Posted on 08/25/2018 6:14:32 PM PDT by Kaslin
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who was diagnosed with brain cancer in July of 2017, has died. It’s the same form that took the life of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy in 2009. Cortney wrote on Friday that Mr. McCain would be suspending medical treatment. For the past year, the Arizona Republican has been fighting the disease, which has kept him from Washington D.C. Sen. McCain cast the deciding vote in the GOP’s failed attempt at the so-called skinny repeal of Obamacare. The measure went down 49-51. He has remained in Arizona for medical treatment since the end of 2017. Senator McCain was 81 years old, passing away nine years to the day of his colleague Sen. Kennedy, according to Jonathan Martin of The New York Times.
Mr. McCain ran for president in 2000 and 2008, becoming the Republican Party's nominee in the latter contest, though was ultimately not successful. He served with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, being shot down over North Vietnam in 1967, where he remained in captivity for nearly six years. He was released in 1973.
McCain succeeded Sen. Barry Goldwater, "Mr. Conservative," in 1987 after the latter decided to retire.
Breaking News: John McCain has died of brain cancer at 81. Once a prisoner of war, he made two bids for president and was a towering presence in the Senate.https://t.co/oWPRrWL6XX— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 26, 2018
Karen and I are praying for Senator John McCain, Cindy and their family this weekend. May God bless them all during this difficult time.— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) August 25, 2018
Rest In Peace, @SenJohnMcCain.— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 26, 2018
Sen. John McCain has died. He was 81. pic.twitter.com/D7pycAYUWD— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) August 26, 2018
Sen McCain died nine years to the day after Ted Kennedy passed away from the same illness. https://t.co/SI696aGoPj— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 26, 2018
Ok lets wipe away the tears, appoint his replacement and hold another vote for the complete repeal of obamacare.
This man would take a fake dossier against God from Satan to God’s angels.
LOL! I haven’t heard that name for a long time.
Maybe Rush has more recently mentioned her.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead. — Voltaire
Too fast for McCain, too slow for America.
>The man served his country honorably. He was a POW. I give him the respect he’s earned for that.
I wish he had gotten on the tank with Jane Fonda and screwed any possible political future.
In the early 90s he sold out the remaining POW/MIAs.
I do too, but there seems to be very few of us that think that will happen.
A traitor from the Hanoi Hilton to the Halls of Congress
No sympathy here
McCain succeeded Sen. Barry Goldwater, "Mr. Conservative," in 1987 after the latter decided to retire.
Who is warming up in the bullpen?
Somethings going to kill us all.
Didja ever notice than when a big push is made to eliminate or reduce the Number One Killer of Americans; that #2 is just waiting in the wings to be the top dog?
...or at LEAST on Golden Plates retrieved from a hill called Cumorah.
We have a player!
That’s from Oklahoma; not Arizona!
Not yet...
Revelation 20:11-15
"Then I saw a great White Throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and THE BOOKS WERE OPENED. Another book was opened WHICH IS THE BOOK OF LIFE. The dead were judged according to their works as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to their works. Then death and Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. The Lake of Fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written IN THE BOOK OF LIFE, he was thrown into the lake of fire."
The man served his country honorably. He was a POW. I give him the respect he’s earned for that
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This doesn’t give someone a lifetime pass and permit him not to be judged badly. Face it, he was a terrible human being, and did low down and terrible things. He was a liar, he was corrupt; and he was power-mad and self-centered.
Nothing in his past can redeem the man he became.
An absolutely perfect eulogy.
At the gate: “According to this dossier, you’re supposed to let me in..”
If he crashed, does that mean he’s back here on earth? lol
I stand with Max! Mclaim is going South.
She’s been pretty good the past few years. I did not used to think so. I do worry if she would become Traitor John II in his honor, but it would be guaranteed with the mom.
I would much rather see someone else, but if it was one of the two, I’d rather it be the daughter. That’s all I was saying.
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