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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:53 PM Original message |
OMG--I'm sure I am probably the last to know this, but this is unreal |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not to mention 32 taped confessions |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. what? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. They called him John Wayne McCain while he was in Annapolis |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hence his nickname given by other navy pilots |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "Ace McCain" was a joke about the 5 planes he crashed |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Yes, the 5 planes he took out were his own. |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I'm curious... how many other Navy pilots have crashed 4+ planes? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Many don't get a second chance |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. The son of a powerful admiral did |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. My cousin was a US Navy Lieutenant Commander |
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casus belli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
31. Anybody know whether there's any merit to the story... |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Reverse Ace McCain |
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krkaufman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Yet another reason he's more of the same.... just like W. |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. "Mavrick?" No, just an incompetent jackass pretending to be a hero. n/t |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That's for sure... |
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GCP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. To be fair, the 3rd and 4th incidents weren't his fault |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yeah, I know...but it seems trouble follows him... |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. y'know, those 3rd & 4th DUI's I got weren't my fault, either |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I have read eye witness accounts of the Forestall incident that |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. The Forrestal accounts like that trace back to the Washington Times |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sometimes Maverick = reckless. See George W. Bush. |
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Marsala (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Not to mention the "Wet Start" |
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Resuscitated Ethics (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
13. I recently learned of his presence at the USS Forrestal disaster |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. This is a documentary, but they have actual footage blended in... |
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libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. My dad, who is a retired Naval Officer, told me about it. |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. How else |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry, but the whole thread is bullshit.... |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I don't think that this thread is "total bullshit". |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. He is Goose |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. Get another plane McCain |
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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. I know.. Maverick never crashed ANY planes.. he did a couple of "Fly Bye's" |
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