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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMcCain delivers last rebuke to Trump - Trump not invited to funeral.
CNN stating just now
McCain ordered Trump not invited to funeral...Eulogies to be given by GW Bush and Barack Obama..........
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You gotta know Trump will be raging and seething over this. McCain delivered one last middle finger to Trump......Gotta love the guy for that.
Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)I'm the president, I can go where I want
HipChick
(25,485 posts)He better not...
Rosco T.
(6,496 posts)really?
lame54
(35,321 posts)Trump won't make an effort to attend
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Let's see how he tries to capture media attention now.
Would be fun if Jr.is indicted in the coming week.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)It would be like some other official function chore he would have to slog through. I'm sure he's happier playing golf or something.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)I remember watching President Ford's Memorial Service. Darth Cheney started to approach Betty Ford two different times during the service. Both times her sons, on either side, stepped forward and blocked him. Very interesting
HipChick
(25,485 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)go if they have one shred in them
MojoWrkn
(139 posts)funeral and did not attend but Melanoma did.
mcar
(42,372 posts)Rest in peace.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,789 posts)Who gave McCain his due.
Respected him long after the election of 2008 was over.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)McCain fully understood that the nation's survival is dependent on the unity of the nation. It is exactly the diametrically opposite of today's Republican Party's propaganda that reeks with fascist hatred, racism and division.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Only on mccain, not a single mention of the vulgarian.
groundloop
(11,522 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)n/t
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)He is shunned and hated by the vast majority of the planet.
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)So obvious
spanone
(135,873 posts)piss on that guy.
Bayard
(22,149 posts)Hated tRump, and wasn't afraid to show it. A rare Republican.
Melania will probably make a showing.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)He will angry and say awful things about McCain In the next couple of days. McCain forbidding him at his funeral will make him a martyr to his cult members.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)His lack of decency is an affront to this grieving family.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Traitor Trump has already given his eulogy.
JM served his country - POW.
DT said avoiding STDs was his personal VN.
JohnQFunk
(409 posts)Rest in power, Senator!
groundloop
(11,522 posts)I fully understand though..... Compared to Spanky ANYONE seems to be a breath of fresh air.
rzemanfl
(29,568 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)RockRaven
(14,998 posts)Let's be honest... if you have an ounce of thoughtfulness or compassion for those you leave behind, you wouldn't want him at your funeral either, no matter how much you like his politics/policies. Even a Trump-humper, if they considered their own family and friends' grieving, would not want Trump at their funeral.
Trump is an abnormal, socially malevolent presence. He makes EVERYTHING about himself, which is ENTIRELY inappropriate for a funeral. He is totally incapable of comforting others. Every sentence out of his mouth is offensive, either obviously-scripted but poorly-delivered or nerve-grating in its callousness to the mourners and ignorance of the deceased. Watch any of the times he's spoken about deceased soldiers. It is an abomination, a poor imitation of humanoid behavior.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)sammythecat
(3,568 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts)n/t
HipChick
(25,485 posts)at his age, its a personality defect....
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)He ALWAYS has to have the last word. Count on it.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)The miscreant is incapable of keeping his mouth shut
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)SHITler is always about someone else doing the dirty work and the heavy lifting..........
yankeepants
(1,979 posts)LuvLoogie
(7,027 posts)Rosenstein?
leanforward
(1,077 posts)Wanna join the march. It's easy. Exit train at Union Station and head for Constitution, or Independance or Pennsylvania avenues.
Likewise, I think there might be some legislative leaders visiting the WH and suggesting/recommending he resign immediately or impeachment.
Do you think he might respond to a crowd larger than his inauguration?
LuvLoogie
(7,027 posts)I suppose going myself is an option if my wife had help while I was away.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)Sen. McCain was a national hero, He was my hero. He will be terribly missed by me, I will see him for the last time next week.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Former President Barack Obama, who beat McCain in the 2008 presidential contest said in a statement, We saw our political battles, even, as a privilege, something noble, an opportunity to serve as stewards of those high ideals at home, and to advance them around the world. We saw this country as a place where anything is possible and citizenship as our patriotic obligation to ensure it forever remains that way.
