Why was McCain so friendly with this particular jailer? What views did the jailer express that McCain “listened” to while in captivity?

Isn’t this called Stockholm Syndrome?

He’s apparently got quite the history with the Stockholm Syndrome. Between this bit of evidence and the way he’s still willing to be a rethuglican after the many Bush-imspired ratfucks that cost him the 2000 nomination, well, it just seems obvious.

He’s apparently got quite the history with the Stockholm Syndrome. Between this bit of evidence and the way he’s still willing to be a rethuglican after the many Bush-imspired ratfucks that cost him the 2000 nomination, well, it just seems obvious.

Indeed. I think it might be time to question whether the entire Republican Party is just a covert VC operation.

Tran Trong Duyet said Friday, sitting in his living room in the northern city of Haiphong, surrounded by black-and-white photos of a much younger version of himself and former Vietnam War prisoners.

in the psycho-biz this is called shithouse-rat crazy syndrome

in the psycho-biz this is called shithouse-rat crazy syndrome

It sure is.

And why does he feel such an affinity for McCain? So many questions.

(God, peddling baseless smears is fun. I can see why the wingnuts had so much fun doing this against Kerry four years ago.)

I think it might be time to question whether the entire Republican Party is just a covert VC operation.

It’s worse than that, much worse. This is clear evidence that McCain is planning to open the gates to the hordes of heavily armed, boner-brandishing East Asian sex maniacs that are swarming towards our borders, intent on overthrowing civilization as prophesized by Nurse Jill.

Once you go brown you just keep going down?

the jailer’s affinity for his pet POWs is akin to the way a cat feels about its mouse tail collection.

I believe you are referring to Helsinki Syndrome.

(God, peddling baseless smears is fun. I can see why the wingnuts had so much fun doing this against Kerry four years ago.)

The fact is, indeed it is. It gave us that roller-coaster feeling in our pee-pees.

In this role-playing, can I be Malkin? Let me try:

Why don’t people ask McCain more specific questions about the radio receivers in his head? They are legitimate questions about whether or not he deliberately flew his plane into anti-aircraft fire or even earlier, tried to sink the U.S.S. Forrestal. Some sailors are saying it. Okay, they’re not saying it exactly but there are rumors. Okay, not rumors, but the kerning…have you checked the kerning? No wait, the countertops — his Chi-Comm handlers transmit instructions through the granite countertops! We’re through the looking glass, people! GAWD … where’s my fucking undercover cheerleader outfit?!

Whoa, I just came back from a very bad place.

[…] Hanoi John McCain exposed!!! By Brad For a while now, the Editors has been promoting the crazy claims of Crazy Bob Dornan, who seems to think that the Vietcong implanted radio receivers in John McCain?s teeth during his captivity to send him subliminal pro-commie messages … Sadly, No! – http://www.sadlyno.com […]

Today’s fake Gary is delightfully whimsical. I give him a 9.

You know, I think this Manchurian Candidate thing is just salacious gossip.

Now salacious gossip can be fun, but please observe these rules:

1.) McCain is *a* Manchurian Candidate, not *the* Manchurian Candidate.
2.) By way of extension, John McCain never had sex with his mother.

Please! Sometimes I eat while I read Sadly, No! and I do not want to see anyone talking about geriatric incest.

Don’t they call this Lima Syndrome?

I don’t see why we don’t just go for McCain’s jugular on this subject. His POW record is one of a guy who couldn’t wait to capitulate and tell them his father was an Admiral to get special treatment. It would sure be nice to get hold of those 32 propaganda tapes he made, as well. Somebody must have them (or at least the transcripts). Even this jailer said that McCain made up the stories of torture to get votes.

I, for one, welcome our East Asian sex maniac overlords. Not sure where the downside to this particular new world order is supposed to be. Sort of like if Obama wins and turns the country into George Clinton’s wildest dream, I’m down with it, personally.

Nah, this is the widely known Suck-Up Syndrome.

Whatever McCain did or didn’t do in the past, he’s a world class suck-up now. He’s not even letting the last statement cool on the stovetop before he turns around and says the opposite.

I know is status as a POW is supposed to be sacrosanct, but he did experience something that made him make pro-captor sentiments at the time.

So either he knows torture can make people lie, or he truly hates America.

Pick one.

I know is status as a POW is supposed to be sacrosanct, but he did experience something that made him make pro-captor sentiments at the time.

So either he knows torture can make people lie, or he truly hates America.

Well, remember: he has said many times that he didn’t love America until he became a POW–until he was “deprived of her company” is the way I think he puts it.

