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Sen. John McCain Casket Flies to D.C. on Air Force 2 Trump Does the Right Thing
tmz ^ | September 1, 2018

Posted on 09/01/2018 4:11:02 PM PDT by SMGFan

John McCain is finally getting his due respect from President Trump -- his body is being flown to Washington D.C. on an aircraft that had to be approved by POTUS.

The late Arizona senator's casket was loaded onto one of the jets known as Air Force 2 -- which is often designated for the VP or First Lady's travel. As you know, 45 will not be attending McCain's service in D.C. ... reportedly because McCain wanted it that way.

Still, Trump announced earlier this week he had greenlit military transport for McCain, saying, "At the request of the McCain family, I have also authorized military transportation of Senator McCain’s remains from Arizona to Washington, D.C., military pallbearers and band support, and a horse and caisson transport during the service at the United States Naval Academy."

Prior to the statement, Trump was being incredibly stubborn on publicly speaking about McCain's passing ... refusing to answer questions about the Senator, and even briefly returning the White House flag to full-staff. It was eventually lowered back to half-staff.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 247mccainonfr; af2; airforce2; donaldtrump; johnmccain; mccain; mccainfuneral; mccainpow; strawberries; trump; trumpmccainfuneral
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To: Songcraft

What a horrible crash. What are the details of that tragedy? Or is it a scene from a movie?


61 posted on 09/01/2018 6:25:16 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (RED ALERT: Vote in November or the 'rats will cripple our President & our Country.)
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To: Drew68

>>PRESIDENT Trump carried himself with dignity while two high-profile funerals took place, McCain’s and Aretha Franklin’s, that devolved into a swamp of Trump-bashing. Everyone involved ought to be ashamed (I won’t blame Aretha Franklin, however. Unlike the Senator, she didn’t actually sit down and plan her funeral to be an unhinged, spittle-drenched hate-fest).<<

Well and truly said!


62 posted on 09/01/2018 6:27:21 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (RED ALERT: Vote in November or the 'rats will cripple our President & our Country.)
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To: libh8er

>> McCain was a small man. Petty, vindictive, mean. Like Hillary he blamed everyone for his defeat except himself.<<

McShame, Kerry, and Shrillery: three peas in a pod.


63 posted on 09/01/2018 6:30:44 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (RED ALERT: Vote in November or the 'rats will cripple our President & our Country.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Agreed, but that works only with a normal corpse. Here we are talking about maverick McCain’s corpse.


64 posted on 09/01/2018 6:31:57 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: cnsmom

>>They should take him back to AZ with them MD has enough liberals.<<

Including our RINO Governor.


65 posted on 09/01/2018 6:33:15 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (RED ALERT: Vote in November or the 'rats will cripple our President & our Country.)
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To: KittenClaws

>I would have authorized an old mule...

I don’t think Pelosi could carry him that far.


66 posted on 09/01/2018 6:35:00 PM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Just kidding.)
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To: maddog55

CNN is making it a series.


67 posted on 09/01/2018 6:40:34 PM PDT by COUNTrecount (If only Harvey Weinstein's bathrobe could talk.)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

The Trump bashing at the maverick’s funeral did not bother me one bit.
Because consider the source!
1. Bush-43 : arguably engineered the 2nd worst foreign policy blunder in US history by invading Iraq, which cost $7 Trillion in middle-east wars so far in addition to blood spilled and injured soldiers. ISIS was impossible under Saddam. Now Iran controls Iraq.
2. Barack Hussein Obama : gave us the worst economy with lowest GDP gains under any president in a century, doubled the national debt, and foisted Obamacare on the country.
3. The Clintons : not enough space here to list their corruption.
4. Democrat senators : can not get over defeat of Hillary by Trump.


68 posted on 09/01/2018 6:46:48 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

I really don't know.   I found that picture by doing a Google image search, and I tried to go back and check the source, but I haven't been able to find the story connected to the picture, just the picture itself (among a variety of other plane crash "gif" pictures).

69 posted on 09/01/2018 6:52:58 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: ClearCase_guy

!
Perfection.


70 posted on 09/01/2018 7:03:23 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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To: All

Here is a partial list of the political leaders invented by the globalist media:

— patriot and maverick John McCain

— dignified John Kerry

— empathetic Bill Clinton

— competent Hillary Clinton

— brilliant Barack Obama

— affable George Bush

— charismatic Justin Trudeau

— forceful Angela Merkel

None of these people actually exists. The names are correct but the image is entirely contrived.

The same can be said of tyrant Donald Trump, bigot Mike Pence and fascist Orban ... none of them exist either.

Cunning Putin, well maybe he exists.


71 posted on 09/01/2018 7:15:29 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (back in Canada, everything seems somehow so metric, must recycle talk later, sorry eh)
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To: Songcraft

What a silly ass post you do know all aboard that cargo plane died at least show them some respect


72 posted on 09/01/2018 7:29:36 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Songcraft

What a silly ass post you do know all aboard that cargo plane died at least show them some respect


73 posted on 09/01/2018 7:29:40 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: libh8er

I would have authorized a prop cargo plane.

To save money to the taxpayer I would have had him shipped UPS Ground, not insured.


USPS after cremation. parcel post.


74 posted on 09/01/2018 7:47:37 PM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house....)
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To: SMGFan; bitt; radu; hoosiermama; NFHale; vette6387; sheik yerbouty; bevperl; ZULU; Howie66; ...

http://redstatewatcher.com/article.asp?id=135650

“CJ Pearson
At most funerals I’ve attended it’s God’s love that fills the room not hate and animus for a person who is not even in attendance.

Disappointed”


75 posted on 09/01/2018 7:58:09 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I think they talked about Trump more than they did McLame.


76 posted on 09/01/2018 8:01:05 PM PDT by luvie (The bravery and dedication of our troops in keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American!)
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To: Morpheus2009
It's pretty sad when you have to "invite" people to your funeral just so somebody will show up. Talk about the height off conceit, and control issues! 😧
77 posted on 09/01/2018 8:11:34 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: ExTexasRedhead; SMGFan; bitt; radu; hoosiermama; vette6387; sheik yerbouty; bevperl; ZULU; ...

“...t’s God’s love that fills the room not hate and animus for a person who is not even in attendance...”

The man lived his life trying to get even and stick it to everyone he had a disagreement with, instead of using his position to do the right thing.

What’s surprising is that there isn’t MORE “animus” towards him.


78 posted on 09/01/2018 8:13:15 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: SMGFan

Good God, have they STILL not buried him??


79 posted on 09/01/2018 8:16:36 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: SMGFan

“Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends.....”


80 posted on 09/01/2018 8:17:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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