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chemicalBagel
Can't be overstated how much right wing media has poisoned rationale people
MateriaGirl1
What happened in these few years...? Rep. Respect towards the political opponent seems long forgotten today. (Sleepy joe, Pocahontas....)
Alchemicrb
You can tell he got disgusted with the GOP voter base during that run. He changed after that, for the better. RIP Senator
ChikaChickaBowWow
This is a man of fucking honor. This is the kind of man you can disagree with but you can trust him.
BlueLionHaus
Clinton honestly had a great one too, IMO
7HrHotDog
Obligatory
haxanjunkie13
I wish he had been healthier. Where would we be if we could have had our Obama and a McCain too?
DaNylz
The booing underlines his backbone and integrity even more when he stands his ground and finishes his speech.
findyourway14
Good God, that’s what a good speaker sounds like? Seems like forever ago.
WoolyBaaaack
I fear too much needs to change for republicans to ever hope to command respect again. Trump has made the US an international embarassment
MerenKing
John McCain was a class act, an amazing American, and will always be remembered for his fairness.
alexcoldt
Even back then, the hard red crowd bays for blood. These people are... monsters.
inthecold
Desperate, and looking for a person to help them in a world that doesn’t make sense to them. Easy pray for any demagogue, but not evil.
31prunty
Not gonna lie, i dont do it often, but this made me cry
PurpleEmpress
I never liked his policies but I always respected him. He truly was an honorable man
SpammaJamma
THE FUCKING BOOS
ThisGuyHere
I think it was more of a "oh no, I hate that this outcome has come to pass" and not a "Oh, don't do that you idiot."
Enigma3780
Democrat here...his quality and genuineness will be sorely missed and never seen again I'm afraid...
SmokyDoggg
lovehandlesmessiah
This guy is like the Idiot Time Traveler, whose brain is so Swiss Cheesed he contradicts everything he ever said. Ziggy, cancel the project!
1TrueKingInTheNorth
Wow. Just wow. Full coherent sentences. Its incredible.
ArcSabrael
Ikr! We may just end up with a senile president who cant string together a sentence without a teleprompter.
digitiliad
All signs point to Trump being out, actually.
ArcSabrael
Yeah thats what I said
HodgeNPodge
I remember watching this. He handled the loss with so much grace and poise. It blew me away.
jjw9
+1 He handled it with courage and dignity.
getridofTheSeaword
I remember watching this and when he said, “this failure is mine and mine alone” I kinda lost it. I voted Obama but had much respect.
DillPixels
I think it’s because he truly loved America and knew Obama did too, and so he was okay with it. McCain was a respectable man.
Darklinkinfinite
Trump probably cheated with a Grace and Poise and paid them some hush money out of his campaign budget
healthpickup
Populism is poison.
pfunk81
I could have voted for him if he hadn't nominated that lunatic Paris Palin as his running mate. Eh, no, still would have went with Barack.
mooseablethenok
It would have been a much longer pro con list though.
skeptic99
If it weren't for Palin, I think McCain could have won that election.
Keasar
I disagreed with McCain on a lot of things, but credit where credit's due. And he was one of few republicans that went against Trump.
Keasar
While the rest of the party was already head deep up Trumps ass.
REVENGE488
Snarknado
Travel?
mormacil
That's America's ass?
JustAnotherknarF
"His success alone commends my respect for his ability and perseverance" These words alone make me tear up
Solkanarmy
even then, republicans were demonstrating their classlessness by booing 'the country we both love'
edm2016
Watched a lot of concessions. Pretty common response to boo. Most gracious losers say something like McCain did if not as inspiring.
edm2016
See Jacques Parizeau after the Quebec referendum in 1995. Basically said “money and the ethnic vote” cost them. https://youtu.be/Ztd8DRhvZP8
jrntn
They change their tune and start applauding Obama later in the speech. That's the power you have to change minds when people listen to you
jrntn
McCain was aware of that power and used it for decency. Too many Republican leaders refuse to.
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Was McCain the last of the decent, honourable republicans?
apocalypsewow
Nah that was Eisenhower.
mooseablethenok
There are still some rank and file in the cities and councils.
EveryLieIsAnInsult
Romney has his moments. Disagree with him 99 times out of 100 but he'll vote his conscience on occasion and he generally acts with decorum.
putcleverusernamehere
I used to think voting a party line was ridiculous. Now, I find anyone who calls themselves Republican highly suspect.
digitiliad
McCain wasn't a saint or anything, but he was despised by his own party and dismissed as a "RINO" for being gracious, moral, and willing to
digitiliad
compromise and reach across the aisle. The man suffered unimaginable tortures during his service and didn't give up on the country.
Whatswrongwiththispicture
An American patriot and hero vs. Trump, a criminal conman traitor. What can one expect?
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
One of them was elected president and the other one wasn't.
humbook
the people were just waiting for a Trump. You hear the booing, you hear them just desperate for someone incendiary and hateful
LiarLiarPantsUntier
From Trump? I expect the worst.
Skathix
Yeah, this ain't over yet, not by a long shot
TheS4ndm4n
I prefer presidents that don't get covid.
karilius
Anyone can get covid, i prefer a president that takes his precautions (don't know if that's spelled right).
