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Considering all the public out pouring's for every other public figure who passes or for that matter who is dating whomever I believe his service to the country both in the military and as an elected representative for his state deserve a reflection. Like him or not I respect that he would vote his conscience and not follow the party line blindly just as he chose to stop the treatment for himself I'm sure against his doctors objections.
"The New York Times reported late Saturday night that Senator John McCain will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol building and then the U.S. Capitol before being buried at Annapolis, Md."
I think this is highly appropriate.
The Trump issue is a quandary. Considering his childish behavior toward McCain, if I were McCain's family, I would not want Trump near him. At the same time, if Trump does not pay respect, he will be villainized. Of course that is nothing new for Trump. Even if Trump does a 180 is suddenly the biggest McCain fan ever, he will still be up craps creek for being two faced and no one would believe anything good he had to say anyway.
go for it, I'm finding all the unprincipled flip flopping most entertaining, just dont include me or my money in celebrating the life of a govt employee and war criminal.
Thats an odd question imo. People can mourn who they want, but I think it would be a nice tribute if Trump ordered all flags to half mast. Perhaps have a reception at the National Cathedral to honor and remember the man.
You dont have to agree or even like McCain to show respect for his years of commitment to our country. I never voted for McCain and never would, way too hawkish for me.
Nope. Respect is earned. No one is entitled to it.
If you don’t respect McCain or Obama that’s fine with me. You are entitled to your own feelings.
That's the awful mentality of PC culture. Basically saying nope, I will never like you unless you do something for me first and EARN my respect. A degree of respect should always be given and the office of the presidency should always have that respect. It doesn't mean personally liking the person. It means things like calling him Mr. President.
Nope. Respect is earned. No one is entitled to it.
If you don’t respect McCain or Obama that’s fine with me. You are entitled to your own feelings.
People unworthy of personal respect often occupy elective positions of great importance and influence. Nevertheless, the office they occupy entitles them to the respect that office is due, which. if nothing else, means that a cessation of the personal disrespect for the time being is appropriate. If their personal behavior while in office shows their own disrespect for that office or they fail egregiously to fulfill the duties of that office. then actions to remove them from that office are in order. This is the simplified explanation. Countless variables come into play and it seldom unfolds in an uncomplicated manner.
No doubt it's judgement. John McCain dies 9 years to the day after Ted Kennedy — of the same kind of cancer.
It's being reported.
"PHOENIX – U.S. Sen. John McCain died nine years to the day after his good friend Sen. Ted Kennedy — both of the same kind of cancer.
McCain, R-Ariz., died Saturday a little more than a year after he was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer that affects roughly 10,000 Americans a year.
Kennedy, D-Mass., a close friend of McCain's in the Senate, was diagnosed in May 2008 and died Aug. 25, 2009.
The coincidence did not go unnoticed in the Twitterverse."
McCain was one of the few GOP candidates I voted for....twice!
It is shameful how trump made a joke of McCain's service to the USA. And trumps gutless followers, including some who are vets themselves, jumped on the trump bandwagon discrediting McCain. Pitiful.
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No doubt it's judgement. John McCain dies 9 years to the day after Ted Kennedy — of the same kind of cancer.
