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1 posted on 03/17/2019 6:40:54 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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For what it’s worth...Here’s some McCain history ala Wiki.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_life_and_military_career_of_John_McCain

Naval Academy

John McCain at the U.S. Naval Academy, mid-1950s
Having done well on its entrance exams,[5] McCain entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in June 1954, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.[40] He had neither been ordered to go there by his parents nor discussed alternatives; as he later wrote, “I remember simply recognizing my eventual enrollment at the Academy as an immutable fact of life, and accepting it without comment.”[41]

Ambivalent about his presence there,[40] McCain chose not to conform to the Academy’s rules and some of its traditions.[42] Each year he was given over a hundred demerits – earning him membership in the “Century Club”[20] – for offenses such as shoes not being shined, formation faults, room in disorder, and talking out of place.[40] His father came to the Academy to reprimand him on his behavior a number of times.[32] He hated “plebe year”, the trial by ordeal and hazing of entering midshipmen that would eventually weed out one quarter of the class.[43] He did not take well to those of higher rank arbitrarily wielding power over him – “It was bullshit, and I resented the hell out of it”[40] – and occasionally intervened when he saw it being done to others.[20][32] At 5-foot 7 inches[13] and 127 pounds[44] (1.70 m and 58 kg), he competed as a lightweight boxer for three years, where he lacked skills but was fearless and “didn’t have a reverse gear”.[44] In his final year, he managed the battalion boxing team to a brigade championship.[45]

Possessed of a strong intelligence,[46] McCain did well in a few subjects that interested him, such as English literature, history, and government.[20][40] There was a fixed Bachelor of Science curriculum taken by all midshipmen;[47][48][49] McCain’s classmates were impressed by his cramming abilities on mathematics, science, and engineering courses[50] and thought his low grades were by inclination and not ability,[20] while McCain would later acknowledge that those courses were a struggle for him.[51] His class rank was further lowered by poor grades for conduct and leadership, which reflected his sloppy appearance, rebellious attitude, and poor relations with his company officer.[50][52] Despite his low standing, he was popular and a leader among his fellow midshipmen, in what biographer Robert Timberg called a “manic, intuitive, highly idiosyncratic way”.[40] Good at attracting women,[20] he was famed for organizing off-Yard activities with a group who called themselves “the Bad Bunch”;[32] one classmate said that “being on liberty with John McCain was like being in a train wreck.”[40] Other midshipmen were annoyed by his behavior.[32] A June 1957 training cruise aboard the destroyer USS Hunt[53] found McCain showing good skills at the conn,[54] and the destination stop in Rio de Janeiro led to a dream-like romance with Brazilian fashion model and ballerina Maria Gracinda that persisted through a Christmastime reunion.[55][56]

McCain graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1958; he was fifth from the bottom in class rank, 894th out of 899.[40] Despite his difficulties, McCain later wrote that he never defamed the more compelling traditions of the Academy – courage, resilience, honor, and sacrifice for one’s country – and he never wavered in his desire to show his father and family that he was of the same mettle as his naval forebears.[57] Indeed, Slew and Jack McCain had not had sterling records at the Academy themselves, finishing in the bottom third and bottom twentieth respectively.[58] McCain realized later that the Academy had taught him that “to sustain my self-respect for a lifetime it would be necessary for me to have the honor of serving something greater than my self-interest”, a lesson that he would need to carry him through a “desperate and uncertain” time a decade later.[57]


47 posted on 03/17/2019 7:15:15 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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Go DJT! Show the comatose among us how to fight the coup!


49 posted on 03/17/2019 7:17:52 AM PDT by JonPreston (If you think we're treated badly now wait untill we're disarmed.)
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THIS is what the tweet is about, we'll hear lots more about Meg's daddy's involvement when all is declassified, POTUS is educating those who are unaware.

John McCain that sent the Fake Dossier to the FBI and Media hoping to have it printed BEFORE the Election.

53 posted on 03/17/2019 7:23:21 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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John McCain wasn’t last in class at the USNA. He was third from the bottom. I know someone who graduated with him. The joke was that all you had to do was be ahead of McCain on the Order of Merit list and you’d graduate. True story.


58 posted on 03/17/2019 7:30:45 AM PDT by WASCWatch
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We also shouldn’t speak ill of Benedict Arnold because he’s dead.

Right?

I regard McCain as a traitor in his dealing with enemy islamists.