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)I forgot presidents used to to talk that way.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)when we universally wince whenever IT opens its mouth
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)And he's right.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Permanut
(5,637 posts)Mango Mussolini will get even with John McCain for this, by God.
Oh wait, no he won't.
Historic NY
(37,453 posts)DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)I didn't always agree with Sen. McCain on the issues, but he did put country and people first. I will always cherish how he voted to save the ACA. Thank you sir. He put we the people first. One of his buddies was Sen. Edward Kennedy who died of the same type of brain cancer on this day 9 years ago. RIP.
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)Thanks for the thread sunonmars
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)couldnt be trusted.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)He long ago said he regretted it. I believe him because in the vast balance he did try for the good.
But history is what it is.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)WAS governor already so it's not like he just picked some pundit or other person who hasn't served in office.
but she turned out to be a mess.
but she wasn't responsible for the hate . that was already there. she did rile them up but SHE was never going to be president. she was treated as a joke by the media which she was .
what we need to ask is why Trump wasn't held to the same standards as she was.
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)Oh, we know the answer to that; gender.
I was as vocal as any in opposing that absolute trainwreck of a human being, but we all know that the media put her under a microscope that no male counterpart would ever receive. They did the same to Hillary in 2008 & 16.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)I think he was holding his nose but she goosed his numbers a bit and he was pleased as punch with himself until the depth of her ineptitude became obvious to anyone with the barest of standards. It definitely goes down as a major liability on the life ledger.
Otoh, explicitly stiffing Trump at the funeral and requesting a eulogy from Obama flips the bird not only at him but at the nutjobs, too. I have to give him credit for that.
Zambero
(8,965 posts)And when her ineptitude was exposed for all to see, it McCain lost any chance of winning the election. Ironic that campaign operatives Steve Schmidt and Nicole Wallace had pushed for Palin's selection, and it did not take long for them to figure out that a huge miscalculation had been made. Looking back, it can be argued that Sarah Palin assisted Obama in becoming President. And yes, I believe that McCain was keenly aware of this.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)What might Trump come up with to distract from the news coverage of Obamas eulogy to McCain?
It would need to be something vile, which he is quite capable of doing.
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)Touche, John McCain. Your point for the win.
I hope he rented his final suit in Donald Trump's name too.
oasis
(49,407 posts)Trump will see McCain's thumbs down in his dreams.
Raine
(30,540 posts)after what Trump said about McCain, good for McCain.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)That's as it should be. Let him stew and steam with his vile cabal of republicans traitors to America, while a patriot is honored.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)llmart
(15,552 posts)when a long time Senator who is suffering from a terrible, fatal illness, goes to the extent of making sure his family and everyone else knows that the so-called "President" is not welcome at his funeral?
It speaks volumes about how despised Trump is.
Trump isn't worthy enough to lick John McCain's boots let alone attend his funeral and eulogize him.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)at a funeral that will involve military honors.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)"My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator John McCain. Our hearts and prayers are with you!"
at 5:44 pm saturday august 25 2018
imo it's obvious he didn't write it
here are my clues:
1. he doesn't have sympathy for anyone
2. he respects no one
3. he doesn't have a heart
4. he doesn't pray
bellmartin
(218 posts)miffelplix
(54 posts)Putin of course, if the funeral's in Moscow. Perhaps Disney can lend an animatronic Andrew Jackson?
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Raphe M
(59 posts)He'll be there out of gratitude for Trump's relieving him of the Worst President Ever title.
Shoonra
(523 posts)Nothwithstanding Trump's hostility to McCain,
I believe that McCain will be welcomed by Jesus, who has a much better attitude about people who had been captives.