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'There's no replacing him': Arizona Republicans say it's 'inappropriate' to talk about the future
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 6/17/18 | AP

Posted on 06/17/2018 10:45:58 AM PDT by ColdOne

Full title..............'There's no replacing him': Arizona Republicans say it's 'inappropriate' to talk about the future of John McCain's seat as he battles terminal brain cancer................Senator John McCain's legacy was thrust into focus nearly one year ago when he announced his brain cancer diagnosis. The six-term Senator and decorated Vietnam War veteran is now fighting the illness from his beloved Arizona, and filling the role of one of the few Congressional Republican voices to publicly rebuke Trump administration decisions.

Yet the question of what happens if McCain steps down from office before 2022 is a lingering one, casting an uncomfortable haze around the future of a seat that can't quite ever be filled.

'John McCain is a one-of-a-kind politician, and there's no replacing him,' said Stan Barnes, an Arizona Republican consultant. 'No one serving in political office today remembers a time when John McCain was not representing us in Washington.'

Some Arizona Republicans have criticized conversations about the future of McCain's seat as inappropriate. But reflections around the 81-year-old statesman's life, legacy and status as a national political figure have resurfaced via a new HBO documentary, 'John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls,' and his new memoir, 'The Restless Wave.'

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizona; az2018; forwhomthebelltolls; johnmccain; mccain; mcstain; queeg; strawberries
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To: ColdOne

For McCain, the near future is death

The timing depends on the definition of near


61 posted on 06/17/2018 12:05:05 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: proust

I kind of agree with you. Maybe there should be an
unwritten policy that when you reach a certain age as
a legislator you can expect to get talked about regarding
the future of your legislative seat.


62 posted on 06/17/2018 12:06:27 PM PDT by Sivad (Demo M/O = infiltrate, overtake, politicize, weaponize)
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To: Sivad

There is. The age is about 30 or so.


63 posted on 06/17/2018 12:08:13 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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To: ColdOne
He called his wife a c*nt in front of a lot of people.

That right there makes him a real douchebag.

64 posted on 06/17/2018 12:09:45 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: ColdOne
All this adoration for a guy who did WHAT exactly? Honestly, the ONLY thing I can remember is The Keating Five.

The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The five senators – Alan Cranston (Democrat of California), Dennis DeConcini (Democrat of Arizona), John Glenn (Democrat of Ohio), John McCain (Republican of Arizona), and Donald W. Riegle, Jr. (Democrat of Michigan) – were accused of improperly intervening in 1987 on behalf of Charles H. Keating, Jr., Chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of a regulatory investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB). The FHLBB subsequently backed off taking action against Lincoln.

Oh, then there was the horrendous Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 which derived from McCain sponsored legislation...

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S. 1033), a bill proposed in May 2005 by Senators Ted Kennedy and John McCain, sometimes referred to as the "McCain-Kennedy or McKennedy Bill." The bill was portrayed as a compromise between providing a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and increased border enforcement: it included funding for 300 miles (480 km) of vehicle barriers, 105 camera and radar towers, and 20,000 more Border Patrol agents, while simultaneously restructuring visa criteria around high-skilled workers. The bill also received heated criticism from both sides of the immigration debate. The bill was introduced in the United States Senate on May 9, 2007, but was never voted on, though a series of votes on amendments and cloture took place.

Is there ANYTHING good this man has accomplished? Why the hell is he being lionized? IIRC, I think he ran for POTUS and lost.

What a bunch of pablum -- we aren't allowed to do any planning for when he is gone UNTIL he is six feet under? Bunch of snowflakes.

65 posted on 06/17/2018 12:10:13 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ColdOne

pray pray pray McShame and Flake are sicko aberrations on the history of Arizona... and the citizens will find MUCH MUCH better, saner, more positive and constructive candidates to replace them, soon....

My Lord what losers (and destructive ones at that) AZ has with those two clowns


66 posted on 06/17/2018 12:12:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I recall he took a bunch of money from Charles Keating in the Savings and Loan scandal, that must be worth something......


67 posted on 06/17/2018 12:20:32 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: ColdOne

If McCain had an ounce of class, he would have resigned months ago.


68 posted on 06/17/2018 12:21:44 PM PDT by stevem
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To: ColdOne
John McCain is a one-of-a-kind politician, and there's no replacing him

That's bull s**t. This comes from the era where just because a career politician is in office for decades, they're seen as some kind of icon or political standard. This is political jackassery.

69 posted on 06/17/2018 12:34:10 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: ColdOne

If McCain’s cancer is terminal, it’s entirely appropriate to begin talking about his replacement.


70 posted on 06/17/2018 12:40:16 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: ColdOne
‘John McCain is a one-of-a-kind politician, and there's no replacing him,' said Stan Barnes...

He is neither one of a kind or irreplaceable, Stan and neither are hired guns like you who make a living on your knees.

71 posted on 06/17/2018 12:40:52 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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To: TADSLOS

If Churchill could be replaced, than so can McCain.


72 posted on 06/17/2018 12:43:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Lust for Money is eclipsed by only one thing, The Lust for Power


73 posted on 06/17/2018 12:47:46 PM PDT by Soros Billions (Gore is a pussy, Hillary : There's a man for ya)
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To: dfwgator

Absolutely.


74 posted on 06/17/2018 12:49:55 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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To: ColdOne

So the McCain foundation checks are still clearing, you piece of crap cronies.


75 posted on 06/17/2018 12:50:30 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

The case is closed. JLAGRAYFOX has spoken.


76 posted on 06/17/2018 12:55:15 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: bert

Touche.

Was referring to incumbents, AYK, of course.


77 posted on 06/17/2018 1:02:11 PM PDT by Sivad (Demo M/O = infiltrate, overtake, politicize, weaponize)
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To: ColdOne

Have they considered a chimpanzee?


78 posted on 06/17/2018 1:02:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: Sacajaweau

How is “representation” working out for any of us?


79 posted on 06/17/2018 1:57:24 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Slyfox

Keating 5, he also he left his first wife in the hospital to marry the Budweiser queen. That is just to name a couple.


80 posted on 06/17/2018 1:59:20 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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