REMINDER: WHAT THE DEMS ARE REALLY ALL ABOUT - BY SAM JOHNSON

WHO IS SAM JOHNSON? THIS IS SAM JOHNSON:

A decorated combat veteran and war hero, Johnson was awarded two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, one Bronze Star with Valor, two Purple Hearts, four Air Medals, and three Outstanding Unit Awards.

... During the Korean War, Johnson flew 62 combat missions in his F-86, stationed just 25 miles away from the front lines.In his plane, Shirley’s Texas Tornado, Johnson scored one MiG fighter kill, one probable and one damaged.While Johnson took his share of enemy gunfire and flak, he emerged from the war unscathed.

Back at Nellis AFB in Nevada, Johnson flew the solo and slot positions for the world-renowned Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying demonstration team in the F-100 super sabre.

In the Vietnam War during his first tour of duty, he worked at Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (MACV) headquarters in Saigon, helping coordinate the first B-52 strikes under General Westmoreland.

During Johnson’s second tour, he flew F-4 Phantom combat missions with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Thailand.During his second tour of duty, Johnson flew his 25th combat mission on April 16, 1966. Shot down at dusk over North Vietnam, Johnson suffered a broken right arm, dislocated left shoulder and a broken back.It was these injuries that the enemy captors would use in their constant efforts to glean information from Johnson.

Johnson spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war, 42 months in solitary confinement.Forced into solitary when his captives labeled him a “die-hard,” Johnson committed 374 names to memory from tapping a special code on the prison wall. “We were all trying to memorize names in case anybody got out,” Johnson remembers.

While held in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, Johnson spent 72 days in leg stocks.A day after that torture ended, his captives forced him into leg irons for 2 ½ years.Weighing

200 lbs when shot down, an emaciated Johnson got down to an estimated 120 lbs while barely surviving on the occasional “meal” of weeds from the river, pig fat, white rice, or pumpkin soup.

HERE'S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE DEFEATIST DEMS - THE THEMES ARE AS VALID NOW AS WHEN HE DELIVERED THIS SPEECH ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE:

• WE MUSTN'T LET ANYONE FORGET THAT THE DEMS WOULD HAVE HAD US SURRENDER IRAQ TO AL QAEDA AND IRAN.

• THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH NATIONAL SECURITY OR THE DEFENSE OF THE FREE WORLD.

AND THOUGH MCCAIN - (LIKE JOHNSON A FORMER POW) - CAN BE TRUSTED WITH THE WAR, MCCAIN CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH ANYTHING ELSE --- ESPECIALLY NOT WITH A DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED CONGRESS.