Republican National Convention 2008

[Walkoff Balk]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

Ewww, you two. Get a room

Politics make strange bedfellows.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

She was absolutely right about one thing, at least (if not more) - I responded to her in an insulting fashion, which she did not deserve. Having her respect and friendship is more important to me than being "right," so I apologize for that little flash of fire in her direction.

I also hope Tim didn't feel I was out-of-line - but if so, I apologize to him for that.

Can we now consider this diversion concluded?

[Kalalau]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

What exactly did McCain do to betray America as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese? Republicans accused him of that during the primaries but I just figured, well, its Republicans, what do you expect. However in his acceptance speech he said that the torture "broke" him. Did that have some implication? How did he betray America?

[Peshkwe]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

It's interesting he's saying he 'broke' considering this stuff:

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2008/02...th-vietnamese/

Here are transcripts of McCaine's talks with the 'at the time enemy' and communist reporters, etc.

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjoh...ed_landing.htm


But then there's this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25418965/

McCain spent 5 1/2 years behind bars in Hanoi. His flight suit and parachute were recently added to the museum display, which includes a recording of bombs falling and air raid sirens shrieking.

McCain still bears the evidence of his wounds and has described being repeatedly bound and beaten by his captors. After his plane was hit by a surface-to-air missile during a bombing mission over Hanoi in 1967, McCain ejected and suffered a broken leg, two broken arms, and was briefly knocked unconscious. The Vietnamese mob who found him smashed his shoulder and he was bayoneted.

He says medical attention was delayed in an attempt to get him to reveal information and he was held in solitary confinement for over two years.

Jailer says McCain lied about torture to win votes
Other former POWs also say they were tortured by communist forces at the jail, and many say they still suffer physical pain from it.

"They are liars. What they said is not true," said Duyet, who was a jailer at Hoa Lo from 1968 until the POW release in 1973, serving as prison chief the last three years. Duyet claimed McCain "invented that story that he was tortured and beaten to win votes."

Yanno...the best way to lie is to tell part of the truth and then shut the hell up.

One day the whole truth will come out....maybe he's doing the set-up preparations for the coming of that day? *shrugs*

[Peshkwe]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

Ahh...here go:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/....html?PageNr=1

I don't get this bit though....

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/....html?PageNr=8

Now I don't hate them any more—not these particular guys. I hate and detest the leaders. Some guards would just come in and do their job. When they were told to beat you they would come in and do it. Some seemed to get a big bang out of it. A lot of them were homosexual, although never toward us. Some, who were pretty damned sadistic, seemed to get a big thrill out of the beatings.

What?? How'd he find this out? They make him stand watch while the guards made out? Is he hinting about rape and then denying it in the same breath? Or is he just making a slam with the nastiest thing he can think of being?

Lessee...sadistic homosexuals who enjoyed torturing people...








Why are there schools of anchovies swimming by???

[Peshkwe]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

Video on what one POW's dad found out:

http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjoh...pper_video.htm

[Kalalau]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

Very interesting, thank you.
I can't help but remember the "swiftboating" of John Kerry by a bunch of washed up bar flies and losers, their slanders against Kerry's truly heroic service to this country, and his well deserved Purple Hearts, indeed, the heartless, cruel and incomprehensibly tasteless mocking of the war wounds he received while fighting on behalf of this country, with their cute precious little purple bandaids, at their 2004 convention. What a contrast. Cover up the betrayal by McCain, but smear and slander an actual hero who would have stood in the way of all the stealing planned by the people on top. Sick.

[TuNnL]

Re: Game. On.

Did anyone watch Governor Lingle’s introduction of Sarah Palin? If you believe YouTube’s numbers, I was apparently the only one (at least on the Internet). All I can say is, it made me cringe. Particularly the part about “elopement” representing “fiscal discipline.” Geez. And how she paused after each sentence as if to wait for applause that never came. Linda embarrassed herself more than anything else.

Yeah, I watched it on CSPAN. It was okay, I thought, but just standard Republican fare.

I forgot to mention just how s-l-o-wly Lingle read from the podium, which I found especially irritating. Here’s further evidence:

I didn’t listen to every speech at the Republican convention (you’d have to be a true masochist to do that), but the dopiest one I did catch was Linda Lingle

[Kalihiboy]

Re: Republican National Convention 2008

Triumph shares his view at the GOP Convention:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKsX6...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKwes...eature=related