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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:22 PM Nov 2018

Cindy McCain on Trump: "Our country needs a strong leader, not a negative Nancy"

Source: CBS News



November 16, 2018, 8:09 AM

Cindy McCain believes her late husband Sen. John McCain would be "terribly frustrated and terribly distraught" by the current state of political discourse. She shared her feelings about the lack of civility in politics today and President Trump with "CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson in her first interview since the senator's death in August.

McCain told Dickerson she hopes Mr. Trump will learn from the midterm elections and realize "the country needs a strong leader, not a negative Nancy."

"It's very humbling to lose and I hope he learns from it," she said. "We need our president. We need a White House that's strong, we need a White House that's not sparring with each other. And right now I think we're -- things are in disarray, and I would hope through this that he does learn."

Sen. McCain, a military hero and longtime lawmaker, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, in July 2017. But he remained an outspoken member of Congress even as he fought the disease.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cindy-mccain-interview-john-mccain-would-be-terribly-distraught-by-state-of-political-discourse-wife-says/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab6a&linkId=59730284

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Cindy McCain on Trump: "Our country needs a strong leader, not a negative Nancy" (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2018 OP
Free clue for republican family values role model Dirty Donny* Achilleaze Nov 2018 #1
Yup. Trump can continue fucking us over as much as he wants. 3Hotdogs Nov 2018 #18
"Negative Nancy?" PennyK Nov 2018 #2
How bout go away & write a book instead, Mrs McCain. Bfd Nov 2018 #6
I immediately thought of Nancy Reagan. Cha Nov 2018 #38
here you go... DonViejo Nov 2018 #7
That was my first thought. snacker Nov 2018 #8
No. It's like Debbie downer. uppityperson Nov 2018 #10
Of course it is LiberalLovinLug Nov 2018 #32
I was thinking of Nancy Reagan. Cha Nov 2018 #37
Seems like Cindy needs to learn from her own mistakes: Eyeball_Kid Nov 2018 #3
The family is, and still will, grieve for a long time. Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #19
Was her. notdarkyet Nov 2018 #26
Mr. Trump: "Be Like Our NEGOTIATING NANCY" Bfd Nov 2018 #4
"Nancy" is a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual man... procon Nov 2018 #5
By itself, Nancy can be used as a gay slur, but "Negative Nancy" is an old alliterative expression. DRoseDARs Nov 2018 #14
No it is not. phleshdef Nov 2018 #15
She's calling trump this, it's like Debbie Downer who argues, complains, is always negative uppityperson Nov 2018 #9
In the parlance she called him a Whining Wimp. Ford_Prefect Nov 2018 #11
I prefer "Nattering Nabob(s) of Negativism". peekaloo Nov 2018 #12
She does not have Spiro Agnew's command of the English language DBoon Nov 2018 #16
Naturally.. Crutchez_CuiBono Nov 2018 #21
rolls off the tongue in a Nixon era way peekaloo Nov 2018 #22
Imagine his actual attempt to navigate this little verbal gem...Ha!! n/t libdem4life Nov 2018 #28
Insult name games like 45 plays, Cindy? Really? Is that where you want to go? Maeve Nov 2018 #13
I read an analysis by an historian BillyBobBrilliant Nov 2018 #17
The day I care about what Cindy McCain thinks..... nt More_Cowbell Nov 2018 #20
A weak woman's idea of a strong man Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2018 #23
Cindy McCain don't be obtuse. tRump doesn't learn. He doesn't study. He doesn't even try. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2018 #24
Her husband is the one who made tRump possible by putting forth Palin as a viable candidate BamaRefugee Nov 2018 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Nov 2018 #27
Cindy .... LenaBaby61 Nov 2018 #29
Didn't the GOP already pick McCarthy? DeminPennswoods Nov 2018 #30
he can't and won't learn AlexSFCA Nov 2018 #31
and cindy mccain figures into the selection, exactly how? Javaman Nov 2018 #33
Apparently, she stole pills, pennylane100 Nov 2018 #36
Cindy, put down your cucumber sandwiches and retreat to the tennis court. LuckyLib Nov 2018 #34
Give me a fucking break, McCain is one of the ones who helped foster the growth of the Repugnants cstanleytech Nov 2018 #35

3Hotdogs

(12,424 posts)
18. Yup. Trump can continue fucking us over as much as he wants.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 01:16 PM
Nov 2018

But as long as he does it, projecting a positive attitude, we'll be ok with it.

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
6. How bout go away & write a book instead, Mrs McCain.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:33 PM
Nov 2018

You've been throu a lot.
Take your time .

