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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:13 PM Original message |
McCain - #894 of 899 at the Naval Academy |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, I thought Gore or Kerry would both beat W. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. Patton was dead last in his class at West Point |
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spotbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Not a great example. nt |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Not a persuasive argument n/t |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Then use Custer |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. George Custer |
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wolfgangmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Patton is an excellent analogy |
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Omega3 (412 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. most ppl don't really pay that much attention to the debates, many ppl here do b/c we're poli junkie |
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msedano (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. You know what they call the guy who finished last in the class? |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. Will Amurka want to have a beer with this flunkie, too? |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. AND he got shot down, plus set fire to the Forrestal, like Poppy BUSH n/t |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Thats over the line |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. thus McCain began his tremendous rise to world-famous mediocrity... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have to go with summa cum laude graduates instead, especially when the University |
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cloudbase (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. I wouldn't hold his class rank against him. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. The entering class at Annapolis was probably 1500 midshipmen in those days. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. His father was an admiral. |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. McCain - Navy Pilot - more takeoffs than landings |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I heard he crashed five planes.. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. From your own link, he really only crashed 3 |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. good post |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Please don't post from websites like that. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I got mixed feelings on that, we DO need to know what the others are thinking. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. When I say "websites like that" I mean really wild and crazy attacks on the candidates. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
18. Look at his Navy record, too. The best he can do is aspire to mediocrity |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. I thought we'd beat Raygun too. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-22-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I'll never know why people think Reagan was a dummy. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
25. I have to disagree with the premise of this thread. Here are some stats for you. |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-23-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. thank you... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. best post of the thread n/t |
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