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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (408024)	8/19/2008 12:57:30 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574122

There are sane liberals like SilentZ who realize that arguing over war records is a bipartisan exercise in futility. First of all, I don't care what Z thinks. Secondly, he is one person. You spoke for a number of people on the left....not just Z. Then there are unhinged liberals like yourself who are so pissed off at the Swifties for tanking Kerry's campaign that you'll do whatever it takes to "swiftboat" McCain. Unlike the Swiftboaters, I am dealing in fact........McCain did crash three planes. Its a matter of public record. So McCain crashed three planes during training. Vietnam-era planes were notorious for being unreliable. It should be fortunate that McCain even survived any of those, much less being shot down and imprisoned. Dang, you are immensely stupid!

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (408024)	8/19/2008 2:33:46 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574122

"Vietnam-era planes were notorious for being unreliable." Say what? His first crash was in a prop plane in '58 or '59. Not exactly start of the art, nor what you would call unreliable by that time. It was early on a Saturday morning, he claimed the engine quit. However, when the plane was recovered, nothing could be found wrong with the engine. His second was because he was flying low enough to snag some power lines. That usually gets you pulled off flight status, assuming you survive, because you can't justify it. The third was a flameout, that one wasn't necessarily his fault.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (408024)	8/19/2008 11:04:42 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574122

So McCain crashed three planes during training. Vietnam-era planes were notorious for being unreliable. It should be fortunate that McCain even survived any of those, much less being shot down and imprisoned. It is amazing to me that the Left is dumb enough to start questioning McCain's military history. This is absolutely a losing proposition for them. The man is a military hero by ANY standard and they are NOT going to be able to find anyone with any credibility to challenge that. You have the written records of numerous co-habitants of the Hanoi Hilton who are going to heap nothing but praise on McCain for his military record. The Left-leaning 527s have collected TWICE the money as the Right-leaning ones. So, it would not surprise me if they tried to attack him on it. I can only hope they do. I think they're going to find out just how tough that man is if they do it.