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In reply to the discussion: The trashing of Sen. McCain is disgusting and beneath us [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If you're talking about the pig reference.
If you're talking about a joke made decades ago, and you are basing everything on one joke made 25 or 30 years ago, that's a bit harsh and a rule you wouldn't apply to "one of us." There is no one on earth who didn't make at least one serious error decades ago (if they're old enough).
You might want to consider that whole person, and compare it to other people, before you judge. Do you hold Bill Clinton's misogyny against him, even though his practices were decades ago? He certainly exhibited that many times over, as opposed to one joke. But Clinton had many sides...not just that. He did the right thing toward women, when it counted, was brilliant, a savvy politician, good with the economy, and other things.
I consider McCain a fine, decent person, despite his flaws. Yu have flaws. I have flaws. He has flaws.