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Old 06-25-2008, 07:43 PM
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Tran Trong Duyet - a sprightly retiree and amateur ballroom dancer - must rank as one of John McCain's more unlikely supporters.

Four decades ago, during the Vietnam war, Mr Duyet was in charge of the notorious Hoa Lo prison - the place where Mr McCain says he was brutally beaten and tortured during five-and-a-half years as an American prisoner of war.

"McCain is my friend," said 75-year-old Mr Duyet as he feeds the caged birds he now keeps in his garden in this coastal city.

"If I was American, I would vote for him."

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | 'When John McCain was my captive'
1) He keeps caged birds as a hobby?
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at the irony...

2) Does this count as an endorsement scandal?
Or does this count towards McCain having innately irrepressible charm?
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3) In all seriousness, I wish McCain could have been spared this crap.
I would think it just plain good taste for nobody to ever mention this under "news" or campaign circumstances.
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First, we have this...

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McCain is my friend," said 75-year-old Mr Duyet
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"I don't know how he'd react if he met me again," said Mr Duyet
Doesn't sound like "a friend" to me...
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Doesn't sound like "a friend" to me...
I wouldn't expect McCain to hold a grudge. After all it was their country.
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I wouldn't expect McCain to hold a grudge. After all it was their country.
"They" being the South Vietnamese people?
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"They" being the South Vietnamese people?
North , South, Laotian, whatever. It ain't America.
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Sorry, I couldn't help it.
Caged Bird

A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.


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