Posted on 08/26/2018 5:56:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz
So, Arizona Senator John McCain finally passed on.
As the left's favorite "Republican" Senator, the headlines and opinions in the left-wing News Misleadia are predictable and cloying. A small sampling is listed below:
The content of the articles are even more obsequious than the headlines. I expected as much. McCain was the left's favorite Senator -- a fake Republican, globalist, and diehard #NeverTrumper who could be counted on to obstruct any of the agenda the right or nationists would embrace.
My mother always told me I should never speak ill of the dead. However, I routinely ignore my mother's advice.
There are factors about his behavior and life that have long been extremely disagreeable, and others that put him in stark opposition to the political party to which he swore allegiance. There are three subjects I will explore: His temper, his grudges, and his policy.
HIS UNCONTROLLED TEMPER
Even before his brain tumor -- when erratic behavior could be better explained -- John McCain was a mercurial and explosive person who reacted to various situations with uncontrolled rage and inappropriate behavior. In 1992, in front of three reporters, McCain called his wife a "c***". Another incident of volatile, unstable behavior was when . There are so many examples, that colleagues in the Senate were quite concerned about his stability.
He was, however, very aware of his unpredictable and anger-fueled behavior, admitted he had a temper problem, though he did so in a manner that absolved him of personal responsibility.However, it's said that a picture says a thousand words. Here is one, taken during a debate, in which his inner rage is briefly visible.
HIS LASTING GRUDGES
McCain, a petty man who held lifelong grudges, he never forgot slights politicians gave him. Chuck Hagel refused to endorse McCain in 2008, and opposed him during votes surrounding the Iraq war, saw McCain withhold the single vote that would have made Hagel the Defense Secretary.
Of course, his blood feud against President Trump continued to his dying day. He remarked that he hoped that Trump succumbed to the Washington establishment and laughably suggested that Trump was responsible for the Syrians using chemical weapons. He admits he was the primary source of the infamous and specious "Russian Peeing Prostitute" dossier that started the baseless, year-long Special Prosecutor investigation that goes on to this day. Yet, he was proud of his shameful behavior, defiantly telling critics of his actions to 'go to hell'
His vendettas were only punctuated by his disloyalty. His former vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, had backed his reelection effort. For her steadfastness, McCain returned a gut-punch, stating that he regretted choosing Palin as his running-mate.
HIS GLOBALIST AND LEFTWING POLICIES
John McCain was described, often, as a maverick who bucked his Republican party principles. However, a case could be made that he actually was not a maverick, but was consistently on the side of the opposition party. That makes him less of a maverick and more of a betrayer. It was his one vote, cast proudly and with a sense of defiance, that preserved Obamacare. He was a diehard globalist who consistently pushed his Gang-of-Eight amnesty proposals. And, as a stalwart NeoConservative, there were very few military entanglements he did not gladly support.
John McCain's opposition to Conservative Republican ideology was troubling, but his temper and his willingness to provoke and attack our international enemies were terrifying. It is for this that I often remark that we dodged a bullet in 2008. While Barack Obama was a destructive and tragic President, at least, unlike McCain, he did not leave the world a smoking, radioactive ruin.
Sorry. There are certain people for which I cannot do that. Ted Kennedy, as an example.
O, brother. His funeral is going to be like a replay of the 2008 campaign. DemonicRAT after DemonicRAT going on and on about what a great guy McCain is (was) and how he’d make such a great President and how the country would be so much better once he’s in the oval office and the economy would boom under his policies and....oh, ferget it....if his family wants to hear a bunch of America-hating liars shower him with praise, so be it. Maybe Jane Fonda should deliver the eulogy. Then she can fire his ashes at the fly-over.
Good take, hadnt thought if that.
I think he could have appointed Cindy back in June but didnt want her or Meghan. Ducey wanted to avoid choosing before November because hed lose to the D by appointing a McLame clone. But now hes stuck having to appoint someone who at least publicly supports Trump
He was one of the flight instructors at Meridian when I was there in flight training. He was known even then as a marginal pilot, but his dad was CINCPAC so what he was marginal. The Forrestal should have labeled him a mass murderer, but his dad was CINCPAC so what he killed a bunch of sailors.
I have seen about six versions of the story, all the way from McCain "hot dog" "wet start" causing the whole incident, to having him cause it some other way, to various "official" accounts. The account above seems to be from "JJ Paul McCartney" who doesn't actually exist.
A patriot.
A hero.
Armorer for Isis, which makes him one of the architects of the Yazidi Genocide.
I celebrate his passing. Would that he had been cruucified on a pole before doing his damage, as Haman was.
Lets wipe off the tears, select his replacement, finally give the people of AZ representation, and hold another vote for complete obamacare repeal- before the Nov election.
I hate that the flags are flying at half staff for this zip wad of a RINO.
:)
I’m glad that you wrote this and exposed him for who he was.
He caused less death and tragedy on the Forrestal than he did in the Senate, so I will disagree.
Holy cow.
Pretty nauseating, Laz.
Brilliant!
I’m not sure when he passed, but they were at it around 4:30AM this morning. I couldn’t watch.
Now that is a horrible thought!
May Satan enjoy his ‘frankness’ and arrogance.
Worth repeating bump.
McCain’s life would make for an extraordinarily weird movie. A man blessed with so much good fortune that it boggles the mind. Exceeded only by the spite he brought to it.
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