Thompson rules the crowd!
 

Man he is good!

John McCain was a POW? I didn't know that.

Excellent speech. If he had given a few of those a year ago, he might have gone a little farther in the primaries.

I miss him on Law and Order, he's a great actor.

Fred for "Entertainment czar"!

FK U he stunk....The Republican Party is the old peoples party. There was about as much enthusiam in that crowd as listening someone tell to tell about their BM. Don't the Republicans get it they are in a fight for their life.

Yeah. I think he may have brought that to our attention a few times. The emeny shot him down (I have NO idea how that happened! The vagaries of war I guess) and locked him up.

Anyway, that makes him a hero; like all the other guys who were locked up over there.

Friend of mine was, but he says he's not qualified or interested in being the President so he didn't run. He says he's not a hero, just came out on the short end of a fire-fight and was lucky to live to tell about it. He gets pissed if people persist in calling him a hero when he tells them he's not - says he didn't go above and beyond the call of duty - like McCain did.

I have NO idea what McCain did that went above and beyond the call of duty.

Anybody? Anybody?

Thomson kicked arse!

apparently he's been told what his opinions are.

Lets see. He was the son of a Navy Admiral.
He was in captivity for five years and refused early release if he cooperated.
He got "SPECIAL TREATMENT" because of his father's status.
He didn't rat his friends out.
He stands on what he believes is the right thing even if his party may not agree with him.
He flew jets into combat.
He puts up with opinions of those that have no clue what special treatment is.

Does that cut it for you.

I'd have to endorse that no matter what one thinks of the man as POTUS. Jeez, we have little regard for POW's these days. I can't think of much worse.

The thing that bugs me about McCain and his POW status is that he wears it on his sleeve, uses it as a campaign tool.

I was at my Grandfather's birthday party last weekend. He served in WWII in the Pacific. My great uncle in Europe and was a POW. My grandfather's friends at the party, who also served in WWII, are angry at McCain for constantly bringing up his POW experience.

the Greatest Generation NEVER talks about their experience in WWII. They keep it private and honorable. they gave and they don't expect anything in return.

That is service.

the above is a paraphrase of a bunch of cool old guys riled up about McCain.

You can thank McCain for that - by dropping the "POW" bomb at every opportunity, he's taken any meaning out of it.

Thompson made an excellent point in his speech last night. He said that, while being a POW does not qualify one to be POTUS, it does reveal character.

How? One does not choose to be a POW.

If you have to ask....

No one who ever overcame adversity asked to be put in that spot. Are you claiming adversity doesn't build character? If it doesn't, what does?

how you handle yourself..say's alot.
Most of us....
you included Shawn, would sell your soul quickly, when hanging by your arms behind your back.

Rika

Can't say for sure, you don't know my life. Physical pain is nothing to me.

Wearing his POW status on his sleeve to win an election says a lot about McCain. that's what my Grandfather and his friends thought. they also said that the young McCain, the guy who was hung by his arms, would be ashamed of the current McCain.

Let me guess....democrats?

Mix of both Tim. Hahahahahah! got yah Tim, this transcends politics, especially when talking about old timers and WWII.