<p>This week's Newsweek article on Cindy McCain mentions(twice) that she has a son who is a "cadet" at the US Naval Academy. :eek:</p>
<p>Guess none of the McCain's are the sharpest tools in the box.</p>
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This week's Newsweek article on Cindy McCain mentions(twice) that she has a son who is a "cadet" at the US Naval Academy.
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<p>doesn't mean she actually said it. could be the work of an ignorant editor.</p>
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An amateur pilot (she says she got her license so she could fly John on campaign swings around Arizona), she also learned to drive race cars with her son Jack, a cadet at the U.S. Naval Academy.
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That year, she gave birth to John Sidney IV, the naval cadet; James, a Marine who recently returned from duty in Iraq, was born in 1988.
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<p>It is the words of the author NativeTexan, not Mrs. McCain. </p>
<p>Entire article Holly</a> Bailey: In Search of the Real Cindy McCain | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com</p>
<p>I never said it was I'm sorry if I gave that impression. Still funny though.</p>
<p>No politics intended.... I am sure there are a few Midshipmen that are very thankful that Jack did as well as he did at Naps. He is a really nice guy and a friend of my Mid. Oh and I even had had the privilege of meeting Cindy. My observation is not that far off base.</p>
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It is the words of the author NativeTexan, not Mrs. McCain.
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And you know this for a fact....</p>
<p>Boss- it is funny. I myself have been "quoted" in the press and found little resemblance to my actual words and the "quote".</p>
<p>Of course the references to "naval cadet" are the words of the author - no where is Cindy quoted as to making that claim.<br>
There may have been some editorial liberty taken with the assumption that midshipmen and cadets are the "same thing" and most people understand what a cadet it.</p>
<p>She may not be a rocket scientist but I am quite sure Cindy is educated beyond the third grade and can grasp the subtle differences between cadet and midshipman.</p>
<p>Isn't Jack 2012?</p>
<p>that would really suck for him though, now he may get a ton of extra attention! i would so hate that!</p>
<p>Native Texan- I guess if John McCain was the sharpest tool in the box, he would have left the prison camp early instead of staying there for 6 years allowing for others there longer to leave before him. He has committed his life to service to our country, again I assume because he is not the sharpest tool in the box. Thank you for all the contributions you have made to our country.</p>
<p>I think his oldest is a 1/C.</p>
<p>OK. </p>
<p>Is there another McCain in 2012?</p>
<p>Someone said there was.</p>
<p>John McCain Jr. maybe?</p>
<p>Jack is for sure '09... One of my best friends was his training sgt in 17</p>
<p>There is Jimmy McCain- but he is an enlisted Marine</p>
<p>I think NativeTexan is spot on with this one. His father/grandfather weren't the "sharpest tools," just 4 star admirals; one Bull Halsey's right hand man and the other only a CINCPAC. John McCain himself wasn't be too bright. Graduating in high standing at one of the best prep schools in the south doesn't mean anything these days, let alone 1954. Besides, he's just using his POW experience as an excuse to add to the argument that he actually served this country. 23 years in the Navy and 25 in Congress?? Pshhhh who needs THAT kind of experience these days?! I'd much rather have a president who got his experience from working in the Chicago projects. And as for his kids, stupid. As John Kerry would say, Jimmy was so dumb that he ended up in Iraq. </p>
<p>But hey, you're the expert NT. You "met" Cindy.</p>
<p>Wow, I am impressed. Native Texan, to what do you attribute your skills to be able to judge an entire family from a probable one-time short meeting with only one of it's members? I certainly hope that you are not wasting this wonderful ability of yours and that you are the human resources officer for some large corporation. Think of all the money they could save if they didn't have to complete all those pesky application processes and you could simply tell them after only a mere 10 minute interview whether or not the person was capable of running a department of thousands of employees.</p>