Has Anyone Else Here Heard McCain Was a POW???

Are you freakin kidding me??? I had no idea that McCain was a POW, well that changes everything, we should be kissing his A$$ and worshipping him. I mean seriously no one else has ever been a POW or MIA before so he should be put into a saintly status. LMFAO If these idiots that believe that McCain should be president, cannot lie, find it acceptable to have multiple affairs, all because he is a POW then they should also believe that Obama should be the president because he grew up with a single mother, grew up black (and God knows how bad it was being black back then, how oppressed the black population was due to racism and whatnot), and lived with his grandparents for some time during his childhood. I am honestly sick of hearing the other side claim that he is godlike. I am sick of hearing that all of McCain's "bad" things are ok because they were so long ago. They want to bring up Clinton's affair but not the Keating 5 which weren't that far apart but because he is so godly it's ok that it happened almost 15 years ago.

I've known since he got into the race, actually...because my Mom was worried that it might have affected his state of mind as trauma naturally does... But no. Being a POW could only justify a few things, like if you were really messed up, if you have social problems, etc. Just because he's a POW or because he's served in the military, it doesn't automatically give him the right to lead this country, nor be treated terribly differently than anyone else. He gets respect, and that's about it, in terms of discussing who should be our next President.

Annie, I wasn't sure how to respond to this one atfirst. A range of thoughts occurd to me and I was torn. should I chastize for being snide, just roll my eyes, simply be humorous? This is whatI came up with finaly. Yes.......He is a former POW. Does it excuse bad behavior or policy? No. Does it make him infallibale? No. Does it automaticly make him president? No. Here is what it does do for me however as a voter. As many of you also know, not only was he a POW, but when offered his freedom, he turned it down. This singular decision said a lot to me. It speaks of his character to me. Say what you will about affairs or political dealings, this singular decision spoke of a man willing to make personal sacrifice with out any reguard to his own well being and sacrifice to a level almost no one in this forum can begin to claim. This to me demonstrated a character that is so very rare in this country. Again, affairs aside political dealings aside, this one decision demonstrated this to me. It also tells me what sort of comander in chief of our military he would be. This is a man who knows what it means to commit men to battle, TRULY know what it means. not just has respect for the troups, but knows what it really means. Even unlike our current president, who though was in the guard, never saw combat. And certainly unlike the guy before G W. Remember him, military folks? And get off the damned house thing annie, it really is getting tired...REALLY tired.

No more than being part black gives Obama the right to be handed the presidency. Yes, McCain was a prisoner of war. He was a POW in Hanoi North Vietnam from 1967 to 1973. It is easy to skip over facts when we don't like someone.

I am not sure about my knowledge because I learn from the news and i have not got any information about him. I think media are in the side of obama. I am not agreed with this trend . They are not telling the stories of maccain and his ability. Any way I only know is he was the hero of vietnam war.

That, certainly, makes him a celebrity. We won't deny him that. Not in the manner in which he wants to follow stereotype and link Obama's success to the success of a basketball player or entertainer, indirectly suggesting that black people only succeed when they are entertainers or athletes.

Unless a person has been living under a rock they would have to know that McCain was a POW for 5 years. I do not believe that any presidential candidate should automatically be handed anything.

he most certainly was a pow in viet naam and it doesnt qualify him in any way it only shows that while he was a prisoner his wife waited for him the whole time even after having an horrendous accident and when he returned he ditched her because she was now an invalid and used a CANE OR EVEN A WHEEL CHAIR AT TIMES Now he flits around with his trophy wife is this someone you can trust?????

You're hearing 'whispers'? It's been general knowledge for years. And who says that being a POW is giving him a shot at POTUS? It has to do with his record, of which Obama has NONE. I don't think McCain is the perfect candidate, not by a long stretch, but I'm sure not voting for Obama just because of 'change'. Change is not always good, and Obama is definitely not the change I'd like to see.

I don't believe it. I don't believe anything about John McCain.

