If someone appears to be repeatedly personal, lean towards patience as they might not mean offense. If you are sure, however, then do not deepen the problem by being negative; instead, simply place them on ignore by clicking the unhappy yellow face to the right of their name.
- Manlobbi
Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy❤
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...any Republican today doing this for any Democrat today?? I can't. The vitriol from the far-right is too intense. They are even threatening to replace McCarthy if he dares to speak to Democrats about the budget. If he -for example- supported a library for -for example- Feinstein, they'd go apoplectic.
Biden supporting a library to honor John McCain. (Remember when Dems and Reps were actually friends??)
https://news.asu.edu/20230928-university-news-pres...
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Biden supporting a library to honor John McCain. - 1pg
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And repurposing covid relief funding to pay for it. John McCain himself would be appalled at such aslush fund style misallocation.
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Easily.
Bush would do it for Clinton.
And as far as America being a country - stop being a nostalgia buff. Not gonna happen anymore. Your partisan post about something nice shows that, and I am so happy you people can be divided by tribe, and screwed with from Beijing or better yet Moscow.
Haha.
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...any Republican today doing this for any Democrat today?? I can't. The vitriol from the far-right is too intense. They are even threatening to replace McCarthy if he dares to speak to Democrats about the budget. If he -for example- supported a library for -for example- Feinstein, they'd go apoplectic.I assume you're unaware of this then:
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/10000000...
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..any Republican today doing this for any Democrat today?? I can't. The vitriol from the far-right is too intense. They are even threatening to replace McCarthy if he dares to speak to Democrats about the budget. If he -for example- supported a library for -for example- Feinstein, they'd go apoplectic.
Biden supporting a library to honor John McCain. (Remember when Dems and Reps were actually friends??)
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As usual, John McCain being used by Liberals. They love praising them when it suits their need. Remember 2008? They said horrible things about McCain for most of the election. So now, after he's dead - they use an example of bipartisan spirit....to say now Republican would do it when indeed, living examples are all over of W Bush and Michelle Obama. Of George W and Bill Clinton. Of Barbara Bush speaking about Bill Clinton and this is while everyone is alive too.
You are worse than Trump and I'm so glad your "democracy!" is being whittled down one right by one right.
Dunno what I want to see deep fried more. "Democracy!" or "The Dow!". I dunno that is like Ginger or MAryAnne.
IN the meantime, here's to migrants in NY City, may a few social ones discover the treats at Yoga studios.
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And repurposing covid relief funding to pay for it. John McCain himself would be appalled at such aslush fund style misallocation.
Perhaps. Monies have been allocated that way for quite a while, especially since Congress either can't get their sh-t together, and/or they have abrogated many of the responsibilities because they don't want to be seen to "own" anything (lest they annoy some segment of their constituencies).
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Bush would do it for Clinton.
Probably. But neither are active in their respective parties, nor do they hold any office currently. I said "today" in my OP.
But your cynicism is noted, and not completely out of place. Biden is old. McCain was old. Both served in the Senate over a decade ago. The new crop of senators don't even appear to be friends. Sometimes even within their own parties (I'm thinking of a near-fist-fight maybe a year ago between two members of the same party in the corridors of the Capitol). There seems to be bipartisan contempt for each other, and the FC also has contempt for their own leadership, to boot.
Where's an attack when you need one...that would pull the country together for a while.**
**Also a premise in 1984...perpetual war with *someone* to keep the people united against that foe.
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That's not building a library for her, but it was a nice sentiment. The cynic in me wonders if he's going to pay a price with the FC over just that simple condolence speech.
Any, yes, I was unaware of the speech. Thanks for the link.
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It's not cynicism. It's fact. In 2008 when McCain became the nominee the Left skewered him. Only when it was obvious to the the brain-dead that McCain wasn't gonna lose and hey "defended Obama" in the final days did the New York Times people and the liberals who USED him come back to him.
Bush WOULD do it for Clinton.
In 2006 when Jeb entered the primary, look it up- a courtesy call was made from the bUsh camp - to the Hillary camp out of respect.
George W was very OBVIOUS in not supporting Trump - he didn't malign him. He didn't endorse Biden nor Hillary. But - his support was muted - this at a time when George P Bush needed MAGA in Texas and might still need MAGA in the future.
What you miss- is having a country. You don't have one any longer and you never ever will. Is it your fault totally? No. Mine? No. Ours? YES. And in the meantime -my side has grown even more comfortable in the arms of MAGA. And your side - continues to carve up America with every hyphen you can think of. Race wasn't enough. Sexual orientation wasn't enough. Now it's gender and pronouns.
And look - in recent history, BIBI and VLADDY and CHINA have exploited your political tribalism. BIBI spoke to Congress against Obama's wishes. Vladdy, well, enough said. While both your parties bowed to China....it was the Dems who did tons for them, looked the other way on things like Los Alamos, or Clinton fundraising with the Chinese.
So you could have your "attack" - with all the interventionism you still want to do, sure you'll get attacks, and they will be sort of deserved. Your common enemy? The Left was glorifying Gorbachev and calling Reagan an idiot - -- sounds real familiar.
So yeah, you people could get a deserved prize from someone you let into your country out of political correctness (Ask the French....they've had some sexy times with it.....lol, yes, lol). BUT....you won't one united next time. Ok, maaaaaaaybe 2 days of yellow ribbons but that's about it.
Tribalism.
Gut the democracy.
Deserved.
Now, let's wait a generation - the tribes in your country will hopefully bring their iNTERNAL feuds with them and play it out not on your streets, but in your halls of elected government too.
It is happening as we speak at the local level in some cases.
My only consolation prize is, I think I'll see it happen to Europe first. And I hope it's severe.
Thenwhat used to be America I consider collateral damage, and still a pretty decent shopping mall that used to be a country.
You can't change this. It's now written in stone.
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The McCain of 2008 was a contorted McCain.
He was my senator. In 2000, I was still a Republican, and he was my guy. In 2008, he was a mess. Pandering to get votes by nominating Palin (a nightmare in lipstick) as his running-mate, changing his public positions to appeal to the religious right, etc. She really cost him the election. A more sensible pick would have made the race a LOT closer. I couldn't vote for him after that, because (IMHO) he ceded the high ground to pander. So I never trusted him again.
No. of Recommendations: 2
As usual, John McCain being used by Liberals. They love praising them when it suits their need.Political parties
love an apostate from the "other side" - or even someone approaching that. For years, the GOP feted Zell Miller, who was
their favorite Democrat once he started expressing support for some conservative ideas that the Democrats objected to:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/20...Those figures aren't all that common, but political parties
love finding the "reasonable" person in the opposing party that will agree with them on some issues. It makes them look inclusive, makes their positions seem more reasonable (or at least more broadly supported), and makes the other side look parochial and closed-minded for shunning the "maverick" (which often happens).
