Posted on 05/13/2018 1:22:09 PM PDT by ethom
Old friends and colleagues are visiting John McCain's Arizona home these days to say goodbye.
But before he takes leave, the senator has a few other things left to say to America.
The press? Full of "routine liberal bias."
If you're wondering how the infamous "pee tape dossier" got out, it was McCain's doing. He heard about it from a British diplomat, sent someone to England to get a copy, and passed it to then-FBI Director James Comey.
"And I would do it again," McCain says. "Anyone who doesn't like it can go to hell."
While the old warrior settles some scores, his sense of loyalty remains ironclad.
While McCain's rehash of the 2008 race is only one part of "The Restless Wave," it's likely to be the liveliest for many readers. And while the book is meant to give McCain the last word, sometimes he rehashes policy debates long settled.
The book is at its best is when he speaks plainly from the heart about subjects he cares deeply about. .
That straight talk is vintage McCain, and why his most conservative critics have often dismissed him as a RINO — Republican in Name Only.
Certainly, he often seemed to get along better with his colleagues across the aisle.
Kennedy, he recalls, once even tried to get him to switch parties. McCain almost crossed party lines in 2008 by choosing Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, a Democrat-turned-independent, as his running mate.
"I hope those who mourn my passing, and even those who don’t, will celebrate as I celebrate a happy life lived in imperfect service to a country made of ideas, whose continued success is the hope of the world."
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
If he resigns before the end of May, the governor appoints a successor for the rest of his term.
If he resigns after that, then the seat is open and placed on the November ballot.
McCain apparently is trying to control who would be appointed if he resigns before May.
It was what came to mind upon seeing both headlines.
;-)
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LOYALTY? To what? John McCain, certainly. The DNC? Absolutely.
I heard he’s doing better. I don’t know. I wish him a full recovery, but I do not like the way he continually attacks Trump, conservatives, and spends more time on the other side of the aisle than on his own side.
G’night G’d bye already! Sheesh!!
“Anyone who doesn’t like it can go to hell.”
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So he is planning another run for office in the afterlife?
I have lost any respect I ever had for him. And that wasn't much.
If he can write a book, why isn’t he in DC representing his state?
Oh for gawd’s sakes.... JUST GO
Would that be the America he stabbed in the back so many times over the years.
Would it be his colleagues who forget his Conservative colleagues in part that he stabbed in the back so many times?
Would it be people who remember his treatment of Reagan, his disrespect of Bush and Palin, his current treatment of Trump, and how he demanded foreign policies bad for the United States and Western Interests?
Would it be folks who ignore the face he has been and still is a documented jackass since grade school?
Quit raising his name as if I’m supposed to honor the man.
John hasn’t shown or earned honor one time in his life that I am aware of.
Okay, okay.
Shut up and leave.
I doubt this POS is leaving anytime soon..like they say, when you shake hands with the devil, they live longer
Its like a Barbra Streisand farewell tour.
What?.?
“Poor, stupid bastard has absolutely no idea that some of those demonicRAT colleagues who are stopping by to say goodbye view him as nothing but a tool.”
Those demonicRAT colleagues he was always “reaching across the aisle” to? If had had an ounce of decency he would have reached across and choked the bastards! How about a last reach around for America Mac?
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Member Opinion
against 92.4% 2,989
for 7.6% 247
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McCain says:
"Why don't you shut your political pie hole?"
Stifling the www? Online Freedom of Speech Act (H.R. 1606)
"1606 is needed because federal courts have ordered the Federal Election Commission to regulate "electioneering communications" on the Internet because of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (McCain-Feingold). If H.R. 1606 fails to become law, your Web site or blog could be shut down for the 30 days prior to a primary election and the 60 days prior to a general election should you express "electioneering communications."
John McCain, enemy of free speech
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