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Title: Trump creates outrage in Iowa claiming that John McCain wasn't a war hero because he was a captured POW – and dodges questions about his own Vietnam War draft deferments
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URL Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art ... all-half-field-stays-home.html
Published: Jul 18, 2015
Author: David Martosko, US Political Editor
Post Date: 2015-07-18 13:59:06 by cranky
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Donald Trump escalated his feud with Sen. John McCain on Saturady in Iowa by suggesting only his capture and five years as a prisoner of war turned him into a 'war hero.' 'He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured,' Trump said on stage at the Family Leader Summit in Ames. McCain spent years in a Viet Cong prison after the plane he was flying was shot down over Hanoi in October 1967.He was tortured enough to produce permanent physical disabilities. Trump got student and medical deferments and never served in uniform. He told reporters after his speech that a bone spur in his foot led to the medical exemption from the draft. Asked which foot had disqualified him, he couldn't remember. 'You'll have to look it up,' Trump said dismissively. 'It's in the records.' Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who is running 10th in an average of national polls, immediately called for Trump to quit his presidential campaign. ANGRY: Trump attacked Sen. John McCain and said the only reason he is considered a war hero is his capture and imprisonment as a POW during the Vietnam War. NOT A HERO? Sen. John McCain spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison after his plane was shot down durign the Vietnam War WALKING WOUNDED: McCain's torture left him disfigured and permanently damaged 'I respect Sen. McCain because he volunteered to serve his country,' Perry said in a statement. 'I cannot say the same of Mr. Trump.' 'His comments have reached a new low in American politics. His attack on veterans make him unfit to be Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces, and he should immediately withdraw from the race for President.' Trump focued considerable rhetorical artillery on McCain Saturday, mocking his bona fides on military and veterans issues: 'He graduated last in his class at Annapolis,' he claimed. 'Well, second-to-last.' In a press conference following his speech, Trump backtracked a few inches about prisoners of war. 'If somebody's a prisoner, I would consider him a war hero,' he said. 'But her have lots of heroes who wersn't prisoners. The billionaire's tussle with McCain began after he drew a reported 15,000 people to a campaign event in Phoenix to talk about illegal immigration. McCain, a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, called his audience 'crazies.' Trump responded that the GOP's 2008 presidential nominee was a 'dummy.' In an emailed statement to DailyMail.com, Trump said after his press conference: 'I am not a fan John McCain because he has done so little for our Veterans and he should know better than anybody what the Veterans need, especially in regards to the VA.' 'He was extremely disrespectful to the thousands upon thousands of people, many of whom happen to be his constituents, that came to listen to me speak about illegal immigration in Phoenix last week by calling them "crazies",' Trump carped. 'These were not "crazies" – these were great American citizens.' 'I have great respect for all those who serve in our military including those that weren’t captured and are also heroes,' he insisted. Republicans auditioned all day for Christian conservatives, parading their bona fides in the nations' first presidential primary state. But not everyone searching for votes showed up. The cattle-call brought nine of the Republican Party's 15 declared presidential candidates to a single stage, less than a day after Democrats did the same thing – with all five of their White House hopefuls – a two-hour drive to the east. The Christian-right sponsoring group, The Family Leader, attracted mostly the candidates from the conservative end of the GOP spectrum. Led by political kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats, the group wields outsize influence in the Hawkeye State whenever Republicans barnstorm through during the run-up to the quadrennial Iowa caucuses. The $10 billion man was otherwise a crowd favorite in Ames, Iowa, speaking about his religion before a group of Christian conservatives Donald Trump's childhood church was First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. He said he was in church just last week Anti-abortion politics were visible in Ames, Iowa on July 18, 2015 at the Family Leader summit, a gathering of Republican presidential candidates hosted Missing in Ames was the Republican front-runner Jeb Bush, the sometimes-moderate New Jersey governor Chris Christie and the usually moderate former New York governor George Pataki. Nowhere to be found were senators Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Rand Paul of Kentucky. Paul's libertarian brand of Republicanism, makes some religious conservatives wary. Carly Fiorina, the GOP's only female While House contestant, also didn't make the trip. