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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:51 PM
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My mom hugged John McCain today
He came to an event in the Lehigh Valley at the Hospital and she identified herself as a fellow Vietnam Veteran (she was a 1st Lt in the Army nursing corp) and he walked over and hugged her. She said it was a vietnam veteran thing but I urged her to take a long bath.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:52 PM
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1. I just don't know what
the proper response is here.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:52 PM
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2. I know my medical corpsman neighbor
from the 101st would have also used disinfectant. He's been a member of Viet Nam Vets Against War since the '60s.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:53 PM
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3. Oh god. I shudder at the thought.
It's nice that she was able to connect with him over Vietnam though ...does she also support him politically?
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:59 PM
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11. Only if
Hillary wins.

She loves Obama.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 10:16 PM
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17. Thankfully, I don't think it will ever come to that :)
Edited on Wed Apr-30-08 10:17 PM by ErinBerin84
Even the Republicans I know in "real life" know that McCain is a weak candidate, and are either not voting or voting for a Democrat this year.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:53 PM
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4. When he came out of Hanoi, those nurses put him back together.
I do think it's a VV thing.

No one is "all evil." McCain shouldn't be president, but he performed above expectations as a POW.
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:54 PM
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5. Part of me can understand
the "Vietnam thing", there is respect there for those who had survived...but there is still a part of me that has the "ew" response. Salute to your Mom.
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swishyfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:55 PM
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6. Oh dear. You hug her, she hugs McCain, McCain hugs Bushie...
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:56 PM
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7. LOL
:beer:
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frogcycle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:36 PM
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14. has anyone ever commented on how disheveled McCain is all the time?
shirt untucked, pants slipping down - he really DOES remind of a not-so-healthy to be around the youngsters old coot at a family reunion
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gauguin57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:56 PM
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8. Give your mom a "Silkwood Scrub"!!
Like Meryl Streep as Karen Silkwood (in the film) was disinfected when she was thought to be contaminated at the nuke plant.
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:03 PM
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13. .
:rofl:
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:57 PM
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9. Did it burn?
I imagine that it would burn.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 08:58 PM
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10. I don't know
I was pretty pissed about it till she said it was because of the war not politics.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:02 PM
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12. I can dig it. He did serve our country and Vietnam Veterans are a tight group.
He's still a thug, but good for your Mom sharing a moment with him.
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AllentownJake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:43 PM
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16. She said he lit up
When she said what unit and where she served. I guess I won't ever understand that connection.

She's a member of Veterans for Obama in my town. Its wierd whenever a Vietnam Vet first meet they first say Welcome Home to each other.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 10:28 PM
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20. anybody who gives up a chance to walk out of hell and lets his comrades
goes before him deserves a hug but not the White House.
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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 09:38 PM
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15. Call the HazMat folks NOW.
:scared:
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Carrieyazel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 10:25 PM
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18. Not surprising. McCain has the highest favorables right now and
many Democrats say they like him, even though they may despise Shrub/Chainey. Big problem there. My Dad, who hasn't voted Repuke for Prez in decades is seriously thinking about going with McCain. He's loathed Shrub from the get-go.

This means trouble on the horizon.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-30-08 10:26 PM
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19. tell her lemon will help get rid of the smell of old man
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