John McCain’s campaign claims he had a “memory lapse"

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McCain Mixes Up Packers and Steelers in Pa. Interview - America’s Election HQ

Asso. Press "My teleprompter locked up and I forgot where I was ???"

Where, the hell, was his bro JOE ???? Reckon he forgot about the interview or was he just another whiner drying his crocodile tears LMAO

John McCain’s campaign claims he had a “memory lapse,” after he incorrectly told a Pittsburgh reporter that he rattled off the lineup for the Pittsburgh Steelers when under pressure to give up names by his Vietnam captors.

McCain was being interviewed by the Pennsylvania TV station KDKA Wednesday when he started talking about how the Steelers “really made a huge impression on me, particularly in their early years.”

He recalled how, when he was being held in Vietnam as a prisoner of war, he “named … the defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers as my squadron mates” under interrogation.

But ABC News’ Jake Tapper noted that every other recounting of the story, including that from McCain’s book “Faith of my Fathers,” involved the Green Bay Packers’ lineup — not the Steelers’.

A senior McCain adviser told FOX News it was a mistake, and that the story from over 40 years ago is a non-issue.

[Toadman]

You're really grasping at straws, John Prophe-Pickel.
Tell me if I'm wrong but you did not enjoy serving on the Indy much, nor enjoyed the company of aviators.

[pickel]

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Originally Posted by Toadman

You're really grasping at straws, John Prophe-Pickel.
Tell me if I'm wrong but you did not enjoy serving on the Indy much, nor enjoyed the company of aviators.

Flip flop, flip flop

[The Real Bingo]

You should really use the quote tags when copying and pasting from an article, so it's easier to discern which words are yours and which aren't. Though it's not too difficult, it still would be easier.

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Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

You should really use the quote tags when copying and pasting from an article, so it's easier to discern which words are yours and which aren't. Though it's not too difficult, it still would be easier.

Must be getting Senile in my OLD age. Will have to find out what vitamins McBush takes.

But I did want "Toad" to review the whole thread.

[The Real Bingo]

You are old. I hope for your sake that, in a few years, you don't get Alzheimer's, even though it would be fitting after all the ridiculously stupid shit you've said about McCain.

Back to the topic...

I don't know what it's like to be interrogated, and you probably don't either. Maybe McCain has repressed those memories from 35+ years ago. Maybe during the course of interrogation, his mind is elsewhere. Maybe other things are more important today than remembering what NFL team's roster he recited in Vietnam.

As Toadman said, you're grasping at straws, and stupid bullshit like this is why our whole political system is a joke. Don't focus on issues...who cares about that anyway?

For someone who served and fought for our freedoms - for our right to vote - I would think you'd have a little more reverence; a little more insight, and not vote against someone because he's "old". I guess I expect too much.

[pickel]

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Originally Posted by The Real Bingo

You are old. I hope for your sake that, in a few years, you don't get Alzheimer's, even though it would be fitting after all the ridiculously stupid shit you've said about McCain.

Back to the topic...

I don't know what it's like to be interrogated, and you probably don't either. Maybe McCain has repressed those memories from 35+ years ago. Maybe during the course of interrogation, his mind is elsewhere. Maybe other things are more important today than remembering what NFL team's roster he recited in Vietnam.

As Toadman said, you're grasping at straws, and stupid bullshit like this is why our whole political system is a joke. Don't focus on issues...who cares about that anyway?

For someone who served and fought for our freedoms - for our right to vote - I would think you'd have a little more reverence; a little more insight, and not vote against someone because he's "old". I guess I expect too much.

I want someone who lives in the reality of our times. Do you honestly think that Sen. McCain will be making his OWN decisions ??? Just like Obomba , they'll be run the Karl Roves and the lobbyists having to take their orders like good little soldiers. Bush went to war on "mis-information"( LIES) If he, indeed, would have thought for himself and weighed ALL the consequences and not have been so head strong , most likely our country and the middle east wouldn't be in the unescapeable situation we find ourselves in. The issues don't mean anything because they'll never be addressed, washed over and hidden with rose colored glasses. My main beef with him( McCain ) is his consistent rebuke of our Veterans having suffered as many of our boys are now suffering. He didn't even show up for the vote on the college benefit extension. Wants guys who can't walk or see or need psychological help to pay back their signing bonus and cheat them out of their health care because they can't fight anymore.( Not to mention pay for their meals while being patched back together and discharged with no follow up treatment) After seeing the the ravages of war and the human toll of the Viet Nam war, I'm appalled the way our politicians are so casual and turn a cold shoulder to those that can't even fend for themselves. When I see our Vets being treated right , then maybe I'll have a little more "reverence" for these sorry bastards that fund money for a gold schitt house or have a study on a bridge to nowhere. When's the last time you, yourself, went to a VA hospital and seen , firsthand, the human tragedy that war reaps????????

Here's a link, if you're interested..

Facilities in Pennsylvania - Facilities Locator & Directory

I'm a LUCKY one. I go next Wednesday to have my semi-annual check up. I can WALK in and am able to communicate with my nurse-practitioner . A lot of guys can't. It hurts deeply to go and see the sights that one sees at the VA hospital. I'd volunteer but don't have the mental fortitude. I feel guilty because I can't participate for the effect it will have on me and my family.