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The Superbowl of Superholes [Steyn on McCain]
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| July 20 2015
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 07/20/2015 7:42:45 PM PDT by WilliamIII
We are cursed, as the Chinese say, to live in "interesting times", about which there is much to say - the Iran deal, for example, or the Allaku Akbar guy running amok in Chattanooga. Yet the dead sloth that is the Republican Party has finally roused itself to spend the last 48 hours hammering Donald Trump for impugning the honor of John McCain.
As his criminal-immigrant surge demonstrates, Trump's support comes almost entirely from Americans who feel the political class passes its time talking about nothing that matters to them. So feel free to spend the weekend talking about John McCain. QED, as Trump is unlikely to say.
On the matter of McCain, in June 1998 the Senator stood up to address a Republican fundraising meeting: "You think that was a tasteless joke?" he began, referring to the previous speaker's closing Viagra gag. "Listen to this one." He then told the following side-splitter:
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arizona; donaldtrump; election2016; johnmccain; marksteyn; mccain; newyork; senatorjohnmccain; senatormccain; steyn; trump
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To: WilliamIII
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posted on
07/21/2015 3:48:53 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: JLS
To: TheOldLady; Rummyfan; Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; Dane; sinkspur; steve; kattracks; ...
Mark Steyn ping. Steyn has had some interesting things to say about the McCain/Trump kerfuffle and in this one:
http://www.steynonline.com/7060/gunfire-at-the-cold-call-corral
has an interesting tidbit about the Clinton campaign and makes some other interesting points.
Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.
Thanks for the heads up EveningStar.
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posted on
07/21/2015 4:41:59 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: conservativejoy; onyx
44
posted on
07/21/2015 4:56:34 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obam5a: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now?;)
To: WilliamIII
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posted on
07/21/2015 5:50:56 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: WilliamIII
Booyah! Love Mr. Steyn, he’s nailed it yet again
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posted on
07/21/2015 5:51:46 PM PDT
by
DallasGal
(Firecat I am)
To: WilliamIII
Here is the money quote:
"Forty years ago, John McCain was a war hero. Since then he's mostly been an asshole."
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posted on
07/21/2015 6:14:10 PM PDT
by
Taxman
(H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.)
To: Girlene
Wouldn’t that be a hoot? Mark Steyn or Judge Jeanine as Press Secretary would be priceless.
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posted on
07/21/2015 6:24:13 PM PDT
by
conservativejoy
(We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
To: conservativejoy
Hadn’t thought of Judge Jeanine....she would be awesome.
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posted on
07/21/2015 7:33:38 PM PDT
by
Girlene
To: WilliamIII
Man that was just a fun article all the way through. Truth and pain.
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posted on
07/21/2015 7:50:47 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: WilliamIII
It's an odd sort of war hero who picks on little girls.One more reason Mark Steyn has earned the reputation of being a good man... totally admirable..
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posted on
07/21/2015 8:09:44 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(They are not undocumented and they are not immigrants. They are illegal aliens. Lurkinnamloomin)
To: WilliamIII
So, when the Republican establishment spends two news cycles huffing about the amour propre
of a wealthy career politician, they're only reinforcing Trump's critique: that the GOP is a party of "losers" and "failures" obsessed with peripheral trivia nobody else cares about, while ignoring everything that's killing your future.Bang!! Steyn nails it right here.
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posted on
07/22/2015 5:38:37 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(A citizenry that votes for an asshole is less deluded than one that votes for a messiah-Mark Steyn)
To: Lopeover
It is because McCain isnt a conservative.Very true. Neither is Trump.
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posted on
07/22/2015 2:10:30 PM PDT
by
xjcsa
(Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
To: Falconspeed
The problem is that some people took Trumps words and then made a hasty generalization.Trump made the generalization: "I like people who didn't get caught."
Not that I want to spend any time defending McCain, of all people.
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posted on
07/22/2015 2:13:17 PM PDT
by
xjcsa
(Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
To: zot
Mark Steyn ping. Thanks. I wouldn't want to have missed this one.
We are cursed, as the Chinese say, to live in "interesting times"...
Nice of Mark to remember me.
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posted on
07/22/2015 4:07:28 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: zot
This may be the best of several fine lines:
A citizenry that votes for an asshole is less deluded than one that votes for a messiah.
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posted on
07/22/2015 4:13:43 PM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Interesting Times
A citizenry that votes for an asshole is less deluded than one that votes for a messiah. True!
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posted on
07/22/2015 5:49:35 PM PDT
by
zot
To: Republicanprofessor
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posted on
07/23/2015 6:09:25 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Girlene
Dear God,
P;ease make it happen that Mark Steyn is appointed press secretary for President “conservative Republican.”
Amen
Your dream, my prayer.
Great post Girlene!
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posted on
07/23/2015 2:36:27 PM PDT
by
BatGuano
(You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
To: BatGuano
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posted on
07/23/2015 2:52:02 PM PDT
by
Girlene
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