Posted on 08/28/2018 3:28:49 PM PDT by detective
With the death of Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.; shown), the hypocrisy of the mainstream media shifted into high gear. Despite their general dislike of patriotic displays (such as the playing of the National Anthem before NFL games), they can play the patriotism card when it serves their purposes.
And play it they did upon the passing of McCain, who died this past weekend, a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. While the media lecture conservative Republicans about our opposition to a “war hero” such as McCain, when we often disagreed with his tendency to help out the Democrats with this or that liberal policy, they had no reluctance to trash him when he was the Republican nominee for president in 2008 against their candidate — and make no mistake, Barack Obama was the candidate of the liberal media. McCain’s stay in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp for over five years did not matter a bit to them then.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
McCain stood by silently and supportively while the Obama administration hollowed out the military, sent jobs overseas, funded and supported terrorism, gave billions of dollars to the Iranian terrorist regime and gave national security secrets to China, Iran and who knows who else.
McCain even helped when the Obama administration created and funded ISIS.
As a Senator, McCain was never a hero. Senator McCain was never a patriot.
I can't think of a single positive thing McCain did while he was in the Senate.
He sold out America so he would be popular with the corrupt media.
Because he hated conservatives as much as they do?
I think you are correct. He was no conservative so the media loved him. I voted for Sarah and he was along for the ride. I could never see him as our president.
I’ll take “Democrat posing as Republican” for a thousand Alex.
Maybe McCain really was a demoncrap after all.
Either way, the Deep State gets their man into the White House.. Add a sprinkle of Palin to TRICK America into believing "gee, McCain must REALLY be a Republican!"
NOT FOOLED THEN, MY CONVICTIONS REAFFIRMED NOW.
To answer the question in the headline, he worked really hard at winning the approval of the New York Times, WaPo, and CNN. It was his overriding goal, and he went after it with great tenacity, willing to do anything to reach his goal.
Simple he was a RINO.
Next question
Seriously? Someone is posing that question?
Sheesh.
If you have to ask, you won’t understand the answer...
I think he had Republican tendencies, but first and foremost he was a member of the club, an insider. If the insiders needed help he was a member of the gang that got it done.
All the 4 Democrats were forced out of office but the Democrat-Media-Establishment saw the value of granting a pass to a Republican war hero. AND THEY HAVE OWNED HIM EVER SINCE!
Whenever they needed a Democrat defended or a Republican attacked, a globalist policy praised or a nationalist policy demonized they called on McCain. And they describe that as the epitome of “bipartisanship” and for doing it they called McCain a “maverick,” and even a hero.
Because sh!t attracts flys!
My observation of McPain: Contrarian.
In his own mind he was the great debater, the ultimate authority of virtually everything. He thrived on contrarianism. Loved having his jacket on the back of a chair across the aisle while he debated members on the side of the aisle he was allegedly a member. He really enjoyed ticking people off.
He enjoyed being the center of attention, and used his assumed contrarianism to make himself that central figure in most everything he was involved.
He was a contrarian for the purpose to be recognized as somebody. May have been because so many in his family history were everything he wasn’t.
McCain was desperate to have the love of the press. He was like a dog getting a treat for each trick, and he always knew criticizing conservatives would get him a nice pat on the head. He didn’t even figure out the ploy when he was trashed by the press during his 2008 campaign against Obama. He tried to soften his message and rein in his running mate to get out of the dog house, but no dice, he was smacked with the rolled up newspaper and sent back into the cold. When Trump appeared, he found his best trick yet! This would surely get his ultimate reward, the true affection of his master, and a warm spot at the foot of the bed. But to get that spot, McCain betrayed his constituents, his party, and his country.
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