Sunday, August 26, 2018

John McCain Passed Away!

John McCain passes away. Congress and Donald Trump react.
Outpouring of love and sympathy for the former 2008 Republican presidential nominee.

John McCain, the U.S. senator from Arizona has passed away.

Cindy and Meghan McCain broke the news to the world.


The death has gotten world leaders to respond. John Sidney McCain III was pronounced dead at 4:30 EST.

Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Mitt Romney, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and others respond to his passing. The former presidents and our current imbecile react to the death.

Obama and George W. Bush will deliver eulogies in regards to McCain's pending burial. Pence is invited to attend. Unfortunately, McCain doesn't want Trump or any of his family members at the services.

The feud between them ends on a nasty note. Yesterday Trump was scrutinized for not mentioning McCain in his statements at the Ohio Republican Party Dinner. Trump came to congratulate Representative-elect Troy Balderson (R-OH) for his narrow victory.

Trump who is dealing with back to back blows is doing damage control by at least acknowledging McCain's passing through a tweet.

Along with Trump came Mike Pence, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Sarah Palin, Lindsey Graham, Justin Trudeau, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and many others.

McCain's fiercest critics at least said a few kind words. Tomi Lahren, Kelli Ward, Mark Levin and Sean "Softball" Hannity managed to at least get their heads out Trump's ass to send their phony condolences.


The politicos and agitators all show their sympathy. Some are really truthful while others aren't so truthful. Both sides agree that McCain was a hero and deserves the respect that he was owed.

McCain, who has died at the age of 81, was a naval bomber pilot, prisoner of war, conservative maverick, giant of the Senate, twice-defeated presidential candidate and an abrasive American hero with a twinkle in his eye.

"It's been quite a ride. I've known great passions, seen amazing wonders, fought in a war, and helped make peace," McCain wrote. "I've lived very well and I've been deprived of all comforts. I've been as lonely as a person can be and I've enjoyed the company of heroes. I've suffered the deepest despair and experienced the highest exultation.

"I made a small place for myself in the story of America and the history of my times."
McCain had not been in Washington since December, leaving a vacuum in the corridors of the Senate and the television news studios he roamed for decades.

In recent months, he was not completely quiet, however, blasting President Donald Trump in a series of tweets and statements that showed that while he was ailing he had lost none of his appetite for the political fight.

The Arizona Senator repeatedly made clear that he saw Trump and his America First ideology as a departure from the values and traditions of global leadership that he saw epitomized in the United States.

McCain had been planning his funeral services over the last year and his family made clear that Trump is not invited, a position that has not changed, two family friends said Saturday. Former rivals and Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush were asked to give eulogies, people close to both former presidents and a source close to the senator told CNN earlier this year.

McCain's two losing presidential campaigns meant he fell short of the ultimate political prize, one his story once seemed to promise after he came home from Vietnam and caught the political bug. In the end, he became a scourge of presidents rather than President himself.

McCain leaves behind his wife Cindy, his former wife Carol, his mother Roberta, his seven children including daytime host Meghan McCain and military officer John McCain IV.

Again, McCain was a man of faults. He was a Republican through and through. He bucked the party on occasions whenever the time was right. Even though he got on Barack Obama's nerves during the presidential race and his time in the White House, Obama came to respect a man who fought hard for his accomplishments.

A man who made you laugh, think and also understand.

McCain, you may of been the wrong candidate for president, but at least you were the right man for the Senate.

I don't want to say much other than his death will be discussed on television and radio. So prepare for the week of tributes and programs devoted to McCain.

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