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McCain plays POW card again to deflect criticism over housing gaffe
McCain plays POW card again to deflect criticism over housing gaffe
From Politico : “I am grateful for the fact that I have a wonderful life,” McCain said. “I spent some years without a kitchen table, without a chair, and I know what it's like to be blessed by the opportunities of this great nation. Cindy's father, who barely finished high school, went off and distinguished himself in World War II in a B-17 and came back with practically nothing and realized ...
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News — ... . McCain seems willing to use his POW story to deflect questions about any topic, despite media reports that he's loath to exploit it for political purposes, writes AMERICAblog's John Aravosis . FROM THE BLOGS: ...

McRich plays POW card again to deflect criticism over housing gaffe
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... but flew a B-17 in World War II and came back with practically nothing and realized the American dream, and I am proud and grateful for that, because that trollopy cunt I divorced my first wife for is richer than Croesus. "So not only am I a war hero and Former Prisoner of War©, I'm sort of related to another war hero, you troop-haters. "Hold on a second. Hey Guadalupe, where's my fucking cappuccino, you cunt?"What an inspiring story (thanks to AmericaBlog for the title, link and video). ...

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