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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:09 PM Aug 2018

Sarah Palin is not invited to John McCain's funeral: report

NOOR AL-SIBAI
29 AUG 2018 AT 14:55 ET

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has reportedly not been invited to attend the memorial for her one-time running mate, the late John McCain.

MSNBC booking director Jesse Rodriguez tweeted Wednesday that NBC White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell learned that Palin was not invited to McCain’s memorial.




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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/sarah-palin-not-invited-john-mccains-funeral-report/
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Sarah Palin is not invited to John McCain's funeral: report (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
Oh shizz nicki SummerSnow Aug 2018 #1
I think that it would probably end up to be hilarious and distastful at the same time. olegramps Aug 2018 #52
*cackles* JHan Aug 2018 #2
Womp, womp. BootinUp Aug 2018 #3
Oh, my.... that is going to burn... hlthe2b Aug 2018 #4
No surprise there. Aristus Aug 2018 #5
Lol. BootinUp Aug 2018 #8
Plus she wanted to make a concession speech after they lost, he had to come in and say no. redstatebluegirl Aug 2018 #9
Very true. "Nightmare" is a good description. Horrible mistake by McCain. dameatball Aug 2018 #42
Well, her antics did help the Democrats win LiberalLovinLug Aug 2018 #48
You have a point. Her antics (and who she is) were what made her a horrible choice. dameatball Aug 2018 #63
I remember she wanted to make her own concession speech malaise Aug 2018 #10
There was a picture of her campaigning with her name over his on the podium sign. keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #59
That was palin.. look where it got her. I remember thinking Cha Aug 2018 #76
Ya, picking her was defiantly in the top 10 for worst blunders he made. cstanleytech Aug 2018 #65
McCain was worried Soxfan58 Aug 2018 #6
What's the matter with a drunken brawl at a wake? Its Palin trailer trash tradition. olegramps Aug 2018 #43
What if she just showed up anyway? Would they turn her away? NurseJackie Aug 2018 #7
Capitol police then would have right to arrest her. Hope so! LiberalFighter Aug 2018 #27
Unlikely fescuerescue Aug 2018 #41
But you said "if she was behaving like any other member of the public"! LisaM Aug 2018 #50
I always leave myself an out fescuerescue Aug 2018 #55
Correct. To completely bar SP, the McCain Family would need a restraining order. no_hypocrisy Aug 2018 #82
You mean like a family member that was not invited to a wedding because they tend to get drunk cstanleytech Aug 2018 #66
I say let the docents handle her. Old Terp Aug 2018 #68
He was a spiteful old fuck samir.g Aug 2018 #11
He didn't want his funeral spoiled with low life scum, who does? oasis Aug 2018 #14
You seem to have him confused with the orange potus, who is having tantrums this week... Hekate Aug 2018 #17
He may have been, but only to some. MyOwnPeace Aug 2018 #18
No doubt you wish Palin could attend. Your concern for her attendance is delightful. nt LanternWaste Aug 2018 #21
We're defending John McCain? MadDAsHell Aug 2018 #73
Really.... Hes not even buried yet. Old Vet Aug 2018 #26
I guess when you meet your maker...you can set things right w people. It's a republican rule of Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #31
Samir...we are Democrats. Not heathens. Id say welcome to DU but Im not sure yet. Crutchez_CuiBono Aug 2018 #34
Your concern for Sarah Palin's feelings is duly noted. catbyte Aug 2018 #36
McCain requested Obama & Bush-43 to attend at140 Aug 2018 #53
'Cause he didn't want palin trashing up his Cha Aug 2018 #77
You are referring to the orange bawbag, yes? Tipperary Aug 2018 #80
He must have been afraid she would want to say a few words world wide wally Aug 2018 #12
I have this evil desire to listen to her deliver an eulogy for McCain. Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #13
Without any disrespect............ MyOwnPeace Aug 2018 #16
Plenty of disrespect .............. for Palin Yonnie3 Aug 2018 #33
Well........yeah................... MyOwnPeace Aug 2018 #54
The one thing I'll never forgive him for. edbermac Aug 2018 #15
Sarah wasn't his choice. His team picked her. Totally Tunsie Aug 2018 #20
That would have prevented a lot of problems. Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #24
I read he also wanted Tom Ridge as well nt maryellen99 Aug 2018 #35
I can forgive McCain for Palin but not for this. Va Lefty Aug 2018 #25
Although you are correct Lefty, AFTER hes buried we can discuss that incident for sure.............. Old Vet Aug 2018 #29
Point taken Va Lefty Aug 2018 #37
I'm a Navy vet and I agree with old vet. Besides we all know the Navy does not hand out ... marble falls Aug 2018 #46
Bloody Bill Kristol was the fiend who first flew up to Alaska to meet her Submariner Aug 2018 #39
They thought he would be running against Hillary. JohnnyRingo Aug 2018 #47
Shiniest keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #61
He was thinking of attracting the Evangelical vote jmowreader Aug 2018 #72
They didn't Vet Her. and She was a Governor , it's not like he picked a REality TV star JI7 Aug 2018 #81
Kelly O'Donnell's original tweet: janx Aug 2018 #19
Not a Surprise... SDJay Aug 2018 #22
Pretty sure he speent the whole time following the day he chose her wondering how he and anybody let Tiggeroshii Aug 2018 #23
Maybe she can watch it from her house n/t hibbing Aug 2018 #28
Sarah who? Rorey Aug 2018 #30
Maybe the beginning of a Republican break with the Teapublicans. Who else isn't going ... marble falls Aug 2018 #32
Womp! Womp! Sarah Desmond was Dressed for Her Comeback Closeup Mr. deMille Stallion Aug 2018 #38
This just in: Statement from Sarah Palin gratuitous Aug 2018 #40
Szzzzzz....ouch! That burns, doesn't it? She can sit on her back porch & watch Russia, instead. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #44
Does the family blame her for losing the election? JohnnyRingo Aug 2018 #45
I wondered the other day if she was being trotted mtngirl47 Aug 2018 #49
The worse mark on McCain legacy was allowing palin to be his VP.. beachbum bob Aug 2018 #51
That and he never met at140 Aug 2018 #56
She wants to show up and give an concession eulogy, anyhow. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #57
Will westboro baptist be picketing the funeral now? Le Gaucher Aug 2018 #58
Lady Blah Blah got dissed. muntrv Aug 2018 #60
Palin bumper sticker: If Obama is the answer, how stupid was the question? keithbvadu2 Aug 2018 #62
McCain remembered Failin in his will. lpbk2713 Aug 2018 #64
Seems he was rightfully worried that she would turn his funeral into a sideshow. BlueStater Aug 2018 #67
"ability to take any issue or event and make it all about h**self." pazzyanne Aug 2018 #70
She would have left halfway through the ceremony anyway. Norbert Aug 2018 #69
Those were heady days here on DU when McCain announced her as VP pick GreatCaesarsGhost Aug 2018 #71
Who expects an invitation to a funeral? OhioBlue Aug 2018 #74
The final flip off to palin, too. Cha Aug 2018 #75
Sarah Palin Killed By DEATH PANEL ProgressiveKnight Aug 2018 #78
Why would she be invited duforsure Aug 2018 #79
She needed an invite? Historic NY Aug 2018 #83