It’s flabbergasting–yet, at the same time, my gast is not at all flabbered–to learn that the news media has done nothing with this information except, I guess, to launch renewed attacks against Michelle Obama.

Now obviously this doesn’t prove per se that John McCain is a VC plant who will give away all our defense secrets to the Red Chinese upon taking office.

North Vietnam was a Soviet client state. Pooty Poot will be pulling his chain. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse than the Chinese.

“God, peddling baseless smears is fun.”

Isn’t “fun” beside the point? Isn’t the point that it would be irresponsible
not to peddle them?

I’m kind of enjoying the whole secret identity trope that’s going on in this election cycle. Now that we’ve established that the presidential decision is between a Secret Muslim(tm) and a Secret Commie(trademarks are theft), I think it’s time to start putting bets on vice presidential secrets. Personally, I think Obama will go with a Secret Royalist.

I’m not saying that JiSM3 has the same views as the gooks, but if Senator McCain is favored by Hamas Viet Cong torturers I think people can make judgments accordingly.

Crazy Bob? What do you think?

If you mean former Senator Bob Smith (R-NH), yes, absolutely. Complete nut bag, perhaps second only to former Senator Gordon Humphrey (R-NH) in overall Capitol Hill nuttiness.

New Hampshire really likes sending the clinically insane to Washington, for some twisted reason.

As for John Kerry and his family, I really did not know about the exclusive deal they cut. I’m interested in buying some land over in Vietnam, so I can enjoy a low-cost retirement.

I guess I better call his office.

Once you go brown you just keep going down?

Brown? I thought them Asiatics were yeller. Or is that them Orientalists? Dang, it’s hard to keep track o’ which coloreds are which!

Personally, I think Obama will go with a Secret Royalist.

I’d prefer something more exotic, like Secret Space Alien. And McCain could pick a Secret Demon from the Sixth Pit of Hell for his running mate, just to flummox his fundie supporters. I’m sure they’d adjust, though.

Whoa, I just came back from a very bad place.

Gerald Curl, whose nym I love:
It’s okay, as it would be irresponsible of you not to speculate.

He is a Maine coon candidate. He is controlled by lolcats.

And besides which, I thought the North Vietnamese were baaad, having taken over after the hippies made Nixon end the war and all when we were totally winning, thus capitulating the entirety of Southeast Asia into godless communism and now what we’re seeing is the final black rectancular playing-piece fall in ultimate vindication of the Domino Theory.

Then there is the Oslo Syndrome, where you remain in the thrall of Norwegian Forest Cats.

Depending of course upon whether “capitulate” is a transitive or intransitive verb. Perhaps I meant “catapulting.” It’s Riesling night at Casa de Nicky.

Hamas has “endorsed” Barack Obama. This is clearly a situation where the VietCong has “endorsed” John McCain. McCain is the VC’s man in Washington.

He suffers from Douglas Syndrome: he obeys cats from the Isle of Man. He is a Manx candidate.

Kinda off the topic, something in the article caught my eye:

Duyet also talked about prisoner volleyball games and said the captives were fed the same meals as average wartime Vietnamese in Hanoi.

Where have I heard this before? Oh, I know:

For nearly every question that reporters asked about aggressive interrogations and lack of judicial process involving the 500-plus detainees, Hunter’s answers were “honey glazed chicken” or “lemon baked fish,” served with whole-wheat pita, various vegetables and fruit.

grr…link didn’t work: Hopefully, it works now.

For no reason whatsoever, I’m reminded of this Principal Skinner flashback from “The Simpsons”:

I spent the next three years in a POW camp, forced to subsist on a thin stew made of fish, vegetables, prawns, coconut milk and four kinds of rice. I came close to madness trying to find it here in the States, but they just can’t get the spices right.

McCain is the VC’s man in Washington.

It’s well known that the Viet Cong were merely a front group for the Nazi saucermen from beyond the stars.

And although they never saw eye-to-eye on the war that killed some 58,000 Americans and up to 3 million Vietnamese

58,000 is widely quoted, but 3,000,000? Why isn’t that number part of the national consciousness? No wonder JSM3 thinks Iraq is no big deal.

Principal Skinner drove an all-terrain vehicle in Da Nang.

McCain could pick a Secret Demon from the Sixth Pit of Hell for his running mate

Cheney AGAIN???

said he often met the young Navy pilot when off duty,

Details! When did McCain get off duty from cooperating with the VC?

I’d look it up myself, but I’m suffering from Amsterdam Syndrome.

