Sorry, but......

[Gabi Hayes]

Pre-RIP McCain

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/john-mccain/statements/byruling/half-true/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/john-mccain/statements/byruling/barely-true/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/john-mccain/statements/byruling/false/

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/john-mccain/statements/byruling/pants-fire


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Keating 5, from politifact

Keating complained frequently to McCain about regulations – and regulators – that he said threatened the success of the Lincoln Savings and Loan, a subsidiary of Keating's American Continental Corp.

McCain was persuaded to act. On two occasions in 1987, he and fellow Sens. Dennis DeConcini of Arizona, Alan Cranston of California, John Glenn of Ohio and – in the second meeting – Don Riegle of Michigan, (all Democrats aside from McCain), met with federal regulators at Keating's request and asked them to back off Lincoln.
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But it is clear that indeed McCain "intervened on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators tasked with preventing banking fraud," as the Obama campaign claimed.

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and for those needing a reminder of how truly ugly his campaign against Obamacare was:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FKeating%20Five&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection&referer=

That said, condolonces to his family

Wonder how wife 1, feels

http://www.factcheck.org/2008/09/mccains-first-marriage/

The Nightingale's Song (pg. 239): The storybook marriage that had survived separation, pain, and prison began to fray. Off-duty, usually on routine cross-country flights to Yuma and El Centro, John [McCain] started carousing and running around with women. … Asked about them, he admitted to having a series of dalliances during this period.

[johnp3907]

1. Yeah, I'll bet you're sorry.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. I am sure the OP is sorry, as am I.

John McCain is known as an American hero, and at this time that is how he will be treated.



Seems to me the OP is separating a history of very bad politics, very very harmful politics, from the man himself.

That is the most anyone could hope for given the circumstances.

When Bush Sr. dies most liberals will be sorry, as he sacrificed in WWII. He was a hero, but he was also a man who committed his political life to some very bad stuff.

[Gabi Hayes]

7. You said it better than I

Apprece!!

"At this time".....good one!

[malaise]

19. Well said

very well said. GHWB was also the only head of the CIA to be President

[dalton99a]

23. Unlike Trump who is personally and politically a vile and utter piece of trash

without any redeeming values

[Gabi Hayes]

4. Name one inaccuracy in my post then name

Then name one decent thing he's ever done to advance progressive causes

Would you be so fauxtraged if it were, say, Manafort w/ big C?

I feel your saddy

[PJMcK]

2. Right you are

And let's not forget that he brought Sarah Palin to national prominence. Thanks, Senator. I wish you well.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. There is an abundance of healthy Republicans we can lambaste.

I don't really believe in karma but I don't want to invite negativity into my life by dumping on sick people.

[Gabi Hayes]

8. You're right, but

Are there many bigger hypocrites than he?

And I hope all the castig8ers take the time
to read the OP more carefully, especially the links

Not an honorable man, to say the least

Let's be real

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Let him be. Let him make a miraculous recovery that defies the odds.

And then I will go back to lambasting him.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. Yeahhh; you are correct, but I have such

a visceral loathing

A bit unseemly on my part, perhaps

That said, recall what freeper types did to ted Kennedy? How vile they were on his deathbed? Turnabout? We're better than they?

Guess I'm self lumping, in a way

But, still......can't get past the way he treated his first wife.....personal thing there

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. I avoid Free Republic but FOX was reverential in their coverage of his passing.

[onecaliberal]

6. Also while he's getting the best healthcare money can buy he's reassuring POTUS that

He can count on his vote for take healthcare away from 30 million people.

[Gabi Hayes]

9. Good on my hero!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029349625

Now let's see how his actions speak

[Gabi Hayes]

10. Anybody got good kale smoothie recipes?

No strychnine, arsenic

Thx

A true McCainiac

[ATL Ebony]

12. If you're serious, try this one . . .

2 bananas, frozen
1 green apple, core removed
2 cups water or milk (non-dairy if necessary)
1 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 handfuls kale (about 1-2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Honey to taste (optional)

Instructions

In a blender, add all ingredients. Blend until smooth, adding more water if you want a thinner smoothie.
Adjust sweetness with additional honey, if desired.

[Gabi Hayes]

14. Perfect!

Much obliged

So easy to mask the taste.

I've found you can Theo just about anything in

Started turning soup into smoothie, too

Yummo!

EVOO!

[ATL Ebony]

21. Good, enjoy

[leftstreet]

13. Always add coconut oil to your pan of kale

Makes it easier to SCRAPE IT INTO THE GARBAGE!

[eleny]

18. I like kale but that line is a keeper

[malaise]

17. Excellent post

Rec

[eleny]

20. Even Lee Atwater expressed some regrets

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/13/us/gravely-ill-atwater-offers-apology.html?mcubz=2

I hope the best for McCain.

[Gabi Hayes]

22. Ha ..... the true story is that the Bible over which he

claimed to have pored was found later still in its original shrink wrap!

It's in a book I have, written by his mentor, Ed Rollins

Used to work for Reagan, Bush, & others

One of the most revealing memoirs I've ever read

He was Perot's 1st campaign mgr

Hated him AND Barbara Bush

[eleny]

24. I remember the shrink wrapped bible!

But if he said the "I'm sorry" then that's fine with me. The right wingers have to live with that public humiliation of his so called atonement. Atwater suffered from a brain tumor, as well.

And Babs Bush? Don't get me started. Okay, here's the last hurrah of my photoshop of her since she's popped up here.

[Gabi Hayes]

25. "Update your account"

Sad!

Here's my favorite pic of babs

From Rollins' book:

Ha ha haha
Hahaha

Googled bar Bush ugly and this was first!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2319178

Go to post 6 for payoff

Not sad!

I have a great story about her.....something she did to a guy I know at a big soirée