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
52. I think that it would probably end up to be hilarious and distastful at the same time.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:39 PM
Aug 2018

I see her crashing the service, drink in hand, with a cheap bola and low cut cheap rag for adornment and being propped up by her drunken son slurring out some incomprehensible jargon about her five minutes of greatness. All played to the admiration of Trump who has been ban from a services as a outcast as welcome as a whore at church. Now you have to admit these Trumpites have a decree of class only recognized by racists, women molesters, con artists and other associated bottom feeders.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)
5. No surprise there.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:16 PM
Aug 2018

After she was tabbed, she started strutting around as if she was the Presidential nominee. I'm pretty sure McCain didn't like that.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
9. Plus she wanted to make a concession speech after they lost, he had to come in and say no.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:18 PM
Aug 2018

She was a campaign nightmare for him, I'm sure he had enough of her nonsense to last to eternity.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,174 posts)
48. Well, her antics did help the Democrats win
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:37 PM
Aug 2018

Apparently, John's choice was Joe Lieberman. But the new fresh rising tea bagger wing demanded he take a bagger.

I still thing Obama would have won, but Lieberman, rightly or wrongly, had a reputation as someone who could work with both sides, would be a former Democrat as well. They would have been a more formidable force for Obama and Biden to run against.

dameatball

(7,398 posts)
63. You have a point. Her antics (and who she is) were what made her a horrible choice.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:03 PM
Aug 2018

No teabaggers were going to to vote for Obama, no matter who McCain chose. If he picked someone more centrist he could have picked up some middle of the roaders. But I agree, Obama would still have won.

malaise

(269,057 posts)
10. I remember she wanted to make her own concession speech
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:18 PM
Aug 2018

and they had to say no Lady Blah Blah NO.

