09-04-2018, 11:57 AM
(09-04-2018, 11:40 AM)fredtoast Wrote: A funeral is about the deceased's last wishes. When you look at the plans McCain himself made it is clear he wanted to make a statement by specifically excluding Trump.
He probably told his daughter "Criticize being an asshole without using any names and see what the Trump lovers say."
(09-04-2018, 11:43 AM)GMDino Wrote: It was the funeral of a long time politician.
Were they not supposed to talk about it? About how he acted and how things changed?
Oh, right...not if it insults your boy.
Carry on.
(09-04-2018, 11:45 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Ehh, it's the funeral of a prominent politician who was the recipient of some extreme shade from what may end up being our only celebrity president; this is a veritable perfect storm. Somehow I doubt funerals as a whole are going to become political gripe-fests any more than Michael Jordan's HOF speech was going to turn every subsequent HOF speech into self-congratulatory "I told you so" tirades.
Remember, almost 20 years ago McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh turned into his illegitimate colored child, so the ship on "let's just leave politics out of it all" has long since sailed.
Everyone is talking about Trump, always and that is why he is the president. In this country we have an obsessive love-hate relationship with celebrities that we have, for some odd reason, decided to cram directly into the highest office of our government. I fully expect this sort of stuff to die down a bit when we go back to electing people who haven't been the subject of grandiose ridicule and anti-hero worship for decades.
Well, maybe.
So I guess the answer is yes from you three. I seriously don't know what's worse, Trump's behavior or the reactions of people perpetually outraged by him. Rational people literally have no side to pick, depressing is not a strong enough word for it.
