John McCain is Dead

[♪alt13]

Huh? Where in my post did I offer to debate gun control? You should probably try reading my post again. Or are you merely trying to troll in a thread about the unfortunate death of one of the most recognized and respected senators in the history of the country?

Whoever you are talking to must be on my ignore list

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

McCain was trash

 

[Zombie]

McCain was trash

Compared to what makes up the GOP these days he was pretty great. That says more about what a dumpster fire the Republican party is than anything though.

Honestly, outside of saving Obamacare last year I can't think of anything he did as a politician I agreed with. Still though, if the Republican party was made up solely of McCains we'd be better off as a country. For that alone he'll be missed. Not as a politician who accomplished great things, but as an adversary you could respect, someone who at least in his own mind had the best interests of his country at heart.

 

[Zombie]

I saw on Twitter someone said something along the lines that their sadness from his passing has less to do with what he did, and more to do with what we are left with now that he's gone. He may truly have been the last nationally prominent Republican worthy of respect.

 

[addictionary]

Met him once in DC. He was surprisingly short and had a lot of charisma.

RIP Maverick.

Short people tend to have bigger balls, figuratively speaking.

 

[colton]

RIP Senator McCain. I'm glad I voted for you.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Wow... they certainly don’t make them like McCain anymore.

Kelli Ward suggested Saturday that the statement issued Friday by U.S. Sen. John McCain's family about ending treatment for brain cancer was intended to hurt her U.S. Senate campaign

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https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...nt-ending-treatment-timed-hurt-her/1100267002

 

[Deleted member 365]

Whoever you are talking to must be on my ignore list

Yeah, I will probably put he/she on mine as well. Much easier to block the idiotic trolls than to sift through reading their garbage and be provoked when they quote you making wild accusations. Some people are just desperate for attention, I guess.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Some great reading at the Wash Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...7793c0-a8cd-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

 

[Siro]

Whoever you are talking to must be on my ignore list

It's the poster formerly known as Hack. Now called Gas.

 

[Red]

Some great reading at the Wash Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...7793c0-a8cd-11e8-97ce-cc9042272f07_story.html

For those who can't get past the paywall at the Washington Post, here's the same article by Max Boot:

https://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/mccain-leaves-the-stage-when-us-needs-him-most-1.2270973

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Compared to what makes up the GOP these days he was pretty great. That says more about what a dumpster fire the Republican party is than anything though.

Honestly, outside of saving Obamacare last year I can't think of anything he did as a politician I agreed with. Still though, if the Republican party was made up solely of McCains we'd be better off as a country. For that alone he'll be missed. Not as a politician who accomplished great things, but as an adversary you could respect, someone who at least in his own mind had the best interests of his country at heart.

He's been one of the key figures in the military industrial complex. The dude is a warmonger