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
59. There was a picture of her campaigning with her name over his on the podium sign.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:54 PM
Aug 2018

There was a picture of her campaigning with her name over his on the podium sign.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
76. That was palin.. look where it got her. I remember thinking
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 04:52 AM
Aug 2018

.. "would she ever go and fuck Off?"

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
7. What if she just showed up anyway? Would they turn her away?
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:17 PM
Aug 2018

Has she been told "stay away" and "do not come"... or has there just been no overt signs of welcome.

fescuerescue

(4,448 posts)
41. Unlikely
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:25 PM
Aug 2018

If she attended the public portion of it, I don't believe they could legally turn her away if she was behaving like any other member of the public.

In a private ceremony, they could simply bar her access.

cstanleytech

(26,298 posts)
66. You mean like a family member that was not invited to a wedding because they tend to get drunk
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:13 PM
Aug 2018

and behave like a total asshole? Probably have the police escort her ass to the curb and if she refused then put her in jail.

Old Terp

(464 posts)
68. I say let the docents handle her.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:46 PM
Aug 2018

There are some rather scary spaces on the lower level. There are stories that would have her running so fast to get away.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
17. You seem to have him confused with the orange potus, who is having tantrums this week...
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:47 PM
Aug 2018

...because he was specifically told to stay away from John McCain's family, funerals, body...

Trump is having screaming tantrums ever since McCain died. Now that's spiteful.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
18. He may have been, but only to some.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:47 PM
Aug 2018

After all, he did ask President Obama to speak at his funeral.
Spiteful - to the guy that kicked your ass in a campaign?

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
31. I guess when you meet your maker...you can set things right w people. It's a republican rule of
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:17 PM
Aug 2018

thumb...never change until you have to, or it kills you. He has every right to do any of it. Unless you died, you wouldnt know. Any of us. He had a long time to think about it after the thumbs down. I wouldn't call it spite at all, Id call it making his peace.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
34. Samir...we are Democrats. Not heathens. Id say welcome to DU but Im not sure yet.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:19 PM
Aug 2018

No offense. theres russians under every rock.

at140

(6,110 posts)
53. McCain requested Obama & Bush-43 to attend
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:44 PM
Aug 2018

both of whom kicked his ass. So not spiteful to those who beat him.

Yonnie3

(17,444 posts)
13. I have this evil desire to listen to her deliver an eulogy for McCain.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:28 PM
Aug 2018

A word salad send off. The stuff SNL skits are made of.

Ah well, I'll get over not hearing it. There is no need for her to speak anywhere publicly, much less at a memorial service.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
54. Well........yeah...................
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:45 PM
Aug 2018

but I meant for the Senator.
But for her,

Seriously?

Tina Fey would KILL IT!!!!!!!

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
25. I can forgive McCain for Palin but not for this.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:05 PM
Aug 2018

"...a couple of days before McCain gushed loving praise for Bush at the Republican National Convention, he blamed Kerry for eliciting the Swiftboat attacks himself because he had made his Vietnam record a political issue in the campaign. That’s the way McCain showed his solidarity with a fellow navy vet who served in Vietnam."

When he ran in 2008 he "... accepted large campaign contributions from the following Swifboaters: Bob Perry, T. Boone Pickens, Carl Linder Sr., Harlan Crow, Jack E. Caveney, Albert Huddleston, and Sam Fox. He has even recently added the prominent Swiftboater, Bud Day, to his stable of war veterans who are currently shilling for his campaign. According to the Federal Election Commission, McCain has raked in over $600,000 in cash from former members of “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/john-mccain-and-swift-boa_b_110428.html

Old Vet

(2,001 posts)
29. Although you are correct Lefty, AFTER hes buried we can discuss that incident for sure..............
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:12 PM
Aug 2018

marble falls

(57,112 posts)
46. I'm a Navy vet and I agree with old vet. Besides we all know the Navy does not hand out ...
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:33 PM
Aug 2018

a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, three Purple Hearts for the fun of it. I'm able to easily ignore it until interment.

