Quote from: kroz on July 21, 2015, 06:00:42 AM
This article explains McCain's dirty little secret....

http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/mccain-and-the-pow-cover-up/

Good find Kroz, that's what I was searching for the other day, I remember how the media covered for the soon to be "Maverick", the guy they saw as a tool for manipulating the GOP, and history proves their gamble to have been spot on, he serves the LSM like a minion of the Devil as payback for a lifesaving debt owed back.

POLL: TRUMP LEADS BIG, WITH AN ASTERISK
WaPo: "Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks about Sen. John McCain's Vietnam War service, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Support for Trump fell sharply on the one night that voters were surveyed following those comments. Telephone interviewing for the poll began Thursday, and most calls were completed before the news about the remarks was widely reported. Although the sample size for the final day was small, the decline was statistically significant...

"Trump was the favorite of 24 percent of registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents....Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker...is in second place, at 13 percent, followed by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, at 12 percent....The next seven, ranging in support from 8 percent to 3 percent, are: former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.), former Texas governor Rick Perry and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie."

Apology 'of sorts' - "Certainly if there was a misunderstanding, I would totally take that back," – Donald Trump to host Bill O'Reilly, on "The O'Reilly Factor"
 

Fox News Online

You know, everyone is talking about this like it is some kind of Faux Pas...

But consider this...

Who is getting all of the "air time" on the talk shows and the evening news?

Cruz, Rubio, Walker, Paul?

Nope, its Trump and McCain... and McCain isn't running this time around!

I think Mr Trump is taking a page from the old Hollywood publicity playbook - "It doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right."

Unlike most Republicans, Trump realizes that the media is never going to like him, so, why not exploit their hatred of him to keep his name out in front of the public!

Quote from: Solar on July 21, 2015, 06:25:29 AM
Good find Kroz, that's what I was searching for the other day, I remember how the media covered for the soon to be "Maverick", the guy they saw as a tool for manipulating the GOP, and history proves their gamble to have been spot on, he serves the LSM like a minion of the Devil as payback for a lifesaving debt owed back.

McCain got away on any hinky stuff because the media knew that challenging "war heroes" would surely go badly --- in the days of the three big TV networks, when Cronkite and Huntley-Brinkley and John Cameron Swayze owned the TV network news.

Trump gets away with his remark because this is The Donald being outrageous again, it's the circus sideshow come to town. The rubes are slavering with puppy love for Hair-From-Hell, but it's still a long road to the GOP convention, and Trump obviously isn't afraid to be a spoiler as a third-party candidate.

On the other hand, if you outrage your opponents just enough, they will unleash the damaging stuff early enough for your side to disavow or throw down a memory hole. Think of it as forcing the other guy to use all the ... Trump cards.

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on July 20, 2015, 05:26:28 PM

In all Fairness to MCCain he was not the only one involved in that POW/MIA Debacle, you had the State Dept (Traditional leftist assholes) IDIOTS at the Pentagon And half a hundred different "citizen" groups a lot of whom were scam artists and exploiters (Like Bo Giritz) Then again, when this committee was active in the 1990's, McCain had already cleared the path for recovery of POW rEMAINS IN 1986.

So I have to look at what accomplishments he made, ie: Actual recovery of remains of American MIA's) rather so much than what he said or is alleged to have Obstructed.

Last but not least, SOmewhere in between all this is the FACT that many MIA and "POW'S" actually were deserters and a few of the POW's went over to the other side.

Such issues are well documented by the STATE DEPT who seems to want to keep a lot of that quiet.

I know Nam very well. The Mia issue:
Some of the troops stayed in country and got their discharges and ten grand. They took their girlfriend, jumped on a Honda and went to China. They had enough of America.
Others went to Malaysia.

Quote from: quiller on July 21, 2015, 10:10:26 AM
McCain got away on any hinky stuff because the media knew that challenging "war heroes" would surely go badly --- in the days of the three big TV networks, when Cronkite and Huntley-Brinkley and John Cameron Swayze owned the TV network news.

