Showman, provacateur, and Presidential pretender Donald trump goes out of bounds while trolling for protest and anti-Washington votes:
AMES, Iowa -- Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, on Saturday by saying McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese.
"He's not a war hero," Trump said. Sarcastically, Trump quipped, "He's a war hero because he was captured." Then, he added, "I like people that weren't captured."
People howled, as well they might. With attention back where he wants it, Trump then shifted gears:
Donald Trump accused Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) of being "all talk, no action" on veterans issues on Saturday as he sought to clarify his dismissive words toward McCain earlier in the day.
"I am not a fan of John McCain because he has done so little for our Veterans and he should know better than anybody what the Veterans need, especially in regards to the VA," Trump said in a statement released by his campaign.
"He is yet another all talk, no action politician who spends too much time on television and not enough time doing his job and helping the Vets," Trump continued. "He is also allowing our military to decrease substantially in size and strength, somethings which should never be allowed to happen."
Trump said in his statement that McCain has been "extremely disrespectful to the thousands upon thousands of people, many of whom happen to be his constituents, that came out to listen to me speak about illegal immigration by calling them 'crazies.'
"These were not 'crazies' --- these were great American citizens," Trump said.
McCain might want to at least feign respect for the citizens he represents. And quoting AllahP here, "To think, there are conservatives out there in America today who are convinced their party’s elder statesmen view them with contempt."
The feeling seems to be mutual.
MUCH LATER: Sharyl Attkisson questions the WaPo version.
Wonderful and horrifying Piece, clarice. Goebbels was a piker compared to our current opinion-shaping overlords.
Posted by: DebinNC | July 19, 2015 at 07:51 AM
McCain is a lot like Schumer.
They both spend a lot of time in front of a microphone "selling" the idea that their efforts are "making a difference"
Posted by: Buckeye | July 19, 2015 at 07:57 AM
Yeah, except that Schumer is trusted by the left.
Oh wait. That's not a difference either.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 19, 2015 at 08:13 AM
The FCC takeover of the Internet via net neutrality and punting ICANN to global tyrants will not help the matters Clarice highlights. Excellent Pieces.
Posted by: henry | July 19, 2015 at 08:15 AM
Could happen to anyone.
Family of Chattanooga gunman says their son suffered from depression
Posted by: Extraneus | July 19, 2015 at 08:20 AM
Actually, I think Janet had the greatest observation about this. Allah is unforgiving, so Muslims have no other way to salvation if they've sinned.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 19, 2015 at 08:25 AM
Janet's right. I think there is a disconnect between their religious/cultural upbringing and life here and that often leads to such madness.
Posted by: clarice | July 19, 2015 at 08:32 AM
Good morning!
Great Pieces, clarice!
Of course, Janet's observation in the wider world will be met with the usual charges of Islamophobia, religion-bashing, and such.
I think she's 100% spot on.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 19, 2015 at 08:57 AM
Can't get the Sharyl's site right now.
"Error establishing a database connection"
Tried both the link Deb gave and Sharyl's main url...
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | July 19, 2015 at 09:05 AM
daddy - For many years, game departments have stocked the fish that fishermen want to catch, sometimes at considerable expense. (I still get a kick out of those fish drops from airplanes that they use to stock some high mountain lakes.)
In many states, a substantial part of the game department's budget comes from fishing and hunting licenses so the departments have a direct incentive to please fishermen and hunters.
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that that explains the Northern Pike story.
(By way of contrast, the last time I was at Crater Lake, I learned that, years ago, it had been stocked with trout and that, now, the Park Service would really rather those invasive fish weren't there. But they don't get a big part of their budget from those licenses. (I think there is a small charge for fishing there, but I could be =wrong.)
For those who haven't visited Crater Lake, I probably should add that there is no stream leading out of it, so fish have no natural way to get there. The level of the lake is controlled by an area of loose rubble on one side that works something like the overflow in a bathtub.
Posted by: Jim Miller | July 19, 2015 at 09:06 AM
Sharyl Atkisson: https://sharylattkisson.com/fact-check-the-washington-post-on-donald-trump-and-john-mccain/
Works fine for me.
Posted by: DebinNC | July 19, 2015 at 09:19 AM
Yup, now I'm getting in. Thx, Deb.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | July 19, 2015 at 09:27 AM
Reviewing overnight comments, I am grateful it is so easy to separate the signal from the noise on JOM.
Posted by: sbw | July 19, 2015 at 09:30 AM
Re pike and rotenone, there is no sadder story than the travails of Davis Lake, north of Lake Tahoe.
Ineradicable, possibly because people reintroduce them.
Posted by: Cispigmented Heteronormative Microagressive Ignatz | July 19, 2015 at 09:34 AM
Jim:
the last time I was at Crater Lake, I learned that, years ago, it had been stocked with trout and that, now, the Park Service would really rather those invasive fish weren't there.
Same with Yellowstone Lake. Way back they added Lake Trout - for fishermen. But the lake trout take over habitat of the native species and swim at depths that prevent natural predators who feed on fish from catching them.
They'd really like them gone now - there is no catch limit on them if you have a license.
I probably haven't been to Crater lake in 30+ years. Always loved driving down the road to it.
Posted by: Jeff Dobbs | July 19, 2015 at 09:43 AM
Anti-Iran deal TV ads. I've seen one several times in this area since the deal was announced. Each time I was paying so little attention to the TV that I didn't catch who was sponsoring them.
The ads I'm thinking of are a bang-bang series giving details about the threat from Iran.
Anyone know what the web site is?
Posted by: Jim Miller | July 19, 2015 at 09:58 AM
Years ago when the kids were young we stayed at Lake Yellowstone Lodge. Highly recommend that part of the park.
New post up and I put the relevance of that new database into it as well. http://www.invisibleserfscollar.com/liberating-the-sought-generalized-ears-primed-in-advance-for-plannified-collectivist-societies/
I have actually been going to the meetings touting its rollout for a couple of years because I do like being in the room for the announcements.
Posted by: rse | July 19, 2015 at 10:02 AM
Reports are that Mick Fanning, seen here getting attacked by a SHARK live on TV at the surfing open, is OK:
https://twitter.com/NewsOnTheMin/status/622767421418565633
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 19, 2015 at 10:13 AM
No sooner did I ask then I saw the anti-Iran-deal ad again, and this time I caught their web site.
(I'm not sure how much effect it will have here. Senator Patty Murray is probably hopeless -- though I'll be writing her a letter, anyway. I'm not so sure about Senator Maria Cabtwell, though the odds are against her doing the right then.
One or two Democratic congressmen from Washington state might be persuadable.)
Posted by: Jim Miller | July 19, 2015 at 10:16 AM
Jeff - Now that you mention it, I think there was no limit on the catches in Crater Lake, either.
Posted by: Jim Miller | July 19, 2015 at 10:25 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrt27dZ7DOA&feature=youtu.be
Full video of shark attack, rescue and interview.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 19, 2015 at 10:26 AM
Maria Cantwell, of course.
Posted by: Jim Miller | July 19, 2015 at 11:00 AM