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McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five [1989 opinion]
The Phoenix New imes ^ | 11/29/1989 | Tomas Fitzpatrick

Posted on 08/27/2018 6:16:07 AM PDT by advance_copy

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To: advance_copy

bttt


21 posted on 08/27/2018 6:48:36 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Works for me.

Better yet: “One and done”


22 posted on 08/27/2018 6:49:51 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: dandiegirl

“My TV will be off until it’s all over.”

Good idea.


23 posted on 08/27/2018 6:51:31 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: advance_copy
The media and the democRATS are having a field day over the passing of this guy, simply because he was Trump's enemy. Too bad the guy got shot over Viet Nam, sorry to hear he was tortured, sorry to hear his major captor had so much praise for him, sorry to hear they were able to get him to give a statement praising his captors, sorry to hear he crashed his plane into an aircraft carrier causing death and destruction, sorry to hear he was a member of the corrupt Keating 5, sorry to hear he was so disloyal and could not be trusted by his political party, sorry to hear he was “in bed” with the likes of Obama, Schumer, Clinton, Pelosi et al. sorry to hear he was so involved in the “dossier scandal to deprive the American people of choosing their President. Good bye John, I won't miss you good luck with St. Pete, you got a lot of explaining to do.
24 posted on 08/27/2018 6:53:16 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: laconic

” (the prime difference is that McCain didn’t drown a girl)”

No, but McInsane did divorce a woman he considered too ugly even after she spent 5 years waiting on him to return from Vietnam and he was ugly.


25 posted on 08/27/2018 6:58:38 AM PDT by CodeToad ( Hating on Trump is hating on me and America!)
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To: advance_copy

If the media and public would take the time and energy to do a background check on McCain they might not spend any time praising this worthless person.


26 posted on 08/27/2018 6:59:58 AM PDT by mulligan (EeThe)
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To: advance_copy
From the article. Speaking to, or of, McNuts:

Those who survive will be the sociopaths who can tell a lie with the most sincere, straight face. You are especially adept at this.

27 posted on 08/27/2018 7:01:32 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Boycott The NFL! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper)
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To: advance_copy

Mark.


28 posted on 08/27/2018 7:03:09 AM PDT by Jaded (Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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To: CodeToad

The media is having a fit because the flag over the White House isn’t at half staff. Well, it was at half staff for the preceding two days and under protocol, the flag is only flown at half staff for ONE day for a dead senator (exception: Obama had it at half for five days for Teddy Kennedy, maybe part of that was for Mary Jo).


29 posted on 08/27/2018 7:09:39 AM PDT by laconic
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To: broken_arrow1

I, for one, do not believe that “If you can’t say something good about someone, it’s better not to say anything at all.”

Particularly in the case of John McCain!

John McCain was a dishonest, disreputable, self-serving, self-aggrandizing, skirt-chasing womanizing son of a bitch!

He was a liar, a cheat and a thief!

He was a rotten Naval Officer, a terrible pilot, a miserable Congressman and a total failure as a US Senator. He was a stain on the Body Politic!

I don’t know how many times he took an oath to “. . . support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. . . .” over the course of his life, but he certainly did not pay any attention to it! He was an oath breaker! In many different ways and on many different occasions!

[Most of us who served in the military were and are “Oath Keepers!”]

There are rumors that “Songbird’s” time in the Hanoi Hilton was tainted by treasonous behavior. Manchurian candidate, indeed!

We are VERY fortunate that he got his ass kicked every time he ran for President!

He will not be missed, and the USA is better off now that he has died!

We can only hope and pray that he is roasting in Hell!

I find it VERY DIFFICULT to understand why this noxious, venomous asshole’s sins have been forgotten so quickly!

I did not like John McCain! His behavior as a Naval Officer and as a “public servant” professionally and personally offended me greatly!

It REALLY offends me that people who know better insist on making him into a person that he most definitely was not! Those people who laud McCain will be on my personal shit list until the day I die!

I’ll not hold my breath waiting for someone to write the true story exposing this man’s perfidy and treason!


30 posted on 08/27/2018 7:19:11 AM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: advance_copy

Thanks!


31 posted on 08/27/2018 7:21:21 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Taxman

“John McCain was a dishonest, disreputable, self-serving, self-aggrandizing, skirt-chasing womanizing son of a bitch!”

“He was a liar, a cheat and a thief!”

That would be complimentary if he was a high ranking democrat....oh wait.


32 posted on 08/27/2018 7:21:46 AM PDT by Leep
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To: Taxman
You forgot Bob Krentz.

When he was murdered on his ranch east of Douglas, McCain said "OK, I'll build the darn fence".

He lied.

Bob Krentz died.

33 posted on 08/27/2018 7:26:52 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: mulligan

You can’t even say they are being respectful to the office.
Because McCain didn’t represent The People.
At least not the American people.


34 posted on 08/27/2018 7:27:05 AM PDT by Leep
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To: advance_copy

Words to reflect on:

Ezekiel 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

My sentiments towards the late Senator from Arizona:

I respect him for his military service. I have the greatest respect for his service while imprisoned as a PoW.

As for his political career, the less said, the more charitable.


35 posted on 08/27/2018 7:29:30 AM PDT by Sam_Damon
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To: Taxman

Does anybody remember reading the story about when a group of POW pilots wives came to ask for his help he threw them out of his office?

It was years ago that I read that but have never forgot it.


36 posted on 08/27/2018 7:42:48 AM PDT by Captain7seas (UNexit. Make America Great Again!)
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To: Regulator

I did not remember Bob Krentz. Thanks for sending me the link to his Wikipedia article.

The fact that the border has not yet been closed is still VERY troubling!

I moved to San Diego in late 1965. Politicians were talking about illegal immigration and the need for a tight border then.

They are still TALKING about it now!

DISGRACEFUL!

Fortunately, President Trump IS doing something about it - he is both talking, tightening border security AND BUILDING A WALL!

With McStain finally out of the way, perhaps he’ll have some more success?

The “John McCain Border Security Wall?” </sarcasm>


37 posted on 08/27/2018 7:44:31 AM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: Leep

“Because McCain didn’t represent The People”

Most importantly, he didn’t represent Arizonans.

The ultimate carpetbagger. Everyone voted for him because of the POW thing - “the longest place I ever lived was in Hanoi”.

That was then. After that, he was a permanent resident of the District of Criminals. Arizona was just a flophouse he used to collect blondes and votes.


38 posted on 08/27/2018 7:50:43 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: advance_copy

Great article - I worked with people who lost their life savings and homes because of the Keating 5 Bank Scandal. One guy had a mortgage on his retirement home thru Lincoln Savings and Loan. When the Bank went under, he lost everything. McCain never paid back a dime to anyone.


39 posted on 08/27/2018 7:51:15 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: 1Old Pro
term limits, 2 for Senate and 4 for the House.

I've preached that for years (by tagline). Two three-year terms in the house, two five year terms in the senate, then back into the real world. No special pensions; make them provide for their own retirement as the rest of us have to do. And if they become wealthy while in office, require a full accounting of the source of the wealth when they leave office. You can't get rich on a $174k salary in a high cost-high tax environment like the DC area unless there is outside income.

40 posted on 08/27/2018 7:52:07 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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