:
WeSearchr uncovered the tapes after filling a $10,000 bounty for their release thanks to conservative news site TruNews.com and 15 other anonymous contributors….. WeSearchr’s anonymous researcher found the tapes hidden deep within the U.S. National Archives in College Park, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C….. John McCain’s name was misspelled “Macain.” The tape was also mislabeled “Sidney,” which is John McCain’s middle name.
A post on the Democratic Underground.com by Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain in 2008 reads in part:
After being periodically slapped around for “three or four days” by his captors who wanted military information, McCain called for an officer on his fourth day of captivity. He told the officer, “O.K., I’ll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital.” -U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain.
“Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship’s name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant.” Page 193-194, Faith of My Fathers by John McCain.
When the communist learned that McCain’s father was Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., the soon-to-be commander of all U.S. Forces in the Pacific, he was rushed to Gai Lam military hospital (U.S. government documents), a medical facility normally unavailable for U.S. POWs.
The communist Vietnamese figured, because POW McCain’s father was of such high military rank, that he was of royalty or the governing circle. Thereafter the communist bragged that they had captured “the crown prince.”
For 23 combat missions (an estimated 20 hours over enemy territory), the U.S. Navy awarded McCain a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service medals.
“McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat,” explains Bill Bell, a veteran of Vietnam and former chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs — the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall of Saigon. “Since McCain got 28 medals,” Bell continues, “that equals out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat. There were infantry guys — grunts on the ground — who had more than 7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and situations where I’m sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good to them by comparison. The question really is how many guys got that number of medals for not being shot down.”
For years, McCain has been an unchecked master at manipulating an overly friendly and biased news media. The former POW turned Congressman, turned U.S. Senator, has managed to gloss over his failures as a pilot and collaborations with the enemy by exaggerating his military service and lying about his feats of heroism.
McCain has sprouted a halo and wings to become America’s POW-hero presidential candidate.
For his part, McCain has admitted to less-than-heroic behavior. He has discussed the shame he felt for allowing himself to be used for propaganda purposes.
Fellow POW, Admiral James Stockdale, who was also held as a prisoner of war in the Hoa Lo prison and lead prisoner resistance, won the Medal of Honor for not allowing himself to be used in the manner McCain was. The citation for Stockdale’s Medal of Honor reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while senior naval officer in the Prisoner of War camps of North Vietnam. Recognized by his captors as the leader in the Prisoners’ of War resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. He deliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese who, convinced of his indomitable spirit, abated in their employment of excessive harassment and torture toward all of the Prisoners of War. By his heroic action, at great peril to himself, he earned the everlasting gratitude of his fellow prisoners and of his country. Rear Adm. Stockdale’s valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
At the same time, McCain takes credit for refusing the offer by the North Vietnamese to be sent home early.
According to numerous reports, the recording of McCain’s propaganda broadcast on North Vietnamese radio in 1969 was captured by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service. The Foreign Broadcast Information Service, which was run by the CIA from 1941-2004, monitored and translated radio broadcasts.
The broadcast has often been referred to by McCain critics, but could not be found. Gotnews.com reports:
WeSearchr uncovered the tapes after filling a $10,000 bounty for their release thanks to conservative news site TruNews.com and 15 other anonymous contributors….. WeSearchr’s anonymous researcher found the tapes hidden deep within the U.S. National Archives in College Park, Maryland, just north of Washington, D.C….. John McCain’s name was misspelled “Macain.” The tape was also mislabeled “Sidney,” which is John McCain’s middle name.
A post on the Democratic Underground.com by Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain in 2008 reads in part:
After being periodically slapped around for “three or four days” by his captors who wanted military information, McCain called for an officer on his fourth day of captivity. He told the officer, “O.K., I’ll give you military information if you will take me to the hospital.” -U.S. News and World Report, May 14, 1973 article written by former POW John McCain.
“Demands for military information were accompanied by threats to terminate my medical treatment if I did not cooperate. Eventually, I gave them my ship’s name and squadron number, and confirmed that my target had been the power plant.” Page 193-194, Faith of My Fathers by John McCain.
When the communist learned that McCain’s father was Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., the soon-to-be commander of all U.S. Forces in the Pacific, he was rushed to Gai Lam military hospital (U.S. government documents), a medical facility normally unavailable for U.S. POWs.
The communist Vietnamese figured, because POW McCain’s father was of such high military rank, that he was of royalty or the governing circle. Thereafter the communist bragged that they had captured “the crown prince.”
For 23 combat missions (an estimated 20 hours over enemy territory), the U.S. Navy awarded McCain a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service medals.
“McCain had roughly 20 hours in combat,” explains Bill Bell, a veteran of Vietnam and former chief of the U.S. Office for POW/MIA Affairs — the first official U.S. representative in Vietnam since the 1973 fall of Saigon. “Since McCain got 28 medals,” Bell continues, “that equals out to about a medal-and-a-half for each hour he spent in combat. There were infantry guys — grunts on the ground — who had more than 7,000 hours in combat and I can tell you that there were times and situations where I’m sure a prison cell would have looked pretty good to them by comparison. The question really is how many guys got that number of medals for not being shot down.”
For years, McCain has been an unchecked master at manipulating an overly friendly and biased news media. The former POW turned Congressman, turned U.S. Senator, has managed to gloss over his failures as a pilot and collaborations with the enemy by exaggerating his military service and lying about his feats of heroism.
