Will The Orange Fucktard Be Able To Control Himself?

[Seraphina]

I admired Sen. McCain even though I didn't agree with a lot of his politics, including his view that Roe v. Wade should be overturned.

Been listening to tributes on NPR today and usually I can't stand extended tributes; they are just too boring and repetitive. But I didn't get bored listening to McCain's tributes today.

It beggars belief that a venal grifter is allowed to sit in the White House and dictate that its flag fly at full staff after McCain's death.

Fun facts:
McCain graduated near the bottom of his Naval Academy class.
His mom is still alive and kicking at 106.

-Teresa

When Trump croaks they should have fireworks at the Whitehouse!

...while playing Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead on an endless loop!

-Teresa

[KevinM1]

I feel that much of McCain's reputation for being a maverick was overblown. While he never operated with the utter disdain for the opposition party as, say, Mitch McConnell currently does, he essentially voted down party lines for the last 20 or so years (I feel his most recent Obamacare vote was more of a middle finger to Trump than any ideological division from his party... I mean, his reasoning was about following Senate procedure).

His service - both military and political - should be honored, but I don't see him as some sort of American champion of grand ideals. Not when he eagerly got swept up in neo-con bullshit, or towards the end when he did fuckall about his party catering to, and becoming infested with, alt-right assholes.

[CapnAwesome]

I feel that much of McCain's reputation for being a maverick was overblown. While he never operated with the utter disdain for the opposition party as, say, Mitch McConnell currently does, he essentially voted down party lines for the last 20 or so years (I feel his most recent Obamacare vote was more of a middle finger to Trump than any ideological division from his party... I mean, his reasoning was about following Senate procedure).

His service - both military and political - should be honored, but I don't see him as some sort of American champion of grand ideals. Not when he eagerly got swept up in neo-con bullshit, or towards the end when he did fuckall about his party catering to, and becoming infested with, alt-right assholes.

Well they did do a survey of votes by senators, and McCain crossed party lines with votes the third most of any republican, behind a couple of NE republican, who are always moderate. Considering that he's was from one of the most conservative states, I'm not sure how the reputation is undeserved.

He would of been a terrible president though. I shudder at the thought of McCains foreign policy.

It's hard to knock on his personal biography though. He stayed in captivity because the Vietnamese wouldn't release other prisoners first as per the Geneva convention. That took major balls and courage.

Btw, I am in total shock that John McCains mother is still alive. Holy fuck.

[Anomalocaris]

Just because the republicans senators are mostly a lunatic fringe of hyper-partisan rabid attack dogs who would rather embrace an outright traitor than the majority of their countrymen, that does not make one slightly less rabid member “sane” or “moderate”.

[Silver]

What is in one's nature cannot be changed. It is the idea that we can change anyone that is insane.

[Anomalocaris]

What is in one's nature cannot be changed.  It is the idea that we can change anyone that is insane.

Sure it can. Put the orange baboon and his republican cronies into padded cells permanently, and their nature changes from “destructive to everything that matters” to “harmless to everything that matters”.