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John McCain Funeral Plans: Lying in State at Capitol Rotunda
The New York Times ^ | August 25, 2018 | Emily Cochrane

Posted on 08/26/2018 11:24:07 AM PDT by EveningStar

Senator John McCain, who died on Saturday at age 81, will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and receive a full dress funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral.

Mr. McCain, who served for two decades in the Navy after graduating from the Naval Academy and who represented Arizona in Congress for 35 years, will also lie in state at the Arizona Capitol before his burial in Annapolis, Md., a Republican official involved in the planning said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: arizonacapitol; capitolrotunda; funeral; johnmccain; lyinginstate; mccain; nationalcathedral; rip
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To: Repeal The 17th

So he had to get a waiver


21 posted on 08/26/2018 11:53:13 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Beagle8U

He’s been lying in the senate for 35 years.


22 posted on 08/26/2018 11:57:37 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: ColdOne

The other thing was the hearse was very near before his death. Sounds like a stake-out of sorts. And how did they get all of those vehicles and police in such short notice. Or did they?


23 posted on 08/26/2018 12:00:36 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Repeal The 17th
Those Naval Academy graduates who have served on active duty with the rank of Rear Admiral or Brigadier General, or senior thereto, and such others as the Secretary of the Navy or the Superintendent may designate.

This is what will get him in.

24 posted on 08/26/2018 12:06:11 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: EveningStar

This is an insult to everyone else who laid in state at the capital rotunda.

What a disgrace.


25 posted on 08/26/2018 12:07:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: binreadin

I’ve often wondered how many of his injuries he received when being shot down, were related to him not following proper procedure for the ejection.

He was notoriously known as a man who didn’t pay much attention during flight training.

His flight instructor labeled him a screw-off. He lost one of his flight aircraft when he overshot a runway and flew it into the water. McCain said he had engine failure. They hoisted the aircraft out of the drink, cleaned it up, and it started right off, no problem.

He couldn’t have even gotten into flight school with his Annapolis grade record.


26 posted on 08/26/2018 12:13:58 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: DoughtyOne

Hated by his former supporters, superficially loved by the leftists who enjoyed his betrayals of his former supporters.

Except for members of the family, the swamp, and the MSM, the viewing line should be short.


27 posted on 08/26/2018 12:14:04 PM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: EveningStar

Huffington Post

POLITICS 04/15/2008 05:12 am ET Updated May 25, 2011
Report: McCain’s Profane Tirade At His Wife
Nick Juliano Raw Story

John McCain’s temper is well documented. He’s called opponents and colleagues “shi-heads,” “a—holes” and in at least one case “a -ucking jerk.”...

Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c-nt.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/07/report-mccains-profane-ti_n_95429.html


28 posted on 08/26/2018 12:21:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: ColdOne

McCain has plenty of similarities to Bill and Hill.


29 posted on 08/26/2018 12:23:47 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: binreadin

“Those who knew him when he was on active duty couldn’t stand him. Privileged brat of an Admiral and Admiral grandfather. 4th from the bottom at the Naval Academy. Word is he only got through flight school because of his father’s rank.”

A cousin of mine married a man who served on the Forrestal at the same time Songbird was there.
McCain was hated by not only the other pilots but everyone on the ship. From officers to enlisted sailors Wet Start Johnny was a PITA.

Cousins husband was a cook.
He said it was a regular occurrence for John McCain to berate the kitchen staff if he felt the food wasn’t up to HIS standards.

The ships CO used the fire as a convenient way to get rid of a pilot that someone would have killed sooner or later.
McCain was on the first helo that left the ship.
Problem solved.


30 posted on 08/26/2018 12:29:07 PM PDT by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the Grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me)
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To: CaptainK

Oh Soros will pay people to line up.

Well,... maybe.

Sure hope you’re right.

Let him lay there in the rotunda with about 150 guests filing by...


31 posted on 08/26/2018 12:32:06 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: binreadin

Thanks.


32 posted on 08/26/2018 12:34:46 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Wallace T.

I agree with you.


33 posted on 08/26/2018 12:35:41 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Beagle8U
I vote we take him to “Burning Man” and give him a proper send off.

Absolutely hilarious comment!

34 posted on 08/26/2018 12:38:09 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: hsmomx3

Yep....extremely short notice. They even had a helicopter and the live feed of it on TV.


35 posted on 08/26/2018 12:38:28 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: DoughtyOne

Yep, he was a horrible pilot.


36 posted on 08/26/2018 12:39:41 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Beagle8U
I think this was how McCain dreamed of going.....


37 posted on 08/26/2018 12:39:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Sure looked like it around the start of 2016.


38 posted on 08/26/2018 12:41:10 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: DoughtyOne

I am not sure that the distraction of the McCain funeral pomp is a bad thing right now. We will have some noise after the primary vote this week. We will have noise at the funeral service and burial. The appointment of the replacement will also make some noise. Bingo, we are then only seven weeks from election week and time for only one or two October surprise from either side.


39 posted on 08/26/2018 12:41:26 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Wow...thanks for posting that. That is a main reason watching this lovefest by media for him makes me sick.


40 posted on 08/26/2018 12:41:28 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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