JohnnyRingo

(18,636 posts)
47. They thought he would be running against Hillary.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:34 PM
Aug 2018

The campaign picked the brightest female rising star within the party. Maybe not the brightest.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
72. He was thinking of attracting the Evangelical vote
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:15 PM
Aug 2018

Cindy McCain runs Hensley Beverage Company, the third-biggest Anheuser-Busch distributorship in the United States. The fundamentalist Christians told the McCain camp they were planning to stay home on Election Day if McCain didn't find a running mate they liked. They like Sarah Palin a lot.

SDJay

(1,089 posts)
22. Not a Surprise...
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:56 PM
Aug 2018

That was one of the biggest stains on his career, regardless of who actually put her on the ticket. It also propped open the door for idiots (see current POTUS) to climb to the heights of government. He always defended her publicly, but I'd bet that privately even hearing her name made him shudder.

Selfishly, this is good news. For a long time, I looked forward to her being all but forgotten, and it appears we've reached that point.

 

Tiggeroshii

(11,088 posts)
23. Pretty sure he speent the whole time following the day he chose her wondering how he and anybody let
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:00 PM
Aug 2018

That happen.

marble falls

(57,112 posts)
32. Maybe the beginning of a Republican break with the Teapublicans. Who else isn't going ...
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:17 PM
Aug 2018

will be interesting to know.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
40. This just in: Statement from Sarah Palin
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:24 PM
Aug 2018

Fine! I didn't want to go to any dumb ol' funeral anyway! {Sound of running feet pelting down the hallway and the bedroom door slams REAL hard.}

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
44. Szzzzzz....ouch! That burns, doesn't it? She can sit on her back porch & watch Russia, instead.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:27 PM
Aug 2018

That's a bold statement by McCain. I'm surprised, frankly. His feelings must be very strong about her to leave her off the list.

She's a Trump supporter & endorsed him, I think. That may have something to do with it.

mtngirl47

(990 posts)
49. I wondered the other day if she was being trotted
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 04:37 PM
Aug 2018

out on Fox to eulogize McCain....haven't seen anything from her on CNN or Wapo or NYT

Poor old Tundra Barbie!

keithbvadu2

(36,829 posts)
62. Palin bumper sticker: If Obama is the answer, how stupid was the question?
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:01 PM
Aug 2018

Palin bumper sticker: If Obama is the answer, how stupid was the question?

The question: Do you want Sarah Palin one old man's heartbeat away from the WH?

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
67. Seems he was rightfully worried that she would turn his funeral into a sideshow.
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 05:18 PM
Aug 2018

She is, after all, a massive attention whore with the ability to take any issue or event and make it all about herself.

GreatCaesarsGhost

(8,584 posts)
71. Those were heady days here on DU when McCain announced her as VP pick
Wed Aug 29, 2018, 06:14 PM
Aug 2018

McCain should have had DU vet her.

You could leave DU for 5 minutes and when you got back a new story about how crazy she and her family were (are)

would be posted. It went on for days.

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
74. Who expects an invitation to a funeral?
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 12:59 AM
Aug 2018

I mean, maybe she wasn't invited to have a speaking or special role, but if one feels the need to pay respects, you don't really expect an "invitation", right?

78. Sarah Palin Killed By DEATH PANEL
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 05:07 AM
Aug 2018

****** FOXNEWS ALERT ****FOXNEWS ALERT*****

Harvard Scholar and former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin became the last VICTIM KILLED by Barack Obama's DEATH PANELS just before he left office. That is the reason she cannot attend Senator McCain's funeral.

What is most cruel of the past administration is that Sarah Palin's remains were secretly taken from the DEATH PANEL HQ and fed to an Alaskan GRIZZLY BEAR by members of the DEEP STATE.

Afterward, The Bear, whose deeds were only known by members of the DEEP STATE, was given for target practice to the NRA flying in helicopters over Alaska.

After this sarcastic act the Grizzly Bear's body (with our heroic Sarah Palin in it's belly) was flown by the DEEP STATE and secretly BURIED in Barack Obama's NATIVE HOMELAND OF KENYA so as to hide the DASTARDLY DEED.

In these WICKED END TIMES we here at FOX NEWS are here for YOU Dear Reader, providing KOOLAIDE FOR THE MIND!

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
79. Why would she be invited
Thu Aug 30, 2018, 05:47 AM
Aug 2018

She was a train wrecking candidate for him , and has been a nightmare where ever she goes. Kind of like trump lite.

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