In February, Reuters news reported that McCain's former captors are expressing delight in the news of his nomination as Republican party Presidential candidate. "In the past Senator McCain has conducted activities that had a positive impact in bringing the two nations [Vietnam/United States] closer. That is a point that Vietnamese people who follow the current affairs do recognize," said retired North Vietnamese Colonel Nguyen Van Phuong, representing retired and present members of the Vietnamese communist military.

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If you can not stand up against Vietnam and Bush, how can you stand up against Putin and the leaders of Iran, Korea, and Venezuela?

Mommy taught me I

Can't drink;

Can't enter into a legal contract;

Can't use condoms;

BUT I CAN have sex and get married when I am only 17!

Yippee! Thanks Mom.

I will be sure to teach my daughter that condoms really are ok to use. Sure better than being stuck with this redneck, well at least until after the elections. Then I am dumping his ass!

These are family values you can believe in.

MOM! This isn't the "Change" I signed up for!

You hear stories about Joe Biden like this, a commitment to young people (he obviously doesn't need to teach)and how committed he was after his wife died to his children. He seems like a really lovely person. What a positive person and a positive story.

If you Republicans really loved this country you would want more than anything for it to be a partner with others in the world instead of a bully who goes around declaring other countries to be "Rogue States", thus causing them to launch or to revive and escalate any weapons programs they may have had, now for self defense in the face of a super power gone amuck.

This world is getting smaller all of the time and it requires cooperation instead of somebody running around like a bull moose in a china shop.

You Republicans don't want to cooperate in the world or to cooperate in Washington. McCain showed that whatever skills he had for "reaching across the isle" are atrophied by picking Palin for VP. In fact I think that he is either in the early stages of dementia or has sold out to the hard right fascists. All they want to do now is pick a fight.

And you all sit out there listening to that $4oo million bag of wind and s**t, Rush Limbaugh and the like, who will say anything and everything to keep the graqy rolling in. What a sorry bunch!

Joe Biden is good people Lily. Speaks his mind and speaks directly to "normal hard working Americans".

We need to elect more leaders like him into both partys.

Yes, I says leaders. Most of these other people are just politicians.

That's McCain. He supported VN normalization because of the USA interest. US using VN to stop the China's development in Indonesia. "COUNTRY FIRST".

neil1785,

Link to those supposed facts you are talking about...........

I have my facts straight, do you?

http://209.85.215.104/search?q=cache:qq-1iVKbZIIJ:www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_1,00.html+mccain+academy+years&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

Joe Biden a "leader"? please enlighten us. 36 years in the Senate representing banking interests. What else?

You hear stories about Joe Biden like this, a commitment to young people (he obviously doesn't need to teach)and how committed he was after his wife died to his children. He seems like a really lovely person. What a positive person and a positive story.

Lily bless you. You have restored my faith. There is at least one person who can make an intelligent, meaningful and insightful comment on this site. After reading other comments I was about ready to vomit. Wake up people! Vote for whoever you want but make it about issues not nonsense.

Posted by: lily | Sep 6, 2008 5:24:55 PM

FACTS:

John S McCain was awarded a Silver Star and Purple Heart for heroism and wounds in combat. This heroism has been played up in the press and in his various political campaigns. But it should be known that there were approximately 600 military POW's in Vietnam. Among all of us, decorations awarded have recently been totaled to the following: Medals of Honor - 8, Service Crosses - 42, Silver Stars - 590, Bronze Stars - 958 and Purple Hearts - 1,249. John certainly performed courageously and well. But it must be remembered that he was one hero among many - not uniquely so as his campaigns would have people believe.

geeville.

Here is that info you requested on Joe Biden. I am sure Sarah has experience on these right? LMAO!

The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks

Land-Based Sources Protocol to Cartagena Convention

Treaty with Malaysia on Mutual Legal Assistance.

Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs.

Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Germany.

Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Denmark.

Protocol Amending Tax Convention with Finland.

Extradition Treaty with Malta.

Extradition Treaty with Estonia.

Extradition Treaty with Latvia.

Extradition Agreement with the European Union, together with 22 bilateral instruments that were subsequently signed between the United States and each EU Member State.

Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement with the European Union, together with 25 bilateral instruments that were subsequently signed between the United States and each EU Member State.

Patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under Patent Law Treaty.

2002 Amendments to ITU Constitution and Convention.

Protocol III to the1949 Geneva Conventions (A) and an Amendment (B) and a Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (C).
September 26, 2006 – Committee discharged Protocol III to 1949 Geneva Convention
(A); no report.
September 29, 2006 – Approved Protocol III to 1949 Geneva Convention (A).

1995 Revision of Radio Regulations.

Protocol to Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Denmark.

Amendments to Constitution and Convention of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva 1992).

1992 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979), with appendices, signed by the United States at Malaga-Torremolinos on March 3, 1992 (the “1992 Partial Revision”), together with declarations and reservations of the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the World Administrative Radio Conference for Dealing with Frequency Allocations in Certain Parts of the Spectrum (WARC-92).

Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Stockholm on December 17, 2001.

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, with Annexes, done at Stockholm, May 22-23, 2001.

Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, subject to an understanding and a reservation, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly by consensus on December 9, 1994, and signed by the United States on December 19, 1994.

Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Nicaragua Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at Denver on July 1, 1995.

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, with Annexes, done at Rotterdam, September 10, 1998.

The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the Hague Protocol.

Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (the “Convention”),
adopted at the Special Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) at Washington on November 13, 1997.

Convention (No. 111) Concerning Discrimination (Employment and Occupation), adopted by the International Labor Conference at its 42nd Session in Geneva on
June 25, 1958.

Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, opened for signature and signed by the United States at New York on September 24, 1996. Treaty includes two Annexes, a Protocol, and two Annexes to the Protocol.

