# John McCain to resign on 4th of July **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 2, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132 "2018-07-02T02:36:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/61 "2018-07-04T15:48:15Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Pedantic point - she only voted to confirm 2 of 3. > [@RTFirefly](#): > > Being pedantic back atcha ;), she only had the _opportunity_ to vote on 2 of the 3. Ah, yes. Good points. I’m pretty certain should would have voted yes on Garland, but we’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/62 "2018-07-04T16:17:56Z")
McCain was Tweeting [early this morning!](https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/1014499196278398977?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet) And he didn’t say anything about resigning. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/63 "2018-07-04T16:39:47Z")
Looks like HD fell for some FN. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/64 "2018-07-04T16:44:55Z")
Hey now, the day isn’t over yet. If we get this war wrapped up by say 3, 3:30 he may still be able to make an announcement. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/65 "2018-07-04T19:11:02Z")
It’s odd that the “Santa Monica Observer” has a website with the URL smobserve_ **d** _. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/66 "2018-07-05T00:59:47Z")
Well, I just looked at CBC world news and not a word about it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/67 "2018-07-05T01:14:56Z")
[NM] ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/68 "2018-07-05T03:19:47Z")
Hey they didn’t say which year … ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/69 "2018-07-05T07:20:53Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Aw, c’mon, HurricaneDitka, C’MON! You know you’re gonna develop a reputation for the kind of cites you offer up, don’tcha? > > Vet this shit, man! > [@E-DUB](#): > > Looks like HD fell for some FN. I noted all the way back in post #12 that the article might be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/70 "2018-07-05T10:35:01Z")
We should check some of the parallel timelines. Maybe McCain resigned yesterday on one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/71 "2018-07-05T10:41:31Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I noted all the way back in post #12 that the article might be wrong. Nobody is asking you to acknowledge that your cite may be wrong. I’m asking you not to use such profoundly shitty cites in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/72 "2018-07-05T10:45:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > We should check some of the parallel timelines. Maybe McCain resigned yesterday on one of them. It’s the same one where he [endorsed Gary Johnson](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/08/07/news/romney-mccain-bush-other-major-republicans-set-to-endorse-libertarian-gary-johnson-for-president/1713.html) and [questioned Kanye West’s nomination to be Under-Secretary of the Interior](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/12/16/news/kanye-west-appointed-under-secretary-of-the-interior-after-meeting-at-trump-tower/2378.html). ---
**Author:** ![Billy-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/73 "2018-07-05T13:00:55Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > It’s the same one where he [endorsed Gary Johnson](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/08/07/news/romney-mccain-bush-other-major-republicans-set-to-endorse-libertarian-gary-johnson-for-president/1713.html) and [questioned Kanye West’s nomination to be Under-Secretary of the Interior](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/12/16/news/kanye-west-appointed-under-secretary-of-the-interior-after-meeting-at-trump-tower/2378.html). Their top headline this morning is [UFO seen by hundreds during July 4th Fireworks Display in Denver](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/07/04/news/ufo-seen-by-hundreds-during-july-4th-fireworks-display-in-denver-colorado-revisited/3524.html). Clearly, the Santa Monica Observer knows the kind of hard-hitting reportage their readership wants. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/74 "2018-07-05T19:47:07Z")
Well, Scott Pruitt just resigned today so… that’s close? Tweet from the prez: > [@](#): > > I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Within the Agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/75 "2018-07-05T19:56:24Z")
“…and I will always be thankful to him for this.” So will the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/76 "2018-07-05T23:05:46Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Looks like HD fell for some FN. More like actively and purposely spreading it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/77 "2018-07-05T23:27:24Z")
> [@Billy-o](#): > > Their top headline this morning is [UFO seen by hundreds during July 4th Fireworks Display in Denver](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2018/07/04/news/ufo-seen-by-hundreds-during-july-4th-fireworks-display-in-denver-colorado-revisited/3524.html). Clearly, the Santa Monica Observer knows the kind of hard-hitting reportage their readership wants. That’s not news! The fabulous paper that **HurricaneDitka** uses as a reliable source has been reporting on UFOs for years, along with many other marvelous happenings: [Crashed UFO found in Antarctica](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/06/01/science/crashed-ufo-found-in-antarctica-russian-scientist-claims-in-youtube-video/2912.html) [Another UFO crosses over California](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/05/15/science/video-ufo-crosses-sky-over-california-desert-on-wednesday-afternoon-may-3-2017/2875.html) [Saturn’s moon Iapetus was actually built by an ancient civilization](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/05/18/science/saturns-moon-iapetus-revealed-as-an-alien-death-star-starship-cassini-spacecraft/2880.html) [The late musician Prince has returned as a ghost](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/04/23/entertainment/one-year-later-ghost-of-prince-rogers-nelson-haunts-paisley-park-studio/2836.html) [Huge alien spaceship discovered vacuuming water from Saturn’s inner ring](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2017/04/01/science/huge-alien-spaceship-discovered-vacuuming-water-from-saturns-inner-ring/2715.html) [Kanye West Appointed Under-Secretary of the Interior](http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/12/16/news/kanye-west-appointed-under-secretary-of-the-interior-after-meeting-at-trump-tower/2378.html) My favorite is probably the one about vacuuming up Saturn’s inner ring. Q: What kind of vacuum cleaner do you use in the vacuum of outer space? A: It would have to be a really good one, probably one of those expensive Dyson jobs. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/78 "2018-07-05T23:53:56Z")
The Dyson Sphere-O-Vac! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/79 "2018-07-06T04:23:30Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The Dyson Sphere-O-Vac! I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132/80 "2018-07-06T04:34:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The Dyson Sphere-O-Vac! I’m sitting here in awe of this board, where people care about John McCain _and_ Freeman Dyson… and a thread about the U.S. Senate can casually refer to cosmic-scale physics and theoretical xeno-technology. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-to-resign-on-4th-of-july/817132.md?page=5)