Posted on 09/01/2018 3:40:51 PM PDT by McGruff
For the clusters of onlookers, besuited power players and three former presidents who had all traveled to Washington National Cathedral, the muggy day was a historic opportunity to memorialize the life of Senator John McCain, who was remembered as a deeply patriotic war hero, a former Republican presidential candidate and a scrappy, humanly flawed, ultimately idealistic lawmaker.
For President Trump, it was Saturday.
In the many discussions about how to mark his life that Mr. McCain had with his staff and family before he died, he had made clear he did not want Mr. Trump to participate in anything they planned. So as Mr. McCain was eulogized in the presence of much of the American political establishment, Mr. Trump, pointedly uninvited, engaged in what by now is a familiar weekend routine. He sent a series of angry tweets aimed at some political adversaries, then left the White House to play a round of golf at his resort in Virginia.
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Was that a McCain funeral? Really? I thought it was a Democrat protest without Antifa and Black Lives Matter there.
Is this dude in the freakin ground yet?
How much longer is this going to last? Its like Ghandi died for gods sake!
MAGA!
Well, he IS the President of the United States. Something the McCain family know nothing about. #sorrynotsorry2008
I hope he had an excellent round.
It may be hard for demRATs to replace McCain.
Why shouldn’t President Trump play golf?
John McCain and his family have shown nothing but utter contempt for him, so how would hanging around the White House on a Saturday afternoon change that fact?
And Under Budget!
There is no "right" way to grieve. Each person grieves in his own way. This was President Trump's way of grieving. :)
So did I. But when I got there the TV screens showed (yecch!) Obola delivering his soliloquy. They hid the teleprompter well. Otherwise he would have monkeyed up his speech.
Ditto!
I worked on a DIY paver patio project. I didn’t watch one second of McCain (all week).
” Washington Mourned John McCain. ...”
That’s why Trump played golf.
So what. I gave out candy to my grandchildren to celebrate. The crusty old jerk McCain is dead. Get on with life, he's been dead to me for years.
GAWD! Is he planted yet? Is it safe to turn on my TV yet?
I don’t recall ever before seeing or knowing of a burial or memorial service with a guest list. Are the McCain’s starting a new fad??
They simply dont like it that he doesnt sit down, shut up, and take their ridicule like a little pussy - like every other damned Republican President or candidate in the past. No, they dont like it at all.
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You are exactly correct. He is not in the Rockefeller-Romney-McCain camp of arrogsnt quislings.
McCain was many things. Without a doubt an arrogant ass who thought he was Gods gift to the US Senate. But one thing he was not was a military hero. Heros jump in front of others to save lives. McCain was all for himself and collaborated with his captors for preferential treatment and it started almost immediately after he was shot down. There were higher ranking officers that wanted McCain and others charged for their dishonorable conduct as POWs. Too bad it was never pursued. The GOP could have been spared his despicable actions as a senator. The wives of MIAs might have been reunited with their husbands if McCain had been a half-way decent human being. But that sadly never happened. Im just tired of hearing about how heroic this traitor was. Its all a lie.
Yup,
Agreed.
What do you get when you cross a rhinoceros and a songbird?
Juan McCain.
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