Just FYI....
Posted on 09/15/2017 5:53:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne
On Friday, October 10th, 2008, John McCain was giving a presentation at one of his rallies. During this rally, an attendee stood up and asked a question about then candidate Senator Barack Obama. LINK
McCain responded at length admonishing her for the premise she had presented about Obama, when she said she feared an Obama presidency.
During his presentation, he told her, the other attendees, and citizens around the nation that they had nothing to fear from an Obama presidency.
It was essentially an endorsement. Anyone aprehensive about an Obama presidency was told not to have any fear. This was effectively a kill shot to his own campaign.
Whatever McCain had going for him, it ended right then and there. Note the date. Note the time frame.
Eight years later, on Saturday, October 8th, 2016, John McCain very publicly withdrew his support for Republican Nominee Donald J. Trump. LINK
Senator McCain had chosen to once again toss an election up into the air with his personal actions on a weekend about one month before a November election, this time to possibly destroy another Republican's election bid.
He did this saying the following:
"I have wanted to support the candidate our party nominated. He was not my choice, but as a past nominee, I thought it important I respect the fact that Donald Trump won a majority of the delegates by the rules our party set," McCain said in a lengthy written statement. "I thought I owed his supporters that deference."
"But Donald Trump’s behavior this week, concluding with the disclosure of his demeaning comments about women and his boasts about sexual assaults, make it impossible to continue to offer even conditional support for his candidacy. (McCain's wife) Cindy, with her strong background in human rights and respect for women fully agrees with me in this."
This from a man bedding anything in sight as a young man, neglecting his studies to come in a few people short of the bottom of his class, to live the wild life during his college years. Why did he seek the presidency if he thought unfortunate male behaviors were a valid reason to rule someone out? Lest someone think I'm being unfair, since those episodes took place early in his life, let's recall how McCain descrbed the night he met his future wife in Hawaii. "I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening's end, I was in love." LINK LINK At that very moment his wife who stood by him while he was a POW in Vietnam, was waiting patiently with their kids back in thier home in the mainland lower 48 states. Within months McCain would be divorcing his wife, and marrying Cindy very soon after that. The whole precess was concluded within 60-90 days, including his marriage to Cindy. He obtained a marriage license to wed Cindy before his divorce was final. Did this disqualify John, the grand protector of women? Evidently not. Still trying to find a moment in John's personal life when character mattered.
As for Cindy being the go-to person to judge someone else, she was perfectly fine with screwing over John's then current wife and their children. Should peope have used her as their guide considering Trump's morals.
At the links provided above, it states that Carol (his first wife) and Nancy Reagan endorsed him for president. The endorsement of both was very magnanimous of them. Carol was devistated during and after the whirl-wind divorce. Ron and Nancy Reagan were not amused. They and other well known Reagan confidants personally helped Carol out during this period.
It has been a long time since I have read these materials, but a source that died on the internet was not as gracious to the Senator. He was a carousing ally-cat. Carol was obviously NOT aware of this, desirous of, or expecting a divorce.
As I read the materials I'm linking here, it seemed as if they had been cleaned up, sensitive negative matrials smoothed out. Reading between the lines, it's still very clear what took place.
Not only was Cindy a good looking woman, but equally or even moreso important was the fact she was the daughter of a very wealthy man. Jim Hensley LINK
On Wednesday, October 19th, 2016, just 20 days before the Trump vs Clinton election on November 8th, 2016, Meghan McCain appeared on FoxNews to explain why she was joining her dad and others to try to destroy Trump's candidacy. LINK
Other highly visible Republicans had started calling for Trump to withdraw from the 2016 ticket. Trump's response was, "Not in a million years!"
Both McCains and Republican leaders (GOPe) were urging Trump to step down, voicing concerns about the Republicans losing Congress. (one has to wonder why, realizing what those fools have done with their majority Trump won for them.)
Meghan McCain may now stand poised to take over her father's seat for the remainder of his term, if his illness pregresses to the point where he passes away short of the end of his present term on January 1st, 2023.
The question is, is Meghan simply another slippery GOPe stallwart. You have to look at what the ramifiations of her actions were in the waning days of October 2016.
If she does serve out the remainder of her dad's term, she will be in the U.S. Senate for the next 40-50 years.
That family has had it's day working it's magic for our nation.
For God sake Arizona, enough already!
In conclusion, her, her father, and the GOPe stampede to abandon Trump flew in the face of Hillary Clinton almost certainly being assured of the presidency if he had withdrawn. People had signed on to support Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, not V.P. candidate Pence.
Imagine these political insiders not being the slightest bit concerned about a Clinton presidency. Folks will have to ask themselves if this really the caliber of person we want to serve in John McCain's seat, should he pass away? Shouldn't we want people that won't vote against us on many issues?
Now is the time to think of this and make your thoughts known.
Just FYI....
That’s my take on him/her also.
If the guy hadn’t made himself one of my top public enemies and his daughter seemed of sound Conservative mind, I probably wouldn’t object.
Sadly, that isn’t the case.
Thanks for the compliment.
God forgive me, but I look forward to McCain passing on to his eternal reward...
As nasty and gutless as John McCain is, I still hope he gets himself in order on his way to the welcoming arms of Jesus. I would just prefer he do it sooner rather than later.
Excellent DO.
Bookmark B
I think it’s generally a courtesy. I don’t generally have a problem with it. The spouse is not required though.
That was stated before, but the Governor has a lot of leeway.
Could be another family member, a business person, perhaps a friend of the governor, or another political figure.
I don’t think much is ruled out as long as a conventional sound mind seems present.
If a Leftist, that wouldn’t even be required. “:^)
“OMG I hadn’t even thought of her getting that Senate seat.”
That was the first thing I thought of when I read she was leaving FOX.
John McVain knows he will not last out his term and is greasing the palms of the proper people to see that his little darling takes his seat.
Gotta keep it in the family.
Like the Kennedy family.
Only in Arizona.
“What are her qualifications?”
Other than being the daughter of THE most vain, spiteful, double dealing, backstabbing, warmongering, terrorist loving, money spending, America hating, traitorous POS to be elected as a Republican?
That would be none.
But this is the US Senate.
It is not what you know or what experience you have.
It is all about WHO you know.
“What are her qualifications?”
Just check out those already in the Senate, and you’ll see that qualifications aren’t important.
Anyone know much about Governor Ducey? I sure hope he doesn’t feel beholden to McCain. Much better to get the best (real conservative) person, rather than simply promise McCain to appoint his wife or daughter. Heaven forbid, we don’t want another McCain there!!
Could he please take that idiot Jeff Flake with him?
LOL
Good catch...
Lol!!
Good grief...
Nice post.
Well, she’s 32 and only needs to be 30 to run for a Senate seat, so she’s not ruled out on that score. In AZ the governor does appoint a successor, and that person has to be from the Party of the departed Senator. But that appointment only holds until the next General Election (which is every two years). So if McCain dies or resigns before next November, his “replacement” by the Governor is only good until the 2018 General Election. OTOH, if McCain manages to make it beyond next November, any gubernatorial appointment would run until the November 2020 election. So we need to pray that he dies between now and next November or is seriously ill enough so he has to resign. But I will bet you money that the old bastard will do everything in his power to stay in his seat until after next year’s election with the possible exception of his daughter (the one with the three heads) being appointed to succeed him.
You and I will fight over who’s next in line to do that.
Another thought:
Once appointed, she can run as the incumbent.
Thus it’s like trying to oust an incumbent during that year’s primary.
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