A look back: John McCain's "Arab Moment"
No Ma'm-- he's a decent family man citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign is all about . . .
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A very important moment in American political history!
This got a mixed reaction, some folks praising McCain as man of rare character, others bashing him as being a traitor to the Republican Party & being secretly supportive of Obama.
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Who do you think is right here-- Senator John McCain, or the woman in the conversation?
Senator McCain, of course. I really admired him that day
Senator McCain, of course. I really admired him that day.
But.
But whattabout . . .whattabout people sayin' he's an Arab?
Oh, Krishna, you are downright funny sometimes.
What do you think I think about that woman who said Obama was an Arab?
I think she's as stupid as the day is long. she's a fox news watching moron.
I need more adjectives to describe the people who think he's an Arab but I'm tired
What about the people who said that Obama was not a citizen because he wasn't born in the U.S...?
They're dumbasses?
In some ways that could have been the moment McCain lost the election by revealing that he wasn't an Islamophobe or a racist like many of his supporters were.
Steve Schmidt said as much the other day. He said that he knew that it was over that day...
It's a real shame that America still has a viable party which feeds on and nurtures racism and xenophobia.
Senator John McCain...No question.
I can say that as a Democrat, I have not always agreed with McCain politically. But... There is no doubt that he is an American Hero and a good man, husband and father. He has my respect.
Enough said.
John McCain was a mixed bag.
A war hawk? Undoubtedly.
A patriot? In his very heart of hearts absolutely.
A war hero? Without a question.
But there was more than that. When I watched McCain chair the Abramoff hearings and watched him tear into those fuckers who duped the Indian tribes, I wanted to cheer the guy. He was irate to the point of stammering when he heard what they had done. The people he was questioning looked like they feared that he was about to tear out their throats. McCain was a sight to behold.
When I watched him take the mic from that sadly brainwashed woman, McCain touched my heart. I knew then, no matter who won the election, we would have an honorable man who love his country AND it's people in office.
When McCain voted his convictions for the Trumpcare vote, it wasn't a surprise to me. He told them in his speech after coming back from surgery what he wanted and McConnell ignored him.
That was quite the moment, and he did tear their throats out. That said, I didn't see eye to eye with Senator McCain on some native issues. One in particular sent my blood boiling.
All that said Senator McCain in my eyes was a military hero and I believe that he did what he thought was right with regard to natives, even though we differed greatly on some of the things that he supported.
Whatever ones political leanings are, to disparage Senator McCain in his final moments isn't worthy of a response.
The way things are going, it's a really hard to NOT to respond to the plethora of vitriol being spewed in every direction about just about everything.
John McCain was a mixed bag.
A war hawk? Undoubtedly.
A patriot? In his very heart of hearts absolutely.
A war hero? Without a question.
But there was more than that.
McCain is a great example of that, but I have found that with a rare exceptions I have both agreed with and disagreed with the positions of many leaders (On both sides of the aisle).
People like to generalize so IMO most people tend to generalize about politicians-- each one is seen to be all bad -- or all totally wonderful
For the most part, which is which depends upon whether you get your news from Fox-- or from CNN or MSNBC... (heh
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But even amongst the ones I like least there are some positions they had that I liked. And even the ones I admired most I have seen things I can criticize.
I feel almost all people to be "Mixed bags" (although granted, I judge many to be mainly good-- or mainly bad).