Posted on 08/26/2018 5:56:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz
So, Arizona Senator John McCain finally passed on.
As the left's favorite "Republican" Senator, the headlines and opinions in the left-wing News Misleadia are predictable and cloying. A small sampling is listed below:
The content of the articles are even more obsequious than the headlines. I expected as much. McCain was the left's favorite Senator -- a fake Republican, globalist, and diehard #NeverTrumper who could be counted on to obstruct any of the agenda the right or nationists would embrace.
My mother always told me I should never speak ill of the dead. However, I routinely ignore my mother's advice.
There are factors about his behavior and life that have long been extremely disagreeable, and others that put him in stark opposition to the political party to which he swore allegiance. There are three subjects I will explore: His temper, his grudges, and his policy.
HIS UNCONTROLLED TEMPER
Even before his brain tumor -- when erratic behavior could be better explained -- John McCain was a mercurial and explosive person who reacted to various situations with uncontrolled rage and inappropriate behavior. In 1992, in front of three reporters, McCain called his wife a "c***". Another incident of volatile, unstable behavior was when . There are so many examples, that colleagues in the Senate were quite concerned about his stability.
He was, however, very aware of his unpredictable and anger-fueled behavior, admitted he had a temper problem, though he did so in a manner that absolved him of personal responsibility.However, it's said that a picture says a thousand words. Here is one, taken during a debate, in which his inner rage is briefly visible.
HIS LASTING GRUDGES
McCain, a petty man who held lifelong grudges, he never forgot slights politicians gave him. Chuck Hagel refused to endorse McCain in 2008, and opposed him during votes surrounding the Iraq war, saw McCain withhold the single vote that would have made Hagel the Defense Secretary.
Of course, his blood feud against President Trump continued to his dying day. He remarked that he hoped that Trump succumbed to the Washington establishment and laughably suggested that Trump was responsible for the Syrians using chemical weapons. He admits he was the primary source of the infamous and specious "Russian Peeing Prostitute" dossier that started the baseless, year-long Special Prosecutor investigation that goes on to this day. Yet, he was proud of his shameful behavior, defiantly telling critics of his actions to 'go to hell'
His vendettas were only punctuated by his disloyalty. His former vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, had backed his reelection effort. For her steadfastness, McCain returned a gut-punch, stating that he regretted choosing Palin as his running-mate.
HIS GLOBALIST AND LEFTWING POLICIES
John McCain was described, often, as a maverick who bucked his Republican party principles. However, a case could be made that he actually was not a maverick, but was consistently on the side of the opposition party. That makes him less of a maverick and more of a betrayer. It was his one vote, cast proudly and with a sense of defiance, that preserved Obamacare. He was a diehard globalist who consistently pushed his Gang-of-Eight amnesty proposals. And, as a stalwart NeoConservative, there were very few military entanglements he did not gladly support.
John McCain's opposition to Conservative Republican ideology was troubling, but his temper and his willingness to provoke and attack our international enemies were terrifying. It is for this that I often remark that we dodged a bullet in 2008. While Barack Obama was a destructive and tragic President, at least, unlike McCain, he did not leave the world a smoking, radioactive ruin.
I bought a deck of McCain playing cards at the Sept. 5, 2008 McCain-Palin rally at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights, MI. I’m hoping they’re worth more now than what I originally paid for them. As for McCain himself, I believe he was more valuable to our nation as a Senator than he was as a fighter pilot. However, no one can deny him a place of honor in U.S. military history. RIP Senator McCain.
Let John McCain’s family grieve his passing properly, then have at it. Let’s do this the right way.
What's the difference between an Ensign and a Seaman Apprentice? The Seaman Apprentice has been promoted.
His grudges and temper are most certainly the ultimate reason he got shot down. He pressed his attack in a fit of temper and they got him
After all the fawning and fake accolades from the dems, swamp and the press, history will not be kind to this cancer on the ass of america.
You are far more forgiving than I can ever be. I have despised this man just about forever, and while he served, I do not consider him honorable in that service. I consider him incompetent.
In fairness, the North Vietnamese has something to do with the fifth one and a missile went off on another airplane that took out the fourth one.
this is the same guy who the media tarred as a “racist” in 2000 and again in 2008. Most in the media kept raising the issue of McCain’s age in 2008, and endlessly yapping about the possibility of him dying of cancer in office if he was elected. He’s their hero now since he was heavily involved in the dossier and the attempt to bring down Trump.
How in the hell was he a hero? The media’s obsession with him should clue you in. He was a selfish traitor!!
He betrayed the nation by trying to rush through that gargantuan amnesty bill before the people found out what was in it. He did not serve his country well. I’m sorry he died, but I do not find his record admirable in the least.
Coincidence?
Things you could dump over McCain’s grave without getting caught...
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Tinks-Skunk-Scent/745931.uts
https://www.amazon.com/catfish-stink-bait/s?page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acatfish%20stink%20bait
Feel free to add your own.
Any of those above will assure that nobody stays at the A-hole’s grave long.
What is the latest rumor on who will be appointed to replace him in the Senate?
Whatever honor he may have once had aside, McCain was a bitter SOB. I’m sure he would be upset that any discussion of his demise has displaced any anti-Trump talk from the chattering asses.
This editorial was rather measured in comparison.
It is a long-standing tradition that Free Republic doesn't denigrate the recently-deceased in an obituary thread... but there are certain exceptions, such as the avowed traitor Ted Kennedy. Further, this is not an obituary thread, but a response to the fawning behavior of the News Misleadia.
The outline of the person is that of a spoiled child. The temper - evolved from tantrums. Grudges, etc., all characteristics of a child used to getting his way.
I think he’s been incommunicado, and on life support, for a good while. They claimed to be stopping “cancer treatments” on Friday, and he dies on Saturday? That sounds a lot more like they just removed him from life support.
I didn’t like McCain, he crapped on Sara, and kissed Obama’s butt. Having a nickname like “songbird” doesn’t lend itself to heroism.
I agree with Trump, I do not think he was a hero, at all.
However, the left and the media will fawn over him, and slam Trump if the President doesn’t “fawn” over him. Make a show of exhibiting all the things Trump has said about him, and it will be wall-to-wall coverage for days.
BUT....this is the last “McCain” post I will make, they’re going to be too numerous to keep up with anyway.
A good summation of the man. Petty, small and thoroughly lacking in honor. A man should have honor, regardless of his politics. McCain didn’t.
Sara ??
Well, John McCain, Democrat Ted Kennedy Die Same Date, 9 Years Apart, From Same Cancer.
Think they both caught it from a “SANDWICH’ years ago ? /sarc
Better not be his fat daughter or baroness booze wife ...
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