Conquer Club

HitRed wrote:I'm mixed on him.

Airman 100%


In Congress was he a Republican that was a Democrat or a Democrat that was a Republican?

Congressional Record. Even on military issues I could never guess where he was going to land.


Your family did great things for your nation. Thank you for your service.

HitRed

In mid-1968, his father John S. McCain Jr. was named commander of all U.S. forces in the Vietnam theater, and the North Vietnamese offered McCain early release[45] because they wanted to appear merciful for propaganda purposes,[46] and also to show other POWs that elite prisoners were willing to be treated preferentially.[45] McCain refused repatriation unless every man taken in before him was also released. Such early release was prohibited by the POWs' interpretation of the military Code of Conduct which states in Article III: "I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy".[47] To prevent the enemy from using prisoners for propaganda, officers were to agree to be released in the order in which they were captured.[36]

armati wrote:My apologies, I didnt realize this was the "hooray for the gung ho kill a commie for christ" thread and the other one is the "f the lucifarian psychopath" thread? My bad.

the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it- Albert Einstein

armati wrote:this one is titled j mccain, I read it and posted.

I did see the other one after this one,
as usual, patches sees things for what it is.

I really do hope the guy boils in excrement for a thousand years, and his buds along with him.

And indeed, for much of his career (and particularly after his 2000 presidential bid), the media played a willing role in helping McCain to craft his reputation as a political “maverick” and honorable statesman. There’s a simple reason for this, apart from his status as a war hero: McCain was always willing to give the media access, the thing it craves above all.

For this, he was rewarded with a shower of appreciation for doing the bare-ass minimum, such as when he shot down supporters at a town hall in 2008 who attacked then-Senator Barack Obama. (Even that incident is more complicated than you might remember.) And no one appreciated the media’s desire for a drama-filled narrative more than McCain himself; when the GOP nearly repealed the Affordable Care Act last year, he concealed his position until the moment he actually cast his vote. And before he voted to help sink the bill, he told reporters: “Watch the show.” The “show” was healthcare coverage for 22 million people.

Of course, McCain’s willingness to do that bare-ass minimum, rare as it was, did set him apart from his Republican colleagues at times. He bucked his party after 9/11 by opposing the use of torture; in one of the last major votes of his life, he urged the Senate to reject the confirmation of CIA director Gina Haspel, who oversaw torture.

HitRed wrote:Congressional Record, I could never guess where he was going to land.

armati wrote:
Let’s just hope Mr. McCain is replaced by someone that will have a moral compass that places peace ahead of strident militarism.

armati wrote:".......replaced by someone that will have a moral compass that places peace ahead of strident militarism."

"hahahahaha.... good luck with that." a laughable sentiment mookiemcgee?

I hope not, that would be condemning the world to war until were all dead.
Which could be the case.

Out of interest, that Doctor is American, born raised, educated, worked, raised his family and retired there, southern states I think.

Neoteny wrote:John McCain's tumor has done more for working class people than the Democrats ever have.

Neoteny wrote:McCain's is a story of doing the bare minimum to be not be perceived as a monster, and how the media and Democrats lapped it up like dogs.

https://splinternews.com/the-myth-of-jo ... 1828587230

And indeed, for much of his career (and particularly after his 2000 presidential bid), the media played a willing role in helping McCain to craft his reputation as a political “maverick” and honorable statesman. There’s a simple reason for this, apart from his status as a war hero: McCain was always willing to give the media access, the thing it craves above all.

For this, he was rewarded with a shower of appreciation for doing the bare-ass minimum, such as when he shot down supporters at a town hall in 2008 who attacked then-Senator Barack Obama. (Even that incident is more complicated than you might remember.) And no one appreciated the media’s desire for a drama-filled narrative more than McCain himself; when the GOP nearly repealed the Affordable Care Act last year, he concealed his position until the moment he actually cast his vote. And before he voted to help sink the bill, he told reporters: “Watch the show.” The “show” was healthcare coverage for 22 million people.

Of course, McCain’s willingness to do that bare-ass minimum, rare as it was, did set him apart from his Republican colleagues at times. He bucked his party after 9/11 by opposing the use of torture; in one of the last major votes of his life, he urged the Senate to reject the confirmation of CIA director Gina Haspel, who oversaw torture.

The rest of the article goes on to discuss when he wasn't doing the minimum, and more often than not he fit right back in with the rest of the ghouls in his party.