late entrant for the 'worst mccain take'
Just as 9/11/01 galvanized a generation of young people perhaps 9/1/18 (the date of McCain’s funeral) will be the inspiration for another generation of Americans to eschew tribalism and seek common ground in defense of overarching values. https://t.co/bFYb7UZqMU— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) September 3, 2018
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
is the sentiment really that galling tbh
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
I think my biggest takeaway over the past week has been that McCain's talent as an accidental cult leader went sadly unrecognized in his lifetime. It's really been something to behold.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:33 (five years ago) link
...
yes?
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
oh well carry on so
― lee guacamole (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:36 (five years ago) link
*doffs cap, continues posting*
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:39 (five years ago) link
Just as 9/11/01 galvanized a generationU outta touch lady, the leader describes that as “a tiny period of time with a bullhorn.”
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:40 (five years ago) link
Perhaps she’s right tho and it’s better to remember it as “the battle of little bullhorn” in which we rode hard for george custer bush.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:41 (five years ago) link
this is never gonna end huh
As McCain (R-Ariz.) ascends to heaven on an updraft of praise, Trump’s political hell on Earth will burn hotter. Through the wall-to-wall coverage of McCain’s life, and his memorial and burial that will take place over the next few days, Trump will become a bystander as our nation is given a reminder of the best of what it stands for, and the best of what it can be. The president and the rest of America are about to look in the mirror and see Trump’s opposite.McCain lived a life of service to country; Trump lives in service of self. McCain exemplified sacrifice; Trump, indulgence. McCain played down his heroism; Trump boasts of imagined rescues into school buildings to save children from gunfire. McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies; Trump thrives on creating new ones. McCain was, in the words of his longtime aide and collaborator Mark Salter, a “romantic about his causes and a cynic about the world.” Trump is a cynic about both.
McCain lived a life of service to country; Trump lives in service of self. McCain exemplified sacrifice; Trump, indulgence. McCain played down his heroism; Trump boasts of imagined rescues into school buildings to save children from gunfire. McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies; Trump thrives on creating new ones. McCain was, in the words of his longtime aide and collaborator Mark Salter, a “romantic about his causes and a cynic about the world.” Trump is a cynic about both.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/08/26/in-death-mccain-shows-an-alternative-to-trump/?utm_term=.ee7b2449341b
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
McCain sought reconciliation with his enemies
*ahem*
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― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
I mean, look, if we're all in agreement that this ridiculous overpraise of McCain and his 'legacy' is all for the sake of trolling Trump, then I'm happy to play along. Just wish y'all had sent me the memo a little earlier, is all.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
We might want to pull the reins back just a touch on going too full-bore Kelly cartoon, though. I think even Trump will start to see through the purple prose at some point.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:52 (five years ago) link
We’ll go through this all again when we try to square Jimmy Carter, the good Christian peanut farmer, with Jimmy Carter, the nuclear submarine engineer and Admiral Rickover acolyte who changed the US nuclear policy to first strike is his belief that a nuclear war was winnable.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:37 (five years ago) link
*in* his
there are, famously, no good us presidents but carter at least has spent the last four decades working with habitat for humanity rather than endlessly urging war like mccain did
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
tbh i'd be shocked if the media gave carter the mccain/reagan/etc great hero treatment when he dies.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
elvis t -- do you have a link or a book recommendation w/ more info on carter changing nuclear strike policy? embarrassed to say i had no idea about that
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
CarterI’m not at home (and typing this on my phone) so I can’t consult my library, but this is a good overview:https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb390/Worth noting that much of these changes were occurring during the false alarms of 1979-1980https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
Honestly this is better suited to the Cold War thread because there was more going on politically and technically in a short period of time (the accuracy of the MX, the B-1 cluaterfuck, stealth bombers, cruise missiles, neutron bombs, Afghanistan)
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:17 (five years ago) link
Anyway, fuck McCain.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
While I respect Bernie, I disagree with him strongly on this. John McCain was a war hawk who sent American youth to fight and die and never met a problem he didn't think could be solved through invasion or intervention. The real heroes are those who fought for PEACE.#GravelGang https://t.co/a3l6700Vo4— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 21, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:25 (five years ago) link
yup.
there are impressive number of tulsi gabbard trolls.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:26 (five years ago) link
(i mean i keep seeing them in the responses to tweets that have nothing to do w/ her.)
mccain obviously showed personal bravery, but a "hero"-- how can we agree that the vietnam war was a near genodical disaster and claim that those who perpetrated it (even if they weren't calling the shots) are "heroes." nope, nope, nope.
sorry, i know we all know this, just that military worship is down there with cop worship as one of the great sicknesses of our country.
― affects breves telnet (Gummy Gummy), Thursday, 21 March 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link
Turns out the orgasm that made Meghan was his greatest crime.
― Joe Biden Stan Account (milo z), Monday, 22 February 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
there must have been some way you could have written that Meghan is an irredeemably bad person whose every television appearance exhibits a remarkable negative-count of charisma that didn't make me want to throw up
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:07 (three years ago) link
2009 in one photo
https://44.media.tumblr.com/d1697f0b37f334d069d74a69a5d78d07/tumblr_p7yuytcwn31sj0oe0o4_400.gif
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
I get her mixed up with Meghan Trainor a lot
― frogbs, Monday, 22 February 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
i don't trust megans who sneak an h in there
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
It’s 2021 and we are all Whoopi. pic.twitter.com/SncHJPxHTW— Justin Martindale (@justmartindale) March 9, 2021
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
Meghan McCain advertises her book on her fathers headstone. (2022) pic.twitter.com/Q8IgStY8BM— crazy ass moments in american politics (@ampol_moment) May 10, 2022
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:37 (two years ago) link
A book that's officially (?) only sold slightly more than 300 copies.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:39 (two years ago) link
It’s a nice look at what all these godawful books would sell without the bulk purchases that every party-line republican is guaranteed.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:53 (two years ago) link
maybe he preordered
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:58 (two years ago) link
dog
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 May 2022 22:59 (two years ago) link