RIP John McCain

[dramamama611]

I may not have agreed with your politics, but your love of this country was never in doubt.

Thank you.

[BroadwayRox3588]

He made our country a better place. His politics will never overshadow his heroism, courage, and integrity.

[adamgreer]

A man I rarely agreed with politically, but he served his country with honor and integrity. There aren’t enough John McCains left in politics anymore.

He’ll be remembered for many things, but for me, I’ll alsays remember the town hall meeting where he took the microphone away from the woman who said Barack Obama was “an Arab” and then defended his opponent by calling him “a decent man.”

Prayers to his family.

[javero]

On balance, he was a great man.

[UncleCharlie]

A giant of politics, an American hero and one of the last cornerstones and decent, caring members of the GOP before the party went batsh!t insane.

[adamgreer]

And President Loco has reportedly repeatedly rejected his staff’s attempts to issue an official White House statement honoring McCain’s military service and heroism.

Low, even by his standards.

[A Director]

I doubt President Loco has standards.

 

[adamgreer]

President Loco also returned the flags to full staff this morning.  Couldn't be bothered to keep them at half staff through the funeral.  Truly a sick, vile, petty excuse for a man.

[Armie3]

Is it bad form to mention Sarah Palin in a thread like this?

[Roscoe]

It's in bad taste to do anything but claim John McCain as the greatest human being ever to walk the earth.

Let the Republicans have their fun while they can.  It'll be a long time before another Republican gets this kind of posthumous acclaim.

 

[Mister Matt]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/27/politics/john-mccain-kelli-ward-arizona-senate-gop-primary/index.html

[South Florida]

[Cat Guy]

I served on active duty in the U.S. Navy at the time John McCain was a POW.  We worried about his safety, and cheered when he was released.  His politics may seldom have been mine, but he remains one of my heroes.  He was a good and honorable man.

[kdogg36]

Roscoe said: "It's in bad taste to do anything but claim John McCain as the greatest human being ever to walk the earth."

Then I’ll go ahead and remind everyone that, had McCain been elected, we wouldn’t have marriage equality now. I’ll add to that the following, from Medhi Hasan: 

?Even if you discount the fact that McCain once publicly dismissed his wife as a “****.” Or that he referred to two of his fellow Republican senators as a “****ing jerk” and an “asshole.” Or that he mocked Chelsea Clinton, then a teenager, as “ugly.” Or that he refused to apologize for calling his Vietnamese captors “gooks.” Or that he slammed anti-war protesters as “low-life scum.”

?Ignore all of that and you’re still left with his hate-mongering, race-baiting, Trump-precursing 2008 presidential campaign — against the first black Democratic nominee for the White House. How have the vitriol and smears of a decade ago been so easily forgotten by his eulogizers? So casually consigned to the media memory hole?’

DING DONG. 

[SmoothLover]

The man had a lot of integrity. And thank goodness he voted thumbs down on that health care bill.

[John Adams]

kdogg36 said: "[...] I’ll go ahead and remind everyone that, had McCain been elected, we wouldn’t have marriage equality now. I’ll add to that the following, from Medhi Hasan:
'[...]How have the vitriol and smears of a decade ago been so easily forgotten by his eulogizers?’"

It seems obvious that they have not been forgotten, at least by some.

For others, like me, it is possible to recognize that the word "vitriol" seems hyperbolic, and that I don't have to agree with with every viewpoint the man stood for (politically). I can recognize that although I don't (didn't) agree with all of his convictions, his actions came from a place of genuine love for his country and a desire to serve its citizens to the best of his ability.

SmoothLover used the word, "integrity". I believe that is accurate. I can find, and choose to acknowledge in his memory, many of the man's qualities and viewpoints where he and I were compatible, including his action to immediately and publicly shut down a false (and quite frankly, offensive) perception of Obama's heritage during the campaign.

...and there's also the SNL spoof (God Bless Barbra Streisand, and God Bless Senator McCain)!

[Cat Guy]

Renee Fleming's "Farewell" to John McCain.