Posted on 05/16/2018 7:25:37 PM PDT by Trump20162020
I’ve been thinking about the first time McCain ran for president in 2000.
It was the absolute best political event I ever covered. Not sure it was entirely a race, since he was up in New Hampshire for months and months all by himself, just going to town meetings and talking about campaign-finance reform.
It was what everybody imagines an underdog campaign would be like — a few reporters and the candidate, driving around in a bus, telling jokes, talking about issues, and of course arguing about where to eat dinner that night. But it was also a crusade — McCain thought if you reformed the way politicians raised money to run for office you could change the world.
And he won! New Hampshire that is. Went on down to South Carolina for the next big primary and everything changed. He was actually a pretty terrible front-runner. Lost the primary, lost the nomination. Went back to the Senate and passed that campaign finance law, which was pretty much destroyed by the Supreme Court.
So I can’t say there was a happy ending. But there was certainly a moment.
His talents were much better used as a senator than as a presidential candidate. And I’m glad that his last big political moment was that vote last year against destroying the Affordable Care Act, and giving Donald Trump the political equivalent of a middle finger.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Keating Five, McCain-Feingold... McCain has plenty of experience with finding creative ways to take money outside of the rules.
Nope we don’t deserve John McCain: we haven’t been THAT evil!
Only Soros likes McCain
DATED: Jan 11, 2014 (AZ)
Sen. John McCain censured by Maricopa GOP
http://www.azfamily.com/story/24425782/sen-john-mccain-censured-by-maricopa-gop
DATED: Jan. 17, 2016 (AZ)
Maricopa County GOP pledges to support ‘anyone but McCain’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/01/17/maricopa-county-gop-pledges-support-anyone-but-mccain/78943530/
I knew in 2008 that I certainly didn’t deserve McCain (like I didn’t deserve some of my whippins as a youth).
But I supported him enthusiastically because I expected him not to make it through his term, and we’d have Sarah Palin as our “Commander-in-Chief” A’la Geena Davis in the TV series, that ran about that time, by the same title
I’m thankful that most of us never get what’s coming to us.
I fully agree that we do not deserve him.
Yeah, Noah probably thought he didn’t deserve the flood, and I’m sure the residents of Sodom thought they didn’t deserve the brimstone and fire. But sometimes God punishes us and it’s up to us to recognize what we did to deserve it.
Here’s a middle finger to Bret Stephens.
I half agree with you.
I agree that the baser elements of people typically of goodwill are not being restrained. Indeed, even Johnny Lydon (formerly Rotten) said of the passing of Baroness Thatcher, "I was her enemy in her life but I will not be her enemy in her death."
THAT SAID....Sen McCain has seemingly gone out of his way to remain full of anger and hatred as he enters (with apologies to Wagner) Werkzeugsdämmerung. His book excerpts and alleged comments and phone calls reveal a real unsavory element that, at least for me, lowers my opinion of him (which I didn't think was possible). Maybe he is baiting us - He almost seems to be inviting this kind of reaction.
I am generally staying silent because I have pretty much nothing good to say beyond I hope he is reconciled to God. And while the moralist in me would prefer for others to follow suit, McCain is seemingly acting like an übertool in his last days...it's hard to stay silent.
Trump's only "the worst President ever!" until the next Republican in the White House.
I wonder if they Polled the NYT Newsroom Staff to see who Voted for McCain in 2008 just for yucks?
No Barf alert?
Because some don’t want to see it, and some don’t think it is a problem.
We did nothing to deserve that America hating crazy man.
I agree. We are too good a nation to have a traitorous piece of shit like McAmnesty in our government.
I figure I’m going to have to watch HGTV or Hallmark for a month as the media, especially FOX goes non stop McCain for days and days, weeks and week 24-7.
He’s a horrible little person.
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