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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That was so ... Deplorable.
*snicker*
Yeah, but he used golf balls with McCain’s picture on them. Perfectly appropriate honor...
Oh, poop! I was so looking forward to it! And there I was out trimming the trees.
That’s my middle name! :-)
Excellent point. That is what is important here.
“I was disgusted to see a VFW building with the POW/MIA flag at half staff in southern Mississippi.”
Sometimes I feel as nobody can remember a damm thing in this country anymore.
Really, really sad.
So it is!
And proudly Deplorable too!!
:-)
Thank you for your service and thank you for reaffirming what I have heard others say about McCain McCain the survivor vs McCain the senator.
I didn’t watch today’s service but the little I’ve read makes me think it was more of a political rally then a memorial service.
I would have held a ceremony at the White House and honored some REAL American heroes.
How odd...I live in a bedroom suburb of Wash. Dc and encountered not one single soul who had made mention of Johnny Mac. Labor Day Weekend and even the gov. drones were out of town or having their bbqs. Wasn’t even on their radar. Now Aretha...was big.
he wasn’t invited geez was he supposed to sit at home all day and cry..at least President Trump is not a hypocrite unlike these commie loons you see on tv kissing McCain’s ass now but in 2008 they were calling him a Hitler clone..but hey they love him now since he hated Trump
you did..me too thank you Miralax :)
MAGA, Trump played golf, I was hoping he would!!
What was he supposed to do, wear sackcloth and ashes and cry? Flagellate himself like a Dark Ages radical monk?
Guess what Slimes “reporter”: Trump is president, and he has 90 percent approval among Republicans. McNasty is now worm’s meat and most Republicans are glad to see this selfish @hole dead and buried.
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Washington loves traitor McCain; America hated him.
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New York Times Called McCain Racist, Now It Uses Him to Attack Trump
Fore more years.
I hope so too. I refuse to go times website, did the author report on what he shot.
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