Posted on 08/25/2018 5:29:14 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
John McCain, a giant of the Senate who survived years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to become a leading actor on the political stage for decades, died Saturday at the age of 81.
McCain’s death from brain cancer came more than a year after he announced he had the condition in July of 2017.
His family announced Friday that he had chosen to discontinue medical treatment for an aggressive gioblastoma because the “progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age” had rendered “their verdict.”
The news prompted an outpouring of tribute and sympathy from Republicans and Democrats alike, a testament to the respect McCain built among colleagues in both parties despite his habit of calling them out during clashes over politics and policy.
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Strangely enough, I can’t recall the MSM using language like that during the 2008 campaign.
Well ok
They’re gonna have to put a fence and a 24/7 arm security detail around his grave. IF they don’t, it’s gonna smell like an unclean latrine with the number of patriots wanting to piss on it.
I won’t honor a man like this just because he died.
If a “Republican” gets tribute and sympathy from the left, you are a RINO.
His best resulted in a cost sharing deal between US Fish and Wildlife and AZ Game and Fish to build a new pump and a contract to keep the program going - pretty much saving the fishing industry in my district and stopping an infestation of something called the "Caddis Fly."
I have many profound political differences with Senator John McCain, but on that day, standing at Willow Beach, he made a promise to me and he kept it. For that, I will be eternally grateful.
Prayers up to Senator McCain's family tonight.
part of the bush, obama, clinton, cartel
Nope. Me either. To whitewash an evil man is to be an accomplice.
I knew when it was announced that he would stop his treatment it would not be long anymore
He was one of many democrats who infiltrated the GOP with the aim to destroy it from within.
Prayers for his family.
Conservative voter goes in McCain’s office on Monday and asks to see John McCain, the staff member tells the voter that Senator McCain has passed away. The voter just stands there for a few minutes then leaves.
The next morning the same voter is back and asks to talk to Senator McCain. The staffer tells the voter that McCain is dead, he died of brain cancer. The voter just stands there for a few minutes then leaves.
Wednesday morning the voter is back again and asks, with a big smile on his face, I’d like to talk to John McCain. By now the staffer has lost patience, and says McCain is dead, he is toast, he is never coming back, and then proceeds to ask the voter why he keep coming into the office and asking to talk to McCain if he knows McCain is dead.
The voter has a big smile on his face and says he just likes hearing the words ‘McCain is dead!’.
I’m not so sure about that.
So the Lion and the Giant passed away exactly 9 years apart.
They always say “it’s hot as H3LL in Arizona... he’ll be fine.
No, the Dems will heap praise on McCain and attack Trump for not being more like him.
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McCain would have never been captured by North Vietnam if career was based on his ability rather than the fact that his father and grandfather were 4-Star Admirals. He never would have been admitted to the USNA, would never have graduated, and never selected for flight training, would have been dropped from flight training at least three times based on his performance.
He was no war hero. He was shot down and used his family connections for favors and ratted on other POWs.
Probably most spot-on comment so far.
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