Instead of Criticizing McCain, Trump Should Embrace Kindness, Humility

The Daily Signal ^ | March 21, 2019 | Cal Thomas

[Lagmeister]

Strictly going by memory here... but wasn't McCain's father the 'Fleet' commander at the time of 'Juan's" capture. And, wasn't McCain considered 'high value' and thus not abused as other prisoners'..... And, didn't 'Juan' almost immediately start making propaganda tapes for North Vietnam, which led him to refuse early release for fear of being tried for treason.

All this, of course, before he married a beer baron's daughter and became the most corrupt politician in the US.

[BlessedBeGod]

Yet another idiot who doesn't have the faintest clue in the world what the heck he's talking about.

[Lagmeister]

When Cal quotes Newsweek he situates himself at the bottom of the barrel.

[Durbin]

No he shouldn’t. Trump should be who he is. Anything else would just be an act and a complete disrespect to those of us who support him.

[Charlemagne on the Fox]

I guess this shouldn’t surprise us—coming from a columnist who considered TED KENNEDY a close friend. I remember his column from the early 90s which posited that “the youngest Kennedy could be the greatest Kennedy”. Whatever that meant . . .

[Lagmeister]

At least for Benedict Arnold, he saved the Continental army from destruction at Brandywine through personal heroics. Arnold was actually crippled from being a hero and turned traitor as a result of never having been rewarded for his efforts. (Nathaniel Philbrick's Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the Revolution)

'Juan' McCain lived his life as a self serving, corrupt hack with not a single, justifying moment of redemption.

[mjp]

Kindness, grace, and humility go a long way, and accomplish more than perpetual anger and demeaning people with whom one disagrees. The president should try it, not in a manipulative way, but seriously.

Oh, give it up already. That is not Trump's temperament. He enjoys a fight. It stimulates him and makes him feel more alive. There are just some people like that. Let Trump be Trump

[b4me]

because some “spiritual” people only cling to the passive ways which do not work in all situations. Even Jesus got angry, fought back in ways at times and in certain situations.

Trump is a good balance of kindeness and humility at times always speaking well of others in proper situations and (just like Jesus) verbally fighting back when they situation warrants it. Trumps not perfect but most people deluded about what makes a real good president, they think it’s about how they speak or how they look and that they should be kind all the time, that’s why our country is sliding into a bigger mess.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Kindness and humility while Democrats don't just crap all over him but actively seek to overthrow him with their friends in the FBI bureaucracy, with their friends in the MSM and with their friends in the GOP establishment - yeah, right.

We didn't elect Trump to provide anyone with kindness and humility - we have GOP milk-sops like Ryan and Romney to serve as the Democrat punching bags. We elected Trump to build the border wall, and he's struggling to do it thanks to those same GOP milk-sops. Save the worthless advice, Cal - I've been hearing this nonsense for decades now and it only shows the Republican establishment is incapable of learnin.

[Lurker]

Dear Cal,

Shut up.

Thanks,

L

[McGruff]

Cal Thomas, you sound like you are ready off the Never Trumper Talking Points memo. We have a long enough memory to recall how McCain hated W Bush also.

[Mad Dawgg]

McCain is a member of "the Club" President Trump is not.

The CFR (A.K.A. Swamp) protects its own.

[Zathras]

Cal Thomas?
I thought he was dead....

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

You have to bully a bully.

[COUNTrecount]

John McCain Exposed in Two Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=23&v=A-I0XDZwKPM

[Agatsu77]

McCain was a lying 2-faced slimball. No-one needs to know anything else. I used to respect the dick.

[KeyLargo]

BARF ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chuckee]

Criticize or treat kindly? How about we just ignore him just as history will ignore him. All those years in congress and he produced little of significance

[frnewsjunkie]

This is a thorn for me all my life. I am a strong Christian and i believe in fighting the ugly left. There is no victory in letting them beat on us for free. This is why they treat us with disdain.. this is how to lose..
When the enemy kmows we are going to be nice and civil while they tear us to pieces... we will lose it all..
Trump knows how to fight .. I’d like to chose his words for a better effect, but the man does not quit in the face of all out attacks.. if a lesser man were at the helm, we would have lost by now.
Cal... it doesnt work your way. All of you who thinks it does.. you can ..
I don’t.

[cpt jack 1]

I thought people didn’t like Trump lying. If you mention McCain without saying RINO war pig, you are lying.