Tracey, the man's *always* been odd.
He was a stellar underachiever at Annapolis, barely graduated, wore the
near-singular dishonor of being in the Century Club every year he spent on the
Yard (that's having 100+ demerits per year, which requires being a total
f*ck-up), was a lousy junior officer riding his daddy's coattails (daddy was a
captain in the Navy at the time McCain was on the Yard, and eventually retired
a two-star admiral. What shaped him up in any way was being a POW. It's also
what really put him over the edge. For his conduct as a POW alone (refusing to
eb released from captivity just because he was offered it based on his daddy's
rank), I respect him.
"Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I know they make jokes about his age all the time, but
his speeches,
jokes, quotes and interviews have a different, off kilter ... wacko. Sorry
I saw him on the daily show and a few other interview shows last summer
and he did not sound so nutty. I did not agree with anything he said,
but he seemed to be sane. Now he looks frail and really sounds out
there. Is it possible he has dementia or is he just dementia and no
longer afraid to let his demented side out.
Martin wrote:
> It's not safe to have this man anywhere inside the Beltway.
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> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I
> can't believe I used to admire this guy for his indepence. He is
> truly scary
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>> John McCain, USNA '58. We're so proud of him. :P
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>> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" wrote: By Jason Szep Fri
>> Feb 22, 11:34 AM ET
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080222/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_politics_mccain_castro;_ylt=AmvlgDEPu9NzP1gcKIAEaHztiBIF
>> INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner John
>> McCain suggested on Friday that he hoped retired Cuban leader Fidel
>> Castro would die soon and said Castro's brother will be a worse leader.
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>> "I hope he has the opportunity to meet Karl Marx very soon," McCain told
>> a town-hall style meeting of about 150 people, referring to communist
>> theoretician Marx who died on March 14, 1883.
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>> Castro, 81, announced on Tuesday he was stepping down as president and
>> commander-in-chief of Cuba's armed forces after 49 years in power. His
>> brother Raul Castro is expected to be named Cuba's new head of state on
>> Sunday.
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>> "Apparently he is trying to groom his brother Raul," McCain said. "Raul
>> is worse in many respects than Fidel was."
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>> Castro has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery and
>> handing power temporarily to Raul in July 2006.
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>> McCain, a four-term Arizona senator, has an almost insurmountable lead
>> over his last major Republican rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
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>> McCain's approach to Cuba has generally echoed that of U.S. President
>> George W. Bush, who has tightened a decades-long trade embargo and has
>> rejected easing sanctions without a transition to democracy.
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>> McCain, who is popular among conservative Cuban-Americans, also has said
>> that if he wins the November 4 U.S. presidential election he would keep
>> up pressure for political change in Cuba's one-party state.
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>> That includes a travel ban and trade and financial sanctions enforced a
>> few years after Castro's 1959 revolution on the Caribbean island.
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>> McCain, 71, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, has accused Cubans of
>> participating in the torture of some of his fellow prisoners in Hanoi
>> during the Vietnam War.
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>> (To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales
>> from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)
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>> (Editing by Bill Trott)
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