McCain’s speech

McCain’s speech

My class ran late last night, so I missed a big part of John McCain’s speech. You’ll have to help me out talking about it. It seemed anti-climactic compared to Sarah Palin’s, but it got moving when he told the story of his captivity–not the heroic part, but how he had been a selfish flyboy until his captivity; how at one point he had been broken by the torture (referring to his being forced to do a propaganda thing for his captors) and was ashamed; how his captivity–and his fellow prisoners–taught him to love his country and deny himself. THAT was good, a confession of brokenness at his time of glory.

But, again, I missed most of it. Give me your analysis.

"Particularly as the enemy casualties were generally just made up based on 0ral and never ..."

Monday Miscellany, 5/19/25
"I remember it well. And how disgusted the public got with it."

Monday Miscellany, 5/19/25
"Eureka! It is on DVD at one of our county public libraries! I've placed the ..."

Monday Miscellany, 5/19/25
"Yes, the Jean Renoir classic starring Erich Von Stroheim, Jean Gabin"

Monday Miscellany, 5/19/25

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