“By my reckoning, at the end of my second class year, I had marched enough extra duty to take me to Baltimore and back seventeen times — which, if not a record, certainly ranks somewhere very near the top.”
Yeah - well - I’m not going to vote for the guy - but he is actually more favorable to me and not less because he’s not made of plastic.
John McCain - “Service to America” U.S. Naval Academy
This is interesting. McCain is basically doing a personal history tour—and there seems to be a lot of misspent youth on it. He still has a reputation for angry outbursts and overreaction. There may be still be an ego thing going on.
I don’t know that such a tour is a good idea. When I look at where McCain was when he was near my age, I’m not particularly inspired to vote for him. I like the story of the rough kid who came out alright in the end. It’s a good story for a senator or a lawyer or even a general. But for a President?
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