47 years ago today

[BigTex]

John McCain almost sank the battleship Forrestal.

[planosteve]

That was before he became a paid tool of AIPAC.

[GFB]

Crash Landing?

..or did he bomb the wrong team.

[planosteve]

Crash Landing?

..or did he bomb the wrong team.

Wet starting.

[GFB]

Crash Landing?

..or did he bomb the wrong team.

Wet starting.

Oh..peed his pants!

[Red Oak]

The Forrestal Fire was not caused by McCain "wet starting" - that is a complete absolute Lie.

[BigTex]

party pooper

[GRANDPA]

The Forrestal was a CV, not a BB.

[BigTex]

The Forrestal was a CV, not a BB.

It's a callback to a stupid post somebody made when McCain was running for president.

[LibraryLady]

The Forrestal was a CV, not a BB.

It's a callback to a stupid post somebody made when McCain was running for president.

Is that person still here?

[BigTex]

Nope. He was a short-timer who only wanted to bash Republicans and was zealously posting anything he could find about McCain. In this case he posted the worn-out legend about McCain starting the fire on the Forrestal (of course he didn't bother to check if what he was posting was accurate). When he was called out on his facts, he disappeared.