Former President Barack Obama Issues Statement After Passing of Senator John McCain
Source: NBC Chicago
"John McCain and i were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher-the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed. 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.
"Few of us have been tested the way John once was, or required to show the kind of courage that he did. But all of us can aspire to the courage to put the greater good above our own. At John's best, he showed us what that means. And for that, we are all in his debt. Michelle and I send our heartfelt condolences to Cindy and their family."
Read more: https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/barack-michelle-obama-statement-john-mccain-passing-491727801.html
AnnieBW
(10,457 posts)Gods only know what Mango Mussolini will say.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)No surprise, it wasn't much. Just the bare minimum.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Now Trump can get back to dividing the nation for his master Putin.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)One should never use an exclamation point in a condolence message.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)I heard it on the radio a few minutes ago, someone else wrote it.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)He never disappoints; always a dick.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)not John. So he had a hand in what was written for him. The POS. Never says the right thing. Never knows when to just keep his filthy trap shut.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Glamrock
(11,802 posts)You took my words brother...
calimary
(81,466 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Traitor Trump has already given his eulogy.
JM served his country - POW.
DT said avoiding STDs was his personal VN.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)I saw the tweet. 2 short sentences.
WestIndianArchie
(386 posts)slumcamper
(1,606 posts)WestIndianArchie
(386 posts)In political discussions of course. Barack Obama is the greatest human being, I have ever witnessed, I tell her he is a better man than I am, and I only aspire to be as good.
slumcamper
(1,606 posts)His example as a human being was truly a "referent" for us--something to emulate. Imagine if his example were more pervasive, the good that could be done.
We were blessed by his leadership. Quite the contrast to what we currently suffer with.
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)spiderpig
(10,419 posts)In my pretend world, he's still in the Oval Office.
Words can't express how much I miss him.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)His better public addresses...Yes We Can-level stuff.
GOOD
if for no other reason than to remind the section of this nation that didn't vote, what they ALLOWED the MAGAts to do to the Office of the President.
bucolic_frolic
(43,281 posts)To merely mention them is sufficient to draw a striking contrast with the current occupant of the White House without even mentioning his identity or name.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)The focus is on John McCain and his dedication and sacrifices.
Thank you PBO for setting a good example.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)NickPeace
(82 posts)Thank you Mr. President 🇺🇸❤️
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)💖
groundloop
(11,522 posts)That man has a class and eloquence that few posses. To go from having him in the White House to the orange weasel who's there now is nothing short of devastating.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)catbyte
(34,447 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,006 posts)Thank you for speaking for all of us.
Grins
(7,228 posts)Not like....him.
Obama and GWB to give eulogy. I would have invited the Vietnamese for whom MCCain wanted to be friends with and support for YEARS.
Still...
Kaleva
(36,342 posts)Botany
(70,581 posts)God how I miss him, Michelle, and the Bidens.
Az_lefty
(3,670 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)RockRaven
(14,998 posts)It's enough to make you weep. EVERY TIME.
Nay
(12,051 posts)in charge.
jpak
(41,759 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Barack and Michelle have lost two dear friends and heroes in a short time span. May peace be with them as well.
........... .......... ..........
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)A Good Man.
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)mobeau69
(11,156 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)Looks like the worst is past.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Thank you, Mr. President. And thanks to John McCain for a life well spent.
Yavin4
(35,445 posts)His temp replacement is not working out.
CrispyQ
(36,509 posts)I'm sure we've had other classy presidents, too, the hate & vitriol directed at the entire family, but especially him, because of his race, well, he tops them all.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)DonaldsRump
(7,715 posts)1) McCain's concession speech in 2008 - watch the first minute where he tells the audience to stop moaning about BHO's election. Total grace and class, only marred by that awful creature Sarah Palin on the stage.
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2) Another video of a thumb pointed down that saved a lot of lives:
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Is there any other Republican out there who would do this?
RIP, Senator.
Peace06
(248 posts)Suggest we all refer to President Obama as such instead of "former president Obama" just to aggravate. Previously, it was always done with past presidents as a courtesy form. If enough do so, it will drive the faux president nuts.
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)during the Presidential primary run. And a Presidential election run. Both went on to beat him and become President. One a person from the other side of the aisle. The other in league at the time with the nefarious KKKarl Rove who invented stories of a secret black baby and bugged John's offices during their battle.
He's a big enough man to forgive, forget, and move on from those battles, yet Trump the sitting President, of his own party, is snubbed.