Protocols to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects: (A) the amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II or the amended Mines Protocol); (B) the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III or the Incendiary Weapons Protocol); and (C) the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, With Annexes, Done at Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the "Convention"), and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, with Annex, Adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 (the "Agreement"), and signed by the United States, Subject to Ratification, on July 29, 1994.

Convention on Biological Diversity, with Annexes, done at Rio de Janeiro June 5, 1992, and signed by the United States in New York on June 4, 1993.

Protocol II Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts.

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There is a ton more but frankly, I got sick of getting them all in here.

yeah, I know, Joe Biden isn't hot like Palin, but at least he gets the job done.

My vote goes to who can get the job done, not to the hottest one!

John McBush has NO CHARACTER when he can not clearly outline a plan to give relief to the middle class. So, I assume he plans to keep our noses down to the ground. We are nothing to him and the men and women who are dieing in this needless war must not mean much either. HE DISTORTS OBAMA’S VOTING RECORD AND HIS OWN. IS IT THAT HE LOVES TO LIE OR IS HE SUFFERING FROM MEMORY LOSS?
Clearly, his concern is for his wife and their RICH friends. Every time he is pressed on issues that affect the middle class, he brings up being a P.O.W. Well, will someone please tell me how does that qualify him to be the president of the U.S.A.?
PATRIOT YES-PRESIDENT NO!
WAKE-UP PEOPLE IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE! Obama & Biden

I don't know what some of y'all are talking about -- this is a great story about Biden and makes me like him even more! What an amazing man

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tbstang, I learned to copy and paste in the 4th grade. Frankly you need more practice.

You left out a few with Hairplug Joe.

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(see, I can do that too)

He also voted FOR the Iraq War, oops, before he joined Obammy and opposing it.

He also voted FOR every anti 2nd Amendment bill put before him. He really knows the Constitution, don't he???????

He also helps promote Obammy's CHANGE --- oops, sorry, he's been there 34 years, needs to be put out to pasture.

Sarah Palin....

Way to go tbstang!!

Obama/Biden

LarryMan,

Still waiting to see those documents from you.

Alot of Congressional Members of BOTH Houses and ALL Americans would not have gave Bush the go ahead if the CIA's assessment was not "manipulated".

Even the CIA said there were no evidence of those weapons at the time.

And did Iraq attack us? NO

So McCain and Bush decided to screw the American service members to pad the pockets of his and Cheney's stocks and bank accounts.

My Friend, that is what Straight Talk really is.

Just what I want in the highest office in the Land. Two liars and only one is hot!

Wait until the Keating 5 comes back from the grave next month:

http://www.slate.com/id/1004633/

Even the Senate Ethics Committee found guilty of at least "poor judgment".

Poor Judgment = Bush and the Iraq War.

McCain has demonstrated the same "Poor Judgment"

The American people have realized, or they will very soon, that these 2 people are the same.

And poor Sarah and her family. I feel sorry for them. Never in the history of our political system has a family been so used like them for personal power.

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Stang, if you knew anything about history, you would be dangerous.

Want to show us proof that the assessment was "manipulated". There was "evidence" because he had used chemical weapons twice already.

There might be more evidence but it ended up in somebody's PANTS to protect Slick Willie.

Iraq was not capable of attacking anyone? DUH!!! Saddam had already attacked TWO countries. He had sent Scuds to Israel, for no reason at all. DUH!!!

Want to tell us just how Bush and Cheney screwed the American people and lined their stocks?

When you call someone a LIAR it usually requires proof. But, not in your case I suppose.

Bush and McCain the same people? You need to get an eye exam, my friend.

Sarah Palin? Get used to saying Madame President.

LarryMan,

Still waiting on your proof that Iraq attacked us...................

Still waiting for that evidence that the President has the authority to declare war. Please show me the Constitutional article that is in.

You are obviously not a history buff or anything close.

You my friend may vote with whatever matrix you use.

The matrix I use to make any decision contains facts, history, logic, and common sense - which appears to be about extinct these days.

You go ahead and vote for the McCain-EyeCandy ticket, just don't complain like the Bushites are now.

What is Bush's approval rating these day?

With McCain voting for 95% of the things Bush has wanted to get done in the last year or so, these two men really do represent the same ol' same ol'.

Good Luck

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Stang, how about getting the peanut butter out of your ears and listen.

We attacked Iraq because Congress, Senate, UN, and every friggin' democrat said we could. Slick Willie BOMBED Iraq, during the impeachment hearings. I'll say it again, he BOMBED IRAQ, remember? I know it was past your bedtime at the time, 8:00, but believe me he did.

The president can wage a war. You remember a few presidents called Truman, LBJ, Reagan, Bush One. They did. I would say look it up but you would have to buy encyclopedias.

I don't see anyone polling in my area, I would vote for Bush for 8 more years. My taxes are the lowest they have ever been. My Constitutional Rights are safer today than they were before 2000. Guess all they poll are democrats.

Since you don't like the "same ol' same ol", I guess you don't like Hairplug Joe who has been in Washington for 34 years and, OH NO, VOTED for the Iraq war.

Shame on YOU, Joe OBiden.

Palin/McCain 08

Still waiting for that evidence........

Have you ever bothered to read the Constitution? If not, you don't even know what your rights are as a citizen. So please tell me how you know that your rights are safer now than at any other time in history .......

Oh, I know, because a politician told you so. Hilter was a politician too. So was Stalin.

I will give Bush credit on one thing:

He was able to purchase your votes for the past 8 years with those tax rebate checks every year. Pretty slick. Even McCain couldn't duplicate that on his own.

Well, until you can provide some factual documentation at the same time as running your mouth, I do not feel like using my time responding to your clouded judgment.