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the day's first candidate-speaker, wrapped up his time on stage in a Q&A with pollster Frank Luntz by asking if he could read aloud from a book. 'It's a Bible,' he said, drawing wild cheers from the audience. He read from the Gospel of Luke, chapter 12, verse 48: 'From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded' – explaining it as a parable about America's global primacy and its obligations to keep its people, and the world, safe. Rubio blasted the Obama administration's recent nuclear bargain with Iran, calling it 'a complete sham.' He also castigated the president for sidestepping the role of Islam in global terror. 'It's not radical Presbyterian terrorism,' he said. 'It's radical Islamic terrorism. ... We have to target them militarily in their safe havens.' Abortion politics were visible both outside and inside the event venue in Ames, Iowa. Sign-wavers pointed to right-wing outrage over a surreptitious video that showed a Planned Parenthood medical doctor describing how she tailored her abortion procedures in order to preserve fetal body parts for human biologics companies. Outrage over an undercover video sting of Planned Parenthood brought anti-abortion Iowa Rep. Steve King kicked off the day with anger over 'that in-quotes "doctor"' whom he said was killing 'babies that could be viable outside the womb. It is sickening to watch.' Seizing on the political moment as a springboard for new laws tightening abortion restrictions, Knig said: 'This is our chance.' Also in evidence was a lingering resentment over this month's stunning Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex weddings nationwide. 'Marriage = 1 [man] and 1 [woman],' a projected image declared above the stage as the crowd filed in, using icons to represent male and female. 
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#32. To: Deckard (#30)
Lindsey Graham served in the military, does he have more credibility with you? As far as I'm concerned, Graham has no credibility whatsoever, whether he served in the military or not. So, just because someone served in the military does not mean they have credibility. Conversely, someone need not serve in the military to have credibility. Got it...
No one will ever be the perfect candidate for someone, everyone has stated that in one way or the other. I can bite the bullet and live with Trump "legalizing drugs and use tax revenue to fund drug education" if I can see him elected as president.
When someone like Trump finds a winky, winky BS rich guy way to evade the draft, no he doesn't have any standing to critize the war record of anyone that honorably served when called - especially those that suffered unspeakable abuse at the hands of the enemy as a prisoner. I am not a fan of McCain. I thought that he was a terrible choice to represent the REP as it presidential candidate. But he answered the bell and put himself in harms ways when he easily could have gotten a much safer assignment given that both his father and grandfather admirals (I believe both 4 star). The story, whihc no-one has challenged is that McCain was badly wounded from ejecting from his plane when shot down, his captors refused to treat his injuries, beating and interrogating him to get information. He was then given medical care only when the North Vietnamese discovered that his father was a top admiral. He almost assuredly could have recieved preferential treatment had he cooperated with the enemy but he didn't. In fact he spent the last couple of years in captivity in solitary confinement. I don't know about you but I'd called that herpic. What did Trump do in the war? You BS arm chair patriots make me puke when you pull crap like this. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
And you must have been raised in the environment where ignornance and duplicity are worshipped. Look up McCain's story as a prisoner of war. Tell me that you would have 1/10th the balls and courage that he had to endure that torture when he was offered an easy way out by the enemy. Get back to me when you grow a pair. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Even GW Bush stepped forward to join the national guard (although he was high on drugs and cocaine) ... some commander in chief he was, sending troops into Iraq for no good reason at all. Do you think I would vote for Trump whom just gives lip service? HELL no.
