I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane

... wait... so he flew into the missle?... on purpose?

/What... an... idiot.

If I listened to ABBA, I would fly straight into a missile too.

My friends, POW, my friends. Shot down, my friends. My friends, Hanoi Hilton, my friends. My friends, my friends, my friends.

Wait, so he was shot down in 1976?

John McCain blames his love of ABBA on being shot down in Vietnam

....thereby guaranteeing the closet gay vote will go to Obama.

Wander00: ...thereby guaranteeing the closet gay vote will go to Obama.

I doubt that many Republicans are going to cross the aisle for any reason.

He plays the POW card the way Edwards played the mill card.

+1 Subby, I laughed.

KyngNothing: Wait, so he was shot down in 1976?

... good point.

KyngNothing: Wait, so he was shot down in 1976?

No, I think his taste went bad first, then came ABBA, filling the void where his taste in music once was with harmonious, vapid, disco-infused fluff. In fact, I don't think John McCain was alone in his taste in music going into the shiatter some time in the late 1960's. It certainly explains a lot of what happened in the 1970's.

Jeebus. What a retard.

Wow, is there anything that he can't pull out the POW card for?

Here's hoping that the POW card works as well for him as the 911 card worked for Giuliani.

They played ABBA in the prison as a form of torture, and after awhile he just began to enjoy it. Sort of how the terrorists in Gitmo are starting to really enjoy the sport we call water boarding.

I don't blame McCain for liking ABBA, I blame him for not having to good sense to be ashamed of it. We all have guilty pleasures, there's nothing wrong with that.

Gee. Mr. McCain is just such a little songbird.

His taste is clearly bad. Everyone knows "Take a Chance on Me" is the best ABBA song

"Look, I'm sorry: I was passing by and thought I'd save this
nice looking fellow who'd gotten himself shot down over Hanoi so
I took him along for a few days, but he got all wonky over
Frida Lindstadt and I just had to drop him back 1 second after I
picked him up, alright?"

ZachF81: They played ABBA in the prison as a form of torture, and after awhile he just began to enjoy it. Sort of how the terrorists in Gitmo are starting to really enjoy the sport we call water boarding.

I used to do a lot of water boarding when I was living in Southern California. I'd catch a wave every chance I could.

I absolutely love ABBA.

How can one NOT like them? Their songs are so fun and catchy.

letdown102: My friends, POW, my friends. Shot down, my friends. My friends, Hanoi Hilton, my friends. My friends, my friends, my friends.

i think i read that on wikipedia

The same man who finished 894th out of 899 at the academy, but still got to fly fighters (and crash five of them without being disciplined) because dad and grandpa were admirals.

Stupidity: Serious business.

letdown102: My friends, POW, my friends. Shot down, my friends. My friends, Hanoi Hilton, my friends. My friends, my friends, my friends.

I'm not your friend, buddy.

I heard McCain had spent some time in prison when he was younger. How is he qualified to be president?

ElPresidente: The same man who finished 894th out of 899 at the academy, but still got to fly fighters (and crash five of them without being disciplined) because dad and grandpa were admirals.

Stupidity: Serious business.

Well at least he tried and showed up for the war, unlike some other candidate.

tchamber: Jeebus. What a retard.

I actually think it was a clever bit of self-deprecating humour.

antidisestablishmentarianism: Well at least he tried and showed up for the war, unlike some other candidate.

Considering how much the five jet fighters he crashed and all that hospitalization he subsequently had cost taxpayers, he'd have been better off not showing up.

xanadian: letdown102: My friends, POW, my friends. Shot down, my friends. My friends, Hanoi Hilton, my friends. My friends, my friends, my friends.

I'm not your friend, buddy.


I'm not your buddy, friend.

xanadian: letdown102: My friends, POW, my friends. Shot down, my friends. My friends, Hanoi Hilton, my friends. My friends, my friends, my friends.

I'm not your friend, buddy.

I'm not your Hilton, Paris.

Jennifer Lopez's "I'm Real" featuring Ja Rule was #1 on 09-11-01.

Didn't 9/11 "impact" McCain, too?

Why does McCain hate America?

ABBA = Effin' amazing


/SOS ftw
//yes i'm swedish

I always thought his favorite song would be "The Charleston" or something.

Nestea Plunge 2008-08-15 11:11:26 AM
antidisestablishmentarianism:
Stupidity: Serious business.

Well at least he tried and showed up for the war, unlike some other candidate.

Mitt Romney?

9ui11iani?

He's getting as bad with his POW stuff as Rudy was with 9/11.

Your time as a POW is not always relevant, John. Please stop trying to insert it into every conversation.

Tsunami Ditka: He's getting as bad with his POW stuff as Rudy was with 9/11.

Your time as a POW is not always relevant, John. Please stop trying to insert it into every conversation.

I would have said not EVER relevant anymore, being as he is now pro-torture, but yeah, you said it well.

TDS is going to have to come up with an animation of P, O, and W having a threesome to replace their 9 and 11 makin' sweet love clips.

"A lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane..."

Help me out John...I'm foggy on the history...which of the 5 planes you destroyed are you referring to?

xanadian: I'm not your friend, buddy.

I'm not your buddy, pal.

Man, that John McCain sure is something. Is there anything he can't associate with his time as a POW in Vietnam.

Cocksucker.

Holy crap, the Viet Cong tortured John McCain gay!

It's fine if he wants to admit he likes ABBA, but to blame his taste in music on being a POW?

But, since he's the one taking us down that path, I've got to ask, what other questionable habits and tastes did he pick up during those years?

OlafTheBent: I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane

... wait... so he flew into the missle?... on purpose?
No, no, not on purpose. Just think of the missile as a sort of small, airborne farmers' market...

Finally, a place where we agree. ABBA is awesome.

Approves of gratuitous use of "POW" card...(9/11)

Between 1967 and 1973 the US underwent a significant attitude shift, both cultural and political. Whether you think these changes were good or bad, you must agree that there is no going back. John McCain, locked away during this time, was not here to observe or assimilate these changes.

Is it any wonder that he reacts with confusion to many of prevailing attitudes shared by his fellow citizens? An entirely un-ironic fondness for ABBA is just the tip of the iceberg. The man is seriously out of synch.

The funny thing with people who serve a long time in the military is that their tastes in clothes, music, etc. undergo two 'freezepoints'; one, when they elisted, and two, when they're separated.

No no no.
He wasn't shot down in '76. He was shot down in '67. But he didn't get out until '73.

By '76, he had no doubt discovered his wife had gotten fatter, and so he had started bangin' a few hot chicks. He was very likely getting them drunk in bars/clubs to the dulcet notes of the music of ABBA.

Thus the fond association.

Hank Rearden: ABBA = Effin' amazing


/SOS ftw
//yes i'm swedish

I came here to defend ABBA too. Not McCain, there is no defense for him.

/American.

AzDownboy: His taste is clearly bad. Everyone knows "Take a Chance on Me" is the best ABBA song

No love for "Gimme!Gimmme!Gimme!(A Man after Midnight)" or "Money, Money,Money"?
/Guilty pleasure
//Ashamed
///Blame dirty commie parents and road trips