10 Responses to “Democrats Are Riffing…”

1. Emery Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 7:19 am

   Trump thinks he’s the center of the universe. He needs a lesson in astronomy.

   McCain always was a firm believer in ‘Country first’, which is far different than Trump’s ‘America first’. I will never forget his staying behind at the ‘Hanoi Hilton’ despite being offered his freedom by North Vietnam because he would not leave his comrades behind. I wonder how many of his critics would have done that — my guess is zero.

2. Loren Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 9:07 am

   Naval officer McCain was an honorable man who represented his country well, in hellish conditions.

   Senator McCain was more interested in his own reputation and privilege as a Senator than principles. imo.

3. Night Writer Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 9:33 am

   I haven’t been paying attention. Has Trump really been as vicious as that?

4. Mammuthus Primigenius Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 9:39 am

   For a guy who believed in “country first”, he didn’t have a lot of confidence in the ability of his fellow citizens to make informed political choices.
   Yet in some ways his opinion of America was higher than it deserved — and that is a slight against McCain’s style of patriotism, not the United States. The US is not a country that is willing to spill its blood and spend its treasure turning the rest of the world into democracies, or even stabilizing distant regions of the world. That is a parochial view of America. America is much, much more than that. McCain seemed out of touch and angry, at times, with the real America. McCain didn’t like religion, I suppose because it tempered love for country.

   Say, does anyone remember that in 2008 the NY Times published articles that claimed that because McCain was born on a military base in Panama, he wasn’t a natural born American?

5. Emery Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 10:16 am

   Your post reminds me of (supposedly the funniest religious joke ever by) Emo Philips:

   “Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”
   He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”
   He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too!”
   Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.”

   Our differences are overwhelming our commonality.

6. Mammuthus Primigenius Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 12:07 pm

   Ladies and gentlemen, the most pathetic McCain obituary column winner, by David Leonhardt of the NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/26/opinion/john-mccain-republican-party-trump.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fdavid-leonhardt
   It has the usual McCain-loving dem boilerplate — McCain acted honorably when he voted Democrat and attacked Republicans — but best of all is this gem about McCain’s death:
   “It has left the United States impotent to deal with our greatest challenges — inequality, alienation, climate change and a global drift toward autocracy.”
   If you were to ask 10,000 Americans what our greatest challenges are, none of them would say “It has left the United States impotent to deal with our greatest challenges — inequality, alienation, climate change and a global drift toward autocracy.”

7. Ian Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 12:50 pm

   Senator McCain was more interested in his own reputation and privilege as a Senator than principles. imo.

   Very true. McCain nearly torpedoed his career as the sole Republican member of the Keating Five. I was living in Phoenix at the time. While he was cleared of wrongdoing, he demonstrated poor judgement in choosing his friends. And let’s not forget McCain’s involvement with the Gang of 14, followed by his membership in the Gang of 8. There was no dearth of times the senator would slip the knife in his own party’s back to pretty much give the Democrats what they wanted. Maybe he did to polish his image as a “maverick” that could reach across the aisle. For a time in ’08, that image worked for him, as the leftist media held him up as their ideal GOP candidate during the primaries. As soon as we were into the general election, it was amazing (not really) how we became a warmonger overnight! Selecting Palin as a his running mate helped make him more palatable to the conservatives in the party, while (unintentionally, I’m sure) showing the lengths the leftist media would go to in vetting his VP pick while seemingly spending little time investigating the much-more-controversial background of a certain junior senator from IL with 2 years time put in on his first and only 6-year term as senator.

   I’m sorry for the man’s family for his passing, but why is the leftist media holding him up as some sort of great statesman? One reason: Because they can use him to attack Trump. Anybody think if Hillary had actually won the presidency, the media would spend as much time on the fawning obits for McCain?

8. Penigma Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 1:26 pm

   Really, Mitch? When was the last time the Democratic Nominee for President, not some college professor, but some important leader in the Democratic Party, said McCain wasn’t a hero? When was that, exactly?

   Your comments are once again, sophistic BS. As McCain said, you can always questions judgment, but never motive. Trump describes Dems as enemies of the people. He uses vulgarity and debasing commentary to demean our national discourse. There was a time when you recognized this failing and would routinely stand up for a better path, a better type of discourse. It’s a shame that seems to no longer be true, because if the best you can do is to misstate the intentions of Dems vs. the ugliness which is Trump, it is clearly no longer true.

9. Penigma Says:
   August 30th, 2018 at 1:31 pm

   And by the way, your Trump-loving commenters have proven their critics right just by what they’ve said here. McCain was far from perfect, but you do not normally make ugly comments about the dead in the days following their death. Trump, though, is far further from perfect, and his petty conduct since McCain’s death has shown that beyond all doubt. For those of you who prefer to dishonor McCain, either cheapening him generally, to which I’d say I’ve spoken with those who suffered for years as prisoners of the Vietnamese and know the horrors which McCain chose to endure rather than abandon his fellow prisoners, and likewise to those who criticize him for his votes and conduct as a Senator, to whom I say, he voted to oppose making torture acceptable, he voted to stand up for principled conduct by our troops when others would have us “do anything by any means”, I say to both groups of you, you look to know little of decency and even less of what it means to be honest and principled. Perhaps you should take a few minutes to examine your ugliness before you comment again, it’s the principled thing to do.

10. jdm Says:
    August 30th, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    Hahaha! Irony is a cruel god. On the very day, Mitch presents the topic of “projection”:
    One sure sign of toxicity is when a person is chronically unwilling to see his or her own shortcomings and uses everything in their power to avoid being held accountable for them. This is known as projection
    
    Penigma shows up and, well, projects on behalf of the left.

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