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McCain’s Funeral Guest List Doesn’t Define Him
National Review ^ | May 8, 2018 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on 05/08/2018 7:34:02 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Charlie Kirk, responding to a report that Senator John McCain, battling brain cancer, does not want President Trump to attend his funeral: “He wants Obama there. That tells you everything you need to know about McCain.”

Really? You think everything you need to know about a man’s 81 years on this earth can be nullified or reaffirmed by your approval of his guest list at his funeral? Twenty-three years of military service, 23 bombing missions, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, a Distinguished Flying Cross, five and a half years as a prisoner of war, solitary confinement for two years, two to three beatings a week, repatriation refused, two terms in the U.S. House, six terms in the Senate, nearly 800 pieces of legislation introduced, thousands of votes, six books, hundreds of speeches, two presidential campaigns, two spouses, seven children . . . and you think “everything you need to know about McCain” is whether he shares your view of the president?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Arizona
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To: Trump20162020
His fellow veterans and in particular pilots in the Nam War are the best people to classify this traitor. They labeled him "Songbird"!

Songbird McCain has been a traitor to this country and those, who served in the military during his treason and for decades after.


21 posted on 05/08/2018 7:41:39 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats are having trouble with their MAMA campaign, (Make America Mexico Again), versus MAGA!)
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To: Trump20162020

“...can be nullified or reaffirmed...”

It is epitomized and summarized.


22 posted on 05/08/2018 7:41:48 AM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: bigbob

“The only thing he’s done well is get captured.”

...and crash airplanes. 5 of them.


23 posted on 05/08/2018 7:42:22 AM PDT by CodeToad (The Democrats haven't been this pissed off since the Republicans took their slaves away.)
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To: Trump20162020

National Review circling the wagons around one of their own.


24 posted on 05/08/2018 7:43:15 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Progressivism is socialism. Venezuela is how it ends.)
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To: Trump20162020

25 posted on 05/08/2018 7:43:31 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Trump20162020
Never-Trumper Jim Geraghty asks, "Really?"

Yes, Jim. Really.

26 posted on 05/08/2018 7:43:45 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Nothing is more terrifying than ignorance in action. Particulary when that ignorance is cultivated.)
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To: Trump20162020

Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsaTElBljOE


27 posted on 05/08/2018 7:44:19 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: Trump20162020

Expose his whole record and you will find more bad than good and that may be the way it is with most of us. It worries me the damage he caused at the first of his and career and the at the end. I honestly do not trust him or his judgment but I do pray for his soul.


28 posted on 05/08/2018 7:44:35 AM PDT by Herman Ball (2)
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To: Trump20162020

He has shown his life was a contradiction just because of his service record does not mean he was not a political traitor ..he let the country down on his vindictive Obamacare vote.he let personal hate overcome what was best for his alleged party and the country


29 posted on 05/08/2018 7:44:47 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: Trump20162020

You think everything you need to know about a man’s 81 years on this earth can be nullified or reaffirmed by your approval of his guest list at his funeral? Twenty-three years of military service, 23 bombing missions, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, a Distinguished Flying Cross, five and a half years as a prisoner of war, solitary confinement for two years, two to three beatings a week, repatriation refused, two terms in the U.S. House, six terms in the Senate, nearly 800 pieces of legislation introduced, thousands of votes, six books, hundreds of speeches, two presidential campaigns, two spouses, seven children . . . and you think “everything you need to know about McCain” is whether he shares your view of the president?


Out of all the things he did, his final choices do define him. He defines himself............................


30 posted on 05/08/2018 7:44:48 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Trump20162020

He has shown his life was a contradiction just because of his service record does not mean he was not a political traitor ..he let the country down on his vindictive Obamacare vote.he let personal hate overcome what was best for his alleged party and the country


31 posted on 05/08/2018 7:45:40 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: Trump20162020

He has shown his life was a contradiction just because of his service record does not mean he was not a political traitor ..he let the country down on his vindictive Obamacare vote.he let personal hate overcome what was best for his alleged party and the country


32 posted on 05/08/2018 7:45:47 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: Trump20162020

He has shown his life was a contradiction just because of his service record does not mean he was not a political traitor ..he let the country down on his vindictive Obamacare vote.he let personal hate overcome what was best for his alleged party and the country


33 posted on 05/08/2018 7:46:07 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: Trump20162020

He has shown his life was a contradiction just because of his service record does not mean he was not a political traitor ..he let the country down on his vindictive Obamacare vote.he let personal hate overcome what was best for his alleged party and the country


34 posted on 05/08/2018 7:46:09 AM PDT by pasr (You are crazy,,,,,,,,,,3)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

"...NuShooz..."


Kickin’ it all old school style to sing about the disgraced senator!

35 posted on 05/08/2018 7:46:19 AM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Trump20162020

Are there any surviving ISIS cadre to come and see off their old comrade in Syrian genocide?


36 posted on 05/08/2018 7:46:44 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (The tumor is a rumor but the boot is a hoot.)
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To: Trump20162020

and you think “everything you need to know about McCain” is whether he shares your view of the president?

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Absurd question. This latest pronouncement by McCain on disinviting the President is just indicative of the sorry career McCain led.


37 posted on 05/08/2018 7:46:44 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Trump20162020

“Keating Five” defines McCain.


38 posted on 05/08/2018 7:47:08 AM PDT by steve8714 ("My name is Rod Blagojevich and I need cash now!" (all) "Call JB Pritzker, 87DirtyCashNOW!")
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To: ifinnegan

One might say you can tell all you need to know about McCain from his treatment of his first spouse.

Personally, my negative views on McCain have nothing to do with his service or incarceration. I let those stand as they are, and let those who served with him judge him on those.

I judge him based on what he has done since entering politics.


39 posted on 05/08/2018 7:47:23 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: CodeToad
...and crash airplanes. 5 of them.

Technically that makes him an Ace.

That they were all American aircraft makes him an Ace Hole...

40 posted on 05/08/2018 7:49:58 AM PDT by null and void (Urban "food deserts," are caused by "climate change" in urban customers' attitudes (H/T niteowl77))
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