John Mccain Vietnam

Voting Expert William Jacoby Knows How You're Going To Vote

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

As the polls grow tighter, more people wonder what the electorate will be thinking on Nov 4. OffTheBus posed that question to political scientist Will...

Is There Any War McCain Thinks Can't Be Won?

The Atlantic | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


In April of 1969, the commander in chief of American forces in the Pacific, Admiral John S. McCain Jr., sent a cable to General Earle Wheeler, the cha...

Why Doesn't Media Ask McCain: "You Have Served Your Country Honorably, Sir, but Exactly Which Wars Have You Won?"

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics


Miles Mogulescu

McCain will opt for war as the first choice, not the last choice. With America now embroiled in two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, one has to worry about John McCain's desire to "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."

War President McCain

Jeffrey Klein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Jeffrey Klein

McCain is not as diabolical as Nixon, but he remains ideologically confined by the same faulty hawkish logic the U.S. used to lose the Vietnam War.

McCain Changes POW Story For Local Sports Team

ABC's Political Punch | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Asked what first comes to his mind when he thinks of Pittsburgh, McCain chuckled, "the Steelers. I was a mediocre high school athlete but I loved and...

AFL-CIO Airs Anti-McCain Ad Featuring Vet

Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


A Vietnam veteran criticizes McCain for his record on the war in Iraq, veterans' benefits and more. "Every vet respects John McCain's war record," sa...

Reading The Pictures: McCain's War Cred Goes Belly Up

Michael Shaw | Posted 07.02.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-07-02-mccainhanoi.jpgUntil Sunday, this well-known October 1967 image of McCain being pulled from a lake near Hanoi was used to convey heroism and elicit admiration and empathy.

McCain's Vietnam Captor Speaks: A Conversation With Tran Trong Duyet

BBC News | Staff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics


In 1967, US presidential candidate John McCain's plane was shot down on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. BBC reporter Andrew Harding tracked dow...

McCain's Views On War Laid Bare In 1974 Thesis

NY Times | David Kirkpatrick | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics


About a year after his release from a North Vietnamese prison camp, Cmdr. John S. McCain III sat down to address one of the most vexing questions conf...

Will Thomas

Rove: Stress Positions Are Torture When Done To John McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


Karl Rove's recent opinion piece on John McCain contradicts the definition of torture to which his former employer adheres. Despite repeated claims t...

Swiftboating John McCain?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

The Arizona senator is about to be swiftboated by the same group that attempted to blow away John Kerry's candidacy by launching a kamikaze attack against his military record.

Sometimes Honor Is Wrong -- The Problem With John McCain

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

What if the Bush error is so big there can be no happy endings? In this sense McCain's personal experiences would work against our country.

Question: Why is John McCain So Ugly? Answer: Because His Mother is George W. Bush

Sherman Yellen | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

McCain's life experiences have resulted in one angry and dangerous man, one who seems to me unqualified to lead this country in war or in peace.

Castro And McCain Spar Over Cuban Torture In Vietnam

Reuters | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics


Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on front-running Republican presidential candidate John McCain Monday, accusing him of lying about Cubans tortur...

Mitt Romney Lies About Vietnam

Chris Kelly | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics


Chris Kelly

Of course Mitt wanted to get shot down over Hanoi and locked in a box for five years but his better angels told him to go to Cannes and spread the Word of the Lord.