Posted on 08/30/2018 6:38:04 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
The great state of Arizona, in the latest census reading has just over 7,000,000 people. According to ABC, Arizona Central & Arizona State Police, the estimates for the public persons viewing the John McCain casket range from 1,000, 1,500 to 7500 people. "SAD"
Ronald Reagan in his funeral wake had thousands upon thousands of Californians, etc. viewing his remains and, also as his funeral motorcade drove to his final resting place, hundreds of thousands of California citizens stopped their cars, trucks, etc., on roads, streets, highways freeways and ran to the center dividers to pay homage to the beloved Reagan. Let us see how the John McCain motorcade is received by the citizens in Phoenix, Arizona this morning.
Methinks John McCain was not loved by rank and file Americans, as the biased media has framed him....We shall see!!!
A whole week of pomp and ceremony seems a little much for this poor example of an American.
Yesterday I was so sick of hearing about him while driving I turned off the radio. I was driving West on I-64 in St. Charles, and I passed two electronic billboards eulogizing the creep. I guess I can’t escape it.
I could be wrong, but I will be surprised to see Mittens descending to McVain's level. I also think he will tire of the job for two reasons: (1)He's used to being in charge, and (2)There are so many idiots in the U.S. Senate that he will barely be noticed.
Every overhead traffic sign on the 60 on my way to Sky Harbor last night had some kind of tribute to McCain on it. Ugh!
My wife and daughter said it was well worth the wait. They were glad they went to this very day. We served in Berlin during Reagan’s visit. I was on his Presidential advance teams when he visited Bitburg, Rome (twice), and Helsinki. A truly great man.
There is absolutely no way that 15,000 went to view his casket!!! Look at the photos. I was with the 20,000 waiting to go to the Trump rally in August 2017. I KNOW what a really big crowd looks like.
Other sources said “hundreds” (AP), “more than 1500” (ABC), and “thousands” (Brietbart).
Fox is making sh*t up, what a joke!!!
God's commentary on the situation is sufficient.
What I remember in contrast, is how the Kennedy family tried to mimic the Reagan experience when Ted Kennedy died. They had the funeral procession move slowly down the road towards Arlington cemetery so the adoring crowds could give one last good-bye (the "crowds" being people waiting for the light to change at each intersection).
They took so long getting to the cemetery that it was dark when the final ceremony took place. Nobody thought to bring lights for the cameras, so all you saw on TV was a black screen and distant voices. At one point, I heard a child cry "I can't see anything!"
The whole thing was laughably pale in comparison.
-PJ
“Aretha Franklin’s funeral is going to be a much bigger deal.
Ironically, Obama chose not to go to Aretha’s funeral in favor of going to McCain’s.”
With obama it’s ALWAYS WHAT GIVES TO MOST POLITICAL mileaged.
McCain’s inconsistencies lowered his image.
I am sitting in front of my TV watching the FNC tape if the John McCain funeral procession motorcade driving through Phoenix, Arizona on the way to the church ceremony. Believe me... it is embarrassing...to say the least. There is practically no one lined up along the streets and roads headed to the church to either mourn or to pay respects to John McCain.
Fox News Channel is ranting that 15,000 people walked past his casket yesterday in the state Capitol and Rotunda. The Arizona State Police, reported 1,500 mourners passed by the casket. Regardless of which was right, these are terrible numbers, when measured against adoration from RINOS, Democrats & the Media.
Please, I repeat again, once more....”Don’t “Pee” down my back and tell it is raining out”!!!
The whole week long thing is embarrassing, he was a mere elected senator and he thinks he was President or King.
I’m surprised his buddy Soros couldn’t muster up any more people than that.
I noticed that this morning when catching 10 minutes of the news.
The viewing crowd was pretty sparse.
“Most of the public viewers are there to poke him with a pin to confirm he is truly dead!”
Damn, you bad. lol
How can you possibly compare the passing of Reagan or any President for that matter to McCain and the number of people who pay their respects?
I saw an article last night that confirmed my suspicions that McCain had spent the last year of his life planning his funeral. He wanted something along the lines of the Kennedy brothers, Teddy and Bobby and something resembling a State Funeral for Head of State.
Now think about that for a minute, you have been given the worst news you could get and your obsession is planning your funeral and pulling every string you can to get what you want, up to and including getting the Secretary of Navy to give you a special dispensation to be buried at the Naval Academy, which normally would not happen. Begs the question why he didn’t want to be buried at Arlington with his father and grandfather?
He used the time left to make sure he could be as low and classless as possible down to who would be let in to his funeral.
Sorry McCain was a small petty man and not the man he could have been and his namesakes must be rolling in their graves.
Actually the politically correct folks in Phoenix did something that they do in countries like Russia, Cuba and Venezuela....they realized that very few people were going come out and line the streets of Phoenix, Arizonza to pay respect and tribute to John McCain, so they released the high school students and forced them to line the streets near their schools. Now...ain’t that just peachy!!! “SAD”
They just don’t want an irate patriot urinating on the corpse.
Sensational.
I wonder if he is coming to CA for Cox.
I am willing to bet that Trump goes to California to campaign for Republican, John Cox and other Republicans. The Governorship of California is a real long shot...but....I believe Cox is a hard line campaigner that will hang in there and give the race !00%+!!!
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