McCain has sprouted a halo and wings to become America’s POW-hero presidential candidate.
For his part, McCain has admitted to less-than-heroic behavior. He has discussed the shame he felt for allowing himself to be used for propaganda purposes.
Fellow POW, Admiral James Stockdale, who was also held as a prisoner of war in the Hoa Lo prison and lead prisoner resistance, won the Medal of Honor for not allowing himself to be used in the manner McCain was. The citation for Stockdale’s Medal of Honor reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while senior naval officer in the Prisoner of War camps of North Vietnam. Recognized by his captors as the leader in the Prisoners’ of War resistance to interrogation and in their refusal to participate in propaganda exploitation, Rear Adm. Stockdale was singled out for interrogation and attendant torture after he was detected in a covert communications attempt. Sensing the start of another purge, and aware that his earlier efforts at self-disfiguration to dissuade his captors from exploiting him for propaganda purposes had resulted in cruel and agonizing punishment, Rear Adm. Stockdale resolved to make himself a symbol of resistance regardless of personal sacrifice. He deliberately inflicted a near-mortal wound to his person in order to convince his captors of his willingness to give up his life rather than capitulate. He was subsequently discovered and revived by the North Vietnamese who, convinced of his indomitable spirit, abated in their employment of excessive harassment and torture toward all of the Prisoners of War. By his heroic action, at great peril to himself, he earned the everlasting gratitude of his fellow prisoners and of his country. Rear Adm. Stockdale’s valiant leadership and extraordinary courage in a hostile environment sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
At the same time, McCain takes credit for refusing the offer by the North Vietnamese to be sent home early.
Mandelson, Osborne, and ... McCain?
The Republican nominee has his own ties to Oleg Deripaska
Elana Schor
Fri 24 Oct 2008 15.12 EDT First published on Fri 24 Oct 2008 15.12 EDT
As the British media takes a closer look at the intertwined interests of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, Lord Mandelson, and shadow chancellor George Osborne, we Americans can claim a bit part in the saga.
The Nation reported earlier this month on Deripaska's encounters with John McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis. The most colourful scene from their dispatch takes place in August 2006, when McCain celebrated his 70th birthday on a luxury yacht moored in Montenegro. Sitting in the same bay was the Queen K, Deripaska's even posher yacht, where Osborne and Mandelson lived it up in August.
McCain aides said no one could remember Deripaska attending McCain's yacht party, although the two men had crossed paths at a dinner for international guests celebrating Montenegrin independence, which the Republican presidential nominee had long supported. Deripaska was also a promoter of Montenegrin sovereignty, albeit mostly for business reasons.
(Raffaello Follieri was certainly a fellow reveller of McCain's, although his 15 minutes of fame may have finally ended today with his sentencing to 54 months in prison.)
No evidence has emerged thus far to suggest that McCain helped further Deripaska's political or financial ends, other than a veiled hint from Davis - cited by The Nation - about a joint business venture in a "metals company" that he represented.
But one conservative watchdog group in the US went after McCain half a year ago for facilitating a fundraiser at the home of Nat Rothschild, the Deripaska associate at the centre of the Osborne-Mandelson row. Foreign donations, even "in-kind" contributions such as assistance raising money, are prohibited under American election law.
So if the Osborne-Mandelson-Deripaska drama were to be made into a movie, McCain would undeniably have a walk-on role. He's already got acting experience...
The Republican nominee has his own ties to Oleg Deripaska
Elana Schor
Fri 24 Oct 2008 15.12 EDT First published on Fri 24 Oct 2008 15.12 EDT
As the British media takes a closer look at the intertwined interests of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, Lord Mandelson, and shadow chancellor George Osborne, we Americans can claim a bit part in the saga.
The Nation reported earlier this month on Deripaska's encounters with John McCain and his campaign manager, Rick Davis. The most colourful scene from their dispatch takes place in August 2006, when McCain celebrated his 70th birthday on a luxury yacht moored in Montenegro. Sitting in the same bay was the Queen K, Deripaska's even posher yacht, where Osborne and Mandelson lived it up in August.
McCain aides said no one could remember Deripaska attending McCain's yacht party, although the two men had crossed paths at a dinner for international guests celebrating Montenegrin independence, which the Republican presidential nominee had long supported. Deripaska was also a promoter of Montenegrin sovereignty, albeit mostly for business reasons.
(Raffaello Follieri was certainly a fellow reveller of McCain's, although his 15 minutes of fame may have finally ended today with his sentencing to 54 months in prison.)
No evidence has emerged thus far to suggest that McCain helped further Deripaska's political or financial ends, other than a veiled hint from Davis - cited by The Nation - about a joint business venture in a "metals company" that he represented.
But one conservative watchdog group in the US went after McCain half a year ago for facilitating a fundraiser at the home of Nat Rothschild, the Deripaska associate at the centre of the Osborne-Mandelson row. Foreign donations, even "in-kind" contributions such as assistance raising money, are prohibited under American election law.
So if the Osborne-Mandelson-Deripaska drama were to be made into a movie, McCain would undeniably have a walk-on role. He's already got acting experience...
John Sidney McCain Sr. > Navy Rear Admiral = (2-star General)
John Sidney McCain Jr. > Navy Admiral = (4-star general)
he must have had some daddy issues...
Sonny
John Sidney McCain Jr. > Navy Admiral = (4-star general)
he must have had some daddy issues...
Sonny
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