If you ever read anything about what happened to those men who were held as POWs you wouldn't be so flippant. Does it excuse him for having an affair? I don't know. I do know that my father, who was a WWII vet, was finally diagnosed with PTSD as an elderly man and when we learned about his tour of duty and what impact it truly had on him, it explained so much about his life and his behavior. I also know that when I lived in Florida near the St. Pete VA Medical Center, I encountered many men who had been in Vietnam and who were stilll suffering. War changes people, especially when they were ordered to kill children. McCain, though, isn't being handed anything. He has earned his right to be in the position he's in right now. He has had an excellent career. And the fact that he doesn't know how many houses he and his wife own doesn't bother me a bit. I met a couple about 10 years ago that owned rental properties. The man never knew how many they had because it was the woman's business interest. And so it is with McCain. It also doesn't bother me that he has amassed wealth and earns an excellent income. Folks, whether you like it not, the Democrats and Republicans who are in office are all wealthy. The statistics show that the average man/woman politician has a net worth of $2.7 million. None of them can really related to Joe Average, at least not in the way we'd like them to be able. But I, for one, do not want taxes raised more on persons who earn more than those who earn less. Our country was not made that way - for the rich to pay for programs for the middle class or the poor. In days gone by, we all thought that we might also have a chance to get "rich" one day, and therefore, we didn't want the "rich" to be taxed too much because we might one day be one of them. But it went beyond that. Once upon a time, we cared because we knew and practiced the Golden Rule - Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I also do not want to see taxes raised on big business. That won't keep them from up and leaving and going to countries that are more business friendly. Over taxing them will cause them to leave faster. And there will be less jobs and less companies to tax. Over taxing the rich will make them find loopholes. And when the money isn't there for the programs promised - from either the "rich" or from companies no longer in our country - then, sure enough, the taxes will have to be raised on Joe Average. McCain believes that economic stimulus makes more sense than unfairly taxing the rich and companies. It amazes me that people are all over the oil companies for making too much profit. What is too much? If you were a stock holder, would you think there was too much profit? And what about other kinds of companies - where profits are even higher? What about telecommunications companies? Why isn't anyone complaining about them?

This is fairly common knowledge that McCain was a POW. As per Wikipedia, "McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and became a naval aviator, flying ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he nearly lost his life in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. Later that year while on a bombing mission over North Vietnam, he was shot down, badly injured, and captured as a prisoner of war by the North Vietnamese. He was held from 1967 to 1973, experiencing episodes of torture and refusing an out-of-sequence early repatriation offer; his war wounds would leave him with lifelong physical limitations." I have a lot of respect for this good man. Does this make him my choice for president? Well, I am at an impass at this as my choice is not running at this time, but he would also not be any worse than we have now.

I think that it's a given that he was a POW. You don't have to do much to become one, just be in the wrong place at the right time. It does take a lot of luck to survive, does this make him a good President? Better look at his voting record.

why shouldnt he get extra attention as a pow. the media treats obama like he's a freakin movie star.

Yes, and I am sick and tired of hearing about him being a POW. No one cares anymore.

Wow. That makes him the first presidential candidate with a prison record. Doesn't it? LOL Seriously, I think he should be able to use his prisoner of war background in the campaign. A good war record has always been considered a positive except when the swift boat guys crapped all over John Kerry. I think John McCain spoke up in Kerry's defense and as far as I'm concerned, he has every right to be proud of his own war record and every right to use it in the campaign. Especially since he will probably be the last Vietnam veteran with a shot at the presidency.

I personally think that he would make a great president. Almost everything he has voted on I agree with him on. No just because he was in the military don't make him the absolute best choice if you were to just base it off that however being I am a military wife and my husband has gone to Iraq twice and this last time said that there has been a tremendous difference. It has calmed down so much more. The media blows it up. If they didn't they wouldn't have a story to tell. I am voting for him because I am strong in my faith in Jesus and what he has voted for falls more under my beliefs than Obama.

That is pretty much all I have heard about him. He's been playing that card for awhile. While it's a horrible thing, I really think that he should stick to the issues at hand without playing the military card.

I burst out laughing when I read this title. For anyone who doesn't get it, the joke is that McCain has done exactly what Annie's talking about. Despite claiming he's "reluctant" to bring up his P.O.W. service, the fact is he's tried to use the "P.O.W. card" as an excuse for basically EVERY mistake and bad decision he's made since this campaign started--he also uses it as an excuse to avoid 'hard questions'.

McCain was definitely a POW. You can read more about him in this article. http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html The injuries he received is the reason his arms don't look normal. I'm sure he has other problems, but he never complains about them that I know about. And I definitely don't believe he thinks he should be President simply because he was a POW.