Fitz to McCain

[Kali]

http://tucson.com/opinion/local/fitz-an-open-letter-to-sen-john-mccain/article_de76bb8d-8b64-54d9-9e62-8eaa1f5151e5.html

Dear John,

I remember meeting you 30 years ago when you began your career in the Senate, around the same time I was beginning my career at the Arizona Daily Star...

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...As a satirist I want to say thank you for Sarah Palin. We all make mistakes. Unfortunately your mistake paved the way for the Orange One. The irony is Shakespearean that your spawn’s spawn became our worst nightmare. And your arch-enemy.

Sacrifice. Patriotism. Decency. Honor. Your daughter Meghan was right about your virtues. You’re everything our commander in chief is not.

During your 2008 presidential run I was dazzled by an amazing redemptive act: You called out a fatuous bigot for insulting your opponent during a nationally televised town hall. “No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man. …” Such audacity. Asserting your foe, Barack Obama, was a good citizen was a stunning moment of decency so rare it should rest in a holy reliquary in the National Archives.

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[Ptah]

1. I have liked Fitz for a long time.

Edited to add link to his profile: https://tucson.com/users/profile/david%20fitzsimmons/

[Kali]

2. I am always a little proud and tickled when his cartoons get posted here along with

other big nationally known comics.

[Ptah]

3. Like seeing Linda Ronstadt.

Or Dusty Chaps.