Bat Boy.
Coulda been worse. Coulda been “Womp, womp.”
Not only could Trump never write anything like this, if he read it, he wouldn’t have the slightest clue what it meant.
“Almighty, Lord of Hosts, Eternal…”
“Yeah, yeah, skip all that, what do you want, Gabe?”
“Well, its a prayer, Lord. From Donald Trump.”
“You’re shitting me.”
About halfway through, he would probably figure out that it was not going to have his name in it, so, b o r I n g.
Hearts? I demand proof!
Sorry McCain died, and I’m glad he was a thorn in Chump’s side, but at the end of the day was still a fucking Republican.
You know, if you’re going to have a two-party system, you’re always going to have one party you do’t like, and if you’s going to have one party you don’t like, it might as well have people like John McCain in it.
Not so actually. From the 1950s - 1970s, plenty of folk split their ticket, i.e. voted for different parties on different ballots.
Right. The present polarization is way off the charts. There used to be such things as Liberal Republicans and Conservative Democrats, but no more. McCain was a relic of those days.
“Both sides suck” dead-enders notwithstanding, there actually WAS a time in my lifetime when both parties were basically the same, with minor differences in policy. Both Republicans and Democrats once had a full spectrum of political views…both had conservative, moderate and liberal wings. The political osmosis didn’t really start until the 60s. The Civil and Voting Rights Acts triggered the splitting of the Democratic Party, and the filtering is almost done. 99% of the liberals are Democrats (or Greens, or Independents) now, and 99.999% of “conservatives” are Republicans. There are almost certainly more Republican liberals with their eyes screwed shut desperately believing their party is still their grandfather’s GOP than the other way around.
Because there were decent people on both sides - people like McCain.
Condolences from 4 former Presidents:
George W Bush: [indent] “Some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. Some voices are so vibrant, it is hard to think of them stilled. John McCain was a man of deep conviction and a patriot of the highest order. He was a public servant in the finest traditions of our country. And to me, he was a friend whom I’ll deeply miss. Laura and I send our heartfelt sympathies to Cindy and the entire McCain family, and our thanks to God for the life of John McCain.” [/indent]
Bill Clinton: [indent] “Senator John McCain believed that every citizen has a responsibility to make something of the freedoms given by our Constitution, and from his heroic service in the Navy to his 35 years in Congress, he lived by his creed every day. He was a skilled, tough politician, as well as a trusted colleague alongside whom Hillary was honored to serve in the Senate. He frequently put partisanship aside to do what he thought was best for the country, and was never afraid to break the mold if it was the right thing to do. I will always be especially grateful for his leadership in our successful efforts to normalize relations with Vietnam. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Cindy, his mother, Roberta, his children, and his entire family.” [/indent]
George HW Bush: [indent] “John McCain was a patriot of the highest order, a public servant of rarest courage, Few sacrificed more for, or contributed more to, the welfare of his fellow citizens — and indeed, freedom loving peoples around the world.”
"Another American maverick and warrior, General George Patton, once observed: ‘We should thank God that men such as these have lived,’” he continued. “To that I can only add my gratitude to John’s wife Cindy, his wonderful family, and the people of Arizona who permitted this great and good man to serve with such distinction in the world’s greatest deliberative body.” [/indent]
Jimmy Carter: [indent] “John McCain was a man of honor, a true patriot in the best sense of the word. Americans will be forever grateful for his heroic military service and for his steadfast integrity as a member of the United States Senate. Rosalynn and I extend our sincere condolences to Senator McCain’s family and to the people of Arizona whom he represented so forthrightly for so many years.” [/indent]
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/08/26/us/ap-us-obit-mccain-reaction.html
You don’t get to go along with what the republican party has become and still claim to be decent. There hasn’t been a decent republican since 2010. It’s the same principle as when a rally with 100 people has 5 people waving nazi flags, and this means all 100 are nazis. You are complicit, you are responsible.
Wait, does that mean Trump has one? Of his own, I mean, not bought at a butcher’s.
As I recall, that is how he spells “hard-on”.
So you’re saying he should have gone over to the Democrats, or quit politics? How would that have made the Republican party better? The Republicans are not going away. They can get better, they can get worse, they can even change their name, but they’ll always be here. Same thing with the Democrats. You’re stuck with them both, which means that it’s a net benefit for everyone if they both have good people.
Yes, he absolutely should have caucused with the dems. Or quit, if he can’t stomach that. You don’t get to work with the nazis, vote with the nazis 90+% of the time, and then expect to be called a good person because you were better than the average. Fuck that noise.
The Myth of John McCain.
A maverick up until the actual vote. He voted to confirm all the “best men/DeVos” morons, grifters, racists, and sycophants put forth by Agent Orange. Rand Paul takes over the maverick mantle - he’s more easily bought. Iraqis probably don’t share many of the thoughts expressed above (0% of the million+ dead ones).
No, you don’t work with Nazis. You kill Nazis. So either you’re in favor of killing all the Republicans, or you have to accept their existence.
If you want the U.S. to be a democracy, you have to accept one of the basic rules of democracy: you don’t get to pick your opposition.