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
7. here you go...
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:36 PM
Nov 2018
negative nancy

In 1966 President Johnson spoke of "Nervous Nellies" to refer to critics of his Vietnam policy, and the phrase caught on. Nervous Nellie acquired the connotation of "naysayer" and gave rise to similar terms like Negative Nellie, Naysayer Nellie, Negative Ned and Negative Nancy.

Where did the phrase Negative Nellie originate? - Quora
https://www.quora.com/Where-did-the-phrase-Negative-Nellie-originate




Eyeball_Kid

(7,434 posts)
3. Seems like Cindy needs to learn from her own mistakes:
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:29 PM
Nov 2018

She should just shut down for a bit and take in the political landscape. By now, she should know that Trumpy is NOT going to learn anything, and will spiral downward, just as he's been doing for months. Instead, she sounds like one who is longing for an autocrat to take over the nation. Poor girl. Her mental cylinders are misfiring.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
19. The family is, and still will, grieve for a long time.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 01:36 PM
Nov 2018

But, since she's speaking up...Isn't she the one who stole all the pain killers from some AID Charity she set up to send "old pills' to Africa? Or was that someone else?

 

Bfd

(1,406 posts)
4. Mr. Trump: "Be Like Our NEGOTIATING NANCY"
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:30 PM
Nov 2018

That Nancy could show him how to manage an entire country of negatives & positives.
Move outta the way temper tantrum Trump

Negotiating Nancy Pelosi 2019 💙

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. "Nancy" is a disparaging term for an effeminate or homosexual man...
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:31 PM
Nov 2018

In that context, who does she mean?

 

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)
14. By itself, Nancy can be used as a gay slur, but "Negative Nancy" is an old alliterative expression.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:46 PM
Nov 2018

McCain is neither using an anti-gay slur nor is she calling Trump gay. Negative Nancy grew out of debate over the Vietnam War of all things, used against critics of the war.

 

phleshdef

(11,936 posts)
15. No it is not.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:57 PM
Nov 2018

Negative Nancy is an old figure of speech and has absolutely nothing to do with sexuality.

uppityperson

(115,681 posts)
9. She's calling trump this, it's like Debbie Downer who argues, complains, is always negative
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:37 PM
Nov 2018

Good nickname, too bad Ms Pelosi's first name is that.

DBoon

(22,399 posts)
16. She does not have Spiro Agnew's command of the English language
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:59 PM
Nov 2018

and Trump's base would be confused by all the big words

Maeve

(42,288 posts)
13. Insult name games like 45 plays, Cindy? Really? Is that where you want to go?
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 12:45 PM
Nov 2018

Daddy would be so....not proud.

BillyBobBrilliant

(805 posts)
17. I read an analysis by an historian
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 01:13 PM
Nov 2018

detailing how it was possible that Hitler could become so popular in a short period of time.
The historian explained that a characteristic of the German society was the family dynamic that revolved around a strong father.
This is the same syndrome that is allowing Dum-fuck to amass so many that blindly follow him. I suspect that their childhoods were marked by a dominating, if not abusive male figure.

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

LenaBaby61

(6,979 posts)
29. Cindy ....
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 02:46 PM
Nov 2018

is just about as USELESS as her daughter Meghan

In what year does Cindy live in, 1970? Negative Nancy? Da Hell.

Plus, the ignorant, pussy-grabbing, misogynistic, racist, pathologically lying, treasonous, old, ill-tempered HOG in the White House she's speaking of made FUN of and MOCKED her husband--someone who actually manned up, went to war & was tortured for our country--up until he took his last BREATH, and she actually thinks he's going to LEARN anything from the embarrassing and sent a BLUE TSUNAMI, mid-term message to orange Fatso-In-Chief in the White House?

Oh Cindy, honey

DeminPennswoods

(15,290 posts)
30. Didn't the GOP already pick McCarthy?
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 03:14 PM
Nov 2018

Isn't he the leader she apparently pines for?

I don't know why she is concerned about who Dems will elect as their leader.

Javaman

(62,534 posts)
33. and cindy mccain figures into the selection, exactly how?
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 04:51 PM
Nov 2018

oh that's right she did...um...something...ah, with...I got nothing.

LuckyLib

(6,821 posts)
34. Cindy, put down your cucumber sandwiches and retreat to the tennis court.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 06:04 PM
Nov 2018

You have zero credibility to weigh in on anything.

cstanleytech

(26,322 posts)
35. Give me a fucking break, McCain is one of the ones who helped foster the growth of the Repugnants
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 06:12 PM
Nov 2018

that are in power now so its complete bullshit to claim he would feel distraught over whats happening unless she means distraught over the Repugnants getting their asses handed to them in the House.

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