It is not surprising that a pig worships other pigs. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
And the problem and downside here for Trump is...WHAT AGAIN?? The GOPe muppets who failed to show are LOSERS. John McStain is NOT a "hero" by any definition. NOR particularly a very credible and truthful person. EVER in his life. McStain's account and involvement in the tragedy aboard the carrier Forrestal is not only suspect, but suggests the evidence is rather indicting that he cost lives. McStain abandoned his first wife when he discovered she was hurt badly in terrible car accident...WHILE SHE WAITED FOE HIM. McStain's bail out of his jet -- which led to his imprisonment as the coddled son of a Navy admiral -- was all his own doing. He was a clown of a pilot by most accounts of his peers. He parlayed his so-called "heroism," dramatic emotional photo op return as a POW, his father's influence, and incredible luck (i.e. selling his soul) into a career as an establishment Republican, tool of special interest, illegal invasion advocate, and enemy of conservatism. McStain's photo ops and actual meetings in Syria with known terrorists and operatives implicate him as a collaborator and tool of 0buma's warped Middle East policies McStain purposely LOST the 2008 election to 0buma. He then demonstrated his disloyalty and dishonor by NOT defending Sarah Palin when it was obvious HIS campaign staff was undermining her personally and professionally. McStain repeatably foiled conservative policies as a Senator while enabling Democrat policies. I could go on... Donald Trump is 100% right about the fecklessness and fake creds of John McStain, who is nothing but a weaselly Dem-globalist operative and traitor to America. To which I say to Trump: PILE IT ON and run up the score. The fact that Trump did NOT serve in the military is...IRRELEVANT to leading America NOT toward the NWO vision of the GOPe elites or Dems, but toward the vision of the Founders.
Balls, courage, bravery, patriotism ... all that and then some. But that doesn't make him a "war hero", and that's all Trump was saying.
Trump is a failure as a man on so many levels. What man would would say this about his wife Marla Maples: ""You know, it really doesn't matter what [the media] write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass."" потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
HA! Rick WHO?? I call for an immediate end the illegal-loving mGOPe muppet and feckless Governor Guardasil's DOA campaign.
What color is that Kool Aid you are drinking? потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Tell me that you would have 1/10th the balls and courage that he had to endure that torture when he was offered an easy way out by the enemy. We ALL have read different narratives of McCain as a POW -- many are NOT very favorable. He joined tens of thousands as a POW. He was treated better than most because his famous daddy made Johnny boy's ordeal better than most. Today is all that matters: John McStain is a filthy traitor.
I think we should return him to the Vietnamese. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Bush signed up for a fun-filled flying country club that catered to the Texas socially prominent and political elite. In signing up for it you were assured of easy duty with no chance of combat. He never completed the terms of service. He was never in the real military.
Then deal with today. Trump is way out of line for his comments. And it is quote revealing about him and those that are commenting on LF in his favor. Name one thing that Trump has done for his country that wasn't for the purpose of lining his pockets. BTW, what did Trump do in the war? потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Are you f*cking kidding? потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
And something said 25 years ago affects Trump's vision and leadership for America beyond that of YOUR GOPe muppet candidates HOW again?? Trump calls out the good ol' GOPe Boys Club for their usual collaboration, ineffectiveness, and coddling of 0buma/Democrats' leftist policies and agenda...and they are...defenselessness to offer any rebuttal. Heck -- McStain LOVES Hitlery. And what were his famous words about 0buma DURING his Presidential campaign?? McCain Booed For Calling 0buma A "Decent Man You Don't Have To Be Afraid Of"
No he's not. YOU are outta line for lecturing anybody on limitations of free speech and honesty during a campaign. THIS is why we're screwed -- EVERYBODY tip=toes around the truth: McStain is a traitor. Hitlery is a traitor. 0blabla is a traitor. Of course you find that line of plain truth outta line. Trump is telling it...LIKE IT IS. BTW, what did Trump do in the war? Irrelevant to which contrived bullsh*t war you're referring. Deal with today. Well...*I* am.
What have you done for your country that you refused money for? Coming here to annoy people like me for sport doesn't count.
It's always important to remember McStain was no ordinary recruit. He was military royalty, with bases named after his grandfather, John Sydney McCain and his father, John Sydney McCain II. Worth repeating.
He got off easy. He should have had his head chopped off for the defiant insult.
