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arista 26-08-2018 12:46 AM

USA : Senator John McCain has Died aged 81
 
It was that horrible brain tumor
that took him.
He had refused further Cancer treatment
just last week.


https://news.sky.com/story/john-mcca...ancer-11482440

LaLaLand 26-08-2018 12:59 AM

Aw man, RIP.

Maru 26-08-2018 01:01 AM

Oh wow... I had read yesterday or the day before he had stopped treatment? It didn't seem like he was declining that quickly...

Such a great man.

Twosugars 26-08-2018 08:17 AM

Trump must be delighted.
Pity, one of the very few principled republicans left is gone when most needed

kirklancaster 26-08-2018 08:19 AM

Great tragedy but not unexpected at 81 years of age.

RIP.

Nicky91 26-08-2018 09:32 AM

RIP to one of my fave american politicians :(

kirklancaster 26-08-2018 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10174109)
Trump must be delighted.
Pity, one of the very few principled republicans left is gone when most needed

Do you REALLY envisage Trump being 'delighted' that this man has died?

arista 26-08-2018 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10174109)
Trump must be delighted.
Pity, one of the very few principled republicans left is gone when most needed


No he tweeted
he was not delighted.


Also its a Vote number he needed

Cherie 26-08-2018 09:37 AM

Poor man such an aggressive form of cancer

kirklancaster 26-08-2018 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nicky91 (Post 10174203)
RIP to one of my fave american politicians :(

:joker: Come off it, Nicky - I bet you think that he is the character from the 'Die Hard' movies.

Twosugars 26-08-2018 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 10174211)
Do you REALLY envisage Trump being 'delighted' that this man has died?

It'd be naive not to. He was a thorn in trumps backside for years

Twosugars 26-08-2018 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10174216)
No he tweeted
he was not delighted.


Also its a Vote number he needed

Like the healthcare bill which McCain killed for him? :laugh:

Trump doesn't respect his own people let alone those against him

Nicky91 26-08-2018 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirklancaster (Post 10174222)
:joker: Come off it, Nicky - I bet you think that he is the character from the 'Die Hard' movies.

no, i also knew he was in the army during the Vietnam war

he escaped death, on the USS Forrestal fire (idk if i am correct about that ship's name)

arista 26-08-2018 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Twosugars (Post 10174235)
Like the healthcare bill which McCain killed for him? :laugh:

Trump doesn't respect his own people let alone those against him


Sure that was the important one he blocked.
But "Other Votes" went ahead.

Yes Trump is like no other President
that's why he won.

AnnieK 26-08-2018 10:11 AM

Another great man lost to that awful disease.

Alf 26-08-2018 11:52 AM

Didn't he make oven chips?

Why was he a great man? I thought he was a warmonger? an establishment opportunist making money from death?

Underscore 26-08-2018 12:54 PM

Rest in Peace Senator McCain, one of the few bipartisan politicians left in a country that is screaming out for them.

Arizona will find it tough to find someone who can live up to him.

Tom4784 26-08-2018 01:03 PM

I opposed him when he ran for president but he did his damnedest to stand against Trump and I respect that. One of the few respectable Republicans.

Kizzy 27-08-2018 12:30 PM

It's telling ungracious of trump not to acknowledge his passing, however from the comments he made regarding Mccains time as a POW it's for the best ... It wouldn't be taken seriously from a draft dodger.

Alf 27-08-2018 12:50 PM

The left absolutely hated McCain until he opposed Trump, and now.

Trump derangement syndrome is real.

arista 27-08-2018 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alf (Post 10176654)
The left absolutely hated McCain until he opposed Trump, and now.

Trump derangement syndrome is real.



Yes as he was against Trump
the left Respect him
he was a Vietnam war hero
Tortured for 4 or so years.

arista 27-08-2018 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 10176633)
It's telling ungracious of trump not to acknowledge his passing, however from the comments he made regarding Mccains time as a POW it's for the best ... It wouldn't be taken seriously from a draft dodger.


He did tweet respect to his family
you are Wrong Kizzy

https://bobcat.grahamdigital.com/ima....0_640_360.jpg

Kizzy 27-08-2018 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10176671)
He did tweet respect to his family
you are Wrong Kizzy

https://bobcat.grahamdigital.com/ima....0_640_360.jpg

When was that tweet?... I was not 'wrong' he made no mention of the death in the speeches he made following his death, as was noted by the media at the time.

arista 27-08-2018 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 10176701)
When was that tweet?... I was not 'wrong' he made no mention of the death in the speeches he made following his death, as was noted by the media at the time.

Yesterday
shown on EVERY TV NEWS

Kizzy 27-08-2018 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 10176707)
Yesterday
shown on EVERY TV NEWS

It was a tweet! at 1.44am ... are you suggesting that is adequate acknowledgement? I disagree.


"The President has inexplicably shown our adversaries the deference and esteem that should be reserved for our closest allies," McCain said. "Those nations that share our values and have sacrificed alongside us for decades are being treated with contempt. This is the antithesis of so-called 'principled realism' and a sure path to diminishing America's leadership in the world."

Wonderful Mcain quote, maybe it was the realisation of his own mortality that allowed him to frame his perspective so clearly?

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/25/trum...in-cancer.html


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