Posted on 05/16/2018 12:49:54 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
In March 2017, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) successfully delayed for 11 days Senate ratification of Montenegro's entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). America's leading advocate for NATO expansion, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) responded by accusing Paul of "achieving the objectives of Vladimir Putin...of trying to dismember this small country."
"I repeat again," McCain said then, remarkably. "The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin."
Perhaps even more remarkably, though not very surprisingly, McCain is unapologetic about that accusation in his valedictory new memoir, The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations. "Senator Paul didn't appreciate that, and I'll grant that it was an intemperate thing to say," McCain writes, with co-author Mark Salter. "But it wasn't incorrect. He might not have worked wittingly for Putin, but he was doing exactly what the Russian wanted done."
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
When the TV channels run McCain tributes on a loop after the senator dies, I’ll be watching something else.
Hang in there 5 more days Juan, you CAN DO IT!
Don’t waste time trying to understand McCain or make excuses for his behavior. He’s always been ruthless, self-centered and vindictive.
Timeline: Late May, early June of 2013 McCain meets with former Alqeada leadership in Syria.
Mid to late June it is reported a ship load of weapons seized in Libya are delivered to Syrian rebels who later become ISIS.
Obama created ISIS. McCain armed them.
I do wonder indeed if his last request or demand will be a 27/7 webcam installed at his grave-site with a picture of him shown 24/7? McCain is addicted to media worship of him and worse than any sad to say is Fox News.
I don’t think I was understanding or making excuses at all for him.
I think I actually said that is who he has always been.
What I find surprising is that those close to him don’t try to rein him in, but since this is a book and not day to day communications...that might be a moot point.
Or, as I said, his friends and family could be using him to settle scores.
For a guy who is meant to be on his last breaths , McShame sure does pipe up a lot.
Is anyone still buying this farce ?
McCain is either fine but In hiding or is already dead
I don’t like John M but I think he is pretty much innocent of the tsunami of political excretion being issued over his name. He probably is a dead man being kept alive mechanically and sedated to the gills to dull the pain.
All poping off and most of the bogus autobiography are products of his staff who know they will be sh*t when JM dies or resigns so his porky daughter can be appointed to his seat. Myridons know time is short and they keep excreting their venom in the namoof JM.
“He’s been stabbing republicans in the back while blowing kissy faces to democrats every chance he gets since at least 2000 and his loss to Bush.”
I have to disagree. The media had labeled him “maverick “ long before then.
McCain has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana, he wants the liberal media to glowingly remote his legacy.
And, while this is a nasty thing to say given the circumstances, I’m sure his dingbat daughter has his ear given his condition.
He hasn't been seen in public in months, and all indications are the end is near. He is probably medicated to the point where he's not aware of his surroundings. Despite this, "McCain" seems to have a lot to say lately: He doesn't want President Trump at his funeral, he opposes Gina Haspel's nomination for CIA Director, he wants to name his own successor, and now he thinks Rand Paul is working for Vladimir Putin. I wonder who is really putting these things out there under the pretense of it coming from John McCain.
If that’s his litmus test, than McCain is working for Mexico.
Will this man just disappear already???
And we still don't know who is taking Alzheimer's meds.
I doubt Meghan will get the seat. She probably doesn't live in the state and probably makes more money than she would as a Senator.
This makes me legitimately angry. F John McCain.
McCain must’ve boiled over with rage when Trump said he wasn’t a hero. Most everything he’s said or done since Trump got elected has been an act of spite to get back at him.
Wish someone would dump this bag of treason and corruption over the border into Mexico. Let him croak in the nation of his loyalties.
and his daughter has the balls to insult an employee of the White House....for her comment ...’he is dying’ wake up McCain family...we tired of your bull **** and fairy tales...
Tell the American people the TRUTH for a change...or shut up..
A Pennsylvania voter, tax payer...and an AMERICA.
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