*****

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Link to tweet

[guillaumeb]

1. Well.............

at least McCain did not refer to Trump as an effing moron.

If only McConnell were a fraction as honest.

[Wounded Bear]

2. K & R...nt

[Kleveland]

3. Wow, just wow.

If there ever was an apt comment to leave as a legacy to the people of the US....

I can almost forgive him for dropping Palin into our now injured national consciousness....

I will respect his service to the country however.

I hope *Rump angrily bleeds from his whatever....

[Gothmog]

4. I applaud Senator McCain

[JHan]

5. K&R

[lame54]

6. I want to applaud this - I really do - but...

He's gonna sign for those tax cuts and whatever bs is put in front of him

Party over country

[irisblue]

15. Yep nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. I was gonna say something similar. You nailed it.

Didn't he end up supporting dumpcare, too? After having voted against, right after his surgery.

Pretty words are pretty.

[catbyte]

36. Actually he didn't. He only voted to bring it to a vote. I went ballistic, thinking he was

killing the ACA, but in reality he voted to bring it to the floor to torpedo a bad bill. There are a lot of things I can never forgive him for--most notably inflicting Sarah Palin on us--but I do have to give him props for saving the ACA. I think he really did want a bipartisan solution, not just kill it.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. Oh!!! Thanks catbyte, I had it wrong! Well, good then.

Glad I'm wrong about that.

[Neema]

26. That's exactly the problem. Put your words into action McCain. Otherwise they're just words.

eom

[floWteiuQ]

7. Funny...

How it took a Trump republiCON for John McCain to speak like a stateman.

[Duppers]

8. Wow!! And some had said that the old man had lost it.

Obviously not.

[lindysalsagal]

27. Even if someone else wrote it, he had the heart to understand and own it.

45 won't be insulted by being called unpatriotic: It's not one of his values, unless you're referring to russia.

[Lifelong Protester]

9. You Go, Senator!

[peggysue2]

10. This excerpt . . .

Should be posted everywhere then nailed to the WH wall.

[George II]

14. Or nailed to trump's butt, using an army boot instead of a hammer.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Wasn't this supposed to be the "New American Century", where we

controlled the world?

[Martin Eden]

24. Everyone who aided & abetted the PNAC agenda ...

... shares responsibility for consigning the late great United States to the ash heap of history, if it indeed comes to that.

I have long thought the 2003 invasion of Iraq will be seen by future historians as a tipping point, but that may be obscured by the damage being done by the creature 45 to our role as leader of the free world.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. He is a maddening enigma

I applaud this statement.
But he is also one of most two-faced politicians in Washington. His actions, in voting, are light years away from some of his public statements. (That last vote not withstanding). He'll happily help to dismantle the social safety net, pollute the environment, reduce civil rights, and vote himself and his rich buddies huge tax cuts, along with his GOP peers.

Its not hard to agree that Trump, as a person, is a distasteful POS. That' easy.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. 👆🏾. This. 👏🏾. n/t

[George II]

13. You have to watch the actual speech, it was inspiring. I didn't agree with him on much...

...policy-wise, but no one can say he doesn't love his country, didn't sacrifice for his country, or isn't a great American.

I feel bad about his health, hope he can be with us for a couple of more years.

[Madam45for2923]

17. Kinda Poetic. I need to find this speech!

[Sunlei]

19. Not enough, to late and not directly to Republican Leaderships faces. Get in their FACES McCain.

Really sad to see McCain writing/speeches- his own memorial words. Not enough, get in their faces, get on interviews facing 'them'. Make a Legacy for yourself- Americans can be proud of remembering!

[LakeArenal]

28. I agree, but was reluctant to say it...

Too late. The devil on my shoulder asks me if a Republican has to face death to remember he has a soul?

When next week he may sign another god forsaken (literally) bill to gouge people more?

[SCVDem]

20. Trump warns of fighting back!

What a POS!

[lillypaddle]

21. Brilliant

Senator McCain, you are at the peak of your career: nothing left to lose, and only the best to gain.

We will stand strong with you, and for you.

[pansypoo53219]

22. obama restored america after georgee and now we are back to poop status. thanks Fux.

[lunatica]

23. He sure creates ambivalent feelings towards him

Today I like him.

Tomorrow? Who knows...

[Fritz Walter]

25. EPIC response to Drumpf's "I fight back"

McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent 5½ years in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp and is battling brain cancer, offered a simple response to Trump: "I have faced tougher adversaries."

Well said by someone who actually wore a military uniform, rather than a costume at a adolescence convalescence institute.

Fair winds and following seas, Senator McCain.

[SunSeeker]

29. "a costume at an adolescence convalescence institute"

Last edited Wed Oct 18, 2017, 09:01 AM - Edit history (2)

Stealing that!

[Fritz Walter]

30. "...an adolescence..."

Don't invite criticism by the Grammar Police.
Otherwise, it's your!

[SunSeeker]

35. LOL

Fixed.

[left-of-center2012]

31. Why not put a 'subject' on your post ...

... other than ***** ?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. You can put your inquiry in a private message and send it to the 155* DU members who recommended it

*And counting

[left-of-center2012]

33. ...

My ignore list just grew by 1

[DemocratSinceBirth]

34. The asterisks represent stars. I saved you the time.