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UTUSN

(70,645 posts)
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 03:26 PM Sep 2018

A one stop treasury of zingers at SHITLER from two funerals

CNN: " (SHITLER's) name was not mentioned, but in nearly every speech there was an underlying reference to him."


* Meghan McCAIN: "The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great." "American greatness. The real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic appropriation of those who lived lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served." “A few have resented that fire for that light it cast upon them, for the truth it revealed about their character, but my father never cared what they thought. And even that small number still have the opportunity, as long as they draw breath, to live up to the example of John McCain.”

* Shrub (Geo. W.) BUSH: "Perhaps above all John detested the abuse of power, could not abide bigots and swaggering despots." “He respected the dignity inherent in every life, a dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators,” he said. “He was honorable, always recognizing that his opponents were still patriots and human beings.” -GWB,

* "You lugubrious leech, you dopey doppelgänger of deceit and deviance, you lethal liar, you dimwitted dictator, you foolish fascist," Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "She (Aretha) ain't work for you."

* “You know, the other Sunday on my show, I misspelled 'Respect,' and a lot of y'all corrected me," Sharpton said, according to the Washington Examiner. “Now, I want y’all to help me correct President Trump to teach him what it means.

* "If you leave here today and don't register to vote, you're dishonoring Aretha." - Jesse JACKSON.

* Later, singer Stevie Wonder implored those in attendance to help “make love great again.”

* OBAMA's zingers were more subtle, listing American values (that SHITLER destroys) : "some principles are eternal and worth risking everything for, “bigger than party, or ambition, or money, or fame, or power." “He understood that if we get in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work.” “So much of our politics, our public life, our public discourse, can seem small and mean and petty, trafficking in bombast and insult, in phony controversies and manufactured outrage,” Mr. Obama said. “It’s a politics that pretends to be brave, but in fact is born of fear. John called us to be bigger than that. He called us to be better than that.”






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A one stop treasury of zingers at SHITLER from two funerals (Original Post) UTUSN Sep 2018 OP
Thank you, UTUSN! n/t pnwmom Sep 2018 #1
I thank *YOU* for the countless substantive and enlightening of your posts!1 UTUSN Sep 2018 #2
K&R. rzemanfl Sep 2018 #3
What a great post malaise Sep 2018 #4
Your coverage has been that of a well tailored suit!1 UTUSN Sep 2018 #5
Very timely and helpful post JohnnyLib2 Sep 2018 #6
Great compilation! Thanks very much bettyellen Sep 2018 #7
k & r Achilleaze Sep 2018 #8
k&r DesertRat Sep 2018 #9
Excellent post. gademocrat7 Sep 2018 #10
You hit it right out of the ballpark! lunatica Sep 2018 #11
I sure appreciate you posting this. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2018 #12
Thank you, UTUSN sarge43 Sep 2018 #13
K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #14
"John detested the abuse of power, could not abide bigots and swaggering despots." sandensea Sep 2018 #15
Thank you for compiling all these quotes... Kensan Sep 2018 #16
Thank you! Bookmarked for future use. dae Sep 2018 #17
I find it rather troubling pintobean Sep 2018 #18
These are not normal times. Our democracy is in peril. mobeau69 Sep 2018 #21
You're kidding right?!?! Do you understand the context?!?!! uponit7771 Sep 2018 #24
They are talking about the values of John McCain. AllyCat Sep 2018 #30
We all know who was meant when these "cornels" of truth were spoken. There was great truth there. trickyguy Sep 2018 #19
Kick dalton99a Sep 2018 #20
K & R SunSeeker Sep 2018 #22
K&R defacto7 Sep 2018 #23
Mahalo, UTUSN! Cha Sep 2018 #25
This is like a "Greatest Hits" list! Honeycombe8 Sep 2018 #26
Add this one from Meghan MiniMe Sep 2018 #27
Good one. nt oasis Sep 2018 #28
It wasn't a contest proglib217 Sep 2018 #29

JohnnyLib2

(11,211 posts)
6. Very timely and helpful post
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 03:49 PM
Sep 2018

We were traveling this week and couldn't follow the coverage. Thanks for this.

sandensea

(21,600 posts)
15. "John detested the abuse of power, could not abide bigots and swaggering despots."
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 05:15 PM
Sep 2018

“He respected the dignity inherent in every life, a dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators.”

Dubya had better hope McCain enjoyed irony as well.

Kensan

(180 posts)
16. Thank you for compiling all these quotes...
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 05:17 PM
Sep 2018

I hadn’t seen any mention of W’s second slam about the border, and hadn’t seen a video of his eulogy. I wish his fellow Republicans would rise up, and condemn the horrific actions of family separations. As usual, it takes a retired republican official to finally show a little courage.

I’m not sure the R’s truly understand the depths they have fallen without a John McCain to stand firm in defense of principles. The descent is only going to accelerate until we remove them from power this November.

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
18. I find it rather troubling
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 05:27 PM
Sep 2018

that Americans use funerals to trash talk political opponents, and that so many find this not only acceptable, but wonderful.

It's trumpish. When Sarah Palin is showing more class than many on the left, there's a problem.

mobeau69

(11,132 posts)
21. These are not normal times. Our democracy is in peril.
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 05:51 PM
Sep 2018

It's imperative that the warning goes out now, in any available forum and as loudly and as often as possible.

AllyCat

(16,145 posts)
30. They are talking about the values of John McCain.
Sun Sep 2, 2018, 08:17 AM
Sep 2018

It is this harsh reality of today how imperiled those values are for every American.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
26. This is like a "Greatest Hits" list!
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:18 PM
Sep 2018

Trump won't understand any of it except for Meghan's reference and criticism of Make America Great Again. Someone will have to tell him what those long sentences and big words mean.

MiniMe

(21,709 posts)
27. Add this one from Meghan
Sat Sep 1, 2018, 11:51 PM
Sep 2018

"We gather to mourn the passing of American greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice, those that live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served."

That was a direct hit at Cheeto as he was the one who stayed at home in comfort and privilege because of his fake bone spurs while McCain served.

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