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Instead of Criticizing McCain, Trump Should Embrace Kindness, Humility
The Daily Signal ^ | March 21, 2019 | Cal Thomas

Posted on 03/22/2019 4:41:39 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

President Donald Trump made a rare appearance at a church last Sunday. It’s a safe bet the sermon was not based on Proverbs 15:1—”A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” If it was, it didn’t appear to have much effect.

Before and after church, the president engaged in a tweet storm that insulted several people, including the late Sen. John McCain.

Trump accuses McCain of being complicit in the leak of the Steele dossier, a private intelligence report compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele for the political research firm Fusion GPS, which, among other things, alleges that in Moscow Donald Trump booked ” … the presidential suite of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, where he knew President and Michelle Obama (whom he hated) had stayed on one of their official trips to Russia,” and, while in the company of prostitutes, defiled the bed.

According to Newsweek, ” … major parts of the dossier have been verified by subsequent investigations into Russian election meddling.” Trump’s behavior at the Ritz Carlton in Moscow, however, remains unverified.

The president referred to McCain as “last in his class at Annapolis.” This was too much for McCain’s daughter, Meghan, who said on “The View” that the president is leading “a pathetic life,” adding, “He spends his weekend obsessing over great men, because he knows it, and I know it, and all of you know it, he will never be a great man.”

This is the problem with insults and anger. They invite similar responses. Nothing is affected by harshness, except a general degrading of the office and of the people who shoot rhetorical arrows at others.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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To: high info voter

Trump is doing great things for our country. John....a warrior, and a loser who was deep into driving out our president. Dead or alive, he IS a stain.


61 posted on 03/22/2019 5:41:03 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day.)
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To: Flag_This
...to see them driven before him and to hear the lamentations of their multi-gendered partners.

LOL.

62 posted on 03/22/2019 5:41:47 AM PDT by KevinB (If I'm ever arrested, I'm switching parties.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

The loser McCain who in a fit of temper got shot down in Vietnam, was a conspirator in the plot to overthrow the presidency.


63 posted on 03/22/2019 5:42:09 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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To: richardtavor
What McCain did to the wives of those MIA in Vietnam was reprehensible.

Unforgivable.

64 posted on 03/22/2019 5:42:53 AM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true....

— Donald J. Trump


65 posted on 03/22/2019 5:44:07 AM PDT by Delta 21
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It would not be right to lie about the harms McNoName brought to the country. Yes he served our country, but not all of his service was honorable - especially his post-military career. Political Correctness is a lie to start with, and “not speaking ill of the dead” can only go so far.


66 posted on 03/22/2019 5:44:24 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

He writes that major parts of the dossier have been verified? How despicable.


67 posted on 03/22/2019 5:48:35 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: Bookshelf

For the first time in many decades, we have a President who calls it the way it is. I for one am enjoying this. Being a veteran, I have always viewed McCain as part of the fifth column here. Sorry if that bothers anyone.


68 posted on 03/22/2019 5:51:16 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Trump knows what McCain did to to him with the fake dossier.
Working with the democrats and undermining the country.
I would be upset too.


69 posted on 03/22/2019 5:53:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (My sister said the only thing that did not was the clock. GE has spare parts)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

President Trump should continue to criticize Senator McCain’s misdeeds, always with a factual basis. But he should not criticize the man. Not because McCain doesn’t deserve it. Because criticizing the man gives the maniacs an excuse to glorify and sanitize the POW and military service experiences of McCain.


70 posted on 03/22/2019 5:55:46 AM PDT by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
You mean like GWB did? Yeah, cowardly wouldn’t look good on PDJT, we’ll take him like he is, scars and all.
71 posted on 03/22/2019 5:55:48 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

No. Trump knows exactly what he is doing and why.


72 posted on 03/22/2019 5:55:53 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Cal is exposing himself. So many have been exposed by Trump, now another one.


73 posted on 03/22/2019 5:58:48 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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To: dsc

This is the new narrative that is being pushed about Trump. Don’t buy into it. They want to deflect the horrible things and hatred of McCain onto Trump. I think we need to investigate everything about McCain he has decades of corruption to uncover.


74 posted on 03/22/2019 6:03:15 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I get that complaining about someone who is dead and no longer has the ability to take back the stupid thing they did is regarded as pointless. The problem is that Trump is still dealing with McCain’s crap. I wouldn’t doubt that McCain died with a smile on his face because of it.

There is such a thing as venting, and the fact remains that to some degree this whole long drawn-out thing that has cost the taxpayers millions if not billions in addition to a tremendous amount of social cohesiveness is McCain’s fault. There is nothing that you can do to him because he is dead, but this is still his fault. The absolute only good that can come out of this is to learn from the mistakes of the past so you don’t repeat them in the future. You cannot do that if you are muzzled and can’t complain about the stupid thing someone did because they are dead.


75 posted on 03/22/2019 6:04:26 AM PDT by BlackAdderess (The media lies, the taxes for my working class self are lower this year. Thank you POTUS Trump!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

John McPain ran, campaigned, on getting rid of ObamaDOESNTcare. But then when he had the opportunity to vote to get rid of it as it is, he didn’t do that. I have no respect for him, dead or alive. 5 or our kids have no health insurance. Too expensive. Sure you can force a company to provide health insurance, but they can make your co pay that you pay for having the insurance however high they want it. For our daughter it ws going to be $2K a month. They only made about $5K a month. THey couldn’t afford it. Then there was the annual deduction and the co pay for each office visit/medical procedure/drug. Co pay on drugs varies wildly, even with insurance. Our other son hasn’t had health insurance since ObamaCare started. He is 34, single and healthy. They wanted him to py $244 a month for California health insurance on their ObamaCare exchanges. His policy HAD to cover birth control pills, maternity, pediatric.... he is a SINGLE MAN.

I have no respect for the late McPain. Maybe he suffered brain damage.


76 posted on 03/22/2019 6:06:41 AM PDT by buffyt (Pokie Haunt Us Warrior and Alexandria Pistachio Kotex....)
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To: richardtavor

Cal Thomas also wrote an article during CLinton reign of terror part 1, titled, In the election the truth will out. Well some of it did come out, not nearly enough, and Clinton was re-erected. Cal doesn’t always get it right..

Keating 5, should still be in prison.


77 posted on 03/22/2019 6:09:26 AM PDT by buffyt (Pokie Haunt Us Warrior and Alexandria Pistachio Kotex....)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We elected a man.

An actual man with balls.

America has enemies that need total, crushing defeat. John McCain was one of those enemies. There are many more.

So either strap on your plastic nut sack, or go away, Little Girly Cal.


78 posted on 03/22/2019 6:11:14 AM PDT by chris37 (No wall? No vote.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Call Thomas — chief virtue signaler in chief who lectures mostly Republicsns.


79 posted on 03/22/2019 6:11:30 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adical Islam,)
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To: dsc

A BIG Bump to that!


80 posted on 03/22/2019 6:11:35 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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