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Last part always gets me. It takes a lot of humility to accept mistakes. RIP an honorable man
"McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958 and followed his father and grandfather—both four-star admirals—into the U.S. Navy. He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he was almost killed in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. While McCain was on a bombing mission over Hanoi in October 1967, he was shot down, seriously injured, and capture…
That's what I remember him for. He later said he was just joking. As if joking about killing thousands of people is somehow better.
Just a reminder that Republican vs Democrat doesn't ultimately matter. I think McCain embodied that belief through his long years of service to the USA, his willingness to reach across the aisle and through his values and ideals (integrity, respect, honesty) from which he did not waver.
Sadly, all too many voters (and politicians) treat it like a football game.
Just a reminder that Republican vs Democrat doesn't ultimately matter. I think McCain embodied that belief through his long years of service to the USA, his willingness to reach across the aisle and through his values and ideals (integrity, respect, honesty) from which he did not waver.
The way I'm interpreting it implies that the platform differences between those parties isn't really important in any way.
John McCain did somethings that I disagree with but the one thing I will always remember is when during the 2008 election there were multiple times during town halls and rallies that people would verbally attack Obama and McCain always shut them down without fail.
I am not an American but the way I understood American politics is that Republican values are believing that you are successful because you worked hard while democrats are that you are merely a product of the zeitgeist. All the policies of each 'side' can be extrapolated from that basic tenet.
For example, if you are a republican you favor slashing funding for social programs(eg: McCain's bill to slash funding for military medical research funding, slash funding to amtrak ).
can you still be considered virtuous if you are republican?
[1] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/john-mccain-dead-...
Addendum: the comments section seems to have been removed from that story.
John McCain did somethings that I disagree with but the one thing I will always remember is when during the 2008 election there were multiple times during town halls and rallies that people would verbally attack Obama and McCain always shut them down without fail.
His concession speech: > I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherite…
John McCain did somethings that I disagree with but the one thing I will always remember is when during the 2008 election there were multiple times during town halls and rallies that people would verbally attack Obama and McCain always shut them down without fail.
His concession speech: > I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherite…