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rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
14. McCain to me was a mixed bag.
Tue Sep 4, 2018, 03:00 AM
Sep 2018

It seemed he had scruples earlier in his career, but politics became more important even after the 2004 South Carolina hit job on him by Rove. It was on his adopted daughter, during the primaries.

So I watched McCain speak at the 2004 Republican Convention go after Michael Moore who was there. The Republicans love to hate, so McCain got them on his side. He ended up by embracing Bush, even after what they did to his family. McCain had lost respect from me then. The angry guy was willing to do anything to keep Republicans elected.

He ran in 2008 and I thought he had the best chance to win out of the clowns. I thought if he picked Joe Lieberman as his running mate that we could be in trouble. Wasn’t it during that race he did a commercial saying something like, Build this damn wall. He didn’t believe it. He had lost his scruples. He would do anything to win, and thank God he picked Sarah.

So maybe the thumbs down vote was good. It was good. People die without health insurance and it may be the greatest vote of his life.

I have thought that the reason that Obama took up up healthcare was a moral reason. I think of him as a good person who saw probably the biggest crisis here, and went through this exhaustive solution to it. McCain gave the thumbs down vote.

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
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