Given what you have seen of John McCain, does the Manchurian Candidate ever come to mind?

[burythehatchet]

Seriously. There's been a bunch of times when he's done something so bizarre, that the image of the Manchurian Candidate pops into my head.

What happened in that Hanoi Hilton?

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. The Manchurian Candidate actually had a chance to win

:rofl:

[RoccoR5955]

2. It's been coming to mind since he won the nomination!!!!!!!

I, for one, have ALWAYS thought that, since he ***volunteered*** to stay at the Hanoi Hilton, and the Red Chinese ran the place, that he was, in fact, THE Manchurian candidate.

I mean, it's the only simple explanation. Watch the ORIGINAL film, the one with Sinatra. It matches up with Johnny Crash quite well.

[Lautremont]

3. Only if he was kidnapped and brainwashed by the John Birch Society.

[librechik]

4. My husband is into this theory --a lot!. To demonstrate that he didn't invent the concept, I googled

McCain Manchurian Candidate and came up with 100s of thousands of references going back to the seventies.

today it's 206,000

[MissMarple]

6. And the Bushies used it a lot in 2000. n/t

[volstork]

5. Don't show him a

red queen!

[AndyTiedye]

7. McAngry is Quite Scary Enough as He Is!