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John McCain’s Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He Meant It to Be
Esquire ^ | September 1, 2018 | Charles P Pierce

Posted on 09/01/2018 5:54:27 PM PDT by ResistorSister

...We thought they could withstand anything, even a renegade president* in the pocket of a distant authoritarian goon. We let the customs, manners, norms and institutions weaken through neglect and now we are in open conflict with an elected president and, make no mistake about it, John McCain's funeral was a council of war, and it was a council of war because that's what John McCain meant it to be...Even at the end, John McCain knew what he was doing and he was a fearsome opponent. He wanted a pageant of everything this administration* has trashed and put up for sale, and that's what he got Saturday—a morality play shot through with Shakespearian portent and foreshadowing, a pageant of democracy's vengeance.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; funeral; kennedtbuttlicker; kennedybuttlicker; kennedybuttlucker; mccain
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To: ResistorSister

WOW! This guy Charles Whatzits hasn’t figured it out, but knows all about it, wrote down his ignorance for all to see, and guaranteed he won’t even be embarrassed when it bites him in the butt tomorrow.


81 posted on 09/01/2018 7:54:30 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: dforest

Well said and so true!
I just watched a minute of the daughter. She is an embarrassment and a disgrace.. Just like her father.


82 posted on 09/01/2018 7:57:29 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: ResistorSister

The Left are Bizarre!


83 posted on 09/01/2018 7:59:36 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: marktwain

A jealous weak little piss-ant. I’d say he should go to Hell, but — well — you know... he’s there.


84 posted on 09/01/2018 8:00:52 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: Pollster1
I dreamed when Trump won on Election Day that we might yet avoid a second civil war. As time goes on, I am realizing how foolishly optimistic I was.

To Liberals and their RINO collaborators, Trump's victory was an act of civil war by Trump and his supporters (including by those who voted for him). This country needs a Second Civil War. Liberalism is a cancer and the Second Civil War will be the chemotherapy.

85 posted on 09/01/2018 8:02:51 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: rockinqsranch

I agree with, and like how you stacked your comment.


86 posted on 09/01/2018 8:02:52 PM PDT by ResistorSister (Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. I Cor. 16:13)
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To: ResistorSister

I just want one answer, did they finally give that C@CKSUCKER COMMIE his deserved DIRT BATH?


87 posted on 09/01/2018 8:17:01 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: right way right
McCain lost to.....Obama.

Technically true, but McCain wanted Obama to win as much as Obama did. The Liberal Messiah effectively ran unopposed in 2008.

88 posted on 09/01/2018 8:21:05 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: Pollster1

LOCKED AND LOADED!


89 posted on 09/01/2018 8:22:23 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: Repeal 16-17

For all intents and purposes, Obama ran unopposed in every election he was in.


90 posted on 09/01/2018 8:23:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ResistorSister

91 posted on 09/01/2018 8:25:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: DarthVader

A last gasp of Bush and Obama. Those who like McCain did, live to prop up the elite. They couldn’t care less about the people.


92 posted on 09/01/2018 8:26:03 PM PDT by Carry me back (Cut the feds by 90%)
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To: elcid1970

The only response I can hear to that is.

BOOM, scheck scheck, BOOM, scheck scheck, BOOM, scheck scheck,BOOM.

Somebody get a mop out here.


93 posted on 09/01/2018 8:30:13 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: ResistorSister

In death. I gave mccain an ounce of compassion. But his final actions are not from a man worthy. He does now know he was wrong.. but it’s too late.

So sad to let hate rule, even in facing death.


94 posted on 09/01/2018 10:16:38 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: CaptainK

McClown is not even buried yet! The will be another funeral service at Annapolis tomorrow, after which he will FINALLY be buried.


95 posted on 09/01/2018 10:21:26 PM PDT by Cecily
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To: Pollster1

Many here were optimistic. It is a favorable disposition. Some of us more glass half empty types were wary regardless what the ballot box result in 2016 would be. I pretty much knew that Obama’s reign would resonate for a very long time past his term(s). It was a turning point. Though it also brought out the true colors in people. It’s good to know the extent of who.what we’redealingwith/ I hate this keyboard @#$


96 posted on 09/01/2018 10:28:24 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: RoseofTexas

Wait what wasevil bout Aretha Frankin’s funeral/ I haventpaid any attention whatsoever to it. Just curious.


97 posted on 09/01/2018 10:33:15 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: ResistorSister

This will all be forgotten by Wednesday, as long as Trump has the good sense to let it alone. With no “”Trump” book, this story will die.

In order to make a splash this big, McCain had to die. Well, that’s a trick he can only use once. He will become more irrelevant by the day.


98 posted on 09/02/2018 1:25:12 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: ResistorSister

McRats #1 accomplishment ...Ted Kennedy butt licker ...


99 posted on 09/02/2018 2:47:03 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Enjoy the SUCK! , 'Rats ..)
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To: ResistorSister

It was more of a Nuremberg Rally for the Deep State.

Heil McCain!


100 posted on 09/02/2018 2:49:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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