Trump gets away with his remark because this is The Donald being outrageous again, it's the circus sideshow come to town. The rubes are slavering with puppy love for Hair-From-Hell, but it's still a long road to the GOP convention, and Trump obviously isn't afraid to be a spoiler as a third-party candidate.

On the other hand, if you outrage your opponents just enough, they will unleash the damaging stuff early enough for your side to disavow or throw down a memory hole. Think of it as forcing the other guy to use all the ... Trump cards.

Yeah, I think Trump is the very definition of a "charlatan".  I suspect he bluffed his way into financial success.  He is the consummate actor!

If we choose Trump in 2016 we could well be jumping from the frying pan to the fire.  Trump is TOTALLY unpredictable.  He likes socialized medicine and other honky liberal ideas!   

Quote from: kroz on July 21, 2015, 11:11:41 AM
Yeah, I think Trump is the very definition of a "charlatan".  I suspect he bluffed his way into financial success.  He is the consummate actor!

If we choose Trump in 2016 we could well be jumping from the frying pan to the fire.  Trump is TOTALLY unpredictable.  He likes socialized medicine and other honky liberal ideas!   

QuoteWASHINGTON (CBSDC) – If Linsdey Graham thought he could shame Donald Trump into backing down from his rhetoric, he apparently thought wrong.

"Run for president, but stop being the world's biggest jackass," the South Carolina senator told "CBS This Morning."

Trump fired back during a campaign rally in Graham's home state, telling a South Carolina audience that Graham is a "stiff" who could never get a job in the private sector.

Trump then told a story about Graham calling him 4 years ago for a campaign endorsement and contribution. Trump claimed he went back through his phone records and found Graham's private cell phone number. He showed the audience the number, written down on a yellow post-it note, and read the number aloud, encouraging everyone "let's try it."
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/lindsey-graham-trump-jackass/

Now that is clever and funny! I'll bet Graham is pissed!! Got the phone number from Graham himself looking for money and support!!

I have a lot of respect for Trump. I do believe he could be a VERY effective president. If he actually fixed the ILLEGAL alien problem, he would be worth it.

Quote from: carlb on July 21, 2015, 03:14:24 PM
I have a lot of respect for Trump. I do believe he could be a VERY effective president. If he actually fixed the ILLEGAL alien problem, he would be worth it.

I don't think he will take the pay cut! Trump will exit on his own time and when he is still popular enough he can always point to it and say, See I could have won!

Quote from: redbeard on July 21, 2015, 03:31:17 PM
I don't think he will take the pay cut! Trump will exit on his own time and when he is still popular enough he can always point to it and say, See I could have won!

The power is more important than the money to Trump.

He won't get out for the money.

He craves attention and power.  Being President is the ultimate "fix" for his ego!

Quote from: kroz on July 21, 2015, 03:34:28 PM
The power is more important than the money to Trump.

He won't get out for the money.

He craves attention and power.  Being President is the ultimate "fix" for his ego!

Trump will never put his assets into a blind trust! You will never force him out but at some point I think he will exit and put his support behind someone else And he seems to really dislike the RINO's. I would think he would support Cruz or Walker!

Quote from: redbeard on July 21, 2015, 03:42:00 PM
Trump will never put his assets into a blind trust! You will never force him out but at some point I think he will exit and put his support behind someone else And he seems to really dislike the RINO's. I would think he would support Cruz or Walker!

Who says he must put them into a blind trust?  Since when do Presidents follow the laws?

Obama has proven that if you are President you can do what you want to do.   

Quote from: kroz on July 21, 2015, 03:48:35 PM
Who says he must put them into a blind trust?  Since when do Presidents follow the laws?

Obama has proven that if you are President you can do what you want to do.   

Ethics in Government Act of 1978

Quote from: redbeard on July 21, 2015, 03:55:51 PM
Ethics in Government Act of 1978

Quote from: redbeard on July 21, 2015, 03:55:51 PM
Ethics in Government Act of 1978

And I believe you just posted this statement on another thread........

Problem is that Congress can write and pass laws it is this administration that has failed to enforce them!

You just made my point.