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.
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I hope McCain drowns in his own vomit.
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Correct, we’ve never done anything to ‘deserve’ him.
After he chokes on it for a while.
The same Commies who called McCain literally Hitler in 2008, now think he’s the bees knees because he hates Trump
Is he dead yet? They are setting him up as some kind of heroic good guy when he is really just a part of the deep state problem.
If we can see this why can’t everyone?
We definitely never deserved John McCain, but it was his turn after losing to Bush; so they foisted that nasty, SOB off on us.
I wish the man Godspeed. With emphasis on the speed. Preferably yesterday.
Where is the list of Juan’s accomplishments other than making S! famous?
“the enemy of my enemy....” (Is still my enemy)
should have been in prison for taking bribes from Charles Keating
It’s AZ people sticking it to the other 49 states with such a poor Senate selection for so long.
We certainly don’t deserve Obamacare. Thank you Mr McCain!
When he is gone I hope he will be buried at the border so we can build the dog gone wall over his dead body.
I think he will like that.
His slow death is bringing out the worst in us. Not good.
We certainly don’t deserve McCain. He is a force for evil and evil exists in the world whether we deserve it or not.
and giving America the equivalent of a middle finger (fixed)
OMG, Juan came across as a petty, mean-spirited person even in the 2000 GOP primaries. That’s why he lost the nomination to Dubya.
NYT admires a senator that advances un-Constitutional legislation.
Not surprising.
Not only dont we deserve mccain, we REALLY do t deserve the Never Trumper Dirtbag Bret Stephens
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