Mordeths
Jesus dude you missed that reference
smax410
I could not abide the mans politics but he was classy af.
cardinal29
He was a hot-tempered, foul-mouthed nutcase. Not his fault, probably PTSD, but still - I can't abide this Orwellian rewriting of history
smax410
I’ve not seen that from any of the times I watched him speak
cardinal29
A lot was written in 2008. "Finger on the button" type questions https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/22/johnmccain.uselections2008
seiken82
Like, lets be honest, if he wasn’t running against Obama, McCain would have won.
mike13815
Let's be honest, if the DNC hadn't fucked up by choosing Hillary long before the primaries, we wouldn't have had to deal with orange cheeto.
PoliticalWanderer
After years of a needless unpopular war and a financial crash that his party caused? I have my doubts that any Rep could have won in 2008.
EvilTacobunny
I think Palin was his downfall too.
jrntn
The sheer fear that McCain could die of old age and the US ending up with PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN was enough to kill his bid
ApparentlyImaPsychopath
Yes she was
Gaverus
I agree, it kept me from voting for him. She was a personality based politician that I could not endorse
mooseablethenok
It was Palin. It was 110 percent Palin for me. No way I wanted that lunatic near the office.
PillsburyFroBoy
I supported McCain up until he picked Palin. I also supported McCain in the primary when he ran against Bush. I wasnt old enough to vote tho
HenryLongfellowIII
I mean what was that? Some kind of hail Mary thing to appeal to conservative women?
EveryLieIsAnInsult
He had to try to energise the base, the same rabid lunatics trump has captured so well. She did that fairly well, she just lost him...
EveryLieIsAnInsult
Everyone else and damaged his great credibility. It was an understandable but fatal mistake.
GravyEducation
As a libtard, mad respect, McCain. May you rest in peace for all of YOUR achievements.
TMP5
the war crimes i don't like so much, but classy dude otherways
ThisGuyHere
We've be bereft of political decency for long enough that it's incredibly heartwarming to see even one we disagree with acting so honorably.
illinus
Ugh. Man was not respectable. https://theintercept.com/2017/07/27/john-mccain-fake-maverick-horrible-record/
evicshen
a“childlike narrative of McCain as brave truth-teller, rather than predictable champion of war and empire who occasionally makes toothless/1
evicshen
references to human rights for the purposes of image curation.”
humbook
Trump - making every other republican president, no matter how terrible their policies and people were - look like a fully decent human
itgrunt
The next Trump won't be as incompetent
humbook
I hate this theory! I mean coz it's so scary. Half the US is DYING for the permissions of an era long gone by... Gengis Khan would do great
SJohnson23
The catch is that all the remaining GOP politicians have fallen in line behind Trump. Even Romney backed him the vast majority of the time.
candleinhisdick
Romney had a binder full of deals he made with the devil
Wazzamaniac
Didn't Romney end up defying him at some point? I forget for what
SJohnson23
He voted in favour of impeachment at a point when it was truly clear that it would make no difference.
Leoncroi
You can definitely tell by this election, the racists had taken over the GOP. The town hall where the woman tells McCain Obama is "Arab."
jjw9
No. McCain was the party leader at the time, and he stopped her and said “no.”
CallMeIshmael1MoreTimeNPowInTheKisser
And then, when she was interviewed afterwards, she said she still believed that Obama was a Muslim.
jjw9
Of course she did. However, she didn’t influence the leader (McCain) and the example he set for his party and followers.
CallMeIshmael1MoreTimeNPowInTheKisser
I didn't expect her to influence McCain. I expected her to be influenced, or at least, to question her belief on the subject.
CGWN
The introduction of Sarah Palin was an even earlier sign. I was onboard to vote for McCain up until they announced her as his running mate.
mooseablethenok
And McCain corrected her. There were still decent men and women in the party. The mask came off after the Tea Party Lunatics.
LordSintax79
That's the Right media. They spent 6 months spouting bullshit, then realized how much money they were making.
Dreamdayer
When he named Sarah Palin as his VP, it showed the divide in the party so clearly.
KootchieKoo
The McCain Rep's never got it back. Palin also showed what mouth-foaming zealots these ppl are, her packed conventions gave Donnie the idea.
aface62
I think she actually called him a Muslim, not an Arab.
CNNBRFIINF
I think that was the guy before her in the video. She did actually call him an “Arab” in a jeering manner.
humbook
no she said Arab. Like it's a slur.
aface62
And McCain corrected her. Class act. Remember those?
Leoncroi
https://youtu.be/jrnRU3ocIH4
GhostOTM
The difference is back then we thought those incidents were the exception, not the caseating status quo of modern republicanism.
SmokyDoggg
The difference is McCain shushed that lady. trump ENCOURAGES their behavior
AlJAhmed
Fox News induced coma is a menace to us all
SmokyDoggg
Notice McCain gets BOOED by his own crowd when he disagrees. These people have been looking for a cheerleader like trump for a long time.
SmokyDoggg
The first guy so badly wanted McCain to say "Yes maybe he's all those things" like trump would have and the crowd would've cheered loudly.
Leevalleyoftheshadowofdeath
Trump is a symptom, the disease runs much much deeper.
siberianhufky
It’s so upsetting that seeing someone correct awful behaviour and treat political rivals with respect, ie basic human decency, seems like
siberianhufky
something amazing just because we may never see it again from both sides. Everyone has the right to disagree on politics, doesn’t mean you
siberianhufky
can’t be civil with them. I feel the UK is already quite far down the rabbit hole in this regard as are a lot of other places. It’s worrying