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McCain ends 81-year journey with burial at Naval Academy
AP ^ | September 2, 2018 | Staff

Posted on 09/02/2018 6:31:09 AM PDT by C19fan

John McCain is being laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy after a five-day procession that served as a final call to arms for a nation he warned could lose its civility and sense of shared purpose.

The private ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, was as carefully planned as the rest of McCain's farewell tour, which began in Arizona after he died Aug. 25 from brain cancer and stretched to Washington.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; annapolis; johnmccain; maryland; mccain; mclame; navalacademy; strawberries
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To: Berosus

That ia always my first question to anyone that says anything nice about him. “Wow, you really think he’s great, did you vote for him?”..


41 posted on 09/02/2018 7:03:59 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: C19fan

THANK GOD

ENOUGH of this SOBgbird


42 posted on 09/02/2018 7:05:22 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Moderates/Independents/Non-voters" Are DIMS REALLY who you'd want BACK in POWER?)
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To: C19fan; All

-—and, just in case anyone has forgotten—

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five-6431838


43 posted on 09/02/2018 7:05:55 AM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: C19fan

Which reminds me. Is Generalissimo Francisco Franco still dead?


44 posted on 09/02/2018 7:07:10 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no gstandards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Berosus
For me this is a relief. I thought McCain was going to be buried at Arlington, too.
I'm no fan of John McCain at all, but he was severely injured when he was shot down over North Vietnam.
Regardless of his politics, he more than earned Arlington.
45 posted on 09/02/2018 7:08:31 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: pepsionice

As I said on another thread, I interact with a mix of conservatives, “moderate” Republicans, and Democrats of all stripes where I work and live and no one is talking about John McCain. Just another example of elites telling us what is important and how we should feel. They should have honored him by suspending his funeral, just like he suspended his lame-ass campaign.


46 posted on 09/02/2018 7:09:03 AM PDT by Atticus
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To: C19fan

So the longest funeral in history turned into a Trump hate fest, Obama loves McCain and all liberals love GW Bush?


47 posted on 09/02/2018 7:09:46 AM PDT by lionstar
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To: Afterguard

Enough distance between the chapel and the cemetery on Hospital Point.

As a midshipman at USNA, I sang in one of the church choirs. Before services on Sunday morning, we would warm up in a small memorial chapel beneath the main chapel and adjacent to JPJ’s crypt. After warmups, we would go to the crypt where mess stewards had set up coffee and cookies for us to enjoy. Always get a kick telling people I had coffee with JPJ every Sunday.


48 posted on 09/02/2018 7:10:06 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: C19fan

Does this mean that I can finally raise the flag back up? Oh, wait. I may have forgotten to lower it. Today is a good day for America.


49 posted on 09/02/2018 7:13:35 AM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: C19fan
I for one am deeply disturbed that the Deep State operatives got together for this Gala Event aimed at selling a false narrative about Senator McCain. How many of the far-left Trump haters who are marching in lockstep with the media and the elite had wonderful praise for McCain when he was running for President? How many didn't vote for him because something about him, maybe it's his desire to cause global war, scared them away? The hypocrisy is astounding and frightening.

The silver lining is that even on FB some of our fellow but misguided little folk finally woke up and said "Wait a minute. Those people don't know political parties. They only know that they're different and better than the rest of us. Their God is the Rothschilds, Saros, and Global Control".

Meghan McCain is perhaps the most deranged. Why I'm so disturbed? To turn a funeral into something so hateful is beyond comprehension. Pray it isn't too late for America to WAKE UP. And PS: what the *ell were Jared and Ivanka doing there? Either they're totally clueless about what President Trump is giving his all to accomplish or they've been brainwashed by the Deep State.

Had to get this rant out. Maybe I'll be more functional after getting these thoughts out of my mind and onto the screen.

50 posted on 09/02/2018 7:14:46 AM PDT by grania (President Trump, stop believing the Masters of War!)
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To: C19fan

Did they post a guard facing the plot?


51 posted on 09/02/2018 7:17:16 AM PDT by MortMan (The white board is a remarkable invention.)
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To: C19fan

When will this BS end? The SOB planned this fricking show for a year to take his last shot at Trump, his supporters, and give the Swamp a pep rally. What missable Senator, and a miserable human being.


52 posted on 09/02/2018 7:17:59 AM PDT by Republic_Venom (It's time for some Republic Venom!)
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To: C19fan

Oh, are they actually going to finally put him into the ground? Because I was beginning to think they were going to take the casket on Broadway next, and we’d be seeing weekly performances till the Superbowl.


53 posted on 09/02/2018 7:18:07 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: Berosus

“And I am sure that most of the people praising McCain now didn’t vote for him in 2008.”

Right!

They are all such hypocrites.


54 posted on 09/02/2018 7:18:36 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: C19fan

Where was Jeb?


55 posted on 09/02/2018 7:22:59 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: C19fan

I suspect the grounds people at the Naval Academy will have trouble getting grass to grow over No Name’s grave.


56 posted on 09/02/2018 7:24:31 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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To: C19fan

This has been so overwhelming that I’m actually starting to be sorry that he died, and I never thought I’d say that!


57 posted on 09/02/2018 7:25:36 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: rlmorel

OTOH, it’s good that McAmnesty is not buried next to his pal Kennedy in Arlington. The Naval Academy is not Arlington and they can dispose of the refuse at a later date with little fanfare.

I have often said that Kennedy should be removed from Arlington and even started a petition to do so...

https://www.change.org/p/u-s-house-of-representatives-exhume-the-body-of-sen-edward-kennedy-and-remove-it-from-arlington-cemetery

Kennedy being the traitor he was should not be allowed to rest there among heroes.


58 posted on 09/02/2018 7:29:33 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: C19fan

The left seems so desperate to be outraged by something,.. anything.


59 posted on 09/02/2018 7:29:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: C19fan

It will be a convenient place to go take a piss.


60 posted on 09/02/2018 7:30:36 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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