John McCain Dead at 81

[RallyMo]

12 hours ago, yvangelfan said:

We might get a national holiday out of this

It may be well deserved due to his hawkishness, but I seriously doubt that Russia will have a national holiday over this.

[UndertheHalo]

Last one I’ll post here.  This is a really great article on McCain from his home state. 

 

[Adam]

He helped make a few people very rich and sent many more to their deaths. The world is safer now

[Tank]

this gives insight into mccain's time in the hanoi hilton. i'd never heard some of this before. pretty eye-opening and inspiring.

[ten ocho recon scout]

19 hours ago, Rico said:

 

Lmao!

[Adam]

[Rico]

 

[mtangelsfan]

Wait, politicians being disingenuous? 

 

Alert the press!

[Taylor]

On 8/26/2018 at 1:04 AM, Rico said:

 

I bet YV was disappointed when her favorite program was interrupted by the John McCain death announcement.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

An excerpt from McCain's final book.

[the dude abides]

I'm really starting to dig this guy now.  Some more trolling from the grave:

Palin not invited to McCain's funeral: report

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/404220-palin-not-invited-to-mccain-funeral-services-report

 

[mtangelsfan]

Meh, Trump I get but this seems petty 

[Rico]

4 hours ago, the dude abides said:

I'm really starting to dig this guy now.  Some more trolling from the grave:

Palin not invited to McCain's funeral: report

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/404220-palin-not-invited-to-mccain-funeral-services-report

 

She can see it from her backyard. 

[the dude abides]

7 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

Meh, Trump I get but this seems petty 

Petty, yet mavericky.

 

[Pujols4MVP]

If McCain managed to spend his career being disliked by alot of the GOP & DNC then you know he was doing something right. I wish a million mavericks would appear in both parties.

In all seriousness he was never a moderate but he was never a partisan conservative either, he was very fiscally conservative most of the time, especially standing against pork barrel spending & those bridges to nowhere. Keating 5 taught how wrong lobbyists were etc.

He moved to the right on social issues when it came time for presidential elections, but if GOP wasn't so religious i'd imagine he'd move to the center on social issues.

[Pujols4MVP]

If McCain had won in 2008, we'd never see a Trump presidency & we'd probably still see a Obama presidency & possibly a Hillary one.

If McCain had managed to win & got re-elected his VP would be the next GOP nominee in 2016 & that means no Trump.

[Spirit]

8 hours ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

If McCain had won in 2008, we'd never see a Trump presidency & we'd probably still see a Obama presidency & possibly a Hillary one.

If McCain had managed to win & got re-elected his VP would be the next GOP nominee in 2016 & that means no Trump.

 

Yeah ... we'd get Palin instead.

Wheeeeee!!!

 

 

[RallyMo]

On 8/29/2018 at 7:31 PM, yvangelfan said:

They had to make room for Robert Mueller.

Is today the day of your celebration in Russia that you were talking about earlier?

[Pujols4MVP]

14 hours ago, Geoff said:

 

Yeah ... we'd get Palin instead.

Wheeeeee!!!

 

 

Palin wouldn't win imo.

[the dude abides]

Just now, Scioscia4MVP said:

Palin wouldn't win imo.

That's what I said about the current idiot in the White House.

[fan_since79]

The most amazing thing about McCain's funeral is his mother will attend. She is 106 years old and still in decent shape.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2018 by fan_since79

[fan_since79]

She did have a small stroke recently which has slowed her down, but she was there to honor her son.

[Pujols4MVP]

John McCain = Ross Poldark in Poldark on BBC. Basicly the same story, war veteran that comes home & see's the world has changed & runs for poltical office & is a total maverick to the establishment. Warleggan in the show = Trump.

 

[Lhalo]

Lol at being a “maverick.” The dude was the establishment.

Edited August 31, 2018 by Lhalo

[fan_since79]

6 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

Lol at being a “maverick.” The dude was an establishment hack. 

But he was far from being a conservative, and he hated Trump.

I think the "maverick" label was due to his constant readiness to cross the aisle and basically cave to Democrats. Conservatives hated him for that. Of course, the Democrats and the media applied the label in a positive way. They loved him.

Edited August 31, 2018 by fan_since79