In other news, turns out the deadbeat McCains haven’t paid the taxes on their California condo in 4 years. They’ll be in default July 1.

Taxes: they’re for the little people!

I’m sure there are other POW’s who are wondering if they were wrong to not leverage their experience into fame and fortune and marrying beer heiresses.

I love the McCain camp’s response:

Asked for a response, the McCain campaign referred The Associated Press to Orson Swindle, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel who was imprisoned with McCain. Swindle said Duyet “has no credibility on every utterance he makes.”

“He says John McCain would make a great president. How the hell does he know? He has absolutely no credibility,” Swindle added.

Yes, the man that the McCain campaigned directed reporters to disagrees with someone’s assertion that McCain would make a great president. You can’t make this stuff up.

58,000 is widely quoted, but 3,000,000? Why isn’t that number part of the national consciousness? No wonder JSM3 thinks Iraq is no big deal.

Yeah, the fact that we killed 3 million Vietnamese – half the number of Jews that died in the Holocaust – seems to have gone under the radar somewhat.

Fuck…

Can’t even properly snark that one.

I’m suffering from Morey Amsterdam syndrome. Whenever I meet a girl named Pickles, I want to marry her.

And the closest I usually get is Nedra Pickler.

Ugh.

commie, I think it’s better to say that ~3 million were killed.

There seems to be plenty of blame to go around.

I could use some Amsterdam Syndrome.

There seems to be plenty of blame to go around.

Out, damn’d spot! out, I say!—One; two: why, then
’tis time to do’t.—Hell is murky.—Fie, my lord, fie, a soldier, and
afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our
pow’r to accompt?—Yet who would have thought the old man to
have had so much blood in him?

Hey! Lay off Johnny Songbird!

My Aalborg Syndrome. Let me show it to you.

This is the single most disgusting headline evar. H8 S,N!. H8!

Copenhagen Syndrome.

All your mermaid are belong to us.

Very much OT:

Think of Hannah Montana, Obama-mania, entrepreneurial self-promoters with a brand to build or political provocateurs such as Jonah Goldberg, whose pointless thought exercise “Liberal Fascism” is just the latest example of what the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan once termed “boob bait for the bubbas.”

Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of phantastic L.A.
Blood streams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
There’s blood in the streets, it’s up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it’s up to my knee
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it’s following me

Those of you who know what Usenet is might want to check alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1970s for some National Lampoon musical stuff. Magical Misery Tour is not to be missed.

Main Coon cats are fluffy. And Deadly.

In the absence of the conditions leading to the Amsterdam Syndrome, I’m presently suffering from The Brussels Syndrome.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/leemei/1293843365/

McCain has secured the critical retired North Vietnamese interrogator vote.

Sorry, folks, anything that Crazy Bob Dornan signs onto, can’t be given much credence by myself. The last thing I want to do is lend an air of legitimacy to that whackadoo. No matter how much I hate John Sidney McIt’sInMyPurseHoney! I’d rather beat him the old fashioned way than climb aboard the batshit express that is Bob’s world.

If you’re stuck in a pretty medieval town, you’re suffering from the Bruges Syndrome!

If he’s good enough for the Viet Minh, then he’s good enough for me.

Vote the straight McCain/NLF ticket!

‘Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, NLF is gonna win!’ I thought I’d never see the day we finally put Vietnam behind us.

“John McCain is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.”

I’m with joeyess. ‘Bomber Bob’ is batshit crazy. Buyer beware.

Same here. Bob Dornan is a nut case

Eh…I’m not so sure about the forgiveness part. Didn’t McCain recently say he’d hate gooks until the day he died? My daughter is Vietnamese. I’m looking forward to bringing my little gook into the voting booth with me so she can watch me vote for McCain’s opponent.

Don’t it make you wish we had a Mighty Wurlitzer of our own to pick this up and catapult it into the mainstream liberal media?

Laugh all you want, but there are republicans who believe he IS the Manchurian Candidate. My neighbors’ brother, a dyed in the wool guy, who has NEVER not voted republican, will be voting for Obama at last report because of the above.

I wonder what they call people running for office in Manchuria?

In Manchuria, office runs for you!

If I had been tortured, abused and humiliated by someone – anyone the day would never come that I would be friends with that person/persons yet alone pose for a picture with them.

I wouldn’t give them one second of my time or energy and I would hope that they would someday rot in hell because they are surely doing the devils work.

II believe that Mr. McCain is an angry old man and is a very arrogant, unstable person and shouldn’t even be a senator yet alone President of the USA. If he gets elected, we can all be afraid – REALLY AFRAID!!