An American Hero Vs a Zero

[Mergie Master]

How do you suppose he was elected? His propaganda machine must be powerful but i wonder why?

It's who you know and the view the people had about our engagement in Vietnam at the time. McCain, no matter the truth, was a media darling. There was also some hinky stuff about his first election in Arizona. I can't remember exactly what it was now, been a long time since I read about it, but I do remember that is was a strange deal.

What McCain did should have gotten him a Court Martial for being a traitor. Some say even Treason (aiding and giving comfort to the enemy) but treason has a very narrow definition in the Constitution and the US Code. For one thing a person/soldier can only be charged with treason if we are in a Declared War. We haven't been in a Declared War since Roosevelt Declared War on Japan in 1941, all the rest since then have been "Extended Military Engagements". Tell my dad Korea wasn't a war. Or the 'Nam vets that Vietnam wasn't a war. You may get punched in the throat. Anyway, no one has ever been put to death for treason. I should say "formally put to death" cause I have a feeling some soldiers got whacked (fragged) by their own platoon or squad for it. A lot of people think Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for being Traitors. That isn't true, they were executed for espionage.

As for Adm. Denton, he was an Alabama boy. He was also elected to the Senate as a Republican. But I think he only served one term. Here's the wiki on him:

Jeremiah Denton