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BamaRefugee

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5. Does this mean we can now tell the truth about this guy and not get slammed here?

Reply to Power 2 the People (Original post)

Mon Sep 3, 2018, 04:55 PM

Sep 2018

Man, the way DUers were wailing and gnashing their teeth at his death, I can't imagine the heights that will be reached when Bush and Cheney meet their maker.
I don't get it.

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A more sobering look at John McCain's legacy [View all] Power 2 the People Sep 2018 OP

Thanks. elleng Sep 2018 #1

I have also read some less than flattering reports about his life. pennylane100 Sep 2018 #2

I remember being disgusted with McCain's "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb.... yuiyoshida Sep 2018 #3

Brian was the only Democrat but the other three living members are all Fox News right wingers Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #11

was not a fan when he was alive.. jodymarie aimee Sep 2018 #4

Does this mean we can now tell the truth about this guy and not get slammed here? BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #5

SHORT AND SWEET: all he ever really did is CURATE HIS IMAGE. Name one thing he proposed and passed.. BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #6

I agree with you. I just stayed away from McCain threads those days and kept mucifer Sep 2018 #7

me too basically, amazing that on a Democratic forum we are forced to stay silent about a Republican BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #8

I didn't feel forced. I just didn't feel right to bring it all up between his death and the burial. mucifer Sep 2018 #9

I witnessed some nasty responses, name calling elmac Sep 2018 #10

He did champion and pass the McCain-Feingold Campaign finance reform taking money out of poltics. Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #12

yep, do McCain-Feingold, then vote FOR the confirmation of BamaRefugee Sep 2018 #13

McCain to me was a mixed bag. rusty quoin Sep 2018 #14

Correct Rusty. He did whatever it took to stay in power. Self preservation was his main motivator. Power 2 the People Sep 2018 #16

I don't mind that eulogies after McCain's death omitted the negative aspects of his life. Nitram Sep 2018 #15