He says he opposes McCain because of the senator's efforts to normalize relations with the Vietnamese communist government and because, in his view, McCain has helped the U.S.
Discover John McCains Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He describes his group as a one-man operation unaffiliated with any political party or campaign. John Sidney McCain III (The Sheriff, The Maverick, White Tornado, The Mac, Songbird John) was born on 29 August, 1936 in Canal Zone, Panama, is an Actor, Writer, Script Department. Kiley, 61, of Garnerville, N.Y., who says he served in Vietnam for about a year. The man behind the flyer is Gerard "Jerry" W. "ĭay, a Medal of Honor winner who also is supporting McCain's campaign, said the flyer is "the most outrageous f- lie I've ever heard." I almost died, and the Vietnamese people saved my life. But Timberg, the biographer, said McCain deliberately used misspellings, grammatical errors and Communist jargon to show he was writing under duress: "I am a black criminal and I have performed the deeds of an air pirate. planes had already bombed.Īt one point, McCain broke down and signed a confession. He also gave the names of the Green Bay Packers' offensive line and said they were members of his squadron.Īsked to identify future targets, he mentioned North Vietnamese cities that U.S. When he was later interrogated, McCain gave his ship's name and squadron number and confirmed the target of his failed mission, he wrote. But, he wrote, "I didn't intend to keep my word." In his memoir Faith of My Fathers, McCain says that he initially offered the information because he was badly injured and afraid of dying. Were there Congressional hearings just for him focused on his traitorous actions, because I do not think so. I post the allegations, the evidence, the defence and the contrarian viewpoint for fairness, as McCain seems unable to understand the term. John McCain (H) also did radio broadcasts and more than 30 films for the Vietcong Military! I mean for gods-sake the Vietnamese (and his fellow POW's) called him SONGBIRD.since he was SINGING from the day he got there! Giving all our info up!!! After McCain was captured our the Vietnamese began shooting our planes down much more often.an increase of like 60% (thanks to songbird giving the routes, altitudes, etc).which in turn caused America to stop flying missions over Vietnam." The hypocrisy runs deep when one is aware that McCain signed a confession in custody that he was a "black criminal"' under duress he claims. His defence is that there was no evidence he was a traitor, and he got to defend himself to the critics. John Kennedy for example, Martin Luther King, and in some lesser degree, Abraham Lincoln, who Lincoln ordered hundreds of Northern newspapers who dared to speak out against him to be shut down. In America, we often saint our leaders who have tragically died young, many of which were not saints in life. ProfessionPolitician and Military officer. McCain was once attacked as he now attacks former POW Bergdahl. Forward by Bob Barney: John McCain passed away over the weekend. NicknameWhite Tornado, The Maverick, The Sheriff, The Mac, Songbird John.