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John McCain, Veteran, Senator, GOP Maverick, Dies at 81
NBC Chicago ^
| 8/25/18
Posted on 08/25/2018 5:26:50 PM PDT by markomalley
John McCain, the longtime senator and 2008 GOP presidential candidate who refused to leave fellow prisoners of war behind to escape years of torture in Vietnam, and whose maverick streak as Arizonas senior statesman at times frustrated fellow Republicans and confounded President Donald Trump, has died, his family confirmed in a statement Saturday.
He was 81and had been diagnosed with brain cancer in July 2017.
McCain had decided to discontinue medical treatment for the glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, his family announced on Aug. 24. He had surpassed expectations for his survival, but "the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict," the statement said.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: 115th; johnmccain; johnmccaindies; johnmccainobit; mccain; obituary; palin; songbird; strawberries; teddysbuttboi
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To: A Navy Vet
Bringing it a little closer to the present sometime back McCain and Kerry declared there were no mias and no pows left in Vietnam
As of last year there are over a thousand not accounted for
Vera decoration made Carey’s brother quite Rich along with a lot of other traitorous type peopl
Some partial remains were recovered just last year
501
posted on
08/26/2018 2:22:48 AM PDT
by
Syncro
(Facts is Facts)
To: Syncro
*Their declaration made Kerry’s
502
posted on
08/26/2018 2:30:57 AM PDT
by
Syncro
(Facts is Facts)
To: markomalley
He died one day before his eighty-second birthday.
I’ve been trying to learn if his 106 year old mother, Roberta was also at his bedside when he passed?
503
posted on
08/26/2018 2:39:47 AM PDT
by
onyx
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
Maybe the family will cremate him and dump his ashes into the Tijuana River!
______________________
..... twice is better than once.
504
posted on
08/26/2018 3:04:07 AM PDT
by
a little elbow grease
(duct tape and cable ties hold more worth more than pussy hats and resistance)
To: a little elbow grease
The President would be damned by the media whatever he said. He was wise to offer condolences to the family and not praise McCain. Had he done so the media would have slammed him as a hypocrite. They had alternate negative headlines ready for whatever The President said.
505
posted on
08/26/2018 3:08:52 AM PDT
by
littleharbour
("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
To: NFHale; KC_Lion; hoosiermama; Jane Long; Sarah Barracuda; MeganC; Army Air Corps; Bikkuri; ...
Make of this as you will, but this afternoon shortly after 4:30 a book next to my husband's ashes fell over for no apparent reason ...
All are kept in a glass enclosed bookcase.
506
posted on
08/26/2018 3:08:54 AM PDT
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onyx
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To: onyx
What was the name of the book?
507
posted on
08/26/2018 3:13:43 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
To: hoosiermama
LOL. I’ll have to get up to look!
BRB!
“A Different Drummer” by Michael Deaver.
(I haven’t yet read it).
508
posted on
08/26/2018 3:18:59 AM PDT
by
onyx
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To: hoosiermama
I wasn’t watching TV. Had no idea about McCain. Didn’t make the connection until much later. Weird. I’ve moved his ashes!
509
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08/26/2018 3:21:26 AM PDT
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onyx
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To: McGruff
Always nice when Satan himself waives the ferry toll on the River Styx...
510
posted on
08/26/2018 3:56:55 AM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
To: markomalley
Schumer pouring gasoline on the fire.
When someone posted his death yesterday I wrote
Time to let him and it rest.
But then Schmuck Shumer had to go and suggest something something asinine.
511
posted on
08/26/2018 4:09:08 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: a little elbow grease
Like the old Brownshirts, the TX “democracy” is much on the move these days. TCruz seems to be unaware of the danger he is facing.
To: Valin
It is absolutely amazing seeing those on the political Left Lionizing McCain.
Could it be they are showing some class? Some respect for the dead?
—
That is probably the most single delusional statement I’ve ever read on Free Republic.
To: Jarhead9297
"Some really disgusting, classless and disturbing comments best reserved for a whacked out nutjob."In deference to your accurate description of McCain...
514
posted on
08/26/2018 4:46:42 AM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
To: StAnDeliver
And now the deification of McCain by the MSM will start. All the libs say “Behold, St. McCain.”
Hypocrites!
To: rainee
LOL. He probably did tweet out the news that he had died, I feel sure.
516
posted on
08/26/2018 4:53:41 AM PDT
by
JustaCowgirl
(You can pick your causes, but not the consequences.)
To: austinaero
"And now the deification of McCain by the MSM will start. All the libs say Behold, St. McCain."If he couldn't have waited until after Labor Day, at least he picked second-best timing because he just smashed the Sunday Morning Talk Show cycle on a weekend when it deserved to be smashed.
517
posted on
08/26/2018 4:56:09 AM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
To: markomalley
May he rest in peace.
He died as a thin skinned Republican elitist,doing bitter things to a man elected for and by the People.
(Apologias to those who want to go along with just the GOP talking points.)
518
posted on
08/26/2018 4:59:34 AM PDT
by
Candor7
((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
To: StAnDeliver
Too early for a chorus of “Ding Dong the RINO’s Dead?”
519
posted on
08/26/2018 5:02:09 AM PDT
by
AbolishCSEU
(Amount of "child" support paid is inversely proportionate to mother's actual parenting of children)
To: markomalley
RIP John McCain. John was a fine democrat. Thank you for your service during the war and thank you for leaving us with a great healthcare law. Your legacy will always be remembered.
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