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We need John McCain’s ‘Country First’ message now more than ever | Opinion
nj.com ^ | 02/29/2020 | Evan F. Grollman

Posted on 03/03/2020 10:12:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

As a moderate, the late Arizona Senator John McCain was and is a political hero of mine.

While I did not always agree with everything John McCain stood for, I respect the fact that he stood up for what he believed in, I respect his service to our country, I respect that he didn’t view compromise as a weakness, and I respect his campaign message of “Country First.”

Many people nowadays when they hear America First, think of it as a nationalistic dog whistle thanks to President Trump. This however, was not what John McCain meant when he used the motto “Country First” in 2008.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: barfalert; country; fakenews; garbage; john; mccain; message
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1 posted on 03/03/2020 10:12:13 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A hero of yours? More like backstabbing jerk.


2 posted on 03/03/2020 10:12:34 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27
As a moderate, the late Arizona Senator John McCain was and is a political hero of mine.

Try as I might...I just can't bring myself to read past that line.

3 posted on 03/03/2020 10:14:19 AM PST by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
<>"Arizona Senator John McCain was and is a political hero of mine"<>

You just outed yourself as a complete idiot.

4 posted on 03/03/2020 10:14:48 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (So, Wuhan China had a Bio-weapons Lab...who knew?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Written by a SFB college student.


5 posted on 03/03/2020 10:14:53 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Obviously he never had to work for McCain.
“McCain First” was all he had on his mind.


6 posted on 03/03/2020 10:15:15 AM PST by Zathras
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And like Castro..he believed in literacy,too.


7 posted on 03/03/2020 10:15:45 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can’t agree. He became the ultimate DC politician playing both sides.


8 posted on 03/03/2020 10:15:59 AM PST by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Also LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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I'm old enough to remeber when the thieving crook McCain got caught stealing money in the Keating Five scandal.

Thievin' Juan was needed as the stooge who made it a "bi-partisan" scandal.

9 posted on 03/03/2020 10:16:31 AM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Dude, the guy is gone.

Stop digging Captain Queeg up.

10 posted on 03/03/2020 10:16:41 AM PST by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

You just outed yourself as a complete idiot.

yup


11 posted on 03/03/2020 10:16:43 AM PST by samtheman (FReepers all do want Bernie to get the dem nomination, right? (Just to be clear))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In his last decades Mac only put his ego first.


12 posted on 03/03/2020 10:17:00 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There are few politicians as bad and destructive for America as John McCain was - and with his attitude it seemed more intentional than foolish.


13 posted on 03/03/2020 10:17:12 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Question for the author...So all your heroes have been RINOs?


14 posted on 03/03/2020 10:17:13 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Moderate? I’d like to know when McCain served as President. Geez.


15 posted on 03/03/2020 10:17:22 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever po)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lost me with the first sentence.


16 posted on 03/03/2020 10:17:34 AM PST by Ted Grant
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...and as you can see A LOT of us hated him when he wasting oxygen.


17 posted on 03/03/2020 10:18:20 AM PST by thingumbob (Antifa. Carrying on Hitler's legacy one beating at a time.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Listen to what fellow Hanoi Hilton prisoners had to say about the “Hero” John McCain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfsvNdxJfjg then tell me how wonderful he was.


18 posted on 03/03/2020 10:21:21 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s too late for that. The Dems are “party first” and have been for years.


19 posted on 03/03/2020 10:22:30 AM PST by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Nationalistic dog whistle”?

Who talks like that?


20 posted on 03/03/2020 10:22:42 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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