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Friday, February 01, 2008
Lee  Culpepper :: Townhall.com Columnist
John McCain: A Poster Boy for Democrats and Viagra
by Lee Culpepper
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Upon his heroic return to America, McCain’s repugnant propensity to look out for himself suddenly resurfaced. While he was a POW, McCain’s first wife, Carol Shepp, was involved in a horrible car accident. She was a former model, but the accident left her four inches shorter and on crutches. Though she suffered serious injuries, she refused to allow news of the accident to reach McCain in Vietnam, as she feared the news would only add to his suffering as a POW. Not long after his homecoming, however, McCain revealed his appreciation for her loyalty and faithfulness by engaging in extramarital affairs.

Six years later, McCain met Cindy Hensley. She was 25 and attractive. She was also the daughter of Jim Hensley, founder of the nation’s third largest Anheuser-Bush distributor. McCain divorced his wife and then married Hensley a month later. He followed her to Arizona where her millionaire father helped McCain begin his political career.

As a senator, McCain continues to conduct himself unfaithfully. He has betrayed his party time and again: McCain-Kennedy for amnesty of illegal immigrants (enough said); McCain-Feingold for campaign finance reform (suppressing free speech); McCain-Lieberman for energy tax (global warming); and McCain-Edwards for a Patient’s Bill of Rights (socialist medicine).

Is it any wonder McCain is a poster child for Democrats and EDS? Apparently, he has always needed a little artificial help to get the job done. He talks tough to compensate for his raspy little voice. But his tough “hawk” image mainly covers up his waning male virility.

Don’t be surprised if McCain joins real hero Bob Dole in Viagra commercials. Then again, McCain would probably jump to Cialis if Kennedy or Clinton would extend an invitation.

With his kind of loyalty, is it really all that ironic how hard McCain is on pharmaceutical companies?

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Lee Culpepper is a former Marine and high school English teacher. He is currently working to complete his first book, Alone and Unafraid: One Marine’s Counterattack Inside the Walls of Public Education. Visit Lee’s website at www.leeculpepper.com.

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McCain and the lost POWs
McCain "buried" his fellow POWs left behind in Vietnam. Fully documented here:

http://www.nationinstitute.org/p/schanberg09182008pt1


Harry Brown
Hi, Harry.

I posted an earlier comment regarding your questions, which I will include at the end.

But first the Cliff-Notes version of my article:

Excluding my sarcasm, my point is this: none of us know what McCain experienced as a POW. However, he did not behave like a hero before that time, and he has not behaved like a hero since then. On the other hand, his opposing POW/MIA families and his sealing his own POW records is consistent with what is well known about his character before his POW time and to this very day. When something doesn't make sense [his heroic image], it's because it usually isn't true.

Each one of us must look at the facts and draw our own conclusions. My conclusion is that McCain has squandered any character he might have had back then, and he is unfit to take the helm of the greatest nation in the world.

I hope my explanation helps.

Here's my earlier comment:

...I begin sarcastically, alluding to the Viagra disclaimer and setting up a metaphor for my opinion of McCain.

I proceed to make relevant points about his character and history.

I state clearly that none of us know what he experienced as a POW.

I also concede the article I cite is a little kooky like Ron Paul. This doesn't mean we should discount everything the article or Ron Paul have to say.

My point is consistent: McCain's character has been questionable his entire life -- except for his heroic image as a POW. That image is not consistent with the rest of his life.

I end the piece with bitter sarcasm about a guy who does not behave like a hero.

As far as the imagery, I'm a writer; that's what I do.
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