Unfortunately, I'm sure the rubes in the audience were completely taken in by this charlatan. What is it with politicians trying to use the bible as justification for more war and empire building? The guy is completely twisting Christ's words [and Bible] to push his own agenda. Good catch of Rubio's disingenuous pandering and using the Bible as a prop. The man is SICKENING. And yet another Open Borders/Pro-Amnesty candidate who believes he should be President. Haven't the last FOUR traitors infesting the 0val 0ffice been enough?
Obviously you believe that character doesn't matter. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
I don't think they'd want him.
Annoying people like you is patriotism at its best. As far as what I have done for this country for no money or personal gain is a hell of a lot more than Trump. I have never bribed public officials for personal gain. I have never walked away from my debts leaving others to pay for them. Just to name a couple of things. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
BS. No-one is ever out of line when telling the Emperor that he has no clothes or pointing out the hypocrisy of the kettle calling the pot black. And you must be truly delusional to put the words honesty and campaign in the same sentence. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
And Trunp contributes money the the Billaries, Rahm Emanuel and other Drats. ANd he is defenseless in justifying his largess. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
I ask you what you have done and you reply by telling me what you never have done. Brilliant!
In other words living one's life as a honest person that does not cheat or otherwise corrupt the government, does not walk away from his bills to leave others to pay (including what is owed to the government) in you world is not affrimated actions. Wow, how revealing of your personal sense of morality.
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Not really, but McCain is a civilian bombing war criminal and his medals are spit worthy to me.
Then you and Trump spit on every American that was captured in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam. Not really, but McCain is a civilian bombing war criminal and his medals are spit worthy to me. So you spit on every American pilot in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam War that dropped bombs that hit civilian. And every American gunner that hit a civilian facility. Okey dokey, Lance. потому что Бог хочет это тот путь
Wow, now I recognize where I met you before. You were the guy that was spitting on the Vietnam veterans as they returned home and calling them baby killers. You haven't changed a bit.
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Heh... That crowd was close to tar and feathering the Stainmeister. Funny how no one remembers McCain's infamous loving words of 0buma -- that "he is a decent man/ You don't have to be afraid of." He's been a petty tyrant that EVERYONE has feared as though he were Hitler... THANKS, McSTAIN. THANKS, GOPe.
Wait -- so the definition of "character" can be erased by statements like "my hot wife" from 25 years ago? Trump didn't exactly say, "my b*tch is fine." Speaking of character, are you actually familiar with all the candidates??
Don't forget the stupid voters.
Are you f*cking kidding? Not a bit. Sonny did eventually receive some perks. That said, McStain was treated the way he treats members of the Tea Party. Like sh*t.
They had TWO choices in the end: 0blabla OR McStain. McStain's voters chose....Palin. What's stupid is accepting as the only options yet another Bush, this lineup of establishment Republican muppets, OR Hitlery.
We can't change the past system where corporations hedge their bet and donate to every side and political candidate. Do you support the illegal invasion, Sanctuary Cities, and Amnesty OR, a solution/reduction to the problem? If so, which of your preferred candidates earnestly supports this position?
But...but...what about Bubba Clinton and his shrewish wife, Hitlery? Aren't they two of your socialist heroes? Heck -- Hitlery was even fired upon disembarking from her 'Cankles I' jet in Bosnia? Or was it Muzzie-controlled Kosovo?
"There are plenty of other things to be concerned about. Terrorism - not so much." - Deckart
So McCains selling out to the highest bidder doesn't bother you Rick?? Now why doesn't that surprise me, what a panoche!! “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
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#33. To: Deckard (#29)
#34. To: Gatlin, Deckard, A K A Stone, cranky, nativist nationalist, misterwhite (#21)
So, are you saying that no one that has ever been in the military can be truthful about McCain? They can say nothing?
#35. To: misterwhite (#25)
SOSO must have been raised in the environment of "everyone's a winner" and "I'm special" and "it's OK as long as you tried".
#36. To: SOSO (#34)
#37. To: Gatlin (#26)
I for one am tired on career politicians who “conform to established sanctioned codes or accept notions others think are right and wrong.”
