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What it tells us that John McCain drank vodka with Hillary Clinton
CNN ^ | 9/26/2018 | Timothy Stanley

Posted on 08/26/2018 9:05:52 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck

John McCain once took on Hillary Clinton in a drinking contest. It was at a restaurant in Estonia in 2004, during a congressional tour. Both politicians managed four shots of vodka; the rules were unclear, but Hillary -- McCain's one-time political rival -- was declared the winner, according to the restaurant proprietor (though in her own account, Clinton said they "agreed to withdraw in honorable fashion," rather than name a winner).

That image sums up the humanity and character of the late Senator McCain, who will be mourned deeply on both sides of the political aisle. He embodied a more moderate brand of conservatism -- one that could separate politics and friendship -- that now feels distant and very much missed.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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No, what this story tells us is that McCain and Hillary are cut from the same cloth. McCain was always petty and vindictive - he never extended even a modicum of graciousness towards people who truly disagreed with him on any significant issue. If he was friendly with Hillary and gracious with Obama, it was because she and he shared the same core agenda and values.

I don't think that I have it in my to wish something as terrible as glioblastoma on anybody, but if that is what it takes to finally be rid of one of the worst people in the Republican party, so be it.

1 posted on 08/26/2018 9:05:52 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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Oh please, these same liberal pundits were calling McCain ‘racist’ just like every other Republican Presidential nominee back in 2008.


2 posted on 08/26/2018 9:07:00 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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CNN is ISIS.


3 posted on 08/26/2018 9:09:07 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Notice they didn't have a much-publicized drinking contest in Washington, D.C.

Of course they held it in Estonia. At that time, they were both U.S. Senators selling themselves out to foreign interests.

That's the legacy they both leave behind: Corrupt U.S. Senators and two-time failed presidential candidates.

I guess we can all be thankful that Hillary was never a Navy pilot ... because I'm sure they would have competed for the number of lost aircraft they had to their credit.

4 posted on 08/26/2018 9:09:45 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
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Come now, Trump and Hillary have had drinks too.

CNN forgets this so as to not humanize him, and you forget this for the “cut from the same cloth” thing.

There is no such thing as friends in politics. Only connections. All 3 of these people knew this.


5 posted on 08/26/2018 9:11:09 AM PDT by Celerity
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p03
6 posted on 08/26/2018 9:11:31 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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That image sums up the humanity and character of the late Senator McCain, who will be mourned deeply on both sides of the political aisle. He embodied a more moderate brand of conservatism -- one that could separate politics and friendship -- that now feels distant and very much missed.

The print edition of stories like this should come with their own air-sickness bag.

7 posted on 08/26/2018 9:12:19 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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Now we know for sure that McCain ran in 2008 to give the win to Obama.
He spent more time attacking his Running Mate Palin than he ever did attacking Obama or Hillary.


8 posted on 08/26/2018 9:12:38 AM PDT by Zathras
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Two elitists and at least one drunk.


9 posted on 08/26/2018 9:13:09 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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It tells us mccain was a traitor to the party.


10 posted on 08/26/2018 9:13:34 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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“Senator McCain, who will be mourned deeply on both sides of the political aisle. “

Well that’s BS.


11 posted on 08/26/2018 9:13:34 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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" the rules were unclear, but Hillary -- McCain's one-time political rival -- was declared the winner"

Color me shocked, stunned, surprised, befuddled!


12 posted on 08/26/2018 9:14:34 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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"He embodied a more moderate brand of conservatism"

He didn't embody conservatism at all. He was the most liberal Republican in the senate.
13 posted on 08/26/2018 9:14:41 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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What’s happened has happened to both of them in the interim.

I think we need to find leadership other than those two in the future.

We are so far away from the Constitutional vision of this nation’s founders, we need to look way far away from Washington for wisdom.


14 posted on 08/26/2018 9:14:50 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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Imagine Hillary’s slurred speech after that fourth vodka.
“Johnny, sit down please. Let me tell you what I REALLY THINK about my humsband..Misssster Bill F’ing CLINTON!!”


15 posted on 08/26/2018 9:15:27 AM PDT by lee martell (AT)
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Look at that photo, did he admire her more for threatening women, or because her husband was a rapist and disbarred perjurer as president?


16 posted on 08/26/2018 9:15:28 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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So glad for America that he’s gone. A small petty grifter, always for sale, betrayed everyone who trusted him.

Out for himself


17 posted on 08/26/2018 9:15:34 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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Therefore, is Hillary (along with others) getting ready to do their best Brando as Mark Antony at McCain’s funeral?


18 posted on 08/26/2018 9:15:39 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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What it tells me is that I would need 8 shots of vodka just to be in the room with either of those ignoble punks.


19 posted on 08/26/2018 9:16:59 AM PDT by blackdog
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Therefore, is Hillary (along with others) getting ready to do their best Brando as Mark Antony at McCain’s funeral?

I'm thinking more like Barzini at Don Corleone's funeral.


20 posted on 08/26/2018 9:17:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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