He was a spoilt brat in grown-up clothing and I don’t think it ever even dawned on him that the spite he showed to those he disagreed with was unmanly.
In an earlier post it was said anger killed him
Also look up his marriage to his first life Carol and how he treated her after her car accident. He was “dating” Cindy long before he divorced his first wife. In other words he was cheating and did not help his first wife when she was in need during her recovery the serious car accident.
I seem to remember reading an article a few years ago about House and Senate members and their perceptions among Congressional staffers. McCain was rated one of the worst members of Congress to work for. LOL.
All the dirt that the media couldn’t wait to report on in 2008 about McCain’s well-known temper, his questionable version of his military history, his abandonment of his first wife for a young, rich beer heiress, the Keating 5 scandal, etc...have all suddenly been swept under the rug.
All he had to do was bad mouth their public enemy No 1, Donald Trump, and suddenly he has become a war hero (and this from people who loathe ALL things military!), a “statesman”, a great leader who stood on principle over politics...yadda, yadda, yadda!
Can’t wait for all of the ceremonies and memorials to be over so John S McCain III can finally fade into obscurity!
The slime bucket is dead. Let the dead fade away; especially this one. Aye yi yi!
McCain made a joke at a 1998 Republican Senate fundraiser. “Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?” he asked. “Because her father is Janet Reno.”
Instead of trying to accomplish something - anything - McCain wasted most of his political life forever trying to be the “The Maverick”.
He lived to be the burr under the saddle of humanity.
McCain lost track of who he really was, or should be, and confused himself with the man portrayed in press releases.
He gloried in being described as a fighter and ended up being no different that a bad drunk or a muslim terrorist.
The fight itself becomes the end - not the means to an end.
When there are no enemies to fight with they will fight with their friends or innocent bystanders.
The last private conversation I had with the Senator was about Kelli Ward (This was during the 2016 primary). I can’t repeat on this forum the words he said and the threats he made. I was rattled, and I don’t rattle easily. He had a terrible temper and was very crude. That’s why when he made a point to say he was “appalled” at the Access Hollywood tape, anyone who knew him personally laughed their butts off.
interesting video until maddow came on.
had to shut it off.
i’m eating dinner...