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Your thoughts are and the things being said by the president. >> well of all the things that candidate donald trump said that i thought were beneath him and in this case despicable was his criticism of john mccains war record, his record of service and duty and sacrifice as a prisoner of war in vietnam for 5.5 years was beneath contempt. the ways in which in recent days he has again and again and again criticized and attacked former senator, late senator john mccain, i think are regrettable. he ...

That are being said by the president over the last several days. >> of all the things that candidate donald trump said that i thought were beneath him and frankly in this case despicable. his criticism of the war record and the service and duty and sag feis of a pow in vietnam for five and a half years is beneath contempt. the ways he has again and again criticized and attacked former senator late senator john mccain. i think are just regrettable. the sort of thing the president should apologize...

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In the same way bernie madoff was a different kind of businessman. it wasnt a positive. this isnt about acting presidential, its about being a decent human being, like you say. and a lot of what the president does is just talk. they dont introduce bills, they dont vote very often, he gets to veto something. but its really the role of the president to set an example for the rest of the country. and donald trump, instead of lifting us up, which really is the greatest purpose a president can serve,...

Country and i know our military commanders are supposed to be apolitical but when this whole story broke after the president spoke i was talking to our pentagon correspondent and she questions the silence of top u.s. military brass on this and im just wondering, do you? why do you think that they have been so quiet as trumps attacks on mccains war record and heroism go arent responded to? >> right. so similar to our soldiers, these partisan attacks and the politicizization of our military puts s...

The rest of the country. and donald trump, instead of lifting us up, which really is the greatest purpose a president can serve, to make us feel better about ourselves, to make us feel better about being americans, he keeps dragging us down into this sewer. i mean, its just constant, attacking a dead war hero, paying off porn stars, this constant just litany of untruths and flat-out lies, its just not what a president or any leader should be. you wouldnt want a teacher to act like this. you woul...

>> its loathsome to make this kind of attack on john mccain. its disrespectful. i dont know about you, but my parents -- you dont speak ill of the dead. i dont know why he would do this. maybe the health care issue sets him off, and maybe john mccain had a different world view than president trump and i think that maybe plays into this, too, but i dont know what sets off the president, but it is simply so disrespectful i cant imagine why he would do this. >> i wonder what you think now looking a...

Republicans are fearful of condemning him. >> it is onto the undisputable is extraordinary. the thing he keeps talking about, you know, man cane and the one thing everybody knows is that he had this extraordinary war record and trump has the opposite of that. i think theres some psychological thing going on that he hates the fact that mccain is such a hero and he was such a weez l during vietnam. >> and the speech he delivered he spends several minutes railing against john mccain. it was so awkw...

Disparaging the late senator as a war hero. this is politicizing the u.s. military and you might ask yourself today, why has the u.s. military been so quiet? why are they letting senator mccains war record, why are they unanswering the presidents attacks on his war record, why are they letting the president in public say the veterans are with him and his decisions? there is no indication, no reasonable indication that americas veterans are anything but american citizens who vote their conscious ...

The daddy party goes out and fights the war, the mommy party is softer and as some people saw it weaker. and the democrats had to show they were more war-like, lets get a war hero. >> i defended our country as a young man, and i will defend it as president of the united states of america. >> he was able to use his vietnam service as a weapon really against george w. bush. hes able to say when the bell rang in vietnam, i said, send me. i won a silver star. i won a bronze star. i won three purple ...