Still like Trump after his attack on John McCain?

Capt Lance Gallardo - Your entire family commands my respect!

No Sir, your service to our country deserves my respect.

You clearly haven’t read his complete bio. McCain cheated on his wife, who was involved in a car wreck and had health issues from it. What happened to his commitment to the woman who dutifully waited on him? He’s a selfish, self-serving individual who let his hatred of Trump cloud his better judgment when he gave the infamous thumbs down vote and sided with the Democrats to foist Obamacare on the public, the majority of which did not want it as it was implemented. There’s something obviously wrong when you have to pass a bill to find out what’s in it... and which was so good for the people that Congress exempted themselves and their staffs from it.

Trump knows all the dirt on McCain and it isn’t good. Trump had his ticket.

Capt Lance Gallardo Well said with a lot of passion and thanks for information on the books. Trump will go nowhere fast the way he is going!

When I was struggling with my performance, and doubts were racking me in the lead up to Desert Storm in December 1990 (my socialist parents who opposed my commissioning in the Marine Corps were publicly protesting the Gulf War here in LA during my combat training as a TBS student during a time of war), I was given an photocopied article about Admiral James Stockdale and how he endured the unimaginable tortures and deprivations that his North Vietnam Captors could put on him and the other resisting Airmen, by my Staff Platoon Commander Capt. Robert Baggett, Hotel Company, The Basic School, (class 4-90), USMC Quantico. He saw I was struggling (Army verbiage here-"Packing too much trash in my Rucksack"), but he didn't give me a kick in the Ass or a Lecture or a Pep talk. Just that Article about Admiral Stockdale and what he endured along with people like John McCain. I still have that original photocopied article in my important papers. I graduated like John McCain at the Naval Academy, close to the Bilgeman (bottom) of my TBS class. But I did graduated with my class and I am and have always been proud of my service and decision to become a Marine Officer. I have always cherished the hope and inspiration to persevere I received when I needed it most from reading about Admiral Stockdale, and people like John McCain and our other Heroes in the Hanoi Hilton who resisted as long and as much as they could, and never accepted early release or favors from the enemy.
"I am an American Fighting man in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense. From Art. I Code of Conduct.
From Art III:
" a. If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
b. The duty of a member of the armed forces to use all means available to resist the enemy is not lessened by the misfortune of captivity. A POW is still legally bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice and ethically guided by the Code of Conduct "

These are not just words, but the heroic Standard that John McCain lived up to during his captivity at great personal cost. He can barely raise his arms due to the torture he endured and the injuries he sustained ( both arms and legs broken when he ejected) that were not treated by the North Vietnamese. He was also bayoneted in the groin when he was first captured. Even the despicable Jane Fonda has apologized numerous times for giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Though I don't blame the Vietnam vets who have consistently told her to stuff her apology. Donald Trump is dead to me for what he said about some of the Best and Bravest Men our Nation has ever Produced!

Capt Lance Gallardo I ran out of "thumbs up" my friend, but know that I appreciate every word you have written here on this subject!

Thanks for the kind remarks Sir. Courage and the will to succeed are found in the strangest places, sometimes a story or an article or book about someone who was in a much worse place than you find yourself in.

It was beyond the pale, but ultimately, and most importantly, it was extremely undignified and unpresidential.

I found Trump's remarks given his Vietnam Service Evasion to be personally insulting given my family's history and service in the US Military . . .my mother's father KIA in WWII fighting the Japs in the Philippines, my Step-grandfather a badly PTSD lifelong alcoholic who battled his demons after surviving the Kamikaze Attacks on his ships during WWII in the Pacific War on three combat navy ships, the USS Gridley (Tin can), the USS San Diego (lt Cruiser) and ending the war on the USS Guam (heavy Cruiser) in the Battle for Okinawa, or my father who volunteered for the Navy for four years between 1954-59, and my step-father who accepted his draft notice in 1966, after getting two deferments to complete his Bachelors and teaching Credential, and served honorably in the US Army from 66-68, Numerous Uncles and Cousins and extended family have served in Uniform too many to count during WWII , Korea and Vietnam and the peace in between, both draftees and Volunteers like myself and my father. Like Donald Trump my step-father did not believe in the Vietnam War, but he did his duty by God, and I will see that he gets the final "fringe benefit" when he dies, and despite being the anti-military lefty socialist that he is, he will get an Honor Guard and a Headstone that shows his final Rank (specialist), and dates of service in the US Army 1966-1968. What will Donald Trump's headstone say- "I made a ton of money and never apologized for anything stupid and insulting and hurtful I said to anyone in my life?"