#38. To: cranky (#0)
[Donald Trump] blasted John McCain on stage in Iowa for calling his Phoenix audience 'crazies,' and denied he was a war hero because the North Vietnamese captured him.
#39. To: SOSO (#35)
"Look up McCain's story as a prisoner of war. Tell me that you would have 1/10th the balls and courage that he had to endure that torture when he was offered an easy way out by the enemy."
#40. To: buckeroo (#36)
Do you think I would vote for Trump whom just gives lip service? HELL no.
#41. To: cranky (#0)
Rick Perry, the former Texas governor who is running 10th in an average of national polls, immediately called for Trump to quit his presidential campaign.
#42. To: misterwhite (#39)
But that doesn't make him a "war hero", and that's all Trump was saying.
#43. To: SOSO, misterwhite (#35)
Look up McCain's story as a prisoner of war.
#44. To: Liberator (#43)
Today is all that matters: John McStain is a filthy traitor.
#45. To: buckeroo (#36)
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Even GW Bush stepped forward to join the national guard
#46. To: Liberator (#43)
Today is all that matters: .....................................
#47. To: Liberator (#43)
He was treated better than most because his famous daddy made Johnny boy's ordeal better than most.
#48. To: SOSO, ALL (#40)
(Edited)
Trump is a failure as a man on so many levels. What man would would say this about his wife Marla Maples: ""You know, it really doesn't matter what [the media] write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass.""
"I have to tell you, I have to tell you, he [0buma] is a decent family man, and a person that you do not have to be scared as President of the United States."
~ John McCain
#49. To: SOSO (#46)
Trump is way out of line for his comments.
#50. To: SOSO (#46)
Name one thing that Trump has done for his country that wasn't for the purpose of lining his pockets.
#51. To: TooConservative (#27)
Apparently, his low standing in his graduating class was deserved.
#52. To: Liberator (#48)
McCain Booed For Calling 0buma A "Decent Man You Don't Have To Be Afraid Of"
#53. To: Deckard (#22)
[Rubio], you pandering gasbag.
#54. To: Liberator (#48)
And something said 25 years ago affects Trump's vision and leadership for America beyond that of YOUR GOPe muppet candidates HOW again??
#55. To: GrandIsland (#44)
I think we should return him to the Vietnamese.
#56. To: rlk (#50)
Coming here to annoy people like me for sport doesn't count.
#57. To: Liberator (#49)
YOU are outta line for lecturing anybody on limitations of free speech and honesty during a campaign.
#58. To: Liberator, All (#48)
Trump calls out the good ol' GOPe Boys Club for their usual collaboration, ineffectiveness, and coddling of 0buma/Democrats' leftist policies and agenda...and they are...defenselessness to offer any rebuttal.
#59. To: SOSO (#56)
I have never bribed public officials for personal gain. I have never walked away from my debts leaving others to pay for them. Just to name a couple of things.
#60. To: rlk (#59)
#61. To: SOSO (#15)
Then you and Trump spit on every American that was captured in WWI, WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam.
#62. To: Pericles (#61)
#63. To: Pericles (#61)
#64. To: rlk (#52)
He got off easy. He should have had his head chopped off for the defiant insult.
#65. To: SOSO (#54)
Obviously you believe that character doesn't matter.
#66. To: Liberator (#64)
THANKS, McSTAIN. THANKS, GOPe.
#67. To: SOSO (#47)
(He was treated better than most because his famous daddy made Johnny boy's ordeal better than most.)
#68. To: buckeroo (#66)
Don't forget the stupid voters.
#69. To: SOSO (#58)
And Trunp contributes money the the Billaries, Rahm Emanuel and other Drats. ANd he is defenseless in justifying his largess.
#70. To: Pericles (#61)
McCain is a civilian bombing war criminal
#71. To: SOSO, McCain is no hero (#63)
#72. To: cranky (#0)
'I respect Sen. McCain because he volunteered to serve his country,' Perry said in a statement. 'I cannot say the same of Mr. Trump.'
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