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McCain's Sons

Soapweed

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McCain's Sons
Just a question for each of us to seek an answer, and not a statement. You see...character is what's shown when the public is not looking.

There were no cameras or press invited to what you are about to read about, and the story comes from one person in New Hampshire.

One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and a heartfelt talk about Iraq. They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers - - soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.

Mr. McCain did not bring cameras or press. Instead, he brought his youngest son, James McCain, 19, then a private first class in the Marine Corps about to leave for Iraq. Father and son sat down to hear more about Ms. Flanagan's brother Michael Cleary, a 24-year-old Army First Lieutenant killed by an ambush ... a roadside bomb.

No one mentioned the obvious: In just days, Jimmy McCain could face similar perils. 'I can't imagine what it must have been like for them as they were coming to meet with a family that .....' Ms. Flanagan recalled, choking up. 'We lost a dear one,' she finished.

Mr. McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American troops can bring stability to Iraq. What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son, who spent seven months patrolling Anbar Province and
learned of his father's New Hampshire victory in January while he was digging a stuck military vehicle out of the mud.

Two of Jimmy's three older brothers went into the military. Doug McCain, 48, was a Navy pilot. Jack McCain, 21, is to graduate from the Naval Academy next year, raising the chances that his father, if elected, could become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower with a son at war.

I chose to share this with those who I believe will pass it on, to others who will pass it on. We hear so much inflated trash out there. How about a simple act of kindness ... and dedication to others placed above oneself?

Has anybody heard IF Barack Hussein Obama has served in The American Armed Services?

This is for all you Barack voters.

From Barack's book, Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

HE DID NOT SAY STAND WITH AMERICANS!!! !!

I know our pickings are slim but do we want a president who will "stand with the Muslims" instead of with Americans?


Check out Obama's book from the library! DO NOT BUY IT!
 

Texan

Well-known member
Soapweed, that's a great piece about John McCain's sons. I've seen it before and it's true.

I'm sure you didn't realize it, but somebody took something that is true and admirable about John McCain's sons and mixed it with what is essentially a lie about Obama.

This part of the email isn't true:


From Barack's book, Audacity of Hope: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

HE DID NOT SAY STAND WITH AMERICANS!!! !!

I know our pickings are slim but do we want a president who will "stand with the Muslims" instead of with Americans?


What he actually wrote in the book WAS regarding American citizens - albeit those of Arab descent. He never even mentioned Muslims in that part. Somebody simply made it up. Here's the quote from page 261 of the book:


In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

You can check it out here on Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/ownwords.asp

It's clear that he's speaking of Arab and Pakistani Americans and it is also clear that he is stating that he will stand by them to protect their rights. So he IS actually saying that he will stand with Americans.

Obama has enough real problems without accusing him of things that aren't true. He's an ultra-liberal with ties to racists (if not a racist himself) and that should be good enough to use to campaign against him.

In MY opinion, trying to paint him as a Muslim extremist lowers the credibility of the legitimate arguments against him.
 

loomixguy

Well-known member
In other words, he will "Stand with MUSLIM Americans", some of which, I am sure, are Muslim Extremists.

Potato, po-tah-toe. The man is an empty suit, a John Kerrey, a Michael Dukakis, a George McGovern, a fraud with extremely questionable friends and business dealings, and the best reason to vote FOR John McCain in November.
 
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