62 posted on 03/17/2019 7:38:04 AM PDT by onedoug
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The left still skewers Reagan and McCain went Capt. Ahab on Trump. It may be low and unnecessary to say McCain was “last in his class” but Trump didn’t fudge by much. We’re still paying for spiteful votes and decisions he’s made over the years to the very end. Loved by the Dems. A mean-spirited liar to his base. McCain crowed over the Steele Dossier—a proven lie the swamp-critters pushed—and now Trump is laughing last.


63 posted on 03/17/2019 7:39:01 AM PDT by BradyLS (ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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McCain should be remembered for his actions. What he did caused terrible harm to our Pres and to us. We were betrayed by him.


64 posted on 03/17/2019 7:39:51 AM PDT by Singermom
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I don’t care if McCain was last in his class at Annapolis. At least Mr. President, he served.

Now, if you want to say that Mr. McCain was last in having any class that is another matter all together. Because he was. He was a petty vindictive backstabbing jerk in his political career.


70 posted on 03/17/2019 7:46:01 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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I actually support the president on this. McCain's "legacy" is built on lies and needs to be busted. People need to know who the real McCain was- mean, petty, small, vindictive, jealous,liar,traitor, because they will never hear it in the media. If "not speaking ill of the dead" is the argument then we would never speak ill of any character from history because they are all dead.
78 posted on 03/17/2019 8:05:26 AM PDT by libh8er
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McStain was a step n fetch it boy for the O’muslim regime. He worked with Hillary and the corrupt state in trying to take down the Trump campaign and presidency.

He’s a high treason co-conspirator. He should’ve been executed. No amount of scorn heaped on this traitorous piece of living sh!t is enough.

Morons.


81 posted on 03/17/2019 8:09:17 AM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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McCain, working with the enemy in America and Vietnam.


85 posted on 03/17/2019 8:18:18 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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John “last in his class” McCain.

If his grandfather AND father weren’t big shot admirals, this puke, John, would have been washed out with the rest of the garbage long before he became the will known asshole he was both in private and public life.


94 posted on 03/17/2019 8:47:08 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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For your interest sweetest You.


104 posted on 03/17/2019 9:22:06 AM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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Hanoi John


105 posted on 03/17/2019 9:24:31 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant
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OH yea, it’s not like any Democrats ever speak poorly of Ronald Reagan or anything. Yeesh. We’re never supposed to speak of the dead? Really? Trump is Trump. He is who he is because this is what he does. He’s fearless. I don’t know what I would do if it were me against the world. The very least we can do is support him. Nobody else does.


108 posted on 03/17/2019 9:38:23 AM PDT by Hildy (Don't get bitter, get better.)
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Dear POTUS,

The wizards of smart on this forum, who wouldn’t last a day in your shoes, are asking you to refrain from your criticism of Sen. John McCain...a traitor! Follow your own gut here, and not the advice of keyboard warriors.

Thank you!


110 posted on 03/17/2019 9:40:18 AM PDT by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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All you concern troll FReepers thinking that Trump is going too far need to understand something.

McLame was at the CENTER of what is possibly the biggest political scandal in American history.

I don't care if he is spit-roasting in Hades. Trump is right to keep pointing out the fact that McCain worked with Obamanites to spy on his campaign.

112 posted on 03/17/2019 9:54:33 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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I dont blame Donald Trump for being pissed off. John McCain spread around a fake DOSSIER that he knew was fake all in the hopes of destroying Donald Trump and allowing his pick, Hillary Clinton, to become President. If the roles were reversed and a Republican had spread around a fake dossier about Hillary Clinton that he knew was bogus to destroy her, the outrage would have been fierce..I figured out who John McCain the MAN was in 2008 and beyond, how he treated Sarah Palin alone I hope he rots for that..how he NEVER defended her, how he only used her as an excuse for why they lost the election showed me what kind of human being John McCain was, the dossier was just the icing on the cake..yeah so as far as Im concerned, RIGHT ON President Trump, I 100 percent agree with you! John McCain was a scum bag, yeah the man is dead, but doesn’t take away the fact that he was a scum bag


117 posted on 03/17/2019 10:23:31 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Juan McLame is dead and now his legacy needs to be put in the ground as well. He was a nasty little troll who betrayed America and his treason needs to be exposed so that his fellow travelers who still walk the earth are exposed as well.


120 posted on 03/17/2019 10:45:45 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck
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McCain did more damage to the right than could have any of the Democrats and the left. His entourage damaged Sarah Palin at every chance they had. His part in the Keating Scandal should have removed him from politics permanently. His association with the false dossier is coming forefront and his betrayal of the Republicans can also be assigned to his keeping Obama care in place. McCain's legacy is one of betrayal, petulance, and petty revenge.
125 posted on 03/17/2019 11:00:46 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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