08-27-2018, 02:07 PM
Overall I believe McCain was a good man and a great American.
There are things such as him being part of the "Keating Five" scandal as it became known, and his pro-hawk stances on Iraq in which he later regretted, will be stains on his political career, especially the Keating deal. I think if anything like that happened today, I dont see how a Senator can survive it with social media and the internet. But because it happened in the late 1980s, it was much easier for people to forget and not dig into like they can today.
I hope that if there is anything positive with his passing, it will be to show and remind the avid Trump supporters that have overtaken the Republican Party that their leader is a fraud when it comes to veterans and former POWs. He never did apologize for his comments about McCain being captured which in essence was a comment towards all serviceman and women that have been captured by the enemy from the Germans, Japanese, North Koreans, Italians, Confederates, Taliban, Iraqis, etc. I dont know, but how can anyone be pro-Trump yet very pro-American military too at the same time. Enough about him though.
We may never see someone like McCain again, and even with a few blackeyes over the years, he was always in favor of the people over all else.
There are things such as him being part of the "Keating Five" scandal as it became known, and his pro-hawk stances on Iraq in which he later regretted, will be stains on his political career, especially the Keating deal. I think if anything like that happened today, I dont see how a Senator can survive it with social media and the internet. But because it happened in the late 1980s, it was much easier for people to forget and not dig into like they can today.
I hope that if there is anything positive with his passing, it will be to show and remind the avid Trump supporters that have overtaken the Republican Party that their leader is a fraud when it comes to veterans and former POWs. He never did apologize for his comments about McCain being captured which in essence was a comment towards all serviceman and women that have been captured by the enemy from the Germans, Japanese, North Koreans, Italians, Confederates, Taliban, Iraqis, etc. I dont know, but how can anyone be pro-Trump yet very pro-American military too at the same time. Enough about him though.
We may never see someone like McCain again, and even with a few blackeyes over the years, he was always in favor of the people over all else.
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