What is a "hero?": Trump on McCain

[TEAMRICO]

The same Liberal scum that denounced him for bombing women and children during the Vietnam War and spit on vets returning home or threw thier medal away are now upset because someone may have disrespected McCain?
He is a smaller man using the fact he was shot down and captured as a shield.
He is a survivor. Now he is a Politition. What has he done for Vets as of late.
This is a sideshow to keep R's fighting.

[BPTactical]

^^^and this is why the GOP is crying and whining about Trump as well. He speaks his mind, tells it how he sees it and if you like it, fine if not too bad for you. He is not a status quo guy and neither side can fathom that.
That is also why he is kicking ass in the polls now.
He is a tangible threat to the GOP.

[BushMasterBoy]

Not sure a multi billionaire really represents my best interests as a citizen. All the candidates that have a chance of winning suck.

[DavieD55]

[mackbamf]

He is going to ruffle some feathers but I appreciate the fact that he is addressing real issues and isn't pandering to the masses with political correctness. It's about time someone takes a stand, whether people like it or not, you know what he thinks. I'm not sure how all of this translates when it comes to running our country but I'm liking his approach. I think he speaks what most everybody knows, he just isn't afraid to say it.

[roberth]

At what point does one do enough wrong that their earlier heroism is for naught?

McCain is well past that point, he has shit all over his Vietnam heroism.

[TheGrey]

Professional politicians/lawyers/lobbyists have NEVER had citizen's interest in mind. No way.
Trump will piss people off with his non-PC way of speaking, but he's the only one that has consistently pointed out that the Emperor has no clothes.
Sure, he puts his foot in his mouth. Watching the way he's got both parties in a frenzy makes me think that he's got both Dems and Republicans panicked...and it's because he's not a puppet to either group. That's good.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm sorry... For how many years did Trump financially support the Clintons?

And Republicans are arguing about something taken out of context and leveraged by the media?

Congrats GOP. You're doing exactly what they want you to do:

[Gman]

I'm not going to challenge McCain and others that had to pull together to survive in the Hanoi Hilton. The fact that they kept each other going to survive that hell hole is plenty heroic enough to me.

What McCain has done as a politician puts him in the RINO category and leaves him open to scrutiny by conservatives. How many times did he co-sponsor legislation with Teddy Kennedy?

Trump on the other hand is a publicity whore. He's also not electable on a national level.

The Republican establishment and their declaration of war on the Tea Party movement leaves me with the impression that both parties are out to screw us. One party is a reverse thread, the other is right threaded.

[buckshotbarlow]

There is a truth in Special Operations that you are only as good as your last mission. McCain WAS a hero yesterday. He is an ASS today. His last contribution was decades ago, not today.

ding ding ding marge...my kind of thunk'n